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Chapter 370 - Chapter 370 Chapter 366 Wild Man

Chapter 370: Chapter 366 Wild Man Chapter 370: Chapter 366 Wild Man Watching Taotie stride away, Fang Xiaocao couldn’t help but smile wryly, gesturing with her chin to Drilling Mouse, “Let’s go check out what that creature is.”

Saying this, Fang Xiaocao stood up and followed.

“Such a hard life!”

Drilling Mouse muttered before picking up a pair of iron shovels and quickly following.

As soon as she entered the camp, Fang Xiaocao smelled the blood in the air.

Following Drilling Mouse’s description, Fang Xiaocao peeked around the back of the vehicle and, sure enough, saw a ground littered with bodies.

The bodies were all fresh, some with blood still oozing out, not yet fully coagulated.

They were clearly bodies that hadn’t been dead for long.

Fang Xiaocao counted. There weren’t as many as Drilling Mouse had exaggerated, just five bodies.

“First, let’s examine the bodies!”

Fang Xiaocao instructed Taotie.

Taotie, who had initially wanted to find and fight the Wild Man mentioned by Drilling Mouse, immediately went towards the bodies upon hearing Fang Xiaocao’s command.

“Drilling Mouse, keep watch, don’t let that Wild Man get away!”

Taotie didn’t forget to instruct Drilling Mouse.

“Yes!”

Drilling Mouse could only helplessly respond.

The Wild Man was too bizarre. Given the choice, Drilling Mouse really didn’t want to confront that beast; he’d rather assist Fang Xiaocao in examining the bodies.

Gripping the shovels tightly, Drilling Mouse stared unblinkingly at the tent.

He could feel that the Wild Man was still hiding in the tent, eyeing him with the gaze of a predator sizing up its prey.

Fang Xiaocao and Taotie approached the bodies.

Taotie squatted down in front of each body, took a look, and even tore off the sleeve on the left arm of the corpses to check for tattoos.

Without exception!

All five bodies had tattoos of a woman holding a rose in one hand and a sword in the other on their left arms.

The style and location matched those of a previous body exactly, indicating that the tattoos were indeed a symbol of affiliation rather than random marks.

After examining them, Taotie stood up.

Walking over to Fang Xiaocao, “Princess Your Highness, I’ve checked every body. The five dead all have two different types of injuries, one inflicted by a wild animal’s bite, and the other by crossbow arrows or arrows.”

“The bite wounds from the wild beast are fatal. These should be the handiwork of that strange Wild Man mentioned by Drilling Mouse. The wounds from the arrows should be Little Luban’s doing.”

“The five people who died all have the same tattoo on their left arms; they should be the men of Goddess of Vengeance who were with Su Wanqing and were previously hypothesized to have been shot by Little Luban.”

Taotie, who had killed until it had become second nature, was beginning to show potential as an amateur forensic doctor, which pleased Fang Xiaocao.

Fang Xiaocao nodded, “It seems our previous speculation was correct; Su Wanqing is indeed involved with the Goddess of Vengeance.”

“Now that we’ve identified the bodies and haven’t found Little Luban’s body here, it’s highly likely that he’s still alive and was taken away by Su Wanqing and the others. We’ll first meet this Wild Man and see exactly what it is before we pursue Su Wanqing and her group.”

Fang Xiaocao’s train of thought was very clear. A bit of pondering, and she knew Su Wanqing had fled with Little Luban toward the Ancient Tomb.

Hearing Fang Xiaocao’s words, Taotie “heh heh” snickered and immediately grabbed the knife, walking toward Drilling Mouse, “Ground Mouse, where’s the Wild Man?”

Taotie asked with an excited expression.

Taotie was that kind of fighting fanatic.

The more bizarre the opponent, the more Taotie wanted to clash with them.

Drilling Mouse pointed at the tent in front, and before he could speak, Taotie walked over with the knife drawn.

“Hey, are you alive?”

