Flip the table and divide the family property! Take his wife and daughter into the mountains and eat

The snowstorm stopped, but the temperature in the forest dropped to minus thirty degrees Celsius.

This is the "sharp-toothed" weather in Changbai Mountain, so cold that even tree bark can crack from the cold.

Zhao Shanhe, leading Qinglong, waded through knee-deep snow for two hours before finally making his way back to the ravine where they had hunted the wild boar king last time.

The moment he showed his face, Zhao Shanhe's heart sank.

"really."

On that empty ground, there wasn't a trace of meat left.

The wild boar meat, which originally weighed several hundred pounds, is now reduced to a huge, pale skeleton, standing alone in the snow.

The bones were cleaned of every last bit of meat, and the surrounding area was covered with messy footprints and black bird droppings.

Flocks of crows perched on the treetops, cawing loudly as if mocking the late hunter.

"That's fate."

As an experienced hunter, he knew the rules of the mountains all too well.

One whale falls, and all things come to life. In this harsh winter when food and water are scarce, a pile of unclaimed fresh meat left here for two days and two nights would have long been devoured by the hungry ghosts in the mountains.

"You animals got off too easily."

Zhao Shanhe tightened his grip on the old foreign cannon and walked over to the skeleton to take a look.

Wolf tracks, the pungent smell of foxes, the shuffling steps of weasels... it's as if a feast of a hundred beasts has been held here.

"Let's go, Azure Dragon."

Zhao Shanhe patted Qinglong's head, preparing to turn around and leave to try his luck elsewhere.

however.

The moment he turned around, the usually silent and composed Azure Dragon suddenly stopped.

It neither howled nor ran away, but instead pressed its enormous wolf head close to the ground, its nose twitching violently.

Immediately afterwards, the mane on its neck bristled without warning, and a low, suppressed growl, as if squeezed from its chest, escaped its throat:

"Snoring..."

This is an alarm.

Moreover, the alarm only sounds when encountering a top predator.

Zhao Shanhe's eyes narrowed instantly.

He immediately raised his gun, crouched down quickly like a raccoon, and used the wild boar skeleton as cover, his eagle eyes scanning the surrounding dense forest warily.

The wind gently blows through the treetops.

The surroundings were eerily quiet; even the crows that had been cawing earlier had fallen silent.

Something's not right.

Zhao Shanhe squinted.

The footprints on the ground were too varied, containing all sorts of things, but this actually masked the real threat.

He slowly moved to where the Azure Dragon was sniffing and lay down on the snow to carefully distinguish it.

Among a jumble of wolf paw prints, he finally discovered a very peculiar footprint.

The footprint was only half the size of a palm, shaped like a plum blossom, but there were no claw marks (feline claws retract).

Most importantly, the footprints were very light, as if they had only touched the snow. You wouldn't notice them at all unless you lay down on the ground to look.

"Leopard..."

Zhao Shanhe gasped and whispered the name that the mountain people feared.

Lynx!

Although this creature is called a "big cat," in the eyes of experienced hunters, it is more troublesome than a wolf.

It walks silently, specializing in climbing trees or fallen logs, and is known as the "ghost of the mountains." What's most deadly is that this thing is extremely vengeful and cunning; after eating your flesh, it will lie in ambush nearby, intending to make you its next meal.

"There!"

Following Qinglong's gaze, Zhao Shanhe suddenly looked up at an old red pine tree dozens of meters away.

Suddenly, a clump of withered yellow "tree burl" on a horizontal branch about four or five meters above the ground moved.

That's not a tree burl.

Those were a pair of cold, cruel amber eyes, staring down at them intently. The black tufts of hair on the tips of their two ears trembled slightly in the wind.

It was discovered!

"Whoosh!"

The lynx moved the instant their eyes met.

It didn't run away or pounce; instead, like a puff of yellow smoke, it leaped directly from one tree to another at an outrageous speed!

It's "slipping through the tree"!

This is the lynx's most disgusting escape method: its feet never touch the ground as it traverses the canopy. Hunting dogs simply cannot catch it on the ground, and hunters in the dense forest can hardly even hold their guns steady.

"Azure Dragon! Chase!!"

Zhao Shanhe roared!

Now that we've stumbled upon this priceless leather, we absolutely cannot let it get away!

"roar--!!"

The Azure Dragon shot out like a cannonball, skimming the ground.

Although it can't climb trees, it's incredibly fast.

