Chapter Ninety-Six: The First Demon Horn
Dead!
The hunters looked at the guy whose head was pierced, and were stunned for a moment, and then they reacted: "Enemy attack!" β
"Quick! Watch out for the archers! β
Everyone picked up their equipment one after another, looking around for a hiding place, for fear that the cold arrow would hit their heads in the next moment.
Ji Xun glanced at the direction where the arrow trajectory came from, only to see a darkness, and exclaimed in his heart: "What a clever stealth method. Is it a Calamity-level demon archer? β
But clearly, there's more to danger than just cold arrows.
It was after this arrow that dense footsteps sounded in the surrounding dense forest.
Ji Xun's ears trembled slightly, and he identified an approximate number, frowning slightly: "At least a few hundred." β
At first, it was like the subtle movement of ants climbing, and it didn't take long for it to be like a flood.
As soon as everyone saw it, all kinds of little demons from all sides of the forest, big demons with sticks, hellhounds, and lava slimes all gathered around the team.
It's not a small group of enemies, it's an army of monsters!
The little devil has tried it before, probably with the combat power of the card disciples.
But those big demons that are more than two meters tall can resist bullets hard, which obviously already has the combat power of an official card master.
And among the monsters, there is also a gray-skinned giant more than five meters tall and with an ugly face.
Extremely eye-catching!
γGiant Demonγ
Explanation: A first-order D-class calamity, a demon with the blood of giants, it has great strength and thick flesh;
Seeing this, the hunters cursed one after another: "Damn! How could you be so unlucky, you met a monster army as soon as you came! β
Ji Xun quickly glanced at the monster tide, and his expression didn't change much.
He wasn't surprised to encounter a monster.
But to his surprise, they didn't meet all the way, but they met here?
"This was ambushed by a demon?"
Thinking of something, Ji Xun suddenly sneered in his heart: "Heh, that Kahn young man really didn't reveal any news." β
They're all in such a bad situation here.
But the situation of the other squads is definitely not good.
With this encounter alone, there would not be a few survivors of the two hundred hunters.
But in fact, it can be avoided.
Because someone had already come in once before, information about the D-class mission had already been circulated.
But in the information that Ji Xun bought before, it was all information about space rewards or something, and there was nothing about the plot task at all.
It's not that intelligence businessmen don't know.
Instead, someone offered a higher price and monopolized the intelligence.
You don't have to think about it to know it's the Lionheart family.
But those guys just knew that they would be ambushed by monsters in the Jagged Forest, and they didn't reveal anything about it before.
Still let everyone divide their troops to complete the "Beacon Mission".
Ji Xun also guessed why.
If you don't change the development of the original plot, the information in the hands of those guys will be more valuable.
And as soon as the hunters die, the guaranteed mortality rate will be filled as soon as possible.
"Unexpected Story" has the lowest chance of triggering.
This is not harmful to the Lionheart family.
Before I had time to think about it, the battle was already triggered.
The hunters looked surrounded by monsters, and although their faces turned pale with fright, they also took out various weapons and began to attack.
Normal firearms can also be used, and ranged guns and crossbows are used.
"Bang", "Bang", "Bang".
"Whoosh", "Whoosh", "Whoosh".
The battle also entered the white heat in an instant.
But the number of monsters was dozens of times that of them, and the firepower of a dozen hunters could not suppress the footsteps of the monster legion at all.
After a few breaths, the demon horde rushed into the flat ground where they were resting and began a fierce battle in close quarters.
Ji Xun didn't stay out of the matter.
Dozens of nimble little demons rushed up with sharp stone daggers.
Although the breastplate on Ji Xun's body was rudimentary, it was enough to defend against most attacks.
This kind of monster is almost an axe at a time with his current strength.
The long-handled axe in his hand swirled wildly, and as soon as the shield hit, the little devil would die on the spot.
While killing monsters, Enlightenment also swiped the screen quickly.
"Kill the 'Little Devil' and gain +1 Merit"
"Kill 'Cerberus' and gain +1 Merit"
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In the blink of an eye, dozens of military exploits were recorded.
There are too many monsters now, so you can only ask for more blessings.
