Chapter 22

"Xiao Dong, what happened?" As the leader of this hunting trip, Uncle Lu was the first to rush over.

The others followed closely behind, their expressions wary but not overly tense.

This was a team of experienced hunters!

Fang Ling made this assessment of the hunters from Lu Family Village and quickly followed them.

The one who had screamed was a young man of about sixteen or seventeen, his still somewhat youthful face still showing a hint of fear.

According to the rules of Lu Family Village, a young man of sixteen or seventeen was already considered an adult hunter. For this young man to be so terrified, it must have been something serious.

An arm!

On the grass, where spots of blood had fallen, lay a somewhat decayed arm, discarded alone.

"This was torn off directly!" Uncle Lu said solemnly after a careful look at the arm.

The other hunters remained silent, and Fang Ling saw worry on their faces.

"Once we enter the mountain, everyone must stay alert, and no one is allowed to wander off on their own," Uncle Lu said, then added encouragingly, "From the looks of it, we might be able to catch a big one this time!"

The words "big one" eased the tension of the hunters, and some of the more experienced ones even rubbed their hands together, eager to try.

A quarter of an hour later, the group continued forward. This time, five more men joined the front, each tightly gripping their hunting knives.

Fang Ling was protected in the middle by several men, in the safest position among the group.

Wang Hu, however, walked at the front with Uncle Lu, searching for clues as they moved forward.

"Uncle, come look at this!" Wang Hu squatted by a tree and called out to Uncle Lu in a serious voice.

Uncle Lu walked over, his expression growing increasingly grave.

When Fang Ling went to look, he saw a deep hole in the trunk of a tree that was two feet thick.

The hole was about half a foot in diameter, with rough marks that didn't look like they were made by a sharp blade.

"To be able to dig a hole in ironwood, this is not something we can handle!" Uncle Lu licked his lips and said resolutely, "Let's go back to the village!"

"Uncle, we just entered the mountain and haven't caught anything. What will it look like if we return empty-handed?" Wang Hu said, dissatisfied.

His words were echoed by a few young men, and seeing that many of his companions agreed, Wang Hu became even more enthusiastic: "Uncle, why don't you take this burden back to the village, and we'll stay in the mountains for a couple of days!"

" Wang Hu, this is not the time to be reckless. Everyone, follow me back to the village!" Uncle Lu glared and said sternly, "No one is allowed to wander off."

"Uncle Lu, I've been up this mountain dozens of times. What danger is there? Even if it's a demonic beast, it's not a big deal..."

Wang Hu puffed out his chest, but before he could finish his sentence, a cackling laugh came from above their heads.

"Since you're here, don't think about leaving!" A black shadow spoke and lunged at Wang Hu's forehead.

Wang Hu, who was relatively quick among the hunters, couldn't even react in time to this sudden attack!

The black hand was about to grab Wang Hu's head!

"Xiao Hu, get out of the way!" Uncle Lu roared, swinging his broadsword to meet the hand.

"Clang!"

The black hand, upon colliding with the hunting knife, instantly shattered it into two pieces. The hand, with a cold and decaying aura, paused for a moment before lunging at Uncle Lu's throat.

This attack would surely be fatal for Uncle Lu.

All the hunters saw this terrifying scene, trembling in fear and wanting to save Uncle Lu, but it was too late.

All they could do was watch helplessly as Uncle Lu died at the hands of this sudden attacker!

The young hunters were filled with frustration, while the older ones had tears in their eyes.

But in their hearts, there was only despair!

Faced with this sudden attack, they had no way to defend themselves.

Uncle Lu also closed his eyes!

He knew that all he could do now was wait for death.

"Bang!"

A loud explosion sounded in Uncle Lu's ears, and he opened his eyes.

The deadly hand had not grabbed his throat!

He was still alive!

And what had blocked the disaster was a palm glowing with a green light.

"Bang, bang, bang"

Fang Ling launched three consecutive palm strikes!

Each one gathered all his strength!

But even so, he couldn't help but retreat five steps!

"Level Five Qi Practitioner!"

Looking at the stopped figure, Fang Ling made this assessment.

"Level Four Qi Practitioner, hahaha! You thief of the heavens! This time you've been good to me, sending me such a fine meal. I won't curse you today!" The man howled to the sky and then charged at Fang Ling like a bolt of lightning.

Fang Ling was not panicked. He glanced at Uncle Lu and the others, then used the Golden Goose Technique to fly past the man and into the depths of the forest.

The man, viewing Fang Ling as a delicacy, couldn't bear to let him go. He let out a strange cry and pursued Fang Ling madly.

In an instant, the two figures disappeared into the forest.