It stared intently at the yellow shadow in the tree, running wildly across the snow, its four enormous paws kicking up clouds of snow mist, and it was no slower than the lynx in the tree!

A thrilling three-dimensional pursuit battle unfolded in this primeval forest.

"Bang!"

As Zhao Shanhe ran wildly through the knee-deep snow, he raised his hand and fired a shot.

The shot wasn't meant to hit it, but to force it to the ground.

The lead bullet struck the tree trunk in front of the lynx, sending wood chips flying.

The lynx was startled, paused, slipped, and almost fell off the tree.

good chance!

But that's what makes the "Mountain Spirit" so terrifying. In mid-air, it twisted its waist forcefully, instead of landing, it hooked its claws onto a drooping withered vine, used the momentum to swing, and swung like a monkey to the back of another, thicker tree.

Disappeared!

"Damn it, it's become a spirit!"

Zhao Shanhe was panting heavily, his lungs burning with pain. Chasing after something like this in the snow was practically playing with his life.

Suddenly, the Azure Dragon in front stopped.

It crouched low, facing the back of the big tree, and let out a roar before attacking.

The lynx didn't go far.

Knowing it couldn't outrun the combination of two legs and four legs, it... laid an ambush behind the tree!

Zhao Shanhe instantly understood the beast's intention.

It planned to jump down from behind the tree and spit the dog's throat when the Azure Dragon rushed over to investigate!

"Azure Dragon! Don't move!!"

Zhao Shanhe shouted.

If it were an ordinary hunting dog, it would have rushed over and died by now.

But the Azure Dragon understood. It abruptly halted its charge, gripping the ground with its four claws, and stopped ten meters away from the tree, staring intently at what lay behind it.

The two sides reached a stalemate.

Zhao Shanhe slowly adjusted his breathing, picked up the old foreign cannon, and moved step by step to the side, trying to open up the firing angle.

The butt of his gun was soaked with sweat.

This shot was too difficult to fire.

Hit him on the body? He'd be like a sieve; the skin wouldn't be worth anything.

Shoot it in the head? That thing is hiding behind a tree; once it peeks out, it's gone in an instant.

Just as Zhao Shanhe moved to a 45-degree angle to the side.

The lynx behind the tree finally couldn't resist any longer.

It knew its location had been exposed, and if it didn't fight desperately, it would die.

"Meow—!!!"

A piercing, ear-piercing scream echoed through the mountains and forests.

A yellow blur suddenly darted out from behind the tree! Instead of running away, it used its agility to pounce directly on the Azure Dragon that was closest to it!

It wants to cripple this dog first!

too fast!

Zhao Shanhe was so close that he didn't even have time to aim.

It looked as if the lynx's sharp, knife-like claws were about to blind the Azure Dragon.

"roar!"

The Azure Dragon displayed the terrifying reaction befitting a wolf. Instead of dodging, it raised its head high and slammed its hardest skull into the lynx's soft belly!

Bang!

A muffled thud.

The lynx in mid-air was knocked off its balance, its body tilted, and it fell to the ground on the snow.

But it's a feline, and it can retaliate as soon as it lands. It lands on all fours, arches its back, and prepares to attack again.

It's now!

Even a pause of only 0.1 seconds!

Zhao Shanhe held his breath; in the old hunter's eyes, the world seemed to stand still.

The muzzle of the gun was slightly raised.

Prediction.

"Bang!!!"

The old cannon spewed out a thick plume of white smoke and a tongue of fire.

There was no scene of blood and gore.

The lynx, which was about to leap, suddenly froze, as if its soul had been ripped away. It rolled straight onto its side on the snow, its limbs twitching a few times before going still.

The Azure Dragon pounced, about to take another bite.

"stop!!"

Zhao Shanhe shouted.

The Azure Dragon's massive jaws stopped an inch from the lynx's neck.

Zhao Shanhe ran over quickly, stepped on the lynx's tail, and only after confirming that it was dead did he let out a long breath and almost collapsed to the ground.

That's too risky.

He crouched down to examine the spoils.

There was a dark bullet hole in the left eye socket of this large lynx.

One shot to the eye!

Not a single hair was damaged, and even most of the skull was preserved.

This is a perfect, flawless "premium leather".

With trembling hands, Zhao Shanhe stroked the two precious tufts of black fur on the tips of the lynx's ears, grinned, and smiled silently.

"What's the big deal if wild boar meat is gone?"

"This one hide is worth ten pigs!"

"Qinglong, we've struck it rich..."