Chapter 25: The Hunt Begins!
On the eve of dawn, the clearing in front of the Yinyun Mountain Range was already gradually becoming lively, and the Fire Head Army of the City Lord's Mansion began to prepare breakfast for all the cultivators present.
Because for many people, this meal may be the last official meal they will eat in their lives, so the breakfast given to everyone by the City Lord's Mansion is very rich.
After breakfast, the monks formally assembled.
Cao Bo stood in front of the dense crowd with a loud voice:
"You all know the rules of the monster hunting battle. Therefore, my old Cao will not repeat it. ”
"The demon beasts in the Yinyun Mountain Range, you can kill as many as you can, because that is related to your achievements. Every year, the City Guards will select new members from among the cultivators who participate in the Demon Beast Hunting Battle, and as long as you perform well, you can join the City Guards and get the protection of the City Lord's Mansion! ”
"So, let it go!"
After Cao Bo said this, all the cultivators present responded violently.
"But there is one thing that I must emphasize. Cao Bo's tone was serious, "If you find the traces of that White Moon Demon Wolf, don't care about anything, come back and report to me immediately! If the report is true, even if you don't get any results, the City Lord's Mansion will regard it as a meritorious hero!"
The White Moon Demon Wolf that Cao Bo mentioned was the Beast King who commanded the demon beasts of the Yinyun Mountain Range to launch three siege wars against Xuanyan City one after another.
Fifteen years ago, the previous city lord of Xuanyan City was surrounded and killed by other demon beasts and torn to pieces because he was defeated after a fierce battle with the White Moon Demon Wolf.
The White Moon Demon Wolf is the great enemy of the entire Xuanyan City, and if it does not die, Xuanyan City may be attacked again by the demon beasts it leads at any time. In order to get rid of this great enemy, the new city lord would take people into the Yinyun Mountain Range every year to search for up to three months, but so far nothing has been found.
After explaining everything that should be explained, Cao Bo said loudly: "Then I announce that the demon beast hunting battle has officially begun!"
As the words fell, the cultivators who had already gathered in the clearing rushed towards the mountains and forests in the distance.
And Cao Bo, Lei Xun, Zhong He and others were waiting in the open space.
Xuanyuan Realm cultivators are not allowed to participate in demon beast hunting battles, this is the rule. Therefore, the cultivators who entered the Yinyun Mountain Range this time were all cultivators below the Xuanyuan Realm.
Those who violate the rules will be put on the must-kill list by the City Lord's Mansion and will be pursued endlessly.
After Ling Hao followed the crowd into the outermost mountain forest of the Yinyun Mountain Range, he found that Lei Cheng and Zhong Wanqing did not choose to stick to themselves all the time.
After Lei Cheng made a neck cut gesture to Ling Hao from afar, he rushed towards the depths of the Yinyun Mountain Range with Zhong Wanqing and some cultivators from the Lei family and the Zhong family.
But even though Lei Cheng had left, Ling Hao still felt that there were many eyes around him staring at him.
The soldiers are divided into two ways, one way to hunt monsters to get results, and the other way to deal with me?
The corners of his mouth lifted slightly, and he took a closer look at his surroundings before walking in a direction that no one had chosen.
The cultivators of the Lei family and the Zhong family, who were secretly watching Ling Hao, were secretly happy when they saw this scene.
There are many people around, and it's hard to start. If you get to the middle of nowhere, things are much easier.
It's just that what made the cultivators of the Lei family and the Zhong family feel that something was wrong was that Ling Hao seemed extremely relaxed and casual in the process of action, and although his walking speed was very fast, he was walking leisurely, as if he was not entering a mountain forest infested with monsters and dangers, but the backyard of his own house.
The cultivators of the Lei family and the Zhong family glanced at each other, and they all felt that Ling Hao was a first-time person who came here, recklessly and recklessly.
But as time passed, Ling Hao's speed became faster and faster, and by the end it had reached the point where the cultivators of the Lei and Zhong families couldn't catch up without using all their strength.
Therefore, the two cultivators who were chasing with all their might only cared about staring at Ling Hao's back, and did not notice that they saw a small incense burner in Ling Hao's hand, and a faint purple smoke was constantly wafting out of the furnace.
After about half an hour, Ling Hao stopped in front of a gentle slope.
He turned around, put his hands behind his back, and looked at the cultivators of the Lei family and the Zhong family who were rushing towards him quickly, and there was a very obvious banter on his face.
