Chapter 76: Easy hunting

Late night, Red Wood Ridge.

The cold wind was biting, and everything was covered in silver.

Huge trees hanging with countless long icicles formed this quiet, soundless ice and snow jungle. Except for the sound of icicles occasionally broken by the cold wind hitting the ground, almost no other movement could be heard.

Under a Jin Lin Tree with a diameter of over seven meters, nine figures were moving.

A person jumped down from a tree next to the Jin Lin Tree. That person held a great blade and gave a few instructions to the nine people under the Jin Lin Tree.

The nine people under the tree immediately took out several ropes from their bodies, laid them on the ground, then covered them with white snow, and then each grabbed one end of the rope and hid behind the trees nearby.

The man holding the blade, seeing that everyone was hidden, looked up at a tree to the left of the Jin Lin Tree and made a gesture.

Whoosh...

As soon as the gesture was made, not even two breaths later, an arrow shot out from the tree on the left, shooting straight toward the top of the Jin Lin Tree.

The arrow was extremely fast and had terrifying force, shooting and breaking many thick icicles along the way, finally hitting something and emitting a clear clanging sound.

"Roar..."

Following the arrow was a terrifying cold beast roar.

Above that Jin Lin Tree, a four-meter-long adult Snow Mane was actually lurking.

The Snow Mane leaped down from the tree, its four sturdy beast hooves stepping into the snow for over a meter, its two fangs standing upright, its fierce gaze fixed on the man holding the blade who had been standing under the tree, its body ready to move.

On the right side of the Snow Mane's face, about ten centimeters from its eye, a black arrow was stuck. Clearly, it was the one shot from the tree on the left just now.

"Roar..."

The Snow Mane's pupils were stained with a touch of blood color, and it roared, its hind legs kicking the ground like a cannonball, rushing straight toward the man holding the blade. The terrifying impact force kicked the snow on the ground high up, as if forming a white air wave, and it rushed to the man in an instant.

"Pull the rope!"

The man holding the blade was not flustered, and at his command, the nine people who had been hiding behind the trees nearby all exerted force at the same time, pulling the ropes in their hands fiercely.

Tight...

The rope in the snow, pulled fiercely by the nine, immediately tightened, just blocking the inevitable path of the Snow Mane's charge.

The Snow Mane was caught off guard, its two legs tripped. Although the terrifying impact force made the nine people pulling the rope stagger, its own speed slowed down abruptly, and its front limbs were also hooked. Under the force of the strong inertia, its body almost flipped to the side.

The moment the nine people appeared, the Snow Mane's pupils constricted, seeming to smell a dangerous aura. After forcibly stabilizing its body, it actually didn't charge forward anymore, but turned to want to escape.

"Want to run? It's not that simple!"

The moment the Snow Mane almost flipped, the man holding the blade had already rushed to its side. Seeing the Snow Mane turn and want to escape, the man held the great blade with both hands, slashing fiercely toward the Snow Mane's skull.

Whoosh...

The blade edge cut through the air, emitting a whistling sound.

The cold blade edge reflected into its pupils. The Snow Mane's ferocity seemed to be stimulated, and it turned its head, stretched out its two fangs, and rushed fiercely toward the great blade in the man's hand.

The Snow Mane was cunning, knowing to use its own hardest fangs to collide with the great blade in the opponent's hand.

But the man holding the blade would never let it have its way.

The moment the Snow Mane rushed over, the man twisted his body, dodging to the left first, then stood the great blade upright, aimed at the timing, and used the sharp blade edge as a sword, inserting it straight into the Snow Mane's right neck.

The Snow Mane sensed that its right neck had been inserted a few inches, and a look of fear flashed in its pupils. But its violent force was something even it couldn't stop, so it could only bite the bullet and continue to rush forward, wanting to knock the blade away.

It was just a pity that the hand holding the blade never moved even once.

Tear...

The blade edge, which had only been inserted a few inches, followed the Snow Mane's own violent impact, cutting all the way from the right neck to the abdomen and even the tail, and the wound also changed from a few inches deep to over half a meter.

Even in the end, when the Snow Mane stopped, only half of the blade body remained outside.

Puchi...

A stream of dark green blood surged out from the wound. The Snow Mane turned its head and opened its mouth, wanting to spit out its tongue, wanting to struggle in its death throes. It was just a pity that just as its tongue hadn't fully extended, the man had already pulled out the great blade and slashed down at its tongue that hadn't fully extended.

