With a "boom", a huge Dread Duck flew up and landed heavily on the ground, stirring up countless dust.
"Rong Kang! Well done!" A group of warriors in leather armor rushed out from the ambush bushes, shouting excitedly while sticking their spears at the Dread Duck that was struggling to get up.
Rong Kang rushed over, raised a petrified fist and hit the Dread Duck hard on the head, knocking the Dread Duck unconscious as it was struggling to die.
Rong Kang, who had knocked the Duck unconscious, was also paralyzed from exhaustion. He sat down next to the head of the Duck, and the hand that turned into a stone fist quickly returned to its original shape. lurking.
Rong Kang scratched his head. Because of the long battle, the diagonal braids tied behind his head became a little loose, so he simply untied them and tied them up again.
The leather warriors yelled to tie up the Dread Duck and put it together with other trophies.
This is a flock of Duck Ducks. Duck Ducks like to live in family units. Every time they find at least ten Ducks, a single Duck Duck can be obtained if everyone works together without fear of sacrifice. But if it is a Duck Duck Flock, then It's different.
Dread ducks have a flat mouth, and their heads and mouths are as hard as stones. What's even more frightening is that their hard mouths are full of sharp teeth. Fighters below level 5 will be hit or bitten, half-life It's gone. Moreover, they have wings that can fly. Although they can't fly freely like birds, they can fly a long distance. , or fanning people with huge duck webs, no matter what kind of attack is a deadly thing.
However, the feathers of these dire ducks are very thick and extremely slippery. Ordinary spears, knives, and arrows have no lethality against them. The only way to kill them is to try to hit their abdomen when they swoop down, and one more blow Deadly, or the Dread Duck will summon the family with its loud call.
And as long as they are surrounded by the flock of Dread Ducks, if the hunting team doesn't have fighters above level 6, then don't expect a few of them to survive.
For this reason, the Rong people who lived in the black wasteland generally would not hunt flocks of Dread Ducks unless they had to.
But this situation changed after Rong Kang, the son of the chieftain of the Rong tribe, obtained the legendary first Nine Plains witch weapon.
Rong Kang, who was originally a powerful blood warrior at the top of the fifth level, can now deal with a whole group of Dread Ducks by himself, and the other clansmen only need to help him deal with the aftermath and watch the wind.
Of course, it is impossible for Rong Kang to deal with more than ten Dread Ducks by himself. Every time he is tempted or stimulated, he tries to lure one or two to chase him down, and he will not be greedy enough to hunt down the entire Dread Duck. Group, it is very satisfying to harvest two or three each time.
And probably because there are no natural enemies? This omnivorous half-bird, half-beast is almost inundated in the black swamp wasteland, and has a tendency to spread to the surrounding area.
"The harvest was good today. We caught four of them, and two of them were still alive. When we go back, we can let the women and children of the tribe eat fresh." The soldiers of the Rong tribe tied up their prey and laughed together in a relaxed manner.
"Second brother, I beg you, give me the bone bracelet and use it, just once!"
The soldiers laughed when they heard the familiar begging.
"Little Duck, why are you here again? Didn't I hear Mo Wu from Jiuyuan say that the witch weapon only recognizes one owner? It's useless to go."
"Duckling, you don't want to kill your second brother, do you?"
"Get out! You're the one who wants to kill your brother!" The little boy who was only about eleven or twelve years old jumped up angrily, "I can't do it!"
"Hahaha! You're addicted!" The laughter became louder.
The little boy rushed over and hugged his brother's wrist, the most important thing was the bracelet on his wrist, while drooling and stroking, he complained, "Second brother, look at them, they are always destroying our brotherhood."
Rong Kang hit his younger brother's forehead with a hammer, "Don't pick it up, don't think I don't know what you're thinking, you want to show off the bracelet to the youngest daughter of the Hyena clan chief, don't you?"
"Second brother, how can I be so ignorant!" The young boy refused, "I'm just rare."
The fact that his second brother got the Jiuyuan witch weapon is currently only known to his family and the people in the first team directly led by his brother. Many of these people were the ones who saw Rong Kang get the witch weapon. Rong Kang told his father the matter, and his father handed over all these people to Rong Kang, and had a private conversation with these people before handing over.
Now people in the clan only think that his second elder brother Rong Kang got a good bone artifact in Wucheng, but they don't know that the first witch artifact in Jiuyuan, which is said to be miraculous, is on Rong Kang.
