Astral Apostle Chapter 5: Beast Hunter

"Go over there!"

"Slow down, slow down! You've run over your head, turn down the dirt **** in front of you!"

Zhou Jing dragged the burly hunter and ran at the front of the team, but instead became the leader.

Four other hunters followed closely behind, and more than a dozen wolf-dog-like beasts were in hot pursuit.

During the rush, the cold wind was blowing like a knife, the center of gravity was constantly fluctuating, but the line of sight remained quite stable.

With his two legs spinning like a fly, he strode through the humus. He could feel the soles of his feet sinking into the soil when he stepped on the ground. Every time he stepped on the ground, the muscles of his legs twitched and tightened, pumping amazing strength, providing the body with The strong and stable reverse thrust made him walk through the forest like a gust of wind, rolling up layers of fallen leaves.

After running with all his strength, Zhou Jing realized that he was running so fast.

'My good fellow, 9 points of physical strength is so fierce... If you go back to ancient times, this physique will be the embryo of a fierce general. "

Zhou Jing thought about it while the pig made rapid progress.

As soon as I ran into an open woodland with sparse grass, there was a sudden sound of bowstrings among the dense tree canopies above my head!

Boom boom boom!

Between the treetops, several arrows shot out swiftly, with a few consecutive hoots, knocking several wolf-dog-shaped beasts to the ground.

Immediately afterwards, there was a loud bang, and right at the place where Zhou Jing and the others had just run, a large rattan net covered by leaves suddenly rose up, grabbed six or seven beasts and hung them in the forest.

Most of the herd disappeared at once, and the remaining few fish that slipped through the net turned their heads and fled.

"Fight back!"

Several hunters stopped to shoot arrows, and the burly hunter also broke free from Zhou Jing's hand, took off the longbow on his back, and turned back to shoot.

The arrows were continuous, but they were blocked by trees. The five of them and their companions who were ambushed among the treetops shot arrows, but only three were killed.

The last remaining beast fled around the tree, constantly using the tree as a shield, and was about to run out of the killing range of the bow and arrow.

At this moment, the sound of breaking wind suddenly started.

Huhu——

The cold light flashed, and the two axe swirled and flew past Zhou Jing, heading straight for the beast, drawing two spiral cold lights in his peripheral vision.

Halfway through the flight, the hand axes collided in the air, and the sparks exploded.

A clanging sound! The flight trajectories of the two axes changed at the same time. The first handle was deeply embedded in another tree trunk, while the second handle ejected a angled trajectory, which happened to bypass the occlusion of the tree trunk and hit the area behind the tree.

A tragic animal howl suddenly sounded from behind the tree, and the last beast stumbled out and thumped to the ground, kicking on all fours, with an ax deeply embedded in its neck.

Zhou Jing stared.

...I would recognize it if it were a dart, but can an axe with an unbalanced center of gravity be able to do the same?

At this time, four more hunters jumped down from the treetops, almost the same as the previous five. As soon as they landed, they took out the daggers from their waists and made up for the beasts all over the ground one by one.

Zhou Jing turned his head to look at the place where the hand axe came from, and saw a man walking out from behind the tree, his attire was clearly different from that of the other nine hunters.

This is a tall and strong bald man with a few tiny scars on his face. The lower half of his face is buried in a thick reddish-brown beard, and his appearance is rough.

Wearing a dark green animal skin robe, the hem hangs down to the knee, the upper body wears a black animal mane shawl, several ties are tied to the animal pattern leather shoulder armor on both sides, and the waist is tied with an armed leather belt. There are four loop buckles on the waist and leather belt, two of which are empty at this time, and the rest are inserted with throwing axes, and the hands are covered with metal iron-gray armguards.

The most striking thing is that the bald-headed man is carrying a long-handled single-edged axe. The silver-gray axe face is almost like a door panel. It is very heavy just by looking at it. There seem to be several lines of inscriptions on the axe face.

The bald man noticed Zhou Jing's unfamiliar face and asked, "Who is this person?"

When the burly hunter heard the words, he hurried over and explained to the bald man:

"Captain Baron, he is the lost person we happened to meet in the forest and wants us to take him out of the forest. His name is... eh, what's your name?"

