Its body was also wrapped in vines, and the intense pain in its mouth caused the entire giant beast to fall to the ground and struggle.
Cat Cloud dragged its bloodied hind legs, its sharp claws piercing directly into its head.
Rabbit Wind's claws were stained with the blood from his own legs as he escaped from the giant bear-like beast.
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw that Hu Xiao was wrapped in the priest's vines and was not in mortal danger, so he focused on dealing with the giant bear in front of him.
Rabbit Wind used a back throw to pin the giant bear to the ground.
The giant bear was restrained by the vines and could not fight back.
Rabbit Wind unleashed a barrage of punches on the giant bear's head until it was completely immobilized.
Rabbit Wind wiped the bloodstains from the corner of his mouth with his rabbit paws, and was filled with strength again. "The priest is helping us! We must hunt down all these giant beasts! No one in the tribe will go hungry or freeze to death in the winter!"
The other orc warriors, having also escaped danger, responded, "Yes! Kill them all!"
Shen Nong's spiritual power recovered to its best state, but he expended most of his energy in a large-scale operation.
Although they cannot directly hunt down the giant beasts, they can temporarily restrain those rampaging beasts for the Wood Tribe.
Tiger Roar was seriously injured, so Shen Nong used vines to drag the big tiger out of the fighting range.
Ze, who had been by his side the whole time, went directly into the beast tide and fought alongside the orc warriors of the Wood Tribe.
Although Ze did not awaken his beast form, Tu Feng and the others who had trained together for a long time knew that Ze was extremely powerful even without his beast form.
Among them, only the Tiger Roar Beast Form can fight alongside Ze; the others are no match.
He'll get punched in the nose and bleed.
With the addition of Ze and Shen Nong, and with the beast tide nearing its end and no more giant beasts joining the fray, the Wood Tribe finally staged a desperate comeback.
The giant beasts that surrounded them, those that didn't have time to escape, were all captured by the Wood Tribe.
It is agile and specifically targets the head of giant beasts.
A few punches and a giant beast was taken down, leaving Tu Feng and the others dumbfounded.
They weren't fighting the same behemoth? Why was Ze able to defeat a behemoth so easily, while it took them so long?
Shen Nong stood within a safe distance and had a clear view of the battle.
It wasn't that Ze was too powerful, but rather that Tu Feng and his companions failed to exploit the giant beast's weaknesses and relied solely on brute force.
Even the strongest team will eventually be worn down by the rotation tactic; ultimately, they lack practical experience.
Amidst the beast tide, Ze slowly emerged as a dazzling presence.
He was agile and his movements were simple and fluent.
Without much thought, Shen Nong first met Ze Shi, who was still a very thin, malnourished bamboo pole.
He didn't look like a battle-hardened orc warrior, let alone someone who hadn't awakened yet.
Moreover, considering the secret of the Blood Selection and the attitude towards the Ze tribe before the beast tide began, if I'm not mistaken, the days of the Blood Selection in the previous tribe were very difficult.
The Ze tribe would never teach Ze any hunting skills; they would simply lock people up and keep them under guard.
Afterwards, it settled in the Mu tribe and began to grow wildly because of the Marrow Cleansing Pill and having enough to eat.
Aside from the training period, Ze stayed by his side the whole time, and he had no way to learn these hunting skills.
Shen Nong's gaze followed Ze's figure. Bored, she summoned the system to analyze Ze's various attack moves together.
The final, unified attack, through rigorous data analysis, was based on instinct in every step of its chosen attack.
Shen Nong's eyes shone brightly; this was a genius.
The beast tide had ended, and the Salt Tribe watched as the Wood Tribe members escaped danger. They wanted to take advantage of their weakness to attack, but they lacked the strength.
They expended a great deal of effort to drive the giant beast toward the Wood Tribe. Although they were not seriously injured, they had exhausted too much energy and could no longer sustain the battle.
Other tribes suffered losses in the hunt to varying degrees, and even when they united, they were both severely injured.
There's no need, and with winter coming, they're unwilling to take the risk.
At this moment, Lang Yu, looking rather grim, said to Bao Qiu, "We were so busy causing trouble for the Mu tribe that we missed out on the long-haired giant beasts; we didn't hunt a single one."
He was somewhat worried about the arrival of winter. Looking at the countless long-haired giant beasts in the Wood Tribe, Lang Yu wished they belonged to the Salt Tribe.
"Without enough animal hides, the tribe might suffer even more deaths in the winter. Should we ask the Wood Tribe for some?"
Ironically, although the Wood Tribe was nearly wiped out after being trapped in the beast tide, no one expected that they would be the ones who reaped the most rewards in this hunt.
Among them, there are many large, hairy beasts, which means that everyone in the Wood Tribe can have enough animal skins to keep warm in winter.
