To the right of the migrating group, a horde of over a hundred Rip-tooth Beasts, a type of carnivorous Demon Beast, launched scattered attacks on the migrating group.
Rip-tooth Beasts are cunning and cruel carnivorous Demon Beasts, reaching Apprentice-level Six-stage when adult, living in groups as families.
They are small, resembling lynxes, with adult bodies only a little over two meters long, possessing strong bursts of speed and quick movements, specializing in dealing with large and clumsy herbivorous Demon Beasts.
However, the warriors in the migrating group had extensive experience dealing with small and swift Demon Beasts like the Rip-tooth Beasts.
Except for a few expert archers who continued to fire arrows, everyone else picked up bone shields and war knives, coordinating with the shield-bearing spearmen.
Leaving a few people to protect the expert archers, the rest, in groups of three or four, jumped off the wagons and actively met the attacking Rip-tooth Beasts.
"Kill!"
"Roar!"
The two sides clashed, and for a time, human roars of anger and the roars of the Rip-tooth Beasts intertwined.
This was an evenly matched battle!
One side was well-equipped and experienced in combat.
The other side had sharp teeth and claws, and moved swiftly.
In one battle group, three warriors used their bone shields to defend flawlessly; even with the Rip-tooth Beasts' sharp fangs and claws, they couldn't injure them.
Soon, after a spear-wielding warrior stabbed a Rip-tooth Beast, the other two warriors swarmed it and cut it down, and another Rip-tooth Beast also died under the concentrated fire of the three shortly after.
However, another battle group was different; the coordination of the four warriors was not as good, and when one young warrior was bitten on the neck by a Rip-tooth Beast due to a mistake, the scales of victory tipped towards the Rip-tooth Beast's side.
Battle groups were fiercely fighting in various places, with both sides experiencing wins and losses.
Unlike the dense attacks of other Demon Beasts, Rip-tooth Beasts attacked the migrating group simultaneously in groups of two or three, with each group separated by tens of meters.
Therefore, when Axe arrived riding that massive Long-haired Beast, there were dozens of battle groups fighting between the migrating group and the Rip-tooth Beasts, and the front line stretched for nearly a thousand meters!
Such a long front line, if not for other tribes joining the migrating group along the way, the Hahelu Tribe alone would not have been able to defend it.
"Hoo!"
Axe roared, pointing his spear at the nearest battle group, and with a squeeze of his legs, he commanded the Long-haired Beast beneath him to charge.
The Long-haired Beast beneath him was an Apprentice Level 9 Demon Beast, and its charge was extremely powerful, with the "thump-thump-thump" of its hooves being exceptionally loud.
Moo!
With a low growl, the Long-haired Beast strode forward, lowering its head and sending a Rip-tooth Beast that blocked its path flying.
The Rip-tooth Beast that was sent flying had its lumbar bones shattered, blood gushed from its mouth and nose, and its internal organs were severely damaged; after landing, it was barely breathing, likely not long for this world.
"Die!"
Axe thrust his spear, performing a craniotomy on a Rip-tooth Beast that couldn't dodge in time.
Having dispatched two Rip-tooth Beasts, Axe did not stop, commanding the Long-haired Beast to continue forward, charging towards the next battle group.
He rampaged through several battle groups in just over ten seconds, unstoppable!
Just as he was charging towards the next battle group, preparing to expand his achievements, an anomaly occurred.
The ground exploded, mud splattered, and a grayish-brown unknown object drilled out of the fractured ground, blocking Axe's path.
Then, the grayish-brown unknown object suddenly split open from above, revealing a gaping maw ten meters in diameter; it turned out to be a Demon Beast!
"Not good!"
Axe immediately felt a bad premonition and reacted quickly.
He knew the Long-haired Beast beneath him couldn't stop its hooves, so he braced himself with one hand, leaped from the Long-haired Beast's back, then stepped on the Long-haired Beast's back with one foot, and quickly flew backward.
As Axe's front foot left the Long-haired Beast's back, a gaping maw lunged from behind, biting into where the Long-haired Beast had been, directly swallowing the Long-haired Beast whole!
Fortunately, his decision and movements were quick enough, otherwise he too would have been swallowed by that gaping maw!
At that moment, the gaping maw was only two or three meters from him; he could even see the sharp, fine teeth inside and the decaying flesh between them!
Flying backward, as Axe was about to land, he braced himself with one hand on the ground, using the momentum to adjust his body and land on the grass.
His feet plowed the ground for over a meter, and he looked up to see a large patch of grass also gnawed away where the Long-haired Beast had been swallowed.
Looking at the grayish-brown Demon Beast, Axe gripped his ancestral spear tightly, his expression solemn!
"Planetary Level Burrowing Beast!"
Burrowing Beasts are Demon Beasts that reach Apprentice-level Eight when reaching adulthood, hairless and scaleless, with exceptionally tough skin; due to living underground for extended periods, their vision has degenerated, but their perception and hearing are greatly enhanced.
Axe's heart sank. "This is bad!"
If this Planetary Level Burrowing Beast isn't killed or severely wounded, the entire migrating group will suffer!
Because Burrowing Beasts can eat carrion!
And they also have the "bad habit" of hoarding food!
As the Clan Chief of the Hahelu Tribe, Axe knew he had to do something.
Because this was his responsibility!
Staring intently at the Burrowing Beast, he rapidly thought of countermeasures. "Although I don't know what stage this Planetary Level Burrowing Beast is, I'm definitely not its match!
"I can't fight it head-on; I can only stall for time until Ender comes to rescue me. He is a Scout and must have means to counter Planetary Level Demon Beasts. If even he can't do anything..."
Shaking his head slightly, Axe cast aside those last negative thoughts.
Whoosh!
Slowly exhaling a breath, he flexed the fingers holding the spear, adjusting his mindset.
He had to concentrate to deal with the upcoming battle against the Planetary Level Burrowing Beast.
At this moment, the Planetary Level Burrowing Beast stopped chewing, and after swallowing its food, began searching for new prey.
Carefully listening and sensing the ground vibrations, the Burrowing Beast locked onto a new target.
Just as it was about to burrow into the ground and rush over, a loud bang and violent tremor stopped it.
Bang!
With a loud bang, a large sunken pit appeared in front of Axe, with much splattered mud and grass around it.
This pit was made by him smashing his spear!
Silence!
After smashing the pit with his spear, Axe stopped moving, and his breathing also slowed significantly.
And the Burrowing Beast carefully sensed and listened, but due to the interference of distant combat, it couldn't pinpoint the source of the loud noise.
After several seconds of silence, the Burrowing Beast lowered its head, preparing to burrow again, when another loud bang and violent tremor made it freeze.
This time, the Burrowing Beast no longer sensed or listened; it raised its head and let out an angry roar!
Roar!
After roaring, it burrowed directly towards Axe's direction.
"Damn it! Who said Burrowing Beasts need continuous sensing to lock onto targets!"
Seeing the rising patch of grass rapidly approaching him, Axe couldn't help but curse, and took off running.
Going head-to-head with a Planetary Level Burrowing Beast, wasn't that just asking to die?
He hadn't even seen his youngest son marry yet, and he didn't want to die young.
As long as the Burrowing Beast didn't bother anyone else, he was willing to play with it for a while longer, until Ender came to rescue him.