Chapter 315 - 181: 11 Wild Goats! Encirclement and Capture! A Huge Harvest

Chapter 315: Chapter 181: 11 Wild Goats! Encirclement and Capture! A Huge Harvest

"Sir, how should we capture these wild mountain goats?" Wang Biao asked.

As soon as he spoke, Xu Jun, Zhang Meng, and the others also looked toward Chen Chong.

If it were just a matter of hunting the wild mountain goats, it would be quite easy for everyone present.

Not to mention a Transcendent’s power could easily kill them, Wang Biao’s Archery alone was enough to take one down from hundreds of meters away.

But any goat captured that way could only be carried back and put in a pot, completely devoid of any value for breeding.

As for just shooting their legs to keep them alive, that was completely out of the question.

When threatened, as long as a wild mountain goat isn’t dead, it will flee for its life. Unless it’s a fatal blow, it will never stop struggling.

What’s more, even if they were lucky enough to catch one, the survival rate for an injured wild animal is extremely low.

Even with human intervention, the lingering effects after healing would make them refuse to eat or breed, causing them to lose their vitality over time.

In short, to capture wild mountain goats for breeding, it was best to catch them completely unharmed, avoiding injury as much as possible.

"Brother Chong, why don’t we set a trap?" Huang Mao suggested.

Zhang Meng was exasperated. "Are you an idiot? Where are we going to get the time to set a trap? Besides, this is all rock. Did you think we were in a forest?"

"Then how are we supposed to catch them?"

After a moment of thought, Chen Chong said, "We’ll circle around them!"

"Circle around them?"

"That’s right!"

The best way to capture wild mountain goats was indeed with traps; only then could they be caught completely unharmed.

But as Zhang Meng had said, there wasn’t enough time, and the terrain wasn’t suitable.

It would only be feasible to set traps in advance if they later found traces of the herd’s activity in a forest, or a place where they frequently foraged.

As for this herd of wild goats right here...

’We can only try to capture a batch by force.’

If they were lucky enough to catch some alive, they would take them back to raise.

If they were unlucky and injured them, then they would most likely just be an extra dish for dinner...

"Ah Jun, take Zhang Meng and Huang Mao and circle around to the other side. Block that way off completely."

"Wang Biao, Jia Wen, you two block the left side."

"Qi Zhen, you block the right side!"

"And as for you two..."

Chen Chong looked at the Tiger Striped Dog and Rock Armor Eagle at his feet, then thought for a moment before saying, "Stick with me and act on my signal. Be careful not to rush in and bite the prey to death."

The Tiger Striped Dog snapped its jaws shut without a sound, as if it understood the situation and was afraid of startling the prey.

As for the Rock Armor Eagle, it couldn’t care less about any of this. It just wanted to stay close to Chen Chong...

"Sir, we’re heading out then."

"Be quiet as you circle around. Once everyone is in position, wait for my command to move."

"No problem..."

With that, everyone except the Tiger Striped Dog and the Rock Armor Eagle, who remained by Chen Chong’s side, dispersed in different directions.

Chen Chong once again peered out from behind the rock he was hiding behind, looking at the herd of wild mountain goats still gnawing on grass roots not far away...

Wild mountain goats are extremely vigilant and fast.

If they discovered they were being surrounded, they would definitely flee like mad, scattering in all four directions.

To prevent them from escaping, Chen Chong had deliberately placed Transcendents on three sides.

He even assigned an extra person to Xu Jun’s side, afraid he wouldn’t be able to handle it alone.

As for Wang Biao and Qi Zhen, Chen Chong wasn’t so much worried about the goats getting away, but that they would use too much force and accidentally kill them...

Soon, the teams on all four sides were in position.

The wild mountain goats seemed to have sensed something. Except for the young kids, all seven adult goats stopped eating and raised their heads to look around.

BANG!!!

In an instant, a billy goat stomped its four hooves and bolted to the left, and the other six adult goats immediately did the same.

Even the four kids immediately abandoned the food in their mouths and followed the escape.

This was the survival instinct of herbivores like wild mountain goats. Even if they hadn’t actually seen a threat, the moment they sensed one, they would rather abandon food and be the first to flee the dangerous area.

But clearly...

Their reaction was still too late.

If they had noticed before the encirclement was complete, they might have had a chance to escape. But now... it was too late.

"Go!"

With Chen Chong’s shout.

The Tiger Striped Dog was the first to charge, shooting like the wind straight toward the prey.

