Chapter 8: The Hunter's Tribulation
Chapter 8: The Hunter's Tribulation
After Old Master Yin landed, he stumbled and almost fell, just now he used this sword with all his life's strength, and he didn't leave any hands.
Xiaohu didn't have the ability to fly down the air with Old Master Yin, so he could only slide down the pillar four or five zhang high tower, pat Bai Zi's big head who was struggling to stand up, and stroking it twice to help Bai Zi cheer up, but his eyes looked anxiously at Old Master Yin, he found that although he had made great progress, he was powerless in the face of the demon pill, and his inner anxiety really couldn't communicate with outsiders, so he could only hope that the master would be able to turn the tide and turn things around.
Old Master Yin's body had just been tumbling in the body, and he moved in strange steps, and struck a sword at the entrance of the small hole, knocking the demon pill that was about to emerge back to the depths of the ground again.
This time, Old Master Yin did not take half a step back, but half an inch of the tip of the sword turned into nothing, obviously the strength was not caught, and he ate the dark energy, which caused the sword body, and the strange power contained in the demon pill was too strong, and he could not defeat it, although he trapped the demon pill with skillful terrain, but it could not last long.
The pale-faced old master Yin turned around and drank Xiaohu who came with Baizi, and said, "Xiaohu, don't care about here, go and help Xiaolong, as long as the body of the giant beast is mutilated and destroyed, it will be done." ”
Bai Zi has recovered his spirit under the appeasement of Xiaohu and acts as usual, after all, it is not an ordinary wolf, and it is becoming more and more adapted to the innate instinct suppression of the demon pill.
"Ignition!" came the cry of a dragon hunter in the distance.
I saw that a dark corner was suddenly brightly lit, at least more than ten torches and two bonfires were raised, more than 20 delicate figures were staggered back and forth, in the center of the firelight, a huge beast shadow was devouring something, illuminated by the strong firelight, stunned on the spot, and the blood of human stumps was faintly visible in the mouth of the blood basin.
The hunters who poured out of the hunter village were all shocked, this was the giant beast hiding in the shadows.
This fang is very cunning, it first used the demon pill to absorb a large amount of fuel oil grease, made a big fireball to storm the hunter village, created chaos, murder and blood, attracted the attention of everyone in the hunter village, and sneaked in by chaos, and secretly preyed on the human race, sucking ** blood, and completed its plan to quench the demon pill with a large amount of human essence blood.
At this time, its wisdom was no less than that of ordinary people, and even surpassed.
It's a pity that it was the old master Yin whose wisdom was above it, and as soon as he made a move, he temporarily trapped its strongest weapon, the demon pill, so that the demon pill could not continue to rampant and murderous.
However, the giant beast was not in a hurry, and was still hunting silently, because it had a mental connection with its own demon pill, and the demon pill was already controlled by its mind, and it knew that although the demon pill was temporarily trapped, there was no one to do, and it was only a matter of time before it came out, and it was okay to act in the dark.
Suddenly reflected by the strong light, the beastly instinct of the giant beast was still there, and like ordinary beasts, it was stunned on the spot, and there was no reaction for a while.
It was the first step in the formation of a demon hunting team led by Hunt Xiaolong and more than 20 people.
These more than 20 people are all super hunters who have opened the hole in the hunter village, and they are the only ones who can silently lock the traces of the giant beast, and at the same time light up so many torches and spring fires without alarming the giant beast. Springs and torches like this have long been spread throughout the village, and wherever the behemoth appears, it can create this effect.
More than 20 super hunters were gathered together by the small dragon hunters, forming a demon hunting team with unified action and rapid response, and they had the determination to hunt the giant beast desperately.
They appeared around the giant beast, and cooperated seamlessly, three giant nets headed towards the giant beast, and dozens of lassoes, blocking the giant beast's forelimbs and big head in the space where the giant beast was stunned.
The tail of the net and lasso is hung with heavy objects such as rocks and tree trunks, and the demon hunting team does not expect to be able to trap the giant beast with this, but only hopes to temporarily freeze the range of movement of the giant beast, and the ideal is that these net lassoes are entangled with the giant beast, restricting and stumbling the giant beast.
