landbeastnovel Chapter 53 Oracle Bones!
Chapter 53 Oracle Bones!
Magic flowed into the longsword, and the emerging glimmer was like a tangible, cold gleam!
Rushing to the Clawed Beast, Shen Mo drew his sword and slashed.
Suddenly, he twisted his waist and sat on his hips, slashing left and right with his long sword.
Swish swish!
Three streaks of sword light and blood-red light seemed to bloom simultaneously.
The three Clawed Beasts collapsed to the ground, bleeding profusely, and quickly went still.
[You have hunted a total of 215 monsters. Reward: 1 point of Battle Skill Enhancement!]
[You have hunted 10 Clawed Beasts, rewarding you with 1 skill enhancement point!]
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The kill notification for the Scytheclaw Beast has not yet appeared.
Shen Mo killed a Clawed Beast with a single blow and glanced down at the tree.
The grayish-green beast was rolling on the ground, letting out painful roars.
And the demonic arrow he fired did indeed strike the Claw Beast's head...
Why isn't he dead yet?
Shen Mo looked puzzled.
At the same time, he dodged a lunging Claw Beast and pulled the knife out of the body of another Claw Beast.
Then he cleaved the Clawed Beast, which hadn't yet landed, to death with a single blow.
[You have hunted a total of 220 monsters. Reward: 1 point of Battle Skill Enhancement!]
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Hiss—
Just then, the roar of the Scytheclaw Beast rang out again.
Shen Mo glanced at it and saw the monster stagger to its feet, glare at him with hatred, and then turn to run away.
From the Clawed Beast to the Scythe-Clawed Beast, this creature not only became smarter, but also gained the ability to crawl.
The art of zombie movement!
The Frozen Movement spell was cast again, causing the Scytheclaw Beast to freeze, lose its balance, and fall to the ground.
Shen Mo started sprinting.
The next moment, Shen Mo's figure moved swiftly like a butterfly flitting among flowers, leaving behind several afterimages.
The long sword in his hand gleamed and made a sharp, slicing sound.
Within a few breaths, the remaining seven Clawed Beasts that charged toward Shen Mo were all killed with a single blow!
[You have hunted 15 Clawed Beasts, rewarding you with 1 skill enhancement point!]
[You have hunted a total of 225 monsters. Reward: 1 point of Battle Skill Enhancement!]
[You have hunted 20 Clawed Beasts, rewarding you with 1 skill enhancement point!]
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The Hunter's Handbook kept popping up hunting prompts, and Shen Mo charged towards the Scytheclaw Beast.
After being repeatedly held back by the zombie technique, the Scytheclaw Beast realized that it would have no way to escape unless it dealt with Silence.
With a roar to the sky, it brought with it a foul stench and pounced on Shen Mo.
Both sides moved at an astonishing speed.
But in Shen Mo's eyes, the sickle-clawed beast's movements were very slow.
Swish!
The two passed each other, and a line of blood spurted from the Scytheclaw Beast's body.
Shen Mo felt his hands tremble, and a force of recoil spread through his arms.
"call......"
Shen Mo let out a long breath and turned around.
He finally understood why his previous arrow, which had struck the back of the sickle-clawed beast's head, had not killed it.
This sickle-clawed beast not only has its head covered by a structure resembling a neck shield, but there also seems to be a tough, hard structure under its skin.
This made its defense extremely strong; even when Shen Mo slashed down, he couldn't penetrate that structure.
Roar—
The Scytheclaw Beast cried out in pain as its body was slashed.
He then turned and charged at Shen Mo again.
And deep within Shen Mo's dark eyes.
Every move the Scytheclaw Beast makes is already a clue!
The support of the skeleton, the movement of the muscles, the folds of the scales... and the flaws that cannot be covered by that unknown layer of protection!
With his hands gripping the knife, Shen Mo locked his eyes on the sickle-clawed beast's weak point, leaned forward, and suddenly charged out!
As he faced the Scytheclaw Beast, Shen Mo's magic surged, and his longsword traced a sinister arc.
Sky-Piercing Slash!
