Chapter 165 Fierce Battle Against the Wolf Pack
“If we stop, how many minutes will it take them to catch up?” Zuo Shan asked.
"Seven minutes at most," Mao Li said.
"Stop running! Mao Li, dig a big hole nearby, as deep as you can, and the key is to be fast!" Zuo Shan roared.
"Xiao Bao, come here!" she yelled at Xiao Bao, who was perched on a large tree not far away, while simultaneously pouring out a large pile of scrap metal from her spatial storage.
She had put this into the spatial button on a whim before leaving that morning. After all, with the whole family out, the yard couldn't keep out petty thieves, so she even moved the planting boxes from the yard into the house.
Although scrap metal is not valuable, a large quantity can still be worth a lot of money, so it's best to take it all to avoid anyone eyeing it.
"Quickly, pinch metal spikes, the more the better! Then hide half of the metal spikes at the bottom of the pit. When the prairie wolves cross the pit dug by the chestnut, use the fastest speed to stab the metal spikes from bottom to top into their bellies."
"Give me the other half; I have a use for it," she instructed.
"Lele, once I've thrown all the branches from the pit into it, immediately use your fire-based abilities to set them ablaze!" Zuo Shan instructed Pan Duole as a final instruction.
"Okay!" Pan Duole agreed, while also using his testing knife to cut some branches of random wild plants nearby, placing them all at his feet, intending to throw them in as a supplement when the fire weakened.
Chestnut consumed most of its stored energy, turning its paws into digging tools, and finally managed to dig a large pit five meters deep, two meters long, and four meters wide within six minutes.
Zuo Shan hurriedly laid the oak branch she had just cut across the pit, sprinkled it with topsoil, and took the opportunity to take some lard from her spatial button and smear it on the metal spikes Xiao Bao had given her.
Pandora then had Sui Sui use her supernatural abilities to keep the freshly cut weeds and other wild grasses alive, allowing them to stand up temporarily and look as if they were growing naturally on the loose soil, thus covering most of the loose soil and making it impossible to see anything unusual from a distance.
The wolves were running at full speed, chasing their prey, and should not have noticed the trap.
Finally getting closer, Zuo Shan hid behind a tree and could see their appearance through the gaps in the branches and leaves.
The enlarged wolf head looked as big as a yoga ball! It was panting with its mouth wide open from running, revealing two rows of sharp teeth, which was terrifying to look at.
They are over four meters tall on average, with legs over two meters long. When they run, they jump, covering two or three meters in a single step. No wonder they could still catch up with her even when she ran at full speed.
The alpha wolf was the first to step onto the loose soil. With no solid ground beneath its feet, the oak trunk couldn't withstand the sudden weight and snapped in two.
The alpha wolf lost control of its body and suddenly plunged into the pit.
Actually, the pit was only five meters deep, so it wouldn't die from the fall, and it would climb out quickly.
But the moment it started to fall, Zuo Shan immediately gave the command: "Xiao Bao, stab its belly!"
Xiao Bao had already prepared hundreds of sharp metal spikes, and some with hooks of his own design, all hidden in the loose soil at the bottom of the pit.
Upon hearing Sister Fan's command, it immediately manipulated the metal spikes, piercing them fiercely into the alpha wolf's abdomen.
"Awooo!" The alpha wolf let out a miserable howl, writhing in pain at the bottom of the pit.
The two following behind couldn't stop either and fell downwards. Of course, Xiao Bao wouldn't let them get away with it, and plenty of metal spikes pierced their softest abdomens.
The prairie wolves have thick skin and tough muscles from years of running. The metal spikes could only penetrate a little over half an inch deep, but Xiao Bao manipulated them to continue to penetrate deeper until the metal spikes were completely embedded in their abdomens, and then continued to rampage through their bodies.
The bottom of the pit was a bloody mess. The three prairie wolves that charged at the front were quite ruthless. Even with such serious injuries, they still stubbornly tried to climb out of the pit.
Without hesitation, Zuo Shan ordered, "Lele, light the fire!"
Pandora immediately shot a fireball from his palm, instantly igniting the wild grass and oak branches. Zuo Shan scooped out some pork from the spatial button, kneaded it into a ball, and threw it onto the plants.
The three severely wounded prairie wolves were immediately engulfed in flames, and mournful howls echoed from the bottom of the pit.
The wolves of the steppe are cunning by nature. Seeing that the first three had fallen into the pit, the later ones noticed the abnormality and naturally stopped in their tracks, all halting their advance.
Seeing the raging fire and hearing the howls of the alpha wolf and its companions, two of the more timid ones hesitated and considered retreating.
Zuo Shan then instructed, "Lele, light these metal spikes coated with lard. Xiao Bao, shoot all these metal spikes at the other side. It doesn't matter if they get hurt or not!"
Following Zuo Shan's command, Pan Duole quickly lit the metal spikes coated with lard. Xiao Bao raised his little paw and waved it, sending the burning metal spikes flying towards the five grassland wolves.
At such close range, even though they were agile, they could not dodge all the fire spikes, and each of them was pierced by several metal spikes.
However, the scorching hot metal spikes, though not deep enough to damage the skin, were extremely intimidating. Seeing that they couldn't save the alpha wolf, the wolves scattered like birds and beasts, turning around and running away as fast as they could.
Zuo Shan was so frightened that her heart pounded and her legs went weak, but she still forced herself to remain calm and stayed where she was.
Until the fire was extinguished, three huge, blackened corpses were revealed at the bottom of the pit. Following the principle of making the most of everything, Zuo Shan put them all into his spatial storage before running home.
The sun had already set, and they dared not linger. They ran all the way until they entered a residential area, where they finally breathed a sigh of relief.
It was already dark by then, and no one noticed their disheveled appearance, so they ran straight home.
As soon as they entered the house, Zuo Shan's vision went black and he collapsed to the ground. Pan Duole and Xiao Bao weren't much better off, both exhausted.
But when his sister fainted, Pan Duole didn't dare to rest at all. He ran straight to Madam Gu's house, knocked on the door, and said to the old housekeeper, "Please, Madam, save my sister!"
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