This is a deliberate decision of the hunting dragon, since it is difficult to kill the giant beast with a clear sword and arrow, he will use a soft one, use a rope and a net to trap the giant beast.
The giant beast reacted after a breath, roaring angrily, shaking wildly, and dancing its forelimbs, although it threw off most of the net and rope, but the remaining net was entangled with four or five ropes, and it was tightly wrapped around the body of the giant beast, and even had a tendency to get tighter and tighter.
At the same time, the hunting dragon led the demon hunting team to scatter around the giant beast, calmly staring at the vital point of the giant beast, and began to shoot arrows.
All of them used the arrows of the Iron Master, and each of them prepared at least two quivers and thirty arrows, one after the other, to shoot the giant beast on the spot.
In the blink of an eye, the behemoth had been shot with at least nearly a hundred arrows.
It's a pity that the skin and flesh of the giant beast seem to be thicker and rougher, and most of them are blown away by the shock, and the better ones only enter the flesh by about an inch, and they are only hung on it, and only a few top hunters such as Hunting Xiaolong Yuanfei can effectively cause killing, and they can enter the meat more than four inches.
Yuan Fei has also recently opened a huge strength trick, the combat power has increased greatly, he was originally a hunter who can compete with hunting dragons for a day, under the hatred and existential crisis, growing up, his arrow can at least shoot into the skin and flesh of the giant beast more than half a foot, and shoot an arrow to the peak, the right hind paw palm of the giant beast supporting the ground, intending to nail the giant beast in place, but unfortunately although it can enter the flesh half a foot, it still seems that it has not been able to shoot through.
The hunting dragon even took the opportunity to shoot the two vital points of the giant beast - the left ear and the left armpit, these two arrows can not only cause damage, but also affect the normal movement of the giant beast.
The giant beast felt bad, and the ants were going to gnaw the elephant to death, knowing that it would definitely be consumed to death if it continued like this, endured the pain, regardless of the negative fall on the body, roared angrily, forcibly jumped rapidly, rushed out of the encirclement of the demon hunting team, and flew two members of the demon hunting team along the claws, this angry claw, the two of them were pulled out ten zhang away, and smashed heavily on the ground, they were already seriously injured and lost their combat power.
Its target is the old master Yin, it wants to merge with the demon pill, merge into one, and then act fiercely.
At this time, Old Master Yin was striking out the third sword and knocking the demon pill back to the bottom of the cave again, although the sword had been broken in half and spit out a small mouthful of blood, he still had the confidence to stop the demon pill for a short time.
In front of the old master Yin is the little tiger who did not take two steps, in the face of the giant beast killing, the little tiger has no fear, calmly shot the arrow in his hand, more than ten arrows were shot between two breaths, the arrow did not leave the eyes of the giant beast, and the giant beast had to close its eyes and lower its head to meet the rain of arrows to the little tiger with its teeth and claws.
Xiaohu's arrow power is slightly weaker, and the arrows that are not assigned to the Iron Master can't shoot into the flesh and skin of the giant beast, and it is already remarkable that the giant beast can't open its eyes.
The super speed of the giant beast is indeed amazing, two can not breathe across nearly a hundred feet, at least four hunters on the road were hit by it and flew, and invaded the little tiger in front of him, when he pounced, seeing that the little tiger could not escape, no one around was in a hurry to shout, to remind the little tiger to dodge.
And the old master Yin, who was closest to Xiaohu, was also powerless, he was trying to suppress the tumbling qi and blood in his body, unable to move half a step, he was already trying his best to trap the demon pill.
"Brother Little Tiger, hide!" Yin Xiaoqing couldn't help but worry, and came out of the hiding place, just seeing this scene, he couldn't help but be scattered!
Staring at the giant beast that had swooped a few feet in front of him, Xiaohu seemed to be stunned and did not react in the slightest. But if anyone could see his face, they would doubt this judgment.
Xiaohu not only did not have any fear, but his eyes were full of light, his facial expression remained unchanged, and his spirit and spirit were all concentrated on the giant beast, and the super speed of the giant beast seemed to become slow, and countless changes could be reflected in the brain in the blink of an eye.
