Chapter 13: The Hunter's War

  The mountain forest at night, although there is moonlight sprinkled through the dense leaves, is still pitch black.

  Jiang Cheng crouched on the treetop, his red cord knife gleaming in the moonlight, coated with a thick layer of dark green tree sap. Even the arrowheads in his quiver were smeared with the sap, creating an illusion that they were just leaves under the moon's illumination.

  As the best hunter of Geshan Department, Jiang Cheng was not a vain name. He always noticed the most subtle aspects and won with this.

  Although this is just some of Jiang Cheng's most common knowledge from his past life.

  Silently chewing on a piece of dried meat in his mouth, Jiang Cheng was deep in thought while replenishing his energy.

  Just now, the battle with Hu Xiangshan made Jiang Cheng suddenly realize one thing - he, this Tianqi War Soul Awakener, had already become a must-kill target for Baihutang.

  Apart from the Baihunbu tribe, the other eight tribes subordinate to the Baihunbu, especially this year with the additional grain tax, do not have the ability to provide a reward of ten carts of grain.

  This made Jiang Cheng harbor an extremely strong hatred towards the White Tiger Hall.

  Suddenly, the rustling sound of footsteps trampling on fallen leaves and withered branches in the mountain forest came from afar, causing Jiang Cheng's drooping eyes to snap open, shining brightly.

  "Here I come!"

  He muttered to himself and checked his equipment once again, a habit of Jiang Cheng's.

  Black-green scabbard with a red tassel sword, eleven bone arrows, and a slightly bulging leather pouch at the waist.

  Upon seeing the skin pouch, a smile involuntarily rose on Jiang Cheng's face. The skin pouch of Hei Hu, the Soul Warrior he had just put away, actually contained three stalks of ten-year-old Xian Ye Cao (Sword Leaf Grass), which was a huge gain for Jiang Cheng.

  With these three ten-year-old Jianye grasses, Jiang Cheng believed that his cultivation was not far from breaking through to the third level of Chengen Realm.

  As the rustling sound got closer and more chaotic, Jiang Cheng's expression suddenly turned solemn, his eyelids drooping down, his eyes scanning the three corpses on the ground with a sidelong glance, no longer looking at the approaching person.

  "Damn their ancestors! They didn't even take the hunting knives and bows from our brave warriors' corpses, you can see how hastily they left. We've really been duped by that scoundrel Jiang Cheng!"

  The angry roar of the tiger echoed, but Jiang Cheng didn't even bat an eyelid. Jiang Cheng believed that the hunters of the Hu Li tribe were now cautiously on guard, and this was not the time for him to make a move.

  Hunters living in the mountains and forests are rarely foolish.

  "There are few of them, they're heading south! Their footsteps are very disordered, and they're in a great hurry. There's even blood dripping all the way down, and they haven't even treated their wounds. There should be around five or six people." A hunter from the Hu Li tribe said after carefully scouting around.

  "You're not making a fake image, are you?" Hu's eyes narrowed at Shanyue Mountain.

  "Shaoye Zhang, Yang Zena and the other five were all seriously injured and unable to move easily. They couldn't even pretend to be okay! It seems they saw through our trick and ran away from us, now they want to hurry back and reunite with their tribesmen!"

  "After them! We can't let them get away!"

  With a loud order from Hu Xiangshan, the seven hunters of the Huli tribe who followed him suddenly gathered together and chased after Yang Ze and others in a swift and agile manner.

  Just then, Jiang Cheng's eyes, which had been lowered for a long time, suddenly opened wide, and the five bone arrows on the hunting bow suddenly shot out with a whistling sound towards those few figures in the distance.

  It was almost at the moment when the bowstring sounded, the tiger that had just turned around tightened its back on the mountain and rolled over, roaring: "There is an ambush, be careful!"

  Five arrows, in an instant, sent the Tiger Tribe's hunters into a state of chaos, each one rolling on the ground and taking cover behind nearby large trees.

  Jiang Cheng, on the other hand, was like a ruthless killer. The moment he shot out the bone arrow, he didn't even look at the result, and with an agility similar to that of a monkey, he lightly slid away, taking advantage of the chaos among the Tiger Clan's hunters to move to another large tree.

  It was almost the moment when Jiang Cheng stuck to the tree, the sound of arrows whizzing by, at least four arrows had been inserted in the place where Jiang Cheng had just ambushed.

  "Who is it? Get out of here!" Looking at the three tribesmen who were pierced through their foreheads by a single arrow, Hu Xiangshan roared in anger.

  Like a human bear, both hands surged with faint spiritual light, tightly protecting himself while his small eyes scanned the surroundings like an eagle.

  However, in the pitch-black forest, everywhere was covered with dark green leaves, and there wasn't a single hint of anything unusual.

  Slowing down his breathing as much as possible, Jiang Cheng slowly placed three bone arrows on the hunting bow. In fact, Jiang Cheng could only shoot out three arrows at a time and barely maintain accuracy, while the five arrows just now were just to cause confusion.

  The silent silence, the breathing of the Tiger Clan hunter gradually became heavier.

  Jiang Cheng's fingers lightly pinched and snapped the rattan strip rooted on his head.

  At the moment when Tiantiao was cut off, a black shadow suddenly fell from the sky, as if it were a human figure swooping down.

