Volume 4: How big is the heart, how vast is the earth Chapter 102 Qualifications for Survival (Part 2)
When Yu first arrived at the Huoyan Tribe, his weight was about 110 kilograms, which was as heavy as the red leaves and ox horns that Xiao Yun saw when he first came to this world.
Working in the Fire Tribe for more than half a year, Yu sweated a lot, did a lot of work, and ran around all the time, but his weight increased by 20 kilograms, and an extra layer of fat appeared under the skin close to the muscles.
Don't underestimate this layer of fat. Fat is an indispensable protective mechanism when the body is impacted. The fat layer can also increase the power when exerting force. A skinny person can definitely not beat a fat person. The sumo wrestlers, wrestlers, and judo players on the earth have strong ability to withstand blows and are very lethal, which is also inseparable from their fat and strong physique.
Fighters who participate in competitions have no choice but to lose weight. If the only purpose is to increase physical strength, combat effectiveness and destructive power, solid muscles and thick fat are standard.
The same goes for the Snow Wolf Warriors. If they are so skinny that only the muscles brought by their genes remain, then even though they have a strong ability to withstand attacks, they dare not charge forward recklessly, because that would really require their own bodies to bear the brunt of the attack. For example, the game that Mumu played, where they rushed all the way down the hillside, if it were four years ago, no matter how naughty Mumu was, he would not dare to do so...
In other words, Yu, who was already very strong before, got enough nutrition to supplement his body's needs and his weight reached a terrifying tonnage of over 130KG, and his fighting power became even stronger!
The giant axe, which was thirty meters long, as thick as a giant tree, and whose top part was almost as big as a wall, pushed Yu backward with its powerful momentum and plowed two deep dents on the ground, but...it did not break through Yu. This attack was blocked by Yu!
“Bang!!”
With insufficient strength, the giant axe fell to the ground with a loud bang!
However... what Lian Yu could not have imagined was that the terrifying giant axe would turn into black smoke and dissipate the moment it hit the ground!
“?!”
Yu stamped his feet and raised his head, his pupils shrank - the nightmare knight, who was as big as a mountain, stretched out his palm towards him, and between his five clenched fingers, the rolling black mist was slowly forming the shape of a giant axe.
"roar--!!"
Mumu, who was circling towards the Nightmare Knight from the side, suddenly jumped up and opened his mouth wide to bite the giant's arm, but... the giant's body was too tall. Mumu's jump was not high enough, and when he reached the highest point, he was still more than ten meters away from the Nightmare Knight's arm.
Mumu fell down with hatred, but the Nightmare Knight's horse suddenly raised its right front hoof and stepped towards her!
"Mumu!"
At the critical moment, another Snow Wolf warrior jumped up and knocked Mumu away, but he himself was rubbed on the hind legs by the horse's hoof as big as a house, large pieces of flesh were scratched and blood splattered!
"Ouch..." The soldier whimpered in pain but did not dare to be careless. After landing, he forced his injured leg against the horse's leg and rolled away quickly.
Fighting in groups and in coordinated combat are instincts engraved in the genes of the Snow Wolf Tribe. The two warriors who attacked to the other side immediately pounced forward and bit the other horse's leg, restraining the Nightmare Knight from chasing his injured companion. The sharp teeth of the two warriors bit through the armor covering the horse's legs, but the flesh was also cut by the armor. The two warriors became ruthless, opened their claws, and held the horse's legs tightly.
The Nightmare Knight's huge head drooped slightly, two soul-fire-like eyes burning under the visor, and the huge axe in his right hand flipped and chopped down.
The two soldiers immediately let go of the horses' legs and ran towards the horses' belly with blood in their mouths.
"Humble...bug!"
The Nightmare Knight roared, and the horse's two front legs were raised and dropped rapidly, crushing a large area of the ground in an instant!
The two soldiers who had hidden under the horse's belly were rolled up by the broken earth and instantly hit by countless irregular forces, whimpering and spitting out large mouthfuls of blood.
"roar--!!"
On the right side, the soldier with injured hind limbs had red eyes, turned around and pounced back, opened his mouth and bit the horse's leg that had just landed on the ground. After biting the iron armor, he suddenly shook his head, tore off a large piece of armor, and bit it again fiercely.
