Prehistoric: The female saint Shiji, brilliant and talented

Chapter 428: Breaking through the blockade, difficult to break through

“We can’t go on like this.” Houyi, holding the magic weapon, his body covered in blood, panting, looking at the growing wolf pack, despair in his eyes.

The priest nodded. "We must break through the blockade, otherwise we will all die here."

"But there are too many wolves, it's difficult to break through." said the priest with a frown.

Hou Yi took a deep breath and said, "Then kill him. It's better than dying here."

"it is good."

"Kill."

The human warriors roared and fought desperately with the wolves. At this time, they had forgotten about life and death. What they had to do was to kill as many black wolves as possible.

The priest took out a bow and arrow, drew the bow and drew the arrow. The arrow shot through the void and turned into a stream of light flying towards the wolf pack in front. In an instant, hundreds of black wolves were shot down, wailing continuously, and their blood dyed the ground red.

The priest bent his bow and drew his arrows again, and more than ten arrows shot out. Each arrow took away more than a dozen black wolves, but there were too many wolves, and more were coming. The priest's face changed slightly when he saw this.

"Houyi, you protect the priest, I will go to lead the wolves away." The priest said to Houyi.

Hou Yi shook his head and said, "Priest, your body is worth thousands of gold, how can I let you take risks? I will help you share some of the pressure."

The priest sighed, "In this case, Hou Yi, you must protect yourself."

"Come on." Houyi laughed, picked up his magic weapon and rushed towards the wolves. The wolves neighed and rushed towards him madly.

Houyi brandished his spear, blocking the wolves three feet away, then swept the spear across, cutting more than a dozen wolves in half, blood splattering, and corpses scattered all over the ground.

Hou Yi was so angry that his eyes turned red. He swung his sword and the wolves howled and blood and flesh flew everywhere.

The wolf king roared angrily and spit out flames from his mouth to burn Hou Yi.

Houyi did not dare to delay and dodged quickly. The raging fire burned the big tree, with a rumbling sound and billowing smoke and dust.

Houyi cursed his bad luck inwardly. He didn't expect that the Wolf King knew how to attack with magic. If he hadn't reacted in time, he would have been injured.

Houyi swung his spear and chopped down fiercely, forcing the wolves to retreat. Then he tapped the tree trunk with his toes, leaped into the air, and pierced the wolf king's head with the spear.

"Awoo~" the wolf king cried out, then fell to the ground, twitched a few times and died.

"Sacrifice, are you okay?" Houyi asked.

"It's nothing serious. But you, your body is stained red with blood. You should pay attention to rest and don't run around." The priest said with concern.

"Ah."

Hou Yi nodded and said, "Priest, please take the priest and leave here quickly. I will take care of this."

"Okay, then we'll take our leave now." The priest said with a fist salute.

Houyi sent the priest far away and only returned to the tribe after making sure it was safe.

"Brother Houyi, how is it going? Have you dealt with those beasts?" As soon as Houyi returned to the tribe, the tribal leader came up to him and inquired about the situation.

"It's done." Hou Yi grinned and said, "You guys continue to prepare. We will leave after the wolf tide subsides."

"okay."

The wolf tide lasted until night before gradually receding. Houyi and the other tribesmen finally breathed a sigh of relief and sat around the campfire to rest.

"Brother Houyi, why do you think these beasts attacked us? Could it be that they knew we were about to leave, so they launched a beast tide?"

"It's very likely." Hou Yi nodded, and then said, "I guess the wolves that attacked us this time are the same as the ones who attacked us before. Their purpose is to prevent us from leaving this forest."

"Brother Houyi is indeed smart. In this case, we cannot leave here rashly." The clan leader praised.

"Well, there has been a lot of snow recently, and the forest is flooded. It will be impassable in the short term."

"Brother Houyi is really smart. What should we do next?"

Hou Yi pondered and said, "Now that the wolves have been dispersed, it is a good opportunity to escape. We should kill them while they are weak. Leave the tribe immediately and head straight to the north end of the forest."

"Okay, I'll gather the tribesmen right away." The chief agreed, and then hurried to gather the tribesmen.

"My fellow tribesmen, we were in danger today, and it was brother Houyi who stepped forward to rescue us, allowing us to survive this disaster safely." The leader shouted loudly in front of the campfire.

Upon hearing this, many tribesmen looked at Houyi with gratitude, and Houyi waved his hand to indicate that it was okay.

"We are in trouble now. Brother Houyi suggests that we stay on this mountain temporarily and leave after the ice melts. What do you think?" the leader continued.

