In my dream of returning to the Tang Dynasty, I snatched Wu Zetian from my lap.

Time flew by again during the conversation.

The hour of Zi (11 PM - 1 AM), the hour of Chou (1 AM - 3 AM), and even into the hour of Yin (3 AM - 5 AM)!

That is, between 3 and 5 a.m. in later times.

The entire Blackback Mountains were pitch black, and the cold wind was biting. Coupled with the rain, all the guards who were lying in wait were shivering and their hands were stiff.

But no one dared to doze off, because the tiger could come at any moment.

Li Yuanchang's gaze, which had been sharp at first, gradually turned to one of doubt and unease.

Judging by the time and distance, if everything went smoothly, the tiger would have arrived long ago, since the distance is not far, at most a few miles of mountain road.

Once tigers are attracted, they will arrive quickly; they won't linger once they smell blood.

"Your Highness, shall I take some men to take a look?" Yuan Tong suddenly asked.

Li Yuanchang gazed at the pitch-black night sky: "Let's wait a little longer."

"Wait a little longer, if they don't come, we'll go check on them."

"yes!"

Another 15 minutes of waiting, but apart from the cold wind, there wasn't a soul in sight.

Li Yuanchang's heart skipped a beat; something might have happened to Li Yi.

Just as he was in despair and preparing to send someone to investigate, suddenly, a tiger's roar echoed from the rainforest, resounding throughout the low-lying area.

The eyes of more than two hundred people were suddenly jolted open, and all the cold and weariness were completely swept away by that shout.

"They're here!"

"He succeeded!"

Li Yuanchang's eyes shot out a tangible beam of light, fixed intently on a certain direction.

In the distance, the bushes swayed, dark shadows darted past, crows perched on the trees flew away, and a menacing aura of ferocious beasts was approaching.

A disheveled figure, covered in mud, was frantically running away. It was Li Yi, who had nothing on him except a dagger.

No one knows what he went through, but the speed he unleashed, ignoring the muddy ground, would have been enough to win a championship in later generations.

"Quickly, bleed them out!"

Li Yuanchang seized the opportunity and roared down!

In the darkness, more than twenty daggers gleamed coldly as the guards swiftly cut open some of the bound rabbits, minks, and even a wild boar.

Puff puff……

Crimson blood, accompanied by animal screams, quickly spread.

They were all pushed into the deep pit. As soon as the wind blew, the smell of blood quickly filled the air. A human nose might not be able to smell it clearly, but for large predators, the smell was a deadly attraction.

"roar!!"

The tiger roared again and again, plundering the mountains and forests.

The sound of footsteps grew louder and more frantic as twenty or thirty tigers came down the mountain – a truly spectacular sight!

Many of the guards' pupils dilated and their bodies instinctively stiffened at the sight.

The last time we were attacked, there were only about ten animals, which turned the entire camp upside down, but this time the number has increased by almost three times!

If we don't send in the army, who can cure this?

They were so fast, like afterimages, that they were almost at the bottom of the depression in a very short time.

Their target was no longer just Li Yi, but also the large number of prey in the pit; the smell of blood made them frenzied.

After determining a suitable location, Li Yuanchang shouted, "Climb the tree! Quickly, climb the tree!!"

The rumbling sound pierced through the darkness and reached Li Yi in the rainforest.

He was panting heavily and running frantically, which had caused his face to turn as pale as paper. This was the state of a person's lung capacity being pushed to its limit.

"what!"

Upon hearing Li Yuanchang's voice, he roared and charged straight up a large tree. Relying on his superb skills, he instantly pounced on the tree and continued to climb upwards, as agile as a monkey.

"roar!!"

Along with him, a fierce tiger leaped, hovering at least several meters in the air, its fangs and jaws possessing a bite force of at least several hundred kilograms, attempting to pluck Li Yi off in one bite.

Li Yuanchang was far away, but he witnessed this scene firsthand, and his pupils froze.

Time seemed to stand still at that moment, and Li Yuanchang thought for a moment that Li Yi was going to die.

But with a thud, the tiger fell to the ground. It missed its bite, only scratching several bloody marks on Li Yi's back.

"call!"

Li Yuanchang exhaled a long breath. He valued Li Yi highly and thought he was very useful. It would be a great pity if he died at the last minute.

"roar!!"

The tiger roared in frustration. Although it could climb the tree, it was too high, and the trees were too straight for it to do.

After roaring a few times, it charged down with the other tigers toward the depression.

A distance of only three or four hundred meters is practically nothing to them.

As they drew closer and closer, the tigers, with their mottled stripes, charged forward with all their might, their massive muscles as solid as rocks.

The guards, who had been lying in wait, held their breath and gripped their weapons tightly, awaiting the trap.

boom! !

As the first tiger fell into the trap, its massive body smashed through the camouflage on the road, revealing a deep pit and rows of sharp bamboo spikes.

Immediately afterwards, the pack of tigers descending the mountain fell into the deep pit like dumplings being dropped into a pot, which was also where many of the baited prey were located.

Bang bang bang bang... At least sixteen or seventeen tigers that were hunting for food fell in.

Suddenly, *puff puff puff puff*!

The powerful inertia, combined with the sharp bamboo spikes, easily pierced through the tiger's torso, some even being completely pierced through.

"roar!!"

The roars, rising and falling, sounded like angry howls and mournful cries, shaking heaven and earth.

The tigers behind seemed to sense the danger and stopped, no longer charging forward in waves.

"Disconnect from the internet!"

"Release the arrows!!"

Li Yuanchang stood on the tree and roared with all his might.

boom! !

The guards used their swords to sever the ropes wrapped around the tree, and a huge hemp rope net fell down, hitting the bullseye and trapping ten tigers on the spot.

Then the fifty archers hidden in the trees began to exert their strength, completing the attack in one go without any pause.

Whoosh! !

The sharp, armor-piercing arrows had already taken the tigers' lives before they could even react.

puff puff puff...

"roar!!"

The tigers, writhing in pain, let out a roar that shook the mountains and forests, struggling desperately to escape, but the large net became their constraint.

Their tearing and running were more like a desperate struggle of trapped beasts. Overwhelmed by the rain of arrows, only three tigers were wounded and managed to escape.

Including the four tigers that weren't caught in the net, a total of seven tigers began to flee.

But Li Yuanchang remained calm and quickly lit a torch, the flames dancing clearly in the night forest.

That was a signal, the signal for the third ambush.

"Kill them!!"

In an instant, shouts of battle filled the air as two hundred guards charged out to hunt down the tiger.

The shouts of humans drowned out the roars of the tiger.

Undeterred, they charged in formation, their momentum already overwhelming the enemy. The tigers that had escaped were startled and fled instead of fighting back.

Normally, in such a mountain forest at night, it should be the domain of wild beasts, but this is a trap zone. All the paths have been discovered and arranged in advance.

Therefore, all seven tigers were surrounded.