Before the giant beast arrived, a strong hurricane had already crushed the little tiger to the point that it could not move, and the tiger was windy, not to mention the giant tiger. A foot away, the heavy gasp of the giant beast came into the ears and terrifying people, and the two front claws and sharp armor popped out of the flesh, sharp and piercing cold, as long as it was rubbed, it would be delaminated if it did not die.
However, Xiaohu observed more of the three fatal arrow wounds on the giant beast's body, especially the arrow inserted in the armpit of the left forelimb, and the blood still fell drop by drop along the arrow feather. This arrow greatly affected the movement of the giant beast, so much so that when it pounced on the little tiger, his left limb trembled slightly unnaturally.
The hunters in the hunter's village who saw this scene seemed to have a feeling of a flower in front of them at this moment, and suddenly, the little tiger that was less than a foot under the claws of the giant beast disappeared out of thin air, and when he looked at it again, the little tiger had already turned over on the top of the giant beast's head, holding a short blade, and stabbed at the major points of the giant beast's head.
The little tiger is taking advantage of the gap exposed by the slight tremor of the giant beast, with the Tianxing Qibu that is fused with the sacrificial hunting dance, curling up and moving, not retreating but advancing, flashing into the left armpit of the giant beast, the probe grabbed the arrow shot by his brother, borrowing the momentum of the giant beast, a reverberating turnover, and borrowing the strength of the giant beast's body to wrap the net rope to borrow the foot, even flipping and climbing, on the head and neck of the giant beast, by the way, the giant beast's armpit arrow rotated deep into half an inch, causing greater damage.
The little tiger jumped on the big head of the giant beast, pulled out the short blade, and stabbed it desperately, all over the eyes, nose and mouth of the giant beast, these are the most vulnerable places of the giant beast, plus the little tiger also opened the hole, and the strength is not weaker than that of ordinary adult hunters, and the short blade is from the hand of the iron master, and the knife enters the flesh by an inch, piercing the giant beast to blood.
Bai Zi, who followed Xiaohu's side, overcame the demonic suppression of the giant beast, and deftly drilled into the lower abdomen of the giant beast, biting indiscriminately, but unfortunately its bite was like an itch to the giant beast, and the giant beast's tail swept away at will, sweeping it out several feet away, life and death are unknown.
After three or four knives, the little tiger suddenly had an alarm, and hurriedly shrank and curled up, slid to the broad back of the giant beast, and narrowly avoided the claws caught by the giant beast.
Fortunately, the giant beast drove the little tiger away from the danger area, so he didn't care about the existence of the little tiger, ignored the rain of arrows shooting around, and continued to pounce on Old Master Yin.
Old Master Yin just breathed a sigh of relief, there was a giant beast pounced, and a demon pill came out, which was equivalent to being in danger of being attacked from both sides, and in desperation, he swept the sword and swept it, and picked the demon pill that had just surfaced out of the hole to the distant clearing, but his body fell backwards like a mallet, and his heels were forced, and his body flew away quickly against the ground, which could be avoided under the tiger claws of the giant beast.
There is only one sword hilt left in the three-foot Qingfeng in his hand, this is a divine weapon given to Old Master Yin by the Lord of the Great Shang Kingdom, but it is rigid and soft, usually hidden in the waist, and has protected Old Master Yin's father and daughter to flee to Hunter Village, but after all, it is a mortal thing, and under the head-on fight with the demon pill, it melts like ice and snow.
However, it can be regarded as a meritorious achievement, not only trapped the demon pill for a while, but the last sword was extremely lucky, seemingly sweeping, but in fact it did not hit the demon pill, but hit the edge of the demon pill, and the dark energy was picky, and the demon pill was rotated and picked away. Let the demon pill get out of the mind control of the giant beast in a short period of time, and the direction of the demon pill's spinning flight is even more elegant, which is where a big pit in the village is located!
Although the giant beast has some wisdom, in this chaotic and sudden situation, it is more dominated by the beast's nature, and when it finds that the demon pill is flying away uncontrollably, it instinctively chases after it.