"No problem. Who would be willing to take the risk to travel at a time like this? It's right to listen to Brother Hou Yi."

"Yeah yeah."

"Everyone, listen to me. Although we have defeated the wolves, this does not mean that we are safe." The leader said seriously, "From what I know, there is a more powerful existence behind the wolves. We must act with caution."

"What? There are beings more powerful than wolves?"

"That's impossible. Brother Houyi said that the beast behind the wolf pack is at least a holy beast, much more powerful than the Wolf King."

"Even if you are a sacred beast, you cannot command a wolf pack unless you are a close confidant of the Wolf King."

"I think it's better to send a few elites to gather intelligence, and then leave quietly. If the situation is true, we will make a long-term plan."

"Okay, you are responsible for this matter. You must speak quietly." The leader ordered.

"Yes, sir." The young man said respectfully, then turned and left.

The leader looked at Hou Yi and said, "Brother Hou Yi, what are you going to do next? We need to hear your opinion."

Hou Yi thought for a moment and said, "Let's hide all the food to prevent the wolves from attacking again."

"Well, that's feasible." The chief agreed, "Then where should we hide the food next?"

Hou Yi pointed to the jungle in the west and said, "I remember there is a river near the jungle. Why don't we hide the food in the middle of the river? This way, there will be no mistakes."

The chief nodded, agreeing with Houyi's suggestion, and then ordered two tribesmen to take bows and arrows and leave quickly with enough prey to eat and drink.

"Brother Houyi, you are exhausted too. I will let Mom take you to take a shower and change clothes."

Hou Yi refused and said, "No, I'm fine. You guys hurry up and pack your things. We need to leave here as soon as possible."

The clan leader did not insist and called his daughter and two guards to start cleaning up the prey.

Half an hour later, everyone had finished cleaning up. The tribe leader walked up to Hou Yi and said, "Brother Hou Yi, do you think about our preparations and whether we can leave here?"

Hou Yi looked at the hundreds of war horses behind the patriarch and nodded with satisfaction, "The preparations are very thorough. Let's set off now."

The clan leader said happily: "Okay, let's go."

Houyi rode a unicorn and led the team towards the river on the west side of the forest, and soon arrived at the river bank.

The river is swift, bitterly cold, and flows very fast, with dense forests on both sides of the water.

"Everyone jump into the river."

The tribe leader called on his people to jump into the river, while Houyi stayed on the river bank with two other guards.

Houyi looked up and saw bright stars in the sky, a bright moon, and a thick white fog all around, which looked eerie and strange.

The tribesmen jumped into the river and swam upstream. Due to the fast current, they had to gather on the riverbed.

The riverbed was slippery, so the tribesmen had to be vigilant and prepare for emergencies at any time.

Hou Yi stood on the riverbed and looked around. The trees on the riverbed were uneven, blocking his view. He couldn't see the other side at all. He could only walk slowly along the river bank.

Suddenly, one of the tribesmen fell to the ground.

Hou Yi rushed over and helped him up, "Are you okay?"

The tribesman shook his head and said, "I'm fine."

"That's good."

The tribesman slowly got up from the ground, but found that he was wet all over.

"Brother Houyi, what's wrong with me? I'm all sticky, as if I were bitten by insects." The tribesman asked in confusion.

Hou Yi frowned and said, "We may have encountered poisonous insects."

"Poisonous insects?" The tribesmen looked around in horror.

At this time, three more people fell to the ground.

Hou Yi looked at the clan leader and asked, "Clan leader, what should we do?"

The clan leader also noticed something was wrong and quickly ordered, "Quick, find a place to hide."

Everyone was frantically looking for cover, and five or six more people fell to the ground, soaked.

Houyi noticed that these tribesmen had pale faces, dull eyes, and looked dazed, obviously having been poisoned.

"Chief, look."

Hou Yi pointed forward, and the tribe leader looked in the direction of his finger. He was immediately frightened and pale, and said tremblingly: "It turned out to be a poisonous insect. This is going to be a big trouble."

Hou Yi also noticed the appearance of the poisonous insects, his face changed slightly, and he growled, "Everyone, keep your voices down."

Everyone covered their mouths and tried to lower their voices, but it was still no use.

Upon seeing this, Houyi drew the dagger from his waist and swung it fiercely, instantly splitting the poisonous insect in two. Blood splattered out, dyeing the riverbed red.

Seeing this, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief, but they still looked around nervously, fearing that poisonous insects would suddenly jump out and take their lives.

The clan leader looked at the dead poisonous insects with a look of pain on his face. He sighed and said, "Brother Houyi, thank you so much. If it weren't for you, I'm afraid we would have died here."

