Chapter 42: Hunting

In the mist.

Xia Daoming walked toward the middle of the valley step by step.

His eyes flashed with sharp light, and the blood energy in his body was constantly circulating, always in a state of eruption.

His spirit was highly tense, and his five senses were extremely keenly sensing any changes in the surroundings.

Two short spears were tightly gripped in his hands.

Individual strength is limited!

At this time, it was far from the time for him to fall out with the Xu family.

He still needed to gather everyone's strength to hunt Ice Rabbits and collect Ice Purple Shouwu.

After hunting enough Ice Rabbits and collecting enough Ice Purple Shouwu, that would be the time for him to act when the opportunity arose.

The mist became thicker and thicker, and the temperature in the surroundings became lower and lower, with frost even forming in some places on the ground.

Faintly, through the mist, he saw a cold pool.

Mist was constantly steaming up from the cold pool.

Around the cold pool, more than a dozen white shadows were jumping back and forth in the grass.

Those white shadows became clearer and clearer as Xia Daoming approached.

Rabbits covered in white fur were actually as large as leopards.

Ice Rabbits had both the violent and ferocious nature of demonic beasts and retained the natural cautious and careful nature of rabbits.

Xia Daoming had just approached a little when a young Ice Rabbit leapt behind an adult Ice Rabbit like a crossbow bolt leaving the string, then raised its two long ears, a pair of purple eyeballs staring at Xia Daoming vigilantly and fiercely.

The adult Ice Rabbit's purple eyeballs were also staring at Xia Daoming vigilantly and fiercely.

Xia Daoming was worried about staying too long and disturbing other Ice Rabbits, so he picked up a stone from the ground, flicked his finger, and shot it toward that Ice Rabbit.

"Whoosh!"

Seeing this, the Ice Rabbit opened its mouth and spat out a white breath, which condensed into an ice arrow, meeting the gravel.

"Bang!"

The gravel was smashed into powder and scattered everywhere.

And the provoked Ice Rabbit seemed to be enraged; its two hind legs kicked hard, and it pounced toward Xia Daoming like lightning.

Its front claws spread open, as large as tiger claws, sharp as knives, flashing with cold light.

Xia Daoming had long expected such a result.

His feet tapped on the ground, and he had already flown backward rapidly.

"Bang!"

The Ice Rabbit missed.

Its sharp claws landed on the ground, soil and stones splashing everywhere.

The Ice Rabbits by the cold pool were disturbed, but at this time Xia Daoming had already disappeared into the mist, and those Ice Rabbits looked from afar and then went back to jumping and playing in the grass by the cold pool.

And that adult Ice Rabbit, having missed with its two claws, refused to give up, kicked its hind legs again, and chased after Xia Daoming, not forgetting to spray ice arrows while chasing.

Fortunately, Xia Daoming was not only extremely fast, but his Dragon-Snake Nine Steps had been practiced to be unpredictable.

Dragon soaring and snake moving, extremely ingenious.

Every time, he could dodge the incoming ice arrows and the falling sharp claws.

Even so, Xia Daoming was secretly shocked in his heart.

You know, his true strength was already not inferior to an old eighth-rank Great Wu Shi, and he still had to use six or seven tenths of his ability to barely dodge the pursuit of an adult Ice Rabbit.

If it were someone else, they could only rely on luck.

If they were lucky, they could lure the Ice Rabbit to the destination while keeping half their life.

If they were unlucky, they would lose their life halfway.

"Get ready, the Ice Rabbit is coming!" When he was still some distance away from the gathering place just now, Xia Daoming shouted loudly, his powerful blood energy being restrained by him, and he didn't forget to dishevel his hair and tear his clothes to shreds.

Xia Daoming's words had just fallen when a large net covered toward his direction.

Fortunately, Xia Daoming had long been prepared in his heart. Before the large net fell, he had already stuck to the ground, like a swimming snake, and shot out from the gap between the large net and the ground with a "whoosh".

Xia Daoming had just shot out while sticking to the ground when a white shadow followed and rushed into the large net, being caught inside.

"Caught it!" Someone shouted excitedly.

But just at this moment, a huge force pulled hard.

"Squeak!"

The harsh sound of feet sliding across the ground pierced the quiet valley.

The four Martial Masters who were holding the four corners of the net were actually dragged by the Ice Rabbit to slide on the ground along with the net.

Even the Wu Shi who was particularly excited just now couldn't hold on, the net corner rope slipped out of his hand, the skin and flesh of his palms were torn open, and blood flowed continuously.

Almost at the same time, the Ice Rabbit had already shot toward that Wu Shi like a crossbow bolt leaving the string.

"Useless thing!" Just at this moment, a cold voice rang out.

Then a cold light broke through the mist, slashing toward the Ice Rabbit like lightning.

"Clang!"

The Ice Rabbit raised its claws to block the tiger-head saber, but was knocked back into the net.

At this time, someone had already grabbed the net corner rope again.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Almost at the same time, several sharp arrows shot through the air toward the Ice Rabbit, which was trapped in the net and constantly tearing with its sharp claws.