  The tense Tu'er tribe hunter suddenly pounced out, the hunting knife in his hand slashing fiercely, and the mountain forest was instantly filled with a loud noise.

  "Be careful!"

  A tiger with a different feeling roars towards the mountain.

  Whoosh!

  The sound of the bow and arrow piercing the air was almost simultaneous with the sound of the sharp arrow entering the brain.

  The two hunters of the Tiger Clan who had just pounced out suddenly fell to the ground, with a bone arrow stuck in each of their foreheads. A beast skin, folded into human shape, slowly descended onto the ground, and the two sharp arrows nailed to the beast skin emitted a sound like striking fine iron.

  That voice immediately made Hu Xiang think of something: "It's Jiang Cheng that bastard, he's there, kill!"

  The moment the tiger let out a deafening roar on the mountain, Jiang Cheng had already rolled into a ball of dark shadow. The sound of the hunting bow being drawn suddenly rang out, and another Tiger Clan hunter was pierced through the brain by Jiang Cheng's bone arrow.

  Almost simultaneously, Jiang Cheng's hand relaxed, and the hunting bow fell to the ground. The black-green blade of his dagger was already in his hand, and with a roll of his body, the dark light of the knife had already slashed towards the neck of a Tiger Clan hunter who had just stood up.

  In the instant when heads flew up, a fist with a faint red glow appeared behind Jiang Cheng, swift as lightning, accompanied by Huo Xuan's almost frantic roar!

  In just one encounter, the elite hunters he brought were all killed by Jiang Cheng.

  Every adult man is the most precious wealth of a tribe!

  Jiang Cheng barely had time to slightly shift his body, narrowly avoiding the fatal blow at the last second. The fist that shone with a faint red spiritual light smashed onto Jiang Cheng's left shoulder in an instant.

  A cracking sound rang out, and a sharp pain followed. Jiang Cheng knew that his left arm was temporarily crippled.

  However, Jiang Cheng's body did not stop at all, and with the impact of Hu Xiangshan's heavy punch, his body flew up like a big bird, and in an instant, he was thrown into the distant forest.

  Just as Jiang Cheng was about to escape, the furious Huashan suddenly crouched down slightly, his abdomen suddenly swelling up like a toad.

  The tiger king roars!

  Roar!

  A red light burst out, and a thunderous roar suddenly exploded, shattering the arm-thick tree branches into two pieces. Jiang Cheng's figure, which was about to disappear into the mountains, suddenly stumbled.

  "Think you can still run? Dream on!" A burst of leg strength surged out, and Huo Xiong suddenly pounced towards Jiang Cheng like a bolt of lightning.

  Dazed by the sonic boom, Jiang Cheng heard the evil wind behind him and a wry smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, it seemed he couldn't escape.

  He didn't expect Hu Xiangshan to have such a trick up his sleeve either.

  With a bitter smile, Jiang Cheng suddenly turned around, the red cord knife in his hand slashing through the night like a black lightning bolt, heading towards Huo Yuhao.

  Can't escape, then I can only go all out!

  Unfortunately, Jiang's time as a Soul Warrior was too short, barely even a month, whereas Hu Xiangshan had been one for over two years.

  The gap is too big, if Jiang Cheng is given a little more time, and his cultivation is raised to the third level of Cheng En realm, or he learns one or two sets of battle soul techniques, with the battle soul artifact Red String Sword in hand, against Tiger Yangshan, Jiang Cheng may not be without a chance to fight back.

  In just a few breaths, Jiang Cheng was hit by Huo Yuhao's three punches, each of which sent him flying and spitting out a mouthful of blood!

  One foot kicked Jiang Cheng to the ground, Hu Shan's hands transformed into claws, a pale red glow burst forth, conjuring up a claw shadow that suddenly twisted towards Jiang Cheng's head!

  "Jiang Cheng, come and die for your father!"

  A fierce glint flashed in his eyes, Jiang Cheng stretched out his neck, disregarding the tiger's attack on Mountain, and thrust out the Red String Knife in his hand, directly playing out a move that would bring about mutual destruction.

  The tiger turned towards Mountain but instead smiled slyly and with a flick of his finger, lightly tapped the Red String Blade. His claw shadow shot straight for Jiang Cheng's throat.

  The mighty force from the red string sword made Jiang Cheng feel like he was struck by lightning, his body swayed slightly, and Jiang Cheng's gaze involuntarily looked in the direction where Yang Ze and the others had left.

  Are Shi Lao and his family safe now?

  A faint color flashed across Jiang Cheng's eyes, and if he were a bit stronger, it shouldn't have come to this...

  At the moment when Jiang Cheng was disheartened and Huo Xuan became wildly overjoyed, neither of them noticed that the wild grass on the ground suddenly grew wildly, as if it had a spiritual nature, and instantly wrapped around Huo Xuan's feet.

  Its legs were entwined by weeds, but its body was still advancing rapidly. The tiger suddenly stumbled and fell to the ground, revealing an expression of extreme terror in its eyes.

  Witnessing this strange situation, Jiang Cheng's spirit was greatly lifted, and he couldn't help but deeply investigate. The Red String Knife was raised high, and with a fierce cry, it slashed towards the fallen Huo Yuanjia.

  At the same time, the weeds on the ground were still growing wildly on Hu Xiangshan's body, and Hu Xiangshan couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine!