Chapter 30: Fierce Battle
The yellow-throated marten, a small carnivorous animal with the same name as the 'flat-headed brother', has the nickname 'top carnivore', 'the wolf of the weasel family'.
Despite their small size, these little creatures are known for their bravery and aggressiveness, their sharp claws, quick reactions, extremely fast speed, and terrifying attack power, making them the most famous 'assassins' in nature.
A single yellow-throated marten can hunt prey that is more than 10 times its size, and after gathering in a roar, it can surround and kill large mammals such as wild boars and deer.
It is precisely because of this habit of group hunting that the yellow-throated marten is known as the 'wolf of the weasel family', and it is obvious that this special group of 'wolf packs' has now set its sights on Xu Yue and his party.
After reading the specific information of the yellow-throated marten, Xu Yue's eyes were a little contemplative, a single yellow-throated marten is not terrible, but the more this thing is, the more difficult it is to deal with.
And in his perception, the number of minks that have besieged him is currently 16, and the number is still increasing, which is a rather troublesome number.
This means that the opponent's attack speed has been increased by 80%, which is nearly doubled, and coupled with the bite skill with real damage, his strong defense will not always be effective against this group of hunters.
The halberd in his hand changed, and a crimson big bow appeared in Xu Yue's hand, since he had already found the hunters on his side, of course he would not sit idly by, waiting for them to continue to gather and suppress, and now this number already made him feel threatened.
As he stretched his bow and condensed 80 mana points, Xu Yue's gaze was slightly condensed, and a yellow figure hidden in the canopy of a tree in the distance was locked by his gaze.
The moment the two looked at each other, the yellow-throated marten, who was secretly observing the situation on the battlefield, only felt that its pupils shrank sharply, and the hair on its body immediately exploded, but before it could react, the golden light flashed in front of him, and the tip of a sharp arrow continued to expand in his pupils.
"Boom!!"
The light arrow hit the target and exploded violently, a small wail was imperceptible under the drowning of the violent explosion, and in the burst of firelight, a slender figure with a blackened body flew upside down.
If you look closely, you can find that the small half of its body on the right side has been directly shattered, although the injury is extremely serious, it is undeniable that the other party is not dead.
In place, Xu Yue frowned slightly, this arrow was originally aimed at the head of the yellow-throated marten, but the other party avoided it at the last moment, so it only hit the body, and with the blessing of 80% speed, the reaction of this group of hunters was terrifyingly sharp.
The arrow just now consumed 80 points of mana for condensing the arrow, 20 points of mana for bursting blessings, a total of 100 points of mana input but only in exchange for a yellow-throated marten serious injury, and the remaining number of the other party is still a full 15, no, now it has become 16.
Sensing that another yellow-throated marten was coming from a distance, Xu Yue's face was a little gloomy, his remaining mana was only a little over 200 points, dealing with this group of hunters with rough skin and thick flesh and sharp reactions, it was impossible to rely on the Xiaoyun Longbow to kill in turn, and the lack of mana was his hard injury.
Therefore, you must change your strategy, not pursue a one-hit kill, but only use arrows to reduce the opponent's speed.
After making up his mind, Xu Yue set up the string and pulled the bow again, but this time the mana consumed by condensing the arrow was only 10 points.
"Whew!"
A faint sound of breaking through the air sounded in the thick forest, and just as the blooming fire was gone, another beam of golden light flickered, and the sound of explosions not far away roared again.
A yellow-throated marten hiding behind a tree was hit by a light arrow that pierced through the tree, and half of its calf was torn from the knee by the arrow, exposing the stubble of the broken stubble, and the miserable howl spread far away.
Immediately afterward, the roars of wild beasts continued to come from all over the dense forest, and in just a few breaths, the mink group was on the verge of death and broke their legs under Xu Yue's arrow attack.
The already ferocious yellow-throated martens did not flinch because of this, but were completely enraged by the prey's active attack, and they no longer waited for delay, they jumped out of the edge of the battlefield one after another, and pounced on Xu Yue.
A dense roar of intimidation resounded throughout the audience, and a strong aura of slaughter wrapped Xu Yue tightly, looking around at the yellow shadows that poured out from all directions, his gaze was flat, the longbow in his hand was drawn, and the tip of the arrow was pointed directly at the yellow-throated marten charging at the front.
"Whew! … Rumble! ”
The sound of breaking the air and cracking sounded one after another, and before the mink group approached, Xu Yue had already shot three arrows in a row, and the three yellow-throated martens were blown away by light arrows on the way to the charge, or their hind limbs were broken, or their waists were penetrated, although they were not fatal, but they basically lost most of the threat.