The two warriors who had just vomited blood attacked the other leg from under the horse's belly. This side was not covered by armor plates, and they easily tore off large pieces of flesh.
Mumu ran madly to the back of Nightmare Knight, jumped up suddenly, bit the horse's tail, regained his human form, grabbed the horse's tail and climbed up quickly.
The Nightmare Knight was attacked from three sides. The two huge axes in his hands suddenly turned into black mist, and the black mist turned into a spear. But... before he could use the flexible spear to attack the "bugs" that were harassing him, a person suddenly appeared in front of him.
Yu rushed over in human form.
Three of his four companions were injured, and Yu's eyes were almost popping out of blood. He lowered his head and ran madly for more than 200 meters, suddenly squatted down, and the muscles in his thighs swelled almost twice as thick. He jumped like a cannonball and leaped to a height of more than 30 meters. He raised his hands above his head, holding the spear tightly, and stabbed fiercely at the abdomen of the Nightmare Knight!
The Nightmare Knight sensed the crisis - the Centaur's weakness was its human body, and the armor it wore didn't seem enough to stop the insect that could block its hurled axe head-on - subconsciously, it took two steps back.
With such a huge body, two steps back would be more than ten meters. After jumping to the highest point, Yu was unable to move forward and could only fall down regretfully. But it was not smart to expose the soft belly of the horse to a big warrior of the Snow Wolf Clan. After his feet stepped on the ground, Yu rolled forward, squatted and jumped again, and the tip of the spear held in both hands was slanted and stabbed hard at the unprotected belly of the horse!
The Snow Wolves cannot jump to such a high height in wolf form, but the human form is lighter, so it is not difficult for Yu!
The thick flesh of the horse's belly was pierced by the spear!
Yu grabbed the spear that was inserted diagonally and pulled himself up, released one hand to grab the fur, and with the other hand pulled out the spear and stabbed madly!
The Nightmare Knight let out a sharp roar and quickly struck the horse's belly with the spear in his hand. However, his body size meant that his movements would not be too fast. However, Yu, who grabbed the horse's belly fur, could easily jump to another place to avoid it.
Smelly blood kept splashing from the horse's belly. The Nightmare Knight roared, and his body suddenly turned into black smoke and disintegrated - Yu, Mumu and the other three warriors lost their leverage and rolled to the ground!
Mumu quickly transformed into a wolf and rushed forward to protect his companion whose hind limb was injured. Yu also quickly ran to the other two warriors.
Thick fog like black smoke rolled and gathered in the same direction. When the five warriors could see each other clearly, they also saw the second form of Nightmare Knight - it abandoned its huge body that was too large and not flexible enough, and condensed into a normal centaur form with a height of about three meters.
The Nightmare Knight, holding his spear upside down, was completely enraged. He glared at Yu fiercely, and suddenly disappeared from where he was.
Yutou's scalp exploded and he instinctively stabbed the spear towards the side and rear that he could perceive in his mind, but... he missed!
The speed of the Nightmare Knight was faster than Yu had imagined. It broke through Yu's defense line, and its spear pierced through the waist of a warrior and stabbed the warrior's stomach!
"Cough, ah——!" The soldier tilted his head to look at his wound in disbelief. A large amount of blood suddenly spurted out of his mouth and he fell to the ground with a scream.
Yu roared and thrust out with his spear, but missed his target again!
“Woo…”
Mumu sensed the danger and turned around quickly, but her speed was still too slow compared to the Nightmare Knight. The sharp black spear pierced her chest and came out from her left shoulder. She opened her mouth fiercely and bit towards the Nightmare Knight, but the opponent slowly drew back the spear and stepped back, making her efforts in vain.
Yu hurriedly carried the warrior Ashu who was vomiting blood and fell to the ground and ran towards Mumu, and asked the three warriors who could still move to surround Ashu who was the most seriously injured. At this time, the Nightmare Knight retreated to a distance, and the soul fire under the mask seemed to be mocking them.
"I'm going to kill you. I must kill you!" Yu was furious.
"Bug!" The Nightmare Knight roared. This time it did not disappear, but rushed towards Yu like a high-speed armored chariot!
Yu swung his spear and rushed forward to meet the swung spear!
“Clang!!”
