Chapter 190 Killing the Leopard
The jackal's cries were still far away when Liu Yujiang, Liu Yuhe, and Sheng Xiping acted quickly and hid in a pre-arranged ambush position.
At this moment, no one dared to move or make the slightest sound.
They waited for the jackal and leopard to pass by before shooting the leopard dead.
The rest of the group hid at a distance, scattered around the perimeter, ready to provide support at any time.
Liu Changde kept Wang Jianshe and the others away from being too close mainly because he was worried that they didn't have much hunting experience.
If something goes wrong with them and alerts the leopard, all their efforts will be in vain.
Just as the group settled into their ambush, a few minutes later, the three in front saw two jackals running towards them with their hooves flying. Sure enough, it was the only road that Liu Changde had mentioned.
Following Liu Changde's instructions, Sheng Xiping and the other two did not fire their guns, but let the two jackals pass by. Their main objective was to take down the leopard.
That thing is incredibly destructive; we have to kill it first.
But a minute had passed since the two jackals appeared, and the leopard still hadn't shown up. All three of them felt something was wrong.
Based on the footprints they had observed, the leopard and the jackal were not far apart, one after the other. Why hadn't they appeared yet?
Sheng Xiping suddenly remembered that when he was tracking the leopard, its tracks would disappear and reappear, clearly indicating that the leopard had jumped up a tree.
Thinking of this, Sheng Xiping had a bad feeling and turned around to look at the tree behind him while holding his gun.
This sight was quite alarming, and Sheng Xiping broke out in a cold sweat.
A brightly colored leopard is crept slowly towards us along a thick, slanted branch.
Its large, curled tail was held high, a posture of readiness to attack at any moment.
Leopards have two attack methods when hunting.
One method is to first hide in a tree, so that you can spot the prey from above. At the same time, your scent will be carried by the wind at high altitudes, making it less likely for the prey to detect you.
Another tactic is the ambush tactic, where the prey is approached stealthily and then suddenly leaps out, using its sharp teeth to strangle the prey.
Clearly, this leopard was a master of ambush; it had jumped up the tree beforehand.
Now that it is high above, if it were to pounce, at least one of the three people lying in ambush below would become its prey.
"Watch out, there's a leopard in the tree." Sheng Xiping warned Liu Yujiang and Liu Yuhe as he pulled the trigger.
A gunshot rang out, startling everyone.
Liu Yujiang and Liu Yuhe both heard Sheng Xiping's warning. They immediately rolled on the spot, then sprang to their feet and aimed their guns at the trees behind them.
But at this point, there was no sign of the leopard in the tree.
The moment Sheng Xiping turned around, the leopard, which was about to launch a sneak attack from a tree branch seven or eight meters high, noticed Sheng Xiping's unusual behavior.
So when Sheng Xiping pulled the trigger, Leopard had already leaped down from the tree branch, perfectly avoiding the shot.
The leopard landed, twisted its body, and pounced on Sheng Xiping with its agile form.
Sheng Xiping had just fired a shot and hadn't even gotten up from the ground when the leopard pounced.
He had heard Liu Changde say before that a leopard's tail will point to one side and then extend its claws to scratch people.
The moment the leopard pounced, its tail was pointing to the right, proving that the leopard intended to use its left paw to scratch Sheng Xiping.
Sheng Xiping moved very quickly, leaping to the right and rolling on the ground to avoid the leopard's claw.
Then, Sheng Xiping raised his gun and aimed.
The leopard did indeed extend its left claw, but unfortunately it failed to scratch Sheng Xiping.
Leopards have incredibly fast reaction times; to them, the movements of other animals are practically in slow motion.
So when he saw Sheng Xiping dodge and raise his gun, Leopard immediately jumped backward and flew more than two meters away.
This perfectly avoided Sheng Xiping's second shot.
This guy reacted incredibly fast. He adjusted his posture in mid-air, and when he landed, he faced backward, flicked his tail, and landed on all fours first.
Then, it touched the ground with its limbs, leaped up, and pounced on Sheng Xiping again.
This guy probably recognized Sheng Xiping, the one who shot it yesterday, so it only aimed its attacks at Sheng Xiping.
When Sheng Xiping missed with his second shot, he knew things were going badly, so he quickly rolled to the side.
No matter how fast a human moves, they can't match the speed of a leopard, and this time they couldn't completely avoid it.
The blue cotton monkey on Sheng Xiping's body had its shoulder torn apart by the leopard's claws.
Fortunately, I was wearing thick clothes in winter. Even though my big cotton-padded coat was torn, I still had a cotton-padded jacket underneath, so at least my skin wasn't hurt.
The leopard pounced twice but failed to harm Sheng Xiping, and it was probably angry, letting out a howling roar at Sheng Xiping.
Although this sound wasn't as earth-shattering as a tiger's roar, it still sent chills down everyone's spines and made the hairs on their bodies stand on end.
As the leopard roared at Sheng Xiping, it lunged forward again.
This guy has his sights set on Sheng Xiping, and it looks like he won't be done until he's killed Sheng Xiping today.
At this time, Sheng Xiping was also under great mental stress.
While he was turning over, Sheng Xiping had already pulled out the short knife that was attached to his leg.
He was too close to the leopard, and his gun was no longer effective, so Sheng Xiping threw away the gun, gripped the knife in his hand, and kept his eyes on the leopard's movements.
Life or death, success or failure, it seems, all hinges on this one battle.
From the moment Sheng Xiping fired his gun to the leopard's two consecutive pounces, and Sheng Xiping dodging the leopard's attacks twice, it all happened in the blink of an eye.
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