Zhang Ruochen rode his antelope horse and carried his iron thread bow as he charged into Wang Mountain.
The King Mountain, which was originally the hunting ground of the King Clan, was strangely high, spread with waterfalls, cliffs, deep valleys, and dense forests. The savage beasts in the mountain were almost all first-order savage beasts, with only a few second-order savage beasts.
Forty-three young martial artists, entering the king’s mountain, was like a handful of sand scattered into the sea, before long, all of them disappeared into the jungle.
“Wow!”
A white shadow flashed through the half-man-high thorny grass, and in an instant, it crossed a sixty-meter distant clearing and rushed into the dense forest in the distance.
The speed of that one white shadow was simply astonishingly fast, and if one did not cultivate martial arts, they would not be able to see it at all.
Zhang Ruochen could naturally see it clearly, it was a savage beast that looked very much like a rabbit.
Ghost Shadow Rabbit, a first rank savage beast, extremely fast, with extremely sharp teeth and claws, however, the defense was weak.
Its strength was equivalent to a martial artist at the early stage of the Yellow Extreme Realm, and its speed was equivalent to a martial artist at the Small Extreme Position of the Yellow Extreme Realm.
“It’s just a Ghost Shadow Rabbit, it’s not worth wasting a Thunderstorm Arrow.” Zhang Ruochen had already drawn his Iron Thread Bow into a half-moon shape, then, shaking his head, he did not shoot the arrow out.
The higher the rank of the savage beast shot, the better the score.
Among the first rank savage beasts, the Ghost Shadow Rabbit, could only be considered an inferior savage beast. Wasting a Thunderbolt Arrow for a first-order inferior savage beast, Zhang Ruochen felt that it was not worth it.
“Shoo!”
In another direction, a wind-breaking sound rang out.
A Thunder Shocking Arrow, emitting lightning-like light, shot accurately at the top of that one Ghost Shadow Rabbit’s head.
“Poof!”
The ghostly shadow rabbit’s head was pierced by the Thunder Shocking Arrow, and a Thunderbolt Spirit Crystal embedded in the arrowhead immediately exploded, transforming into a fist-sized ball of electricity. The ball of electricity cracked and transformed into a current.
The Ghost Shadow Rabbit immediately died and collapsed under the tree.
The Sixth Prince rushed over on his antelope horse and did not dismount, bending at the waist and tilting his body towards the ground, his five fingers grabbed the Thunder Shocking Arrow that was inserted in the top of the Ghost Shadow Rabbit’s head, and lifted the Ghost Shadow Rabbit up.
“Ninth brother, first time participating in the King Mountain Hunt, what? Don’t even dare to kill a savage beast? Being a man, one should have the guts to do so.” The Sixth Prince lifted the Ghost Shadow Rabbit with a sneer on his face.
In his opinion, Zhang Ruochen might really be a genius in martial arts cultivation, but after all, it was his first time participating in a hunt, so it was normal for him to be timid.
Competing in martial arts and killing people were two completely different things.
The establishment of the “King’s Mountain Hunting” section at the end of the year examination was not only a test of a martial artist’s strength, but also a test of his or her guts.
If you don’t even dare to kill a savage beast, even if your martial arts cultivation is high, what’s the use?
Sixth Prince, eighteen years old, his cultivation has reached the peak of the Minor Extreme Position.
Zhang Ruochen said, “I just don’t want to waste a Thunderstorm Arrow!”
The Sixth Prince’s eyes narrowed and he let out a cold laugh, “If you think so, you are very wrong. The number of savage beasts in the King Mountain is very limited, and not everyone can hunt five savage beasts with five Thunderstorm Arrows.”
After saying this, the Sixth Prince spurred his horse and disappeared into the forest.
“The territory occupied by Wang Shan is not that large, and the number of savage beasts is definitely not large. It seems that I must step up before I can do so.”
Zhang Ruochen rode his antelope horse and charged in another direction.
In half an hour’s time, Zhang Ruochen encountered a total of three Ghost Shadow Rabbits, however, he didn’t even shoot a Thunder Thrilling Arrow, instead, he continued to search for other savage beasts.
“Moo!”
A deafening sound of a cow’s moo came from the direction of Zhang Ruochen’s left side.
Zhang Ruochen’s heart was overjoyed as he immediately rushed over in search of the sound, and soon saw three savage cows with huge bodies in a stream.
Barbarian Cow, a first-order inferior Barbarian Beast, with strength comparable to a late stage Yellow Extremity Realm martial artist and defense comparable to a Yellow Extremity Realm Minor Extremity Position martial dao.
The power of a bull referred to the power of a single savage bull.