It wants to use the power of the demon pill to defend against the enemy, and it is more about treating a few injuries, and it finds that there is no demon pill, and it is very dangerous to rely on the physical body alone, at least in the hunter village.
Old Master Yin lay on the ground and turned over and spit out two mouthfuls of blood, from the beginning to the present, although he only struck out four swords, but as if he had fought with the enemy for three days and three nights, he was sweating profusely, and he ran out of oil and lamps, he struggled and half got up, and shouted in the direction of the giant beast: "Little tiger, come down!"
Xiaohu also found out that the situation was not good, but on the back of the giant beast, the tremor was too violent, he couldn't control his body at all, and he made a mistake in his busyness, and his left foot was tripped by the net, and the whole person was on his head and down the head, hanging in the belly of the giant beast.
"Whew!" an arrow flew from the sky, not only breaking the net that tripped the little tiger's left foot, but also shooting more than half a foot into the giant beast's body. It was Hunting Xiaolong who saved Xiaohu at a critical moment, and he was the only one who had this ability, hitting a net rope that was only two fingers thick under the super speed of the giant beast.
"Boom!" There was a loud bang, the sound of the giant beast falling into the pit, and the dust on the pit was scattered everywhere.
Xiaohu still did not escape, due to the action of inertial impulse, he turned into a rolling gourd after landing, and involuntarily rolled towards the big pit.
You must know that this big pit is specially set up for giant beasts, as high as four or five zhang, and if a person falls, at least the bone and skin are cracked, not to mention being accompanied by a giant beast in the pit, it is ten deaths.
Xiaohu is also sober, and he inserted the short blade into the ground in time, and the ground was scratched a few feet of knife marks, but he still couldn't control the momentum, Xiaohu's body was all into the pit, and the short blade left the hard ground on the edge of the pit, unable to hold it, and his body fell down.
At the moment of life and death, a strong arm stretched out in time, and the body of Hunt Xiaolong Wei'an rushed to the ground, appearing on the edge of the pit, grabbing the tip of the blade, and the other hand and foot were firmly fixed on the solid ground, and the two brothers hung on the pit wall, extremely dangerous.
Xiaohu, who had escaped for the time being, looked up and found that his brother's hand had been cut by the tip of the blade, and blood was sprinkled and fell on Xiaohu's forehead.
Xiaohu is in a hurry, how can the sharpness of the short blade made by the iron master be grasped by flesh and blood, I am afraid that it has been cut into the bone, but the hanging wall of the pit is extremely slippery and vertical, and there is no place to borrow strength, and I can't help my brother reduce his strength, so if it goes on like this, I am afraid that even my brother's palm will be cut, and he exclaimed: "Brother, let go, I'll fight with it." ”
Hunting Xiaolong shouted, "Throw the torch." "Seven or eight torches were thrown into the pit, and the flammable grease, branches, and net ropes in the pit were immediately ignited, and the pit was a quagmire composed of grease and mud, rotten ropes, and rotten net branches, which could not only burn and burn, but also stumble and trap the giant beast, and it was best to burn the giant beast alive.
Only then did Hunt Xiaolong bow his head and shout, "Shut up!" He stuck the tip of the blade with his skin and bones, and with a roar of anger, he threw Xiaohu out of the trap, and he also turned over and got out of the trap.
Xiaohu crawled to his brother's side, and said anxiously: "Brother, your hands are ......."
"It's okay!" Hunting Xiaolong didn't care about the authenticity, took out the short blade stuck in the flesh and bones and threw it aside, and got up to command the hunting beast, Old Master Yin rushed to drink and said, "Don't move." ”
The latter sprinkled some medicinal powder according to Hunting Xiaolong's hand, tore a piece of cloth from his clothes, and wrapped Hunting Xiaolong's hand, which didn't take two breaths, worthy of being the holy hand in medicine, and said after wrapping: "It's okay!" After a pause, he said in a deep voice: "But, Xiaolong, you can't shoot arrows for the time being." ”
Hunting Xiaolong was stunned, he was the first archer, he couldn't shoot arrows, how could the giant beast hunt?
