The boy in green at the front took out a flare from his backpack, raised his hand and fired it. His hands were shaking in panic, and the flare flew out at an angle, hitting a tall tree trunk and failing to reach the air above the bushes.
"What are you doing?" The boy behind him shouted with his face turning red in anxiety.
"Stop talking and get ready for battle." Another boy held a gleaming dagger in his hand and looked at the direction cautiously.
Twelve hyenas ran up to them and surrounded them. The four men looked tense and stood back to back, looking around. The hyenas' eyes flashed with greed and they made low sounds of aggression in their throats.
"I really regret it. Just for a hundred thousand dollars, I might even lose my life!"
"Rui Luo clearly said they were here, how come they disappeared all of a sudden? Were we being fooled?"
“Shut up,” the boy who had been silent the whole time shouted, “They’re about to move.”
As soon as he finished speaking, the hyenas around them pounced on them, and for a moment, the scene became chaotic.
Soon, the smell of blood spread in the air, and the four people in green and the hyena were all injured.
Xie Sen, who was squatting in the bushes not far away and watching this scene, subconsciously held his breath and his face turned slightly pale. This bloody scene reminded him of the scene when he was surrounded by zombies at the beginning of the apocalypse.
Feeling a sudden warmth on his shoulder, Xie Sen turned his head and saw Maine's worried expression in the dim light from the fighting scene.
His heart suddenly settled down and he grinned, indicating that he was fine.
Bai Jiao said, "They can't hold on any longer."
The four boys were all male contracted beast masters with good fighting ability, but they were still no match for a hyena pack that was three times their number.
Maine looked at the fight with cold eyes and said in a cold voice: "Wait a little longer."
The four men in green had more and more wounds on their bodies, and their attack speed gradually slowed down. They killed two hyenas, and the remaining hyenas attacked more fiercely, and the whole venue was filled with sharp howls.
Suddenly, the boy in green was knocked to the ground by a hyena, which then lowered its head and bit his neck.
Xie Sen's eyes suddenly widened, and he reflexively summoned the chili tree, exchanged for chili peppers, and ordered in his mind that the chili peppers would rush towards the hyenas and explode into powder.
As soon as the order was given, a dagger was already stuck in the hyena's head. Without even a cry, it fell to the side.
Xie Sen quickly shouted in his mind: "Come back."
The chili branch that had rushed to the side of the hyena was instantly retracted. Xie Sen turned his head and saw Maine had already stood up. He lowered his head and said to him, "Wait here."
After he finished speaking, he ran out quickly, with Long Teng following closely beside him. The two of them attacked quickly and fiercely, and the hyenas' cries could be heard one after another.
The hyenas soon realized that their opponents were very strong, so they divided four of them into two groups to deal with the four people in green, and the other six into two groups to deal with Maine and Long Teng.
The battle situation suddenly became tense. Xie Sen looked at Maine nervously. Suddenly, he felt a chill on his back. He turned his head and his heart almost stopped for a moment.
A row of green eyes appeared in the dense forest behind.
He quickly grabbed Bai Jiao's arm and swallowed nervously: "Behind...behind."
Bai Jiao's attention was focused on the battlefield. He turned his head and his expression changed: "We have to leave here quickly. The smell of blood has attracted wild beasts."
He stood up as he spoke, and Xie Sen followed him.
Bai Jiao took out a spray-like bottle from the space: "This is specially used to deal with wild beasts. I'll try it."
Xie Sen grabbed him: "Let me do it!" This bottle is obviously for close combat, it's too dangerous.
He gave the order to the pepper tree, telling it to rush towards the hyenas attacking Maine, and quickly explode a third of it at the nose of each hyena.
"Ah!!!" The pepper tree was extremely fast. Almost at the same time, the three hyenas screamed, closed their eyes, tucked their tails and jumped around randomly.
Maine took the opportunity to deal with them, glanced in Xie Sen's direction, and continued fighting.
Xie Sen exchanged for another chili pepper and gave the same order as before, but this time his target was the three hyenas around Long Teng.
Dogs have a very developed sense of smell. The moment the hot pepper exploded at their noses, they could not help but wail in a high-pitched and shrill voice. The wild beasts around them, attracted by the smell of blood, subconsciously stepped back.
Long Teng and Maine dealt with all the hyenas neatly and efficiently. The four men in green were covered in blood. They thanked the two men while panting and looking embarrassed.
Bai Jiao looked curiously at the chili tree floating on Xie Sen's shoulder: "Is this your mimic beast? It has great killing power!"
Xie Sen said vaguely: "It is more useful for creatures with a keen sense of smell." He put away the chili tree.
Bai Jiao smiled and said, "I'd like to study it when I have the chance."
Xie Sen hesitated and nodded: "Okay."
The two men came to the battle site. The strong smell of blood made them feel very uncomfortable. Xie Sen crossed his arms and looked at the boy in green: "We were just taking a walk after dinner, and you guys messed up our resting place like this. You're amazing."
The four people's faces twitched at the same time. Taking a walk? In this kind of place, taking a walk after dinner was too ridiculous. As for the "really amazing" that followed, it really made them feel embarrassed.
Bai Jiao hooked her long hair with her index finger, with a faint smile on her face: "Did you come to us on purpose?"
"No, it's not..."
