Chapter 168 Misstep
The big black eagle, having found an effective way to attack, took advantage of the situation and swooped down from the sky again and again to attack the black bear below.

Originally, the black bear’s main attention was on the black wolves that were barking at it. But now, he was hit by air attacks one after another and he had no time to chase the black wolves. He stood there, waving his bear paws continuously, trying to take down the extremely fast black eagle.

Have you ever seen a video of a 1v2 game of three people playing the game of hitting calves with slippers? At this moment, the performance of the blind bear is comparable to that of the protagonist in the video whose reaction arc is always half a beat slower.

Every time the big black eagle landed, it would fly away. The blind bear would be a little slow to catch up by waving its paws. As a result, it could only get beaten again and again and could not launch an effective counterattack at all.

This big black eagle is also a cunning fellow. After knowing where the blind bear’s weakness is, it does not attack the blind bear’s big face every time it dives. This time it kicks the back of the head, the next time it kicks the back, and once again it kicks the top of the head. When the blind bear’s upper limbs and head are mobilized, it will suddenly find the right opportunity and kick the blind bear hard in the face.

After leaving two bloody wounds on the blind bear’s eyelids, the big black eagle suddenly kicked the bear in the nose. The blind bear, who was in pain but unable to do anything, let out a rage, turned around and gave up resisting, and crawled into the gap under the big rock again.

Now, the big black hawk is helpless. Its advantage is that it occupies the sky as its home turf. Every time it dives, it is so fast that it is impossible to dodge and it is also difficult to counterattack.

But after the bear got into the cracks of the rocks, the black eagles were helpless. Even in a head-on confrontation in a narrow cave environment, a hundred black eagles could not compete with a blind bear. It seemed that they had an absolute advantage, but if they made a mistake once, they would lose their lives.

Big Black Hawk is so smart, he definitely wouldn’t do such a thing.

So, after a series of eagle attacks, the big black bear was driven back to its old nest in the crevice of the rock. The big black eagle folded its wings, landed on top of the rock, and started cackling.

It seems like a lot of time has passed, but in fact, only less than three minutes have passed.

By the time Yue Feng’s team climbed over the ridge and came down the shady slope again, the battle of the Big Black Hawk had temporarily ended.

The big black eagle squatting on the rock to rest immediately became excited again when he saw his owner bringing people over.

It flapped its wings and took off again, flying around the sky above the cracks in the rocks while chirping. After chirping a few times and flying two circles, it dived to a position half a meter high near the cave entrance and flew at a super low altitude close to the ground. The meaning was quite clear: the target was hiding in the cracks in the rocks, come quickly.

Seeing Yue Feng and his men coming, the black wolf chasing in the front retreated with its tail between its legs.

When he came up to him, Black Wolf started to whine and act coquettishly. Yue Feng looked at Black Wolf and frowned slightly.

No wonder I heard the black wolf’s scream just now across the ridge. At this moment, there was a bloody mark on the side of the dog’s nose, less than two centimeters away from the eye, left by the bear’s claws. If it was a little more to the side, the dog would have become a one-eyed dragon.

“Good dog, were you caught by a blind bear? Let me avenge you!” Yue Feng took a look and found that the scratch was not too serious and did not even need stitches, so he was not in a hurry to treat the dog.

Now the big black eagle is still down there, let’s think of a way to kill the blind bear first.

“Everyone, cheer up, grab your weapons, and follow me to the bottom of the ditch to take a look! The place where the big black eagle is quacking should be a naturally formed stone cave!”

Yue Feng greeted him, took out the safety of his gun, and slowly moved down the shady slope.

The terrain at the bottom of the ditch is relatively complex, so Yue Feng walked extremely slowly, trying his best to not miss any details around him.

The other three dogs, after reaching the bottom of the ditch, also began barking wildly. Needless to say, they already knew of the existence of the blind bear, having eaten and hunted bears more than once before. After seeing the real bear, these dogs were no longer afraid.

Yue Feng carefully moved to a position less than ten meters away from the stone and found a gap at the bottom.

Because black bears frequently come in and out of this crevice, the snow on the ground has been trampled into animal trails. At first glance, it looks like someone has made a small cellar in the mountains. As for the space inside the crevice, it is pitch black and bottomless at a glance because of the light.

After observing the surroundings, Yue Feng reminded: “The scratch on the black wolf’s face should have been caused by the blind bear when its head was close to the crack of the rock!

Everyone, be careful, this is not the same warehouse where we killed people before, the bear inside may rush out at any time!”

“Brother, what do you say we should do?” Xiao Tao held a blunt-handled knife in his hand, his eyes sharp.

Judging from the bear’s action of scratching the black wolf just now, it would be quite risky to light a fire and smoke at the entrance of the cave to smoke the bear out like last time.

The angle of this stone crevice is quite small, and only one or two people can get close to it to put in the firewood. If two people get close, Yue Feng won’t be able to shoot even if he wants to hold his gun to guard. If a bear comes out at this critical moment, his teammates may be hurt easily if they are not careful.