And Ji Xun's afterglow, the rest of the team also tried all kinds of means, and Old Man Xu had disappeared without a trace.
But the boy he was with was heroic.
The boy wielded a fishbone sword, almost every sword that could pierce through the eyebrows of a demon.
A pile of corpses quickly piled up around him as well.
And the eyeliner of the black wolf group has transformed into a werewolf form at this moment, and it is also very powerful, a little demon with one claw.
Although Ji Xun's axe and shield skills are not high, he has already suppressed the vast majority of demons with his strength alone.
It's the time of a glimpse, probably because his "Black Knight" goal is too big.
The D-class Calamity [Giant Demon] also came up.
Ji Xun didn't mean to back down at all.
He also wanted to try what his current strength was.
"Bang", "Bang", "Bang".
This mountain-like monster came running, and there was a feeling that the earth was shaking.
As soon as he rushed over, the giant stone mace with the thickness of the tree trunk struck down towards Ji Xun with a stick.
"Whirring" strong wind presses the face.
The monster looked clumsy, but the speed of the stick was extremely fast.
The air on the stick was distorted into ripples visible to the naked eye, and the terror of the force could be seen.
Take a hit on the front, and if you change to a black knight, I'm afraid that even people with armor will have to be smashed and fly.
Ji Xun didn't dare to take it hard.
The feet are light and dodge, thrilling to avoid.
"Whew!"
The sound of breaking wind brushed his scalp.
As soon as Ji Xun avoided it, the sawtooth trunk of the two of them beside him was suddenly knocked off, and sawdust flew all over the sky.
The power of this giant demon is truly amazing.
But now take a look.
It slashed it with a stick, but it was clumsy with its backhand.
Ji Xun keenly captured this weakness and was not polite.
As he dodged, he struck the giant with his axe at the giant's knee.
"Poof!"
It's like cutting on a thick rhinoceros skin.
Magical Protector, the axe is not too sharp, and the blade cuts a few centimeters.
But it's completely cuticle, and no blood is seen.
"What a thick defense!"
It was this confrontation that Ji Xun had an accurate idea of the monster's strength and defense.
He pulled out his axe, and with his backhand, he slashed several little demons around him into two pieces that were cut off at the waist.
The giant demon only withdrew his mace at this time, and with a "whoosh" call, the front stick that was so fast that the phantom appeared, slammed down again.
Ji Xun listened to the wind whistling overhead, glanced slightly, and easily avoided it again.
He backhanded another axe and slashed at the monster's knee wound.
Then he swung the giant axe with his backhand again, slashing a blood mist on the little demons who wanted to sneak attack.
Fighting and fighting, one person and one monster seems to have turned into a turn-based battle.
The monster made a stick, Ji Xun avoided it, and backhanded an axe.
And so on and so forth.
There were too many monsters, and Ji Xun withstood the D-class calamity and took care of himself.
The other hunters are not capable of surviving against enemies dozens of times their size.
The wild teams of the temporary group have no trust in each other, and they can't talk about any cooperation.
The screams were incessant.
Although the vast majority of the Demon Legion is not strong, it is superior in numbers.
One by one, they took sharp stone daggers and pierced bloody holes in the hunters' bodies.
Dozens of monsters pierced together, as well as the cold arrows that were shot from time to time, and the hunters couldn't parry them at all.
The thirteen people fought on their own, almost in the blink of an eye, and there were only three places in the huge forest where there was still a fierce battle.
Ji Xun, the squad leader of the Black Wolf Regiment, and the young man with a thin sword.
The combat effectiveness of the three of them is far beyond that of ordinary hunters.
That's when the turning point came.
Ji Xun slashed an axe and slashed the left knee of the Giant Demon for the seventh time.
This time, the axe finally cut in.
With a sound of "bang", the patella shattered, and the giant demon's body more than five meters tall suddenly lost its balance and fell to its knees.
Don't look at this guy's invulnerability, his strength is terrifying, but after lying on the ground, he can't exert his strength, and the threat is mostly less.
Two more axes were struck, and the monster was in pain, and called out.
At this time, the young man not far away also saw an opportunity.