The long tongue was severed, and the Snow Mane's furious and terrified pupils instantly dissipated. Its body struggled twice on the snow before finally coming to a halt.

Whoosh...

The man finally let out a long sigh of relief, looked at the Snow Mane on the ground, then lowered his head to look at the blade in his hand, revealing a look of satisfaction on his face.

Seeing the Snow Mane fall, the nine people who had been pulling the rope earlier also surrounded it excitedly, talking one after another.

"Leader, this Shocking Cold blade is too strong, right?"

"The blade is strong, but the leader's strength is even stronger. The Snow Mane's impact force was so terrifying; if it were us, even holding the blade, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to block it."

"This Snow Mane was quite cunning; its first reaction just now was actually to escape."

"Hahahaha, no need to take small torches and rely on luck to hunt in the future. With this blade, our Does Does Da Xia can truly be considered to have hunting ability."

This group was naturally the crowd from the Does Does Da Xia camp.

As soon as the blade was ground, it happened to be nightfall. Xia Hong didn't waste time and took everyone directly to Red Wood Ridge to test the blade.

Xia Hong's mood was also very spirited at this moment. Although he had used the ten-forged great blade at the Luo Ge camp, he was dealing with ghosts at the time, and what truly played a role was the Condensing Fire Oil and torches. The power of iron tools was almost unfelt.

How much effect this Shocking Cold blade, which had just been forged, could have on cold beasts, he had no bottom in his heart before trying it.

Now, looking at the Snow Mane's corpse on the ground, Xia Hong naturally had a bottom.

Ten-forged weapons, breaking through the defense of low-level cold beasts, was no problem at all.

Of course, it also depended on the user's strength. Just as Xia Chuan said earlier, if they held the Shocking Cold blade, even if they could break through the Snow Mane's defense, they couldn't block that terrifying impact force of over ten thousand jin.

This was also the reason why the Great Stone camp clearly had blades before, but still had to use bows and arrows as the main attack when hunting.

While everyone was discussing, a person jumped down from the tree on the left. That person was carrying a bow and arrow, with his right eye covered by a piece of leather. He walked to the Snow Mane's corpse, first took out the black arrow stuck in its right face, and said to Xia Hong with some discouragement:

"Leader, my archery is still too poor, I can't help much!"

Xia Hong shook his head, patted Xu Ning on the shoulder, and smiled: "It's only been one day of practice, having this level is already not bad. Follow Shi Qing and his son to practice well, hitting the bullseye every time is just a matter of time."

Xu Ning's injuries had long since healed, but without his right eye, his strength was still far from before.

Not having gone out for a long time, he was also very anxious in his heart.

Yesterday, when Xia Hong and the others just returned and returned the bow and arrow to Shi Qing, Xu Ning immediately went to find him.

Probably knowing that they needed help from Does Does Da Xia, learning of Xu Ning's intention, Shi Qing directly gave him the bow and arrow that his brother Shi Dong had used, and directly taught Xu Ning how to shoot. What could be said, he taught directly; what needed to be done, he let his son Shi Ping demonstrate.

His son Shi Ping and daughter Shi Lu both had extraordinary archery talent. Teaching an Xu Ning who hadn't even entered the door was naturally more than enough.

I don't know if it was really hit by Qiu Peng, but Xu Ning's archery talent was really very high. Even Shi Qing couldn't help but praise him.

That arrow just now, according to the plan, was to shoot the Snow Mane's eye, so that it could cause the greatest damage. Although Xu Ning shot it crookedly, it wasn't crooked by much, hitting the Snow Mane's face, only ten-plus centimeters away from the eye.

One had to know that Xu Ning, up to now, had only practiced for one day in total.

Given time, he would definitely be a divine archer who hit the bullseye every time.

"Alright, no more tree-felling tonight. Wait for me to craft a few saws over the next few days. You eight, take the Snow-Maned Beasts back first. Chuan and Cheng, come with me to check on the situation of the Ice-Crystal Trees at the Great Stone camp."

Yue Feng and the other eight nodded and carried the Snow Mane back to the camp first.

Xia Chuan and Yuan Cheng followed behind Xia Hong, walking toward the location of the Ice-Crystal Trees.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 77 =====