Chapter 76 - Honey
After running for a while following the direction Lu Yu and the others had entered the jungle, the members of the Xin Yuan tribe found that the traces of human activity split into two directions.
“Chief, which way should we go?” asked a member of the Xin Yuan tribe.
Da Luo’s face looked grim. He glanced around and pointed in a direction. “Let’s go this way.”
Both sets of tracks were fresh, and he couldn’t discern anything, so they had to rely on luck.
Luckily, their luck was not bad. After running for a while, they heard noises coming from up ahead.
“They’re just ahead.”
The members of the Xin Yuan tribe became excited; it seemed that Mother Earth was favoring them.
“Chief, arrows!” The person at the front saw numerous arrows either stuck in the ground or broken into pieces and hurriedly picked up one intact arrow and brought it to Da Luo.
Da Luo took the arrow, frowned, and said, “This arrow…”
A person beside him exclaimed, “This seems to be the weapon used by that person!”
Then, hesitatingly, he added, “Could it be that person is also participating in the tribal war and fought against the people who stole the tools, Chief? Should we still go?”
Da Luo clenched the arrow tighter, making a creaking sound, his expression fierce. “Let’s go.”
The other members of the Xin Yuan tribe also realized the situation. They whispered, “But what if that person finds out, Chief? Shouldn’t we…”
Before they could finish, the looks from their Chief silenced them.
Da Luo scanned the area coldly, then looked back at the arrow in his hand and crushed it suddenly. “The people of the Lang Yuan tribe want us to be their lackeys. I, Da Luo, will never bow down to anyone.”
There was a moment of silence among the others. One person still mustered the courage to speak up, “Chief, you’re right, but if we provoke that person, what about Xiong Shi and the others?”
“That’s enough.” Da Luo clapped the dust off his hands, interrupting him. “Let’s talk about this when we get back. Our goal now is to snatch back the tools and win this tribal battle.”
The members of the Xin Yuan tribe stopped speaking.
“Yes.”
The members of the Xin Yuan tribe continued to follow the tracks.
After chasing for a while, someone voiced their confusion, “Why did these people suddenly change direction?”
“No matter where they’re going, let’s keep chasing.”
“Yes.”
Chasing and chasing, they finally caught sight of the backs of the people who had stolen the tools.
The members of the Xin Yuan tribe rejoiced and raised their weapons to charge forward.
Before they could get close, they were surprised to see the people in front stop and then start throwing round objects at them.
Thinking it was stones, they hurriedly dodged, only to realize when the objects got closer that they were clay pots.
Da Luo sneered and led by example, chopping one of the clay pots with his bone knife.
Crack! The clay pot shattered, and yellow sticky liquid sprayed out.
Caught off guard, Da Luo was splashed all over.
“What is this stuff?”
At the same time, the other members of the Xin Yuan tribe also imitated Da Luo, chopping the clay pots with their bone knives and getting splashed with the yellow sticky liquid.
The rich sweet aroma filled the air.
Someone swallowed a mouthful of saliva. “It smells so good.”
“I know,” someone exclaimed, “This is honey, especially sweet.”
“Why are they throwing this at us?”
The members of the Xin Yuan tribe scratched their heads in confusion. Before they could figure it out, the people ahead had finished throwing things and started running again.
Unable to worry about their sticky and fragrant bodies, the members of the tribe continued to chase after them.
“Roar!”
After chasing for a while, the members of the Xin Yuan tribe suddenly heard a earth-shattering roar, shaking the trees and the leaves fell down and stuck to them.
“What’s going on? There’s a bear nearby.”
Judging from the sound, the bear was very close to them.
Da Luo didn’t care. “So what if there’s a bear? When we go to snatch back the tools, we’ll kill the bear too. How many bears have I, Da Luo, killed? Who knows how many bears I’ve skinned?”
Da Luo angrily turned his head to glare at the person poking himself with his finger.
