A Close Call

Chapter 45: A Close Call

"Everyone, wait for my command, then we'll all flash out together and attack our chosen targets at the fastest speed!"

"We'll aim to heavily injure the four leading Demonic Beasts with one wave of attacks!"

Behind a jagged boulder used for cover, Li Dingguo said in a low voice to Ai Nengqi, Liu Wenxiu, and Zhang Huier.

"Okay!"...

A moment later, Li Dingguo, who was ready, nodded at the three beside him who were also using Low-Grade Spirit Weapon bows and arrows, drawing their bows and nocking arrows. His eyes sharpened, and he immediately flashed out!

When the four of them had just arrived here, they had quietly observed and assigned their respective attack targets, locking onto the few adult Iron Tusk Pigs with the strongest auras.

Although it was his first time using a Spirit Weapon bow and arrow to attack a Demonic Beast, Li Dingguo felt no nervousness.

His current cultivation and Cultivation Method skills were completely equal to anyone at the same level; he had that confidence.

The saying "skillful people are bold" refers to this.

While still in the air, before landing, Li Dingguo had already shot the Low-Grade Spirit Weapon arrow, which had been drawn to a full circle, towards the Iron Tusk Pig leader that his mind had locked onto!

True master archers never aim when shooting arrows.

As soon as their eyes see the target, they shoot the arrow.

It's about the eyes reaching, the heart reaching, and the arrow reaching with the heart.

The divine dramas from Li Dingguo's previous life would add this amateur performance just to grab the audience's attention.

Just like during real wartime, those truly accurate master marksmen would pick up a gun and shoot, without needing to aim at anything.

Whether a true master archer or a master marksman, they rely on their absolute confidence and feeling, striking like lightning, a single blow to kill!

Li Dingguo was still quite a distance from that realm.

But with the enhancement of his own strength, he already possessed this belief, not to mention that his current target was only about twenty zhang away?

The Thunderbolt Arrow Technique he cultivated had reached the proficient realm; it was no exaggeration to say he could hit a willow leaf at a hundred paces.

Although this level wasn't considered particularly powerful for an archer in this wondrous great world.

After all, the power level of this world was simply too strong.

Due to the existence of Spirit Weapons and the Martial Path, truly powerful master archers could kill with a single blow from hundreds of zhang away.

But to reach that realm, one would need at least arrow techniques at the perfect realm, plus a cultivation of the Fourth Layer of Martial Dao, to be considered a hundred-percent accurate master archer.

As Li Dingguo flashed out and leaped, his feet hadn't even landed yet when the sharp arrow fired from his Spirit Weapon had already struck the target's eye dead center!

The Spirit Weapon arrow, enhanced by Qi and Blood Power, was extremely powerful. The nearly two-foot-long arrow even penetrated about half of the Iron Tusk Pig leader's brain, almost piercing through its large head.

However, this injury, which would be instantly fatal to a human, did not cause this massive Demonic Beast at the peak of the first level late stage to die on the spot.

"Roar!"

It roared in anger, suddenly stood up, and with its remaining intact eye, looked furiously at Li Dingguo, the human Martial Artist who had injured it.

Having lost its senses due to pain and rage, it went all out, charging straight at Li Dingguo like a bolt of lightning!

At the same time, Ai Nengqi, Liu Wenxiu, and Zhang Huier, who had also successfully landed a hit, found that their targets did not die on the spot. With continuous roars, they followed the Iron Tusk Pig leader, launching a furious charge towards the humans who had injured them!

The life force of Demonic Beasts is actually this strong?

Undoubtedly, the attack launched by the four of them was already fatal.

But the dying counterattack of these Demonic Beasts greatly surprised Li Dingguo and the others!

No matter what, let's first withstand the opponent's furious counterattack!

Li Dingguo didn't care about anything else. He immediately threw the longbow in his hand aside, held the long spear with both hands, ready to strike, and stared intently at the rapidly approaching Iron Tusk Pig leader!

In just one or two breaths, the opponent had arrived before him, followed by a gust of腥风扑鼻!

"Ooh ooh..."

In this flash of lightning, the Iron Tusk Pig leader leaped into the air towards him, opened its bloody maw, and with a mouth full of sharp white fangs, viciously bit at Li Dingguo!

Since this was his first close-quarters battle with a powerful enemy, Li Dingguo's heart involuntarily tightened. His long spear hadn't been thrust out yet, and it was already too late.

He quickly shifted his body to the side, his steps错开, and finally managed to dodge to the side in time, avoiding injury.

