SFS Chapter 855 Thrilling
Chapter 855 Thrilling
Worried that it wasn't sturdy enough, they tied it with three tight knots.
Lu Qingqing also tightened the rope around her waist.
After everything was ready, we headed towards the entrance of the snow cave.
Seeing that she was about to go down, Qin Lang, Sun Laohai, and the other men grabbed the rope and slowly lowered her down.
Lu Qingqing carried a lantern for illumination.
As the rope was slowly lowered, the scene inside the snow cave was revealed to her.
The air inside the snow cave was stifling, and with each breath, a strong stench of blood assaulted the senses.
The unpleasant smell seemed to be mixed with the faint odor of urine and feces.
She could understand the smell of blood; it was probably from a villager who had fallen and been injured.
But where do these smells of urine and feces come from?
Before she could figure it out, she heard a slight rustling sound behind her.
My body tensed up instantly.
Prolonged training causes the body to react instinctively, before the brain does.
He drew his long sword with a backhand motion and swung it sharply backward.
At the same time, a sharp claw reached for Lu Qingqing's back.
This strike landed squarely on the front of the ambush beast.
The beast's sharp claws were blocked by the knife, and it only managed to grab the cotton-padded coat at the waist.
The beast let out an angry growl after being struck by the blade!
They then fell back into the snow cave.
Suspended in the middle of the snow cave, Lu Qingqing quickly grabbed the rope to adjust her position.
He held the long sword horizontally in front of him, staring intently at the pair of unfathomable, dark yellow eyes below.
At this moment, Qin Lang and the others above also heard the low roars of the beasts below the snow cave.
Qin Lang felt as if his heart had been violently squeezed.
He gripped the rope and quickly pulled the person up.
Beneath the thick cotton-padded coat, muscles burst forth with unprecedented power.
Within a few breaths, they pulled the person up.
He only began to gasp for breath when he saw Lu Qingqing's figure appear.
Several men stepped forward at the same time and pulled the man up.
Qin Lang circled around Lu Qingqing and carefully examined her.
It was discovered that only the back waist of the cotton-padded jacket was torn.
Fortunately, the cotton-padded coat was thick, so the skin was not injured.
Only then did he have time to ask questions.
"Qingqing, what happened?"
Lu Qingqing was also terrified by the sneak attack.
She supported Qin Lang's trembling arm and helped him catch his breath.
"After I went downstairs just now, I smelled a strong stench of blood."
Immediately afterwards, that guy attacked me from behind.
Fortunately, I brought a knife with me.
When it parried, the slash should have hit its front.
However, in the chaos just now, the lantern in my hand was thrown to the ground.
All I saw were those eyes that were gleaming with a fierce light.
As for what kind of animal it was, I really couldn't see it clearly.
However, judging from that growl, it must be a large carnivore.
Qin Lang pieced together the information from her words and formed a guess in his mind.
"Uncle Dahai, Uncle Hai, does either of you still have a torch?"
Several men quickly handed over the torches they had tucked into their waistbands.
After lighting them one by one, Qin Lang untied the rope from Lu Qingqing's waist and tied it around his own.
With the others holding the rope, he reached the edge of the snow cave.
He lay down directly at the entrance of the cave and pulled away the thatch and branches covering it.
Extend the torch downwards to check the situation inside the snow cave.
However, from this height, you can only see a portion of the bottom of the snow cave.
As for the edges, they remained completely dark.
Qin Lang threw the torch in his hand directly to the spot where Lu Qingqing had been ambushed.
They didn't find it and moved to another location.
After throwing two more down, I finally saw the big guy hiding in the corner.
It was a strong and robust leopard!
Right now, it was crouching low, staring at Qin Lang in a hunting posture.
When Qin Lang saw its shape clearly, he felt even more fear for Lu Qingqing.
Fortunately, Qingqing reacted quickly and dodged it.
This guy's ambush ability is even stronger than a tiger's.
Judging from his physique, he is probably in his prime.
After seeing the leopard clearly, and then looking at the motionless villagers at the bottom of the cave, I couldn't help but feel worried for them.
Qingqing smelled blood just now; something bad must be going on.
After getting a clear view of the situation inside the cave, Qin Lang braced himself against the snow with both hands and slowly backed away.
After stepping back a short distance and feeling safe, I got up and told everyone what had happened.
Sun Laohai and the others never expected that they would encounter such a situation on this trip.
To be honest, their place wasn't too far from Dongshan.
But they had never seen such a large, ferocious beast before.
Even the word "leopard" was something I had only heard of in legends of spirits and monsters.
Looking at the leopard and villagers in the snow cave below, he was at a complete loss.
Qin Lang and Lu Qingqing discussed it in hushed tones and decided to get rid of the leopard first.
As for the method, the most conservative attack method was chosen.
Qin Lang and the villagers held the ropes, suspending Lu Qingqing above the snow cave, and attempted to shoot her.
After making up his mind, Qin Lang carefully checked the rope again.
After completing all the preparations, Lu Qingqing, holding three torches, came to the edge of the snow cave.
As the rope loosened little by little, she slowly descended a bit.
After she called for a stop, he grabbed the rope and slowly steadied himself.
By this time, the torch that Qin Lang had thrown down had gone out.
She listened carefully to the sounds, but found nothing.
She had no choice but to throw the torch back to the spot where the leopard had been hiding when it attacked her.
After discovering that it wasn't there, she then directed Qin Lang.
He moved her a little further to the left and threw down a second torch.
This time, she saw the leopard hiding around the corner ahead.
He took the compound bow off his back with one hand and threw the third torch in his hand forcefully toward the leopard's location.
The instant the torch slipped from his hand, he quickly drew an arrow and nocked it.
"Whoosh!"
Almost the instant the torch landed and the leopard hid.
The arrow shot out rapidly, striking the leopard squarely in the lower back.
The force of a compound bow is so great that the entire arrowhead will be embedded in flesh.
The leopard felt the pain and let out an angry, deep growl.
The roar echoed through the snow cave, making Lu Qingqing's eardrums ache.
Sun Laohai and the others who were pulling on the rope were so frightened that their legs went weak.
Fortunately, despite their fear, they held onto the rope tightly.
Let's get back to the snow cave.
After Lu Qingqing hit her target with her first arrow, she endured the ringing in her ears and quickly drew out a second arrow.
But the leopard was very cunning. Upon seeing her, it drew its arrow again and, despite the pain, quickly moved out of the torchlight's range.
Lu Qingqing's second arrow only grazed the tail of the fleeing leopard.
Watching the leopard disappear into the darkness, she listened intently to any sounds coming from inside the snow cave.
But to her surprise, some of the villagers who were unconscious in the middle of the snow cave woke up.
The man pushed away the person pressing down on him and slowly propped himself up with his hands to sit up.
Seeing this, Lu Qingqing, no longer bothering to search for the leopard's tracks, hurriedly called out:
"Lie down! There's a leopard behind you!"
The villager must have been frozen in the snow cave for too long, because his mind was much slower.
"What do you say?"
Before he could finish speaking, a leopard leaped out from the darkness behind him.
It hated the human who had injured it, and the moment it lunged out, its huge claws went straight for the man's neck.
The moment it leaped out of the darkness, Lu Qingqing also shot out the arrow in her hand.
The target was the area behind the villagers.