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In the afternoon, Lu Chang'an rushed to the outskirts of Blackwind Ridge with two hundred disciples.
When we first entered the forest, we saw puddles of black mud that had been dug up everywhere on the ground, and the air was filled with the smell of wild beasts.
In the distance, deep in the woods, there were constant low humming sounds and the snapping sounds of trees breaking.
Li Meng walked to Lu Chang'an and reported in a low voice, "Elder brother, I took people to explore the front. There are at least three hundred Bloodfang Wild Boar gathered in the valley, and there are many adult pigs with a body length of more than one foot."
Lu Chang'an took off Dark Iron Sledgehammer from his back and stood at his feet, then turned to look at the two hundred disciples behind him who were gearing up.
Most of these disciples are newly recruited refugee youths in recent years. Although they have developed the strength of the Second Realm and Third Realm on Training Ground, they rarely go into the mountains to fight against the real Demon Beast. Their eyes are filled with unbelievable excitement.
"Listen up!"
Lu Chang'an lowered his voice and shouted, "Although Bloodfang Wild Boar is only a second-level Demon Beast, Demon Beast's bones are harder than humans. An adult boar has an impact force of two thousand kilograms when it rushes. A Second Realm warrior will still break several ribs if he is hit head-on!"
"Master told us that we must catch the wild boar alive, and no one is allowed to kill anyone. We work in groups of ten. Disciple Third Realm holds a wooden stick against the nose of the wild boar in front. Disciple Second Realm throws iron nets and hemp ropes from both sides. After tying them firmly, they carry them out! If anyone is greedy for merit and runs away, I will skin him when he goes back!"
"Yes!" Two hundred disciples responded in unison and quickly divided into twenty small groups and dispersed into the forest.
On the right side of the team, Zhou Tie, who is only 16 years old, is holding an oil-soaked hemp rope tightly in his hand, his palms are all sweaty.
He is the son of a blacksmith. He became a Martial Sect two years ago. He was born with great strength and is now a Mid-Second Realm.
But he kept holding back a strong feeling in his heart, feeling that he was working in the Qi Hall every day and had no chance to show his face in front of his senior brother Lu Chang'an.
After finally following him into the mountains this time, he secretly vowed to hold down the largest wild boar with his own hands and let his senior brother take a look at him.
Following Zhou Tie is Lin Xiaohe, the herbal picker from the medicine hall.
She is only fifteen years old this year, with a thin body and a Martial Dao cultivation level of only Peak First Realm. This time she is mainly responsible for identifying poisonous weeds in the mountains and bandaging the injured senior brother.
"Senior Brother Zhou, Senior Brother Li Meng said just now that we have to follow Senior Brother Third Realm in front of us and not be too far away." Lin Xiaohe reminded Zhou Tie in a low voice when he saw that Zhou Tie kept looking deep into the dense forest.
"What are you afraid of? Aren't they just a few stupid pigs?"
Zhou Tie waved his fist nonchalantly. "I swing an 80-pound sledgehammer and hit it thousands of times every day in the Qi Hall. How can a wild boar be tougher than Refined Iron?"
Before he finished speaking, the bushes thirty steps ahead suddenly swayed, and a plump blood-toothed boar with an old hip injury came out with a groan and was gnawing at the roots of the tree.
Zhou Tie's eyes became hot and he forgot all Lu Chang'an's previous instructions.
He felt that the lone injured pig was a waste of his efforts. He didn't even say hello to his fellow seniors, but just shouted and rushed forward alone!
"Senior Brother Zhou, don't go!" Lin Xiaohe's face changed, and he quickly caught up with the medicine basket.
Zhou Tie rushed behind the boar in a few steps, jumped up, and hugged the boar's neck with both hands, trying to push the pig to the ground with his own Mid-Second Realm brute force.
However, he underestimated the ferocity of the second-level Demon Beast. The boar let out a piercing scream when it was in pain, and suddenly ran forward with all four hooves, dragging Zhou Tie and directly broke two small trees as thick as a bowl, and plunged into the mountain col behind!
Zhou Tie was scratched by a branch and his face was covered in bloodstains. He just let go of his hand and rolled to the ground. When he looked up, his whole scalp instantly became numb.
This mountain col is actually the nest of a herd of wild boars!
There are more than thirty adult Bloodfang Wild Boar lying around in the mountain col. In the middle of the quagmire, there is also a third-order early-stage wild boar king that is a bit larger and covered with dark red manes!
"Ho--!"
More than thirty Bloodfang Wild Boar were alarmed. Their red eyes were fixed on Zhou Tie at the same time. They dug their hooves on the ground and launched a group charge towards Zhou Tie!
Zhou Tie's face turned pale with fright, and he wanted to run but his legs were weak. The boar that rushed at the front suddenly shook its head, and its two-foot-long sharp fangs directly hit Zhou Tie's left thigh. Blood spurted out, and Zhou Tie screamed and fell to the edge of the rock.
