Live Strong in the Wilderness-Chapter 233: The Lurking Fierce Beast

"Isn’t that the giant beast Xu Yi and Lu Ke are really afraid of?"

"Aren’t they supposed to have great hearing? Why haven’t they discovered it yet?"

"The Fierce Beast isn’t moving, so good hearing isn’t much use; besides, it’s already dark, so it’s normal for them not to notice."

"Why are they coming down from the stilt house? Do they feel no sense of crisis?"

"The distance is too close. Once it starts to attack, Xu Yi and Loli Ke are finished."

"Feels like there’s never a safe day, there’s always countless dangers lurking around every day."

"So what, hasn’t Xu Yi and Loli Ke survived for 62 days? So, this is just bringing meat to the doorstep. Don’t worry everyone, let’s just wait for Xu Yi and Loli Ke to skin it."

"Maybe it was already bitten to death by a crocodile and hasn’t moved since."

"If it’s not dead, then it’s too terrifying; its Stealth Skills are off the charts!"

"Hey, Xu Yi seems to have noticed something."

Lu Ke saw Xu Yi turn his head towards the darkness, and followed suit to glance in that direction.

It was pitch black, and she couldn’t see anything.

After listening carefully, she couldn’t hear any sound either.

"What’s wrong?"

"There seems to be some animal over there. You go upstairs first, I’ll give it a try," Xu Yi said, picking up two heated sticks.

Lu Ke immediately climbed the stairs, standing in the corridor.

Since Xu Yi said so, regardless of whether there’s anything, she needed to do it.

If there’s nothing, it’s a good thing; climbing a ladder doesn’t cause any loss.

If there is something, she’ll be a bit safer.

After all, at the height of three meters, most animals would find it hard to harm her.

Xu Yi threw the torch in that direction, preparing to go upstairs.

He’s now certain there’s an animal there because after locking onto that direction, he heard a heartbeat.

Judging by the heartbeat, it’s not a small beast, but a big creature.

At the moment Xu Yi threw the torch, Lu Ke’s crossbow followed, aiming in that direction.

When the torch was in the air, it had already gone out.

Thus, Xu Yi immediately threw a second one.

The second one didn’t go out, but fell on the ground.

However, there was only a small flame, so naturally, it was hard to see anything.

"Xu Yi, should I shoot an arrow?" Lu Ke asked.

"No need, let me move the fire pile out and make a bigger flame. Since it’s not moving, we don’t need to rush," Xu Yi said, then went to pick up a bundle of firewood.

Quickly, Xu Yi got the outside bonfire burning, with flames reaching one or two meters high, illuminating a larger area.

Yet the distance from the place where the animal was lurking was still quite far.

After the bonfire was lit, Xu Yi returned to the stilt house above, then mounted an arrow on his Hunting Bow.

"Whiz."

The Sharp Arrow shot directly into the darkness.

Xu Yi felt the direction he aimed should be correct.

Before shooting, Xu Yi seriously confirmed the position with his hearing.

"Roar!"

An angry roar sounded, making Xu Yi and Lu Ke’s faces change involuntarily.

"Is it that kind of Fierce Beast?" Lu Ke couldn’t help but ask, because she had heard this sound before, leaving a deep impression.

"It should be. We heard this sound at Su Yan and the others’ campsite, didn’t expect it to be lurking there," Xu Yi said with great surprise, as such a formidable creature showed such patience.

Once again, Xu Yi pulled open the Hunting Bow, then waited for the opponent to poke its head out.

"Does Xu Yi have night vision? Almost shot the Fierce Beast’s eye," thanks to the night vision capability of the tracking ball, the audience saw very clearly, Xu Yi’s arrow almost hit the Fierce Beast’s eye.

"It’s clearly using sound localization, Xu Yi confirmed the position with his ears before shooting. If he really had night vision, would he still fail to notice?"

"So worried, can Xu Yi and Loli Ke really deal with such a large beast?"

"It seems this Fierce Beast can’t climb trees, and as long as Xu Yi and Lu Ke stay up there, they should be quite safe, right?"

"Hard to say, what if it can stand upright? Standing it might be over three meters tall, right?"

"Standing upright can’t reach Xu Yi and Lu Ke, seems they are relatively safe." 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

Lu Ke saw a dark shadow appear in the firelight, then her breath involuntarily stopped.

The last time she saw it from a distance, it wasn’t very clear.

Now the distance was only three or four meters, even more clearly feeling the opponent’s fierce aura.

Xu Yi and Lu Ke almost simultaneously shot their arrows, then saw their arrows bounce off the Fierce Beast’s skin.

"This Defense Power is too crazy," Xu Yi said speechlessly, at this close distance, the arrow’s power was at its peak.

Moreover, now these arrows all have Bone Wolf bone-shaved arrowheads, the power isn’t on the same level as before.

Yet now, they couldn’t even break through its skin?

This Fierce Beast’s skin is like wild boar’s skin, with hardly any hair, all hard skin.

But Xu Yi still felt confident about dealing with wild boars with arrows. Wild boar skin isn’t hard enough that arrows can’t pierce through.

"Roar!" It roared at Xu Yi and Lu Ke, then jumped, biting toward the two.

Xu Yi immediately retreated a few steps and then said, "Go inside, it shouldn’t be able to come up."

Speaking, Xu Yi also moved back to the doorway.

Just as Xu Yi predicted, it indeed couldn’t jump onto the stilt house.

But it was hitting a pillar with its body.

"What should we do now?" Lu Ke felt the tremors and asked somewhat worriedly.

"Go, heat up the oil, pour it, and try to see if you can ignite it," Xu Yi said. As long as it doesn’t come up, Xu Yi had a way to deal with it.

He could rely not only on sharp machetes but also on wisdom.

Boiling oil, fire, these are all tactics left by ancestors for warfare, effective against beasts as well.

"Xu Yi, you’re really amazing, I’ll go do it right away," Lu Ke said happily; she hadn’t thought of this method.

Boiling hot oil, probably no animal can withstand it, right?

Elsewhere they might not be able to use it, but in their own camp, why not?

Plus, they’re at a high place, pouring oil has even more advantage.

Once the fire starts, it will be completely doomed.

Outside, that Fierce Beast was still constantly bumping.

If these pillars were planted by Xu Yi and Lu Ke themselves, they might indeed be knocked down and then collapse.

But these pillars were grown trees cut by Xu Yi, with deep roots. Even if this Fierce Beast weighed a thousand pounds, it still couldn’t move them.