I, the sycamore tree demon, have met a phoenix!

"Okay, let's try it."

Seeing her so sure, Li Jie didn't say anything more, just nodded in agreement.

At this moment, the deputy captain of the militia came forward to report.

"Captain, the number of people has been counted, and there are no shortages."

Speaking of this, he paused, and added, "It's just that the old men who came from the village said that there seemed to be traces of ferocious beasts in the forest."

Hearing this, the two couldn't help but frowned and looked at each other.

Immediately, Li Jie said in a deep voice, "Traces of a beast? Is it very new?"

The old men in the other party's mouth are naturally the old hunters in the village. They have rich hunting experience and are familiar with the surrounding terrain, so Li Wan also invited a few out together, wanting to try to see if they can play well. effect.

"This..." The vice-captain showed hesitation on his face, obviously he didn't know the answer.

Li Wan didn't make things difficult for him, she just stepped forward and walked towards the middle of the team.

Including Liu Ya also followed.

Within a few seconds, the two arrived in front of several gray-haired old men in the team who looked at least seventy or eighty.

"Master Six."

With a polite smile on his face, Li Jie greeted one of the leaders, "I heard from people in the team that you and the other grandfathers found traces of ferocious beasts in the forest just now?"

"Well, yes, indeed there is..."

The sixth master immediately stood up from a rock, patted his pants, and smiled kindly.

"Actually, it's not a complicated thing. When I passed by just now, I saw that there were many traces of paws on the trees in the forest. There were also branches under the trees that were broken due to external forces. In addition, there were still people who were gnawed in the grass. Animal carcasses that have been eaten..."

"Together, it should be left by some kind of big cat."

"big cat?"

Li Jie couldn't help opening her eyes wide.

Speaking of big cats, they are nothing more than leopards, tigers...

And in the Changhe mountain range, there are these two things?

"Is there a big cat in Changhe?"

"how come?"

Liu Laoliu immediately smiled and waved his hands.

"Our villagers have lived in this long river for so many years. If there were big cats, we would have discovered them a long time ago. How could we only know about them now? Moreover, those traces are very new, obviously left recently, most likely from the one at the southwest end of the mountain range. A piece of the Great Plains."

"So that's how it is..."

Li Jie groaned and lowered her head.

A big cat that suddenly appeared in the mountains, and a mysterious existence that hides in the dark and can catch people away...

The two make it hard not to connect them.

Or is it the same thing at all?

If it was a leopard demon who did this, then everything would make sense.

Thinking of this, she immediately thanked the old men, then turned and returned to the front of the line.

"Is it a leopard demon?"

Liu Ya, who was following behind her, naturally also heard the conversation between the other party and the sixth master.

"should be."

Although the word "should" was added, Li Jie's tone was already very affirmative, so he turned around and looked at each other.

"If it's a leopard demon, it's basically impossible to find it, so just follow your idea just now, try it first, and see if you can use this fishing method to catch this cat."

"Row."

Liu Ya nodded.

After this, the big team moved on.

Only a few of them were sent back to the village by Li Jie alone to report on the situation in the team.

And Liu Ya, who was in charge of staying in the middle of the team and serving as the observation position, also disappeared into the forest without a sound, and went to nowhere.

The bait has been released. As for whether he will bite the hook or not, it depends on the guy hiding in the dark...

In this way, Li Jie led everyone forward for a certain distance, and after arriving at a river, he asked everyone to stop by the river.

Anyway, the search by the large army will definitely not be able to find it, so it's better to save more energy and keep a distance by the way, so that they can rush over faster after the leopard monster shows up.

Then, Li Jie saw a familiar figure among the resting crowd, and her eyes widened immediately.

"Wait? Didn't you follow?"

"No."

Liu Ya sat on the stone and drank water very calmly.

"Then you..." Li Jie wanted to ask something more, but before she could say anything, her head had already turned around, and she roughly understood the other party's intention.

This guy probably has some kind of remote confirmation method, so he didn't keep up with the group of people who were used as bait...

"If something happens to them, will you have time to go there?"

　Li Jie's voice was very helpless.

"of course."

Liu Ya nodded.

"The attacker is a monster, so there is absolutely time."

This can be regarded as her second point of improvement after leaving the village. Like Lord Qingwu, she can sense the location of the demon power from a long distance and control it slightly.

It's just that Master Qingwu can perceive half of the southern country, from the southern region to the eastern region...

And she can only perceive the situation half a mountain away at most, and it is still extremely vague.

