This Is My Primitive Tribe-Chapter 58 - 54: Capture the Earth Armor Beast

"Oh my god, that was intense..."

After everything had ended, Jiang Xuan emerged from behind a boulder, staring at the mess on the ground, utterly shocked by the explosive power of the Thunder Fruit.

He suddenly thought of the few Thunder Tree saplings he had planted beside the tribe.

If they grew up and were attacked in this way, wouldn’t it blow up all the other magical plants?

Jiang Xuan shivered at the thought and said, "Transplant them. Next spring, they must be transplanted. They can’t be planted together with other magical plants."

He carefully observed and, after confirming that there were no fruits left on the Thunder Trees, cautiously moved over to them.

Upon reaching the Thunder Trees, he discovered something interesting.

Despite the violent explosion, many nearby trees were damaged, but the Thunder Trees themselves weren’t greatly harmed; only some smaller branches were broken, while the main trunk and sturdy branches remained intact.

"So tough!"

Jiang Xuan poked at it with the Bone Spear and found the Thunder Tree was incredibly hard, even its outer bark was as hard as iron, and the Bone Spear couldn’t penetrate it.

"Although the Thunder Tree is dangerous, once you understand its temperament, it can be quite useful."

Firstly, the Thunder Fruit, if picked when it’s about to mature, can be used as a large-scale destructive weapon. Just throw it with a large Stone Throwing Rope, and it can injure a large group of enemies.

Secondly, the Thunder Tree, its wood is as hard as iron and can be used to make tools or weapons requiring high hardness.

For instance, peeling its hard bark to make armor or shields is a good option.

The trunk, once cut, can be made into many useful items.

These Thunder Trees surely don’t know, Jiang Xuan had already planned their fate carefully. If they knew, they might be so angry they could burst out eloquent tree language.

The usage of Thunder Trees can wait; Jiang Xuan hadn’t forgotten the reason he had detonated the Thunder Tree.

He was aiming to catch the Earth Armor Beast under the Thunder Tree.

"This Gray Rabbit, so pitiful..."

Jiang Xuan picked up the Gray Rabbit that had been blasted into several large chunks on the ground, it was truly a sad sight.

"Make do with it."

Jiang Xuan used a Tree Bark Rope to tie the dismembered Gray Rabbit together, then found the hole where the Earth Armor Beast had appeared before, and tied one end of the rope to a thick branch of the Thunder Tree, hanging the Gray Rabbit up.

"Leader, why hang it up?" Nan Xing asked curiously.

Jiang Xuan said, "Without hanging it up, how would the Earth Armor Beast crawl out? If it doesn’t come out, how can we catch it?"

"I see," Nan Xing nodded in realization.

Jiang Xuan then said to Chi Shao, "Sister, take out your ropes too, connect them together, first place a big loop at the entrance of the hole, then hide nearby. When the Earth Armor Beast crawls out, enters the loop, we’ll tighten the rope immediately to prevent it from crawling back into the hole!"

"That’s a good plan."

Chi Shao and Gou Teng, Nan Xing, all took out their ropes and connected them, making the rope sufficiently long.

Then, Jiang Xuan tied a loop knot at one end of the rope, made a noose, placed it at the entrance of the hole, encircling the hole, then held the long rope, extending it to behind the boulder.

The four hid away, and then it was a matter of patient waiting.

Luckily, what they were trying to catch was the Earth Armor Beast, a creature long accustomed to the explosions of Thunder Trees. Although this explosion was terrifying, it hid underground and wasn’t so scared as to lose its nerve.

If it were other wild animals, they might be scared into hiding in their den for days.

Time flew by as the four took turns watching the dirt hole while munching on some jerky to stave off hunger.

Over by the Thunder Tree, the Gray Rabbit hung from the tree still dripped blood beneath it; this scent was a fatal temptation to the Earth Armor Beast that loved sneaking underground for prey.

The Earth Armor Beast slowly crawled from the depths of the burrow, it was very cautious, crawling for a while before carefully listening to the surrounding sounds.

The area where the Thunder Trees grew had long been tunneled through extensively by the Earth Armor Beast.

Following the scent of blood, it found the burrow closest to the Gray Rabbit and extended half its head, carefully examining the hanging Gray Rabbit above.

The Earth Armor Beast wasn’t very smart; it couldn’t grasp why the Gray Rabbit’s body was in the air instead of on the ground.

Nonetheless, the temptation of food was enormous; it moved forward, piece by piece while cautiously observing the surroundings. Any sign of danger would send it retreating into the burrow.

"Leader, it’s coming out."

Beside the boulder, Gou Teng, who was watching, nudged Jiang Xuan, his voice lowered to the extreme, barely audible.

