Chapter 125 - 90 Reaping

Chapter 125: Chapter 90 ReapingThis arrow, Ji Xinghuo used a silent arrow. The arrow turned into a black shadow as it flew, nearly invisible under the dim starlit night, and it struck a Dagon man riding atop a vine spirit with incredible speed—in the blink of an eye. This Dagon man was the Patrol Captain, bearing a longbow, his profession somewhat similar to a ranger. His perception was strong. However, he didn’t detect the incoming attack at all, and the perfectly accurate silent arrow hit him right in the eye. Even though the silent arrow was not made of an alloy, it had no trouble piercing the fragile eye, instantly boring through his brain and exiting the back of his skull. The Dagon man’s mouth was open, but he made no sound as he toppled over. It was not until his body hit the ground that the vine spirit beneath him realized he was dead. The vine spirit let out a shriek. Yet, before the nearby Dagon people and the Stone Lizard People could react to what had happened, Ji Xinghuo fired three more titanium aluminum alloy arrows. Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Three Gorak flying in the sky for surveillance screamed as they fell, dead by the time they hit the ground. Only then did the patrol team realize they were being attacked. There was a burst of shouts and screams. The Stone Lizard People closed ranks, raising shields in front of them, using their bodies to form a wall to protect the Dagon people in the middle. One Dagon man raised his hand, white mist surrounding the troop to obstruct them; he couldn’t find the attacker but his first instinct was to disrupt the enemy’s arrows. The white mist swirled, forming a wind wall, like a solid barrier. Ji Xinghuo shot an arrow. The arrow passed through the mist wall but drifted off target, he did not activate Myriad Phenomena except for the first arrow, so it did not strike its target. But he did not cease fire. The light ring on his right pupil flashed again, Ji Xinghuo switched to an armor-piercing arrow and fired again. The arrow was once again deflected when passing through the mist wall, but, by sheer chance, hit the Dagon man maintaining the mist wall, embedding itself in his forehead. The Dagon man fell with disbelief in his eyes, the mist wall dissipating with him. Ji Xinghuo shot another arrow, this time targeting a Gorak, whose perception was very sharp and acted as the eyes of the patrol team, making them a priority to eliminate. A Gorak screamed as it hit the ground. The remaining Gorak finally located the direction from which the arrows were coming and pointed towards Ji Xinghuo’s position, emitting a rapid, insect-like chirping An arrow shot into its mouth, silencing it instantly. However, the surviving members of the patrol team now knew Ji Xinghuo’s location, and the Stone Lizard People quickly formed up, other shields being raised in front to shield their comrades. During this, Ji Xinghuo killed another Dagon man who had entered invisibility, thinking he was safe; to his death, he never understood why he became a priority target. "Advance!" The last remaining Dagon man, taking command, yelled from behind the shield wall. Ji Xinghuo didn’t know the language of the Dagon people, but he could understand some simple words. Following the Dagon man’s command, the Stone Lizard People’s formation moved toward him, and they weren’t slow, charging into the forest where he was located, also throwing a few spears, which, however, fell somewhat distant. Nearly three hundred meters away, not everyone could hit accurately. Ji Xinghuo turned around on the tree, hiding behind the thick trunk, temporarily ceasing firing. "Charge forward!" The Dagon man roared. He didn’t notice on the roadside, right behind him, a small green snake, only a few centimeters long, lifted its head and opened its mouth towards him. Four or five arrows appeared out of nowhere simultaneously, like an arrow shower, turning the Dagon man into a porcupine. Ji Xinghuo, fearing Qing Hong might miss, allowed it to shoot several arrows. One arrow struck through the back neck of the Dagon man, killing him instantly; the resonance crystal he was holding to contact the camp fell down, failing to send a signal. In an instant, the patrol team was reduced to one vine spirit and ten Stone Lizard People. The Beiluo Shimen Clan was strictly hierarchical; the Dagon people held absolute dominance, followed by the vine spirits, one main and one auxiliary. According to the racial hierarchy, the vine spirit should now take command, but it, possessing intelligence, did not communicate using sound like other races, but through mental exchange. Besides communicating with the Dagon people, they hardly spoke with the other two races. The vine spirit waved its branches, emitting a series of incomprehensible sounds, and the Stone Lizard People, being quite literal-minded, were initially unable to grasp its meaning. Each Stone Lizard People showed a look of confusion and fear in their eyes. They still hadn’t seen the enemy. The arrows coming from behind made them vulnerable, forcing five Stone Lizard People to turn back and form a shield wall, their formation becoming a stationary barrel, appearing as helpless as turtles. The vine spirit hid within the formation; it had no sight or taste, only able to perceive by vibration and sound. Suddenly, it sensed an intense heat. An explosive flame arrow traced a parabola from above, plummeting swiftly into the middle of the Stone Lizard People’s barrel formation, the vine spirit rapidly forming plant protection overhead, but the explosive flame arrow burst open directly, its intense heat igniting the vine’s tendrils, rapidly spreading over its entire body. Boom! The vine spirit, terrified of fire, rolled frantically in an attempt to extinguish the flames. The fire exploded in the formation, throwing the Stone Lizard People into disarray. Ji Xinghuo reappeared, his Dragon Falcon Eagle Bow rapidly releasing shot after shot, each titanium aluminum alloy arrow acting like a death sentence from the Grim Reaper, passing through the gaps in the armor, striking the Stone Lizard People in vital spots—eyes, throats, and the like, taking their lives. Qing