However, there was already someone who had arrived at the stream before Zhang Ruochen, and at this moment, she was standing across from the three barbarian bulls.
The Ninth County Chief Yu Xi was wearing the Imperial Sparrow Robe, sitting on the back of an antelope horse, her long ebony-black hair hanging down to her waist, revealing a hint of a charming smile as she glanced towards Zhang Ruochen and said, “Ninth Brother, you’re one step late, these three savage bulls belong to me!”
“Moo!”
The three barbarian cows, their eyes red, their iron hooves stomped on the ground, colliding with the stones and splashing a particle of sparks.
“Rumble!”
The three savage bulls simultaneously charged towards the Nine Sheriff Lords.
The Nine County Mistress simultaneously grabbed out three Thunderstorm Arrows, hitched them to the bowstring, and pulled the Iron Wire Bow into the shape of a full moon.
“Swish!”
The three Warp Thunder Arrows flew out at the same time and shot at the eyebrows of the three savage bulls, piercing into the cowhide seven inches deep.
Electricity exploded out from the arrows, and the three savage bulls immediately died, collapsing heavily into the stream, splashing a large amount of water.
The Ninth County Mistress put away her Iron Thread Bow and glanced towards Zhang Ruochen, who was standing in the distance, and with a bright-eyed smile, she said, “Sister’s ‘Three-Point Returning Arrow Technique’ is a lower-grade human-grade martial skill, and it has been completely blended in. Ninth Brother, what do you think?”
Zhang Ruochen’s gaze was fixed on the water behind the Ninth County Mistress as his eyes narrowed and an explosive cry escaped from his mouth, “Be careful!”
The Ninth County Lord also sensed the danger and turned around to look, only to see a giant savage beast twice the size of a savage bull rushing out of the water of that stream.
Its body was covered in metal-like cowhide, and two sharp horns grew on top of its head as it violently slammed towards the Nine Sheriff Lords.
“There was a loud boom!
The antelope horse underneath the Nine Sheriff Lord let out a mournful neigh, its bones were broken, and its body was stabbed by the bull’s horns with a bowl-sized bloody hole, and it collapsed on the ground heavily.
The sudden change made the Ninth Sheriff’s Lord unable to react and fell to the ground together with the antelope.
The Ninth Sheriff’s Lord’s heart was appalled, rolling around on the ground and immediately about to stand up.
Suddenly, a huge dark shadow appeared above her head, and the huge savage beast, with an open pair of iron hooves, stomped down towards her.
If she was stepped on by this savage beast, wouldn’t her body be crushed?
“Boom!”
A Thunder Shocking Arrow flew from afar and impacted on the neck of that one savage beast, causing the body of that one savage beast to be slightly deflected by the impact.
Its pair of iron hooves brushed against the Nine Sheriff Lords and landed on the ground next to the Nine Sheriff Lords, on the ground, stomping out two large pits half a foot deep.
“Worthy of being a first rank medium savage beast! Iron-skinned Barbarian Bull, its defense is also too strong, the Thunder Shocking Arrow was actually unable to shoot through its skin!”
It wasn’t just that the Iron-skinned Savage Bull’s defense was strong, but also because Zhang Ruochen and it were too far apart, and the impact of the Thrilling Thunder Arrow was dampened.
Zhang Ruochen stood up from the Antelope Horse’s back, and with a stomp of his legs, his body catapulted up and rushed in the direction of the stream.
The strength of the Iron-skinned Savage Bull was equivalent to a martial artist of the Yellow Extreme Realm’s Middle Extreme Position, and its defense was comparable to that of a Yellow Extreme Realm’s Great Extreme Position, which made it a rather powerful type of savage beast amongst the first-order medium savage beasts.
“Moo!”
The Iron-skinned Barbarian Bull was enraged by Zhang Ruochen’s arrow just now, and once again raised its iron hoof and stomped down towards the Nine County Lord beside it.
“Swish!”
Zhang Ruochen tottered four meters in mid-air, drew out a Thunderstorm Arrow, opened his bow, released the arrow, and shot out.
“Poof!”
The Thunder Thrilling Arrow shot accurately into the Iron Skinned Brute Bull’s mouth, and the Thunderbolt Spirit Crystal exploded in the Iron Skinned Brute Bull’s throat, transforming into a ball of electricity, which shredded the Iron Skinned Brute Bull’s throat.
The Iron Skinned Savage Bull fell back two steps, blood dripping from its mouth nonstop in a very painful manner.
“Boom!”
The Iron Skinned Savage Bull ended up with a loud bang and fell heavily to the ground.
The Nine County Lord let out a long sigh of relief and stood up with her legs a little weak, just now it was too thrilling, if Zhang Ruochen had not shot the Iron Skinned Brute Bull, she would probably have died under the iron hooves of the Iron Skinned Brute Bull.
