Longevity starts from having a daughter in old age

Chapter 468: Chapter 436: Hunt_1

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Stone after stone was shot at them from all directions, almost covering all of them.

“Defend!”

But Xiao Tian Yuan was prepared, he didn’t even need to give the command. There were specialized commanders among his subordinates who had already ordered the outer martial artists to block the attack with their shields.

Although these stones could pierce flesh and blood as easily as bullets, there were no ordinary people present. The weakest among them was at the level of a Martial Spirit, so piercing their defense would require the power of a mortar at the very least.

The current stone attack didn’t even count as an appetizer.

“What shot these attacks? How come I didn’t see anything?” Zhang Ergou asked in confusion.

Next to him was Mu Chen, who was protecting them. He replied, “It should be the Long-haired monkeys.”

“What kind of wilderness beast is a Long-haired monkey?” Zhang Ergou asked again.

“You’ll know soon.” Mu Chen did not explain further.

The next moment, there were martial artists skilled in sonic wave attacks among their ranks. They combined their forces and launched attacks in a particular direction.

The invisible sound waves swept out like a tide, and the next moment, things began falling from the trees like rain.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Zhang Ergou then saw monkeys covered in green hair, appearing out of nowhere like furry balls, tumbling down.

“These are the lowest grade wilderness beasts, the Long-haired monkeys. Their long hair can completely cover their bodies and blend seamlessly with the surrounding environment. Their primary attack method is throwing stones.”

“They usually appear in groups, the largest clans can reach thousands. Even a Martial Spirit rank wilderness beast has to flee in fear when faced with them.”

Mu Chen explained again.

Having these monkeys as a target for demonstration made the explanation more impactful.

“We have a Martial Saint with us, don’t these monkeys have eyes?”” Zhang Ergou asked.

“Us martial artists are different from wilderness beasts. To conserve Qi and Blood, we generally hide our aura. These monkeys see us as small in stature and assume that we are easy bullying, hence they launched the attack,” explained Mu Chen.

“Since there are so many of us, why not let a few people release their Qi and Blood. We would save a lot of trouble,” Zhang Ergou suggested.

Mu Chen displayed a helpless, bitter smile. Although he didn’t want to mock him, his words were indeed foolish.

“We are here to capture wilderness beasts. If we scare them all away, what are we going to catch? Moreover, dissipating qi and blood can easily attract powerful wilderness beasts and may cause greater trouble later. As we often enter here to hunt wilderness beasts and extract their blood, those higher ranked beasts with intelligence harbor significant hostility towards us. If they detect powerful individuals among us humans, they often take the initiative to attack,” explained Mu Chen.

“Oh!”

Zhang Ergou showed a sudden enlightenment on his face and did not feel embarrassed about his stupid idea.

Those martial artists who specialise in sonic waves continuously attacked the surrounding, at least a hundred of the Long-haired monkeys fell from the trees in a moment, and the remaining monkeys fled in fright after seeing they were no match for them.

Next, a group of martial artists moved out from the formation to use a special method to extract the essence and beast souls, refining them into wilderness beast blood essence.

The Long-haired monkeys were the lowest-level wilderness beasts. Their elites ranked at the level of martial master and the strongest among them, the Monkey King, was no more than a Grand Martial Master. Naturally, they were not of any value in the eyes of the crowd.

But on one hand, they stood close to the exit, and it was better to clear all wilderness beasts if possible.

On the other hand, even though this group of high-ranking individuals didn’t see any value in them, it didn’t mean that those at the lower ranks didn’t.

Not to mention non-martial artists.

Even the lowest-grade Long-haired monkey blood essence could cause common people to fight over it if taken outside.

After dealing with these Long-haired monkeys, the team continued on their way.

Zhang Ergou asked again, “Aren’t the abilities to become invisible and transform considered divine skills? But I heard that one needs to at least reach the level of a Martial Spirit to awaken divine skills, right?”

Hearing Zhang Ergou’s question, Mu Chen could only explain such a basic question once again.

“We, martial artists, need to reach the Martial Spirit level to awaken a wilderness beast’s lifebound divine skill, but it’s not necessary for the wilderness beasts. Basically, as long as they have reached maturity, they can awaken their own lifebound divine skill. Therefore, never underestimate these low-level wilderness beasts, especially the insect-type ones. Their Qi and Blood may be weak, but their divine skills are extremely powerful. Even if one’s strength surpasses them a hundredfold, there’s still a chance to fall at their hands.”

Upon hearing this, Zhang Ergou, who was quite laid back before, suddenly tensed up and started cautiously checking his steps.

Mu Chen could only helplessly shake his head internally.

Although he reminded him to be careful, they were surrounded by numerous Martial Kings and Martial Emperors, not forgetting himself as a Martial Arts Grandmaster, and above all, Xu Mu was here. There was no way they would let him be in danger.

However, he didn’t say any further. It was always good to be a little cautious.

The team advanced roughly two to three miles and encountered new wilderness beasts.

These were a group of wild boars, each a size bigger than an ox or a horse, with two long canines protruding from their mouths. They were like small tanks charging towards them.

Tusked War Pigs!

“Tusked war pigs are martial master-level wilderness beasts, their elites can reach grand martial master-level, and a very few of them can even mutate to reach martial spirit-level!”

“This kind of wilderness beast is incredibly strong. Both its attack power and defensive power are superb. The only drawback is their brains are not quite good, and we usually counter them using traps,” explained Mu Chen on the side.

As he was speaking, the commander below had already ordered the martial artists who had control over the earth element to form many deep pits on the ground, then by using tools, they lured the beasts towards them.

After these Tusked War Pigs were provoked, they charged recklessly towards them, driving themselves into traps, becoming lambs to the slaughter.

However, after they were stunned, the collection of wilderness beast blood essence began.

Next, they encountered creatures like Blue Wolves, Blood Tigers, Giant Locusts, etc.

Under the command of the commander, they were easily dealt with and a large amount of low-level wilderness beasts blood essence was quickly collected.

“Will it keep going on like this?” Zhang Ergou asked, feeling itchingly idle.

Along the way, he didn’t even get a chance to fight, it was just like a countryside trip to harvest crops.

Not only him, but even Yin Wen, Yang Jiang and a few others, after the novelty wore off, also began to feel bored.

They initially thought there would be all sorts of adventures and desperate fights.

“The Wilderness has existed for tens of thousands of years; every year we enter it, we have accumulated abundant coping experience. Also, with the powerful strength of our team, there will basically be no danger as long as we stay on the outskirts,” said Mu Chen.

If they would be in danger even when dealing with some low-level wilderness beasts, then their country would have been extinct long ago.

“When can we reach the central region?” Zhang Ergou asked, unable to wait.

“At this pace, probably 10 days.”

“This long?”

“This is already very quick, but…”

“But what?”

“Look up.”

Before Mu Chen could finish, a sharp bird cry sounded from the sky, causing pain in everyone’s ears.

Before Zhang Ergou could react, he felt a shadow overhead.

When he looked up, he saw a giant bird with a black-iron gloss all over its body, diving towards them.

The aura emanating from this giant bird made him shudder, making him immediately realize that this bird’s strength must be far above his own.

“It’s a Martial Emperor-level Iron Feather Hawk! Everyone, be careful!”