In the Blade

The bear and tiger who escaped instinctively wanted to find a new powerful alliance, but they couldn't find any traces.

They couldn't even find traces. Those competitors who hadn't revealed their identities obviously didn't want to see them - this was of course for their own safety, but they could feel that more of it was a mockery of them.

They self-righteously revealed their identities and thought they were in control of the situation, but in the end they realized that they had been played around by the monkey.

"Actually... we didn't lose unfairly."

The dejected brown bear simply took off his armor and smiled bitterly.

"You know, those wild monkeys have no intelligence. It's okay to pull them out and throw stone axes and short spears, but it's too much to expect them to work... Do you know what this means? This means that all the weapons and equipment we received, including the stone city and the bed crossbow on the top of the city, were made by the monkey himself."

"Yeah..."

The tiger's face was also full of bitterness after taking off his armor.

They thought that after losing their power, they could fight in the forest in the posture of animals, which was already adapting to the environment. However, compared with the monkey, their efforts were nothing. From the stone axe and leather armor, to the tailor-made copper armor and copper spear, to the stone castle that was built quietly, to the unreasonable crossbow on the top of the city...

What kind of time and energy did they spend behind these things?

Although these simple things would not even be worthy of their attention if they were put outside, but now they have no power and only rely on this animal body. They are already scalping just by imagining the huge amount of work.

But the monkey did it all quietly.

The gap is created from this.

The monkey is not a madman who only knows how to set fires. He is a strong dragon that really suppresses all competitors with hard power.

"In fact, we should have realized this earlier."

The brown bear sighed.

"That monkey revealed his identity right away and became the target of public criticism, but he still survived until now, which in itself can explain a lot of problems... He is not like us."

"Yeah, not like us."

The tiger also sighed, then raised his head and looked at the jackals, hyenas, and foxes that appeared in front of him.

In this deliberately constructed dangerous jungle, as long as the identity is exposed, it will attract attacks and killings. They have always been very clear about this.

But they didn't expect that the attacks would come so quickly.

"You really look down on us."

The tiger forced an ugly smile.

"Are you going to treat us like drowning dogs?"

"A failed tiger is not even as good as a dog."

The hyena walking towards them sneered.

"Your momentum has been suppressed, and the escape just now has exhausted your physical strength. Now you are no different from dogs."

"But you still need to appear in groups before you dare to appear in front of us."

The brown bear also stood up with all his strength.

"Actually, I miss you guys a little bit."

"Miss you?"

The fox also stood up.

"Do you recognize who we are?"

"No."

The brown bear shook his head.

"I just remembered myself a few days ago."

"No need to miss the good old days."

The jackal also paced and began to approach.

"When you die, there will be plenty of time to miss you."

"It's not about the good old days."

The brown bear sighed and then looked at the tiger beside him.

"You should understand what I'm saying, right?"

"Yeah..."

The tiger also sighed.

"We were really weak before..."

"Hurry up!"

The leading hyena was the first to notice that the atmosphere was wrong.

The two bears and tigers, who should have been exhausted, became more and more powerful!

These two beasts actually planned to fight to the death!

"Kill them!"

The jackal was the first to pounce, the fox ran along the ground, and the hyena had already circled to the back, ready to kill at any time!

But what greeted them were huge tiger and bear claws.

"Even if I'm beaten to pieces, you beasts can't touch me."

The tiger claw pierced into the jackal's neck, and with just a slight swing, it tore the jackal in two.

The fox and hyena who chose to sneak attack were nailed to the ground by a pair of bear claws.

Perhaps it was the excitement brought by the bloody smell, or the satiety brought by meat, or simply because of the tenacious will that made them climb all the way to the sky.

The brown bear and the tiger, their eyes were firm again.

"Although I don't know who you are outside, I can see that you are no worse than that monkey."

The brown bear sat on the ground with a full stomach, looking at the tiger in front of him.

"Of course, I am the same. I also think I am no worse than that monkey, but we were too careless before, and the degree and direction of our efforts were very problematic..."

"Bad is bad, there's nothing to say about it."

The tiger didn't care too much about the mutual flattery after failure.

"Don't talk about your outside identity. Talking too much is not good for everyone. And if you lose on this matter alone, you lose. There is no need to deny this. We just lost a bit. We will win back next time. Well... Besides, don’t you think that losing is not a bad thing?”

"It's really not a bad thing."

Brown bears feel the same way.

Although it is not easy to accept failure itself, once they can accept the failure calmly, they will see the scenery after failure as they do now - although from the perspective of doing things, failure does not count. That's great, but from a growth perspective, failure is far more rewarding than success.

Just like now, a failed attack and a challenge that almost cost them all their fortunes have boosted their fighting spirit and even made them more frustrated and courageous.

Now, if they face that monkey again...

There was still nothing they could do.

In the final analysis, will belongs to will, and work belongs to work. In this cave where the mental power is limited, there is no way to directly convert willpower into combat power - but the monkey has already grasped absolute violence in his hands and has stones. With the city as an absolute defense and the bed crossbow as the strongest attack method, no one can control the monkey now.

"We have to think of something, a better way..."

The tiger and the brown bear began to scratch their heads. They couldn't think of any better ideas for a while.

It is definitely not feasible to form cliques again. After all, they have already realized the disadvantages of doing so - only the weak will want to rely on allies, so as to find a false sense of security when doing things. If they maintain their current strong spirit, there is no need for them to look for any allies. Only by defeating the monkey with their own strength can they achieve complete revenge.

