Barbarian

The black dog chased after them quickly.

Xu Yunxin quickly followed.

From afar, he saw an animal slightly larger than a raccoon, with the head of a rat and the body of a pig, running wildly through the bamboo forest, trying to shake off the black dog chasing after it.

The six black dogs that Xu Yunxin brought were used to working together.

Without Xu Yunxin's command, they spontaneously scattered and ran out.

The black dogs keenly tracked down the "Bamboo Scented Pig Rat's" escape route and surrounded it from all sides, blocking all possible escape routes.

It's near, it's near!

With the encirclement about to succeed, the black dogs only needed to leap and open their mouths to catch the "bamboo-scented pig-rat"!

"Click!"

The black dog suddenly bit down, its teeth clanging together with a hollow sound.

Xu Yunxin could see it clearly the instant the dog's mouth touched the "bamboo-scented pig-rat".

A cloud of yellow mist suddenly rose from the "Bamboo Scented Pig Rat," and its entire body plummeted into the mist, landing on the ground with a mere millimeter's breadth, escaping from the dog's mouth!

When the other black dogs saw the "bamboo-scented pig-rat" land, they rushed to catch it.

The yellow mist on the "Bamboo Fragrant Pig Rat" had not yet dissipated. When the yellow mist touched the ground, the ground became like water ripples. The "Bamboo Fragrant Pig Rat" wrapped in the yellow mist fell into the soil without any force, just like a stone, and disappeared directly from the spot!

"The Five Elements Escape Technique, Earth Escape?!"

Is this something a low-grade first-tier demonic beast should be able to do?

Not only were the six black dogs stunned, but Xu Yunxin was also taken aback.

"So, this is what the 'skilled at drilling holes' mentioned in the booklet refers to?"

"This reading comprehension is incredibly advanced!"

Just as Xu Yunxin was about to complain, a cloud of dust suddenly rose up ten feet away, and the "Bamboo Scented Pig Rat" darted out of the dust and ran away into the distance!

It turns out you can only escape to a distance of ten zhang!

The "Bamboo-Scented Pig-Rat" is a low-grade first-tier demon beast. After using the Earth Escape Technique this time, it will definitely not be able to use it for a while!

"Chase!"

At Xu Yunxin's command, the six black dogs charged out again, rushing towards the direction in which the "bamboo-scented pig-rat" had fled.

Although the two were several tens of feet apart, the black dog was faster than the bulky "Bamboo Pig Rat".

The two chased each other for another fifteen minutes before the black dog finally caught the "bamboo-scented pig rat".

Xu Yunxin caught up from behind and saw that the black dog had already bitten off the neck of the "Bamboo Scented Pig Rat," but it didn't eat it. Instead, it wagged its tail and presented the "Bamboo Scented Pig Rat" to him like a treasure.

Xu Yunxin accepted the gift with satisfaction. He then patted the black dogs' heads and took out the "Yellow Sand Lizard" as a reward for the dogs.

The black dogs grunted as they ate the monster meat, while he carefully examined the "Bamboo-Scented Pig-Rat".

This "bamboo-scented pig-rat" was surprisingly smooth and hairless, with a light yellow halo around its body.

The rat's head and the pig's body are pieced together, which looks rather awkward. I have no idea how this thing was assembled like this.

The whole "Bamboo Scented Pig Rat" weighs about ten kilograms. Based on this weight, a "Red-tailed Roaring Snake" that is about half a zhang long would need to eat at least two of them in one meal to be full.

The red-tailed green snake is much larger; to be full, one would need at least three, and four would be half full.

It's best to prepare five at a time.

The "Bamboo-Scented Pig-Rat" is a monster that only knows how to escape; we caught another one this time.

Later, let the black dogs remember the scent, follow the scent to find the area where the "bamboo-scented pig rat" often goes, and then set up animal traps. That should yield some results.

After the black dogs had rested, Xu Yunxin had them sniff the "Bamboo Scented Pig Rat" carefully, and then let them follow the scent to find it.

With accurate landmarks, the black dogs quickly found a burrow, which was like a larger rat hole. It was deep, winding, and had many branching paths, and there were probably other exits, so they couldn't catch it by digging.

Xu Yunxin marked the burrow and then had the black dogs continue searching in the vicinity.

He spent another hour or so using the black dogs' keen sense of smell to roughly mark out the activity area of ​​the "bamboo-scented pig rat".

Xu Yunxin set up animal traps in the area where the "bamboo-scented pig and rat" smell was strongest and near the dense bamboo forest. He also dug up fresh bamboo roots from elsewhere to place on the traps and then covered them with bamboo leaves.

After setting all five animal traps, he moved to another location and repeated the process, setting the remaining five traps. Then, he took six black dogs to search other places and drive away the "bamboo-scented pig rats".

With the help of the black dog, Xu Yunxin caught three bamboo-scented pig rats on the first day and obtained three white essences.

That evening, Xu Yunxin led the black dogs back to the place where the inner and outer layers of the "Thousand Lakes Wasteland" met to rest.

With divine intervention, he could stay out all night in the dangerous wilderness until dawn.

After a night's rest, the six black dogs regained their strength, and Xu Yunxin led them into the outer layer of the "Thousand Lakes Wasteland" to check the traps they had set the day before.

Only one "bamboo-scented pig rat" was caught from the two traps.

Xu Yunxin removed the trap that had caught the "bamboo-scented pig rat," set it up in a different location, and then continued hunting the "bamboo-scented pig rat" with his six black dogs.

After three days of hard work, with one person and six dogs doing their best, they caught a total of eleven "bamboo-scented pig rats".

This progress is really too slow.

As Xu Yunxin was racking his brains for a solution, a terrifying scream suddenly came from the bamboo forest in the distance!

"It's a human voice, coming from the direction he set the animal trap!"

Xu Yunxin frowned and quietly led the six black dogs toward that direction.

When he led the six black dogs over, he saw two humanoid creatures sitting at the trap.

One of the men, with a band tied around his head and a snake tattooed on his arm, was clutching his leg and screaming in agony.

Another person, carrying a longbow on his back and a quiver at his waist, was squatting down, muttering something in English while trying to pry open a trap.

Xu Yunxin noticed that there was a leather bag next to the two of them, which was bulging and he didn't know what was inside.

"Is it very?"

"Wasn't he supposed to be ruthless to his enemies and equally ruthless to himself? How come he's screaming so miserably after just one pinch?"

He had never met any barbarians before. Although he was not sure if these two people were barbarians, they were definitely not from the Immortal Dynasty, so he did not show himself rashly.

Thanks to the efforts of the man carrying the bow and arrow, the animal trap was finally broken open.

After a quick bandage, the man whose leg was caught in the animal trap stood up with a limp, supported by the man carrying the bow and arrow.

Only after the two of them stood up could Xu Yunxin finally see their faces clearly.

These two people were not tall, only about four feet tall.

They wore leather armor with a smooth surface and a lightweight appearance.

Both of them had mustaches and their hair was combed up on top of their heads into a bun.

Xu Yunxin was secretly delighted; this was practically delivered right to his doorstep!