At this time, Yuan Fei arrived, grabbed Hunting Xiaolong's shoulder, and said in a deep voice: "Xiaolong, don't worry, there is still me!" His archery skills are not much worse than Hunting Dragon, plus he has also opened a power point, and his combat power value has increased by two or three times.
Hunting Xiaolong is open-minded, light gains and losses, otherwise he would not be able to become the first hunter, although his left hand is temporarily half useless, but it can be exchanged for his brother's life, which is also worth the money, not to mention that he still has his right hand, and there are so many brothers and partners who can be trusted.
Moreover, the giant beast has been injured and trapped, achieving the original goal of hunting the little dragon.
The remaining eighteen or nineteen people of the demon hunting team do not need to be ordered, they have been distributed around the big pit, and behind them are more than a thousand strong adult hunters, this is the absolute combat power of the hunter village, if this can't take the giant beast, the hunter village can only sit and wait for destruction.
Everyone in the hunter village is a hunter, the hunting skills are extraordinary, but there are also strong and weak, the remaining strong women, the elderly, and half-grown children at least more than 2,000 people, not far behind, scattered around the pit around the corner of the roof, holding a bow with a blade, as a support.
Yin Xiaoqing was arranged with more than 1,000 children, babies, and pregnant women, hiding in the ancestral hall, and there were more than 100 old people who couldn't pull the bow anymore.
The gate of the ancestral hall has been killed by a large wooden bolt, and there are also piles of stone furniture or something at the gate, which is the last line of defense of the Hunter Village. More than a thousand people, silent, except for the occasional cough and the cry of a baby, everyone waited anxiously, waiting for the sound of cheering victory to come from outside the house!
The big pit was full of dust, the bottom of the pit was already burning, but there was no howl of the giant beast, under the light of the fire, the huge figure of the giant beast flickered in the dust, although the dust made the giant beast unable to open its eyes, but it also made people unable to see the situation under the pit.
Thousands of eyes are staring at the pit, everyone is full of arrows, as long as the hunting dragon gives an order, this pit with a radius of dozens of zhang will fall a heavy rain of arrows.
"Strange, how can this beast not be afraid of fire?" The little tiger who escaped a death robbery has no fear of the giant beast, and expresses the doubts in everyone's hearts!
Old Master Yin was shocked and said: "Oops, it must have swallowed the demon pill, and now it is using the demon pill to heal its wounds, and the fire must be rejected from the body by the demon pill's strange power." ”
Hunting Xiaolong shouted: "Pour the fire oil!" The demon hunting team prepares the rocket. As soon as the words fell, pots of fire oil were poured into the pit from all directions, and the oil was not ignited, and when the oil was still in the middle of the pit, Hunting Xiaolong drank again: "Release!"
Twenty rockets came first, instantly igniting the fire oil in mid-air.
"Peng!" a rain of fire and twenty rockets were sprinkled at the beast. This is a rain of fire that covers the entire pit surface without leakage, not to mention the size of the giant beast, no matter how small it is, there is nowhere to hide. Once you are dodged by a rocket, the rain of fire will pour on your body, and even if the giant beast is too powerful to extinguish the fire on its body, it will burn to death.
This is the ultimate move, all the hunters were about to cheer, a golden light suddenly appeared at the bottom of the pit, and began to spin like flying, time seemed to be stationary, the rain of fire was fixed in mid-air, and the powerful arrow also became a snail, slowly crawling and flying and getting slower and slower, everyone knew that the rocket would not reach the target at all, and it would be fixed.
The power of the demon pill has become stronger, obviously the reason for sucking a large amount of human essence blood, which means that the giant beast is also more powerful, to fight to nourish the war, even if it is injured, it doesn't matter, as long as it can suck the human essence blood, it is the tactic of the giant beast.
Although it was seriously injured this time, the giant beast also achieved its goal, as long as it became stronger and stronger, these ants of the human race would sooner or later eat in its mouth.
All the hunters were stunned, they had seen the power of the demon pill for the first time.
The golden light swirled and turned urgently, and a suffocating heat wave rushed towards him, and Old Master Yin shouted urgently: "Be careful, it will spray the fire rain back!"
