Chapter 94: [Ask for First Subscription] Start Selection

You know, the snow-maned beast is only one of the slightly weaker cold beasts currently known in Red Wood Ridge, and from a certain perspective, it is even the weakest.

The weakest one is also more powerful than him, the strongest person in Great Xia.

Although he didn't take a weapon in the competition just now, just from the few comparisons just now, he could already feel that even if he took a blade, in a situation of fighting alone, he wouldn't dare to say he would win steadily.

After all, this snow-maned beast in front of him was transformed by the Wooden Dummy. First, it wouldn't hurt him; second, it was really in the wild, and the environment was different from the valley; finally, the most powerful thing about the snow-maned beast was not its strength, but its cunning personality.

Although he was shocked by the strength of the cold beast, after coming back to his senses, looking at the snow-maned beast transformed by the Wooden Dummy again, a burst of heat rose in his heart.

This Wooden Dummy has more than just the function of sparring. As long as it is within the radiation range of the iron-smelting furnace, it can follow instructions to fight autonomously.

This means that in the future, if the camp is attacked, the Wooden Dummy can also act as a super-strong guard that is not weaker than himself!

The only drawback is that the coal consumption is not small, requiring five units of coal resources per hour, which is one hundred jin of coal in real terms. You know, an Earth-Digging Realm member's daily mining volume is at most two hundred jin.

Thinking of the consumption of the Wooden Dummy, Xia Hong lost interest in continuing to test the frost wolf and magic sheep, and quickly looked at the group of people standing at the outermost periphery of the wooden house door.

"The selection method for the first batch of hunting team members is to fight this snow-maned beast alone. Everyone only has one chance. You can choose either a bow and arrow or a large blade as you like. The fifteen people who persist for the longest time can become hunting team members."

At the wooden house door, standing at the outermost periphery were all the Woodcutting Realm members of the camp.

Hearing Xia Hong's words, they didn't show much surprise.

Having seen Xia Hong fight the snow-maned beast just now, and thinking of what Xia Hong said earlier about selecting hunting team members tonight, they had already guessed it.

But fighting alone, although they knew that the snow-maned beast in front of them was transformed by the Wooden Dummy, in their hearts, they still couldn't help but mutter.

"Luo Yuan, Zhao Long, you all put all the weapons over here!"

Hearing Xia Hong's order, Luo Yuan, Zhao Long, and the nine people didn't have the slightest hesitation, all nimbly placing the large blades and bows and arrows in their hands on the ground.

At the same time, Qiu Peng and Xu Ning also walked forward, reluctantly putting down the bows and arrows in their hands.

Four large blades, eleven bows and arrows, were placed on the ground like this.

The fiery gazes of the thirty-six Woodcutting Realm members all converged on the weapons.

Actually, it wasn't just them. Behind them, the gazes of all the ordinary people in the camp, especially the reserves, the batch of people closest to breaking through to the Woodcutting Realm, looking at the weapons on the ground, were also full of craving.

After all, holding a weapon and entering the hunting team not only represents proving one's strength, but also means the inclination of cold beast meat and various resources in the camp in the future.

Put it before, thinking that the four-grade meat-dividing system was absolutely impossible to implement successfully, they might not have been so craving in their hearts.

But from the moment Xia Hong went out hunting tonight and brought back three cold beasts, proving that the four-grade meat-dividing system was truly feasible, it was completely different.

According to what Xia Hong said earlier, hunting team members must have Earth-Digging Realm strength. Considering the actual situation of the current camp, it was an exception to select fifteen from this batch of people to enter the hunting team first.

Hunting team members get 10 jin of cold beast meat every day, while the woodcutting team only gets 5 jin. This is a full double difference.

Turning his head to look at the cold beast meat already cut in the wooden house, everyone couldn't help but breathe heavily, and their eyes became increasingly fiery.

"Leader, I think those using bows and arrows shouldn't compare who persists for a longer time, but should compare who shoots more accurately."

Xia Hong turned his head and discovered that the one asking this question was Zou Yuankai.

Seeing Zou Yuankai, and the Li brothers standing beside him, Xia Hong immediately flashed a trace of realization in his heart.

In the previous hunting process, the accuracy of these three people's archery was clearly a cut above the others.

Proposing a selection method favorable to oneself, normal.

Xia Hong pondered for a while, raised his head to look at Zou Yuankai, and answered in a deep voice:

"What you said makes a lot of sense. Archers should of course compare who shoots more accurately. But the problem is, what I am selecting is not archers, but hunting team members. The snow-maned beast in the wild won't stand there stupidly and let you shoot.

