landbeastnovel Chapter 35 Stealing Kills!
Chapter 35 Stealing Kills!
I estimated the distance and wind direction.
Shen Mo drew his bow and nocked an arrow, aiming at the wary pheasant.
Whoosh!
The arrow left the bowstring and flew away.
The next moment, the pleated monkey's shrill cries stopped abruptly, and it plummeted headfirst from the tree...
The Tier 1 monster "Folded Monkey" has been added to the roster, rewarding you with 1 point of Constitution attribute enhancement!
[You have hunted 1 plecos, rewarding you with 1 skill enhancement point!]
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Shen Mo achieved a good start, but also stirred up a hornet's nest.
The calls of monkeys began to echo from the mountains and forests in front of them.
The sounds rose and fell, sharp and piercing, like the wailing of ghosts and wolves.
The entire forest seemed to come alive, with trees swaying in swathes.
Looking around, you can see gray-green figures leaping and darting among the trees.
Seeing the riotous troop of plecos rushing towards them.
Shi Lan left a warning and then brandished her battle axe, charging forward to meet the enemy.
"You two stay here and protect Teacher Shen!"
Wei Dongming gave his apprentice an instruction and then rushed out as well.
Together with Shi Lan, they formed a pincer movement, facing the troop of folded monkeys and protecting Shen Mo's front.
"teacher?"
Shen Mo wasn't too fond of the title, but that didn't stop him from continuing to shoot arrows.
Whoosh!
Before the two sides could even engage in close combat, Shen Mo fired another arrow, knocking a monkey down from the tree.
[You have hunted a total of 110 monsters. Reward: 1 point of Battle Skill Enhancement!]
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"Teacher Shen, how did you learn archery? How can you be so accurate?" Zheng Hao asked with some envy.
He was very curious to know how the young man in front of him, who looked even younger than himself, could master such strong archery skills.
"Just a bit of talent and hard work."
As he spoke, Shen Mo fired another arrow.
He shot down the head of a monkey that jumped down from a tree and pounced on Wei Dongming.
Snapped!
The monkey carcass fell a few meters away from Wei Dongming.
Seeing the arrow pierce the eye of the pleco and penetrate its head, Wei Dongming paused for a moment before using his arm shield to swat away another pleco that lunged at him...
Seeing this, Zheng Hao and Li Zitao both fell silent...
"That Shi Lan, he killed them way too fast!"
As Shen Mo drew his bow again, he caught a glimpse of Shi Lan wreaking havoc out of the corner of his eye.
It can only be said that Shi Lan truly deserves to be called a Bronze-level Demon Hunter.
The battle axe in his hand was wreathed in blue light, and he swung it with great force.
Killing the monkeys was as easy as chopping melons and vegetables; one axe stroke each, fast and fierce!
The most pleated monkeys pounced on her, but they also died the fastest.
In mild cases, hands or feet are severed; in severe cases, the body is separated from its head or severed in two with an axe.
In the blink of an eye, five pleated monkeys died at her hands.
The pleated monkeys behind her were so frightened that they dared not face her directly, bypassed Shi Lan, and rushed towards Shen Mo.
"Are you trying to test us out?"
Seeing the two pleated monkeys that Shi Lan had deliberately let slip by, Shen Mo shot out an arrow and shot down one of the pleated monkeys in the distance.
He realized that Shi Lan hadn't gone all out; she had deliberately released two wrinkled monkeys to give them practice.
Wei Dongming also realized Shi Lan's intention and looked back with a slightly worried expression.
Li Zitao and Zheng Hao stood guard on either side of Shen Mo, facing the two rapidly approaching folded monkeys, their expressions tense.
"Old Wei, don't get distracted!"
Clang!
Shen Mo drew his long sword with one hand and chuckled at Wei Dongming, saying:
"And me too!"
The next moment, Zheng Hao and Li Zitao felt a gust of wind sweep past them.
Then Shen Mo appeared in front of him, slashing left and right with his long sword, and the two monkeys were decapitated amidst splattering blood.
[You have hunted 5 plecos, rewarding you with 1 skill enhancement point!]
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"Captain, this level of difficulty isn't enough!"