There was no one else around, so the cultivators of the Lei family and the Zhong family didn't have to worry about someone seeing them attack Ling Hao.
"Boy, you're pretty fast. ”
A Lei family cultivator led by him came closer, and although he was panting, he still sneered, "I can't run, right?"
The cultivators who came to the front one after another, no more, no less, exactly twenty people, and half of them had reached the cultivation of the innate realm.
The two people with the highest cultivation have already reached the level of the late stage of the Innate Realm.
"To deal with someone like me, who didn't even reach the early stage of the Innate Realm, he actually dispatched ten Innate Realms, as well as ten Ninth Order of the Body Refining Realm. It seems that the Lei family and the Zhong family really attach importance to me. ”
The Lei family cultivator at the head smiled even colder: "The eyesight is not bad." In that case, let's just tie it down. The young master said, only let us abolish your cultivation and hands and feet, so we won't kill you. ”
"But if you don't know each other, we don't mind chopping you up and feeding the monsters. ”
As soon as the words came out, the other cultivators also sneered and drew their weapons one after another.
Ling Hao's smile remained unchanged, he raised his right hand slightly, showing a small incense burner that was still releasing light purple smoke, and said, "Feed the demon beasts, you should come." There are many of you, so you can feed them a little more. ”
It seemed to be in response to Ling Hao's words, and the next moment, the dense sound and the "squeak" sound that made people's scalps tingle began to sound from all directions.
Seeing that the Lei family cultivator who had spoken cruelly before had changed his face, and the other cultivators were also a little uneasy, Ling Hao shook the incense burner in his hand and said, "Don't guess, the incense burner is burning green sandalwood mixed with Huangshi grass, cat's eye flower and snake letter fruit peel, people can't smell this smell, but the leopard-tailed rat will go crazy after smelling this smell." ”
"I've been walking you around for half an hour, passing by all the places I can tell are the most likely to be infested by leopard-tailed rats. And in the process of chasing, I was in front of you and behind, and you were smoked by this incense for half an hour. So, in the eyes of those leopard-tailed rats, you are not twenty people now, but twenty living feasts. ”
The scalp-tingling sound and "squeak" is getting closer. As Ling Hao said, it didn't take long for large swaths of strange rats the size of shoe soles, gray and yellow, with leopard tails and hideous fangs, to swarm from all directions. Each of the rats had red eyes and kept making excited "squeaks".
At first glance, it looks like a huge carpet that is squirming rapidly and spreading from all directions.
Not only does it make people numb when it sounds, but it also makes people numb when it looks at it.
How many leopard-tailed rats do you need?
The faces of all the cultivators present turned white.
Although the leopard-tailed rat is only a beginner-level demon beast, cultivators above the sixth order of the body refining realm can deal with it, but with so many surging up together, who can parry it?
What's more, leopard-tailed rats are also good at climbing trees, so even if these people hide in trees, leopard-tailed rats can quickly climb up trees to attack them.
Unless the leopard-tailed rats give up their attack or they grow wings and fly away.
"I forgot to tell you that this was your last chance to escape. Ling Hao said, "Although the leopard-tailed rat is only a beginner-level demon beast, so many of you have surged up together, and you twenty people have no hope of survival. ”
"Oh, and also, leopard-tailed rats don't eat their own kind, and the leopard-tailed rats you kill can be counted as my record in the end. ”
"We're surrounded by these brutes, and you won't survive!" one cultivator yelled.
Ling Hao reached out and took out a packet of powder from the storage bag on his waist, sprinkled it lightly on himself, and said, "This is an insect repellent made from the blood of a leopard-tailed rat, and after it is sprinkled on my body, the leopard-tailed rat will only think that I am of the same kind." You can buy a pack of this thing for one or two silver in the Feng family medicine store, and you can give more if you buy more. ”
"It's just, I have this kind of thing, do you have it?"
The death was decided, and the Lei family cultivator led by him collapsed instantly, he pointed at Ling Hao with a trembling finger, and shouted incoherently: "You are not human! You are so ruthless! You ......"
"Didn't you just say that you were going to chop me up and feed me to the demon beasts?" Ling Hao's expression was indifferent, "Being merciful to the enemy is the truth of being cruel to oneself, and I understood it six hundred years ago. ”
"Go well, remember, be good people in the next life. ”
After saying that, Ling Hao turned around and walked through the group of leopard-tailed rats that had spread to the front without hindrance, and walked into the distance.