Jiang Xuan carefully took a glance over there and indeed saw the Earth Armor Beast had already poked its head out.

He grabbed onto the rope, ready to tighten the snare and capture the Earth Armor Beast at any moment.

"Don’t rush, let’s wait for it to come out a bit more," Chi Shao whispered in Jiang Xuan’s ear.

Jiang Xuan nodded and kept his eyes on the Earth Armor Beast.

Under the Thunder Tree, a drop of blood fell near the mouth of the Earth Armor Beast. It extended its long tongue to lick it, and then glanced around and at the Thunder Tree, finding no danger.

The Earth Armor Beast crawled out bit by bit. Gradually, half its body had emerged from the soil hole, and it stood up, intending to bite down the Gray Rabbit hanging above.

Beside the boulder, Jiang Xuan watched the Earth Armor Beast. When he noticed the position of the rope noose had reached the beast’s waist, he hesitated no longer.

"Pull!"

Jiang Xuan suddenly yanked the rope towards himself, causing the farthest noose to instantly tighten, snaring the Earth Armor Beast around its waist. The entire rope snapped taut.

The Earth Armor Beast was startled and immediately turned to run back into the hole, but the rope held it fast, preventing its escape.

"Huff, huff..."

The Earth Armor Beast bared its sharp teeth, making threatening noises, very fierce. When it realized it was captured by the rope, it opened its mouth to bite the rope.

Fortunately, the woven Tree Bark Rope was quite tough. It couldn’t be bitten through in one go; some time would be needed.

"Sis, keep pulling, I’ll go subdue it!"

Jiang Xuan handed the rope to Chi Shao and charged at the Earth Armor Beast with the Bone Spear in hand.

"Be careful!"

Chi Shao took the rope and pulled forcefully, trying to drag the Earth Armor Beast away from the area full of holes.

"We’ll help!"

Gou Teng and Nan Xing also ran towards the Earth Armor Beast. The tribe had a fervor for hunting and did not fear even fierce prey.

"Smack!"

Jiang Xuan rushed in front of the Earth Armor Beast and immediately used the Bone Spear to smack the beast’s mouth, preventing it from biting the rope further.

He chose to smack instead of stab because the Earth Armor Beast’s entire body was covered in hard scales, making it impossible to pierce.

After being attacked, the Earth Armor Beast indeed stopped biting the rope and turned to bite Jiang Xuan.

This Earth Armor Beast weighed over three hundred pounds and resembled a huge crocodile, ferocious as ever.

Jiang Xuan did not confront the Earth Armor Beast head-on; he continued to whack it with the Bone Spear to drain its energy and slowly accumulate its injuries.

Gou Teng and Nan Xing joined in, and the three surrounded the trapped Earth Armor Beast and gave it a beating.

The Earth Armor Beast’s sharp claws tore deep marks into the ground, its terrifying blood-stained mouth opening and closing repeatedly, yet failing to bite any of them.

"Leader, its shell is too hard, we can’t damage it,"

Gou Teng had been hitting the beast for a long time, noticing only the blood flowing from the mouth corner without much harm done, growing impatient inside.

None of them had experience hunting Earth Armor Beasts. Capturing such a hard-shelled giant alive was too difficult.

Jiang Xuan shouted, "Use the Vine Net, cover it!"

To capture the prey alive, Jiang Xuan had specially searched for tough vines and wove a simple Vine Net on their way here.

This Vine Net was very crude, with large mesh openings, ineffective for catching fish, but likely effective for such a big creature.

"Alright!"

Gou Teng immediately untied a large bundle of Vine Net from his back, and with Nan Xing, opened it and covered the Earth Armor Beast.

Sure enough, once covered by the Vine Net, the Earth Armor Beast was soon entangled, unable to move its limbs freely.

After a few rolls, the Earth Armor Beast was wrapped tight in the Vine Net and could not thrash about with its teeth and claws like before.

The four took advantage of the situation and kept wrapping ropes around the Earth Armor Beast, binding it tighter and tighter until it couldn’t escape anymore.

They worked for a long time and finally managed to bind the Earth Armor Beast tightly.

"Finally, we’ve captured it alive."

Jiang Xuan looked at the Earth Armor Beast on the ground, still struggling but unable to break free, and breathed a sigh of relief.

The four were drenched in sweat and rested for a while. Then they found more vines nearby and used sturdy wood to make something like a stretcher, and tied the Earth Armor Beast to it.

"Let’s go, let’s take this Earth Armor Beast back first."

Since the Earth Armor Beast was quite large and it was getting late, the four did not continue searching for other prey. They took turns carrying the Earth Armor Beast back to the tribe.