Beast King in Baiyin Mountain, Handling Monster Beasts

Seeing this, Brother Six could not help but grow curious.

Normally, not many Martial Artists went to Baiyin Mountain. It was a remote, barren place, and the Monster Beasts there showed a trend of polarizing in rank. Weak Martial Artists did not dare go there, while strong ones had better areas for training. So why were several more groups headed that way today?

But none of that had anything to do with him. He was merely a worker who moved cargo.

"Lu Lin, this 301 Forward Base is Dongshan City's farthest base in the wilderness. Leaving here means we're truly entering the dangerous wilderness zone."

"From this point on, we must stay on high alert. Do not let down your guard in the slightest."

"Understand?"

"I understand, Brother Ren."

Lu Lin answered. He did not know whether it was just his imagination, but just after Ren Tian finished speaking, he heard several Monster Beast roars.

The wilderness was riddled with danger, and the roads were rugged.

There were gravel roads, muddy tracks, small streams, and even a short stretch through the woods.

Over such a long journey, Lu Lin did not see a single Monster Beast. Yet as he listened to the beastly roars rising and falling around him, his expression grew tense to the extreme.

Three hours later, Zhou Shenming's vehicle ahead stopped. Only then did Lu Lin realize that they had entered a forest.

"Get out."

"Lu Lin, this is the Baiyin Mountain region. We'll be proceeding on foot from here, so get ready."

"In Baiyin Mountain, remember to remain vigilant at all times. Martial Artists who often come out here to hunt all know that the Monster Beast distribution in Baiyin Mountain is extremely strange."

"Strange?" Lu Lin was puzzled. What could possibly be strange about Monster Beast distribution?

"Of course it's strange. There are several Martial King-level Beast Kings in Baiyin Mountain. Their combat power is even greater than that of human Martial Kings. In a one-on-one fight, even Martial Kings are no match for those Beast Kings."

"At the same time, there are huge numbers of ordinary First to Third Order Monster Beasts living here. Yet Monster Beast generals comparable to Martial Masters are scarce, and few people ever see them."

Lu Lin nodded. Baiyin Mountain truly was rather peculiar. Since Ren Tian did not continue explaining, he grabbed his backpack and jumped out of the vehicle as well.

The two vehicles were parked together. Ren Tian and Li Mo took camouflage tarps from the cars and wrapped the vehicles up tightly.

Out in the wild, Monster Beasts would only attack living humans or other Monster Beasts. They had not the slightest interest in metal contraptions like vehicles.

Lu Lin helped out as well. Before long, the camouflage was set up, and the six men gathered around Zhou Shenming.

"Brothers, there is a Red Moon Earth Bear in Baiyin Mountain. The employer previously received word that the Red Moon Earth Bear is expected to give birth to cubs before long. The employer wants us to confirm its exact location and bring back no fewer than one hundred clear photographs. Once we do that, our mission will be complete."

"The mission sounds simple, but the twenty-million reward offered by the employer tells us enough—this will not be an easy job. We're all old brothers here, so prepare yourselves mentally in advance."

"Yes."

Everyone answered together. Zhou Shenming then looked at Lu Lin, who stood to one side. "This is Lu Lin's first time entering the wilderness. As his big brothers, take a little care of him. But give him suitable opportunities to train as well. With his defense and combat strength, he'll grow quickly after some tempering."

"Now, Li Mo, scout the nearby area. Everyone else, prepare lunch where you are and wait for Li Mo's report."

"Yes!"

Everyone answered in unison.

Li Mo, dressed in dark-green camouflage fatigues, vanished in an instant. The others took out tools and began digging earthen stoves.

Digging an earthen stove was an essential wilderness skill for Martial Artists. If one could not learn it, one could only eat raw meat or nutritionless Energy Bars meal after meal. That might be fine for a short while, but over time, even a Martial Artist's physical condition would decline.

Zhou Shenming and Huang Li did not take charge of digging the earthen stoves. Instead, they split up and left. They had gone hunting.

Martial Artists cultivated qi and blood, and the most important thing was eating.

Without sufficient nourishment, even a Martial King's qi and blood would wither.

At Ren Tian's encouragement, Lu Lin killed the Three-eyed Rabbit he had caught on the road.

Lu Lin did not have any unusual reaction to killing a rabbit. His technique was simply too crude, and he could not even skin it neatly. Only after Brother Dawei came over to watch and guide him did Lu Lin barely manage to finish the job.

Just as he had finished and was about to find somewhere to wash his hands, he saw Zhou Shenming return, dragging a long string of Gray Rabbits behind him.

Seeing Lu Lin's bloodstained hands, Zhou Shenming said, "Perfect. Lu Lin, come deal with these rabbits."

Lu Lin was helpless. Today, he was going to become the team's rabbit-killing specialist.

After processing more than a dozen Gray Rabbits, Lu Lin's technique was still far from proficient, but it was much better than when he had handled the first one.

Just as he was about to stand up, Huang Li returned carrying a Monster Beast resembling a sika deer.

Ren Tian kept giving Huang Li a thumbs-up. "Wow, Huang Li, you really went all out. You actually managed to hunt a Jumping Deer."

Lu Lin froze. This was clearly an Orange-spotted Deer. How had it become a Jumping Deer?

Yang Dawei, beside him, explained that Orange-spotted Deer were nimble in build, making them extremely difficult for ordinary Martial Artists and Monster Beasts to hunt. And since they moved in a hopping fashion when they ran, Martial Artists around Dongshan City all called them Jumping Deer.

"Perfect, Lu Lin. You can handle this Jumping Deer too."

Yang Dawei urged him on. Lu Lin stepped forward and took the Jumping Deer, immediately feeling his shoulder sink.

The Jumping Deer did not look much larger than a sika deer, yet it weighed at least a thousand kilograms—about as much as a small sedan.

Under Yang Dawei's careful guidance, Lu Lin gradually butchered the Jumping Deer.

It was not particularly strenuous work, but Lu Lin still sweated all over.

"Wait, don't hurry off."

Just as Lu Lin was about to leave, he heard Yang Dawei call out to him.

"Lu Lin, let me teach you one more thing. Out in the wild, don't expose your tracks lightly. Things like these innards and blood—before you finish preparing a Monster Beast for food, it's best to bury them. That can greatly reduce the chances of Monster Beasts finding your trail."

"Alright, thanks, Brother Dawei."

Lu Lin agreed and took a shovel from Ren Tian to dig a pit.

Yang Dawei held nothing back when it came to sharing these bits and pieces of experience, and Lu Lin did his best to commit every bit of it to memory.

The prepared rabbit meat and venison no longer needed Lu Lin's attention. Over there, Ren Tian, Yang Xiaowei, Yang Dawei, and Zhou Shenming were all cutting the meat into pieces, getting ready to roast it.

If not for the never-ending roars of Monster Beasts in the jungle, Lu Lin would truly have felt like they were out on a barbecue picnic.

Right.

Lu Lin suddenly remembered something. If he wanted to improve his Snake Step, he needed to drink Snake Meat Soup—but out here in this wilderness, who was going to simmer soup for him?

It seemed he could only try to catch as many snakes as possible over the next few days, then have his mother make Snake Meat Soup for him once he got back.

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