"You are too polite, Chief." Hou Yi said with a faint smile, "This is what I should do."

"Okay, in that case, let's leave here now." After the patriarch said this, he immediately ordered his tribesmen to clean up the traces and escape under the cover of night.

Soon, they came to the river bank outside the forest. After inspecting the riverbed, Hou Yi said, "Chief, you all go along the river. I will be your rear guard."

"Okay, then keep your voice down and don't alarm the wild animals." The patriarch warned.

Hou Yi smiled and said, "Relax."

Seeing that Houyi was confident, the tribe leader was not worried and led his people down the river towards the southwest.

Houyi stood quietly on the river bank. He knew that the wolf cubs would not dare to appear rashly, but he had to speak quietly to prevent a sneak attack.

Sure enough, in the second half of the night, a rustling sound was heard in the distance. Houyi thought to himself, "Oh no, I have been discovered after all. It seems that these beasts are smarter than he thought."

"Ouch——"

The howling of wolves echoed throughout the night, and then countless wolf shadows appeared and rushed towards the river.

Houyi looked at the wolves rushing towards him, took a deep breath, clenched the dagger in his hand, and stood quietly in place until the wolves approached before he suddenly drew his knife.

Although Hou Yi was weak, he was agile, had excellent swordsmanship, and there were many wolves in the pack, so he quickly killed seven or eight of them.

The remaining wolves noticed Houyi's fierce gaze and immediately stopped their attack, turned around and ran away.

Houyi didn't expect the other party to run away so easily. He was stunned for a moment before he reacted and hurriedly chased after them. He knew that this group of wolf cubs must have been driven back by something.

Unfortunately, he was too slow, and when he caught up to the hillside, the wolves had already disappeared.

Houyi stood on the hillside and looked into the distance. He knew that he could not sleep well tonight.

Houyi was thinking about what to do when he moved his ears and heard footsteps approaching.

Soon, the patriarch and others came running from a distance, and everyone was wet.

"Brother Houyi, why are you here? You were really awesome just now. You scared away those vicious dogs."

Hou Yi smiled bitterly and explained, "I came out to check after seeing them leave."

"So that's how it is." The patriarch said suddenly.

"Brother Houyi, how many wolves did you kill just now?" asked the tribesman.

Hou Yi said: "I don't remember the exact number, but I killed about 20 to 30 of them."

The clan leader was shocked and asked, "Twenty or thirty?"

Hou Yi nodded, "Yes, at least twenty or thirty."

The tribe leader swallowed and murmured, "No wonder those wolf cubs retreated. It turns out they were frightened by Brother Houyi. Hahahaha, this is really retribution."

The rest of the tribesmen also laughed when they heard this.

Houyi felt guilty as he listened to their wanton mockery of the wolves. His killing of the wolves not only caused heavy losses to these tribesmen, but also caused a huge disaster and resulted in the deaths of innocent people.

Hou Yi looked at everyone apologetically and said guiltily: "I'm sorry, it's my fault. I shouldn't have killed the wolves."

"Brother Houyi, we don't blame you."

The tribe leader patted Hou Yi on the shoulder and said, "We will always remember your kindness in saving us. We believe that we will encounter better opportunities in the future, and we will repay you then."

"Hmm." Houyi hummed in a dull voice. He didn't say much and silently helped them set up the tent.

"Come and eat." the patriarch called out.

Everyone walked forward, looking at the food with eagerness in their eyes, but they did not move. Instead, they asked, "Chief, where is our food?"

"Alas, we failed to grab any food. What we eat now are the vegetables and wild grass picked during the rainy season." The chief sighed.

"How about that?"

"Chief, please quickly get some dry firewood so we can make some porridge."

"Chief, go find other tribesmen and see if they have any food."

Listening to what everyone was saying, Hou Yi hurriedly stopped them and said, "You don't have to look for the tribesmen. I have some dry food here. You can make do with it and wait for us to get through this period."

The chief hesitated and said, "Is this okay? Didn't you say that this place is a hundred miles away from the tribe? Besides, we are penniless now, how can we make it to the tribe?"

Hou Yi shook his head and said firmly: "Trust me, there will be absolutely no problem, because I still need the help of the clan leader."

The clan leader thought for a moment, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, then I'll ask Brother Houyi to take care of us."

"Chief, this is a serious matter." Houyi said with a smile.

Then Hou Yi took out two hard dry biscuits and handed them to the chieftain, saying, "Chief, take these so you won't go hungry."

"Thank you, brother Houyi." The patriarch said solemnly.

(End of this chapter)