But even so, this perception of distance is almost enough for the current matter.

"Ok?"

Just as she was thinking, Liu Ya suddenly noticed something, her face froze, and then she raised her hand, pointing to a location downstream of the river in front of her eyes.

"Hey, look at that, isn't it a big cat?"

"what?"

Hearing this, Li Jie turned her head and looked in the direction pointed by the other party.

As a result, at a glance, I saw a big golden cat with spots all over its fur, standing by the river, sticking out its tongue and licking the water very leisurely and comfortably.

"It seems...it really is."

Li Jie was stunned for a few seconds.

Then, his eyes suddenly sharpened.

"Grab it!"

Chapter 160 Seven: The Leopard Demon and the Bottomless Pit (6000 words)

Li Jie's high-pitched voice was so resonant that it immediately alerted everyone around, and even made the leopard drinking water tremble in fright.

Then, one after another quickly locked their eyes on it, and then, just like they had practiced countless times in the village, the militiamen moved instantly, with spearmen in front and archers behind, and took the leopard three layers in and out. The three floors are enclosed in the middle.

"?"

Leopard's eyes widened, his face was dazed, as if he was completely frightened by the battle in front of him.

Then, before it could react, a girl with a spear in her hand walked into the encirclement with a blank expression.

hiss……

The girl's cold eyes immediately made the leopard shiver.

"Wait, wait..."

It feels that if it doesn't speak again, it may never be able to speak.

"Heroes, I just want to come over for a drink of water, I shouldn't have provoked you, have I?"

It's a pity that Liu Ya didn't answer it, but just dragged the spear expressionlessly, and slowly approached the opponent.

The tail of the spear dragged on the ground kept making a rattling sound...

Because of the backlight, shadows enveloped her face, making her eyes, which had no warmth at all, even more hollow and lifeless.

Being stared at by such eyes is like being stared at by a lunatic who has abnormal mentality, does not care about the consequences at all, and will stab people with a knife if he disagrees.

After only a few steps closer, the leopard tucked its tail and backed away in cold sweat.

"Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait! I really didn't do anything! I swear I really didn't do anything! I really just came here to drink water! I'm telling the truth!"

Hey.

Liu Ya finally stopped.

At the same time, Li Jie in the crowd came out after whispering something to her younger sister Li Han.

"Wait a minute."

In two or three steps, she quickly came behind Liu Ya.

"The strength of this guy's demon power is wrong. It's too weak. It can't meet the standard I guessed. Although the hidden ability is very strong, I haven't been fooled twice by such a weak little demon."

In fact, when she first discovered this leopard, she really subconsciously regarded this guy as the existence hidden in the dark.

Because since this leopard can drink water so close to them without being noticed by them, it already shows that this guy's hiding ability is indeed very strong.

If it wasn't for Liu Ya's accidental glance, maybe they wouldn't have noticed a leopard passing by.

But even so, the actual situation is still the same as what she just said.

This leopard is too weak...

Not to mention taking people away unknowingly, it doesn't even have the power to make people lose consciousness instantly. After all, the militiamen are all wearing wooden armor. come out.

"I know."

Liu Ya responded lightly.

In fact, she also discovered this, so she stopped.

Otherwise, the spear in her hand would have penetrated the opponent's fleshy claw long ago, nailing it to the ground and making it impossible to move.

"Then let me ask about this guy."

With that said, Li Jie took a step forward and came to the leopard.

"Where did you come from, a monster? How long have you been on this mountain? Why haven't I seen you recently?"

Seeing that the man standing in front of him was no longer the lunatic behind him, the leopard demon was obviously slightly relieved, and then began to answer respectfully.

"Back to the hero, we all came from the grassland. We have stayed on this mountain for more than two months, and we usually don't walk around much except for food. You haven't seen me, probably because of me. I've been sleeping all day..."

"I'm not a hero."

Li Jie was a little speechless, but after saying this, she was taken aback for a moment, and noticed something wrong in the other party's words.

"Wait, did you just say 'we'?"

"Ok?"

At this time, Liu Ya suddenly raised her head and looked towards the woods beyond the river.

And her action immediately made other people present notice that something was wrong around them.

"Sister." Li Han also stepped forward immediately, came behind his sister, frowned and pointed to the shadow in the woods.

Under the eyes of everyone, slender animal pupils emerged from the shadows one after another, and immediately there were bursts of low growls in the air.

There are a lot of them, all of them are leopard monsters, at least forty, and they can even catch up with the number of their entire team...