Before the words fell, the rain of fire that had been stagnant in the middle of the pit was like being swept up by an invisible hurricane, and it erupted backwards, like a volcanic eruption, which was spectacular.
For a time, the big pit was within a radius of 100 zhang, there was a burst of fire rain, the formation of the hunter village was chaotic, many people let the fire oil stick to the body and burn, rolling on the ground in pain, once the fire oil is ignited, the water is difficult to extinguish, only with mud and sand to cover up the effect, the strong women on the periphery hurriedly put down the arrows in their hands, and put out the fire and relieve the pain for the clansmen.
The hunters in the hunter village are indeed elite, even if the corner of the clothes is ignited by the flames, as long as the skin is not burned, let it go, and wait for the strong women to come to extinguish the fire, so there are at least six or seven hundred hunters who stick to their posts unmoved, and the arrows in their hands are not moving.
Because the demon hunting team was at the forefront, they were warned by Old Master Yin, and they squatted in time to avoid it, and no one was set on fire.
Xiaohu deftly avoided the oil and was eager to try, and said anxiously: "Brother, if we shoot it, I don't believe that it can block so many arrows, and these thousands of arrows will always hit its vital point." ”
Old Master Yin nodded and said: "Yes, although I watched the demon pill bounce back the fire oil, it must also consume a lot of energy, and the luster is a little dull, as the so-called power is exhausted, and the demon power should also be like this." ”
Indeed, the demon pill just rebounded, not only consumed a lot of demonic power of the giant beast, but even had no time to treat a few vital arrow wounds on the body, although it hovered endlessly above the head of the giant beast, it did not have the golden light at the beginning.
"Okay, the demon hunting team plays independently, but don't shoot lightly, aim at the vital point, and shoot arrow by arrow. The others listened to the password and let go of the ......" Hunting Xiaolong gave the order, and as soon as the words came out, nearly a thousand arrows turned into a rain of arrows and flew away.
For hunters who don't have an open hole, no matter how elite they are, their personal strength can't pose any threat to the giant beast, but if they can unite and send out this kind of salvo of hundreds or thousands, they can cause some damage to the giant beast.
The trick of salvo shooting was exactly what Hunt Xiaolong came up with, and organized the whole village of hunters to practice for a day or two, so although the hunters surrounded the big pit, no one released the arrow before he got his order.
Because the hunting dragon found that when he faced the giant beast for the first time, hundreds of people scattered in separate camps, causing almost no damage to the giant beast.
And Yuan Fei and the members of the demon hunting team are still full of arrows, and they don't easily shoot the arrows in their hands, they are the elite of the elite, and they are the most important killing weapons in the hunter village, and they must wait for the giant beast to show their flaws before they can attack, and they don't have to kill with one blow.
Xiaohu is not a member of the demon hunting team, he is more free, likes to play casually, almost at the moment when his brother shouted "put", shot two arrows, looked like two arrows before and after the tail and flew fast, in fact, the back arrow is faster than the front arrow, at a certain moment will catch up with the front arrow, and shoot the tail of the front arrow, mixed in the rain of arrows, it is not inconspicuous at all.
The demon pill spun up again, it hovered three feet above the head of the giant beast, drawing a circle of shadows, making people look like a golden circle of light at a glance, all the arrows that entered the circle of aperture were either knocked away or broken, this is like an arrow avoidance circle, the arrow has to bounce or shatter as soon as it encounters this circle, although it is not as magical as just now that all the arrows and fire rain are fixed, but it is also the same jaw-dropping, hard to believe.
Huo Di, an arrow easily passed through the circle shadow as if it had lost its physical body and turned illusory, and it was fiercely nailed to the nose of the giant beast, at least two inches into the flesh.
What's going on, why is this one arrow out of a thousand arrows that can break through the aperture?
Xiaohu shouted in surprise: "Brother, change speed to break the aperture." ”
Xiaohu said in a hurry, but his brother Hunting Xiaolong had already fully understood, and said: "Demon hunting team, prepare to chase archery, others are ready, release!"