"Will Wood."

Zhou Jing blurted out.

The default name of the astral apostle template should at least conform to the naming format of this world. He figured it out on the way. If someone asks, he will use this name.

As soon as the voice fell, the panel moved.

[Sync rate +5%]

[Current carrier synchronization rate: 15%]

Zhou Jing's eyes moved slightly.

Walking around the world using the carrier's name turned out to be in sync...he wrote it down.

When the bald man Balon heard the words, his expression became slightly solemn: "Wood? I haven't heard of it... but you have a second surname, so it seems that you are a blood relative of a certain tribe."

What the hell, clan blood?

It turns out that not everyone has a surname.

Zhou Jing was startled for a moment. He lacked understanding of the current world. For fear of being questioned, he quickly asked the question: "Then who are you?"

Baron didn't hide it, and directly told their origins.

"My name is Baron, the alien hunter of Frostwood Village, and the captain of this hunter team. They are the hunters of the village."

Zhou Jing's heart skipped a beat.

Alien hunter? This is something mentioned in one of the life goals of the current template.

At this time, the burly hunter next to him interjected, with a warm tone:

"I'm Griff. You ran so fast just now that I felt like I was about to fly. Your body is awesome. Are you a blood warrior?"

"I'm not." Zhou Jing shook his head cautiously, not daring to agree at will.

Alien Warrior... This is also the term mentioned in the template's life goal.

Looking at the person's reaction, this may be some kind of extraordinary power or occupation, characterized by strong body... He secretly analyzed.

Griff seemed a little surprised: "Really, I don't believe it... If you're not a blood warrior, then your body is too good, but you don't look too strong."

"Okay, I can see that he is indeed not a blood warrior."

Baron interrupts Griff.

Then, he turned his head and asked Zhou Jing, "Do you want us to take you out of the forest?"

"Ah yes, I'm lost, I have no supplies, I can't survive alone in the forest, I hope to get the help of all kind people..."

Seeing that the other party was easy to talk to, Zhou Jing repeated his words again.

While the three of them were talking, the other hunters had already finished making up their swords, and they came up one after another.

Hearing Zhou Jing's request, the tall and thin hunter who had expressed his opposition before, shook his head repeatedly:

"I still think this person is suspicious, and it is risky to let him follow. I have never heard of the surname Wood, who knows if it is made up, pretending to be a tribal blood relative..."

Griff retorted: "Dean, you're thinking too much. Is he an Earth Skeleton, an alien beast? He's a Terran, our compatriot! In this black forest, there are other What can be more trustworthy than a fellow man?"

Dean, the tall and thin hunter: "We are going to the forest to hunt alien beasts that threaten the village. We bring a person who doesn't know the details. If he messes up at the critical moment of the hunt, then we are all in danger."

Hearing this, a few hunters immediately nodded in agreement. One accidental hunting of alien beasts will lose their lives, so there is nothing wrong with reducing instability factors.

Griff: "Then let's just **** him out first, or we'll have one or two people take him out of the forest."

"Did you forget the nearby skeleton man's lair? Going alone, what if you happen to encounter a group of skeleton man looters? And we finally locked the alien beast. Whereabouts, give up halfway, what if this strange beast runs out and hurts the villagers?"

"Then you mean to die?" Griff akimbo.

Dean squinted at Zhou Jing: "He is not from the village, we have no duty to protect him... Give him some food and water, and show him a way to leave by himself, that's enough. It's enough to die. It depends on his own luck.”

The Black Forest...the Earth Skeleton...

Zhou Jing listened and couldn't interrupt. He pretended to be anxious, and secretly wrote down some information revealed in the quarrel between the two.

Baron listened for a while, then interrupted the quarrel impatiently:

"Stop arguing, I am the captain, I have the final say."

The two immediately shut their mouths, apparently Baron is very prestigious.

Baron looked at Zhou Jing carefully, scratched his bald head, and waved his hand:

"Then take him with him. He looks so unlucky, and he is probably a loser. Besides, he is just an ordinary person, just pay attention. If he has other thoughts, I can also solve it."

"I still feel risky..." Dean murmured, but made no further objections.