There are still a lot of monsters, and you can kill the boss, which is the best chance to break the game.
His expression was grim, as if he had used some kind of martial art, and a rain of swords stabbed out like a rain of "whoosh", and a large area of small demons appeared in front of him.
Taking advantage of the moment when the monster tide eased, he rushed towards Ji Xun: "I'll help you!" β
Ji Xun watched the young man rush over, didn't say anything, and took the opportunity to block the giant's mace with his shield.
The young man's figure leaped deftly, and then stabbed the giant demon into the eye with a sword.
This kind of thin sword is already a light and accurate technical attack line, and the young man's sword is very accurate.
Ji Xun glanced sideways slightly, because he saw a little cold light condensed on the tip of the young man's sword.
It was a sword qi that was compressed to the extreme.
Not much.
But enough!
"Whoosh" sounded, like piercing into rotten wood.
The piercing nature of the rapier made it easy for the blade to sink into the giant demon's bull-sized head.
The monster still wanted to resist, but the mana surged all over the boy's body, and with a "poof" sound, like a bullet penetrating, a blood hole was pierced behind the monster's head, and red and white blood plasma flowed out.
Ji Xun looked at this sword skill and praised it in his heart: "The strength is good." β
Among the hunters, it is rare to be able to pick up such a dazzling master, and he is still so young.
At the same time, the enlightenment prompt came out: "Kill the D-class Calamity Giant Demon, +70 combat merit"
It is estimated that it was a team kill by space judgment, and the boy also shared some combat exploits.
But it doesn't matter, dozens of points of combat exploits will come out casually.
He has now reached the "231" point in battle, and he has long met the minimum requirements for going out.
The young man's sword did save Ji Xun a lot of trouble.
The teenager's judgment was accurate.
After killing this giant demon, the remaining hundreds of monsters were left without a leader, and they retreated like a tide with a strange scream.
There was a place of corpses left.
There are also three live mouths.
Ji Xun, the boy, and the werewolf who was still panting with injuries all over his body.
Oh.
No.
It's four.
Listening to the movement of the monster escaping, in a tree hole, the old man Xu who was missing his front teeth came out in disgrace.
The thief's little eyes looked around for a while, and saw that there was really no danger, so he dared to climb out.
This guy was covered in a foul smell, I don't know what feces he was smeared on, and he could smell the sour smell of cat feces from afar.
He was not embarrassed at all, and muttered: "Ouch hey, why did you suddenly encounter so many monsters"
The boy also walked over and patted the on his body for his grandfather.
A look of disdain crossed the werewolf's eyes.
Ji Xun looked at it but squinted slightly.
He didn't underestimate it.
Being able to survive is the real skill.
Originally, for the rest of his life, this is a good thing.
But suddenly, the atmosphere became delicate.
The magic power on the giant demon's body gathered, and the small horn above his head suddenly lit up with red light.
This is the "Demon Horn" that can only be produced by Calamity-level demons.
This is a key item to improve the hidden rewards of customs clearance and settlement, and it is also a must-have item to exchange combat exploits for the best military prizes.
The eyes of the four of them were drawn together.
Ji Xun was not polite, and directly cut off the horn with a knife.
But it was this action that the team leader of the black wolf group in the distance had other ideas.
He shouted, "Hey." β
Ji Xun glanced up at the guy.
The man said, "Give me this horn." I'll give you a million when I get out. β
Ji Xun didn't want to deal with it when he heard it.
Wait until you're cleaned up, and then deal with this guy.
But when he skimmed into the depths of the forest, he suddenly thought of something else, and changed his mind, "But I want to keep it for myself." β
Saying that, he seemed to pretend not to know the identity of this guy, and he didn't see the cruelty hidden in this guy's eyes, and said in a teasing tone: "After all, if you win a special card, you won't have to worry about it for a few lifetimes." β
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The man's expression instantly turned cold as he listened.
Before entering, Karn had offered a bounty of five million demon horns.
You can also make merit in the Guard.
Whoever gets it will be able to turn over immediately.
I didn't expect to have one in front of me.
