Mysterious Hunting Ground

Chapter 231 231. Training and Control

Dean's journey becomes two people.

But Kaiden has been living a normal life as a human for the past 18 years. His unruly wolf nature has been suppressed to a minimum, and he has fully accepted Dean's opinions and guidance during the journey.

Very cleverly, the main task of finding Lena is consistent with the general direction of "Call of the Wild" and can be carried out simultaneously.

So the two of them turned from Highway 65 to Highway 40 in Nashville and headed west, stopping every time they passed through towns and searching for bars and strip clubs together.

Caiden is very interested in Dean's persistence;

"Who is this woman you are looking for? Girlfriend?"

"No, it's my mother." Dean looked at the shadow floating on the passenger side and didn't hide it. "She disappeared nine years ago. I vowed to find her."

"Where's your father?"

"It's also missing, but I already have a general direction of investigation."

"Then we have a lot in common." Kaiden's eyes softened as he looked at Dean, "Both have lost their parents and are alone."

"I'm not lonely," Dean blinked at the rearview mirror. "I have many trustworthy friends, including several girlfriends... I can visit them at any time, have a meal, and cook something wholesome. Entertainment activities and so on are much better than your situation."

Kaiden had no idea that this mysterious Asian man was a playboy, and asked in surprise, "Are all your girlfriends ordinary people?"

"of course."

"Aren't they afraid of a dangerous alien like you?"

beep!
Dean tapped his horn to warn the black man crossing the road ahead.

"God has never prohibited aliens from maintaining contact with human society,"

"But once humans know our true identities, they will immediately be scared to shit and treat us as monsters, just like Selena." Caiden felt a pang of regret when he thought of his ex-girlfriend,
"Typical young people's thinking!" Dean turned around and patted Kaiden on the shoulder sincerely, "As long as you hide it well enough, who can know?"

Caiden mused.

Dean warned again, "But remember, don't stay with a group of people in the same place for too long. You have to learn to 'hit and leave'."

"Why?" Kaiden straightened his body like a philosophy class representative who was listening carefully.

"There is a rule in this world called the Law of Convergence, which will constantly bring supernatural creatures together. When I met you, it was also arranged by the Law of Convergence." Dean said with fear in his eyes, "And most of the time this kind of collision is very dangerous and can Bringing catastrophe."

"It's very rare for people like us who are peace-loving and principled to be outliers. If you bump into someone who is not so kind... you may not necessarily become a wolf kebab."

Dean threw Caiden a tome full of half of which he had memorized all the way from Las Vegas.

"I have a supernatural encyclopedia here, which records all the supernatural things I have encountered. If you are interested, you can take a look,"

"Shet, why am I still up here? Who the hell is Kaiden, the werewolf rookie?"

"Ouch - there's also the beautiful female vampire Monica..."

During most of the drive, Caiden kept asking Dean questions like a curious baby, absorbing supernatural knowledge like a sponge. At the same time, he also learned that this powerful and mysterious man was only older than himself. One year older!
In addition, Kaiden was also scheduled to have fixed special training sessions every morning and evening.

It’s 5 o’clock in the morning, in a leafy pine forest beside Highway 40.

Dean, who was wearing sportswear, hooked his hand at the blue jaguar on the grass.
"It's training time! Come out quickly, don't wait any longer."

Then, Kaiden, who was half-dressed, pushed open the car door and walked to the forest glade. His hands hung on both sides, his body was slightly bent and his body was strong and smooth, making a warning posture.
"Are you sure you want me to take the initiative to transform?"

"Why couldn't you control yourself before? Because you only transformed once every ten days and a half, the frequency was too low, so you couldn't bear the impact of the wolf nature and became irrational," Dean said seriously, "As long as the frequency of transformation is greatly increased, , continue to accept the grinding and impact, you will quickly adapt to this force...well...this is called cramming training."

"It seems to make sense." Kaiden showed a trace of confusion on his face. He was obviously very resistant to active transformation in his heart, but he sighed after a moment, "I will most likely attack you out of control, but can you hold back when you fight back? , don’t beat me too badly? The self-healing process is very itchy and uncomfortable.”

