Before deciding to hunt the Green Fire Deer, Zhang Ruochen had carefully calculated.
With his current cultivation level, there was indeed a great disparity in strength with the Green Fire Deer. Moreover, he couldn’t use True Martial Treasure Weapons because the Shining Soul Sword and the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword were both placed in the inner space of the Space-Time Crystal Stone.
Once he used them, he would expose the Space-Time Crystal Stone.
If it were any other first-rank upper class savage beast, Zhang Ruochen would not have any chance of winning.
However, the Green Flame Deer was different; the Green Flame Deer’s strength was in its speed, and its attack and defense were far inferior to that of any other First Order Upper Grade Savage Beast.
Zhang Ruochen’s advantage lay in the fact that he possessed a mental power comparable to that of a Heavenly Extreme Realm Grand Circle Martial Artist and a wealth of combat experience, which allowed him to prejudge the Green Flame Deer’s attack direction and make the most flexible contingency.
Therefore, the Green Fire Deer’s terrifying speed might not necessarily be able to crush Zhang Ruochen.
“Roar!”
As if provoking, Zhang Ruochen took the initiative to let out a roar at the Green Fire Deer.
“Wow!”
The Green Flame Deer was enraged, and the flames on its body burned even brighter, transforming into a green-colored residual shadow that instantly rushed to Zhang Ruochen’s body and slammed into it.
The moment before the Green Fire Deer rushed over, Zhang Ruochen then stomped on the ground with both legs, and with the help of the bouncing force, he rushed up more than seven meters high.
“Flying Dragon in the Sky!”
Surging true qi rapidly circulated in the eleven meridians, and it was like a low-pitched dragon’s roar emanated from Zhang Ruochen’s body as the strength of his entire body’s muscles and bones mobilized, and he fiercely slammed his palm down.
However, the speed of the Green Fire Deer was simply too fast, and Zhang Ruochen’s palm did not hit it, but instead struck the ground.
“Wow!”
A green colored shadow flashed and appeared in front of Zhang Ruochen, the green colored antlers on top of its head, crashing into Zhang Ruochen’s chest.
Zhang Ruochen once again slapped out a palm and fought hard against the green fire deer.
“Boom!”
A powerful impact came from the center of his palm, and Zhang Ruochen’s right arm immediately lost consciousness.
Zhang Ruochen quickly stepped back and looked towards his right arm, only to see that the palm of his right hand was burned by the flames from the Green Flame Deer’s body, and even his sleeves were burned to ashes, revealing his wrist and arm.
True Qi was running through his meridians, and his arm, which was originally numb, gradually regained its senses.
“Squeak!”
The Green Flame Deer attacked up again, and in a flash, it appeared in front of Zhang Ruochen’s body.
Right at this moment, the Nine County Lord standing in the distance shot two Thunderbolt Arrows in a row, both of which were directed at the two eyes of the Green Fire Deer.
“Boom!”
“Boom!”
The Green Fire Deer’s reaction speed was extremely fast, using the hard antlers on its head to send the two Thunderbolt Arrows flying out.
“Savage Beast Chi Earth!”
Seeing the opportunity, Zhang Ruochen charged up and with the impact of his body, he struck out another palm, erupting with the strength of sixteen oxen, striking the top of the Green Fire Deer’s head.
The Green Flame Deer’s mouth let out a mournful cry, and a bloody slit cracked out from the top of its head, suffering a considerable injury and its reaction became sluggish.
“Pfft!”
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Nine Sheriff Lord opened her bow and shot her last Thunderbolt Arrow out, accurately piercing through the Green Fire Deer’s left eye.
“Boom!”
The arrowhead of the Thunder Thrilling Arrow exploded, and the left side of the Green Fire Deer’s head was blown apart, its eyeball turning into a cloud of blood mist.
Zhang Ruochen rolled over and reached the corpse of the saber-toothed red tiger, wrenching off a half-foot long sharp tooth from the saber-toothed red tiger’s mouth.
The severely injured Green Flame Deer, with the green-colored flames on its body extinguished, turned around and fled.
Zhang Ruochen grabbed one of the Saber-Toothed Red Tiger’s sharp teeth as if he was carrying a short blade, and violently stomped on the tree trunk, using the bouncing force of the tree trunk to leap up.
“Pfft!”
The sharp tiger’s teeth plunged straight into the center of the Green Fire Deer’s brow, piercing through the Green Fire Deer’s skull.
“Boom!”
The Green Fire Deer struggled twice, but eventually collapsed to the ground, becoming moribund.
Zhang Ruochen pulled out the tiger’s teeth and inserted them into the Green Fire Deer’s abdomen, completely ending its life.
The Ninth County Lord immediately rushed over and looked at the corpse of the Green Fire Deer on the ground, still somewhat in disbelief of what had happened in front of her, “Ninth brother …… you killed a first rank upper class savage beast.”
Zhang Ruochen stared at her and stood up, briefly bandaging his burnt palms with strips of cloth, saying, “It wasn’t me, it was us.”
The Nine Counties Lord naturally knew that she hadn’t been of much help; if Zhang Ruochen hadn’t struck the top of the Green Fire Deer’s head with his palm, causing it to slow down, the Thunder Shocking Arrow that she had shot out would have never been able to hit the Green Fire Deer’s eyes.
Of course, her heart was still very happy, after all, she had participated in the hunt of that one first-rank upper class savage beast and, moreover, succeeded.
