C13 Archery of the Beast King

"Whiz!"

The iron arrow cut through the air with a slight sound. It was far from the overbearing power of the chief hunter, but it still achieved Ling Haotian's goal.

The long arrow fell like a meteor, fiercely piercing into the middle of the three Blood Vines. Its tail feathers were buried in the ground and it disappeared without a trace.

Bang!

It was as if he had touched something, causing some sort of change. A loud sound rang out, and the calm surface of the lake suddenly exploded. Waves of water burst out, raising up dozens of feet into the air. It was extremely violent.

A fierce, fishy wind came over, along with which, a fierce growl came into the ears of the two people.

Their expressions did not change and their pupils constricted. They instantly saw the enormous figure that had jumped out of the lake. It was actually a ferocious beast with a blood-red body, a tail like a whip, and a mouth like a bloody basin.

"Blood Tail Crocodile?" Seeing this fierce beast, Yu Meng was obviously shocked. Her pretty face turned pale, and soon, a trace of fear emerged on her face.

Ling Haotian noticed the change in her tone and expression and knew that it was definitely a difficult character to deal with. With a sharp gaze, he calmly said: "Yu Meng, move to the side. I'll shoot it down!"

"Wait. Big brother Haotian, remember to shoot its eyes and mouth. Those two areas are where it is weak." Nodding, Yu Meng took half a step back and instructed.

"En!" Nodding his head, Ling Haotian took out an arrow and nocked it onto the metal bow. Carefully aiming, he rapidly bent the bow like a full moon and his entire body tensed up.

As if it had sensed something, the red-tailed crocodile let out a roar. Its four short legs moved swiftly, and it pounced towards the two of them from the lakeside.

A fishy wind blew across his face, bringing with it a vicious aura. The wild wind brought by this beast landed on Ling Haotian's body. His clothes fluttered in the wind, but he did not take even half a step back.

"Whiz!" Taking advantage of the Red Tailed Alligator opening its huge mouth, he quickly released the tail of the arrow in his hand. The bowstring hummed and the arrow had already disappeared.

Not long after, the Scarlet Tailed Alligator that was not far away suddenly let out a blood-curdling screech. It opened its bloody mouth and an iron arrow was pierced into its upper jaw.

As soon as the scarlet blood appeared, the vicious beast charged toward Wang Lin in a frenzy.

It was also because Ling Haotian did not have enough strength to fully display the might of the iron arrow. If the chief hunter used it, he would definitely be able to pierce through the Red Tailed Alligator's head with one arrow, causing it to suffer a great loss of vitality.

However, Ling Haotian's cultivation was there after all, so he couldn't be blamed.

Seeing that the Red Tailed Alligator had gone crazy, Yu Meng's expression slightly changed. She had long since grasped the short sword in her hand. As long as Ling Haotian was in danger, she would immediately attack.

"Whiz!" The second arrow that Ling Haotian had prepared flew out. It disappeared in the blink of an eye and reappeared. It was still the Red Tailed Alligator's mouth that could no longer be closed.

The red-tailed crocodile roared in pain. Its eyes were blood-red, and it wanted to close its mouth, but the pain was unbearable.

Normally, this mouth was a powerful weapon used to kill humans and other Vicious Beasts. As long as it was bitten, there was no way it could escape.

But now, that mouth had become a huge flaw.

The iron arrow had been precisely polished by the chief hunter, and was incomparably sharp. After passing through, it was then shot at the mouth of the Red Tailed Alligator, which was the weakest point of the Red Tailed Alligator. It was obviously successful in one shot, and although it didn't directly shoot to death, it had lost a portion of its combat power.

"Big brother Haotian, another arrow!"

Yu Meng was also aware of this point and quickly shouted. She wanted Ling Haotian to completely get rid of this beast so that he wouldn't get into trouble.

The Scarlet Tailed Alligator was one of the most powerful beast kings in the mountain. An ordinary person would die from a single bite in front of it. Even a slightly stronger person would not be able to withstand a second blow from its iron-whip-like tail.

