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Chapter 531 Conquered
After a tense standoff, the alpha wolf in the pack let out a long howl, and the other wolves immediately responded, their howls echoing throughout the valley.
"They're about to make their move." Li Xiangyang gripped his gun tightly.
Sure enough, as soon as the alpha wolf stopped howling, the other wolves immediately dispersed and began to surround the wolf from different directions.
Li Xiangyang and Wang Ergou stood back to back, with the wild boar carcass at their feet.
"Er Gou, if you have the chance, attack the alpha wolf first. The other wolves will fall into chaos without a leader," Li Xiangyang whispered a reminder.
"Understood." Wang Ergou raised his sniper rifle and aimed at the alpha wolf in the distance.
But the alpha wolf was cunning; it didn't charge ahead, but instead hid behind a rock to direct the rest of the pack.
The first to attack were two young wolves, who pounced on them simultaneously from the left and right sides.
"Bang! Bang!"
Li Xiangyang fired two shots quickly. The wolf on the left fell to the ground, while the one on the right was hit in the hind leg and rolled to the side with a scream.
But this was just the beginning. When the other wolves saw their companion injured, they did not back down; instead, they charged forward even more frantically.
Little Tiger then joined the fight, pouncing on a wolf that was trying to ambush him from behind, and the two animals wrestled together.
"boom!"
Wang Ergou's sniper rifle fired, and a wolf that was leaping in the air was accurately hit and crashed heavily onto the snow.
But the wolves attacked even more fiercely; they seemed to be enraged, no longer probing but launching a full-scale assault.
Li Xiangyang's automatic rifle fired continuously, leaving a trail of bullet holes in the snow. Two wolves were hit and fell to the ground, but new wolves immediately took their place.
"Damn it, are these wolves crazy?" Wang Ergou said as he changed his bullets.
Li Xiangyang noticed the problem: "Wait, look over there!"
Following Li Xiangyang's gaze, Wang Ergou spotted a cave on a distant hillside. There were obvious signs of activity at the cave entrance, and several wolf cubs could be seen.
"This is their lair!" Li Xiangyang suddenly realized. "No wonder they were fighting so fiercely; it seems we threatened their cubs."
Having understood why the wolves fought so desperately, Li Xiangyang calmed down.
"Ergou, we can't fight them head-on, we have to think of something." He fired his gun to drive away the wolves that were trying to approach, while thinking quickly.
Protecting their cubs is an animal's instinct, and in this situation, the wolf pack would never easily back down. But Li Xiangyang couldn't give up his prey, nor could he allow the wolves to harm them.
"Brother Xiangyang, do you have any ideas?" Wang Ergou asked nervously after shooting a wolf that pounced on him.
Li Xiangyang surveyed the terrain, then his eyes suddenly lit up: "Let's retreat to that big rock over there; it's easy to defend and difficult to attack."
He pointed to a huge rock not far away, about three meters high, with one side against the mountain wall, and only three sides that needed to be defended.
"Little Tiger, come back!" Li Xiangyang whistled.
The little tiger was fighting with a wolf when it heard its master's call. It pounced and knocked the wolf to the ground, then quickly ran away from the battlefield and returned.
"Ergou, cover me!"
Li Xiangyang picked up the most valuable part of the wild boar and quickly moved towards the boulder.
Wang Ergou's sniper rifle fired continuously, accurately stopping the wolf pack that was trying to pursue them.
Little Gold hovered in the air, occasionally swooping down to disrupt the wolves' view.
A few minutes later, the two successfully reached the boulder. Li Xiangyang quickly climbed onto the rock, with Wang Ergou following closely behind.
From this vantage point, the view immediately expands considerably.
"That's much better." Li Xiangyang breathed a sigh of relief.
But the wolf pack did not give up. The alpha wolf observed from a distance for a while and then let out a long howl.
The remaining six wolves immediately split into three groups and surrounded the area from three directions.
The wolf pack surrounded them without retreating, while a few wolf cubs were peeking out from near a cave not far away.
Upon seeing this, a bold idea formed in Li Xiangyang's mind.
"Ergou, you stay here and keep watch. Make sure the wolves don't rush up."
"Brother Xiangyang, what are you going to do?" Wang Ergou asked worriedly.
“I’m going to meet that alpha wolf.” Li Xiangyang’s eyes gleamed.
After saying that, he jumped down from the other side of the boulder and, while the wolf pack was distracted by Wang Ergou's gunshot, quietly circled around to the direction of the cave.
Li Xiangyang knew that to completely solve the problem, he had to confront the alpha wolf head-on.
Once you subdue it, all problems will be solved.
He approached the cave cautiously, gripping his hunting knife tightly in his hand.
When they were still thirty meters from the cave, the alpha wolf noticed his presence.
Two pairs of eyes met in the snow, one human and one wolf, both sensing the killing intent emanating from the other.
The alpha wolf was a huge gray wolf, nearly a meter tall at the shoulder, with taut muscles and fangs that gleamed coldly in the sunlight.
It slowly emerged from behind the stone, approaching Li Xiangyang step by step.
Li Xiangyang did not back down; instead, he took a few steps forward.
“Come on, let’s go one-on-one,” Li Xiangyang said in a low voice. Although he knew that wolves couldn’t understand human speech, saying it gave him more courage.
The alpha wolf seemed to sense Li Xiangyang's fighting spirit. It stopped, bent its hind legs slightly, and prepared to pounce.
The valley was silent, except for the distant gunshots from Wang Ergou.
Suddenly, the alpha wolf launched an attack!
With a kick of its hind legs, it lunged at Li Xiangyang like an arrow released from a bow.
Li Xiangyang was prepared; he dodged to the left and simultaneously swung his hunting knife upwards.
"Tsk!"
The hunting knife left a bloody gash on the alpha wolf's side, but the beast's thick hide meant the cut did not cause fatal damage.
The alpha wolf turned around immediately after landing and pounced again.
This time, Li Xiangyang did not dodge. Instead, he squatted down, grabbed the alpha wolf's front leg with his left hand, and thrust his hunting knife straight into the wolf's waist with his right hand!
He remembered his father saying: "Wolves have heads of bronze, tails of iron, and waists of tofu; what they fear most is injury to their waist."
“Ah—”
The alpha wolf let out a shrill scream, but the beast became extremely ferocious and turned to bite Li Xiangyang's arm.
Li Xiangyang reacted quickly, wielding his hunting knife to block the wolf's mouth. The blade struck the wolf's teeth with a piercing sound.
Although the alpha wolf was injured, its ferocity remained undiminished. It struggled to its feet, and blood dripped from its abdomen onto the snow, staining a large area red.
But this time, there was a hint of apprehension in its eyes.
Li Xiangyang did not rush to attack, but instead slowly paced around the alpha wolf.
"What, you're too scared to go up again?" Li Xiangyang said provocatively.
Although they knew the wolves couldn't understand human speech, this kind of imposing force was still effective.
The alpha wolf seemed to sense Li Xiangyang's contempt, and its anger was reignited.
It growled, but this time it did not attack rashly; instead, it began to look for an opportunity.
The man and the wolf faced off, neither willing to reveal a weakness first.