The Rock Armor Eagle soared into the air, climbing high into the sky.

Moving at the same time were Xu Jun, Wang Biao, and the others from their different positions.

The moment the encirclement was complete, the distance between everyone rapidly shrank, like a large net closing in, trapping the wild mountain goats firmly inside.

The herd of goats first encountered Qi Zhen’s position.

Although the circle was already very small, there were still considerable gaps between the men. The goats were extremely fast, all of them trying to leap past Qi Zhen.

Even the one closest to him was still four or five meters away.

If he chose to capture one, even as a Transcendent, he could at most block two more in that short time. The rest would all escape through the gaps.

But Qi Zhen would not let that happen.

Whether it was because holding this corner was Chen Chong’s order, or out of his pride as a Transcendent, he would not allow the hunt to fail because of him.

Qi Zhen was seen to move first, grabbing the lead billy goat. Then, his entire body erupted in a brilliant golden light. A powerful aura howled forth like a gale, directly sending the loose stones within a dozen-meter radius rolling.

Even all the wild mountain goats were thrown into the air by this shockwave, tumbling several meters before they landed.

Qi Zhen had intentionally controlled his power, reducing the shockwave’s damaging effects to a minimum.

Having never experienced such an attack, the goats were terrified. They scrambled up, ignoring the pain, and turned to flee in other directions.

However, in the few breaths it took, the people from the other three directions had all rapidly closed in, tightening the encirclement to its absolute smallest.

Sensing threats from all sides, the wild goats completely panicked. They no longer followed their leader but acted on pure instinct, scattering to escape in different directions...

Wang Biao wasn’t as overwhelming as Qi Zhen. He blocked a kid with one hand and grabbed a nanny goat’s hind leg with the other.

Although they struggled frantically, Wang Biao’s hands were like iron pincers; once he gripped them, he didn’t loosen his hold in the slightest.

Jia Wen also lunged forward, tackling a billy goat. The two of them wrestled together, tumbling down a slope into a rocky pit.

Xu Jun, Zhang Meng, and Huang Mao did the same, each using their own methods to capture the goats fleeing in their direction.

They all did their best to hold back, trying not to use too much force and injure them.

But even so, the scene descended into chaos.

Desperate to escape, the wild goats were nearly insane. Even with their hind legs or horns caught, they struggled wildly, even going so far as to ram themselves against the rocks as if to knock off the predator holding them.

This "injure the enemy by a thousand to lose eight hundred" tactic made Xu Jun, Zhang Meng, and the others afraid to use a death grip, forcing them to let go.

Just like that, a few of the goats broke free and were about to escape.

Chen Chong, who was holding a goat kid, couldn’t help but sigh.

SHING—

The sound of metal being unsheathed rang out.

The Blood Eye Blade was in his hand.

On its hilt, a scarlet snake eye instantly opened.

A powerful, oppressive aura instantly blanketed the Rock Beach. Even the air itself seemed to fill with a bloody mist.

’Fuck...’

Zhang Meng’s and Huang Mao’s hearts skipped a beat as an inexplicable sense of dread washed over them.

Jia Wen’s hands began to tremble slightly under the oppressive aura.

Xu Jun, Qi Zhen, and Wang Biao were all affected to varying degrees.

All the fleeing, struggling wild goats instantly froze, some prostrating themselves, others collapsing, all of them scared stiff.

The previously hard-to-catch goats had now become lambs to the slaughter. Other than trembling like leaves in the wind, they made no other movements.

However, seeing this, Chen Chong was not pleased.

If he’d had any other choice, he really wouldn’t have wanted to resort to this.

After all, while the Blood Eye Blade’s oppressive aura had an overwhelming effect on ordinary creatures, it was also highly likely to cause permanent psychological trauma.

When domesticating wild animals like these, aside from avoiding physical injury, one also had to be mindful of their mental state and help them adapt to a new environment.

Just like that doe from before...

If they couldn’t adapt and lived in a constant state of terror, this herd of wild goats wouldn’t eat. They would grow thinner by the day and starve to death.

But there was nothing to be done about it now.

Their preparations had been too rushed when they encountered this herd. If he hadn’t used the Blood Eye Blade, half of them would have escaped.

’Compared to watching them get away, a forceful capture is better.’

Besides, this wasn’t the only herd of wild goats on the other side of the great river.

’Perhaps out of these eleven goats, at least half will be able to adapt.’

As for the ones that couldn’t adapt... they would just become food.

This was survival of the fittest. The same rule applied to prey...

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