He was definitely unwilling to give up, and directly identified his identity: "I am the guard of the Lionheart family. This demon horn is also something that my young master wants. A million is not low. β
A million is indeed not low.
But if you give it after you go out, you don't plan to give it at all.
"Tsk"
Ji Xun listened to these words, which were no longer threatening, and the sneer under the gas mask rose even higher.
Moving out of the name of the great young Karn, now all individuals in the city of innocence are more or less afraid of three points.
But just now, there is a person in front of him who is not interested in the eldest young master.
"What if I insist I don't want to sell?"
Ji Xun doesn't really have the heart to talk nonsense with this guy.
But I didn't forget that there had always been a very powerful archer who released cold arrows in the dark of the forest.
Intuition told Ji Xun that the guy might not have left yet.
And now, that intuition is getting stronger.
When speaking, Ji Xun deliberately blocked the back of his body in front of the tree trunk to avoid some blind spots.
Hearing this, the eyes of the black wolf group have completely cooled, Da Fu is in front of him, he will never give up, and the muscles of the newly degraded werewolf body began to knot again at this moment: "What do you mean?" β
He had observed this guy's battle just now, and his strength was indeed good, and his agility was good, but that was all.
This guy isn't even very good at basic martial arts.
The reason why I was able to kill that D-class calamity was simply that the giant demon was too clumsy.
Ji Xun didn't explain any new hatred and old hatred, this guy is still alive now, just because he still has a little value.
He said meaningfully: "That is. You might be going to die. β
Before he finished speaking, he deliberately raised his axe, and the gesture was about to slash diagonally from left to right.
The man from the Black Wolf Regiment sneered in his heart, that's it?
Instinctively, he dodged.
However, before the axe fell, it was just when he leaned back.
The killing machine is coming.
On the ground, the sound of breaking the air hit.
An arrow glowed with rune luster, and the pitch-black feather arrow that lingered with black spiral energy pierced the wolf's head with precision.
The speed of the feather arrow was so fast that even as soon as people saw the cold light, the blood light burst out.
The expression on the face of this guy from the Black Wolf Regiment instantly froze, and he didn't understand where the arrow came from until he died.
Ji Xun didn't even glance at the corpse, and quickly glanced at the direction where the arrow came from, "Sure enough, you didn't leave." β
I just said all this, just to try to have a decoy, so if the archer can't help but make a move on an enemy who has exposed a big flaw.
I didn't think I could try it.
"A long-range shooting of 400 meters is very powerful. This arrow has a doorway."
Ji Xun saw more information this time.
He looked at this black iron quality [Demon Breaking Spiral Arrow] again, and judged something: a first-order C-grade calamity, a silver-quality bow.
It's all a mobile feat.
Ji Xun had a murderous intent and quickly put away the demon horn on the monster's corpse.
The corpse of the Giant Demon also produced a black iron material [Giant's Eyeball].
Calamity's corpse was rare, and he didn't want to waste it, so he took out the containment card and put the entire corpse away.
Ji Xun is heavily armored, but he is not afraid of the archers' sneak attacks.
He stood up and glanced over at the other two living mouths present.
The old man with missing front teeth in the distance shrank his neck at this look, and hurriedly pulled the young man next to him to hide behind the trunk.
Ji Xun didn't ink at all and said: "You have a share of killing this D-class calamity, but I will accept the demon horn." In exchange, you don't have to go to the beacon, I'll light it. β
After igniting, teammates who are still alive will also be able to share the merits.
Hearing this, Old Man Xu was flattered and said: "No, no, no, master, you are laughing, you take this corner, we have no opinion at all." There's no such thing as this stinky boy meddling. You can easily kill that monster. β
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Ji Xun glanced at the two of them.
I don't know if he was flattering, or if he really saw something.
But to be alive, there must be some real skills.
The teenager is not weak either.
But if you really want to do it again, the two of them may not be able to live.
He didn't expose any means, and Ji Xun didn't have the heart to waste time explaining.
Those ordinary hunters don't have anything of value on them, and keeping a little bit can be regarded as a dividend for the final calamity.
Simply packing up the spoils, he turned and walked into the forest alone.
