Reincarnation Paradise: The Crucible.

Chapter 304 The hunt has arrived
Black-footed cats are small cats that often live in the Gobi Desert. They are named after the black hair on their paws that can insulate them from high temperatures.

Although this guy is small in size, its lethality is extremely shocking. It is known as the 'killing machine' in the desert and is one of the creatures that is banned worldwide.

It can hunt creatures that are four times its size. Its hunting success rate is as high as 4%, the highest among cats, and three times that of tigers and lions. It can hunt 60 to 3 prey in one night. Its appetite is closely related to its killing ability. The desire is just as strong.

It is not surprising that such a powerful species can obtain the passiveness of the King of Cats after alienation. Just from the evaluation of the leader-level creature, you can see how powerful this big cat is.

Coupled with the high flame resistance of the fur, this guy is indeed very suitable for Xu Yue's mount. It can be seen that the ant queen has really put a lot of effort into this matter.

"A very nice mount."

Reaching out and stroking the furry forehead of the big cat in front of him, Xu Yue could clearly see a hint of submission under the wild beast eyes.

The Queen Ant's ability to manipulate her mind is truly powerful. While retaining her aggressive nature, she can also make this wild and unruly creature obey others.

"But it's not fierce enough. Since it's a war, I need to intimidate stronger mounts."

As soon as he finished speaking, a Taotie shadow quickly appeared behind him, and then pounced on the big cat, which was unable to dodge.

After answering Xing Hai's question concisely and concisely, Xu Yue jumped up and landed firmly on the back of the evil beast in front of him, which was slightly larger than Xuan Jun.

The murmurs in the ant nest hall slowly disappeared, but the changes on the plain had just begun.

"Roar!!!"

"It seems that my ally has endless tricks, but the more powerful the better, Poseidon can..."

The big cat that was originally lying down suddenly stood up, and with a strange "creaking" sound, its whole body was twisted and deformed, its fur rolled, and its bones protruded.

The evil beast looked up to the sky and roared. Along with the violent roar, the ferocious aura from the four ancient evils suddenly expanded outwards, causing ripples to appear in the black armor army behind.

As a soul body, if Taotie wants to serve as a mount in the real world, the existence of a material carrier is essential, and the quality of the carrier cannot be too low. At present, this leader-level creature in a state of mind control is just right. As for being incidentally The swallowed queen was distracted, so Mr. Xu had no idea.

Looking from above, three lines of smoke and dust over a hundred meters wide spread across the plain, rushing outward along different routes.

As soon as he finished speaking, the rumbling thunder resounded throughout the foot of the Red Rock Mountain. The earth trembled, and large amounts of smoke and dust rose. Xu Yue led the army and rushed forward. Behind him was the endless black tide, rushing outwards. At the same time, The legions on the east and west sides of the mountain also began to advance simultaneously.

Suppressing the feeling of panic that unconsciously emerged in his heart, Xing Hai avoided the pair of beast eyes as red as carbon and turned his head to look at the indifferent expression of the General-in-Chief beside him.

The second the black-footed cat's pupils turned gray, a terrifying and sinister aura began to gradually fill the air. In the center of the gray-white pupils, a red blood light as red as carbon lit up and rapidly expanded outwards.

After a moment, the originally black and yellow spotted beast disappeared, and what appeared instead was a ferocious beast with a black body.

"The whole army has set out, the hunting group has arrived, hunt for all the food along the way, kill it!"

After the transformation, in addition to the charm value being reduced to 3 points, the other attributes and skills of the modified Taotie mount have been improved to varying degrees. It even has two more special abilities called 'Gluttony' and 'Abyssal Devour'. The former can induce gluttonous cravings, while the latter can result in swallowing everything.

After checking the Taotie attribute introduction, Xu Yue nodded with satisfaction, then swung his halberd across the ground, and a cold and chilling sound instantly spread throughout the army.

"War beast, Taotie."

At the same time, the queen ant deep underground groaned and opened her slightly closed eyes. The ray of distraction she used to control the black-footed cat was destroyed, and the last picture that came back was a picture as dark as ink. The mouth of the abyss.

"General, what is this?"

As if some monster was about to burst out of the black-footed cat's body, under Xing Hai's somewhat horrifying gaze, the big cat's already strong body grew taller again.

As the gluttonous food entered the body, the black-footed cat's body suddenly stiffened, and its originally amber eyes turned gray after a moment, as if it had lost all its soul.

The black fur grows rapidly until it covers the whole body; the limbs become thicker and wider, and the sharp claws clang; the two spiral horns on the top of the head are drilled into the flesh, rising proudly; a pair of black and green long eyebrows are rolled up on the forehead, and the tiger eyes are long and narrow under them; the snout The corners of the mouth are cracked, and the fangs are exposed; in the huge mouth of the black abyss, the sharp teeth are as dense as saws...

