Chapter 12: The Man Who Asks for Help
On the second day of the hunt, all the participants continued to march deep into the jungle.
There, there are more high-level spirit beasts that can be encountered, and the more points you can get.
Halfway through the day, the standings have changed dramatically again.
Like Wen Ru and Yu Zhang, the contestants who were not affected much last night are steadily increasing their points.
Like Gao Yan, a tortured team, the points only stopped at a pitiful two hundred points, and the ranking also fell outside the fifth place, if you want to catch up again, I'm afraid it won't be so simple.
Generally speaking, the main task of the first two days of the hunt is to get on the road, get inside as soon as possible, and then make all the preparations, such as setting traps, fixing a safe camp, etc.
In the next five days, I can fight monsters near the camp with peace of mind and brush points, after all, it is close to the position of the deep jungle, no one dares to act recklessly, if you provoke a high-level spirit beast, even if it is a family lady with countless hole cards, you have to eat and walk.
The points of the first two days were all taken in a hurry, so it was relatively cold.
And the next few days are the focus, if it is delayed, it is really difficult to stand out in this group of elites in the competition.
Due to the influence of the flame ant colony, the overall situation of the contestants is relatively sluggish, and whoever can adjust the state first will be able to grasp the opportunity.
Yu Zhang and Xiao Ju were still strolling in the deep jungle, looking leisurely and complacent, as if they didn't care about the results of the game at all.
However, even if the two of them were not delayed by the flame ants, because their footsteps were surprisingly slow, after two days, the distance they traveled was not as far as the others' day, and it was indeed leisurely to the extreme.
Even if Xiao Yu didn't sleep all night, his energy was still extremely strong.
It was as if he wanted to make up for all the battles that had been delayed in the past few years, and along the way, as long as he encountered a spirit beast, he would rush up and fight.
But after all, it was still on the periphery of this jungle, and the spirit beasts he encountered had only reached the third order at most, Xiao Ju seemed to be very unhappy with the fight, and he didn't exert any strength.
"Brother Yu Zhang, is it really okay for us to walk slowly like this?" he asked a little anxiously.
Yu Chang replied: "What are you panicking, you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry." β
Xiao Ju didn't dare to raise objections, but his hands were itchy and panicked, and the fighting spirit in his heart was very high, so he continued to look for some spirit beasts around to practice.
Along the way, Yu Zhang walked slowly and methodically through the forest path, and Xiao Ju ran around him like a monkey.
Since they were not in a hurry, there were as many as five third-order demonic beasts hunted by Xiao Ju.
And his score has also reached a good 1,000 points.
At the same time, Wen Ru's score increased even more terrifyingly, and the score of 2,000 points pulled the other contestants far away.
"This Wen Ru, it's really amazing!" Xiao Yu stared at the score list on the token and exclaimed.
"Whoa..."
Suddenly, a rush of footsteps came from the bushes not far away, Xiao Ju thought it was a spirit beast attacking, and the spiritual power in his body rolled, and he was ready to attack.
As the sound of squirming got closer and closer, the attack in Xiao Hao's hand was also ready to go.
"Help!" suddenly a woman's cry came from the bushes, and then a disorganized woman appeared in front of the two.
Seeing that the person who came was not a spirit beast, but a human, Xiao Ju quickly withdrew the attack that was ready to be launched in his palm.
The woman ran too wildly, and when she reached the two of them, she stumbled and fell to the ground.
Suddenly, she grabbed Xiao Hao's trouser leg in front of her, and said with a crying voice: "Help... Help!"
Although Xiao Ju was a little defensive, judging from the woman's expression, it seemed that she had really encountered a life-and-death difficulty, and he asked, "What's wrong?"
"My sister, my sister she, in order to protect me, I was poisoned, and now the situation is getting worse, no matter who it is, please... Please help us!"
In the end, she cried so much that the people next to her were a little moved.