The two forces collided with each other, causing the energy to vibrate. Mumu, who was not afraid of this energy, felt a surge in his chest and vomited blood with a wow. The soldier lying on the ground, Ashu, who was twitching constantly, fainted instantly.
Yu was distracted for a moment, and the Nightmare Knight's spear slid from the side of the spear and stabbed towards his shoulder!
But... this attack did not succeed, instead Yu grabbed the spear with his backhand and the spear went straight to the visor!
The Nightmare Knight let go of the spear and stepped back quickly. The spear caught by Yu turned into black mist and condensed again in his hand.
"Damn it!" Yu was angry and anxious. He couldn't catch up with him, and he couldn't hit him either. There was nothing more frustrating than this.
The Nightmare Knight also discovered that Yu's combat power was not much worse than his own except for his speed disadvantage. He felt a little unhappy, so he turned his attention back to the other three snow werewolves who were surrounding him in a circle.
At this moment...a wolf howl sounded from a distance.
Hongye returned. She sent Ayan to a safe place and returned immediately. Before she saw anyone, she smelled the blood of her companions, which made Hongye go crazy instantly. She ran as fast as she could, roaring as she rushed within a hundred meters!
Hongye does not have the fighting power of an elite warrior, but her speed is the fastest among the Snow Wolf warriors, comparable to the "petite" Ashan!
The Nightmare Knight disappeared from his original position in an instant, and when he reappeared, he was already in front of the warrior with injured hind limbs... Being besieged by a pack of wolves is not a good thing, it must deal with the weaker opponents as soon as possible!
However... its intention to attack was too obvious! Yu gave up trying to keep up with its speed and turned directly in front of the warrior. When it held out its spear, the snake-like spear was also delivered to its visor!
Nightmare Knight had to change the direction of attack, but it had no chance - Red Leaf had arrived!
Hongye has the strongest dynamic vision and the fastest speed. He pounced directly from the side at the Nightmare Knight who was trying to move, and his outstretched wolf claws just blocked the direction of his route change!
The Nightmare Knight suddenly stopped, turned around, and retreated. The soul fire under the visor looked at Hongye in horror... The wolf claws of this snow werewolf almost scratched its neck!
"Hongye!" Yu's eyes lit up, and he immediately ran to the opposite side of Hongye and pounced on the Nightmare Knight with all his might.
"Roar--!!" Hongye could of course understand Yu's thoughts, and flew up again to restrain the enemy.
The Nightmare Knight had to break out from the side, but... Hongye could keep up with its speed! When it turned to the left, Hongye's open mouth blocked its way!
The Nightmare Knight was filled with rage and thrust his spear forward; Hongye was not as good at head-on combat as Yu, but with her speed, it was more than enough for her to avoid head-on attacks. She tilted her upper body to avoid the spear tip, and swung her right claw sideways in front of her, forcing the Nightmare Knight to stop for a moment!
This moment is enough...Yu is catching up!
With a "puff" sound, the spear held in Yu's hands pierced the devil knight's abdomen and pierced it on the spear!
"Roar!!" Hongye stood up, hugged the Nightmare Knight head-on, and bit its helmet to pieces!
If the Nightmare Knight was injured, it would be difficult for him to turn into black mist and escape. His helmet and visor were bitten off, and his soul fire lost its protection. A shrill cry exploded, and the Nightmare Knight who had lost his head trembled and loosened his hand holding the gun. The armor on his body and horse began to disintegrate and collapse at the same time. However, in just a few seconds, the three-meter-tall body dissipated like dust!
This nightmare knight, who was summoned from the demon world by someone unknown, was reduced to ashes!
"Puh!" Hongye spat out blood. Her kiss and mouth were pierced by many wounds from the helmet fragments. Yu didn't bother to pick up his spear and strode towards his injured companion.
Mumu's tense nerves relaxed, he muttered "It hurts" and fell to the ground.
"Mumu!"
"Oh no, Ashu fainted!"
“Damn it!”
Yu and Hongye hurriedly carried their seriously injured companions to the tribe...
The eyesight of the Snow Wolf Clan was not very good, even worse than that of good archers among humans. Outside the sight of the Snow Wolf Clan, three thousand meters high in the sky, a white-robed wizard was floating in the air, frowning and staring at the messy battlefield with large amounts of blood.
