Chapter 535

I Told You We Were Right

After the Flaming Horns returned to their homeland, they avoided two hunting trails. This was one of them.

After he finished his meat, Shao Xuan stood up and looked afar.

The altitude there was not too high, and luckily there weren’t many tightly grown trees so it was easier for them to get a wide and far view.

There was a stream not far away from them, and they took their water from there. To the Flaming Horns, it was okay to drink unboiled water. They had already grown accustomed to it and their bodies could take it. For the other tribesmen, drinking the water without boiling could lead to discomfort and diarrhoea. So Shao Xuan let them boil their water before drinking.

Shao Xuan was about to discuss their next steps with Duo Kand and Mai, but suddenly, his ears slightly twitched and a light flashed in his eyes. He moved his right foot half a step backwards and punched his right arm forward.

Chuck!

Qu Ce and others were looking from not far away, but all they saw was an arm flashing past. When they looked again, Shao Xuan already had something grasped tightly in his hands.

“That’s…” A few people who nearby came over to look.

It was their first time coming to a place like this, and there was still a lot they had to learn from the Flaming Horns. Although they weren’t used to the Flaming Horn’s ways, they had to admit the Flaming Horns had way more experience living in Fearsome Beast Forest. Therefore, even when they weren’t sure of something, they weren’t ashamed to ask. They wanted to get a clear understanding so they could avoid all the unneeded troubles and dangers.

“Mosquitos. This is the kind that sucks your blood,” Shao Xuan frowned as he unclenched his fist. He slowly extended his thumb and index finger.

The creature was still struggling in Shao Xuan’s palm. It had a “fine needle” that was longer than Shao Xuan’s thumb. The needle moved from side to side as the creature struggled.

Shao Xuan pressed accurately on the mosquito’s “fine needle” and pressed hard.

Only a slight crisp sound “crack” was heard as if something brittle was broken into two.

With the disturbance caused by the noise of birds calling from afar in the forest, even though the sound was not loud, the few of them who were present had sharp senses and heard it.

Seeing this, the muscles on Qu Ce and the others’ faces twitched hard.

What was that “crack” sound? Was that the mosquito’s mouth? How come it sounded like a hard needle?

This thing can suck their blood?

He must be kidding! What would a mosquito sting feel like?

Shao Xuan opened his fists and handed the dead mosquito over to Qu Ce and the others so they could study it. With one snap, he broke the mosquito’s wavering syringe-like “fine needle”, its finest weapon used for sucking blooding.

After Shao Xuan broke its needle and squeezed it tightly in his palm, the mosquito had lost its ability to move and couldn’t live any longer. Shao Xuan then handed its corpse over to Qu Ce and others, so they could stay cautious and be careful of these smaller yet extremely dangerous creatures.

Qu Ce eyed the mosquito corpse carefully. Although the mosquitos were also very dangerous where they came from and could suck the blood of a whole adult, it was not as dangerous when compared to this one.

Ignoring those people who were studying the mosquito, Shao Xuan told Mai and the others, “Something feels wrong.”

Although the others were busy studying the mosquito, their ears perked up when they heard Shao Xuan’s words. They quickly asked, “What’s wrong?”

“They shouldn’t appear at this time of the year,” Shao Xuan wiped the sweat on his forehead.

“Do you really think this weather feels like winter?”

Even if he said it felt like summer, no one would have disagreed.