Chapter 314 The Law of the Jungle, The Hunt
A strong smell of blood spread.
We must leave here immediately.
Zhou Jue glanced at the massive armored beast corpse, turned around, picked up the boundary-breaking shovel stuck to the side, and plunged into the dense forest without hesitation.
She suppressed her aura, unleashed her divine sense, and weaved through the tangled roots and vines.
Just as Zhou Jue was about to leave after her divine sense detected a group of strange beasts, she discovered that the beasts seemed to have sensed her observation and suddenly rushed towards her!
Zhou Jue was startled! He quickly withdrew his divine sense and changed direction to leave.
The surroundings were eerily quiet; even the chirping of insects and the calls of birds had vanished.
Zhou Jue's heart was in his throat.
This silence is more unsettling than any roar.
"rustle……"
A slight rustling sound came from the bushes on the left.
Zhou Jue paused, then suddenly turned his head, holding the boundary-breaking shovel horizontally in front of his chest.
Three pairs of eerie green eyes shone from the dark bushes.
They were three black monsters, the size of cheetahs, but covered in bone spurs.
They formed a "众" shape, silently surrounding Zhou Jue, saliva dripping from between their sharp fangs.
This is troublesome; this guy is catching up too fast.
She was confident in a one-on-one match.
Against three opponents, especially those skilled in coordinated hunting, the odds of winning are slim.
What's more, there was a whole group in her consciousness just now. If these three were to call for reinforcements, she wouldn't be able to escape!
"roar!"
The bone-spiky beast in the center let out a low growl and launched the first attack.
It struck Zhou Jue like a black lightning bolt, heading straight for his face.
At the same time, two other birds simultaneously attacked from two tricky angles on the left and right, blocking all her escape routes.
Zhou Jue's pupils suddenly contracted.
Instead of retreating, she advanced, facing the bone-spiky beast head-on, channeling her spiritual power into the Boundary-Breaking Shovel, and slashed forward fiercely!
She needed to create an opening as quickly as possible.
"clang!"
The Boundary-Breaking Shovel and the Bone Spike Beast's claws collided violently, sparks flying everywhere.
A tremendous force came, and Zhou Jue felt a numbness in his hand, and his body uncontrollably took two steps back.
These two steps instantly plunged her into a desperate situation.
The attacks from the two bone-spiky beasts on the left and right were already upon them!
There's no escaping it!
Zhou Jue gritted his teeth and did not choose to defend. Instead, he gathered all the remaining spiritual power on the right side of his body, letting the claws of the bone-spiky beast on the left side fiercely grab his shoulder.
Trading injury for life!
"Pfft!"
The sound of claws digging into flesh rang out, followed by excruciating pain.
Zhou Jue seized the opportunity, using the impact to suddenly spin his body, and with the Boundary-Breaking Shovel in his hand, he slashed fiercely across the soft belly of the Bone Spike Beast on the right side from bottom to top!
"Aww!"
A piercing scream rang out as a deep, bone-revealing gash was ripped open in the abdomen of the bone-spiky beast, its internal organs mixed with blood spilling onto the ground.
A gap has appeared in the encirclement!
Despite the excruciating pain, Zhou Jue rushed out through the gap without a second thought.
Enraged by the tragic state of their companion, the remaining two Bone Spike Beasts chased after them like madmen.
The wound on my shoulder burned with pain, and my spiritual energy was depleted once again.
As Zhou Jue ran, he silently repeated the mantra to himself.
Faster, faster!
She took out the crystal core she had just used from her pocket, and without thinking, she gripped it tightly in her hand with all her might.
A surge of energy instantly flowed into his meridians. Zhou Jue circulated his cultivation technique, guiding this energy to repair his wounds and replenish his spiritual power.
The sound of the wind behind us grew closer.
She could smell the nauseating stench.
Now!
Zhou Jue suddenly stopped, turned around, and poured all the spiritual power he had just recovered into the Boundary-Breaking Shovel.
Instead of slashing, she used all her strength to hurl the entire Boundary-Breaking Shovel at the leading Bone Spike Beast!
"puff--!"
The Boundary-Breaking Shovel flashed through the air, striking the Bone Spike Beast precisely through its gaping maw and piercing the back of its head!
The bone-spiky beast didn't even have time to let out a mournful cry before its massive body tumbled forward several times due to inertia and crashed to the ground.
