He continued to fall asleep. In the second half of the night, he was no longer attacked by blood beasts, and Gray slept peacefully until morning.
After eating a barbecue made with leopard meat, the three of them did not immediately pack up the tent and leave.
Instead, they each occupied a position and started practicing in the open space they had cleared in front of the tent.
There is no mutual avoidance. The blood skills of the mad level and above are only external. The most important thing is the construction of the internal totem. If you don't know, no matter how hard you try, you won't be able to practice.
Moreover, without a drug formula corresponding to the blood essence, it would not even be possible to implant a bloodline, let alone practice.
Suddenly, three huge blood beasts appeared in the open space of the camp.
What Gray brought out was the phantom of the five-meter-long Storm Wolf.
The shadow of the blood beast elicited by Theresa was huge, with a body length of six meters, a head with double horns, and its body looked like a bull-shaped blood beast covered with a layer of stone armor made of rock.
The phantom of the blood beast elicited by Sophia is a deer-shaped blood beast that is five meters long, has a dark blue color, slender limbs, and a muscular body, with a mysterious aura about it.
While practicing, Gray would naturally not let go of observing the phantoms of blood beasts caused by Sophia and Theresa.
"It should be the rock cow sequence..."
From the rock formation on the surface of the blood beast's shadow caused by Theresa, Gray judged that it should be a barbarian-level blood beast in the rock bull sequence.
This is a blood beast that can turn its body into stone to enhance its defense.
He has great strength and strong defense. Even if he doesn't use the blood beast ability, it should be comparable to him who inherited the defensive characteristics of the Jasper Lizard.
If the blood beast's ability is used to petrify the surface of the body, the defense will be greatly improved. In a short period of time, few blood beasts in the same realm can injure it.
The only shortcoming is probably his average speed, but his strong defense makes up for this shortcoming.
Although the blood method derived from this blood beast is not a special blood method, it is probably not far from the special blood method.
Gray couldn't help but sigh. As a noble family, even the blood skills practiced by the guards were so powerful.
"What kind of blood beast is this?"
On the other hand, the blood beast caused by Sophia left Gray with no clue at all.
Although he has seen several descriptions of deer-type blood beasts, they are obviously very different from the deer-type blood beast that Sophia introduced at this time.
Judging from the characteristics shown by Sophia in the previous battle, this deer-type blood beast is quite fast and should be able to reach the upper level in the same realm.
As for the rest, I couldn't see it.
However, Gray understood that the ability of this blood beast should be extremely special. Otherwise, it would be impossible for Sophia, a child of a large noble family, to practice this kind of blood method.
After finishing their morning practice, they packed up their tents and the three of them set off, quickly heading towards their destination.
puff!
A tiger-shaped blood beast that was completely black and could produce black mist was wiped across its neck by Gray's sword. Blood surged wildly. It trembled a few times and collapsed weakly.
Poof!
A snake-shaped blood beast with a body of more than ten meters long, covered with an earthy color, and capable of attacking people with its ground thorns, was killed by Teresa with an axe.
boom!
A huge bear-shaped blood beast standing in human form was stabbed into the body by Sophia, and the shock wave of the explosion crushed the internal organs in the body and died.
…
The three of them were all blood-crazed warriors, and ordinary blood beasts were simply not enough to see in front of them. As a result, even in the depths of the night forest where the blood beasts were rampant, the three of them could not move at full speed.
However, the terrain in the forest is complex, sometimes encountering high mountains, sometimes encountering huge lakes, causing their journey to be several times longer than the straight-line distance.
"It smells like blood!"
As they moved forward, Gray and the other three couldn't help but hesitate and stopped in their tracks.
A faint smell passed into their noses. It was the smell of blood that they were so familiar with.
"Go over and have a look!"
The three of them walked towards the direction where the blood was coming from.
Since there was a battle, there should be a blood beast nearby. They wanted to judge the blood beast's ability and even strength through the traces of the battle at the scene.
After walking a few dozen meters to the left, suddenly, a vast expanse opened up in front of us. The huge tree crown blocking our heads disappeared, and large swaths of sunlight came directly through.
But seeing the situation at the scene, the three people involuntarily raised their brows.
In the open space, no, it should be the open space formed by the chopped trees, there are more than a dozen human corpses lying in various death postures.
Near their bodies, the soil was stained red with blood and even slightly moist.
"It should be a mercenary team hunting blood beasts!"
After taking a look at these corpses, he found that many rune bags used to contain blood could be seen near these corpses, Gray guessed.
Mercenaries who hunt blood beasts, also known as blood beast hunters, can be said to be one of the most profitable professions.