Zhang Ruochen walked over and stared towards the Nine County Lord, saying, “Are you alright?”
The Ninth County Lord gently shook her head and said, “If you hadn’t arrived in time, something would have really happened. Ninth Brother, how come your archery skills are so powerful? The Iron-skinned Savage Bull is a first-rank medium savage beast, its defense is comparable to that of a Yellow Extreme Realm Great Extreme Position martial artist, and it was actually killed by two of your arrows!”
Zhang Ruochen glanced towards the corpse of the Iron Skinned Savage Bull on the ground and said, “Whether it’s a savage beast or a human being, they all have weaknesses. As long as you attack its weakness, you can kill it even if your strength is inferior to it.”
The greatest advantage of humans was that they possessed a high level of intelligence, being able to use battle soldiers and weapons, and being able to analyze the weaknesses of barbarian beasts.
Therefore, human martial artists were able to kill barbarian beasts that were stronger than themselves.
If he hadn’t been attacked by the Iron Skinned Savage Bull by surprise, with the strength of the Nine County Lord, he would have had the chance to kill the Iron Skinned Savage Bull, and wouldn’t be in such a sorry state as he was now.
The Nine County Lord slung the Iron Thread Bow over her shoulder and collected the quiver with only two Thunder Thrilling Arrows left, saying, “Each of us has a special mark on top of our Thunder Thrilling Arrows, and there will naturally be forbidden guards coming to collect the prey later on, so there’s no need for us to personally bring the prey out. Let’s go!”
With that, the Nine Sheriff Lords walked over in the direction of Zhang Ruochen’s antelope horse.
Zhang Ruochen frowned slightly and said, “What are you doing?”
The Ninth County Lord’s lips hooked slightly as she laughed, “My gazelle horse has been severely injured, so naturally, I can only ride your gazelle horse now… Ninth Brother, you won’t let your sister go hunting on foot, will you?”
The Ninth County Lord was wearing a close-fitting Imperial Sparrow robe, outlining a concave and convex beautiful delicate body,**** round, jade waist slim, every inch of her body was snow white like jade, emitting a faint fragrance.
Her arm gently pressed on the back of the antelope horse, and her delicate body immediately catapulted up, her movements were very graceful, and she landed on the back of the antelope horse.
“Ninth brother, hurry up and come up! If we don’t set off, the savage beasts will be hunted out by those guys!” The Ninth Sheriff Lord’s eyes blinked, stretching out a jade hand and making an inviting gesture.
In the end, Zhang Ruochen walked over and held the Ninth County Lord’s soft jade hand, using it to leverage his strength to roll over and land on the back of the antelope horse.
The two of them shared a ride and rushed towards the depths of the King’s Mountain.
“With our strength, if we are able to cooperate with each other, it will be enough to hunt a first rank medium savage beast.” A few moments of anticipation appeared in the eyes of the Nine Counties Lord, even if she was only able to hunt down a first-order medium savage beast, she would definitely be able to obtain a not-so-low score in the examination of the King’s Mountain Hunt.
The calculation method for the results of the Wang Mountain Hunt: one first-order superior savage beast = five first-order medium savage beasts.
A first-order medium savage beast = five first-order inferior savage beasts.
In other words, although Zhang Ruochen had only hunted one Iron Skinned Savage Bull, he had already hunted the equivalent of five First Order Lower Grade Savage Beasts.
One had to know that not everyone could hunt and kill a First Order Medium Savage Beast, at least one would need the cultivation of the Middle Extreme Position of the Yellow Extreme Realm to be able to do so.
Moreover, the speed of a first-order medium savage beast was quite fast, and their defenses were all very impressive, even if they possessed the cultivation of the Middle Extreme Position, wanting to hunt and kill a first-order medium savage beast was not an easy task.
Although Zhang Ruochen was only at the peak of the Small Extreme Position cultivation, however, his strength was already stronger than many Middle Extreme Position martial artists, which was why he was able to successfully shoot the Iron Skinned Savage Beast.
Zhang Ruochen’s eyes were very sharp as he said, “It would be great if I could hunt down a first-rank upper class savage beast!”
“How is that possible? The combined strength of every first rank upper class savage beast is comparable to a martial artist of the Huangji Realm Grand Circle, if we really encounter one, it would be a disaster, and it would be hard for us to escape with our lives!”
The Ninth County Lord added, “In the last ten years of the end of the year examination, only the Seventh Prince has successfully hunted a first rank upper class savage beast. As for this year’s year-end examination, there is simply no one who possesses the strength to hunt and kill a first-order upper class savage beast.”