The first witch weapon. The young boy looked at his brother's wrist with indescribable envy in his eyes, but it was only envy.
A big hand stretched out and rubbed the little boy's head, "Don't make trouble with your second brother, this thing is precious, it's better if you don't leave your body, if you really want it, you can go to Jiuyuan to ask Mr. Mo Wu Make one for you."
"Brother, how is that possible?" The little boy was discouraged, and slumped in his second brother's arms.
Rong Kang touched his younger brother's head, braided him, and said casually: "Brother, when the first autumn hunting is over, I want to take the duckling to Jiuyuan. I have inquired about it, and the training Fabi Wucheng of Jiuyuan Sect It’s much better, I heard that you can break through if you learn it.”
"Are you going to Zhanmo Academy in Jiuyuan?" The eldest Rong Jue sat down beside his two younger brothers.
"Ok."
Rong Jue pondered.
"Brother, haven't the elders and the great witch made up their minds yet?"
Rong Jue sighed, and looked at the clansmen who had tied up their prey and found a place to rest in twos and threes, "Jiuyuan does not allow slaves, but who in our clan doesn't have a few slaves? And we also have a slave team. The slave team is also one of the most important reasons why we can occupy the lower half of the Black Swamp wasteland. It will be difficult for the elders and great witches to give up!"
Rong Kang hugged his younger brother, and his expression became a little heavy, "But have they ever thought that our entire wasteland is now in the territory divided by Jiuyuan. Now Jiuyuan doesn't come to clean us up, just because they are busy Take the territory from Huocheng. When they free up their hands, not too much, as long as they send two ninth-level fighters, what will we... have left?"
Rong Jue rubbed his eyebrows.
Rong Kang continued: "If we take the initiative to express friendship to Jiuyuan now, maybe we can keep this land that has lived for hundreds of years. If we are like Jushi City and Shahai City, no matter how kind Jiuyuan is, I'm afraid it won't be good." We will allow the heads of the clan to survive. Not only will our territory be lost, but even the rulers will have to be replaced, let alone slaves."
"I understand what you said, and so does my father. But understanding is one thing. Who can really give up the wealth and power in their hands? Besides, although Jiuyuan's propaganda is good, we don't know what it is."
Duckling suddenly interjected, "Big brother, second brother, didn't there be news from traveling merchants that Jiuyuan had sent envoys to persuade all ethnic groups, and counting the time, Jiuyuan's envoys should be here soon, right? Wait for them to come Alright, let's make it clear."
"Ask is to ask, but no matter how good the envoy said, if Jiuyuan can't do it..." Rong Jue had a headache.
Rong Kang made up his mind, "So I'm going to Jiuyuan to have a look. Only when we really go there and live there, we will know what kind of power Jiuyuan is. If she is really as good as the legend says, even Everyone can live well without slaves, and the clansmen don’t have to worry about freezing and starving in winter, so what if we join Jiuyuan?”
"You really decided?"
"Huh!" This time the huh was obviously more powerful.
Duckling raised his hand, "I want to go too!"
Rong Jue thought carefully, "You don't need to wait for the first autumn hunt. The traveling merchants from Shuicheng will arrive in about half a month according to the time in previous years. Then you go to Jiuyuan with them, not only you, but also me. I will tell my father to pick some children and warriors from the tribe to go with you."
"Be careful! There are enemies! It's the hyena tribe! They're coming to snatch our prey again!" A violent roar came from the lush grass by the small river.
"Puff puff puff!" A large number of poisonous needles flew from the bank of the river.
Rong Kang hugged his younger brother and rolled on the spot, quickly stuffed his younger brother behind a rock, awakened the witch weapon and rushed out.
Bubbles of mud bubbled up from the swamp.
"Rong Clan! I said you are not allowed to cross the Green Leaf Swamp, and you have crossed the border again!"
"Fart! The Green Leaf Swamp is obviously our territory, and you hyenas are too shameless! Brothers, kill them back!"
The sound of horseshoes galloping stopped suddenly, and no one from the two tribes noticed it. At this time, a group of people appeared about three or four hundred meters away from the battlefield. Maybe someone has discovered it, but they can't care about it for the time being.
Yan Mo touched the wildebeest's neck and looked up at the sky.
"Jie!" A little fat bird rushed down from the sky and landed on top of the wildebeest, "Momo, there is a fight ahead."
Yuan Zhan, who was sitting on the back of another wildebeest, stuffed the sleepy little Maotou in his arms to Xiao Hei, who was sitting on the little iron-backed dragon, and asked not very interested: "There are many people?"
