If we retreat and let those three ferocious beasts pass, wouldn't the weaker women and children immediately become the most sought-after creatures in the underworld?
Just as the three cave bears were about to wreak havoc, the tribe's guardian beast, Luo, roared and charged from behind them.
Taking advantage of the three cave bears' distraction, Luo leaped up and bit the back of the neck of the last cave bear with his powerful, protruding fangs.
At that moment, Cave Bear felt a chill in his heart and was about to turn around and counterattack. But everything happened too suddenly and too fast. Luo roared and leaped into the air to attack almost at the same time, giving his opponent no chance to react.
As the cave bear turned around, a "crack" was heard from behind it, the crisp sound of bones breaking.
Luo's powerful bite force instantly severed the cave bear's spine in three segments, causing the bear to collapse to the ground like a fan that had been unplugged.
The cave bear suffered severe damage to its spinal nerves, rendering it incapable of fighting. Although it was not yet dead, it was barely breathing.
The remaining two cave bears, seeing that one of their companions had been killed by Luo, immediately bared their teeth and roared angrily, no longer paying attention to the natives.
Two cave bears attacked Luo from the left and right, like rabid dogs going berserk. One of them slapped with its paws, while the other approached and tore at him with its sharp teeth.
This combination of close and long range gives the cave bear, which is not very agile in turning, a certain offensive advantage.
Although Luo managed to dodge the combined attack of the two beasts, one of them still managed to bite a piece of his flesh.
Luo was slowed down by this obstacle. Immediately, another cave bear seized the opportunity to strike Luo on the head with its paw.
The head is the giant hyena's most powerful weapon, but also its most vulnerable body structure.
If the cave bear had landed that palm strike, even someone as strong as Luo would have had a difficult time turning his fate around.
At this critical moment, Luo, as a carnivorous beast, unleashed his primal instincts.
With a "rip," Luo forcefully tore off the piece of flesh that the cave bear had bitten, and the intense pain caused Luo to let out a beastly roar.
But even after tearing open Luo's flesh, the cave bear took another step forward.
With a swipe of its paw, the poor giant hyena was about to die at the hands of the cave bear.
At this moment, I was less than ten meters away from the cave bear. There were a few glow sticks left on the ground when it hurriedly retreated. The cave bear was facing away from me and Luo.
At this moment, I could already see the cave bear's huge paw raised high, about to slap Luo's forehead.
It's impossible to get close to it now, so I can only take a gamble.
Using the momentum of my running, I raised my spear and hurled it toward the back of the cave bear.
"Buzz!"
A muffled sound echoed through the night sky as the spear flew in an arc towards the cave bear's back.
Just as the cave bear's paw was about to strike Luo's forehead, a triangular spear pierced through its chest.
Because the spear pierced the bear at an angle from top to bottom, it also pierced the bear's lungs and heart. The half-meter-long triangular spear that was now protruding from the body was stained red with blood.
The cave bear's paw, which had been pounding away, now hung limply on Luo's forehead. Luo quickly dodged to the side, and the cave bear immediately collapsed into a pool of blood.
The other cave bear, seeing its companion fall, was momentarily distracted, but just as it came to its senses, it tried to make a move.
This time, Luo didn't give it a chance. Just as I killed the cave bear and the other cave bear was distracted by the death of its companion, Luo dodged to the side and pounced on the cave bear's throat again.
Having just had a piece of flesh torn off by this guy, Luo was now truly determined to kill the cave bear in front of him.
The risks of doing this are obviously very high. If the cave bear reacts in time by charging head-on, it could kill Luo on the spot with a single powerful slap.
However, this time Luo won the bet, as the cave bear didn't react immediately.
Luo had already leaped up and bitten its neck, and with another crisp snap, the cave bear also fell to the ground and couldn't get up.
Now that all three cave bears had been eliminated, Luo lay down on the ground and began licking his wounds, trying to remove the blood.
Seeing that the threat had been successfully eliminated, everyone in the tribe breathed a long sigh of relief.
The women and children gathered around again, their eyes now filled with even more joy as they looked at the spoils of war we had captured.
When we escaped, we were in a hurry and didn't bring much food with us. These cave bears can be used to make up for the food we lack.
Only the tribal chief and the native men looked at the cave bears without saying a word, their faces filled with regret.
They hunted year-round, so they naturally knew what could be taken and when. It wasn't that they didn't want to take the meat, but that they couldn't.
The journey so far has already been dangerous enough; if everyone were to carry a piece of bloody meat and travel through this perilous rainforest at night, it would be even more disastrous.
The stench of blood will inevitably attract more predators from the vicinity, and we will be like bright torches in the darkness, guiding these predators on their way.
The leader sighed, lowered his head to stroke Luo's fur, and then mumbled something to it.
Luo then began to gnaw on the body of one of the cave bears.
I roughly understand what the leader means. Since we can't take this meat with us, let Luo have a good meal. That way, it won't be unfair to Luo for fighting so hard for us.
At this point, the indigenous chieftain looked at me with gratitude in his eyes, bowed deeply to express his thanks for my help.
If I hadn't intervened today, Luo would likely have died at the hands of that cave bear. They saw clearly what happened earlier; it was my spear that killed the cave bear that attacked Luo.
I waved my hand, indicating that it wasn't important to worry about such things. However, it was indeed a pity that so much meat couldn't be taken with us.
I looked around and saw that the terrain here was mostly exposed bedrock with a thin layer of soil. So apart from some shrubs and weeds that could grow in such shallow soil, there were basically no tall trees.
However, I was still somewhat unwilling to give up, and finally I found an unknown tree about the thickness of a bowl in a crevice in the rocks.
The tree is over ten meters tall, so it should be able to handle most wild animals without any problem.
I still had rope in my basket. I suggested to the chief that we cut the bear meat off the tree, hang it up with rope, and come back to collect it tomorrow.
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