Chapter 186: Slaughtering the Beast Horde |
The monitor lizards present all raised their heads, flicking their tongues in and out.
They smelled the intense scent of their companion's blood in the air, along with the thick aura emanating from this group of humans.
"Hiss~"
The leader of the Gobi Sand Monitors issued a warning.
But most of the other young Gobi Sand Monitors fell into hesitation.
The Gobi Sand Monitor leader moved its four limbs, advancing towards the group! Seeing this, the other members of its kind followed closely behind their leader.
Their speed when running was very fast, especially in short-distance sprints, displaying a velocity that didn't match their bulky frames.
Their thick limbs stomped on the sandy ground of the Gobi, producing dull thumping sounds.
With necks leaning forward and centers of gravity lowered, they were already prepared to bite.
The distance of the Gobi Sand Monitors grew closer and closer, and they opened their gaping maws.
"Fire!"
At a distance so close it made one's hair stand on end, the third volley of giant crossbow bolts shot out.
The three nearest Gobi Sand Monitors were directly knocked flying, and another one had a bolt graze its side, tearing flesh and revealing bloody muscles underneath.
"Kill!" Du Yu shouted in a low voice, raising his spear and thrusting. One spear thrust directly pierced the Gobi Sand Monitor leader's shoulder, the powerful impact forcing him back three steps.
He then stomped his right leg down hard, temporarily halting his retreat.
The spearhead lodged inside the giant lizard's body, bending into an arc.
"Up!" The veins on Du Yu's arms bulged.
He forcefully lifted and flipped it over!
After pulling out the long spear, he thrust it once more into the vital point at the gap in the lizard's abdomen.
The monitor lizard leader trembled violently, its four legs shaking frantically, its tail stiffening straight, and urine spurting out.
As the spearhead twisted, the monitor lizard leader lost its breath.
Behind him, a group of students looked at him as if he were a superhero.
"Thud~"
"Hold on!" a student shouted.
The monitor lizards had already crashed into the formations on both flanks.
First was the spear formation. The sharp long spears shattered upon contact. The moment the monitor lizards' speed slowed, the shield formation stepped up to meet the challenge.
The massive shields pressed against the monitor lizards' bodies, delaying their advance.
But due to the monitor lizards' unique body structure, ordinary shields had difficulty applying force effectively. Fortunately, before dealing with the monitor lizards, these shields had already undergone special modifications in advance, with their bottoms widened and thickened to increase bottom weight and lower the center of gravity.
Even so, when the monitor lizards charged over, several shield teams were nearly overturned, creating a perilous situation for a time.
Seeing this, Du Yu immediately took up his spear to provide support. He circled around to the back of the monitor lizards, his long spear sweeping horizontally, slashing, poking, tapping, and thrusting, focusing on harassment, making the monitor lizards too busy to take care of themselves and unable to concentrate.
For a time, the monitor lizard formation completely collapsed.
"Move aside, move aside!"
Cao Biansheng roared.
The students blocking the front holding shields quickly parted to the left and right, exposing the monitor lizards behind them.
Before the monitor lizard could react to why these humans were retreating, a massive crossbow bolt carrying the force of a thunderous judgment pinned it to the ground.
The thick crossbow bolt pierced through its neck like a sword of divine punishment, pinning it down. Its two front claws were still climbing emptily, leaving claw marks on the coarse, hard sandy ground.
Three minutes later, the battle ended.
The remaining monitor lizards fled in panic.
Their leader was dead, and their ranks had suffered heavy casualties. They had no more will to fight.
"Kill." Du Yu pursued with his spear. His running speed was actually not the slightest bit inferior to these monitor lizards. He mainly attacked their hind legs. Once a leg was injured, they couldn't run fast, making it convenient for the following team to catch up.
"Hiss~"
The trapped monitor lizards erupted with the ferocity of cornered beasts fighting desperately. At this moment, they were cut off and separated, becoming touchstones for each small team.
"Stab its butt!"
"Hurry, be careful."
"Don't let it charge out."
"Where are the shields, where are the shields!"
On the hillside behind, Luo Gang sighed with emotion. "So it ends just like this."
"Mm, not bad." Qin Ziwen nodded.
This battle took even less time than imagined, and there were almost no casualties.
Both his and Luo Gang's attention were focused on Du Yu in the distance, who was single-handedly pursuing and killing the monitor lizards.
Luo Gang felt his heart surging with emotion. "Is this the power of a superhuman?"
Qin Ziwen corrected the focus. "It's not the superhuman part that's strong; it's him who is strong."
If it were an ordinary person who hadn't learned much combat skill, even if they became superhuman, they absolutely could not achieve the level of performance Du Yu displayed.
Advanced combat techniques plus superhuman physical constitution produced an effect where one plus one was greater than two.
Luo Gang pondered, then nodded. "Indeed."
[Completed Hunting Ladder Level 1 Task: Hunt Adult Gobi Sand Monitor]
[Reward Obtained: Building Card Level 1 Blacksmith*1, 1 point]
Looking at the reward, Qin Ziwen felt a sense of relief in his heart. He had finally gathered four Level 1 Blacksmith cards. He could upgrade the Blacksmith to level four, then use the Ordinary Building Enhancement Card to directly raise the Blacksmith to level five.
If he wasn't aiming for a level six building, if he used the upgrade card now, he could immediately obtain a level four Advanced Building!
To synthesize using the same type of Advanced Building Card, he would need a full eight identical Advanced Building Cards to obtain a level four Advanced Building.
Thoughts churned in Qin Ziwen's mind until Du Yu walked over with the card dropped by the Gobi Sand Monitor leader. "Master."
Looking at the card in Du Yu's hand, joy flashed in Qin Ziwen's eyes.
It was actually another Ordinary Building Enhancement Card.
He calculated in his heart. Now he also had 3 Farm Field cards.
Accumulate one more, and he could also use an enhancement card to directly reach level five.
With the monitor lizard colony eliminated, the Altar they had occupied also fell into the group's control.
Luo Gang said, "You all contributed the most to eliminating this colony. How about this: from now on, the cards produced by this Altar, we split them fifty-fifty."
"That's fine." Qin Ziwen naturally had no objections.
With the battlefield concluded, everyone began cleaning up the battlefield. For example, the monitor lizard meat and hides needed to be separated. Also, the fired crossbow bolts needed to be retrieved. Damaged ones had to be taken back for repair, and undamaged ones also needed the blood and filth wiped off them.
But most of the fired crossbow bolts were more or less damaged and required repair and reforging.
Fortunately, the technical difficulty of crossbow bolts wasn't high. The core was the spearhead and a spear shaft that guaranteed strength.
"Captain, we just tested using the monitor lizard corpses. If shot directly with a strong bow, at a distance of thirty paces, it can penetrate roughly thirty centimeters into the flesh." Cao Biansheng walked over, holding the strong bow obtained through trade.
Qin Ziwen pondered and said, "At that depth, if the position can be chosen correctly, it should be enough to hit the heart, right?"
Cao Biansheng shook his head. "The heart is hard to shoot. Its heart is inside the chest cavity. Unless you can flip it over belly-up, from the front, it's not easy to manage."
But then he added, "However, if we could have a dozen or so strong bows firing from the front, we could probably turn it into a hedgehog. With a little delay, just bleeding alone could drain it to death."