Xiao Ju didn't know what to do, he was plotted many years ago, and his spiritual power was completely lost. Now in this deep jungle, encountering strangers calling for help really has to make people vigilant.
He has already heard of how vicious the flame ants are, if they are really poisoned by the fire and let it go, wouldn't it be a dead end?
He suddenly turned his head to look at Yu Zhang, asking for Yu Zhang's opinion.
"Huh?" but Yu Zhang disagreed, and said: "It's you who she asks for help, and you make your own decisions." β
Yu Zhang wanted to take the opportunity to test Xiao Ju's judgment. Although he couldn't tell the truth of what this woman said, he was not afraid of heaven and earth, and was he afraid of any beauty schemes?
"Then you lead the way, we'll do our best. Xiao Ju helped the woman up and said.
They trotted all the way with the woman, and it could be seen that the woman was indeed very anxious.
And Yu Zhang's feet were hurrying, but he conceived a more interesting plot in his heart: "This woman is the killer invited by the person who harmed Xiao Ju in the first place, because Yu Zhang's combat power is unknown, so he led them to the vicious trap that was prepared, so that it would be foolproof."
And killing people in this wilderness, when asked afterwards, it can also be said that it was done by a vicious spirit beast, and then escaped from it.
After running for a while, the three of them arrived in front of an ordinary camp.
There were a few ashes in the camp, a few cloth tents, and everything seemed normal.
It's just that in the middle of the camp, everyone is sitting there, not knowing what they're doing.
"Hurry! My sister is right there. The woman pointed to the place where the crowd had gathered and urged.
The two of them approached and saw a young woman with a haggard face lying on the ground.
The woman was wearing a cyan gauze dress, and her fair skin was faintly visible under the light-colored clothing.
But the fly in the ointment is that on the tender white skin, countless dark red stripe scars are shocking.
The fire poison has penetrated deep into the meridians, and the whole body is paralyzed and weak.
"Thisβ" Xiao Juri swallowed when he saw this, "I have never seen such severe symptoms of being invaded by fire poison. β
The woman explained: "At that time, I was besieged by flame ants, and my sister was bitten in order to save me, but she was the only one in the team who could fight against so many flame ants, so she persevered until the morning, causing the toxin to infect her whole body, and now it is very difficult to even stand up." β
After hearing this, Yu Zhang not only did not sympathize, but asked coldly: "It's so serious, why don't you crush the token and ask for help?" I remember that there is such a clause in the rules. β
Hearing this, the woman lying on the ground suddenly swung her body and squeezed out a few words from her mouth in severe pain: "No!
"Sister, your life is in danger, even if you get a fifth-order or sixth-order spiritual technique, what's the use?" her sister scolded with a crying voice.
"No, it's not good, this little injury, just rest for a day, without this high-level spiritual art, our family will be finished!"
"Sister..."
The two argued for a long time, and only stopped when her sister was no longer able to speak.
"Why do you have to get high-level spiritual arts?" Xiao asked rhetorically.
The younger sister was silent, but the two people in front of her were their last straw, and after thinking for a while, she still spoke:
"Our family is a small family, in order to develop, my parents borrowed a lot of money in the underworld, and they lost their capital, and now the deadline has come, the gang came to the door, arrested my parents, and threatened not to pay back the money within half a month, so we killed our whole family. β
"We juniors don't have any way to come up with so much money, just happened to meet this hunting competition, and I heard that the reward has high-level spiritual skills, so I want to win a prize and use it to pay off the debt... But who knows..."
Yu Zhang's face was expressionless, listening to this story, he only felt ridiculous.
Everyone has their own life, and if they want to get more, they naturally have to pay the price. Now that he can't afford this price, Yu Chang won't give the slightest sympathy.
Xiao Ju is not so realistic. Or maybe he was still a little naΓ―ve, he asked Yu Zhang softly: "Big brother, can you save it?"
Yu Zhang shook his head.
