Super Gene Hunting Ground

Chapter 121: Chapter 121 Fierce Battle (Part 3)

Qin Yu and Deng Xiao were in the thick of battle when danger was the last thing on their minds. They were intent on bringing down the mutated bird quickly, dreaming of roasting and savoring it.

Uh—

The mutant bird they were attacking let out continuous cries of agony, calling for help. A speck in the distance was rapidly approaching, growing larger and louder, shrieking in response to the besieged mutant bird.

Under the barrage of feathered arrows from Qin Yu and his partner, the already injured mutant bird found it increasingly difficult to defend itself.

The dot in the distance approached swiftly, its form becoming clearer with each moment.

Yang Xiao recognized it instantly—it was the same Giant Eagle that had snatched the Luo Fei fish king from the pond days ago.

Filled with urgency, Yang Xiao shouted:

”Qin Yu, Deng Xiao, come back quickly!”

Hearing Yang Xiao’s call, Qin Yu finally sensed the danger.

Just then, a piercing scream echoed from above, as the colossal Giant Eagle unfurled its wings, each spanning over forty or fifty meters, and dove toward them with a sudden flutter, releasing several feathered arrows that each aimed at Qin Yu and Deng Xiao.

Yang Xiao knew this spelled trouble; he instantly drew his bow and loosed an arrow at the distant Giant Eagle, regardless of its effectiveness.

However, his arrows couldn’t reach that far.

Qin Yu and the other heard the whistling sound of slicing air around them and, turning their heads, faced the immense Giant Eagle, fear striking their hearts as they attempted to take flight to dodge the attack.

The feathered arrows launched by the Giant Eagle were incredibly fast, reaching their backs in an instant.

Puh-chi, puh-chi...

Both Qin Yu and Deng Xiao were struck by the arrows.

Nearest to Shan Feng, Deng Xiao struggled desperately, barely managing to fly to the peak of the mountain before plummeting down.

Qin Yu, who was further from Shan Feng, flapped helplessly a few times and was unable to make it over, his body already falling.

Below was a valley over a hundred meters deep.

Yang Xiao ceaselessly fired arrows at the Giant Eagle and its offspring, preventing the Giant Eagle from continuing its assault on the others.

Chen Fei and Long Yongjun rushed over to aid the injured Deng Xiao.

”Quick, hide in the forest, pull out the arrows, and feed Deng Xiao a Blood Lowering Pill,”

Yang Xiao yelled.

Chen Fei and Long Yongjun carried Deng Xiao on their shoulders into the woods, running swiftly. They found concealment under a dense canopy of trees; Long Yongjun yanked out the feathered arrows from Deng Xiao’s body, while Chen Fei had already fed her a Small Blood Pill.

Deng Xiao was pale and covered in blood, her breathing faint. After swallowing the Small Blood Pill, she finally caught a breath of relief.

Atop Shan Feng, Yang Xiao kept shooting at the Giant Eagle, which responded by flapping its wings, sending several feathered arrows hurtling towards him. Realizing the danger, Yang Xiao swiftly ran towards the forest, just as the sound of booming explosions erupted behind him on the boulders—the sound of the Flame Feather Arrows exploding.

The injured smaller mutant bird continuously wailed in pain, seemingly severely injured.

The Giant Eagle, unable to pursue Yang Xiao and the others, flew beneath its offspring, gently lifting it and gliding toward the main peak of Biyun Mountain, disappearing from sight in moments.

Yang Xiao looked at Deng Xiao, who was slowly recovering after ingesting the Small Blood Pill.

”Chen Fei, stay here and look after Deng Xiao.”

”Long Yongjun, you and I will immediately go down to the valley to search for Qin Yu.”

Qin Yu had fallen into a valley, and to get there from Shan Feng, Yang Xiao would first have to make his way down the slope to the foot of the mountain, then from the foot into the valley.

”Sigh, if Huang Wen were here, that’d be great. She could fly directly down into the valley to find Qin Yu,”

said Chen Fei.

