After Huang Jian finished speaking, he took Ye Li and Mu Tianzhi and rushed forward.
He kept distinguishing the footprints on the ground, following the traces left by the marten, and soon came to a hill.
This hill is about a hundred meters in radius and only twenty meters high. It does not look too big. Except for some green on the top, the entire hill is made up entirely of bare rocks.
Huang Jian stopped about ten meters away from the hillock, then looked ahead and said, "Yes, the footprints of the marten extend to the hillock in front.
Look, there is a small cave over there!"
Huang Jian crouched down and pointed to a small cave about one person tall that appeared on the rock wall of a hill not far ahead.
"Brother Huang, is this the lair of the mountain marten?"
Ye Li took a look at the cave and asked.
Huang Jian nodded and said, "Well, it should be correct, that is the lair of the mountain marten, but this should be just one of the entrances.
The marten's nest must have three exits, and they are definitely distributed in three different directions. We will walk around this hill and observe, and we will definitely find it.
The footprints just now all went into the small hill ahead. Monster beasts like the mountain marten usually won't move for a short period of time after returning to their dens, so they should still be staying in there now.
Let's go around the hill and find all the other cave entrances."
After Huang Jian finished speaking, he excitedly led Ye Li and Mu Tianzhi to search along the hill.
The location of this hill is very special, it is in a wide valley.
From the topographical point of view, this hill looks like a protruding rock in a narrow river channel, with water flowing on both sides and then gathering in the front.
When the three of them went around the sides of the hill, the cliffs next to it had already narrowed, and then gathered on the other side opposite the cave entrance, extending straight forward.
After walking around, the three of them indeed found three cave entrances around the hill.
In addition to the first cave, there is a cave on the left side of the hill. Opposite the first cave, there is another cave where the mountain walls converge on the other side of the hill.
After looking around, Huang Jian waved to the three people and said, "Let's go and look ahead along this valley. I don't think this is a dead end. There must be a way out that the mountain martens have found ahead. This kind of monster is very timid and cautious. There must be a passage near the nest to escape. They will never let themselves be killed."
Ye Li and Mu Tianzhi followed Huang Jian and continued forward, walking along the narrow mountain paths that converged together. After about two incense sticks, a mountain wall appeared in front of them. There was a big hole on the mountain wall, and no one knew where it led to.
"Look, this guy is very cunning. If there is danger entering from the cave over there, he will escape from the cave over here, then run all the way here and escape into this cave.
It is much more familiar with the terrain here than we are. If it really gets into this cave, we may not be able to catch it.
Brother Ye, Brother Mu, let's quickly seal this cave entrance and turn its escape route into a dead end.
After a while, my brother Mu and I went to guard the two topmost holes, and then attacked the holes at the same time to alarm it.
Given the courage of the mountain marten, it would definitely not fight with us, but would choose to escape from the cave entrance that had not been attacked.
This valley is its pre-planned escape route. Brother Ye, you will ambush here. Just before it rushes to the cliff and finds there is no escape route, you must capture it alive."
After checking the terrain and having a plan in mind, Huang Jian excitedly spoke to the two of them.
After hearing this, Ye Li and Mu Tianzhi realized that this plan was feasible. As long as they knew the habits of the mountain marten, it would be much easier to set a trap and catch it.
Huang Jian said to Ye Li, "Brother Ye, you lie in ambush here and wait for the mountain marten to enter this dead end, then capture it alive.
You are the fastest, so even if it finds something unusual and wants to turn back, you should be able to catch up.
Brother Mu and I will go to the two cave entrances we discovered first, and then attack the caves at the same time. We just need to force the marten out of this cave."
Ye Li nodded after hearing Huang Jian's arrangement and said, "Okay, I'll ambush on the cliff. There's a small gap there that should allow me to hide inside."
When Ye Li looked around, he suddenly found a small gap on the cliff opposite. If he climbed up, he could barely hide in it.
That location was not far from the ground, and Ye Li could easily cast a spell from there to trap the mountain marten that entered here.
Huang Jian took a look at the small gap on the cliff and nodded in surprise.
The three of them acted quickly and sealed the cave on the mountain wall. Then Huang Jian and Mu Tianzhi turned back and prepared to implement the plan at the two previous cave entrances.
After Huang Jian and Mu Tianzhi left, Ye Li nimbly jumped up the cliff. Like a wild ape, he climbed up the cliff at an incredibly fast speed, and then shrank into the small gap.
The location of this gap is quite good. If you don't look carefully, you can't see anyone inside. However, Ye Li, who is above, can clearly capture the movements below.
Hiding in the gap, Ye Li waited for about a quarter of an hour. Suddenly, several explosions were heard in the distance. They sounded like various explosive spells being activated. It seemed that Huang Jian and the other two had launched an attack.
The two men were standing in front of two cave entrances on the hill at this time, and they deliberately launched a spell that made a loud explosion, intending to scare the martens inside out.
Sure enough, just as they continued to launch spell attacks towards the cave entrance, a noise was heard from the cave on the other side. Then a large, cheetah-sized, earth-yellow marten-like monster came out of the cave and quickly ran into the narrow valley in front.
This monster was exactly the mountain marten that Ye Li and his men wanted to capture. The reason why Huang Jian didn't let Ye Li ambush at the entrance of the cave was because the mountain marten had quick reactions and was very fast.
Huang Jian was afraid that if it was attacked at the entrance of the cave, it would turn around and go back into the cave.
After all, the name of the mountain marten contains the word "钻山", which means that it has strong digging ability. If this guy is forced back into the nest and finally chooses to dig a hole to escape, it will be difficult to capture it alive again.
Ye Li, who was waiting on the cliff, perked up when he heard the explosion and focused his attention on the valley below.
Soon, a burst of hurried footsteps were heard. It was obvious that the mountain marten had approached this side, and it was soon time for Ye Li to take action.