"It seems that they did not take back the inheritance... Otherwise, there is no reason for them to hold back when their fellow tribe members were at the critical moment of life and death." Elder Gwendolyn raised her hand to tidy up her hair that was messed up by the wind, and whispered to herself, "So... is there someone who guided the Snow Wolf Tribe? Did they know that they used 'creation' to please the Elf King?"
"Who sneaked into the cursed land silently just to teach the Snow Wolf Tribe knowledge?"
In Elder Gwendolyn's opinion, everyone has a purpose for any action they take, but some people are better at hiding their purpose in the mist. Just like now, Elder Gwendolyn couldn't figure out who the Snow Wolf Clan who chose "Creation" got the guidance from.
"The orcs' faith is not devout. Even if there are true messengers walking on the earth, it is impossible to choose targets from among the orcs... Stephanie, the goddess of harvest, only protects elves and humans. The temple of Algernon, the god of knowledge, is in Bradrick... It's incredible. Where did the Snow Wolf tribe, who were still confused during the inspection six years ago, get the guidance that allowed them to achieve such success in such a short time?"
The wind element lifted up the elven elder and flew slowly to the west.
In the eyes of Elder Gwendolyn, the Snow Wolf Tribe that failed to retrieve its inheritance posed a limited threat. The nightmare knights that were summoned alone made a group of Snow Wolf warriors exhausted and more than half of them were injured. Such a Snow Wolf Tribe was not worth Gwendolyn's fear even if the entire tribe lived together.
Since it was confirmed that the Snow Wolf Tribe had not retrieved the inheritance, Elder Gwendolyn could naturally focus on thinking about and exploring the "guidance" that the Snow Wolf Tribe had obtained. This was something that interested her enough - which true god would be playing with the human world? What was his purpose? Was he dissatisfied with the continental balance strategy adopted by the various tribes?
This is indeed something worth her careful consideration.
As for whether her "test" would result in casualties or serious injuries among the snow wolves, this was not something Elder Gwendolyn considered.
Xiao Yun, who was planting rice in the rice field, heard Yang Mao rushing to report the news. He did not even bother to put on his shoes and ran all the way back to the tribe. As soon as he entered the mobile home, he was frightened by the bloody wounds on Ashu and Mumu's bodies.
"Stop the bleeding quickly and bring a bandage!"
"Where's the medicine box?"
"Ayun, here comes the medicine box. The medicine Carlisle sent is inside!"
"Get a razor and shave the hair around their wounds!"
The wolf form has a stronger endurance than the human form, especially Ah Shu who had a hole in his stomach, was vomiting blood, fainted, and his internal organs were almost damaged. Xiao Yun was afraid that he would be infected and die if he turned back to human form. Fortunately, he instinctively knew to stay in wolf form before he fainted. The medicine Carlisle gave him and the alchemical potion for treatment given by Tim were all given to Ah Shu, regardless of whether they were useful or not. Xiao Yun had no idea how to perform surgery, so he was lucky enough to clean the wound and sew it up. Now he could only hope that the snow wolf man's strong physique could help.
"After drinking it, my throat is moving!" Hongye sat down and held up Ashu's head with her hands, touching Ashu's rolling throat. Hongye was so excited that she almost cried.
"It's okay as long as he can take the medicine." Xiao Yun wiped the sweat off his forehead and asked someone to turn on the floor heating in the mobile home to prevent the injured from losing too much blood from hypothermia. He then took a clean blanket to cover Ashu and turned around to check Mumu's injuries.
Mumu was alert at the time and avoided vital parts, so she did not fall into a coma like Ashu. When Xiao Yun sutured her wounds, applied medicine and bandaged them, she was in so much pain that her eyes were filled with tears, but she gritted her teeth and said nothing.
In addition to Ashu and Mumu, the other two warriors were also seriously injured. One of them was missing a large piece of flesh from his hind leg to his buttocks, and the bloody mass was heartbreaking to see; the other one had no visible injuries on his body, but he was also vomiting blood, and he was drowsy and listless. Xiao Yun gave him an alchemy potion to drink and asked Yangmao to keep talking to him, for fear that he would faint and something might happen.