Hong, having relocated after the sneak attack, lifted its head from beneath the dry leaves, its mouth ejecting arrow after arrow. One by one, the Stone Lizard People fell. After the vine spirit had extinguished the flames on its body, it discovered that the Stone Lizard People had all died; only itself was left on the scene. It decisively reverted to a plant cheetah form and fled. Crack! Suddenly, thunder roared and lightning flashed. The vine spirit collapsed in an instant, curled up into a ball, its vines charred and trembling, having completely lost the ability to resist. It had no idea where the lightning had come from; its mind was a blank. After releasing the lightning, Qing Hong immediately burrowed into the bushes to hide. Soon, Ji Xinghuo, gripping a nano-rope, swung over to the vine spirit’s side, and swung his Thunderbolt Battle Blade, cleaving it in half. He crouched down and reached out his hand; Qing Hong climbed onto his palm, looking up with a triumphant expression in its eyes. "Well done!" Ji Xinghuo complimented it, then pocketed it again. He then started harvesting the loot. First were the scalps of the Dagon people, particularly the piece with a unique blue-green pattern on the top of the head, about half the size of a palm. A dexterous slice from the blade of the Thunderbolt Battle Blade, and the scalp fell off. This was the most valuable part of the Dagon people, even more so than their Alien Species "Water Gathering." Ji Xinghuo’s efficiency in action was high; he completed the harvesting and collection in less than two minutes. S~eaʀᴄh the NôvelFire.nёt website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. Four patterned scalps, a plant core, five tentacles, ten scaled tail tips, and several other Alien Species, all packed into two bags, were stored inside Qing Hong’s Dimension Stomach. The bounty for a Third Rank Dagon person was two hundred thousand; for Second Rank, it was one hundred thousand. The vine spirit was priced the same. Just these five Dagon people and the vine spirit alone would fetch six hundred thousand in bounties, and with the tentacles and tail tips added, the total was over seven hundred thousand! "This is too easy to make money!" Ji Xinghuo sighed, no wonder that capable Mutants were willing to become bounty hunters. However, for him, bounty and points were secondary. What mattered most was acquiring Spiritual Origin Ability. This patrol team provided twenty-seven points of Spiritual Origin Ability, which was equivalent to his full day’s hunting yield in Peak Valley. Whether it was harvesting Spiritual Origin Ability or exchanging for bounties, the efficiency was several times higher than hunting Stone Scythe Demons! The night’s hunt had just begun. On the ground, the Resonance Crystal was buzzing. This was a tool used by the Dagon people for communication, capable of transmitting sound within a few hundred kilometers; humans also used it. Ji Xinghuo smashed the Resonance Crystal with his foot and quickly left. He did not dare linger in the area, immediately changing locations to avoid detection by the powerful members of the Beiluo Shimen Clan, who might cut off his escape. More than an hour later. Ji Xinghuo arrived in a place more than twenty kilometers away from the previous area, first carried out a recon, scanning the situation like radar using magnetic field sensing, then lay in ambush, waiting for another patrol team to appear. It didn’t take long for the prey to show up. This patrol team, not having received any messages, was patrolling the roads as usual. Their setup was identical to the previous patrol team: ten Stone Lizard People and five Gorak, one vine spirit, and four Dagon people, the strongest of whom served as the captain. Ji Xinghuo followed the same method. He first used a silent arrow to kill the captain, then dealt with the Gorak, who possessed scouting abilities, effectively blinding the patrol team. Then it was a matter of shooting the targets one by one. If they were more troublesome, he would activate the Myriad Phenomena to finish them off. Qing Hong was hiding nearby, seizing any opportunity to spit out arrows or lightning to sneak attack the enemies. The entire battle did not last more than a minute. Ji Xinghuo harvested the loot and left. He took hundreds of thousands in bounties and incidentally acquired twenty-five points of Spiritual Origin Ability, which went smoother than hunting the previous patrol team. He would shoot and change locations. This Star Night, Ji Xinghuo wiped out four patrol teams, becoming more proficient each time. From beginning to end, the enemies of the Beiluo Shimen Clan never came close to him. Under the cover of Star Night and with the benefit of three hundred meters of shooting range plus a Stealth Ring, aside from the initial Dagon people and Gorak, the other enemies didn’t even see him. As night fell, the patrol teams stopped coming out. Ji Xinghuo did not linger nearby as he keenly sensed that enemy powerhouses were searching for him. The annihilation of four patrol teams had alerted the Beiluo Shimen Clan. However, he didn’t stop there. Instead, he returned to the buffer zone on Earth’s side, withdrew dozens of kilometers, crossed the buffer zone, and stealthily entered a very concealed outpost during the night. This outpost was built in a cave on a cliff, with only five enemies. The cave entrance was covered with plants. At night, only a Gorak stood watch, sitting behind a rock at the entrance, unalert. Ji Xinghuo shot a silent arrow from afar, and the Gorak quietly fell and turned into a corpse. Then, in stealth state, he walked into the cave. The four Beiluo Shimen Clan members were deep asleep, completely unaware of the enemy’s approach. Ji Xinghuo’s hands lit up with lightning, his body’s free-floating Star Power gathering, growing brighter. However, in stealth state, it did not emit much brightness or sound. Boom! Suddenly, a thunderstorm erupted, and the cave lit up as bright as day. The four Beiluo Shimen Clan members lost their lives in their sleep. Ji Xinghuo, acting before the noise attracted attention, harvested the loot and swiftly retreated. Then he continued searching for the next target.