Chapter 226 Bloodstains Left Behind
Yueqing moved around to his left, ignoring the gruesome wound and gushing blood, and grabbed his injured arm. Her movements were astonishingly fast, without the slightest hesitation, as if she had rehearsed it a thousand times.
"Don't struggle, or you'll bleed."
She accurately located the area above the wound, near the shoulder on her upper arm, and forcefully wrapped the soft leather strip she had just torn around it, using her teeth and hands to tie one knot after another.
A simple, yet absolutely effective tourniquet.
The surging flow of blood was visibly choked back, turning into a slow seepage.
"Okay, that's about right."
After doing all this, Yueqing finally breathed a sigh of relief, her back soaked with cold sweat. She looked up, her blood-stained face meeting Yin Hu's golden eyes, which were filled with shock and confusion.
Time seemed to stretch out infinitely at this moment.
Inside the cave, the flickering firelight cast the shadows of people and beasts onto the rock walls, twisting them into grotesque shapes.
The air was thick with the stench of blood, and the nauseatingly savage aura emanating from the giant beast.
A storm was brewing in the silver tiger's golden eyes.
Shock, confusion, and a hint of offended annoyance all eventually settled into a deep and unfathomable inquiry.
He stared intently at Yueqing, as if trying to see through her completely, inside and out.
This woman was a completely different person from the weak, shy, and even somewhat clumsy female he remembered.
"You..." His Adam's apple bobbed, his voice hoarse from blood loss, "What did you just say?"
"Press the artery to temporarily stop the bleeding." Yueqing's answer was so quick it sounded like she was reciting a memorized text, without the slightest emotional fluctuation.
As she spoke, she used her hands, stained with his blood, to check the tightness of the makeshift tourniquet again, her movements so professional they startled him.
"This is medical terminology, you won't understand. Simply put, I strangled the largest blood vessel in your arm, otherwise you would have bled to death by now."
Medical terminology? Blood vessels?
Each word was like a pebble, splashing onto the calm surface of Yin Hu's cognition, which had been still for over twenty years, stirring up chaotic ripples.
He, the strongest warrior of the Tiger Clan and the future leader of the tribe, was like an uncivilized cub at this moment, completely unable to understand what a female was saying.
This feeling is unfamiliar and terrible.
An unprecedented sense of powerlessness and loss of control gripped his heart. For the first time, he felt his own ignorance and being controlled in the presence of a female.
"I don't need you..." Silver Tiger subconsciously tried to break free, his masculine pride making it impossible for him to be manipulated by a woman like this.
"Don't move!" Yueqing suddenly raised her voice, her usually watery almond eyes now sharp as knives, glaring at him fiercely.
"Do you want to die? Or do you want your arm to be completely useless? Let me tell you, this thing is called a tourniquet. You can't wear it for more than half an hour, otherwise your arm will rot completely due to lack of blood! Even if a celestial being came, they couldn't save you then!"
A string of words he couldn't understand but felt were very powerful lashed at his face like whips.
"Rotting from lack of blood?" Silver Tiger repeated the two words he could only understand, his face instantly turning paler than the rock wall.
For a soldier, losing an arm is more terrible than death.
"I can't accept this result."
He froze, letting Yueqing's small hands examine his arm, no longer daring to move an inch.
Yueqing breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that he had behaved himself.
"If you don't want things to turn out this way, then listen to me."
After saying this, the woman's tense nerves relaxed slightly, and a violent wave of dizziness surged up.
She swayed slightly and instinctively steadied herself against Silver Tiger's strong body.
"Hey!" Silver Tiger froze, his muscles tensing instantly, even more nervous than when facing a saber-toothed tiger, when she suddenly approached him.
"Shut up," Yueqing cursed weakly, leaning against him and panting heavily. "I'm just a little exhausted, it's the aftereffects of the adrenaline rush."
Another word I can't understand.
Silver Tiger fell silent.
He could clearly smell the mixed scent of blood and her own body fragrance emanating from her hair, and he could also feel the softness and trembling of her body.
She was terrified, and he knew it.
But she suppressed her fear and saved his life in a way he couldn't understand.
Just then, the saber-toothed tiger, which had been watching the show like a spectator, seemed to finally lose patience.
It let out a low, threatening growl from its throat, took a step forward with its massive body, and its eerie green eyes locked onto them again.
Danger strikes again.
Silver Tiger instantly entered battle mode, his remaining right arm muscles bulging as he protected Yue Qing.
However, the woman behind him reacted even faster than he did.
"Fire!" Yueqing's voice rang out again, short, clear, and carrying an unquestionable command. "Make the fire burn even brighter! It's afraid of fire! And search the cave again to see if there are any other exits!"
Silver Tiger was taken aback by her shout, and then an even stronger, indescribable sense of astonishment welled up in his heart.
Was she directing him?
A female, commanding the strongest warrior of the tiger clan?
The thought only flashed through Yin Hu's mind for a fraction of a second before being completely suppressed by his survival instinct.
Pride cannot feed you, nor can it stop a saber-toothed tiger's fangs.
He turned around almost reflexively and kicked a few spare pieces of dry firewood into the fire.
"call--"
The flames suddenly shot up, and the orange-red light instantly illuminated the entire cave, also reflecting the suddenly constricted pupils of the saber-toothed tiger.
It took a half-step back in disgust, and the gurgling sound in its throat became restless.
"None of you should leave. Today you are destined to become my meal."
"Let's go!" Yueqing shouted, unceremoniously placing Yinhu's uninjured arm on her thin shoulder. "We don't need the supplies, our lives are more important."
Silver Tiger's tall body almost completely enveloped her, with most of his weight pressing down on her.
He groaned, the dizziness from blood loss washing over him like waves, making his legs weak.
"I can walk by myself." He gritted his teeth, his voice tinged with a hint of pathetic stubbornness.
Yueqing was almost forced to her knees by his weight. She gritted her teeth and used an almost savage strength to support him, panting as she cursed, "How dare you walk! You're just a lump of rotten flesh that could collapse at any moment! If you want to die, go by yourself, don't drag me down with you!"
These words were extremely harsh and showed absolutely no respect.
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