There were also two javelins that fiercely shot through the air and were thrown toward the Ice Rabbit.

"Clang! Clang! Clang!"

White breath was sprayed from the Ice Rabbit's mouth, turning into ice arrows, blocking several sharp arrows and one javelin in succession.

But the Ice Rabbit was ultimately entangled by the net and could not display its true ability.

Although it blocked several arrows and one javelin, sharp arrows and javelins still shot through the net holes and hit it.

Fresh blood slowly flowed out from its clean white fur, emitting a strong scent of fresh blood that made one feel a trace of coldness.

Seeing this, Xu Zhiji was overjoyed, grabbed a javelin from the ground, stepped forward, and fiercely stabbed down at the Ice Rabbit that was still struggling.

The Ice Rabbit was pierced through, its four limbs twitched violently a few times, and it completely stopped breathing.

"A demonic beast is a demonic beast after all. No matter how powerful, it ultimately loses to human wisdom!" Watching the Ice Rabbit stop breathing, Xia Daoming secretly sighed in his heart.

"Haha! Liang Jingtang, this disciple of yours did very well, he can be considered to have made a great contribution!" Seeing that one had been successfully hunted, Xu Zhiji let go of the javelin, clapped his hands, and looked at Liang Jingtang and Xia Daoming with an appreciative gaze.

While Xu Zhiji was speaking, a Xu family sixth-rank Wu Shi had already stepped forward, taken out the Ice Rabbit's heart, put it into a leather bag, and tied the bag mouth tightly.

To brew Golden Crow Returning Origin Soup, only the Ice Rabbit's heart was needed.

"Many thanks for the Elder's praise, it was just luck!" Liang Jingtang said.

"Hehe, luck is also a skill! And this kind of thing, practice makes perfect. Grand-Uncle, in this nephew's opinion, we still have to ask this Instructor Xia to make another trip!" Xu Shisen said with a smile, his gaze toward Liang Jingtang and Xia Daoming carrying mockery and teasing.

"Elder! This is unfair, my disciple has already..." Liang Jingtang hurriedly said upon hearing this.

"Shisen is right, practice makes perfect. I think we still have to trouble your disciple to make another trip!" Xu Zhiji interrupted slowly.

Upon hearing this, the veins on Liang Jingtang's forehead jumped endlessly, and powerful blood energy surged crazily within his body.

"Master, the Elder is right, this disciple will just make another trip." Xia Daoming said upon seeing this.

"Daoming!" Liang Jingtang's eye sockets turned red, his heart filled with regret and self-reproach.

If he had known it would be like this, he would never have let Xia Daoming follow him no matter what.

"It's okay, Master, this disciple has a tough life!" Xia Daoming comforted him, then turned to Xu Zhiji and cupped his hands: "Elder, as the saying goes, merit should be rewarded, and fault should be punished.

Just now you also said that this kid made a great contribution. This kid doesn't need any reward, I just hope that if this kid is lucky enough to survive this time, I ask the Elder to be magnanimous and spare our master and disciple's lives.

Our Hidden Dragon Qianjiao Wu Guan has no special relationship with the Ding family, we just want to live a stable life in Li Cheng."

"Hehe, kid, do you think it's just because of the Ding family? Have you forgotten..." Xu Shisen sneered.

However, before Xu Shisen could finish speaking, Xu Zhiji had already waved his hand, stopping him.

Seeing this, Xu Shisen swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue.

"Liang Jingtang, you have taken in a good disciple!" Xu Zhiji praised, then looked at Xia Daoming and said: "Don't worry, my Xu family has guarded Li Cheng for over a hundred years, we still have this bit of tolerance. As long as you are lucky enough to survive this time, I can guarantee that your Hidden Dragon Qianjiao Wu Guan will develop stably in Li Cheng, and I will never make things difficult for you."

Upon hearing this, Xu Shisen's expression changed slightly, his lips trembled as he wanted to speak, but he was scared back by Xu Zhiji's cold gaze.

"With the Elder's words, this kid can rest assured!" Xia Daoming cupped his hands upon hearing this, but secretly sneered in his heart: "Old guy, I am just paralyzing you, so I can borrow your hands to help me hunt Ice Rabbits, and then find an opportunity to kill and loot!"

"Go!" Xu Zhiji said indifferently.

"Fine!" Xia Daoming nodded and turned to leave.

"Daoming!" Liang Jingtang called out.

Xia Daoming slowly turned his head and saw Liang Jingtang's eye sockets red, his silver beard trembling.

"Don't worry, Master!" Xia Daoming gave Liang Jingtang a carefree smile, then tapped his toes on the ground, leapt into the thick fog, and quickly disappeared.

Watching Xia Daoming's back disappear into the mist, Liang Jingtang finally let old tears roll down.

Watching this scene, almost no one showed sympathy. On the contrary, more were feeling lucky or even schadenfreude.

PS: Competing for the list on Monday, one chapter was sent in advance at noon. ===== CHAPTER 43 =====