"Um."
Fu Changxiong nodded and then took out a jar of lard and an empty backpack from his bag.
He handed the empty backpack to Ye Feng, who then handed him his own backpack. After that, he carefully backed away with the bag.
This move left Tang Weiwei and Zhan Pengwu completely bewildered.
We're already short-handed, and now another one has to run away?
"What do you mean? Where is he going?"
Tang Weiwei asked…
Ye Feng's gaze remained fixed on the two mountain demons in front of him.
"Don't worry, Da Xiong didn't run away. His mission is very important. Our safe evacuation depends on him."
"he?"
The two became increasingly confused as they listened, feeling as if they were on completely different wavelengths, unable to comprehend what Ye Feng was trying to do.
"Crunch, squeak."
Just as the two were about to ask further questions, the voices of two mandrills came from afar.
At this moment, they made cheerful eating sounds, which all three of them recognized as sounds indicating a happy mood.
About ten minutes later, perhaps hearing the voices of their companions, or perhaps smelling the aroma of food,
Seven more mandrills came down the hillside one after another.
They come in all sizes, some even just emerging from their cub form.
A group of monkeys immediately started eating, and with their addition, the bait was quickly snatched up.
"Ye Feng, are you sure your medicine can paralyze them? They seem to be getting more energetic the more they eat it."
Tang Weiwei and Zhan Pengwu both gripped their bows tightly, with arrows ready to be nocked at any moment.
Ye Feng carefully observed his surroundings again, noticing the addition of these mandrills…
Their feeding sounds gradually attracted more of their companions.
The howling and chirping grew louder and louder, and within a few minutes, at least twenty mandrills came down from the hillside.
This is not a good sign. Even if those mandrills that are feeding are paralyzed in a moment, the three of them will probably have a hard time taking them away smoothly.
But if we act now, before the drug takes effect, those mandrills will definitely take advantage of the chaos and run back up the mountain…
Ye Feng and his two companions would never go up the mountain to catch them; barging into the mountain demons' stronghold would be tantamount to suicide.
Now... their situation is that they can neither move forward nor retreat.
"Ye Feng, what are you planning to do now? These beasts are multiplying."
If we keep waiting like this, we'll be discovered sooner or later, and then we won't be able to leave even if we want to.
Compared to Tang Weiwei's anxious appearance, Ye Feng was much calmer.
He kept counting down the time in his mind. The horse had eaten the "drunken horse grass" and would probably collapse and vomit in about half an hour.
The mandrill's resistance was clearly not as strong as the horse's. Although Ye Feng didn't know the exact time, he was certain that it wouldn't be that long.
"Hurry up...hurry up...it'll be troublesome if we're any later."
He kept urging himself on, and time ticked by second by second.
A few minutes later, the group of mandrills had grown to more than thirty.
"Oh no... We're afraid we can't handle this number."
Zhan Pengwu hid behind a tree and counted, finally arriving at the number thirty-eight.
"Hold!"
Tang Weiwei wiped the sweat from her forehead, her expression full of anxiety.
After fidgeting for seven or eight minutes, he couldn't take it anymore.
"Ye Feng! Your plan has clearly failed. If you want to die, then die on your own. I'm not playing with you anymore."
After saying that, he turned around and prepared to leave...
"Hey! It's falling over! The monkey's fallen over!"
Zhan Pengwu pointed to the group of mandrills ahead.
The two mandrills that were the first to eat the bait suddenly collapsed to the ground, their bodies stiffening, their short tails twitching slightly, and some saliva escaping from their mouths…
The mandrills that came to eat later were also swaying and unsteady on their feet.
Every now and then, he would shake his head vigorously, trying to counteract the dizziness.
But less than 30 seconds later, the seven mandrills also fell to the ground in the same manner.
The other companions were startled when they saw this, and went over to fiddle with the fur on the other's body, completely bewildered as to what was going on.
At this moment, Ye Feng knew that the time to make his move had come…
"Let's go, let's proceed according to the pre-arranged plan."
Tang Weiwei shook her head repeatedly…
"Are you fucking crazy? There are over forty of them now, and we don't have enough arrows. How are we supposed to fight them?"
Believe me, even if we manage to kill them all, this number is barely enough.
But their main force will surely have arrived by now. How will we escape then?
Ye Feng took the composite bow off his neck and directly nocked an arrow.
"Don't worry, I've already asked Da Xiong to leave us a way out."
And I didn't ask you to kill them all; you'll be responsible for covering me in a bit.
If I can just hold out for a little while, I can put those mandrills into my backpack.
After that, we just need to run back about 100 meters and we'll be safe.
"Then it's safe. What road..."
"Whoosh!"
Tang Weiwei wanted to get to the bottom of things, since he had only known Ye Feng for less than a day and he didn't want to risk his life against the mountain demons for this kid.
Even though we're all companions, our relationship isn't that close yet.
But before he could finish speaking, Ye Feng's arrow had already been shot out.
The arrow pierced right through the back of a mandrill.
Although the two were far apart, Ye Feng had no confidence at all in hitting the target.
But who told these beasts to gather together?
There were more than thirty of them surrounding the few mandrills that had fainted, so he only needed to adjust the angle to easily dazzle them.
Upon seeing this, the mandrills were all startled and instinctively scattered in all directions.
Ye Feng drew his Nepalese knife and charged forward, letting out a deafening roar.
This is very effective in the animal kingdom, because sometimes size is king, and sometimes a loud voice can also have a scare or intimidating effect.
Seeing Ye Feng rush out, Zhan Pengwu immediately looked at Tang Weiwei.
"Brother Wei, we can't let him die here alone! Let's go!"
Tang Weiwei grabbed her greasy long hair in frustration and anger, and after hesitating for a second, she decided to bite the bullet and go for it.
"Damn it! This idiot! Oh well... whatever, let's do it!"
With a roar, despite his fear, he immediately drew his knife and charged forward.
The mandrills were clearly frightened by the three men's imposing presence, and they scattered and fled with strange cries.
But they hadn't run far before they came to their senses.
They seemed to realize that this was their territory and that the other side was not numerous.
Then, the largest of the mandrills let out a few angry roars.
"Aww! Endure!..."
Its sharp, narrow canines were fully exposed, and with a few irregular angry shouts, the mandrills immediately stopped in their tracks.
He started yelling as he ran towards Ye Feng and the other two.
Ye Feng had already run to the side of the unconscious mandrills and was stuffing them into his backpack.
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