The person trembled and stuttered, “Ch… Chief, you, you, you look…”
“What’s there to look?” Da Luo roared, lifting his head, but his words got stuck in his throat.
About twenty to thirty meters away from them, a massive creature emerged.
A large tree stood in its path.
The massive creature extended its claws and with a snap, broke the tree blocking its way.
With its dark body, large jaws capable of biting off a human head, and sharp, long teeth…
“Oh my god.”
“This isn’t an ordinary bear; this is a giant beast.”
Giant beasts are like witches among humans it’s extremely rare but powerful. Some people might spend their entire lives hunting without encountering one.
These ten individuals from the Xin Yuan tribe were the strongest warriors in the tribe and had encountered a giant beast during hunting once before, but they dared not approach it and only glanced from afar before retreating. But now, they were unexpectedly face to face with it.
Being close to it made them realize how terrifying giant beasts were. The pressure felt like a small mountain bearing down on each of them.
“Why would there be a giant beast on this island?” The members of the Xin Yuan tribe cried out in their hearts.
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On the side of the Matai tribe, Shan Pu also expressed the same confusion.
Lu Yu said, “Although I don’t know why there’s a giant beast, it explains why we haven’t seen any large beasts along the way. Either they were eaten by this bear or they’re hiding and afraid to come out.”
Shan Pu suddenly realized, “So what should we do now?”
Lu Yu glanced at him. “Of course, we can only run.”
With that, Lu Yu promptly jumped onto Tai Lie’s back and they started running away.
The Matai tribe members quickly followed suit.
The members of the Xin Yuan tribe also reacted and began to flee.
But for some reason, even though it seemed like the bear was closer to the people in front of them, the giant beast hesitated to pursue them and instead rushed towards them.
The speed didn’t match its massive size; it was extremely agile and swift.
Even though the members of the Xin Yuan tribe ran for their lives, the giant bear was catching up with them in just a few steps.
Da Luo looked back and gritted his teeth. “Prepare for battle.”
Since the bear had set its sights on them, instead of wasting more energy running away, they might as well fight to death.
Hearing the Chief’s command, the members of the Xin Yuan tribe stopped running and raised their weapons, preparing for battle.
The giant bear leaped high into the air, its bloodthirsty mouth wide open, and pounced towards them.
“Tsk, I kind of wanted to fight that bear.” Shan Pu ran while expressing regret. “It just looks a bit bigger, that’s all.”
Lu Yu knocked him on the head. “Don’t underestimate that bear.”
He had just checked the game panel and found that the threat level of the bear had reached S. Up until now, he had thought that A was the highest level of threat, but he never expected there to be an S level, which was two levels higher than the leader of the mammoths.
However, matching its threat level, the dropped items were also remarkable. It was actually a gun.
Honestly, seeing this drop item, Lu Yu’s heart suddenly heated up, and his brain quickly calculated whether or not to take a risk.
This was a gun; in this primitive society, what were iron weapons compared to firearms?
However, he quickly calmed down because he saw the word “empty” behind the gun. Empty clearly implied that there were no bullets for the gun.
They couldn’t make bullets now, so even if they got the gun, it would be useless.
It’s better to win this tribal battle first.
So many resources were tangible.
The group ran wildly, with the bear’s earth-shaking roar behind them.
When the giant bear appeared, Lu Yu also had Xia Cao shoot arrows dipped in honey towards the people shooting arrows at them. Although he didn’t know if they hit, when they saw the giant bear abandon them and rush towards the people behind them, those people seemed to realize something and stopped shooting arrows.
Finally, Lu Yu and the others were able to continue forward without trouble.
Halfway through, Lu Yu asked Ming Shan if there were any large beasts around.
Ming Shan closed his eyes, sniffed earnestly for a while, then opened his eyes and pointed in a direction. “There should be two jungle leopards in that direction.”
Lu Yu nodded. “Then let’s go find trouble with the leopards.”