Fortunately, A Yan, the soldier who was there to make up the numbers, was sent far away by Hong Ye early in the morning, but his ear was also injured and he seemed to have temporary deafness. Xiao Yun was completely helpless and had to use the alchemy potion sent by Tim as a panacea.
After settling the wounded and cleaning the activity room, Xiao Yun turned around and walked out the door, his face suddenly turning dark enough to look like water could drip out of it.
"Ayun, I..." Yu, who had been lowering his head and blaming himself, followed out. He barely squeezed out a few words and could no longer speak.
"It's good that no one died." Xiao Yun resisted the urge to vent his anger on Yu Yu and tried his best to calm his facial expression. "Maomao, you...don't be so quick to blame yourself. Calm down. Let's all calm down and talk about how this happened."
Yu turned his face away, took a few steps back stiffly, squatted against the wall, and held his head with his hands.
Xiao Yun did not continue to persuade him. He also needed to build up his mental strength now. Yu had led a team of warriors for so long and nothing had ever happened. Besides, he knew Yu's character. He always put safety first in everything he did. He would never take risks if he could avoid them. He would think twice before making any decision. Yu had a certain responsibility for this incident, but he could not blame Yu entirely. He had to manage his emotions well and not make things worse for Yu.
No one is a perfect person, if there is, it must be painted. Xiao Yun is not a perfect person. He calls for the unity of the people of the grassland, but in his heart, the Snow Wolf Clan is more important than the Cat Clan and other races. And among the Snow Wolf Clan, the original 32 tribesmen are more important.
Ashu is Uncle Ashan’s best friend besides Niu Jiao and Hong Ye, and Mu Mu is very close to him. But they are the two most seriously injured. Xiao Yun is so angry that he is about to explode!
Suppressing the anger in his heart, Xiao Yun raised his hand and rubbed the muscles of his lower face. Then he walked to sit next to Yu and patted Yu on the shoulder. His tone was much softer than before and returned to his normal level: "Okay, Maomao, don't blame yourself anymore. Self-blame won't solve the problem. Besides, you brought everyone back alive, so you did a good job. Come on, tell me what happened during the patrol today. Did you have bad luck and encountered a particularly strong wandering monster?"
Yu slowly raised his head, his red eyes turned around, he sniffed and shook his head.
"Didn't you encounter a monster? Then what did you encounter?" Xiao Yun said gently.
Yu hesitated, and his voice was a little hoarse when he spoke: "I... I can't figure it out. We encountered the Centaur Ghost, a big demon called Nightmare Knight... a creature from the demon world. This monster does not appear on the grassland..."
"...Huh?!" Xiao Yun's pupils shrank, "A creature from the demon world?"
Yu nodded: "We were originally planning to move our patrol to another place, when we suddenly saw a particularly large magic circle halo appear behind a low hill. The nightmare knight was summoned by this magic circle. But the strange thing is that we fought around there for a long time and finally sent Ashu and the others back, but we didn't see anyone else, and we didn't smell any scent of living people at all."
"..."The first conspiracy theory that came to Xiao Yun's mind was: Could it be that Balke's father, Austin, is here to cause trouble for them?
But Xiao Yun quickly rejected this idea. If it was the green dragon Austin, given how cunning and shameless that green dragon was, he would have rushed into the tribe and made a scene long ago... The snow werewolves didn't even dare to offend his son, and fed him well, so how could they dare to offend him?
But magic circles cannot appear out of thin air. As Tim introduced, spellcasters in this world have ways to store magic in carriers in addition to casting spells directly. For example, large-scale magic such as cross-border summoning magic circles has very high restrictions on direct release. If stored in a carrier, it is necessary to use magic power to draw complex runes and then engrave them. A spellcaster is also needed to control the release - in short, it is much more difficult than a mine.
Maomao is a careful and cautious person, so he would not talk nonsense. Besides, Hongye, Mumu and the others were also there, so it was unreasonable that so many people could be fooled. In other words... the spellcaster who summoned the monster to trick them must have some way to perfectly conceal his tracks and make it impossible for the Snow Wolf people, who are a forbidden magic race and are not affected by illusions, to detect it.
Xiao Yun's forehead was covered with sweat, and the hairs on the back of his neck stood up... Speaking of such a powerful spellcaster who would appear on the grassland, although he was very reluctant and did not want to admit it, it seemed that... the biggest suspect was the elves.