As a result, those who came here would usually be killed by it. Some would even be dragged into the lake and devoured.

This was also the reason why four Blood Soul Essences had grown out and no one had come to pick them yet. It was not that no one had come, but rather those who had come had all died.

However, this Red Tailed Alligator could be considered to be full of malice when it met Ling Haotian and Ling Xiaozui. It was about time for it to respond. Although it wanted to charge forward with all its might and finish off this hateful human, the pain in its mouth, as well as the constant loss of energy, made it instinctively want to retreat.

Therefore, it endured the pain and no longer cared. It wanted to turn around and leave.

However, before it could turn around, an iron arrow sliced through the air and entered its mouth.

No one knew whether it was a coincidence or whether Ling Haotian's archery skills were outstanding, but this arrow just happened to hit the end of the second arrow.

The Red Tailed crocodile let out a miserable shriek, and from its forehead emerged a black arrow, bringing with it a series of white brains and blood.

The iron arrow pierced through its brain that was not very big, causing it to die even before it could escape. It didn't even have the time to close its eyes in death.

Seeing the Red Tailed Crocodile die, Ling Haotian put down the longbow in his hands and let out a long breath. He felt a cold breeze blow against his back, causing densely packed small pimples to rise up on his back.

The chief hunter's iron bow needed quite a bit of strength to pull it out. Although he had shot three arrows just now, that was already his limit. If this beast was not dead yet, he would have to personally wield his sword to fight it.

Shaking his numb arms, a smile appeared on his face. With the death of the Spiritual Medicine Guardian Beast, wouldn't the spiritual roots in front of him be all his?

Still carrying the longbow on his back, he was not in a hurry to pluck the Blood Soul Root. Instead, he arrived in front of the Red Tailed Crocodile's corpse.

Looking at the Crimson Tailed Alligator that had fallen to the ground without any signs of life, or even death, he shook his head. He would never have easily killed it with the strength of this beast.

If he were to use his sword to fight, even if he could kill this beast in the end, he would definitely be injured.

But now, with the bow and arrow as well as the low level of intelligence of this beast, it could easily kill it.

This could also be seen from the fact that although beast kings were generally stronger than normal people, their intelligence was extremely low. As long as a weakness was found, it would not be difficult to kill them using the correct method.

This was especially true for Ling Haotian, who had already killed two beast kings. If it weren't for his agility and stupidity, he definitely wouldn't have been able to kill that beast last night.

"It seems that although cultivation strength is important in this world, intelligence is even more important." With a sigh, he bent over and took out the three iron arrows. After carefully wiping them clean, he put them back into the quiver.

Seeing that Yu Meng had already used a unique method to obtain the Blood Soul Essences, he nodded, stood up, and walked up to her.

"Big Brother Haotian, this Blood Soul Root is estimated to be around a hundred years old. It has a powerful medicinal effect, and it's practically a rare elixir. If used properly, it might even be able to increase one's cultivation."

Yu Meng had learned a lot about medicine from her family's doctor, so she was familiar with the effects of normal herbs. At this moment, she was holding a thick, blood-red vine that was about two to three meters long, and a fresh smell of blood assaulted her nose.

"Increase in cultivation? "That's great, I was just worried that my cultivation was too low." Ling Haotian replied with a smile. At the same time, he took the long vine in his hand. He felt the blood in his body boil and surge.

He felt that it was extremely mysterious. Although there were some medicine like ginseng, lingzhi, etc that could prolong life on Earth, it was definitely not as strong as this.

As an explorer, he had come into contact with some precious medicines before, but none of them were as miraculous as this vine.

If this elixir was brought to Earth, not only would it increase one's cultivation, just this burning energy alone would attract countless people, and it would be more bizarre than any ancient treasure.

But it was still too early to think about it, and he didn't know if he could go back to Earth.

"These Blood Soul Essences are very long. We won't just bring them along, and the medicinal effects will also be lost. Is there any way to preserve them?" After returning the Blood Soul Root to Yu Meng, he asked in confusion.

"Of course there are. These long vines need to be grinded into juice before they can be used. I also have some jade bottles on me, so the two of us can grind them together."

