The moonlight casts on the ground through the gaps in the treetops, creating a foggy white curtain of light.

In the quiet and gloomy forest, the team began to explore.

Li Ming stuffed the perceptual fog-like ball and guided the way.

After traveling for about two hours, relying on the [color identification] of the poisonous demon bird, Li Ming found a faint blue flash in the dense jungle, so he approached and searched carefully.

It didn't take long to collect traces of a night bird, a dark blue feather.

The guide insects cultivated in the original continent may be due to the lack of life energy in the ecology, and they are not active and cannot be hunted and tracked.

Otherwise, with this feather alone, you can guide the next residual trace, or the general location of the monster's body.

Of course, the search for traces is not without meaning.

At least in the absence of complete local ecological information, it has been confirmed that there is no migration and general range of night birds.

The team explores the perimeter.

On the bark of the giant tree, traces of claws were discovered, followed by the corpses of elven deer in the bushes, full of pecking marks.

The fleshy fat part of the body has been eaten to the fullest.

Judging from the degree of decay, Ni Shuang speculated that he had just died.

Chu Ying removed the green bear barrel and loaded the chamber with dyed bullets.

As you walk, you can look up and see the towering trees around you.

The purpose of such a careful investigation is to detect the other party first, and launch a dye bullet to locate it.

It can be surrounded by giant trees, making all directions almost the same.

Chu Ying didn't look at it for a while, and then she felt a little dizzy.

"Leave the observation to me, and the night birds will alert you."

Li Ming informed.

"Okay, won't you faint after observing for a long time?"

Chu Ying asked curiously.

"No, it's okay, I can overcome it with my will."

[Color discrimination] plus the giant bee's [injection point perception] makes what Li Ming sees appear in his eyes with extreme color feedback external heating images.

With a casual glance, you can easily spot a target in the forest.

"Well, if you can't hold on, I'll do it instead."

Chu Ying lowered her head and rubbed her sour neck.

Puff protrusion~

After a while, a slight flapping of wings sounded from above.

The three people and two cats immediately looked up, and a small number of leaves fell from the height.

The giant tree has extended branches from the height, and a pair of round red pupils poke out of the darkness to watch.

I saw a human below, looking up at him.

The red pupils were round, and the figure shrank behind the tree.

Puff protrusion~

The dark shadow flashed out of thin air and quickly disappeared.

A pair of red pupils poked out again to watch.

The hunter still cast a determined gaze.

Sou! Puff protrusion~

The shadow flickered, and changed the direction of hiding again.

"Chu Ying, behind that tree."

Li Ming raised his hand and gave guidance.

"Uh, okay."

"The aiming angle needs to be raised a little bit."

"It's done. Yes! ”

Boom! The bolt of the ballista sounded.

This time, before the red pupil could see if the hunter was watching her, she was stuck in the face with a dyed bullet.

Coo~Coo~

A rapid chirp rang out.

In the shadows, the shadow raised one wing and rubbed its head against it, as if to erase the remnants of the dyed bullet.

Moments later, the shadow leaped down from the branch and glided to land.

A monster with dark blue fur resembling an owl appears in front of the team.

The two sharp blades that extend from the claws unfold slightly with the wings bending forward.

Oh!

A shrill roar rang out.

Before the roar could dissipate, Yan Yu's horn slammed in.

Boom! The horn smashed into the earth.

The night bird leaps to dodge, and at its highest point, it spreads its wings slightly to adjust its balance.

The claws retract and unleash a falling smash with their bodies.

Ni Shuang rolled to dodge.

Boom! Burst~

The golden fluff on the chest and neck of the night bird is subjected to the impact of the ground, and the scale powder on the attached surface is greatly spilled outward.

Sou~

The head turned strangely to the direction behind him to watch, confirming the direction of Ni Shuang's escape.

The bodies of the nightbirds rotated together.

Whew~Whew~

Under the flapping of the wings, the golden scales that flew in the air in the shape of a ball turned into a golden air current, and rushed towards Ni Shuang.

Poof!

Blood splattered from the abdomen.

Looking at Li Ming, who had rushed in front of him, the night bird's red pupils widened, stopped flapping its wings, and its sharp wing blades slashed sharply.

While~!

Cascading chimeric wing blades, striking the shield with a humming sound.

The wing blade is blocked, and the body cannot complete the swing with the force.

Nightbirds can only fold their wings first.

Taking advantage of this gap, the sickle-shaped energy storage sword slashed horizontally into the abdominal wound again.

Li Ming's elbow tilted slightly, and he pulled back violently.

Poof!

The wound that had been ruptured expanded again, and blood splattered and overflowed.

The Nightbird Link jumps backwards, pulling away the distance.

Under the cover of the general's scythe helmet, the night bird could only see the eyes that stared at him.