In the sky, several individual drones in hiding places looked down at the black ant tide spreading rapidly on the plain, their faces looking a little ugly.

"Sir, the ants seem to have started hunting in advance. What should we do about that damn human?"

"I'm not blind. We are only five days away from the Poseidon disaster. How could the ants be so far in advance?"

"But since they are opened in advance, we must also respond."

"There is a high probability that that human being will not have a chance to assassinate today. Black Velvet, please return to the hive immediately and report to the Queen Bee. The ant tribe has launched a group hunt in advance. Our tribe just lost a large legion yesterday. The ant tribe is now The changes must have bad intentions, and we need to be careful that they will directly invade our territory after the group hunting is over. After all, this Poseidon disaster is likely to be the last one, and the past covenants are no longer trustworthy."

"Yes!"

After the order was given, a drone covered in black fur broke away from the team and flew away quickly into the distance.

On the spot, the leading drone looked at the two subordinates behind him and said in a deep voice:
"Follow the ant army on the east and west sides respectively, and pay attention to their marching route. Once you find any signs of deviation towards the hive, return immediately to report. As for the human team, I will follow."

"Yes!"

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Although the Mysterious Island is an island, its area is comparable to a small landmass. There are mountains, lakes, hills, plains and other landforms mixed together. Of course, the most extensive area is still the large green forest.

After all, there are no humans here who like to cut down forests to build cities and reclaim land for fields. Even the leaf-cutting ant colonies that need vegetation only take the branches and leaves without damaging the trunk. Without human damage, these vast lush forests Overall, Lin is quite stable.

But this is just normal time. Once the group hunting starts, the first ones to suffer are often these dense forests that hide many creatures. "Boom boom boom..."

The thunderous trampling of footsteps resounded on the ground along with the roar caused by the collapse of giant trees. Looking down from the air, I saw that the peaceful forest in the past was now surrounded by a flooding black tide, which was constantly flowing. Encroaching, the black tide surges, and the green color that represents vitality is submerged inch by inch.

The lush forest is filled with wild beasts running in panic, as well as the frightened roars and gasps. At this moment, no matter whether they are strong or not, whether they are natural enemies or not, it is meaningless.

They are mixed together and running endlessly. The instinct of survival has taken over all their thoughts, and whether they can stay away from the spreading black tide behind them has become the only criterion for survival.

"Damn it, what the hell are those? Isn't it only the fourth day today? How come the difficulty of the trial has reached this level!"

Above the fleeing beasts, within the criss-crossing branches of the lush forest, silhouettes of people kept flickering. They were all contractors from the same adventure group. They completed the mission with some kind of prop on the second day after arriving at the mysterious island. The original intention of gathering together was to survive this survival trial together through teaming up and complementing each other.

But they obviously underestimated the difficulty of this trial. Facing the overwhelming ant army, it is more likely that they will be destroyed in one wave after gathering.

In the face of such a force comparable to a natural disaster, cooperation is meaningless. Running fast enough is the measure of survival.

Among the people fleeing for their lives, a male contractor carrying an emerald-green long bow frequently looked back. After seeing the scale of the black tide behind him, his already bloodless face became even paler.

"Boss, we are getting closer. Running like this is not an option."

"Damn, there is no possibility of confrontation with this number. Before coming to this broken island, I never thought that one day I would be chased by a group of ants and run away."

Slightly hasty words came out of the longbow contractor's mouth. Although he kept complaining, the pace of escape under his feet did not slow down at all.

As soon as he finished speaking, a rich male voice came from directly in front.

"If you have the time to speak, it's better to save some energy. Now there is no other way but to run. We have two kilometers left before leaving the forest. As long as we reach the plains and are blocked by these beasts under our feet, we should be able to distance ourselves and speed up. Now we fight hard It’s just death.”

"Also, Lao Zhong, take off your heavy armor quickly. You can't run away with it. It's important to save your life."

Behind the crowd, a stout man wearing all black heavy armor blushed. Different from the deft leaping postures of others, his movements were extremely rough and arrogant. Every time he leaped with force, the huge reaction force would send out a blast under his feet. There will be an explosion, and then the thick branches torn apart by the huge force will fall from a high place, randomly hitting several lucky spectators below.

It was obvious that he was extremely unsuited to this kind of running route among the branches, but the dense and dense herd of beasts on the ground gave him no choice.

Even though this violent leap looked very powerful, the heavy armor still inevitably slowed him down, leaving him at the end of the team, with a tendency to fall further and further behind.

After listening to the advice coming from the front, the main tank in the team looked troubled. He had abandoned his shield not long ago. If he lost his armor again, even if he survived this time, he would just linger on.