"That... that person is a little medicine boy!" A hunter, looking at Fang Ling as he disappeared into the forest, was filled with disbelief.

No one spoke, but the ironclad fact was that the person who had saved Uncle Lu in the critical moment was the one they had called a burden.

Wang Hu was also stunned. Although he couldn't discern Fang Ling's cultivation level, the bird-like agility he displayed was clearly beyond his own!

He had always called Fang Ling a burden, but now it seemed that the true burden was himself.

"Uncle, what should we do?" A young man broke the silence.

Uncle Lu pondered for a moment and said, "Wang Hu, take Xiao Wu and the others back to the village. We'll go help Xiao Fang!"

"Uncle, I'll go too!" Wang Hu gritted his teeth and said, "I've misunderstood Fang Ling all this time. If I don't do my best this time, I'll never hunt again!"

For a hunter, not hunting was the greatest punishment!

Uncle Lu gritted his teeth and said, "You come with us. Let's go see."

Several men, holding their hunting knives, quickly rushed into the forest. But once inside, there was no sign of Fang Ling or the black-clothed man...

"What kind of place is this?" The black-clothed man, in the West Suburb Dusty Map space, shouted angrily at Fang Ling.

In this fierce roar, Fang Ling heard not cruelty but fear.

The black-clothed man, Shen Mufeng, was indeed afraid. He was very familiar with this forest, but as he chased his "meal," he found that the familiar area had turned into an unfamiliar space.

There were mountains, there was a lake!

This was already surprising enough, but what made him even more uncomfortable was that his previously smooth-flowing internal energy now felt obstructed.

At Level Four Qi Practitioner, his cultivation had dropped to Level Four!

Fang Ling looked coldly at the man in black and said calmly, "Who are you?"

"Why should I tell you? Let me out, and we'll leave each other alone!" Shen Mufeng's eyes darted, and he suddenly said in a low voice.

Fang Ling looked at the black-clothed man and said with a cold smile, "Since you won't tell me, I'll have to take action!"

"Boy, I admit I underestimated you, but you're only at Level Four Qi Practitioner. Even if my power is suppressed, can you really defeat me? Listen to my advice, let's just..."

Before Shen Mufeng could finish, he suddenly jumped five feet into the air, and a black claw flashed, slicing a five-foot-long snake into two pieces.

At that moment, hundreds of snakes around him raised their heads.

The hissing sounds were incessant.

"Hahaha, boy, do you think you can deal with me with just these snakes!" As Shen Mufeng spoke, his claws moved, and ten black beams, each a foot long, sliced the snakes within a five-foot radius into two.

Fang Ling inwardly regretted the loss of these venomous snakes, which, though plentiful in the West Suburb Zoo, had cost him much effort.

Seeing Shen Mufeng land, Fang Ling didn't say a word but clapped his hands three times.

"Oooh..."

A pack of wolves howled from the east.

The howling had barely faded when a group of monkeys began to call...

Shen Mufeng realized the situation was bad. When he turned to look in the direction of the wolf howls, he saw dozens of five-foot-tall giant wolves running toward him.

Before he could take his eyes off the wolves' gleaming teeth, a group of over a hundred monkeys also ran over.

These monkeys were larger and stronger than ordinary ones, with blood-red eyes that glinted with the same ferocity.

In an instant, Shen Mufeng was surrounded.

Fang Ling looked at the dense pack of giant wolves and monkeys and felt a sense of accomplishment. In recent days, he had been training with these giant wolves and monkeys in the West Suburb Zoo, and besides improving his sword skills, his greatest gain was these creatures.

Attack!

With a thought from Fang Ling, the giant wolves and monkeys charged at Shen Mufeng like mad.

Although his cultivation was suppressed, Shen Mufeng was formidable. With his strange claw technique, he killed three wolves and several monkeys in just a few breaths.

However, while dealing with the monkeys and wolves, he exposed many weaknesses.

Fang Ling was not a gentleman, so he wouldn't let an opportunity pass.

Just as Shen Mufeng's hand plunged into a monkey's head, Fang Ling landed behind him like a feather, his Green Slaughter Palm activated, and struck Shen Mufeng's back.

While dealing with the monkeys and wolves, Shen Mufeng had been most wary of Fang Ling, but with over a hundred wolves and monkeys, he couldn't guard against everything!

By the time he realized Fang Ling was attacking, Fang Ling's hand had already struck him.

"Smack!"

Shen Mufeng spat out a mouthful of blood and collapsed to the ground.

"Don't kill me, I'll tell you a secret!" Before Fang Ling's hand could strike again, Shen Mufeng shouted loudly.

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