"Roar!"

This massive Iron Tusk Pig was extremely agile. After landing, it roared furiously, its four limbs pushing off the ground immediately after landing, instantly completing a turn!

With its single red eye, it leaped into the air again, its bloody maw wide open, and viciously bit at Li Dingguo, who had just stabilized his stance but hadn't even had time to turn around!

"Turning Spear Technique!"

"Die for me!"

At this moment, Li Dingguo, who had fully entered combat mode, forgot his fear. Thoughts flashed through his mind like lightning. He stepped forward in a bow stance, lowered his body, flicked his wrist, turned his long spear, and thrust back fiercely!

"Puchi!"

He channeled all of his Qi and Blood Power, pouring it all into the Spirit Weapon long spear. With a strange and tricky angle, he accurately stabbed into the open bloody maw of the Iron Tusk Pig leader that was pouncing from behind in the air!

At this moment, the sharpness of the Spirit Weapon long spear was fully displayed: this black and shiny Spirit Weapon long spear, under Li Dingguo's full-force strike, immediately pierced through the bloody maw, penetrating the huge pig head. The spear tip even protruded from the back of the opponent's head!

Before the enormous body of the Iron Tusk Pig leader could even fall, Li Dingguo twisted and pulled the spear in his hand. As he quickly withdrew his spear, he rolled to the side, narrowly avoiding being crushed by the massive Demonic Beast's lifeless body.

In reality, after delivering that fatal blow, if he had simply let go of the spear and immediately dodged to the side, he wouldn't have been in such a sorry state.

However, on the battlefield, a Martial Artist's primary weapon is their second life. Unless absolutely necessary, they must not let it leave their hands.

Battlefield situations are ever-changing, and most of the time, there isn't just one enemy nearby.

If you lose your weapon, when the next round of attacks from the surrounding enemies comes, it would be strange if you weren't flustered or even surrounded and killed!

Therefore, even though he had to roll awkwardly on the ground just now to avoid being crushed by the huge Demonic Beast's corpse, he still prioritized retrieving his primary weapon, the Low-Grade Spirit Weapon spear, in time.

This is the correct battlefield procedure for a qualified soldier.

Thud!

Just as Li Dingguo used the momentum from his roll to leap up, the massive body of the Iron Tusk Pig, which he had killed instantly with a full-force strike, crashed heavily onto the ground!

Amidst the flying dust, the giant creature, now dead, twitched a few times before finally becoming still, its life force extinguished.

"Hehe..."

Li Dingguo had completed his first Demonic Beast kill in his life. While filled with joy, he lowered his head and saw that he was covered in dust, then chuckled self-deprecatingly.

Fortunately, although he looked a bit disheveled, the outcome was perfect.

He looked around and saw that Ai Nengqi had also killed the target Demonic Beast he was facing head-on.

However, Liu Wenxiu and Zhang Huier were still fighting the adult Iron Tusk Pigs they were up against.

Both of them were currently only at the peak of the Martial Dao First Level Middle Stage cultivation. Now, facing a Demonic Beast in its death throes for the first time, their performance was considered normal.

"What are you all standing there for?"

Li Dingguo didn't have time to think further. He turned to the sixty young Martial Artists behind him and shouted, "Form up into your respective squads and advance! Charge into this basin immediately and kill the remaining Demonic Beasts!"

He knew clearly that the purpose of this long trip outside the city was for these young Martial Artists to gain practical experience through real combat.

Ideally, every single young Martial Artist needed to see blood or personally kill a Demonic Beast to achieve the effect of practical military training.

Therefore, he grabbed Ai Nengqi, who was about to continue charging forward, and issued commands to the soldiers of the Youth Camp behind him, snapping these stunned youths back to attention.

Anyway, among this group of Demonic Beasts, the four most powerful ones had either been killed or were being held back. The remaining twenty or so large and small Demonic Beasts still trapped in the basin ahead were already in chaos.

As long as these young Martial Artists were careful, they could easily surround and kill them all.

"Oh, oh..."

Startled awake by Li Dingguo's words, the sixty young men's expressions changed. Then, led by the twelve talented Martial Artists, they quickly formed ranks and charged towards the large and small Iron Tusk Pigs in front of them!

They all understood the reason why Li Dingguo wasn't continuing to attack: for their first practical training session, they hadn't completed the task yet, and the real test had arrived!

These guys, knowing that the remaining Demonic Beasts shouldn't pose much of a threat to their side, were like roosters pumped up with adrenaline, howling and charging into the small basin ahead