But the cruel reality is always good at adding insult to injury. Feeling the roar approaching from behind, as well as the screams from time to time, after he cursed angrily, he raised his hand and tore off the arm armor of his right arm, and handed it to him. Smashed behind him.

There are far more contractors hidden in this lush forest than just their team. If it continues to be delayed, sooner or later he will be a part of the dying wailing behind them.

"Gan, Labor's purple heavy armor, TMD, I hate this damn space blockade!"

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In the rear, Xu Yue, who was riding a Taotie, was still at the front of the ant tide. After getting used to the battle mode of the knights charging in the world of Dragon Valley, he has always maintained this strategy of leading the way.

The body undulated slightly as the mount ran, but he was always as steady as a mountain. With the help of the kinetic energy generated by the charge, he stabbed forward with the halberd in his hand, and collided head-on with a giant wolverine that rushed towards him. The sharp halberd blade and gray-black Tough fur clashes.

Although it did not penetrate deeply into the flesh, the kinetic energy of the wolverine's forward attack was obviously no match for Xu Yue's accumulated momentum. The tip of the halberd accurately pressed against the wolverine's throat, and then forced it back to the ground. Its back touched the ground. He started to be dragged along by the halberd.

During the dragging process, the hard claws popped out of the wolverine's front paws and scratched at the halberd, splashing sparks. The strong reaction force was transmitted through the halberd shaft to the clenched silver arm, but it was like a mud cow entering the sea. There was no movement, the halberd in his hand did not move at all.

After a few breaths, the tip of the halberd penetrated every inch of the fur and flesh until it completely shattered the steel-hardened spine. The strength of the wolverine's struggle disappeared instantly, blood foam poured out of the corners of its mouth, and its pupils turned gray.

Holding the wolverine hanging on the halberd high, Xu Yue's arms trembled slightly, and the halberd in his hand shook suddenly, and then the giant beast penetrated by the halberd blade suddenly fell into pieces, turning into several stumps flying everywhere.

The dissipated blood mist exploded in the air and fell freely, but before it touched Xu Yue's body, it was completely evaporated by the fiery firepower lingering around him.

The forward-stretched halberd was retracted, and he swung his right hand horizontally. The halberd blade tore through the airflow and screamed. All creatures within a few meters to the right were immediately crushed into pieces of blood and mist.

Along the way, except for the wolverine, known as the largest beast of the mustelidae family, which sustained two more moves in his hands, all the other creatures collapsed at the first touch.

In a sea of ​​scarlet, the Taotie under his seat let out an excited roar. With an exaggerated inhalation sound, all the blood, mist and flesh around him were sucked into the nasal cavity and swallowed up completely.

Then Taotie lowered his head, still charging at high speed. The spiral horns on his head suddenly turned into two knight spears. The alienated creatures blocking the road were pierced cleanly by the horns, and finally, as it followed He suddenly raised his head, and the corpse hanging high on the horns of the sheep was thrown back, falling into the black ant tide following behind and being trampled into mud.

After throwing away the heavy objects on the horns, Taotie's abyssal mouth opened, and he attacked continuously on the left and right sides. In just a few breaths, five giant beasts of different shapes appeared from the waist up, with their upper bodies and heads They all disappeared, leaving only half of their incomplete bodies standing. Before they could fall down, they were directly smashed to pieces by a swinging halberd.

The thick blood mist that had just bloomed was torn apart by the howling wind. A man and a beast jumped out of the blood mist. Behind him was an endless black craze, and on the left and right were endless howls of despair.

This is a swarm hunt. Wherever the ants pass, everything is broken and life is extinct. The legions are only responsible for destruction. As for the broken corpses, the ants accompanying the army behind them collect them, and finally they are all returned to the ant nest.

The terrifying chewing sound of the glutton under him is still slowly echoing, and scarlet saliva drips from between its teeth. It has been locked in the spiritual space for so long. This is the first time it has tasted the deliciousness of flesh and blood, that sweet taste. The taste intensified the gluttony desire in his heart, and the red light in his eyes became brighter.

Compared to the excitement of his mount, Xu Yue's eyes were filled with evil spirits, but his heart was calm. He was a battle-hardened man, and the mere desire to kill on the battlefield was no longer enough to shake his heart.

He swung the halberd in his hand, and the hurricane was accompanied by blood mist. After crushing several beasts blocking the road in front of him again, he tapped the tip of the halberd lightly on the ground.

Although it was just a touch, the vibration of the earth was instantly transmitted from the halberd body to his mind, allowing him to quickly construct the overall situation of the entire Maolin battlefield. Even without spiritual communication, under the feedback of the vibration perception, the Black Armor Legion The pace of strangulation was always firmly controlled by him.

(End of this chapter)