After hearing Wolf Rain's words, Leopard Autumn's mood, which had been low because he had failed to defeat the Wood Tribe in the beast tide, instantly lifted.
His tone was arrogant. "What's the point of exchanging now? They'll definitely come to the Salt Department to exchange salt after the beast tide ends. We can give them a higher price then and get a large piece of animal hide for a small amount of salt. If we exchange now, we'll have to give them a lot more meat."
Wolf Rain looked at Leopard Autumn with admiration. No wonder the priest said that Leopard Autumn had great wisdom. The priest was absolutely right!
Chapter 11 The Crisis of Choice
Giant Bear (Repair)
The number of giant beasts in the beast tide hunt was enormous, and the Wood Tribe was unable to take them all away.
Only the tenderest meat from the belly is used, discarding the rest.
Rabbit Wind pulled out all the horns and spikes from the giant horned beast that had pierced the tiger's roar.
These things are very sharp and can be used as weapons.
The giant bear-like beast had excellent fur, which was soft and not prickly to the touch.
Tu Feng was very attracted to her.
But just as he picked up the horn he had pulled from the beast and was about to skin it, the bear-shaped giant opened its eyes.
Startled, Tu Feng raised his horn-like spikes to attack.
"Ugh, ugh, ugh." The bear-like behemoth covered its head, curled up into a ball, and whimpered as if begging for mercy.
Its round eyes peeked out from the small gap, sizing up Rabbit Wind.
Rabbit Wind held up its horn spikes and snorted coldly.
It started with a "hmm" first. When you lifted him up and swung him in the air before, why didn't you think of this now?
Just as the Rabbit Wind Horn was about to strike, the giant beast sensed the killing intent, rolled away to dodge, and quickly fled.
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The animal hide ran away!!
Tu Feng wanted to give chase, but Shen Nong stopped him.
They don't have the energy to deal with the giant bear now; they need to save their strength for carrying the meat.
Unbeknownst to everyone, after running some distance, the giant bear quietly turned back and glanced at Shen Nong.
On the way back, Shen Nong called out to the system, "Put all the giant beast meat left on the grassland into the warehouse."
They almost risked their lives for this meat, and Shen Nong would never leave them even a scrap of flesh.
Moreover, those people did it in a completely unreserved way.
Shen Nong must be stupid not to see that those tribes, led by the Salt Tribe, all wanted to destroy the Wood Tribe.
The system digitizes all the remaining behemoths and stores them in the system repository.
By this time, the Salt Tribe had already taken all the meat they wanted, and the other tribes rushed toward the giant beast's carcass, scrambling for it.
The huge corpse vanished in the next instant.
Everyone watched helplessly as the giant beast's corpse vanished into thin air, along with the flesh they had already cut off.
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Seeing this scene, the Ze tribe, whose people had suffered heavy casualties, couldn't help but mock, "This is the Beast God's punishment!"
Wolf Rain couldn't believe it; how could the Beast God possibly punish them!
He grabbed the person who was speaking by the neck, and the person's face turned red due to lack of oxygen.
His eyes were fixed on Lang Yu, and he struggled to utter a few words, "The Salt... Department... will... be... rejected... by the Beast God..."
"What did you say!"
Wolf Rain tightened his grip, about to strangle the other man, when Leopard Autumn quickly came over and whispered to stop him, "Wolf Rain, everyone is watching."
Lang Yu reluctantly let go of her hand and said fiercely to the group of people who were staring at her, "What are you looking at!"
After the fish from the Ze tribe had its neck released, it coughed violently.
He glared fiercely at Lang Yu's departing figure, harboring a deep resentment.
If the "divine blood" hadn't run away, the tribe wouldn't be in this situation today.
Once they find the "divine blood," they'll definitely give Shiobe a good beating!
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The Wood Tribe, no longer gloomy, cheered around the campfire.
Not a single one of them died during this beast tide!
Not only that, they also brought back much more food and animal hides than previous beast tides.
Shen Nong, along with Tu Dong, quickly cleaned the wounds of Hu Xiao and Mao Yun.
Tu Dong took out the hemostatic and analgesic herbs that Shen Nong had collected before, but it wasn't enough.
The tribe had used up its herbs over a period of time and hadn't had time to replenish them before the beast tide arrived.
Tu Dong pulled out a pile of herbs from a leather bag he carried with him. "Priest, these are the herbs I found to stop bleeding, based on the illustrations in the book."
Shen Nong took it and examined it carefully. The roots had longitudinal ridges, the leaves were pinnately deeply lobed, and the edges had thorns.
It's a thistle.
After processing the thistle, Shen Nong mashed it in a ceramic bowl and applied it to the wounds of the two men.