Even the most common ferocious blood beasts can be sold for thousands of gold coins, and some of the special blood beasts can be sold for tens of thousands of gold coins.
On the other hand, the annual tax revenue of viscount families like the Fergus family is far less than that of these blood beast hunters.
However, the benefits are often directly proportional to the risks. The greater the benefits, the greater the risks.
There are only a few blood beast hunters who can eventually live to die of old age. Most of them died in the process of hunting blood beasts. This is obviously the case for the dozen or so people in front of them.
"Death cannot take more than an hour!"
Theresa said after turning over one of the corpses and checking the wounds.
Then he turned over the corpses of several people one after another, his expression became slightly condensed and he said.
"I don't know if it was a blood beast or a human being. It's just that it's very strong."
The corpses he turned over were, without exception, all wounded like a penetrating wound drawn by a sharp blade, and the corpses were split into two halves without any second attack.
Obviously, this was a crushing attack without the ability to resist.
If this happens, it can only be because the opponent's strength far exceeds theirs.
And how can the mercenary team that dares to go to the depths of the night forest where blood beasts roam to hunt blood beasts be weak
Therefore, the person or blood beast who attacks must be very strong.
"It should be a blood beast!"
Sophia raised her eyebrows and said.
What will appear in the depths of the forest is most likely a blood beast, and the possibility of a human being is not high. Even if he has a grudge against these ten people, he will ambush these ten people on the outskirts of the forest and will not run into danger. They came deep into the forest to kill more than ten people.
"It should be a mad-level blood beast. Its strength is probably not weak among mad-level blood beasts. Do you want to go around it?"
Gray said solemnly.
Although the strength of this mad blood beast is not weak, the three of them are all mad blood warriors after all. After the battle, the final victory must belong to them.
But after all, they came to explore the ruins, not to hunt the blood beast. There was no need to go head-to-head with a blood beast that was obviously not weak, as that would not be good for them.
"Let's take a detour!"
Sophia and Theresa both nodded, obviously they had the same idea as Gray.
After checking these corpses, I found that there was nothing of high value on these people.
Presumably, they had expected this day to come, and they didn't have much money on them. Naturally, the three of them looked down upon it, and left the place directly, starting to circle around.
Detour, that is, bypass the area in front, and go around in an arc from other areas to the front.
Generally speaking, blood beasts that may exist in the front area can be avoided through this method.
Of course, this method may not work every time. Sometimes, even if you have not bypassed this area, you will be targeted by the blood beast in this area.
"There is a blood beast!"
After circling for more than ten minutes, Gray's infrared sensor suddenly discovered that there was a beast suspected of being a blood beast lurking on a leafy tree, and he immediately reminded him.
The moment he said these words, the beast that looked like a blood beast sprang out of the tree, came to the huge branches of the tree, and appeared in front of the three Grays.
This is a "beast" that is nearly two meters long.
The fur all over the body is brown and black, and the neck area where the head is connected to the torso is very long and as thick as the head.
On the two forelimbs, there are long sharp claws, more than ten centimeters long, like daggers.
"careful!"
Seeing this beast that looked like a blood beast, Sophia's expression suddenly changed and she shouted a warning.
"Um… ?"
Gray and Theresa were both puzzled, wondering why this "blood beast", which was less than two meters long, made Sophia so nervous.
But at this moment, the blood beast on the tree made a move.
I saw it raised its two forelimbs with sharp claws. The sharp claws of the forelimbs were surrounded by green light, and then waved towards the three of them through the air.
Swish, swish, swish!
Three cyan wind blades, which were larger than the wind blades used by Gray, suddenly came out and attacked the three of them.
Puff puff!
The branches encountered along the way were easily chopped off. The three wind blades were extremely fast and struck at the three people with unabated force.
In the blink of an eye, they were already approaching the three of them, and a chilling sense of crisis arose in the minds of the three Grays.
"not good!"
The wind blade was already close at hand. Gray gritted his teeth and raised his arms to block it in front of him.
It was too late to dodge, so I could only rely on the iron arms inherited from the iron-armed ape to resist.
Fortunately, the battle with the pig last night gave him a lot of confidence in his iron arms.
Although it is the iron arm of a ferocious blood beast, its defense is strong. Even the black thorns of the pig cannot hurt it at all.
"drink-"
Theresa roared, and stone skin suddenly appeared all over her body, and she used her petrification ability to enhance her defense.
Whoosh!
Sophia's whole body was glowing with blue light, and then, suddenly, it was as if time had stopped.
She jumped out with unimaginable speed.
The burst of speed has surpassed Gray, who has the speed characteristic of the Jasper Lizard. His speed is ranked upstream among the mad-level blood beasts.
(End of chapter)