In fact, it can be saved if it is saved, but it is dozens of times more complicated than clearing the curse pollution in Xiao Hao's brain.
The head is the size of a ball, and the meridians of the human body are long, and it takes at least half a day to purify the toxins.
And this woman has no value to Yu Zhang, why did she spend so much energy to save her?
Another simple way is to refine the body with fire poison like Xiao Ju.
But not everyone has such an obsession as Xiao Ju, and has a talent like Xiao Ju. Such a cruel method, the woman in front of her is absolutely unbearable.
Seeing that Yu Zhang was helpless, Xiao Ju was also anxious for the woman, seeing that her breathing was getting more and more obscene, in a hurry, he snatched the token from the woman's waist and crushed it...
"What are you doing?"
"If you don't want to save your life, you still hesitate, as long as you are still there, you will have a chance to save your family!"
"Isn't it just money, I'll lend it to you!" Xiao Ju suddenly shouted loudly.
Maybe he was thinking of his mother, the one who was driven crazy.
Hearing that Xiao Ju was going to lend them money, their panicked expressions calmed down a little, and the woman's sister said, "Really? But we owe a lot of money..."
"How much?"
"A million gold coins..."
Hearing this number, Xiao Ju's pupils dilated a little, swallowed his saliva, and confirmed: "How much??"
"One... A million..."
Xiao Ju took a few deep breaths, stabilized his mind, pondered for a while, and suddenly replied firmly: "No... No problem!"
"Seven days later, when the hunting competition was over, the Xiao family came to me and reported Xiao Hao's name. β
"It's actually the son of the Xiao family!" When they heard the name of the Xiao family, they were immediately relieved, and it was not very difficult to get the son of the Xiao family to come up with a million.
But the name "Xiao Hao", after all, is a boiling celebrity a few years ago, and everyone will not remember it for a while, but someone will always remember it.
"Xiao Hao, why is this name a little familiar...", someone else muttered, "Isn't this the Xiao family's famous waste wood?"
Hearing these harsh discussions, Xiao Ju's face was not very good-looking.
He suddenly took a big stride, walked to the side, and threw a punch with a strong fist, and the wind was strong, and three thick trees were connected one after another, all of which were pierced into a large hole.
"That's all in the past, and now I'm reborn, and when I win the hunt, the glory of the past will be restored. He raised his head and chest, and his words and movements were full of spirit, as if it were as he said, and glory was about to return.
Seeing his powerful blow and the majestic spiritual power emanating from his body, everyone would be skeptical.
Then they opened the standings and searched for Xiao Ju's ranking from top to bottom, but what they never expected was that it only took two seconds for them to find Xiao Ju's name.
"Second place, Xiao Hao!"
Everyone gasped and marveled, already believing in the fact that his strength had recovered and improved.
The high-spirited appearance of the young man just now has unconsciously made people believe his bold words.
Besides, there is really no other way at the moment, but to choose to believe in him.
The younger sister pondered for a moment, suddenly knelt on the ground, kowtowed, and said, "Thank you Xiao Gongzi! After the hunting competition, I will bring my sister to the door to thank you, and ask Gongzi to keep his promise." β
After saying that, she kowtowed again.
Xiao Ju helped her up and said solemnly: "Don't worry, I will do what I say, you will wait for the people from the City Lord's Mansion to come to the rescue, we will leave without delay." β
"Farewell. β
The two said goodbye to them and continued on their hunting journey.
The younger sister looked at his departing back, and in her teary eyes, the light of hope rose.
"The ability to fight is not strong, but the ability to brag is very powerful! He also said that he wanted to win the top spot, it was really a newborn calf who was not afraid of tigers!" After the two walked away, Yu Zhang teased.
"That's no way, if you don't take the first place, this million, those old stubborns in the family won't give it to me. Xiao Ju shook his head and said helplessly.
"It's really not good, I can still learn the sixth-order spiritual technique first, and then sell it, it's better than those weak women risking their lives. β