In this case, the methods used before are no longer appropriate.

Yue Feng frowned and thought for a while, then he came up with an idea: “Go find some more pine torches, light them from a distance, and then throw them into the cave!
The crack in the rock is too narrow and too close to the cave entrance. If the bear rushes out, we won’t be able to react in time!”

“Okay, then let’s listen to Brother Feng and use pine torch seeds!!! I found a pine torch seed when I was on the road just now, I’ll go and bring some more!” Xiaowu greeted him, took out a rolled wild boar skin from the bag and tucked it under his armpit, then walked towards the place where he found the pine torch seed with the knife in his hand.

“I’ll go over and lend a hand, and get more at once!” Xiaowen seemed to be worried about his brother acting alone, so he followed with a spear in hand.

It was just some wood, enough for two people, so Xiao Tao did not follow them. Instead, he stood next to Yue Feng, staring at the cracks in the stone below.

“Let’s not just stand there. Pick up some wood and start a fire. When the pine torches come back, we’ll start after they are lit!” Yue Feng called out and started gathering dry branches from the hillside.

In less than half an hour, the brothers Xiaowen and Xiaowu returned with a bunch of pine torches wrapped in wild boar skins.

These translucent woods are very flammable because they have been soaked in pine oil for a long time. They will emit thick black smoke when burning. They are the best material for starting fires in the mountains.

The newly collected pine cones were thrown next to the fire, and soon black smoke rose up, along with a pungent smell of burning pine resin.

Yue Feng knew that this thing was best done in one go, so he piled all the wood he had brought back in a circle around the fire and ignited it. Then he found the most suitable shooting angle with his gun and asked others to throw pine torches near the cave.

The burning pine torches were still smoking when the brothers threw them all into the cracks between the rocks.

Most of the pine torches were thrown accurately, and occasionally a few of them fell near the cracks in the rocks, which was not a big deal.

Soon, black smoke could be seen drifting out through the gaps. Yue Feng held his gun and tensed up.

The pine torches brought back by the wild boar skin bag were quite genuine, but after throwing them into the fire for more than ten minutes, there was no reaction at all, as if the bear was not in the cave structure in the cracks of the rocks.

“Damn! Why do I feel something is not right, Brother Feng? It’s been fumigating for so long, why doesn’t the bear come out?” Xiao Tao wanted to get closer to observe, but he didn’t get Yue Feng’s permission, so he was a little restrained.

Yue Feng clearly remembered the principles that Uncle Li and his father had told him before he went up the mountain: it didn’t matter if he was slow or clumsy, as long as safety was the top priority.

“Not coming out? That means there isn’t enough smoke and the fire isn’t strong enough! Go get some more pine torches and twigs, and throw the lit twigs into the hole in the rock! I don’t believe that the bear can turn into Tuxingsun and run away!” Yue Feng said with narrowed eyes.

The captain gave the order, and the brothers Xiaowen and Xiaowu went to get pine torches again. Xiao Tao also went around to cut some small pine trees that were less than the thickness of his wrist. When the fire at the entrance of the cave was lit, adding these wet woods would make the smoke more abundant.

After another half an hour of hard work, a new batch of pine torches, firewood and other fire-starting materials were all ready.

Yue Feng and his three brothers continued to repeat the previous actions. After the ordinary wood was ignited, they were thrown into the entrance of the stone gap.

This time the fire was obviously much stronger than before. After the wet wood was thrown in, smoke and dust billowed.

“Damn it, I don’t believe I can’t smoke it out! If you have the guts, come out and let your Grandpa Xiao Tao fight you! You bastard, don’t put up a fight, today is the day you die!”

Xiao Tao cursed and threw more wet wood into the fire at the entrance of the stone crevice.

There was smoke and fire for a long time, but there was no movement down there. Yue Feng was getting a little impatient.

Could it be that this bear has really become a spirit, knowing that if it doesn’t come out it still has time to wait, but if it comes out it will definitely be shot?
After waiting patiently for another ten minutes, even Xiaowen, who had the calmest personality, could no longer hold back.

“Brother Feng, is this crack in the stone connected to some other place? If there is a chimney, even if the smoke gets in, it will be pulled to some other place by the chimney and won’t smoke the bear!”

Xiaowen’s reminder made Yue Feng stunned. Yes, this is not a cave dug by humans. It is purely a stone crevice formed accidentally by natural geological movement. It is normal to have a natural chimney formed by gravel.

“Xiao Wen, go around and take a look at the back of this big rock! Be careful!!”

“Okay! I’ll go take a look!” Xiaowen responded, and immediately climbed up the ridge with his spear in hand, and turned around to the back of the big rock.

A few minutes later, Xiaowen shouted to Yue Feng and the others, “Stop burning it! There’s smoke coming out of the pile of rubble behind us!”

Hearing this, Yue Feng was a little angry. Damn it, he had been busy for so long that he forgot to take a look at the back in advance. Isn’t this a nuisance?

(End of this chapter)