Chapter 388: Burning the Black Snake Tribe
In the middle of the Southern Wasteland, in the remote area of the lower reaches of the Nanhe River, there is the Black Snake Tribe.
“Hiss…”
A big black snake was swimming slowly in the grass, its forked tongue moving in and out from time to time, sensing various signals coming from the air, and its cold vertical pupils searching for living things around it.
However, when it crawled to a bush, a bad smell hit its nose.
The big black snake retracted its tongue, closed its mouth, and turned away without hesitation, as if it was extremely disgusted by the smell and felt uncomfortable all over after being touched by it even a little bit.
When the big snake left, a head suddenly popped out from the bushes. It was the leader of the thorn vines, Windgrass.
Behind her on the ground was a freshly dug hole.
Two members of the Thorn Vine Team, two Giant Claw Tribe warriors with two Giant Claw Beasts, and a Thorn Fly Tribe warrior with dozens of Thorn Flies were all hiding inside.
In the spring, Jiang Xuan ordered each subordinate tribe to send out some warriors and war beasts to participate in the development of the central region. These giant claw beasts and stinging flies were summoned at that time.
The giant claw beast is very good at digging holes, and the stinging fly's tail sting can make people unconscious. These two characteristics are very consistent with the needs of the thorn vines and are deeply loved by the thorn vine members.
This time, the fight against the Black Snake Tribe was no exception. Fengcao took them directly with him and planned to approach the territory of the Black Snake Tribe from underground.
However, when the giant claw beast actually dug into the territory of the Black Snake Tribe, it found that things were not that simple.
Because those black snakes actually live in burrows!
As soon as the giant claw beast dug into the territory of the black snake tribe, it found the nest of a big black snake.
If Fengcao and the others had not been quick enough to kill the big black snake, they would have been exposed by now.
Generally speaking, burrowing snakes are small and medium-sized snakes. Large snakes usually have habits similar to those of wild beasts. They live in their own territory and crawl wherever they go. They do not have fixed nests at all.
But these huge black snakes not only live in burrows, but also have fixed nests, which makes them completely anomalies.
Fortunately, they discovered this early, otherwise the giant claw beast would dig holes along the way and if it dug out the totem snake of the Black Snake Tribe, it would be a lot of fun.
In order to prevent the dug holes from being discovered by the black snake tribe, they sprinkled some snake repellent near the hole entrance to prevent the big black snakes from approaching.
After making sure that the big black snake had gone far away, Fengcao said to the warrior of the thorn fly tribe: "Release all the thorn flies you brought and scout around to see if there is any danger."
"yes!"
The Thornfly tribe warrior's mouth opened and closed rapidly, his teeth kept clashing, making an incomprehensible sound, and then he pointed forward.
“Buzz buzz buzz…”
The stinging flies surrounding him flew towards the direction of his finger at an extremely fast speed and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Everyone waited patiently for a while, and soon, the sting flies returned one after another and landed on the body of the sting fly tribe warrior. Their wings made strange vibrating sounds and their bodies kept twisting.
The warriors of the Thornfly Tribe kept nodding, as if they could understand the sounds they made and read their body language.
After a while, the Thornfly Tribe warrior said to Fengcao, "Chief, the snake repellent we put out is effective. There are no people from the Black Snake Tribe nearby, and there are no black snakes."
Fengcao nodded in satisfaction and said, "Very good, we will wait here until dark, and then light fires in three directions to let the people of the Black Snake Tribe experience the power of fire attack first."
The warriors of the Thornfly Tribe were shocked: "Chief, the weather is so dry now, and the trees in the forest will catch fire easily. Once they catch fire, I'm afraid all the nearby tribes will suffer, and we will be in trouble too."
Feng Cao laughed and said, "You underestimate the strength of a large tribe. Don't worry, this fire won't burn many places. At most, it will just cause some chaos to the Black Snake Tribe. As long as the Black Snake Tribe is in chaos, we will be able to find more opportunities."
Fengcao had a high reputation among these people, and since she said there was no problem, no one raised any more questions.
They returned to the cave and waited patiently for night to fall.