“The big boss is here to play, come out and greet me!”

Taotie was as irreverent as ever.

Pff–

Fang Xiaocao nearly burst into laughter.

Shaking her head helplessly, “That Taotie!”

She didn’t know if Taotie would end up playing with the Wild Man or if it would be the other way around, but Fang Xiaocao figured the odds were that Taotie would have the Wild Man utterly disoriented.

That, of course, was if the Wild Man even knew which way was north.

“Uh uh uh…”

A string of indistinct syllables came from the darkness within the tent.

The next second–

Swoosh–

A dark shadow burst out of the tent!

Heading straight for the Taotie!

Clearly, Mr. Wild Man wasn’t in a good mood either, and he was quite pissed off at the Taotie’s provocation, wanting to give the Taotie a loving embrace.

Taotie, after all, had a wife and kids.

He still had his own limits.

He would absolutely not stray while away from home.

Thus, facing the Wild Man’s affection, Taotie showed rejection and politely returned a kick.

Thump–

The Taotie’s huge foot fiercely kicked into the Wild Man’s chest.

Fang Xiaocao immediately covered her eyes, peeking through her fingers at the Wild Man’s pitiful state.

Without a doubt, the Wild Man was sent flying by Taotie’s kick, and it was a round-trip flight–where he came from, he returned.

Crash–

The tent, already unsteady, collapsed from the Wild Man’s impact, scattering parts all over the ground.

Fang Xiaocao winced in sympathy for the Wild Man.

With that kick from the Taotie, not to mention humans,

even pigs wouldn’t be able to take it!

You’d either have to be incredibly lucky or a true expert to not die on the spot.

And it was unclear which category the Wild Man fell into.

Fang Xiaocao guessed it was probably the latter.

After all, the Wild Man had already stood up.

“Ao ao ao!”

The Wild Man seemed quite furious, unleashing a string of incoherent roars at the Taotie.

“Your yelling is bloody awful; I don’t understand a word, so shut it!”

Taotie picked at his ears, saying irritably.

Before his words stopped echoing, Taotie made his move!

He lunged toward the Wild Man in a swift dash.

His fists, as big as sandbags, hurled straight toward the Wild Man.

Seeing this, Fang Xiaocao shook her head helplessly, knowing the Taotie was just seeking fun again.

To prolong the Wild Man’s company, Taotie didn’t even bother using his sword.

Watching the Taotie tangled up in the struggle with the Wild Man, Fang Xiaocao reckoned with Taotie’s temperament, the two would be fighting for a while longer, and she wasn’t about to just stand there watching.

“Drilling Mouse, come with me for a look.”

Fang Xiaocao said to the Drilling Mouse.

Having said that, Fang Xiaocao turned and walked toward a tent that hadn’t collapsed yet.

Although the Drilling Mouse still wanted to watch Taotie battle the Wild Man, it couldn’t just ignore Fang Xiaocao and reluctantly followed her.

Fang Xiaocao entered the tent and saw a disarray of bones.

Human skulls and bones from some unidentifiable animals.

Fang Xiaocao surmised that this Wild Man had been here for quite some time.

These bones were likely all his prey.

Fang Xiaocao went around checking each tent, even the few vehicles, but found nothing valuable. She guessed that either before the Wild Man took over this spot, or while he was out hunting, someone had visited and taken any useful items.

Like the engines of these vehicles, for instance!

The Wild Man certainly wouldn’t know how to dismantle an engine.

Someone else must have taken them.

Fang Xiaocao felt a bit disappointed, as she had hoped to find something that could prove the identity of the camp’s owners, like notes or the like.

Now that someone had beaten her to it, naturally, nothing could be found.

At this moment, the battle between Taotie and the Wild Man was also drawing to a close. Taotie knocked the Wild Man down with a kick and was about to finish him off with his knife.

But as Taotie’s gaze swept across the Wild Man’s neck, he suddenly froze.