The Nine County Lord was so excited that she immediately pounced towards Zhang Ruochen and hugged him.
“Ninth brother, we are simply the best battle partners, our cooperation is too good!”
Her pair of soft jade arms tightly hooked around Zhang Ruochen’s neck, and the pair of elastic, crispy peaks in front of her chest pressed up smoothly, almost causing Zhang Ruochen to fall to the ground.
Zhang Ruochen lifted one arm and pressed down on the Nine County Lord’s fragrant shoulder, keeping a certain distance from her as he faintly said, “We should go back!”
Seeing Zhang Ruochen looking so cold, the Ninth County Lord stomped her foot, frowned, and said, “I’m your sister, it’s not like I’m going to eat you, so there’s no need to always look so disgusted?”
Zhang Ruochen walked out of the Tiger’s Whistling Slope, rolled over onto the back of an antelope horse, and stared towards the Nine County Lord, saying, “Let’s go!”
The Ninth County Lord rolled her eyes, put her hand on Zhang Ruochen’s palm, landed behind Zhang Ruochen, stretched out a pair of jade arms, hugged Zhang Ruochen’s waist, leaned her delicate and beautiful face against Zhang Ruochen’s back, and flirted, “Your Highness, the Ninth Prince, quickly take your beautiful sister and leave this place full of killings!”
Zhang Ruochen gently shook his head and drove his antelope horse, immediately rushing out of the dense forest and running in the direction of the royal martial arts field.
……
Of the forty-three young martial artists who had participated in the hunt, twenty-six had already returned to the Royal Clan Martial Field, leaving only seventeen who had yet to return.
The martial artists who hadn’t returned by this time had either accidentally died in the mouths of the savage beasts or hadn’t hunted the savage beasts yet.
“Min’er, how was the harvest from this hunt?” The Fifth Prince’s birth mother, Empress Huo, asked.
The Fifth Prince’s face wore a confident smile as he said, “Back to Mother, just don’t worry, there is absolutely no better result than mine in this King’s Mountain hunt!”
“In that case, it is the best.” Empress Huo nods her head and smiles.
Lin Fengxian also casts an inquiring glance at Lin Mishan, saying, “Shan’er, this is the first time you’ve participated in the King’s Mountain Hunt, so you should have encountered a lot of difficulties, right?”
Lin Mishan shook her head, also very confident, and said, “The King’s Mountain Hunt is even easier than I imagined, there are no difficulties whatsoever, I’m confident that I’ll definitely be able to make it into the top ten in this round of examinations.”
Lin Mishan glanced in the direction of Wang Shan and saw that Zhang Ruochen still hadn’t returned, so she became a little more complacent and said in her heart, “It seems that he hasn’t hunted the savage beast yet. After all, it’s only been three months since he practiced martial arts, taking heavenly treasures can boost one’s strength in a short period of time, but it can’t boost one’s combat experience.”
At this moment, Concubine Lin also tensed up and stared at Wang Shan’s direction.
Subsequently, the teenage martial artists who participated in the hunt returned one after another.
Most of the faces of the teenage martial artists who came back at this time didn’t have joyful, sad faces, it was obvious that they didn’t hunt any savage beasts in the King Mountain.
“Why haven’t the Ninth Prince and the Ninth County Lord returned yet? Don’t let there be any accidents.”
Everyone started to worry, after all, in previous years’ King Mountain hunts, there were also teenage martial artists who were killed by savage beasts.
The Yunwu County King frowned slightly and was about to immediately send people into the King Mountain to search for the Ninth Prince and the Ninth County Lord.
Suddenly, a voice rang out from the crowd, ”Back! The Ninth Prince and the Ninth County Lord have returned together!”
Concubine Lin, Lin Mishan, those other princes and county lords, all stared in the direction of the King’s Mountain, only to see the Ninth Prince and the Ninth County Lord sharing a ride, speeding in from the distance.
Returning to the royal martial field, Zhang Ruochen and the Nine County Lords leapt off the backs of the antelope horses and walked towards the Yunwu County King.
“Greetings, Great King!” Zhang Ruochen said.
“Greetings to Father!” The Nine County Lords said.
County Lord Yunwu laughed aloud and said, “Ninth child, why are you sharing a ride with Xi’er?”
The Ninth County Lord jumped the gun and said, “Father, ninth brother and I were attacked by the Iron-skinned Barbarian Bull in the King’s Mountain, and my mount was severely injured, which is why, I could only share a gazelle horse with ninth brother.”
County King Yunwu’s gaze fixed on Zhang Ruochen and said, “Ninth son, is that so?”
“Yes.” Zhang Ruochen said.
County King Yunwu nodded and stared at Zhang Ruochen’s injured right arm, saying, “Jiu’er, after all, it’s your first time to participate in the King’s Mountain Hunt, your first time to fight against savage beasts, moreover, you only opened your Divine Martial Seal three months ago, so don’t be too discouraged even if you didn’t hunt a savage beast.”
“I understand!”
Zhang Ruochen didn’t explain and just said lightly.
The Nine County Lord’s lips had moved, but in the end, she didn’t say anything.
When the Sixth Prince and the Fifth Prince saw Zhang Ruochen’s injured appearance, their hearts became very happy.
The corner of Lin Mishan’s mouth also curled up slightly, Zhang Ruochen had indeed made a name for himself in the last round of the strength test, but when it came to truly fighting with savage beasts, he was still too far behind!