Seeing that the dozen or so wild boars behind were about to run over Zhou Tie, Lin Xiaohe, who was catching up, gritted his teeth, grabbed two large handfuls of quicklime powder and spicy powder that were usually used to repel insects from the medicine basket, and threw them in front of the pigs in the wind!
The spicy medicinal powder fascinated the eyes of several wild boars in the front row. The pigs were in chaos and bumped into each other. Lin Xiaohe took the opportunity to rush over and tried his best to drag Zhou Tie to hide under the steep rock wall on the side of the col.
At this time, Li Meng, who heard the commotion, rushed into the col with thirty disciples from three nearby teams to rescue him.
"Form up! Save people quickly!" Li Meng shouted, and thirty disciples quickly threw out the iron net and blocked Zhou Tie.
However, the force of the collision of more than thirty wild boars at the same time was too great. The Second Realm disciples could not stand firm at all. The iron net was torn on the spot, and seven or eight disciples were knocked out and vomited blood. The defense line was about to collapse completely.
At that critical moment when the third-level wild boar king lowered his head and slammed into Lin Xiaohe and Zhou Tie with great force, a loud shout suddenly came from above his head:
"How dare you, you evil beast!"
Lu Chang'an jumped directly from the three-foot-high cliff, stepped heavily on the back of the Wild Boar King, and shook the ground into two deep pits!
In order not to smash the wild boar into pulp, Lu Changan did not use a sledgehammer, but concentrated the periosteum defense of the peak of the four realms and the whole body's energy and blood on his arms.
He clasped the two thick tusks of the third-level wild boar king with both hands, firmly planted his legs on the horse, and the veins on his neck popped out, and he wrestled with the wild boar king forcefully!
The Wild Boar King shook his head as hard as he could, shaking Lu Chang'an's arms so hard that the bones cracked, and Lu Chang'an's jaws cracked and bled, but he did not retreat even half a step.
He found the moment when the Wild Boar King was taking a breath, and twisted his waist suddenly, knocking the third-level Wild Boar King, which weighed over a thousand kilograms, to the ground. Then he clenched his right fist and punched the Wild Boar King five times in a row on his thick forehead!
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
After five punches, the third-level wild boar king rolled his eyes, foamed at the mouth and fainted completely.
As soon as the leader fell, the remaining thirty or so wild boars suddenly became panicked.
Li Meng swarmed up with two hundred disciples who came over. They covered their heads with iron nets, beat their legs with wooden sticks, and tied their hooves with hemp ropes. After a whole hour of tossing, they finally tied up all the wild boars and controlled them.
On the flat ground of the mountain col, more than eighty wild boars were tied up tightly.
Lu Chang'an wiped the blood from his hands and walked up to Zhou Tie, whose thigh was bleeding, with a dark face.
Zhou Tie lowered his head and knelt on the ground, feeling ashamed and ashamed. "Senior Brother, it was me who was greedy for merit and rushed forward, causing Junior Sister Lin and all Senior Brothers to be injured. I am willing to be punished!"
Lin Xiaohe begged in a low voice, "Senior Brother, Senior Brother Zhou also wants to catch one more pig..."
"Shut up!" Lu Chang'an glared at Lin Xiaohe, turned to Li Meng and shouted, "According to the sect's rules, if you leave the team without permission during battle and injure your fellow sect members, what crime should you commit?"
"Reply to Senior Brother, I will give you twenty punishments!" Li Meng replied.
"Fight! Fight now!"
Two Third Realm disciples stepped forward and held down Zhou Tie, and beat him twenty times with a hardwood stick as thick as his arm. Zhou Tie bit his lip until it was bitten to pieces without even making a sound. His buttocks and thighs were beaten to pieces.
After the fight, Lu Chang'an took out a bottle of the fine gold sore medicine brewed by Gu Qinghe from his arms, threw it into Zhou Tie's arms, and said in a cold voice, "Eternal Life Martial Sect's disciples, it doesn't matter if they are talented or weak, just practice slowly, but when you go to the battlefield, your life is not yours alone. Standing behind you is your senior brother who will give your back to you!"
"If Lin Xiaohe hadn't taken the medicine powder to block that blow for you today, you would have been a pile of rotten flesh now! Remember the pain of these twenty sticks, and next time, I will be expelled from the sect!"
Zhou Tie held the medicine bottle with both hands, tears finally fell down, and he kowtowed hard. "Thank you, senior brother, for your kindness! Zhou Tie will remember it!"
The two hundred young disciples around looked at this scene, and all the frivolity and arrogance in their hearts were put away, and they understood what military regulations are as iron as iron.
Before the sun set, two hundred disciples raised their heads, carrying more than 80 humming and snarling live wild boars and the third-level wild boar king, and walked back to Azure Cloud City in a long line, which attracted the people at the city gate to stop and applaud.