Dean smiled slightly, "Feel free to come here, I will be very gentle."

Caiden took a deep breath, and his breath became faster and faster.

Breathing heavily, he bent over and groaned in pain in the dim light.

The joints and bones pierced the skin like wildly growing trees, stretching out and thickening with pale white and scarlet colors. The whole body expanded as if inflated, patches of dark golden hair emerged, and the cheeks began to become rough. The beast transformed, his pupils became almond-shaped——

Less than ten seconds.

Kaiden in the woods turned into a beast that was more than two meters tall, standing erect, breathing heavily from his wet black nose, and staring at Dean not far away with a pair of amber eyes, as if watching They are generally filled with the desire to attack when they see prey, without any trace of human reason and emotion.

"Dude, do you still recognize me? If you stop now, I won't beat you up."

Dean joked and grabbed the M1900 from the fantasy space, and replaced it with .44 Magnum bullets as fast as lightning on his fingertips.

ooh-

Kaiden looked up to the sky and let out a long wolf howl. His limbs supported the ground, and his two thighs were tensed. When he relaxed, he rushed over with a gust of fishy wind.

Bang bang bang!
Gunshots roared in the forest, and Dean pulled the trigger continuously. Several rounds of bullets were accurately injected into the same part of Kaiden's right chest. The powerful impact tore through its fur and flesh, creating a hole that penetrated the chest. and the horrific hole in the back.

But as it sprinted, the flesh and blood at the wound adhered to each other and returned to their original state in the blink of an eye.

"The self-healing ability of a werewolf in its prime state is at least four or five times that of mine. Even if I use life energy to cooperate with abnormal self-healing, I still can't reach this abnormal level."

Dean muttered and dodged to the side, easily dodging the mountain-like pressing figure. He tiptoed around behind the werewolf and shot two more shots through the knee sockets of its left and right legs respectively.

The knee joint was severely injured, and the werewolf slowly turned around. He pulled the trigger and shot the abdomen while retreating, as if he was sliding backwards in a smart and fast moonwalk in the dark forest, with the sound of gunfire accompanying him.

Bang bang bang!
The bullet ripped open the werewolf's belly, and a large piece of internal organs flowed out of the gap, and the smelly and hot steam rose.

But the werewolf felt no pain at all, roaring and dragging his intestines all over the place and continuing to attack!
Dean stopped retreating, threw away the pistol that had been emptied of the magazine, twisted his neck, bent his legs apart, stretched his arms forward, squatted down, and hugged the werewolf's waist.

The figure wrapped in platinum light collided with the figure covered with black hair.

boom!
Dean wrapped his hands around the werewolf's waist like steel pliers, letting a pair of sharp claws hit the back, and the crescent-like sharp teeth bit the top of the head, leading it to tilt backwards and crush it to the ground, and a human-shaped pit appeared on the ground.

Splashing broken leaves and soil swirled in mid-air - a 1.8-meter-tall man completely crushed a [-]-meter-[-]-meter humanoid beast!

But when Dean saw that he was ready, he stopped, let go and stood up, slid back ten meters, and raised his fingers provocatively at the werewolf who was struggling to get up.

The werewolf stuffed the intestines on the ground back into his stomach, stepped on the blood on the ground and continued to attack Dean!

……

The forest clearing erupted with bursts of air explosions, the sound of fists and feet piercing flesh, and the sound of heavy objects hitting the ground.

Tall pine and birch trees were accidentally injured by fists and feet, broken into two pieces and fell to the ground. An invisible wave surged in the forest, leaves flew all over the sky, and birds and small animals fled frantically.

And the center of the fierce fighting.

Dean, who was agile and explosive with all his strength, circled the werewolf and blasted wildly... dived to grapple and throw him, hit the heart with a half-step punch, cut off the leg and kicked the tibia, kicked the bell with his vaginal leg, hit the ear door with both breasts... and so on. The close combat skills were displayed smoothly, leaving several platinum afterimages in the air, while the werewolf Kaiden could only parry under the sensitive suppression.

