Chapter 152: Traveling at Night
The presence of the little bison made the mother bison cautious. She had no choice but to follow them obediently.
After they were able to walk smoothly, Zhou Xu and his team appropriately increased their mobility efficiency in order to get back to the camp as quickly as possible.
However, they could not move very efficiently when they were leading two calves and an adult bison and had to be on guard at all times against the possibility that they might escape.
But for the same reason, it was not convenient for them to camp outdoors. They had no other choice. As the sky gradually darkened, Zhou Xu and his companions could only take a short rest and then continue their journey overnight, leading three bison, one large and two small.
Under the cover of night, they held up torches and walked carefully.
The night on the prairie is full of dangers. Carnivores that come out to hunt at night may appear in the surrounding grass at any time.
In just this moment, they had already heard a lot of rustling sounds entering their ears.
Needless to say, something is moving...
Those guys are hiding in the dark and watching them. They can't be careless, but they don't need to be too nervous either.
Because they are so numerous and powerful, the animals that come out to hunt at night know how to judge the threat posed by their targets to a certain extent, and it is impossible for them to directly pounce on such a large group.
And at this moment, there was suddenly a sound of some animals moving quickly in the surrounding grass.
This situation shocked Zhou Xu and others, who thought these guys were going to take action.
However, they soon realized that these movements were not approaching them, but were quickly moving away from them.
This situation made Zhou Xu frown.
【Something is not right.】
A thought flashed through his mind, and Zhou Xu opened an "Eye of Insight" for himself and began to look around.
With this sweep, he immediately spotted a ferocious beast within his field of vision that seemed to be waiting for an opportunity to strike! Needless to say, the other animals lurking in the surrounding grass had sensed the presence of this ferocious beast, so they fled.
Under the cover of night, with the light provided by the torch in his hand, Zhou Xu could vaguely make out that the other person had yellow-brown hair, thick limbs, and a sturdy body.
The most eye-catching thing is the pair of huge sharp teeth like sharp blades extending from the opponent's upper jaw.
[Saber-toothed tiger?!]
This was the first thought that flashed through Zhou Xu’s mind.
In modern society, no one has ever seen what a saber-toothed tiger looked like. The most they can do is to restore it through the excavated bone fossils.
But just like the name of the saber-toothed tiger, its biggest feature is the pair of saber teeth! From this point of view, the beast fully meets this feature.
In this primitive era, no one would be idle and name these ferocious beasts. Zhou Xu wanted to call it a saber-toothed tiger, so that's what it was.
The beast they encountered before not only knew how to divert trouble, but also found an opportunity to bite the hyena queen to death with one bite. Both its intelligence and fighting ability should not be underestimated.
Although they are now numerous and powerful, they will probably have to pay a heavy price if they encounter such a large beast in the wild.
Almost at the same time when Zhou Xu discovered the saber-toothed tiger, its existence also caught the attention of other tribal members, causing the three bison that they had brought along to become restless.
Feeling the change in the atmosphere, Zhou Xu spoke in a deep voice...
"Don't be nervous. If it wanted to pounce, it would have already pounced on us. These beasts are not stupid. It probably saw that we were outnumbered and didn't want to take the risk."
What Zhou Xu said made sense, but it was not enough to eliminate their tension.
The group was alert to the wild beasts in the distance, and were moving with some difficulty, leading the three bison, which were becoming a little uncooperative due to anxiety.
During this time, the beast was slowly walking around the periphery, neither rushing forward nor planning to leave. I don't know if it was struggling with the situation and couldn't decide whether to take action or not.
"Chief, the beast is still following us."
After walking for a while and confirming the saber-toothed tiger's tracks the whole time, Ye Jinghong's forehead was now covered with beads of sweat. He didn't know whether it was because of too much mental pressure or because the weather was too hot.
During this whole process, Zhou Xu was undoubtedly under great psychological pressure.
Indeed, they are numerous and powerful, and theoretically, these beasts should not attack them.
But beasts are just beasts after all, and you can't think of them too rationally. After all, sometimes people may not be rational, let alone beasts...
Faced with this situation, Zhou Xu hesitated for a moment and then directly launched the mantra.
[Skeleton Soldier Summons! ]
In an instant, the power of the truth spread.
On the way back, because they needed to lead three bison, in order to reduce the weight and free up manpower, they threw away half of the ten skeletons they brought. Now, they only carried five skeletons.
With these five skeleton soldiers as a base, the spreading power of the mantra also attracted seven skeletons to Zhou Xu from the covered area.
The number is incomparable to the previous time.
However, if this method is not deployed in advance, the actual effect is inherently unstable and requires luck. There is nothing much to say.
Including the five they brought with them, there were a total of twelve skeleton soldiers, which was basically enough.
In the pitch-black night, the skeleton soldiers with ghostly lights burning in their eye sockets had an eerie look in every move, which seemed to have changed the atmosphere around them.
Their arrival made Zhou Xu and others, who were originally concentrating on their journey and did not want to cause any trouble, suddenly become somewhat creepy and domineering.
At this moment, Zhou Xu's idea was very simple. The saber-toothed tiger had been following them, and it was unsure but didn't want to leave. Maybe it was because it saw that they were concentrating on getting on with their journey and acting too cowardly.
And now, he was going to turn around and use his momentum to pressure the opponent to see if he could force him to retreat!
There is undoubtedly an element of gambling here, but after weighing the pros and cons in his mind, Zhou Xu now feels relatively confident.
As expected, as they became more powerful, the saber-toothed tiger following behind them became even more hesitant.
After looking at it for several times, he finally turned around and left.
Everyone who saw this scene breathed a sigh of relief, and Zhou Xu's voice rang out again...
"Don't be too relaxed. That guy might come back again."
While speaking, Zhou Xu's gaze fell on the twelve skeleton soldiers again. Just in case, he thought it would be better to take these twelve skeleton soldiers with him.
But if they were asked to carry it, they really didn't have the hands free, let alone the strength to do so.
Thinking of this, Zhou Xu felt his own condition a little, and then downgraded it, downgrading the 'skeleton soldier' to 'skeleton'.
In this way, the consumption of his mantra power was suddenly reduced a lot.
After that, it would not be so difficult to give the order to follow and use the power of mantra to keep the skeleton moving.
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