”Huang Wen and the others are outside on a mission to disperse the fog, and we won’t be able to find them for a while. If Deng Xiao recovers quickly, she might be able to help. But if Deng Xiao’s recovery is slow and it gets dark, you should head back along the mountain path,”

Chen Fei nodded.

Without a moment’s delay, Yang Xiao and Long Yongjun hastened down the mountain, turning into the valley from the mountain’s base.

The valley in the Biyun Mountain had always been thick with grass and rarely visited by people. After the apocalypse, it had become even more deserted. Now it was autumn-winter, and the grass taller than a person had already turned yellow and dry, collapsing within the valley, with shrubs scattered everywhere.

Yang Xiao realized that from the peak of Biyun Mountain, the valley was completely visible, but searching for something while inside the valley was extremely difficult. First of all, one’s field of view was limited, with large trees reaching a dozen meters in height everywhere.

The two searched anxiously for more than half an hour and still didn’t find any trace of Qin Yu.

”Damn it, where could she have gone?”

After another half-hour in the valley, they still found no sign of Qin Yu.

”Boss, look at the peak above our heads; Qin Yu fell about forty to fifty meters away from Biyun Mountain peak. Is it possible that she drifted into the nearby forest when she fell?”

Long Yongjun gestured toward the mountaintop above.

”I think it’s very likely. Let’s hurry into that forest to search. I don’t know how Deng Xiao is doing. If she has recovered, she could fly down and help us search. It would be much faster with her.”

The two rapidly ran toward the nearby forest when suddenly they heard a pitiful scream overhead. Looking up, they saw the giant eagle spreading its wings, returning once again to the summit of Biyun Mountain.

”Damn, why won’t it leave us alone?”

Yang Xiao pulled Long Yongjun quickly into a bush, nervously looking up at the sky.

Long Yongjun whispered, ”Boss, what’s happening?”

”How would I know?”

”I have a bad feeling.”

”Hmm?”

”That smaller eagle was probably its chick, and you shot it dead. So, the giant eagle has come for revenge.”

Yang Xiao was taken aback and turned to look at Long Yongjun.

Long Yongjun chuckled, ”It’s just a guess. Otherwise, why would the giant eagle come back? It should be rescuing its chick, right?”

Suddenly, Yang Xiao remembered Chen Fei and Deng Xiao recuperating on the mountaintop and felt a surge of anxiety. He hoped that the two girls would continue to hide quietly in the forest and not rashly come out.

The giant eagle circled above the peak for a while and flew around as if looking for something. After half an hour, it shrieked twice and flew away.

Yang Xiao wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and hurried out of the bushes with Long Yongjun, running fast towards the nearby forest.

Long Yongjun’s guess was correct. Qin Yu had indeed fallen into the forest. When Yang Xiao found her, she was unconscious and barely alive.

”Long Yongjun, go find an open and safe spot nearby in the forest, chop some branches to prepare for the campfire tonight. Do you know how to do it?”

Long Yongjun had followed Yang Xiao for over a month and was already skilled at surviving in the wilderness; he nodded and left.

Yang Xiao helped Qin Yu sit on the ground, hugging her in his arms.

Qin Yu had been hit by three arrows, one of which struck near her chest, just a few centimeters from her heart.

Yang Xiao pulled out the feathered arrows from her thigh and left shoulder, and then prepared to remove the feathered arrow from her chest.

It seemed like the arrow might have gotten caught on a tree branch as she fell from the tree, almost breaking off; only a bit was still connected. Yang Xiao gently tugged, but the head of the arrow didn’t come out, and the rest just snapped off.

The broken end of the arrow was almost sticking to Qin Yu’s chest. With the break, the jagged end went straight into her clothes.

”Damnit, the more I rush, the messier it gets.”

Yang Xiao cursed and hesitated for a moment before looking up to see Long Yongjun chopping branches dozens of meters away. He gritted his teeth and reluctantly started unzipping the chest of Qin Yu’s clothing.

What made Yang Xiao even more frustrated was that the broken end of the arrow had penetrated her underwear.

”Damnit!”

Yang Xiao cursed softly, bracing himself and swiftly unzipped her outer jacket entirely, lifting up the inner layer from the bottom up.