Ji Xun left.
Old man Xu also exhaled a long breath of turbidity, "Ouch, that guy is finally gone." That murderous aura, if I dared to say no to the old man just now, I am afraid that our grandfather and grandson will have to explain here today. β
The young man looked at the old man's really not scared look, and pursed his mouth and said, "Grandpa~ Although that person is powerful, it is not enough." β
After thinking about it for a while, he said what he had observed, "That person's fighting skills are still very rusty, and they are only at the level of 'intermediate fighting'. This strength, any of the Lionheart family's guards is stronger than him. It's just a little more agile than the average Black Knight. β
Old man Xu listened and smiled: "The werewolf dared to open his mouth to force a purchase before, and he thought the same way. Do you think he's like this now? β
"But it's not him."
The boy wanted to say that it wasn't the man who killed him.
But thinking back to the picture of the headshot with that arrow, the more I think about it, the more incredible it becomes.
Without waiting for the young man to understand, the old man continued: "A cruel place like Innocence City is not a rich mineral, and there are no such vain young masters here who rely on skill cards to pile up. You can't live without real skills. Intermediate martial arts can only say one thing. That person's advancement time is too short, and he hasn't come to the level to make his martial arts fit with his body, and he was deliberately practicing with monsters just now. In other words, he was able to advance to a full-fledged spell card master, definitely not by relying on any intermediate-level fighting, but by hiding the true means. Even the Black Knight class sequence is just a disguise. β
"Huh?"
The boy didn't know what to do.
Without thinking about it, he wondered again: "But how could that man know that the demon archer was hiding in the forest and didn't leave?" Are you sure to make a move? β
"Do you really think that people are really stupid, what are you trying to do with Lai Lai for a long time?"
The old man asked rhetorically, and replied to himself: "That man has no intention of selling the devil's horn at all." From beginning to end, I went with murderous intentions. If the werewolf can't open his mouth, he will die. The value of living a few more moments is just to be a bait. β
While he was cleaning up the corpses on the ground, he added: "I don't care to be with Xiaoxiao, but I can't hold back the restless killing intent in my heart." Very contradictory one. I don't understand."
Hearing this, the young man blinked and said curiously: "Grandpa, can you beat him?" β
Old man Xu took a sip, with an expression of don't make trouble for the old man: "Phew, with your grandfather's lame methods, it's good to be able to save your life, and you still expect to be in the limelight?" β
As he spoke, he said, "Pack up and get ready to go." β
Boy: "But you don't have a hundred points yet." β
Old man Xu smiled obscenely: "There is a battle card on the corpse." People watched you make up for a sword in the end, and they didn't hesitate to give us a little red. It's already very kind. Oh, and of course, maybe you're too busy chasing the demon archer to pick up the rags. Anyway, these corpses are cheaper for the two of us. β
The boy obviously cared more about something else than the corpse: "Ah, that man went after the archer?" β
The old man disagreed: "Otherwise? Why don't you spend that effort to lure it out and shoot an arrow in order to chase the archer? β
The young man listened to this and completely understood, and said in surprise: "Can he catch up?" I mean. It could be a half-blood dark elf, a natural hunter, who could simply be caught in such an environment. Not even an agile card master. β
The old man shook his head: "That's why I said that you are still far away." Just because you can't do it doesn't mean that others can't. β
"Grandpa, how do you know? Do you see what he does? β
"It's because I didn't see it that he left so simply. Otherwise, our two masters will really get a glimpse of some secret, and they will not be killed. β
"I don't think that person will."
"You kid knows a piece of."
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"I think it's probably for the eldest young master of the Lionheart family. Forget it, it doesn't matter what he's doing in this extradimensional space, it has nothing to do with us. I've asked for the demon's corpse before, but there's nothing I'm looking for. Let's go, there's no point in staying in this space. β
"Ah, but I'd like to see the mode of war."
"See the head! Is it bad to be alive? You kid, don't be in the limelight next time. I've told you many times that you have to keep a low profile in order to live a long time."
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The grandfather and grandson gathered the corpse, quarreled all the way, and ran back all the way towards the fortress.
(End of chapter)