Because of this, Mo Ziren couldn't understand. Be it a venomous snake or a ferocious beast, they would try their best to hide themselves before attacking. However, once they attacked, they would release their aura. Even a lion would use its full strength to capture a rabbit. Why couldn't they reveal their killing intent after attacking? If they didn't reveal their killing intent, they wouldn't be able to raise their combat strength to the maximum.
However, the problem was that they had hidden themselves well before attacking. They weren't any weaker than Du Feng's concealment ability. However, once they attacked, they would definitely release their aura. Even if they didn't release their aura fully, they would still leak out a little.
When they shot, they were very far away from the jumping dragon. Thus, it would take some time for the arrows to arrive. The jumping dragon was very sensitive. As long as it sensed an aura, it would jump. It didn't care if there were arrows flying over. As a result, before Mo Ziren's crossbow bolt could reach the Jumping Dragon, the Jumping Dragon had already jumped away. Thus, even after shooting a few times, they still couldn't hit their target.
Du Feng, on the other hand, was different. From the moment he loaded the arrow to the moment he fired it, and even after the arrow hit the jumping dragon, the entire process was calm. He was like a cold stone that did not emit any aura.
Thus, it wasn't enough for the arrows to be silent. The person using the crossbow had to be silent as well. Even when he pulled the trigger, he had to do it gently and silently. Otherwise, with the jumping dragon's sensitivity, it would still be able to detect it.
"Oh, so that's how it is!"
After listening to this explanation, Mo Ziren finally understood. Because he was used to being an assassin, he would always hide and kill with one strike. Thus, every time he attacked, he would release his aura to intimidate the enemy. Thus, when it was time to shoot the arrow, he would release his aura uncontrollably. Even if he purposely hid it, a portion of it would still leak out.
Based on Du Feng's suggestion, Mo Ziren started to make adjustments. However, things weren't as smooth as he imagined. Hiding his aura wasn't difficult. What was difficult was hiding it to the extreme. He had to not leak out a single bit to ensure that the jumping dragon wouldn't be alerted.
When his talent wasn't activated, he could do this. However, once he attacked, he would more or less leak out a bit. Even if he moved his fingers or blinked his eyes, the jumping dragon would be alerted. He really didn't know how Du Feng could be so meticulous.
This was something that Du Feng had been practicing since he was in the Lower Realm. At that time, in order to avoid being hunted down by powerful enemies, he often practiced the Withered Tree Technique and hid underground like a piece of withered wood. Even if it was an enemy a realm higher than him, he wouldn't be able to detect it with his Divine Sense.
Mo Ziren often hunted others down, and Du Feng was often hunted down. Although he needed to restrain his aura when he was pursuing others, he couldn't restrain his aura to the extreme because his life wasn't in danger.
Du Feng, on the other hand, had been hunted down by others, especially those with higher realms than him. If he didn't restrain his aura to the extreme, he might lose his life. After being in a dangerous environment for a long time and constantly in contact, he had mastered this martial art. No matter when or where, it could be treated as a piece of dead wood.
Mo Ziren finally understood why he was unable to defeat Du Feng despite his high talent, good family background, and the fact that he came from the Dragon Slaying Village. This was because Du Feng had climbed up step by step from the bottom, stepping on blood and bones with every step. Although he didn't have the best resources, he had gone through a lot of hardships along the way.
For that red-robed man, his conditions were too good. In the world he was born in, he had all sorts of good resources as a foundation. In the Coiling Dragon Realm, he was sent to the best novice village. Because he had more money, he didn't have to worry about resources. In the Coiling Dragon Realm, he could buy large amounts of pills to eat.
When Mo Ziren was suppressed by the red-robed man, he was a bit unconvinced. He felt that the other party was only able to win because of his good family background and resources. But now that he had lost to Du Feng, he accepted it wholeheartedly. This was because the other party came from the Lower Realm, which was filled with suffering. He wasn't born in a high-level world. Everything he obtained today could be said to have been obtained by risking his life.
Also, he understood something. No wonder the materials on the Jumping Dragon's body were so expensive. This thing was too easy to hunt. Actually, the Jumping Dragon's combat strength wasn't that high. The main reason was that the pair of short horns on its head was very precious.
The short horns were undoubtedly the Jumping Dragon's only asset. When it couldn't escape, it would charge at the enemy. Although the dragon's horns were very short, they were very sharp and hard. They could even pierce through God Emperor level armor. Most importantly, the horns were poisonous.
If one was stabbed by the Jumping Dragon's horns, the skin and flesh would immediately rot and quickly corrode the bones. If one wanted to stay alive, one had to quickly cut off their injured limbs. If one was injured in the abdomen, one would have to dig out the flesh and organs in the abdomen. Otherwise, if the poison flowed to the heart and brain, it would be too late.
This wasn't the worst. What was worse was that some people would grind the Jumping Dragon's horns into powder and use it to sneak attack others. Once the powder was thrown out, it would be very difficult to dodge.
But what was interesting was that no one rubbed the powder on their weapons. This was because the powder would also corrode their weapons. After rubbing it, one's weapon would be destroyed, so no one was stupid enough to do that. If one wanted to use the powder, they could only use weapons made of porcelain. But porcelain weapons were too brittle and not suitable for actual combat.
So, some people specially made ceramic arrowheads and stuck the powder on them to sneak attack beasts or powerful extraterrestrial demons.
The Jumping Dragon's horns were valuable because they could poison extraterrestrial demons. Extraterrestrial demons themselves were poisonous fog. Their black blood could corrode the human body. So, they were almost immune to all poisons. But the Jumping Dragon's horns were effective against extraterrestrial demons.
Some extraterrestrial demons were of high levels and large bodies. They were very difficult to kill. It was difficult to even get close to them. But once these extraterrestrial demons were killed, there would be a lot of rewards.
So, someone came up with an idea to use the poison arrows made of the Jumping Dragon's horns to shoot them. There were two kinds of poison arrows. One was made of bamboo and the arrowheads were coated with poison powder. The other was made of ceramic arrows with the Jumping Dragon's horns as arrowheads.
The advantage of the first kind was that it could fly far and made little noise. But because only a little poison powder was applied to the arrowheads, the poison wasn't strong enough. It might not be able to kill a large extraterrestrial demon in one shot. The advantage of the second kind was that it had a strong penetrating power. The whole Jumping Dragon's horn was also very poisonous. But because the body of the ceramic arrow was too hard and not flexible, it couldn't fly far enough. Moreover, it would make whistling sounds during the flight.
This was what Du Feng learned from the books after he came to Connected Dragon City. Now, he was sharing it with Mo Ziren.
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