After three arrows, Xu Yue's surroundings were almost filled with yellow shadows, and the four yellow-throated martens were already close to him, looking at the rapidly enlarged claw fangs in his field of vision, the metal wings that opened out at some point behind him shook violently.
As the wind and waves rolled, he turned into a silver shadow and soared into the sky, and at the same time, the four yellow-throated martens below saw the target in front of them disappear, and they also began to quickly turn around, forcibly reversing the direction of the attack when they were about to collide, staggering past each other, and their agility could be seen.
Above, Xu Yue stopped his body after flying to a certain height, and did not continue to rise, if there was no starling flock, with his wings and howling cloud bow, he could easily kill all the yellow-throated martens that attacked him one by one, but it took some time, but unfortunately, the existence of the starling flock seriously constrained his air-to-ground advantage.
Suspended in mid-air about ten meters above the ground, he lowered his eyes and looked down, only to see a pair of dark beast pupils looking up, staring at the target above.
In the next second, a series of muffled sounds sounded on the ground under his feet, and yellow shadows jumped up and rushed towards Xu Yue in the air.
Facing the vicious wind under his feet, Xu Yue pulled the big bow in his hand, and the light arrow wrapped around the raging flames flew out, and penetrated straight into the mouth of a yellow-throated mink with sharp teeth and wide open, and after penetrating all the way into the abdomen, the light arrow exploded.
The ferocious blast was unleashed from the inside out, and the unlucky bastard had barely jumped five meters before it was directly blown into a cloud of blood mist.
Several yellow shadows pierced through the overflowing blood mist, and the action did not stop at all, and they did not feel the sadness of the death of their companions, only the ferocity aroused by the rich smell of blood became more and more intense.
An arrow was fired, and the mana in Xu Yue's body was already very little, but the goal of weakening the mink group had been perfectly achieved, so there was no need for the longbow to appear next, the weapon in his hand changed, and the Fang Tian painting halberd of Zhang Er quietly emerged.
So, when the sharp claws that leaped up were about to approach Xu Yue, a wide and thick halberd had been swept open with the fierce wind, and in an instant, the fur flew all over the place, blood gushed out, and the sound of broken muscles and bones resounded.
Xu Yue, who had the advantage of the airspace, was like a whack-a-mole, smashing these yellow-throated martens that had just jumped down one by one, and at the same time, the wings behind him were also moving left and right with him in the flapping, changing up and down, constantly dodging the swarming attacks.
Under the single-minded and four-purpose passivity brought by the 'distraction and mindfulness', his flexibility in the air can be said to have made a qualitative breakthrough, even if many yellow-throated martens pounced from all corners, he can also dodge and dodge, shoot down, move calmly, and the flight trajectory is elusive.
All of a sudden, these mink herds, which were still expanding in number, were actually played by him with one person and one halberd, but as more and more yellow-throated martens poured out from the edge of the dense forest, their attack speed began to surge to a degree that was visible to the naked eye, and Xu Yue's situation became more and more difficult, and he was no longer so calm.
"Dang!"
Suddenly, just as Xu Yue swung out his halberd again and was about to withdraw it, a crisp metal bump sound sounded below.
Xu Yue only felt that the halberd in his hand sank suddenly, and when he looked down, he saw a slender yellow-throated marten biting the back of the halberd end crescent with its teeth, and then it wrapped its body into a ball, and actually wrapped the entire halberd end firmly.
Seeing this situation, Xu Yue was slightly stunned, can you still play like this?
And just when Xu Yue was stunned, the second and third yellow-throated martens also jumped up, they accurately bit the body of the halberd, and then entrenched in a ball, and in the blink of an eye, the domineering Fang Tian painting halberd was completely covered by these three yellow-throated martens, as if it had become a string of plush meat ball gourds, or large feather dusters.
"Huh!"
Looking at the string of meat balls in his hand, Xu Yue sneered, his Fang Tian Painting Halberd was not so easy to control.
As the flame swayed in the dantian, the flames in his hand surged, all of which were injected into the tail of the halberd he was holding, and the entire halberd instantly became red all over, like a soldering iron.
In the next moment, blazing flames erupted from the halberd's body.
Even if the three yellow-throated martens that were biting the halberd body were shrouded in the surging flames, the tough hair and flesh were scorched into ashes under the flames, and a large number of flames poured into the body from the open mouths.
And the yellow-throated marten undoubtedly belongs to the category of inhuman aliens, the terrifying temperature exploded, the three yellow-throated martens invariably wailed, and were about to loosen their clenched teeth, and hurriedly broke away from this red soldering iron, when the change regenerated, countless fine cracks appeared around the long halberd, and then the halberd exploded, turning into dense metal fragments scattered outward.