The last bone spike beast was so startled by this sudden turn of events that it stopped in its tracks.
It looked at its fallen companion, then at Zhou Jue in the distance, and for the first time, fear appeared in its eerie green eyes.
It hesitated for a moment, then tucked its tail between its legs, let out a low growl of resentment, and turned to disappear into the depths of the jungle.
The battle is over.
Zhou Jue could no longer hold on and collapsed to the ground.
She looked at her bloodied shoulder, then at the two corpses in the distance, her face showing no joy at surviving the ordeal.
This place is too eerie. Every single beast here is so powerful. Most importantly, these beasts can detect her divine sense!
Where exactly did Sun Jiuchou throw her?!
This can't go on.
The use of spiritual power is too crude, and the fighting style relies too much on brute force.
If you always manage to get yourself into a desperate situation, you might not be so lucky next time.
She dragged her weary body over and pulled her Boundary-Breaking Shovel out of the bone-spiky beast's head.
She dug out crystal cores from the two corpses, but this time she did not absorb them immediately.
Worried about the escaped beastman, she quickly left. After fleeing for about half an hour, she found a relatively secluded tree hole, treated her wounds briefly, and then sat down cross-legged to recover her spiritual power.
She must learn to use energy more efficiently.
I don't know how much time has passed.
When Zhou Jue opened his eyes again, it was already dark.
The dangers in the forest increase many times over at night.
She dared not light a fire, and could only lean against the cold tree trunk, keeping a watchful eye on her surroundings while pondering her next move.
Being passively attacked means forever teetering on the edge of life and death.
She needs to take the initiative.
From that day on, Zhou Jue changed.
She was no longer the prey that was passively fleeing, but had become a calm hunter.
She began to actively seek out lone or relatively weak beasts.
She learned to lie in wait in the trees for hours, all for the perfect sneak attack.
She learned to distinguish the footprints of different beasts and to smell the scent of prey in the wind.
The battle remains perilous.
But her fighting style became increasingly concise and deadly.
Gone are the flashy magical techniques; every shovel strikes the most vulnerable vital points.
She even began to experiment, dipping her fingers in beast blood and drawing the simplest explosive talismans on her arms during lulls in the fighting.
With one punch, the giant beast's skin was torn open!
Her spiritual power became more refined with each depletion and replenishment.
Her combat experience was accumulating at an unprecedented rate.
To her even greater surprise, she discovered that the crystal cores of some strange beasts seemed to have more than just the ability to restore spiritual power.
After hunting down a rhinoceros-like beast, she absorbed the yellowish-brown crystal core.
A powerful energy not only replenished her spiritual power but also permeated her entire body.
She could clearly feel that her bones and muscles seemed to have become stronger.
Physical strength is increasing!
This discovery filled Zhou Jue with ecstasy.
This perilous jungle was no longer a dead end in her eyes.
It is a vast treasure trove brimming with opportunities!
Time flies by in the endless cycle of hunting and being hunted.
Zhou Jue had lost count of how many days he had been here.
Her combat uniform was tattered and covered in dried blood and dirt, making her look like a wild man who had crawled out of the forest.
But her eyes were brighter and sharper than ever before.
On this day, she was tracking a rare, winged lizard.
Following her trail, she found herself beside a path she had never seen before.
The path was wide, the ground was unusually firm from being trampled, and it led to an unknown direction.
The surrounding trees grew taller and taller, and the spiritual energy in the air seemed to be even more concentrated.
The deeper you go, the more powerful the aura becomes.
A sense of vigilance rose in Zhou Jue's heart.
She followed the path carefully and explored forward.
After walking for about half an hour, a "whooshing" sound of water came from nearby.
It is a river.
Zhou Jue pushed aside the huge fern leaves in front of him, and suddenly the view opened up before him.
A black river, at least a hundred meters wide, rushed past her, its waters turbulent and creating huge whirlpools.
She cautiously observed her surroundings, and only after confirming that there was no danger did she slowly walk to the riverbank.
As soon as she got close, an indescribable fear gripped her heart!
Zhou Jue froze instantly, slowly raising her head to look at the calm river surface.
Beneath the surface of the river, a terrifying shadow that almost completely occupies the riverbed slowly churns.
That aura was a hundred times, a thousand times stronger than all the strange beasts she had ever encountered combined!
The shadow seemed to... sense her.
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