"Not many, maybe thirty or fifty."
Yan Mo took out a large map and spread it out on the horse's back, "According to the information we got, there are four tribes in this land called the Black Swamp Wasteland, two of which are the largest, one is called Rong, One is called the hyena tribe, and these two tribes often fight for territory and prey, and the other two small tribes are attached to these two tribes."
Yuan Zhan, "Then the ones fighting in front are the Rong and Hyena?"
Yan Mo put away the map and nodded: "Nine out of ten."
Yuan Zhan held down the body of the horse, straddled his long legs, turned to the back of Yan Mo's wildebeest, hugged his waist from behind, and gently stroked his belly with his thick big hands, "Are you tired?"
"It doesn't hurt or itch, it just makes me urinate too much." Yan Mo leaned back, and as his body unfolded, it was obvious that his abdomen was much more bulging than when he was in Wucheng.
"When will this kid come out?" Yuan Zhan patted Yan Mo's stomach like a watermelon, "From the sound, it's almost ripe."
Yan Mole, "I feel like it's coming soon. The little guy expresses his ideas more and more clearly. He often whispers to Wu Guo and doesn't know what to say."
While Yuan Zhan and Yan Mo were gossiping, another group of people riding wildebeest came nearby.
"Leader, Lord Priest, we have seen the terrain around here. As long as we find the base camps of those tribes, we can formulate a route and start paving the road."
This time, the first group of envoys came out, except for the younger disciples that Yan Mo wanted to teach with him, the others were basically old people from the Yuanji tribe, including hunters, eagles, Da Da, and priests led by Da He. The guard, and another thirty earth warriors.
These 30 soil warriors are considered to be members of the first paving brigade established by Jiuyuan. They followed this time not only to open up the passage between Jiuyuan and various ethnic groups, but also to practice.
And because of this first batch of quotas, the fighters who control the territory inside Jiuyuan almost fought, because this time the leader and the priest will also accompany them in person, launching what they called the first diplomatic activity in the inner territory of Jiuyuan.
It’s just that few people know the whole reason why Yan Mo and Yuan Zhan will come out in person. Appeasement and gathering the population of various ethnic groups in the divided territory is just one of them. The territory that originally belonged to the Dingyue tribe looked for the place where the ruins of the blood stone were stored.
Ding Ning and Ding Fei also came out this time, and there was a newcomer in the guard team, no, it couldn't be called a newcomer, but he was just qualified to join the priest guard team. Yan Mo was no stranger to this person, he was Zi Ming, a warrior of the Da'ao tribe who belonged to Heitu City, this kid followed all the way to Jiuyuan for Ding Ning, and his relationship with Ding Ning was still that of a friend and brother after several years.
Yan Mo has no intention of interfering in the emotional life of his subordinates. Seeing that Ding Ning himself has no intention of disliking Ziming, Ziming applied to join the priest guard team many times, and he also helped him train, etc., thinking that Ding Ning probably has nothing against Ziming. meaningless.
Looking at Ding Fei again, Yan Mo couldn't help but laugh because he was so pestered by Da Da that he rolled his eyes.
In fact, for Jiuyuan's development, it is not good if there are too many same-sex couples. As a priest, he can allow Jiuyuan to marry of the same sex, but he does not support it. It's just that he himself is mixed up with Yuan Zhan, so it's not easy to discuss this matter specially.
Fortunately, Jiufeng helped him find Baby Fruit in the Western Continent, and the plants of Baby Fruit have now taken root in Jiuyuan smoothly. If there is a problem with offspring in the future, it is not impossible to solve it.
"Xiao Hei, Xiao Le, you and Dobi, Su Men, and Jiu Feng go ahead and see if you can stop those two gangs from continuing to fight. Be careful!" Yan Mo ordered.
Xiao Hei couldn't wait a long time ago, with a whistling sound, he rushed out with a few little ones.
But within a hundred meters, these guys dispersed in a tacit cooperation.
There are two powerful thugs, Xiao Le and Jiu Feng, and Duobi's intelligent brain, plus the scheming Xiao Hei, Sumen is also loved by God, Yan Mo is very relieved to release these little guys, and this has already Not the first time. Uh, Xiao Hei seems to have memorized Wu Guo too
Yuan Zhan raised his arm and pointed down.
Everyone who saw the order understood the meaning, so Lie immediately ordered everyone to get off their horses and rest.