His steps were stiff and he kept retreating, and blood holes burst out all over his trembling body.

But this time there was no life energy poured into it, and the wound extracted its physical energy and healed quickly.

After a quarter of an hour, all movement stopped abruptly.

The werewolf, soaked in blood and sweat, knelt down weakly in front of Dean. His breathing was like a broken bellows. The animalistic features on his face that were swollen into pig heads quickly faded away. The fury and blood color in his eyes disappeared, but there was a hint of thickness. complaints,
"Fake Squid, where's the tenderness you promised?"

Poof, Kaiden fell onto his back and passed out.

"Automatically releasing the werewolf transformation before coma, isn't this progress!" Dean snapped his fingers with satisfaction, and the cleaner "Shadow" began to clean the woods that suffered a "mini earthquake".He took another look at the system, fighting level 4 (6→7/500).

"Beat the werewolf to improve your proficiency, and at the same time exercise the werewolf's self-control. Kill two birds with one stone."

……

This was just a fixed fighting training in the morning. To be precise, Kaiden was beaten unilaterally. Because his strength, speed, and fighting instinct were crushed by Dean in all aspects, he was beaten to the point of being broken, broken, and exhausted every time. coma.

At night, Kaiden will be tortured in another way.

Dean would sometimes create a darkness as thick as paint, blinding his five senses. A pair of abyss-like golden pupils would rise from the darkness, absorbing all his heart and thoughts.

He was left in a coma without knowing anything, retreated into human form, and turned into an empty body, unable to recover for a long time.

At other times, Dean would use freezing, igniting, electric shock, and various forms of energy to attack various parts of his body in turn, such as his lower body, eyes, mouth, nose... Although it could not cause much damage, it still made him like a mosquito. Bored, his temper became even crazier, but there was nothing he could do about Dean, so he could only be helpless and furious.

But Dean's most terrifying method is to wrap the werewolf's body layer by layer with a powerful invisible force and lift it up to a height of 200 meters, blowing like a mummy the cold wind that can freeze a person into a popsicle. .

This binding force is as vast as the ocean.

No matter how hard Caiden tried, he couldn't break free. He couldn't make a sound or move a finger. He could only grin in boredom at the empty sky and white clouds for at least an hour.

……

Although it was difficult to control himself in the werewolf form, after returning to human form, these painful memories still existed, almost causing Caiden to collapse.

"Man, have I offended you somewhere?" Kaiden asked the driver in the front seat with a look of despair, "So you make me experience hell every day?"

"Hang on, buddy," Dean threw a piece of candy back and said seriously, "The process of mastering power is extremely painful... but after the pain, there will be surprises."

"I don't want surprises anymore. Can you let me rest for two days, please?"

"Training cannot be interrupted, and you will see the results immediately."

"Shet!"

……

Dean is like a stern teacher, teaching him the knowledge of the supernatural world and training his practical combat and self-control abilities.

He would also take him around for food every day. Dean was never stingy with money and always let him enjoy all kinds of delicious food until his stomach was almost bursting.This is Kaiden's happiest time.

But overall, Caiden was respected and feared by Dean.

This fear slowly penetrates into the bone marrow and becomes instinctive.

……

Some time later, on a full moon night, the two were passing through Memphis in southwest Tennessee. On a quiet road, they encountered a group of robbers armed with guns who intercepted passing vehicles.

After getting Dean's consent, Caiden transformed into a werewolf without hesitation, unleashing the anger and grievance of being abused during this period, and tore the two robbers into pieces with his sharp claws.

But when he turned his angry and bloody eyes to the trembling sole survivor in the victim's vehicle, a little girl of five or six years old, and was about to start killing, the endless torture he had suffered in the previous period suddenly flashed through his mind. , the fatigue, pain, and emptiness that touch the soul.

Panic-like fear instantly replaced the boiling murderous intent and anger in his chest.

Under the bright moonlight.

Werewolf Caiden trembled all over, as if he had woken up from a violent nightmare. His furry face, the blood in his beast-like vertical pupils disappeared like an ebb, and he regained his clarity.

