Chapter 200: Hunting Ferocious Beasts
The next day, the Panlong Mountain Range was shrouded in dark clouds, as if foretelling the cruelty of racial warfare.
In order to understand the strength of his subordinates, Yan Hong brought Zhou Ming and the others into the wilderness and began clearing out high-tier Ferocious Beasts that had fled from the Panlong Mountain Range.
Ever since the Giant Race descended upon the Panlong Mountain Range, the Ferocious Beasts living there had become nothing more than prey. Even high-tier Ferocious Beasts comparable to advanced professional ranks, driven purely by instinct, could only flee the core region of the mountain range.
Although they could not threaten Qinghui Base itself, if they formed a Beast Tide, they would be more than enough to endanger the small bases around Qinghui Base.
Therefore, clearing high-tier Ferocious Beasts was also part of Zhou Ming and the others’ mission.
However, there were no merit rewards. They could either keep the Ferocious Beasts as spoils or submit them to the Hunter Guild in exchange for contribution points.
On the outskirts of the Panlong Mountain Range, within a flat stretch of forest, the sounds of fierce slaughter rang out continuously.
“Ten Thousand Snakes, be careful. The Earth-Walking Dragon is escaping in your direction.”
Seeing the hunting target flee toward Zhou Ming, Yan Hong immediately raised his voice in warning.
Zhou Ming had just heard the reminder when he saw a massive creature charging toward him, its body clad in thick, heavy scales and resembling a triceratops, smashing through a large tree as it rushed forward.
Earth-Walking Dragon, a sub-dragon type Ferocious Beast, possessing a trace of true dragon bloodline, renowned for its strength and defense.
Although it could not use spells, under the enhancement of elemental energy particles, conventional weapons were unable to cause it harm.
“Boom.”
Zhou Ming pulled the trigger of the Thunder Type-3 Revolver, and the specially made bullet, carrying tremendous kinetic force, slammed into the Earth-Walking Dragon.
The scales on the Earth-Walking Dragon’s body shimmered with an earthy yellow glow, and in the end, the bullet only left behind a white dot on the scales.
This was precisely why conventional weapons found it difficult to damage high-tier Ferocious Beasts.
A powerful and terrifying physical body, enhanced by elemental energy particles, was more than enough to withstand the damage of ordinary weapons.
Zhou Ming had already anticipated this outcome, after all, the Earth-Walking Dragon was famous for its formidable physique.
However, the Thunder Type-3 Revolver did not stop firing because of this.
Semi-transparent snake scales appeared beneath Zhou Ming’s clothing, augmenting his physical strength as he aimed at the Earth-Walking Dragon’s eyes and fired continuously.
This time, the Earth-Walking Dragon immediately shook its head to evade the bullets, and its originally frenzied charge was halted by Zhou Ming.
Just as the Earth-Walking Dragon was about to launch an attack on Zhou Ming, in that brief moment of delay, Fire Fox and the others’ attacks had already arrived.
A flame whip stretching dozens of meters appeared in Fire Fox’s hand. Her Phantasmal Beast was a Scarlet Flame Fire Fox, which had transformed into an armor form and wrapped around her body.
Her voluptuous figure, combined with the fiery red armor and the long whip formed from condensed fire-element energy particles in her hand, carried a certain uniformed allure.
Beautiful indeed—but a rose with thorns.
She swung the flame whip, and wherever it touched, trees and vines were instantly burned apart, the scorching heat baking the surroundings.
The flame whip coiled around the ten-meter-long Earth-Walking Dragon like a giant serpent, and the others seized the opportunity to immediately launch their attacks.
Fang’s profession was Beast Knight. His Beast Taming companion was a high-tier Tusked Battle Boar. Wielding a three-meter-long double-bladed battle axe, he directly mounted his beast and charged forward.
In the next instant, a passage about two meters wide and fifty meters long appeared beneath him.
The giant axe swung, and a two-meter-long silver crescent slash was unleashed.
As for Wind Eagle and Yinchuan, their respective Beast Tamings were the Gale Wind Eagle Phantasmal Beast and the Golden Light Monkey Phantasmal Beast, controlling wind-element and metal-element energy particles respectively.
