Chapter Forty-Three: Acknowledgment

  "Good grief, it's really come true!"

  For a moment, Chen Xu was stunned, but he quickly reacted and knew that the leader of the wolves had seen through his intentions. He was ready to use a clever trick to break through the situation. Although this trap was somewhat troublesome, most of the sharp objects inside had been broken by the jackals. In the brief moment, it was indeed difficult to repair them all.

  In addition, the pitfall is not completely without a foothold. Originally, its greatest use was in sudden attacks, but now it has become prominent, and its effect has decreased by at least half.

  The two sides of the pit are also good places to borrow power, with the speed and strength of a gray wolf, suddenly attacking from the pit, obviously stronger than jumping high from the fence and being a target.

  "Sly guy, but you don't know that I have a bow and arrow? Today, let you taste the severity!"

  A faint smile played on his lips, Chen Xu immediately summoned fifty archers from the nearby fence to the front of the pit, drawing their bows and aiming at the incoming wolf pack.

  As for the other fifty archers, Chen Xu didn't make a move. The gray wolves' mobility was extremely strong, and he had to reserve some tactics; otherwise, they would immediately counterattack in another direction.

  The gray wolves, under the command of the head wolf, flew through the air like arrows shot from a bowstring, and soon they charged into the trap pits with a thud. Apparently, these crude traps couldn't even slow them down for a second.

  Just as the gray wolves bared their sharp claws and stretched out their beautiful bodies, ready to tear apart the prey in front of them that had no chance of escaping, just as the leader wolf by the forest revealed a human-like smile, Chen Xu suddenly swung his arm and shouted "Release the arrow!"

  In an instant, the gray wolves only felt a flash in front of their eyes, and fifty sharp long arrows had already flown into the air. The strong ones among the dozen or so gray wolves leading the way in front hadn't even had time to see clearly before their bodies were riddled with holes, shot through like beehives.

  At such a close distance, facing the pack attack of gray wolves, the apes didn't even need to aim, they just needed to open their longbows and shoot forward.

  Under the strong bow's urging, at such a close distance, the force contained in the arrow was beyond imagination. The gray wolf's fur was already very sturdy, but it couldn't withstand these long arrows at all.

  Sharp buzzing sounds kept rising, with long arrows shooting out one after another, wailing voices rose and fell, this time the gray wolves that launched a surprise attack seemed to be dropping dumplings, thumping and falling to the ground.

  By the time the lead wolf's eyes were wide with realization that something was amiss, a dozen or so gray wolves from the vanguard had already fallen to the ground.

  However, during this brief moment, the gray wolf behind was able to surge forward and was just about to stretch out its sharp claws to tear open the detestable creature in front of it when it heard a loud shout.

  In front of them, these apemen holding terrible weapons suddenly retreated quickly, and then more than a dozen apemen stepped out from behind, with long fangs over three meters in their hands.

  At this moment, the wolf's offensive was successful, but it was impossible to stop its body, and it continued to rush towards the bamboo spear with a thud.

  "Throw away the bamboo spear and exchange it for another one!"

  With a loud roar, Chen Xu's eyes lit up with excitement, and he quickly threw away the bamboo spear with the gray wolf on it, took out a spare bamboo spear from his side, and fiercely stabbed at the gray wolf that was charging again.

  In an instant, the sound of "puff puff" continued on the field, and a pack of gray wolves were stabbed to death, emitting a shocking scream. The more than 30 gray wolves in the vanguard were completely killed without even touching the apes.

  However, Chen Xu's strategy was correct, but not everyone could execute it correctly, especially these apes who had hardly received any training. It was already quite good that they were able to carry out his orders until now.

  At the cost of thirty or so gray wolves' lives, taking advantage of the chaos when the apes were switching spears, the remaining gray wolves finally charged in and engaged the apes in close combat. In almost an instant, seven or eight apes were killed by the gray wolves.

  Facing these terrifying giants weighing over 200 pounds, except for a few, the ape's seemingly robust body is actually nothing.

  At this time, Chen Xu's loud shout came again, and the apemen who were holding back the gray wolf retreated recklessly, while the archers who had changed their bows and arrows rushed up again.

  Another wave of arrows came, mercilessly shooting forward, killing the gray wolf and the ape man entangled with it on the ground. Although a heavy price was paid, it also forcibly opened up a few meters of distance between the crowd and the gray wolves, and at the same time took away the lives of seven or eight gray wolves.

  This distance of several meters, which would normally only require a single leap from the gray wolf, had now become an insurmountable chasm. The fifty archers who had been waiting in preparation for some time on one side suddenly shot out the long arrows in their hands, further suppressing the flood of gray wolves that had surged into the enclosure.