At night, except for the first arrow that wakes it up, with your current strength, if you encounter it alone, no matter how accurately you shoot, you absolutely won't have the chance to shoot a second arrow. And once you are targeted by it, no matter how accurately you shoot, in the end, it will be a dead end.

You all currently don't possess true hunting ability yourselves. Going out hunting with me, you are still playing an auxiliary role.

I don't pin my hopes on how much damage you can cause to the cold beasts.

But at the very least, your ability to save your lives must be strong.

I don't want to have to divide my attention to take care of your safety during the hunting process, which is why I used such a selection method. Do you understand?"

Hearing such an answer, whether it was Zou Yuankai, the Li brothers, or the few who had just agreed with his proposal, they all lowered their heads immediately.

Including Luo Yuan and the others, their faces also showed more or less shame.

Xia Hong's words were harsh, but it had to be said that they were all facts.

They only had Woodcutting Realm strength. Never mind facing cold beasts alone, just judging from the process of hunting three cold beasts last night, if Xia Hong hadn't been there, they wouldn't have harvested a single piece of prey.

Xia Hong saw the ashamed expressions on everyone's faces and didn't take it to heart, only looking at everyone, his tone low and heavy:

"Questioning can avoid mistakes, I don't oppose questioning voices, but I must make it clear in advance. Any questioning you make about my decisions had better be out of public interest, not private interest!"

Hearing the seriousness in Xia Hong's tone, everyone in the camp didn't speak. Zou Yuankai and the three knew that Xia Hong was referring to them, and their faces became even more ashamed, lowering their heads to their necks.

"Alright, the selection starts now. Who, come first!"

As Xia Hong's words fell, Xia Chuan was the first to stand out.

"I'll come."

Xia Chuan didn't pick a weapon, but walked directly to the opposite side of the snow-maned beast.

Seeing Xia Chuan's black blade and white thread, Luo Yuan and the others naturally understood why he didn't pick a weapon.

Everyone widened their eyes, wanting to see how long Xia Chuan could persist in the hands of the snow-maned beast, and also to prepare for themselves to go up later.

Just like before, as soon as Xia Chuan stood still, the snow-maned beast rushed toward him.

The moment the snow-maned beast's huge body rushed toward him, Xia Chuan realized how terrifying the strength of his big brother Xia Hong, who could catch the snow-maned beast's impact with his bare hands just now, was.

He naturally didn't dare to take this blow head-on, hurriedly turning to dodge, and at the same time, the black blade and white thread in his hands were also sacrificed together.

The snow-maned beast had a large body, and the inertia of its impact was also strong. Theoretically, it shouldn't have reacted so quickly, but the actual situation was that the moment Xia Chuan turned to dodge, it immediately made a reaction, twisted its body to adjust its direction, and crushed behind Xia Chuan in an instant.

Those sharp long fangs were even touching Xia Chuan's waist.

Xia Chuan jumped up dangerously, dodging its fangs, but didn't expect the snow-maned beast to open its mouth directly and sacrifice its long tongue.

Swish…………

The long tongue flew out. Xia Chuan had been prepared long ago, and the black blade circled its neck and slashed around its head.

The snow-maned beast transformed by the Wooden Dummy clearly had extremely strong perception ability, seeming to realize the threat of the black blade. The long tongue turned in the air and actually wound toward Xia Chuan's leg.

But before it could extend forward for a meter, a white thread flew out from Xia Chuan's left hand, and with the movement of his fingers, it quickly wound around the snow-maned beast's four limbs.

Xia Chuan, who had landed quietly, had his pupils tighten, and he exerted force to pull it tight suddenly.

The white thread tightened suddenly, and the snow-maned beast's four limbs were instantly wound together. With a stagger, it almost fell to the ground.

"So strong!"

"The leader's brother, seems to be only sixteen this year?"

"That black blade and white thread are so strong, they are from the wooden puppet ghost from before."

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Xia Chuan's amazing performance immediately caused a burst of exclamation from everyone in the camp.

However, the exclamation hadn't stopped yet, and an accident occurred.

The snow-maned beast seemed to realize the power of the black blade and white thread. Its four limbs, which were originally wound, suddenly exerted force, and it broke free and scattered in almost an instant.

Although Xia Chuan was already trying very hard to tighten it, how could his strength compare to an adult snow-maned beast?

The white thread couldn't be broken, but once it was scattered, the snow-maned beast's movement was no longer restricted. Taking advantage of Xia Chuan not having reacted yet, it suddenly exerted force and rushed forward fiercely.

Without the long tongue, just a fierce rush, Xia Chuan was directly sent flying for more than ten meters. If the snow-maned beast hadn't retracted its fangs at the last moment, this blow alone would have pierced Xia Chuan's body directly.

"Xia Chuan, thirty-nine breaths!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 95 =====