The dense screams resounded, and before the three yellow-throated martens could react, they were pierced by countless metal fragments, turned into a pile of unrecognizable rotten meat, and died on the spot.
Solve the three more hunters, but Xu Yue did not relax in the slightest, but his heart was alarmed, in the space around him, there were nearly ten or so yellow-throated martens appeared simultaneously, and the shadow cast almost completely covered him, and the mink group also blocked all the space for him to dodge while pounced.
The three yellow-throated martens just now were originally outcasts, the purpose was only to temporarily control Xu Yue's weapon, so as to create an opportunity for the mink group to get close to the target, with that halberd, they couldn't get close to Xu Yue at all, let alone shoot him down.
And now, the task of these three outcasts is well done, although at the cost of their own deaths, they died as they deserved!
In mid-air, looking at the mink group that pounced fiercely from all directions, Xu Yue raised his eyebrows slightly, the hunting method of this group of beasts was not rigid, but it seemed to be very orderly, and even used some simple tricks, at least in the current situation, they successfully used Yang Mou to temporarily abolish Xu Yue's halberd and forced him into danger.
Now it is unrealistic to recall the scattered halberd fragments, it is obviously too late in time, how to block this wave of siege is the most important thing, once it is completely surrounded, under the repeated attacks of real damage, he will not be able to hold out for long.
Thinking of this, the metal wings behind him closed and wrapped him in layers, forming an oval-shaped metal ball in the air.
And at the moment when the ball was formed, the surrounding mink group also pounced, and nearly ten yellow-throated mink squeezed together, wrapped in a metal ball, and smashed straight down from mid-air.
"Boom!!"
The weight of the ten beasts and one ball smashed a large cloud of smoke and dust on the ground, and when they saw that the target was finally knocked to the ground, the other yellow-throated martens on the battlefield fell into a frenzy, and after a long roar, they continued to pounce into the rising smoke and dust.
Even some of the wounded, who had their hind legs broken by arrows or broken by their halberds, dragged their stumps towards the smoke and dust.
As the dominant group of yellow-throated martens of the jungle, they rarely suffer such a big loss for besieging a prey, pain and death do not make them afraid, and the whirlwind in their hearts makes these beasts only want to tear that prey apart and disintegrate, and then devour its flesh and blood.
As the mink poured in, the smoke and dust suddenly resounded with a piercing sound of metal scratching and the never-ending roar of the beast.
Inside the metal ball formed by the wings, Xu Yue's lips were bleeding, but there was a cruel smile on the corners of his mouth that were dyed bright red.
His gaze swept over the outer wall of the ball that was clicking and cracking, as if it would shatter in the next second, and his eyes seemed unusually calm, until he sensed that all the yellow-throated martens on the battlefield had gathered near the ball, and then he began to move.
I saw a rich golden red flame in his eyes, and then the Adam's apple moved slightly, and the next moment, the battle roar roared.
"Roar!!
The wild battle cry shook the earth, sending off a sonic wave that suddenly spread outward, carrying countless flaming metal fragments scattered throughout the sky.
In an instant, as if a terrifying detonation bomb + fragmentation grenade was violently detonated in the center of the battlefield, a series of yellow figures were swept away by the air wave without any resistance, and at least half of them were already beaten into a sieve by the metal fragments mixed in it before they landed.
The killing prompts in his ears sounded one after another, and Xu Yue stood in the center of a messy battlefield, surrounded by a ring of earthy yellow qi waves that were still expanding outward, and the qi waves were mixed with a large amount of dust, fallen leaves, and fragments of corpses.
The wave of air spread over a wide area, and when it hit the dense forest at the edge of the battlefield, a large area of giant trees was shattered by the sound wave, and then collapsed into sawdust stumps that were carried by the air wave and continued to expand.
With just a battle cry, Xu Yue nearly doubled the range of the battlefield clearing, and the war roar hit hard, so the lethality was not too strong, but after combining with the ability of the magic sword thousand blades, the power of this skill was obviously on a higher level.
Xu Yue's wave of energy generated by the battle cry was mixed with a large amount of scattered metal fragments, which made the flipped enemy feel like they had entered a meat grinder, and while their bodies were uncontrolled, they also had to endure dense metal fragment penetrating damage.
The scattered broken corpses around are a good verification of the ferocity of this move.
Glancing over the miserable situation around him, Xu Yue nodded with satisfaction, the attack power of the mink group gathered was very strong, but unfortunately, he was very good at one-to-many.
Black and red metal fragments flew from all over the battlefield, regrouping into a Fangtian painting halberd in his hand, Xu Yue waved the long halberd in his hand horizontally, he raised his eyes to look at the scattered yellow-throated martens that were rising up one after another around him, his eyes were cold.
"Siege yes, it's my turn now."
(End of chapter)