Li Ming stepped forward, and Chu Ying flanked to support with shooting.

The night bird shakes its body and spreads its wings as far as possible.

The wings of the two claws are completely separated.

Ni Shuang, who was not far away, carefully took out the bitter worm from the backpack with his left hand, but raised his right hand and reached out to his mouth.

One bite down, a bite.

Apparently affected by the inhalation of golden scale powder, his cognition has become confused.

Don't worry, I've already asked the old hunter for experience.

It doesn't matter if you have your left hand or right hand, as long as you move slowly enough, you can't make a mistake.

Trembling, Ni Shuang successfully raised his right hand, and the bitter worm was stuffed into the air to chew and swallow.

Boom!

In order to prevent Li Ming from probing again, the night bird jumped up and smashed down, and the golden scale powder shook down and overflowed.

Li Ming immediately put away his sword and shield, took out the bitter worm and chewed it violently.

At present, the golden dust on the night bird that causes cognitive confusion can only be effectively alleviated by bitter insects.

However, when taken alone, the bitter worm has a very short lasting effect, and of course the guild will not recommend taking it in advance.

Li Ming's strategy is very simple, that is, try to eat as much as possible to prolong the effect, anyway, his digestive system can withstand it.

Crunch ~ crunch ~

One, two, three.

The crisp sound of chewing echoed through the forest.

The night bird watched for a moment and felt that something was wrong.

Just as he was about to fan the scale powder to take the initiative, Li Ming took the initiative to rush over.

Affected by the scale powder, the movement of the limbs is extremely uncoordinated, and the hunt is launched.

A series of scenes, rehearsed within the consciousness of the night bird.

Whew~Whew~

Under the flapping of the wings, the scale powder flew towards Li Ming with the air current.

In the misty golden mist, the fishy-sweet smell poured into the breath.

Seeing that there was nothing abnormal about the other party, the night bird spread its wings sideways and flapped and fanned.

The shield resists, swings towards the abdomen, and pulls back and tears.

Li Ming's set of actions is smooth.

However, due to the direction of the attack, the previous wound could not be re-extended.

But only a new laceration still has enough depth.

I felt my abdomen getting wetter and the pain didn't go away with time.

Nightbird also sensed that something was wrong, but now that he was in battle, he couldn't pay attention at all.

Oh!

A shrill roar forced Li Ming back.

The feathers of the night bird are slightly raised.

The wings on both sides swing alternately, blocking the front of the body and rubbing against the golden fluff on the chest.

When he swung back to his side, the edges of the dark blue wings had been stained bright gold by dust.

Want to spread the scale powder with the flapping of your wings?

Li Ming felt that this trick was a bit difficult.

Because the strong reverberation formed by the wings flapping against the shield surface will inevitably scatter the dust attached to the feathers.

And the person who has been in contact with the most recently and absorbed the most is undoubtedly himself.

No matter how much bitter worms eat in advance, they will not be able to form long-term immunity.

At this time, the sound wave of the hunting flute is heard.

Ni Shuang approached from the side.

"Ni Shuang, I'll go back later."

"Okay."

Hearing the reminder, Ni Shuang stood still.

"If it doesn't work, remember to save me."

"Uh-good!"

Although he didn't understand what Li Ming was going to do, Ni Shuang still agreed with a firm attitude.

Li Ming reached in with his shield, and the night bird waved its wings and flapped.

As expected, the moment it struck the shield, the golden scales attached to the feathers emitted outward.

Li Ming didn't care, and inhaled heavily to accumulate strength.

Merge the sword and shield into a long axe.

Cognitive confusion immediately appeared, but at this time, the action of holding the axe and slashing was already gaining momentum.

On the other side of the night bird's wings, the sharp blades of the wings have been revealed.

The axe fell, and the winged blade slashed.

The two trajectories, one after the other, staggered.

The daimyo shield crab's breastplate was slashed horizontally, connecting the last patched diagonal rift, and recessing inward.

Li Ming flew out upside down.

Seeing the attack, the night bird leaps forward.

The hands that were still grasping the handle of the axe pulled back violently.

Puff~

Large patches of blood, sprayed outwards from the night bird's chest.

The night bird still did not give up, spreading its wings and adjusting its body shape slightly, and its short, sharp beak pecked from mid-air.

At this point, it was convinced that the hunter had been affected by the scales, and his perception was in deep confusion.

However, after Li Ming's feet touched the ground, he squatted and stood still.

One foot retreats and moves back, and the attribute is liberated and slashed out.

Poof!

The feathers are scattered, the beak is cracked, and an axe slashes the face.

The night bird that fell diagonally and flew turned into a vertical fall and smashed to the ground.

Coo~Coo~

The nightbird lying on its side flutters vigorously and makes a wailing sound.