Baron ignored him, raised his chin towards Zhou Jing, and said solemnly:

"Whether you are a tribal blood relative or not, we have to hunt alien beasts first, and we don't have time to take you out of the forest, so you have to follow us temporarily... If you affect our actions, then we can only chase you away Is it acceptable to leave?"

"No problem."

Zhou Jing nodded immediately, finally letting out a sigh of relief.

I finally got rid of the existential crisis temporarily and found someone to communicate with... Next, I need to inquire about the information and find out what is going on in this world.

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With Balong's order, the hunter team temporarily accepted Zhou Jing's existence.

Everyone packed up the traps, recovered arrows and throwing axes, processed the prey, rested for a while, and then continued on their way.

Zhou Jing took some dried meat and water shared by hunters, and also borrowed an animal skin jacket to keep out the cold, which made him feel much more comfortable.

He followed the team through the mountains, chatting with hunters from time to time.

In the previous exchanges, Zhou Jing found that Griff was better at speaking, so he took the initiative to communicate with him, carefully concealing his lack of common sense in this world, and made various side-by-side attacks to inquire about intelligence.

Griff has a straightforward temperament, most of whom know everything.

From his mouth, Zhou Jing gradually has a vague understanding of the current world situation:

The world is still in the era of farming and hunting. The only known intelligent group is humans. The living environment is harsh, and they face a huge threat - alien beasts.

People in the current world divide beasts into two types: beasts and alien beasts. Beasts are ordinary non-intelligent creatures, like the dozen "snakes and wolves" that the team hunted before, they are pure beasts.

Alien beasts are quite different. Generally, they have a huge size, and some have special talents. Some can breathe fire, and some can discharge electricity. Powerful alien beasts can fight hundreds of thousands of troops alone, which is extremely dangerous. high. And there are many kinds, flying in the sky, running on the ground, swimming in the water, all-encompassing, and new species appear from time to time.

Until today, no one has counted how many species of alien beasts exist in the world.

Since the barbaric era, in order to survive, human beings have united into tribes to fight against alien beasts. However, due to the huge gap in strength, the living space of human beings in various places was once compressed and approached the brink of extinction many times.

In this situation, it was not until the appearance of the Alien Blood Warrior that a turning point came.

In the long dark history, some people think that the reason why alien beasts are powerful is because there is power in their flesh. As long as the power of alien beasts is extracted in some way and given to human warriors, they can capture alien beasts. The power of beasts... a very primitive idea, but it doesn't seem strange.

After countless attempts, someone finally realized this possibility - extracting the flesh and blood essence of different beasts in a special way to form a potion, allowing humans to obtain amazing physical energy, enabling individuals to interact with Alien fighting.

And this kind of medicine is called "different blood medicine", which opened the extraordinary door for the human beings in this world.

However, there is a risk of death with the use of alien blood medicine. If it cannot be tolerated, even if it is strengthened, the body will slowly collapse. Therefore, in order to obtain a powerful force to protect the tribe, the warriors of the tribe regarded it as an honor to risk their lives to take the medicine of alien blood, and the warriors who successfully obtained the enhancement were also called "alien blood warriors".

These alien blood warriors used the extraordinary power they obtained, combined with their tempered fighting skills, to hunt alien beasts everywhere—the profession of alien beast hunter was born.

The ancient glory has been handed down from the barbaric era to the present, giving this profession a special meaning to human beings.

"Being a blood warrior is to be a beast hunter" - this has become the consensus of almost everyone.

There are more and more alien hunters, and they have gradually become the recognized guardians of human beings. Each tribe is no longer afraid of most alien beasts, the living space has expanded, and they have gradually formed a stable territory, forming alliances and conflicts with each other.

In the end, after a long period of friction, a new chapter in the history of civilization was opened. The human beings in this world established the first human country-that is, the current Terra Empire.

"It turns out to be like this... There is only one state power, and it has only been established for about 40 years. It is not long before the tribal era has entered the state era... But because of the accumulation of the long tribal era, the technical level is not too backward, at least the The Iron Age has come, and judging from their weapons, the smelting technology is quite mature..."