  As they stopped, the ubiquitous bamboo spears, wooden spears and stone tools flew towards the pack of gray wolves from both sides, knocking these wild beasts that had not yet tasted the flavor of fresh blood dizzy.

  After several waves of attacks, more than a hundred gray wolves had fallen to the ground, with sixty or seventy heads down. After paying such a great price, they finally came into close combat with the apes, and bows and arrows were no longer useful.

  However, at this time, their advantages completely dissipated, leaving only more than 30 gray wolves. Before they could take revenge, they faced the strong hunting team led by Chen Xu.

  They first experienced the power of bamboo spears in group battles.

  After a while, the gray wolves who failed to break through the strong line of these guys welcomed the sudden attack of other apes who had caught their breath. Under the attack of more than 200 apes, the gray wolves, who were used to galloping in the forest and rarely suffered losses, soon felt the sharpness of the human sea tactics and fell down under the ape's attack one after another.

  With a swift motion, Chen Xu pulled out a long arrow from his waist and thrust it into the wolf's left eye, piercing its brain and bringing out a handful of white cerebral matter. As the wolf let out a pained howl, he kicked it several meters away, sending it tumbling into a nearby pit.

  By this time, more than a hundred gray wolves had entered the tribe. Except for a few that saw the situation was not good and ran away, all the others died in the tribe. The apemen in the tribe also only lost more than twenty.

  Such a combat ratio, in this Stone Age, was unprecedented for the first time.

  He took a deep breath, Chen Xu let out a loud shout, telling the other apemen not to slack off and prepare for continued battle. He himself, however, provocatively waved his hand at the pack leader who was still crouching in the opposite thicket, his disdain evident on his face!

  The lead wolf let out a loud howl, and the few gray wolves that had retreated back to its side stumbled and fell to the ground, their bodies trembling with fear, barely daring to move.

  Only a few flashes of silver light, and several gray wolves' necks instantly burst out with a bloody mark. The big head let out a few weak whines, then hung down to the ground, and died.

  After doing all this, the head wolf Mans swung his silver shiny claws and showed his teeth to Chen Xu, seemingly saying, "It's not that we're trash, it's just that these underlings are too weak. Not convinced? Let's come out and have a one-on-one fight!"

  Another loud roar!

  The cluster of trees behind the head wolf continued to float up, and another hundred gray wolves rushed out from it, respectfully surrounding the head wolf's side.

  "Grandma's, what else?!"

  A bitter taste in his mouth, Chen Xu's heart skipped a beat, but he could only order the crowd of apes to prepare for battle. At this point, they had no room for choice.

  But unexpectedly, the head wolf seemed to have no intention of continuing its attack. It proudly waved its paw at Chen Xiang, as if saying "See, if we continue fighting, I'm sure we can take you down, but today is a busy day for me, so let's spare your lives for now!"

  Shaking off the silver fur on its neck, the wolf looked at the gray wolves' corpses in the enclosure with a pained expression, and suddenly jumped into the thicket, choosing to retreat.

  Soon, the gray wolf beside it also quickly left, and in a short while, the forest returned to silence, as if nothing had happened.

  "So you're afraid too, I suppose a hundred grey wolves aren't a small number for you either!"

  Hey, with a smile, at this time, Chen Xu also discovered the wolf's color was fierce inside, he knew that this wolf did not dare to fight again, otherwise, even if they could occupy this place, but all his men would be beaten up, that would be too worthless.

  Chen Xu was somewhat perplexed in his heart because he had never seen the existence of such a wolf pack around here before, and they seemed to have suddenly run out.

  "It's strange, where did this pack of wolves come from? Never mind, but after this battle, the territory of my Flame God tribe has been thoroughly recognized by other jungle overlords!"

  In the blink of an eye, Chen Xu felt that the massive auras originally existing in the surrounding forest suddenly vanished without a trace. Immediately afterwards, a series of thunderous roars filled the air, one after another.

  It wasn't until then that he let out a sigh of relief in his heart and realized that they had really won this battle!

  "But it's not easy, though. More than 20 apemen died, and we got so many prey, and won the right to settle in this area, which is not bad!"

  After glancing over the chaotic battlefield, Chen Xu put aside the matter of the wolf pack and began directing the apes, who had also let out a sigh of relief, to clean up the battlefield.

  It didn't take long for the dead apes to be gathered, and at this time, Chen Xu would not carry out earth burial. Instead, he let people go into the forest to collect some firewood, and with a torch, all the bodies were ignited, carrying out cremation, which was also in line with his identity as the Fire God.

  This way, it saves trouble, gives the souls of the tribe a place to rest, and avoids the bodies of the dead apes being dug up by other beasts, which is a humiliation after death. It's a multi-benefit move.