The Emperor is Above

Chapter 127 The Giant Boy in the Water

"Ouch——"

“Hoo—ha—”

The wasteland is still bustling under the cover of night, with hunting beasts roaming quietly, searching for their prey.

The herbivorous animals gathered together tightly based on their kinship ties. The strong adult animals guarded the periphery, while the old and weak cubs were protected inside the herd, and they let out terrifying roars from time to time.

Some predatory beasts prowl around the herd, ready to attack at any time. If there is a smell of blood anywhere, other predatory beasts will flock to see if they can get a piece of the pie.

Just now, a dragon vulture hunted a woolly rhinoceros and was eating here. The large amount of blood that was spilled gave off a strong smell of blood, like a guiding light in the dark night, attracting wave after wave of strange beasts to come and go.

Seeing this scene, Qing Yi didn't dare to run too far. After all, there were not many places to hide in the wilderness. He simply hid by the water near the Jiming Lake on the peninsula.

The formation of this peninsula is due to a raised rock ridge below, which is slightly raised about ten feet high at the end and has been washed by the waves of the lake for a long time, revealing huge rocks on the shore.

Qing Yi found a relatively dry crevice and crawled into it. The entrance was just big enough for him to squeeze in from the side, and the inside of the crevice was relatively spacious, about seven or eight square meters. More importantly, this crevice had more than one exit. Even if a predatory beast discovered it and blocked the front entrance, it could still escape through other cracks.

He pulled up a bunch of straw from outside the crevice and spread it on the ground. He then found some herbs, crushed them and smeared them all over his body to cover up the smell. After thinking about it, he dug out a lot of swamp mud from the side of the crevice and smeared it all over his body.

After making such thorough preparations, he successfully avoided wave after wave of searches by strange beasts. Several black panthers and saber-toothed tigers passed by the crevices, but none of them discovered Qing Yi hiding inside.

"call--"

After escaping the search of a split-toothed beast, Qing Yi breathed a sigh of relief.

It is really tormenting to spend the night alone in the wilderness. Through the cracks in the rocks, you can see the Jiming Lake in the night, and the moonlight shining on the rippling water. If there were not so many dangerous beasts, birds and water beasts, it would be a beautiful place.

Although hiding in the crevice of the rock was relatively safe, Yi still did not dare to let his guard down. However, he had consumed too much energy during the day, especially being chased by the woolly rhinoceros all the way.

By the second half of the night, he could no longer hold on and fell into a drowsy state. Fortunately, the feather given by the dragon eagle covered his body and kept him extra warm, preventing the cold air from the lake mist on a summer night from penetrating into his body.

"Brother Qi Ji, I caught it. I can finally fill my stomach today."

A young man's excited voice suddenly rang out in the silent night. It was particularly loud and startled Qing Yi, who was sleeping in a daze. He listened attentively to the movement outside.

"Shh-"

The other boy spoke more quietly and cautiously, "Qubing, keep your voice down. We finally managed to escape. If we are discovered, we will be caught and starve again."

The young man who was speaking in front quickly lowered his voice and said in a slightly disappointed tone: "Yeah, Brother Qi Ji, I get it. So are we still eating raw meat today?"

"It's good to have some meat to eat. If we start a fire, wouldn't it be telling people that we are hiding here?" Another young man said in a bad tone, "Hurry up and lend a hand. Let's pull this water beast to that island and eat it slowly."

Qing Yi tiptoed to the crevice in the rock and quietly looked over to follow the sound.

The silvery-white moonlight provided an excellent view. In the large lake water area thirty feet away, there were actually two figures more than ten feet tall.

"A person who is more than ten feet tall?"

Qing Yi wondered if he was too sleepy and was hallucinating. The two figures were more than ten feet tall, just above their thighs. Wouldn't their entire bodies be nearly two feet tall? Could it be that he was dazzled? Qing Yi couldn't help rubbing his eyes, but he clearly found that he was not dazzled.

Two huge figures in the swamp were dragging a two-meter-long water beast and walking with great effort to an island dozens of meters away from the shore.

At this time, you can see that both of them are about 17 feet tall, which is over 3.9 meters tall. One is slightly taller and the other is slightly shorter, but the difference is not that big.

This scene shocked Qing Yi. There were giants in Jiming Lake? Why had he never heard of them before?

Judging from the voices of these two giants in front of us, they are just teenagers in their early teens. How tall would the adult giant men be?
"Hey? Brother Qi Ji, there are some woolly rhinoceros bones over there. We can use them as weapons to defend ourselves!" The smaller giant boy found some woolly rhinoceros bones thrown on the shore by the dragon eagle. He waded over in surprise and fiddled with them in his hands.

The other giant boy hesitated for a moment and said helplessly: "We both don't have time to escape, and carrying this thing would be a burden."

Perhaps because he was worried that the giant boy was in a bad mood, he quickly changed his words and said, "But what you said makes sense. The bones of the woolly rhinoceros are hard and the size and length are suitable for us. If there is any danger, at least we can fight for our lives."

Qing Yi was delighted to see this. It turned out that these were two giant boys who were running for their lives. Could this be the case of gaining something in return for losing something in one place?
The Great Wilderness Dragon Eagle left, but sent the two lost giant boys to its side, hoping to find a way to coax them back.

After thinking carefully for a long time, Qing Yi cleaned up the stains on his body, crawled out of the crevice and said loudly to the two giant boys: "If you want to eat cooked food, I have a way!"

“Ah—someone!”

"Escape quickly——"

What he didn't expect was that the two giant boys were immediately frightened and jumped into the water of Jiming Lake at the first moment, disappearing without a trace in the blink of an eye.

"Uh--"

Qing Yi was stunned.

Under the moonlight, the surface of the empty lake was shimmering, and on the island there was a half-eaten body of a water beast. It was unexpected that such a tall and burly giant boy could be so timid and cautious.

After failing to strike up a conversation with the giant boy, he felt that his luck for the day was really bad, so he had to return to the crevice in embarrassment and continue hiding.

When the sun rose again from the east of the swamp, Qing Yi crawled out of the crevice in the rock and dodged all the way towards the solitary hill. Today, there was no threat from the woolly rhinoceros, and there were too many beasts in the wilderness that he could not afford to offend.

So many things happened yesterday that he thought they were all just a dream, especially the experience of cleaning the ears of the Great Wilderness Dragon Vulture. If the dragon eagle had not given him a feather, he would not have dared to believe it.

Walking in the wilderness in summer, the smell is really unpleasant. The feces of animals, dead bodies, and rotten grass emit a foul odor everywhere.

The flies, mosquitoes and poisonous insects all over the sky are even more unbearable. Due to the dense water, large black objects can often be seen in the air ahead. They are all mosquitoes gathered together.

At this time Qing Yi discovered the magical effect of the dragon eagle feathers. It could actually deter mosquitoes from approaching and avoid many hidden dangers.

After all, the dangers in the wilderness are not only the exotic beasts and ferocious birds, but also the larger numbers of poisonous insects and snakes, which are inconspicuous but extremely deadly.

Holding a sword in one hand and a dragon eagle feather in the other, Qing Yi walked carefully until dusk. Just as he was about to find a place to rest, he heard a familiar cat cry: "Meow--"

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