Shen Mo called out to Shi Lan.
He simply abandoned long-range shooting and charged forward with his knife.
Shi Lan's combat power was clearly somewhat overpowered when facing monsters of this level.
Wei Dongming, standing to the side, is also a skilled player with a steady and reliable style.
Shen Moruo was still shooting arrows from behind, but he didn't manage to get many kills!
"Haha, looks like I underestimated you two!"
Shi Lan laughed loudly, and seeing Shen Mo excitedly joining the battle, she simply made room for Shen Mo.
Swish!
[You have hunted a total of 115 monsters. Reward: 1 point of Battle Skill Enhancement!]
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With a casual slash, he finished off the crippled monkey that Shi Lan had slashed.
Filled with the joy of securing a kill, Shen Mo consumed 5 skill enhancement points to increase his movement speed level.
[Agility LV10 (Expert)]
A large number of jumping, dodging, and maneuvering techniques flooded into my memory.
Shen Mo felt a sense of relief, as if his Ren and Du meridians had been opened.
Faced with the onrushing pheasant, Shen Mo nimbly dodged and weaved through the mountains.
His figure darted left and right, unpredictable, yet his long sword always managed to kill the monkey with a single blow.
In the blink of an eye, he had killed three pleated monkeys.
"He didn't even use any combat techniques..."
Watching Shen Mo effortlessly handle the largest number of wrinkled monkeys, Zheng Hao murmured with mixed feelings:
"His archery skills are already that good, and his swordsmanship seems even better, with his movements being incredibly agile and unpredictable..."
How did he develop such skills at such a young age?
Li Zitao, who was standing to the side, was carefully observing Shen Mo's movements.
Hearing Zheng Hao's mutterings, and realizing that his junior brother was upset, he offered words of comfort:
"Master said that people cannot be generalized and it is normal for there to be differences."
Practice hard, study hard, and one day we can be like him...
"So, to what extent will he have reached by then?"
Zheng Hao subconsciously asked a question, leaving Li Zitao, who had been interrupted, speechless for a moment.
He watched Shen Mo fight alongside his master, effortlessly maneuvering amidst the siege of the folded monkeys.
I couldn't help but feel a little discouraged.
He is a year older than Zheng Hao and has been following Wei Dongming for two years.
The original plan was to apply for the Black Iron Trial at the end of the year and officially graduate.
But after meeting Shen Mo, Li Zitao couldn't help but begin to doubt himself...
"What are you two doing standing in the back?!"
Just then, Wei Dongming spoke up and reprimanded his two apprentices:
"Aren't you going to come over and lend me a hand!"
Upon hearing this, Zheng Hao and Li Zitao stopped thinking about it and quickly stepped forward.
Wei Dongming has been training his two apprentices for so long that they have developed a strong rapport.
With Wei Dongming's deliberate cooperation.
Zheng Hao and Li Zitao both subsequently killed the pleated monkey.
This gave the two, who had been quite discouraged, some renewed confidence...
[You have hunted a total of 125 monsters. Reward: 1 point of Battle Skill Enhancement!]
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After beheading the monkey in front of him with a single stroke, Shen Mo was delighted by the hint from "The Demon Hunter's Handbook".
By this point, he had killed 18 pleated macaques!
I gained 4 points each in combat tactic enhancement and skill enhancement!
If facing the troop of pleated monkeys alone, Shen Mo would have to resort to guerrilla tactics, like hunting man-eating spiders, which would be time-consuming and laborious.
But now he works together with his teammates.
Even when facing a large group of monsters, Shen Mo felt more relaxed than yesterday thanks to mutual care and defense.
Of course, some of the folded monkeys were killed by Shen Mo, who stole the lives of Shi Lan and Wei Dongming.
However, the mission rewards are not calculated based on the number of kills.
So neither of them felt anything was wrong.
It just seems a bit too cautious of Shen Mo to go and finish off even the dying pheasant...
"They're leaving!"
Shi Lan, who had been paddling for half a day, noticed that the wrinkled monkey was about to leave and reminded it:
"Go, chase after them! Don't let them get away!"
We need to collect at least fifty...
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