Zhou Jing sat by the fire. The light of the fire made his face flicker and darken. He nibbled on the jerky while recalling the information gathered along the way, constructing his understanding of the world in his mind. .

It really is a new world that he has never heard of, not any period in the history of the main world... He is a little excited.

It is night now, and the forest is getting darker and darker, almost no fingers can be seen, and the cold is deep.

The dense tree canopy covers the top of the head, making it difficult to look up to observe the astronomical phenomena of this world, but there are also stars and moons.

After a day's journey, the hunter team found this slightly flat woodland to build a temporary camp, set up a bonfire, and decided to rest here for the night.

Everyone basically lay down and rested. Only Griff and Dean were awake and vigilant. The camp was quiet, except for the occasional crackling of the fire and the rustling of the leaves in the wind.

Dean sat in the farthest place, with his back against the big tree, and occasionally glanced at Zhou Jing with distrust and suspicion, while Griff sat not far from Zhou Jing, playing with a dagger.

Zhou Jing secretly sorted out the information, thought for a while, moved his **** to sit next to Griff, and asked in a low voice:

"Do you know how to become a blood warrior?"

He did not forget the main goal of his astral travel - to acquire super power and make his own body a power user.

There is indeed extraordinary power in the current world, but he has only found out about the path of alien blood warriors.

After all, these hunters are not scholars and know only a limited amount of things.

"Then you have to ask Captain Balon. He is the official alien hunter. He has taken the alien blood potion once. We are just ordinary hunters." Griff shrugged.

"I asked, but he didn't tell me."

Zhou Jing shook his head, looked at Baron, who was resting with his eyes closed, and silently called out the basic properties of Baron that he had previously queried with the panel function:

[Attributes: Physical 18, Resistance 15, Perception 6, Spirit 5, Energy 0]

He discovered this feature on the road. As long as 10 Astral Points are spent, he can view the properties of an object, provided that the target interacts with himself...chat, physical contact, etc.

However, only basic attributes are currently queried, and items such as talents, qualifications, skills, etc., do not seem to be displayed.

Zhou Jing spent a total of 20 Astral Points on the road, inquired about the basic attributes of Baron and Griff, in order to determine the level of his carrier.

Griff's physical fitness is 7 points, which is about the level of the average healthy person who has exercised.

Baron is quite different. His physical fitness reaches 18 points, which is much higher than his own 9 points. The difference in performance is very large. He thought that what he was carrying was not a real heavy weapon, but a plastic mold.

On the road, Zhou Jing saw Baron easily lift a stone plate with one hand and put it on the creek to build a bridge, so that everyone would not get wet shoes, and then he threw the stone aside with ease.

He tried it quietly at the time, but he could hardly move the stone, and he only moved it with all his strength to **** the milk, feeling that the weight of the stone seemed to be more than half a ton.

The strength of my body is still in the category of normal people, but the real performance of Baron's physical fitness value is a bit extraordinary.

As for resistance, it is the comprehensive attribute of various defensive powers, such as physical, energy, element, disease, etc. resistance. Baron's resistance is as high as 15 points. Zhou Jing cannot make an intuitive judgment in this regard.

By comparing the difference between basic attributes and actual performance, Zhou Jing has a rough estimate of the power level of the current world...Using the classification of the main world, alien blood warriors should be counted as "physical enhancement" superpowers system.

In the main world, there are many ways and systems to strengthen the body, each with its own merits, and the body strengthening type is the most common type of super power.

Although it has a single function, it can't compare to those fancy abilities, secret arts and mechanical equipment in terms of application scope, but it is better than the pure basics.

A strong body brings a high degree of freedom of learning, firearms, fighting, driving, etc., with rich skills, not necessarily a reckless man.

Zhou Jing has only been in contact with the alien blood warrior Balong for the time being. Judging from his years of experience watching the Super League, Balong's performance is only a "first-level power user".

——In the seven-level standard for evaluating power users in the main world, they are just entering the extraordinary level.

But I'm not qualified to be picky. It's good to have a chance to gain extraordinary power... Zhou Jing is still sober in this regard.

Moreover, according to what the hunters said, the alien blood potion can be strengthened by taking it multiple times. Baron is only strengthened once, which only represents the lower limit. Perhaps the upper limit of the alien blood warrior system is quite impressive.