As he dodged the attack from the Scytheclaw Beast's forelimbs, Shen Mo's longsword sliced through the gap under the Scytheclaw Beast's neck shield.
puff!
Amidst the sound of flesh tearing apart, blood gushed forth like a spring.
The sickle-clawed beast ran a few steps due to inertia, and its body gradually became unsteady.
Finally, with a thud, it fell to the ground.
The Tier 2 monster "Armored Scytheclaw Beast" has been added to the Claw Beast page, and rewards you with 2 points of Constitution attribute enhancement!
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"call......"
With a long exhale, Shen Mo sheathed his long sword.
This was his first time fighting a second-tier magical beast alone.
Although it wasn't particularly difficult, it did take some effort.
Second-tier magical beasts are not only much smarter than first-tier magical beasts, but their combat power is also on a completely different level.
Among first-tier magical beasts, there are even things like the Gnatif Rat, which an ordinary person could kill with a few blows.
But there are no weak second-tier magical beasts...
After a short rest, Shen Mo glanced at Shi Lan.
The battle was nearing its end.
The three were chasing after the fleeing Claw Beast.
When the Scytheclaw Beast was still alive, the Claw Beast completely disregarded its own life or death when facing enemies.
With the death of the Scytheclaw Beast, these Clawed Beasts became a disorganized rabble, instantly scattering...
Seeing that Shi Lan and the other two had stopped chasing the Claw Beast and were instead walking towards them.
Shen Mo approached the corpse of the Scytheclaw Beast and examined the wound on its body.
"Oracle Bone Scythe-Clawed Beast?"
"So this layer is oracle bones?"
At the wound, Shen Mo saw a layer of bone.
The cuts he made actually severed the bone plates, but they didn't damage the inside of the sickle-clawed beast.
Shen Mo had dissected the Claw Beast.
Given its body structure, the Oracle-Clawed Beast is hardly related to the Clawed Beast anymore...
"The supplementary information for this Oracle-clawed Beast seems to differ from that of the male Spiny Iguana."
The mission intelligence report didn't mention that the Scytheclaw Beast had that layer of bone armor.
In "The Demon Hunter's Notebook", however, it is specifically prefixed with "oracle bone".
Could it be because there are some differences between the evolved form of Clawmon, Scythermon and Clawclawmon?
He pondered silently.
After Shi Lan and the other two arrived, they asked this question.
Seeing that Shen Mo had killed the Scytheclaw Beast, the three of them weren't too surprised this time.
The longer they spend with Shen Mo, the higher their threshold becomes...
Upon hearing Shen Mo's question, Shi Lan affirmed:
"You're right, even the evolved forms of the same magical beast can have differences."
Sometimes, they are not even recognizable as a single species.
For example, the evolved form of the Gnattodon, the Reaverodon.
Some of them simply have more developed teeth and are larger in size.
In actual combat, they couldn't even defeat an ordinary rotten wolf.
But there is a fortified village to the north where a special kind of predatory beast once appeared.
Those gnats can spread a magical plague, which can not only infect people with the magical disease, but also accelerate the evolution of the gnats in the surrounding area.
This ultimately led to the destruction of that fortified village!
Shi Lan pointed to the corpse of the Scytheclaw Beast and said to Shen Mo:
"The reason this Scytheclaw Beast has such a high bounty is not only because it can command more Claw Beasts."
It also lies in its inherent uncertainties and research value.
Wei Dongming had obviously heard about the incident as well, and echoed it with some related information.
Shen Mo then gained some understanding of the evolved forms of magical beasts...
Mission over.
Together, they collected materials from the Claw Beast.
Then a stretcher was made, and the sickle-clawed beast was secured to it, which Shi Lan then dragged.
The second task requires bringing back the carcass of the Scytheclaw Beast intact as much as possible.
The team didn't have a vehicle, so they had to transport everything by hand.
Fortunately, I only took on two missions today, so I don't have to carry corpses around.
After retrieving their belongings from Pine Forest Fortress, the group officially returned to Twilight Valley City.
Shen Mo left briefly midway through.
He has something he needs Shi Lan to bring into the city...