"How did Rui Luo know our exact location?" Maine interrupted his denial and asked directly.
"How do you know it was Rui Luo who sent us here?" one of them shouted, "Have you been watching us get into trouble?"
"Wow, we just rescued you, and you still dare to shout and scream? Don't you understand the situation?" Long Teng put his hands on his waist and raised his hand to point at the man.
The four of them fell silent with grim expressions. Their plan was perfect. They lured the hyenas here and forced Maine and the others to send out a distress signal and give up the game.
Little did I know that I didn't achieve my goal, and it was only thanks to Maine and the others who saved my life that I would be laughed to death if this got out.
"Answer my question." Maine reminded coldly.
The other three looked at the boy in green, who said, "I'm not sure either. I just know you have a location on you... I asked Rui Luo out of curiosity, and he said, 'That idiot has always treated the things my uncle gave me as treasures, so of course I know where he is.'"
Maine clenched his hands into fists suddenly, his face became extremely ugly, and his expression was cold: "Did he really say that?"
The boy in green shuddered: "Yes, that's what I said."
Xie Sen grabbed Maine's arm worriedly: "What's wrong with you?" Maine's expression was really scary.
Maine turned his head and stared at him. Xie Sen felt a chill rising from the soles of his feet. He did not let go, still holding Maine's arm and looking at him.
After a while, Maine's expression returned to normal, and his voice was dry: "It's okay."
Bai Jiao reminded: "We have to leave here quickly, the smell of blood is too strong." He looked around with a serious expression.
In almost every direction, in the dense forest not far away, there are eyes belonging to wild beasts, emitting greedy light.
Maine opened his bracelet and pulled up a map: "Follow me."
"What should we do?" the boy in green asked quickly, "Can we go with you?"
"No." Maine refused directly.
Bai Jiao asked back: "Do you still want to continue participating in the competition?"
The boy in green made a bitter face: "We can't send a distress message."
Xie Sen knew very well that the reason they couldn't send a distress message was because Maine had done something and interfered with the signal.
In fact, he suspected that if it weren't for the league rules that prohibited harming people, Maine might not have rescued them at all.
If the four people in green were killed silently by a pack of hyenas, the organizers would definitely investigate. After all, everyone can send a distress signal, and it is abnormal to die without sending a signal.
They all swiped their personal wristbands before the start of the competition, and the organizers knew everyone's position. If they investigated, it would be easy to trace them back.
When it comes to distress messages, as the top student in the Information Department, Maine will definitely be suspected.
Thinking of this, Xie Sen opened the bracelet and switched to the help page. He pointed at the red button and said, "You can send a help message. Aren't you too scared and your hands are shaking?"
"Hey, it really works!" The boy in green opened the bracelet again and said in surprise. He glanced at his teammates who were in very bad condition, and sent a message for help without hesitation.
Maine knew that Xie Sen did this for him, so he looked at Xie Sen deeply and led the way into the depths of the forest. He had an information detector to find out the real-time road conditions, and he accurately avoided the wild animals and arrived safely at another open space.
They quickly started a fire, and Maine said, "Long Teng, keep them safe. I'll be away for a while and back soon."
Xie Sen quickly asked: "What are you going to do?"
"Throw something away." Maine said in a very calm tone. After he finished speaking, he turned around and walked back the way he came. He disappeared in a moment.
Xie Sen looked at the direction he left with concern. Thinking of what the boy in green had said, he roughly understood that the things he threw must be related to the uncle mentioned by Rui Luo.
This was not the first time he mentioned this word. When Maine said he would pay half of the deposit first, Rui Luo suspected that the money was given by Maine's uncle.
It seems that this uncle should be a very good person to Maine, otherwise Rui Luo would not be so suspicious. But such a person installed a positioning tracker on Maine!
Xie Sen thought about it and couldn't help but become more worried.
Maine came back soon, looking a little gloomy. He said nothing and sat down casually against the tree trunk.
Xie Sen moved to his side and stood next to him. Maine turned his head to look at him and he smiled: "It will be warmer at night."
Maine's voice was a little warmer: "Yeah."
Seeing this, Long Teng moved to Bai Jiao's side and smiled, showing his bright white teeth: "Let's stay close together, it'll be warm."
Bai Jiao looked at him and smiled: "Just in case, it's best to arrange for someone to be on duty at night."
Maine said: "I will guard the first half of the night, and Long Teng will guard the second half."
"Sure, no problem!" Long Teng replied.
Xie Sen looked around. Although this place was called an open space, it was only slightly more spacious than the area on the road, with a total area of less than ten square meters.
Maine and Long Teng had just fought not long ago, which consumed a lot of energy. Especially since Maine had carried him on his back during the day, it was impossible for him not to be tired.
He was thinking about whether there was a way to do it without having to keep watch. Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind: "I have an idea. We can rest together and don't have to keep watch."
As he spoke, he summoned potatoes, exchanged them for four potatoes, and directed the four roots to take them to four directions. Then, the density was reduced, and the potatoes grew bigger and bigger, until they eventually became four walls, forming a space that surrounded them.
"Wow! How amazing!" Long Teng jumped up and touched the potato wall with sparkling eyes. "What is this?"
Xie Sen said seriously: "A new type of outdoor tent."
If he told Long Teng, he was sure that all these walls would go into Long Teng's stomach.
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