Li Ming wanted to pursue, but the pain in his chest was really unbearable, so he opened a bottle of G-grade recovery medicine and poured it into his mouth.

Chu Ying Ni cooperated and completed a round of falling to the ground.

The night bird stood up on the ground, dragging the bleeding wound and flapping its wings against the ground.

Under the cover of a large amount of golden scale powder, his body spread his wings and took off, and soon disappeared into the jungle.

"Eat the bitter worm meow!"

Mi Duoduo, who came quickly, handed over a bitter worm.

"No need, Li Ming can easily complete the recovery medicine just now, and he should have gotten rid of the influence of dust."

Ni Shuang informed.

"Really, meow, but there's a lot of dust on my body. Ahh ”

Midodo said and sneezed.

A small amount of dust flew up, and even though I felt my body movements become less coordinated.

Click~

Li Ming took the bitter worm and skillfully broke off his head.

Miduo opened his mouth.

"Ahh

Puff~

Li Ming stuffed the bitter worm into Mi Duoduo's mouth, lifted his chin, and helped him chew.

"Are you feeling better?"

"It's much better, meow, just now my body seems to be out of control, thank you."

"Stay away from me, you have to clean up this dust first."

"I'm going to get the tool."

After Midodo finished speaking, he ran to the standby of the battle cat cart and brought a small broom.

Li Ming was eating bitter insects while cleaning himself.

"Your last attribute liberation was not affected by the scale powder because of the severe pain when you were injured?"

Ni Shuang analyzed for a moment and asked tentatively.

"That's right."

"Wouldn't it be safer with my help."

"Well, I'm afraid it may not be effective, and I don't know if the slash used under the confusion of perception will cut at that."

Li Ming gave the reason.

Ni Shuang suddenly realized that Li Ming was worried about his own safety, so he didn't let him get closer.

"The receptionist is right, the night bird is really a monster that is difficult to deal with"

Chu Ying was a little uncomfortable, after all, such a tricky hunting target was chosen by her.

"The whole is actually okay, it's just this scale powder, it's too difficult to resist."

Li Ming expressed his feelings.

Over the years, the guild has also developed a way to devour bitter worms.

As for the pain sober method, although it can't be said to be completely useless, at least the guild will not promote it to ordinary hunter squads.

"Just follow the blood trail and the scent of the stain balls."

Ni Shuang raised his head as he spoke, looking at the jungle surrounded by towering giant trees, and his words suddenly stopped.

"Well, it's not as easy as you think."

"I'll track it down, I can't escape."

Li Ming said with confidence.

"Your breastplate is still holding up, right?"

Ni Shuang asked with concern.

"Probably so."

In the gloomy jungle, the squad pursues.

[Color Identification] with [Injection Point Detection], scattered blood turns into shiny orange-red spots.

After a round of pursuit, the team returned to the place of engagement.

"Are night birds so smart?"

Li Ming couldn't help but admire, obviously the other party sensed the possibility of being tracked, so he left traces in a circle-like detour, in order to prevent being tracked.

If you want to track it down, you have to search again and again to find the location of the node that escaped from.

The monster has a strong ability to heal itself, and all bleeding should gradually decrease, and the density of splashed spots will also decrease.

With the identification and calibration, Li Ming continued to lead the team to search.

After a while, a stream of blood extending into the path of the circular trace was perceived.

The squad marched quickly in this direction.

Noticing the trembling of the trees below, the body of the nightbird standing on the branch of the tree trembled.

The back fits the bark of the tree and begins to hide quietly.

Li Ming, who was looking up, noticed that behind the height of the giant tree, there was heat spilling outward.

Immediately give guidance with hand gestures.

Chu Ying didn't have any suspicions, and the green bear tube was raised.

Li Ming Ni Shuang, lurking towards the roots of the tree.

The breeze passed through the forest, and the scene was surprisingly quiet.

Tick ~ tick ~ The sharp pain from the slashing wound made the night bird can't help but bow its head and use its beak to sort out the blood-infested feathers.

Suddenly, it sensed a faint sound approaching.

Two yellow eye-catching points drew an arc in mid-air and flew in.

Nightbirds have seen this kind of thing and know that it emits bright light stimuli.

So he raised one wing high and covered his eyes.

Sou! Sou!

Two bright lights burst out one after another.

The paws of the feet stepped on the forks of the tree, and there was a gentle trembling.

The night bird looked down and saw that it was three spiders with velvet clumps on their backs, crawling under the branches.

The spider silk that extends downward from their bodies is constantly straightening and taut, as if something is being dragged upwards.

A sense of foreboding surged in my heart.

The night bird could not continue to hide, and flapped its wings violently to escape.

Whew!

"Found you!"

The blades flew over, and Li Ming, who was dragged up by the spider silk, jumped out with an axe.

(End of chapter)