"I, I am Kaiden! Can I control myself!?" Kaiden looked at his sickle-sharp claws and felt that his whole body was filled with infinite power. The world in front of him became as colorful as alive, and the smell of blood in the air It was so strong that it was nauseating, and everything about it was full of novelty.

He excitedly turned to look at the man in the jaguar and grinned, showing his fangs, "Dean, I succeeded!"

The monster with the body of a furry beast made a hoarse and rough human voice and showed a terrifying smile.
The little girl in the car was so frightened that she screamed and passed out.

"Congratulations, man." Dean snapped his fingers, and the "Shadow" began to converge on the corpses on the ground. "From now on, you truly master this power, and you begin to turn curses and diseases into talents."

"But why, after being tortured by you for so long, I will wake up from the wolf form. Is cramming training really useful?" Kaiden slapped his cheek hard with his paw, suppressing the murderous intention rising in his heart again.
Dean replied, "I have studied your situation repeatedly during this period. After you transformed into a werewolf, you were tireless and fearless of pain and death, so it was difficult to control."

"But if I keep beating you and make you instinctively fear me and fear me, then there will be an additional restriction deep in your heart, and you will know that this is not a world where you can unleash your wildness and murderous intent at will. Hunting grounds, this world is more dangerous than you think!"

"When you have a sense of awe, you will instinctively retain some sense when transforming, and you will be able to control your animal nature!"

……

With awe, you can control your animal nature.

A deep understanding flashed in Kaiden's amber pupils, followed by guilt.

"Sorry, man, I shouldn't have doubted you in the past."

Dean shook his head indifferently, "Let's go, get in the car quickly, so as not to cause more trouble."

"What should I do with this little guy?" Kaiden turned to the little girl in the car with a look of unbearability, "His parents were killed by robbers, so he just abandoned her like this?"

"People are dying in this world every moment. There is nothing we can do. Others will come to save her." Dean stared at his unwilling face and advised, "Life is like an onion. The more you peel it, the more it becomes." It makes people cry, and everyone becomes stronger through their tears.”

"Let's go."

The werewolf got into the car and drove west through Memphis.

……

They crossed the Mississippi River and entered Arkansas.

Daily training continues.

However, Dean discovered a major change - perhaps the distance was shortening, and his perception of Lena became much clearer. Through the "search" from the perspective of God, he clearly felt that she was somewhere in the southwest.

"Call of the Wild" is going to the mountains of Arkansas in the northwest. The routes do not intersect and there is no way to do them at the same time.

Dean simply stopped searching for bars and clubs, and only occasionally refueled and replenished food. His traveling speed became several times faster.
At this time, Kaiden was able to transform and detransform into a werewolf very smoothly under Dean's training, and would not lose control again unless he was severely stimulated.

With the assistance of senior sparring partner Kaiden, Dean's proficiency in manipulating energy with his mind and using life energy have made great progress, and various skills have also been honed——

Fighting level 4 (7→17/500).

Shooting lv4 (346→352/500)
Shadow of the Past lv2 (111→121/300)
Red Dragon Meditation lv3 (39→49/400)

Simulated lv2 (25→30/300)
Abyss lv0(52→62/100)

……

At dusk in late October, the two of them entered a deserted mountainous area in northwest Arkansas and drove along the winding mountain road shaded by greenery.

An indescribable strange smell gradually appeared in the air.

"The calling in my head is getting smaller and smaller. It's coming soon, man." Caiden, who was sitting in the back row, clenched his fists and said excitedly, unable to contain himself.
"Don't be too happy. I'm afraid there will be a tough battle waiting for us when we get there." Dean glanced at "Call of the Wild". The progress was 10%, and there were still 20 days left in the time limit. He had a premonition that the difficulties were still to come. .

"What do you mean?"

Dean didn't answer. He looked at a road sign on the side of the road in the distance. The name "Dog Town" came into view. The two of them couldn't help but look shocked.
"All the answers are inside."

(End of this chapter)