Although both were Phantasmal Tamers, their combat styles were markedly different. Like Fire Fox, Wind Eagle excelled at long-range spell attacks, while Yinchuan preferred close-quarters combat, condensing metal-element energy particles into a two-meter-long spear.
Though their styles differed, their offensives were equally fierce. Wind blades and spear thrusts tore through the Earth-Walking Dragon’s thick armor.
Seeing the Earth-Walking Dragon once again trapped, Zhou Ming reloaded his bullets. When the creature found it difficult to dodge, he struck its left eye with a three-round burst.
Even with elemental energy particles reinforcing its body, three bullets striking the same spot in an instant—especially the weakest point, the eye—immediately tore through its defenses.
Zhou Ming’s attack method caused the others to glance at him in surprise. Enhancing bullet power by concentrating fire on a single point was not a shooting technique that could be mastered casually.
“Roar…”
Zhou Ming’s shameless tactic instantly drove the Earth-Walking Dragon into a frenzy. Its only intact eye turned blood-red.
Its strength surged by several degrees. Palm-sized dragon scales erupted with earthy yellow light as it broke free from Fire Fox’s restraints and charged toward Zhou Ming.
Seeing the Earth-Walking Dragon severely wounded, the others chose not to continue attacking. Instead, they took the opportunity to further test Zhou Ming’s methods.
The Thunder Type-3 Revolver was decent, but it was still not enough to make them take him seriously.
Seeing this, Zhou Ming could only summon Silver Scale and ride it into battle against the Earth-Walking Dragon.
The two colossal beings collided like two trucks crashing into each other, producing resounding booms.
However, the Earth-Walking Dragon was already heavily injured. Facing Silver Scale, it was difficult for it to mount an effective counterattack, and within moments, it died beneath Silver Scale’s serpent fangs.
“Ten Thousand Snakes, I didn’t expect your Beast Taming to have such formidable defense. From now on, you’ll be responsible for our team’s defense.”
Fire Fox dispersed the flame whip in her hand. Seeing Silver Scale’s massive size and its eye-catching defensive power, she winked flirtatiously at Zhou Ming as she made the suggestion.
“I like them younger.”
Facing Fire Fox’s attempt at robbing the cradle, Zhou Ming let her experience what it meant that truth was the sharpest blade, delivering a critical blow directly.
“Say that again.”
Fire Fox’s eyes flashed with cold light as the vanished flame whip reappeared in her hand.
As for Fang and the others, they stood to the side with smiles, enjoying the show.
Even Wind Eagle, the old man, secretly nodded in approval of Zhou Ming’s remark—clearly old in body but young at heart.
“Enough. Are you trying to fight among yourselves?”
Yan Hong walked over slowly, stopping the internal conflict.
“The Earth-Walking Dragon was slain through your cooperation. I won’t participate in the distribution of the spoils. Decide quickly how to divide them.”
Compared to the earlier conflict, Zhou Ming and the others immediately turned their attention to the Earth-Walking Dragon’s corpse upon hearing Yan Hong’s reminder.
Compared to ordinary high-tier Ferocious Beasts, high-tier sub-dragons with dragon bloodlines were far more valuable.
Dragon scales, dragon blood, dragon bones, dragon hearts, and dragon tendons were all top-grade materials, useful both for crafting transcendent equipment and refining potions.
When it came to the issue of distribution, it was the experienced and elderly Wind Eagle who proposed a solution.
Each person would take the materials they needed. The two who took materials of higher value would compensate the two who took lower-value materials with Source Crystal Coins.
As for the unlikely appearance of a Dragon Crystal, it would be obtained through bidding, with the other four sharing the Source Crystals.
After the discussion, Zhou Ming obtained the three materials he wanted most: dragon blood, dragon meat, and dragon heart.
Although there were many types of materials, their overall value was not high, so he neither needed to compensate others nor receive compensation from them.
After the spoils were distributed, the five continued searching for high-tier Ferocious Beasts that had fled the Panlong Mountain Range under Yan Hong’s leadership.
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