'These hunters still don't trust me very much. When they get out of the black-shirted forest and arrive at the Frostwood Village where they are located, they will find out how to get the alien blood potion...'

Zhou Jing's eyes reflected a beating fire.

Until now, he has no intention to savor his wonderful experience today, and he still can't believe it.

Looking at the crackling firewood and these living hunters, Zhou Jingcai seemed to be startled. , a plane completely different from the main world.

'Astral travel... I don't know what will happen in the future...'

Zhou Jing's mood was complicated, and more of it was an inexplicable expectation.

Shasha...

At this moment, he suddenly moved his ears, vaguely capturing the unusual movement hidden under the shaking of the leaves.

It was like... someone deliberately lowered their footsteps and was walking lightly among the leafy woodlands.

The voices came from all directions, gradually approaching, and seemed to be surrounded.

A sense of crisis suddenly surged into his heart, Zhou Jing's face changed, and he slapped Griff:

"There is movement!"

Griff and Dean were taken aback and stood up without hesitation.

"If there are enemies, get up!" The two shouted in a low voice, quickly kicking the others to wake them up.

Everyone woke up in shock, got up in a hurry, picked up their weapons, skillfully leaned against the surrounding trees for cover, and glanced around alertly.

However, when I looked around, there was only the whirring of the wind in the dimly lit forest, and I didn't find any enemies.

"What's the situation?"

"Is there anyone? Who discovered it?"

The crowd lowered their voices and talked in surprise.

"Will said that." Dean pointed at Zhou Jing without turning his head.

It can't be a false positive... Everyone can't help but think of this idea.

This outsider is not their trusted partner, nor is he an experienced hunter, and his warning is unbelievable.

In fact, Dean, who woke everyone up just now, didn't believe it either.

But even though he doesn't like Zhou Jing, an outsider of unknown origin, he doesn't take it personally.

Even if I think it's a false alarm, I still warn everyone... An old hunter like him understands a truth and is careful not to make a big mistake.

Of course, the more real reason is... Anyway, he was the night watchman, and it wasn't him who was woken up from a sound sleep.

Seeing that the surrounding woods were not moving, Griff couldn't help but stabbed Zhou Jing with his elbow: "Aren't you just yelling?"

"I feel something approaching, and there are quite a few."

Zhou Jing replied in a low voice, the sense of danger still remained in his heart, and he suddenly became enlightened.

——Sudden sense of crisis~IndoMTL.com~ I'm afraid this body's [Agility] talent has taken effect...

Just when everyone was suspicious, Dean's expression changed, flashing surprise, and suddenly shouted:

"There is indeed something, come out!"

Speaking, he raised the angle and shot an arrow into the forest as a warning.

It didn't take long for the rustling in the forest to become clear, and shadowy figures flashed through the forest.

The flames radiated from the bonfire roughly illuminated more than a dozen figures, and in the darkness farther away, there seemed to be more people.

The dim firelight illuminated the appearance of these figures - only about 1.6 meters in height, bony, slightly hunched, and seemed to be a bit hunched.

His cheeks are thin, his skin is gray, and his body is covered with white lines. He only wears a short skirt woven with grass blades to cover his lower body. He holds broken bone knives and bone spears, like a little ghost in a nightmare. Ghostly move.

"Earth Skeleton!"

Everyone's expressions changed, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense and chilling.

...This is what the hunters mentioned, the branch of humans in this world, the Earth Skeletons?

Zhou Jing's heart moved slightly, and he squinted to observe carefully.

At this moment, he suddenly felt something stuck in his palm.

Zhou Jing looked down and saw that Griff had quietly stuffed the dagger into his hand.

"Take it and protect yourself."

Griff winked, clasped the arrow in his hand on the string, and whispered:

"If you get into a fight, I guess you don't want to use your fists..."

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Thanks to Deep Blue Ocean, One Night Becomes Dao, ε Irena з, Canshang Feiyu, I'm an exiled immortal, I show your face so much, Wushang Zhonglin, Familiarity, Xiaoru, Vera 0205 , the deity of the flying fish, the leader of the fat man Zhao Rourou!