Yu Meng said with a smile. She took out a few items and placed them on the ground. Then, she took out a piece of long vine, broke it and put it into the pot, then used a metal pestle to crush it.

"There really is a medicine batter?" He was shocked to find that this medicine pestle was not too different from the ones on Earth. It was extremely strange. Could it be that there was some sort of connection between these two worlds?

Although he was surprised and confused, he didn't ask about it. Instead, he picked up another painting and imitated Yu Meng's actions, and started to create trouble nonstop.

It was only when the four Blood Soul Essences were completely mashed into juice and put into another jade bottle did the two complete their work.

Since he had obtained the Blood Soul Root, the next step was clear. It was to go straight to the Dragon Valley.

The Dragon Valley was located in the northwest part of the mountain. It was surrounded by fog all year round, and the tall and dense forest around it was filled with plants and vegetation to the extreme.

The vines tangled with the old tree as they densely descended. The grass was moist and the weather was warm. It was almost no different from the rainforest on Earth. The only difference was that there were more Wild Forest Serpent Vines here.

Of course, there was no lack of vicious beasts, poisonous bugs, and many other ancient trees that Ling Haotian did not recognize.

With a deep kick and a shallow kick, the two of them slowly approached Dragon Valley. Their clothes had long since been splashed with green patches of red from killing fierce beasts along the way. The stench was unpleasant.

Yu Meng was even better. Ling Haotian's entire being seemed to be picking up trash, and his clothes faintly gave off a strange smell. Every time he smelled it, he felt uncomfortable, as if countless poisonous bugs were crawling.

"Yu Meng, is the Dragon Valley coming?"

This was already the second day. Yesterday, after tidying up the Blood and Soul Essences, the two of them rested on a large tree for the night before setting off early in the morning for the Dragon Canyon.

Now, the sky was covered by a dense forest and was covered in a patch of green. Occasionally, the sunlight would pass through the leaves and shine through them, allowing the two of them to see the road ahead clearly and walk down.

Hearing Ling Haotian's question, Yu Meng smiled lightly, "We'll be there in a while, and we're probably only two miles away. However, big brother Haotian, don't be careless, there are a lot of powerful vicious beasts in the Dragon Valley, and there are also a lot of active beasts around here. We should be careful."

Although Yu Meng had lived in the Mascot Tribe for many years, she didn't know much about the ancestral grounds of the Mascot Tribe, which was the Dragon Valley. She hadn't come here for most of her life.

There were many things that he heard from the clan elders. He knew that there were many Fierce Beasts here, and it could be that they instinctively wanted to be contaminated by the dragon aura. So, the Dragon Valley became the most dangerous area within the nearby forest.

Normally, no one would dare to come here, which was why this place seemed so devoid of any traces of humans. It was just like a real wild jungle, a place that no one knew of.

Regarding Yu Meng's words, Ling Haotian naturally understood them well, so he nodded without hesitation: "Mm, don't worry Yu Meng, the moment I got close to this place, the blood in my body reacted, it must be because of my own bloodline. I have an unclear reaction to the ferocious beasts in the Dragon Valley, so there shouldn't be any dangers below."

"Really?"

She smiled and said, "I heard from my grandfather that the Dragon God's bloodline is magical, but I didn't expect it to be like this. It seems like there shouldn't be any big problems in the Dragon Valley this time, it would be best if we could find the Dragon God Fruit and heal your injuries."

Glancing deeply at Ling Haotian, Yu Meng's eyes revealed her friendship.

She knew very well that Ling Haotian was as lively as a dragon and as if nothing had happened to him, but the injuries in his body were still a hidden danger.

Right now, being anesthetized by the seal was not a big deal, but once the seal was removed or the anesthetic dissipated, he would definitely live a life worse than death.

The injuries of his five viscera would worsen, but Ling Haotian couldn't feel it at this moment.

Therefore, he could do anything as if it was nothing to him. However, Yu Meng had no choice but to worry. It would be best if she could find the Divine Dragon Fruit and heal all her injuries.