Chapter 98
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Chapter 98: Tracing Clues
At the same time, on the other side, following Luo Ji’s instructions, Liu Zheng set out with four tribal warriors and a five person archer squad.
They followed the bloodstains and footprints left by the hyena pack.
As they found the hyenas’ den, the hyenas clearly discovered their presence too.
Due to Luo Ji’s previous slaughter order, Liu Zheng and the nearby hyena pack could be considered old rivals.
Enemies meeting, eyes blazing with hatred, their howls carried obvious anger, as if threatening them not to approach further.
However, the group of ten remained completely unmoved, not even hesitating for half a second.
As Liu Zheng’s five men assumed a defensive formation, the five archers standing behind had already begun to bend their bows and set arrows.
The results of over a month of practical training were fully displayed at this moment.
The five men were extremely skilled in using bows and arrows.
In the blink of an eye, a volley of arrows directly attacked the distant hyena pack.
Facing the archer squad’s volley, the hyenas’ howls became sharper.
The hyena pack, originally gathered together, quickly dispersed into two groups, approaching Liu Zheng and the others, who were holding their ground, in a pincer movement from the left and right.
They had clearly faced such pincer tactics before and naturally had a way to deal with them.
Without needing any further instruction, the five archers in the rear simultaneously shifted their fire to the group of hyenas on the left.
Five longbows aimed at them, unleashing a continuous volley, forming a long-range suppression.
As for the threat from the right, they sent out the other four tribal warriors, excluding Liu Zheng, to resist.
Beasts were still beasts, how could they be a match for humans?
Facing the continuous volley of arrows, within a short time, two hyenas had already died after being struck by several arrows.
Their heavy bodies fell heavily to the ground during their wild dash, kicking up dust and signaling the loss of two lives.
Seizing an opportune moment, seeing that the distance had been sufficiently closed, the archer squad decisively stopped firing and began to retreat.
Liu Zheng, spotting an opportunity, resolutely charged forward at that moment!
There were five hyenas that had attempted to outflank from the left.
Two of them had already been killed by stray arrows.
Of the remaining three, one was injured by an arrow.
Facing this number of enemies, Liu Zheng felt confident he could handle them with the power of the battle axe in his hand.
With a sudden burst of strength in his arms, the battle axe in his hand, which had been further improved by the Armament Department, generated a strong gust of wind pressure as it swung.
Liu Zheng’s full combat power erupted at this moment.
With a sudden slash, the sharp axe blade, carried by his momentum, struck the body of one of the hyenas.
That thick hide, which had once caused the slingers to retreat in defeat, was so fragile, so vulnerable against Liu Zheng’s extremely powerful slash!
It instantly claimed the hyena’s life.
The heavy body flew backward with splashing blood.
The intense impact continuously fed back into his hand.
A scarlet glint flashed in Liu Zheng’s eyes.
At this moment, he felt his entire being ignited, his eyes directly locking onto the other two hyenas!
Wild animals are creatures fiercely loyal to their instincts.
In that instant, the primal instinct etched into their genetic code made them clearly realize one thing, the human standing before them was extremely dangerous!
Going any further would mean death!
Their forward momentum abruptly halted.
The two hyenas, which had been so aggressive a moment ago, looked incredibly comical as they turned around and fled in disarray.
“Don’t even think about escaping!”
As he spoke, Liu Zheng, feeling his killing intent had nowhere to vent, dragged his battle axe and pursued them with continuous dashes and charges.
Those 2 hyenas, having lost their will to fight and fleeing in disarray, could no longer pose a threat to him.
The battle axe in his hand swung wide and easily reaped two more lives.
The complete annihilation of the hyenas on the left made the hyenas attempting to outflank from the right clearly realize the unfavorable situation.
They immediately scattered and fled, bringing the entire battle to a swift end.
Letting out a long breath, the bloody tint in Liu Zheng’s eyes gradually receded.
After an appropriate outlet for his emotions, he felt much more relaxed.
He then led his men to destroy the hyena den and found a large number of outsider corpses nearby.
Many of the corpses had already been gnawed down to bones by the hyena pack, with their leather armor also being damaged to some extent.
Their weapons were lost somewhere.
Liu Zheng had his subordinates search the vicinity thoroughly but still found nothing.
Helplessly, he could only strip off those few pieces of leather armor and bring them back.
Regardless, his gains from this trip were still quite substantial.
Upon returning to the tribal camp, everyone skillfully handed over the hyena corpses to the people specially tasked with skinning them.
Afterwards, Liu Zheng casually picked up a piece of leather armor stripped from an outsider’s corpse and walked towards Luo Ji’s tent.
Luo Ji, currently in his tent, was feeling a headache about how to handle the Barbarian Bear Tribe.
Seeing Liu Zheng return, he immediately put that troublesome matter aside and asked.
“How did things go?”
“We did find outsider corpses near the hyenas’ den. These are the leather armors stripped from those corpses.”
As he spoke, Liu Zheng respectfully handed the slightly damaged piece of leather armor in his hand to Luo Ji.
Luo Ji took the leather armor and looked at it.
Unlike the full-body leather armor made by his tribe, the opponent’s leather resources must have been relatively limited, so this set of leather armor was very crude, merely protecting the vital areas of the heart and back.
Through these defensive equipment, Luo Ji could roughly estimate the power level of unranked players.
At least for now, in terms of defensive gear, he should hold an advantage.
“Weapons…”
As he spoke, Luo Ji glanced at Liu Zheng’s empty hands.
“It seems none were found?”
“Yes, your subordinate failed to complete the task you assigned and is willing to accept punishment.”
“Alright.”
Luo Ji waved his hand dismissively.
“It’s not a big deal. Take these leather armors to the Armament Department. Although many parts were bitten through, with some processing, they should still be useful.”
“Yes.”
Liu Zheng responded, but did not leave immediately.
The expression on his face looked somewhat hesitant, as if he had something to say.
“Something else?”
“Actually, in the previous battle, my physical state seemed to have a problem…”
As he spoke, Liu Zheng recounted what had happened earlier.
Upon hearing this, Luo Ji’s eyelids twitched, and he thought to himself.
“This situation… could it be that he comprehended a skill?”
As this thought flashed, Luo Ji quickly opened Liu Zheng’s attribute panel to take a look.
Indeed!
A new skill appeared in his skill slot!
[Bloodlust (Passive): In battle, after successfully killing an enemy, there is a 30% chance for one’s combat power to increase by 50%!]