As the sun gradually set and the light in the forest gradually dimmed, Fengcao, who was sitting in the cave with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes.
"Start the fire and get ready for action!"
Following Fengcao's order, two warriors from the Teng tribe immediately took out two iron bars, two flints, and the flammable and fire-resistant wood-hoofed fungus.
Ever since the Teng tribe smelted iron, Jiang Xuan led his tribesmen to develop various uses for iron products.
Using iron bars to strike flint to make fire is one of the new skills Jiang Xuan taught the people of the Teng tribe.
“Ding ding ding…”
As the two Vine Tribe warriors struck quickly, red sparks suddenly flew down from the flint.
Small sparks went out immediately after hitting the ground, but some large sparks landed on the surface of dry polypore fungi and successfully ignited them, forming fire.
They lit three fires in succession and gave one of them to Fengcao.
Feng Cao held the smoldering fire and said, "One of you will go to the left side of the Black Snake Tribe to light a fire, and the other will go to the right side to light a fire. I will take care of the front. Remember, you must choose the place with the most dry firewood and the fastest burning. Once you have it lit, run immediately. Don't look back and don't hesitate."
"yes!"
After receiving the order, the two soldiers immediately left the cave with the fire, one on the left and one on the right, and went into the dense forest respectively, and soon disappeared.
"The stinging fly, follow me. The giant claw beast will stay in the cave to provide support."
Fengcao waved his hand, then jumped out of the hole, and the warriors of the Thornfly Tribe hurriedly followed.
When Fengcao entered the forest, all the totem patterns on her body emerged, emitting a faint dark green light.
At this moment, she seemed to have merged with all the plants in the forest. Even her aura had changed. Even if someone approached her, it would be difficult to detect her presence.
The warrior of the stinging fly tribe does not have this ability, but he can drive the stinging flies to explore the surrounding environment and avoid danger in advance if he encounters any danger.
Soon, they approached the outskirts of the Black Snake Tribe's residential area.
After arriving here, Fengcao didn't dare to move forward anymore, because after nightfall, there were warriors patrolling around the Black Snake Tribe, and it would be easy to be discovered if he got too close.
She first felt the wind direction, then chose a place that was most likely to burn toward the Black Snake Tribe's residential area, and carefully piled up a large amount of dry firewood.
"call……"
Fengcao put some dry moss on the fire and blew it continuously.
Soon, wisps of smoke rose from the smoldering wood fungus, and then a flame suddenly shot up, smoldering the dry moss.
Fengcao quickly put the burning moss into the pile of firewood, and added a lot of dry leaves and small branches on top.
“Crackle, crackle…”
Soon, the pile of dry firewood began to burn violently and spread rapidly with the help of the wind.
Fengcao and the Thornfly tribe warrior picked up burning branches and set them on fire everywhere, making the fire spread out.
Then, they turned around and ran without looking back, not daring to stay where they were.
“Crackle, crackle…”
After the fire started, the thick dead branches and leaves on the ground of the primeval forest became the best fuel, turning the area into a sea of fire in a very short time, with flames shooting into the sky and heat waves surging.
"Oh no! It's on fire!"
"Put out the fire!"
When the members of the Black Snake tribe saw the raging fire in the forest, everyone screamed in fear. Some tried to put out the fire, while others ran around.
Just as everyone was scrambling to find a way to put out the fire, someone suddenly pointed to the left and shouted in horror: "Oh no, the forest on the left is also on fire!"
"There's a fire on the right side too!"
The tribesmen are very afraid of wildfires.
When the members of the Black Snake Tribe found that they had no ability to put out the fire, the entire tribe soon fell into chaos, and countless people began to flee frantically to places where there was no fire.
“Hiss…”
Those big black snakes also began to run around anxiously. Some of them went into underground caves, while others ran with the crowd. The large black snakes rushed around recklessly, knocking down many unlucky people along the way.
“Huff…”
The wind was getting stronger and stronger, and the fire was getting bigger and bigger. The flames were like ferocious beasts, burning and devouring madly.
The sound of wind, fire, screams, cries, the sound of collapsed houses...all kinds of sounds intertwined together, and the whole forest seemed to have turned into a hell on earth.
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