But if they don't find allies... what can they do?

"Actually, the city can be besieged. After all, the stone city is not that big."

The brown bear rubbed his head.

Yes, that stone city is not really that invincible. Compared to a real city, this two-foot-tall town can only be regarded as a sentry tower - and this also means that the food and drinking water reserves inside Definitely not too much.

As long as they can surround it and prevent the monkey inside from coming out to look for food, I'm afraid it won't be long before it's the monkey's turn to kneel down and beg for mercy.

"The only danger is the bed crossbow, but it's impossible to move something as heavy as the bed crossbow..."

Tiger slapped his head, obviously thinking about this problem.

"But this kind of thing... forget it, the kindred spirits we have are simply not capable of doing this kind of work."

Yes, this is also the biggest problem in the siege. Although the two of them, as the bear king and tiger king of their respective tribes, can command other similar beasts to a certain extent, this kind of command is limited to "wherever there is prey, everyone will kill it together." To such an extent, if the opponent is unprepared, then the beasts will naturally be unstoppable, but facing Stone City...these mobs are a bit too much.

"In the final analysis, it's still not strong enough."

The brown bear sighed.

"We are not strong enough, and they are not strong enough. When those armed monkeys master new weapons, they will kill them one by one... We will be recruited sooner or later, and the monkeys will definitely do this."

"So that's the problem."

The tiger suddenly raised his head.

"They are not strong enough, so can we make them stronger?"

"you mean……"

The brown bear's eyes gradually narrowed.

"Mortal martial arts?"

"No, it's our martial arts."

Saying this, the tiger raised his paw.

"With your abilities, even if you become a beast, you can design a suitable set of martial arts for this body...The monkeys can arm other monkeys with weapons, why can't we let other tigers And bears, become as strong as us?"

"It seems...certainly possible?"

The brown bear's eyes gradually lit up.

"With your skills and mine, even without armor, those armed monkeys may not be able to do anything to us. If other bears and tigers have our skills..."

"At least the monkeys have to pay a heavy price when they kill them."

Tiger narrowed his eyes.

"Also, have you noticed that those monkeys have begun to eat meat, so they can swing stone axes and throw bronze swords... So we need to let bears and tigers eat more meat, so that the meat that monkeys can eat will be If you eat less meat, you will lose strength, and if you don’t have strength, you will become waste.”

"really."

The brown bear nodded repeatedly.

"After we get rid of those armed monkeys..."

The tiger and the brown bear looked at each other. Neither of them spoke, but they both understood what the other wanted to say.

How could they not personally go into battle with such a rare opponent, such a rare enemy, and fight to the death?

Really can't.

At least from a work perspective, this kind of thing doesn't really work.

"No, let's try to let other bears or tigers kill him."

After taking a deep breath, Tiger finally spoke.

"A lion must fight a rabbit with all his strength. There is no need for us to be careless at the last moment... God knows what backup the monkey has left. We must not go into battle and fight the monkey ourselves."

"If you think so, it's an idea."

The brown bear did not agree with this.

"I think we should fight that monkey. After all, he doesn't even have the heart to fight. He is timid when doing things... I don't want to lose to that monkey. I want to win back in an upright manner."

"Okay."

The tiger didn't care about the differences between them, but raised his paw towards the brown bear.

"Then, let's fight on our own?"

"We'll fight on our own."

The brown bear and the tiger high-fived.

Then they took their respective tribesmen and went their separate ways.

Du Chengfeng, who was far away in Stone City, didn't know what was happening in the distance. He was still dealing with the spoils of the previous battle. The animal carcasses on the ground had to be cleaned up, the meat had to be salted, the weapons scattered on the ground had to be reforged, and the leather had to be processed and made into leather linings - of course, there were also damaged city walls, which also needed to be repaired.

And all these things could only be done by him.

It is definitely unrealistic to expect monkeys to do these delicate jobs. After all, monkeys don't even have intelligence and can't do complicated things. As for the coyote, although it won't mess things up like the monkeys, the wolf's awkward body structure is destined to be of little help.

"But it's okay, there's not much work."

Du Chengfeng is very open-minded, or in other words, having some work to do makes him feel more fulfilled.

No matter how much work there is, as long as you do it, you will definitely finish it.

Processing leather and meat is done in the stone city. This is relatively simple and doesn't require moving around - but the next work is to go out seriously, on the one hand to get some suitable charcoal to smelt brass, and on the other hand because the stone wall needs some stronger stones to repair.

In this dense forest full of dangers, going out is like entering a minefield. God knows when some animals will come out to kill him.

Just like now, when he found a suitable tree trunk and was about to pull it back to burn charcoal, a tiger suddenly jumped out from the side of the road and pounced on Du Chengfeng's back.

If it were an ordinary person, he would be killed immediately after being pounced and bitten like this - but Du Chengfeng was different. He had practiced it before, so when he turned around, he punched the tiger back and sent it flying two meters away.

But it was this seemingly powerful blow that made Du Chengfeng frown.

The feel was wrong, and this punch should have killed the tiger directly.

But now, after turning around twice in the air, the tiger landed steadily on the ground.

It even took a stance against him again.

"You have practiced it before?"

Du Chengfeng was dumbfounded as he looked at the tiger that pounced on him again.

His judgment actually came true.

Those defeated subordinates who escaped actually found a way to adapt to him.