The sound of a headshot reverberated through the snowy plains.
The sniper rifle shot out a greyish white gas beam that accurately hit the head of the Snow Ogre. The Snow Ogre's raised battle axe was unable to descend, and its head exploded into a spray of blood with a 'bang'.
"What ferocious power." Chanlu Temple's Tianyin covered the wound on her arm and rolled on the ground, dodging the Snow Ogre's final attack. That shot had disrupted its movements, giving her a chance of survival.
Seeing that Chanlu Temple's Tianyin was safe and sound, the faces of the others flushed with embarrassment. Just now, she had rushed over to help them escape the pursuit of the Snow Ogres, and when she was in danger, they did not even look back. This' friendship 'was really strong.
On the other side, Feng Jian had used all his strength to kill the Sentinel. At the same time, two of his companions were seriously injured.
"There are actually five points." Li Xiang smiled. Sentinels gave more points than ordinary Snow Ogres, but these points were not of much use to him now.
He made a "shh" gesture to Xue Ni. Xue Ni covered her mouth and nodded repeatedly. She had been scared silly by the scene just now.
Such accurate sniper marksmanship, this young man was definitely an expert with a gun.
Everyone gathered around, trembling with fear. They had never encountered a Sentinel before. Only when facing two at once did they realize the lack of combat strength of the team.
"Sister Xue Ni, thank you for that shot just now." Chanlu Temple's Tianyin treated her wound simply. She had a good physique and could withstand it, but the other two heavily injured companions were not so lucky.
The two lying on the ground were having trouble breathing and were about to die. Feng Jian ignored them and only stared at the entrance of the Snow Ogre's nest, hesitating.
He wanted to go in.
Just one Sentinel had given him five points. As long as he could lure it properly in the nest, he would have an endless source of points. This was much more convenient than hunting for prey in a world of ice and snow.
"Everyone, take a break. Follow me into the nest later." Feng Jian looked at the two on the ground and sat alone to the side, munching on the dry rations in his bag.
Hearing that he wanted to go down, Chanlu Temple's Tianyin stood up and said unhappily, "Are you crazy? Two sentinels nearly wiped us out. How could we survive if we went down? "
"What do you know?!" Feng Jian threw the dry rations in his hand onto the ground and said angrily, "With just these points, when will I be able to catch up with the other aristocratic families' disciples? There is a large group of Snow Ogres in the nest, but they don't have the concept of cooperation. As long as you lure them like before, you can earn a lot of points. Don't forget, your parents' dojo is still under our family's jurisdiction. "
The last sentence was a blatant threat.
Seeing the two of them arguing, Li Xiang smiled. He stood up and said, "Well, well, why don't you let me take the lead? I haven't done anything before. It's not good to take advantage of everyone."
"How, how can this be?" Feng Jian was overjoyed, but he pretended to be reluctant. "Brother Li Xiang is not a member of my team. How can I entrust you with such a dangerous task?"
"That's right, that's right." The other trial-takers agreed. In fact, they were eager for Li Xiang to lure the ogres.
Only Xue Ni kept her head down and remained silent, not daring to speak. She had seen Li Xiang's spear skills. Such a powerful trial-taker had pretended to be a rookie and approached them. Now, he proposed to be bait. No matter how she thought about it, there was something wrong. However, she did not dare to say anything. She could only gently hold Chanlu Temple's Tian Yin's hand.
Chanlu Temple's Tian Yin thought she was afraid. She gently hugged her shoulder and comforted her in a low voice.
She looked at Li Xiang with a little suspicion, but she did not say anything. Feng Jian was pressuring them with his power, so she could only obey.
It was impossible to easily earn points after entering the hunting world. Feng Jian's words made sense. Only in the nest would they have the chance to earn points that belonged to them.
"It's fine, I'm still very confident in escaping." Li Xiang smiled. If they were unwilling to go down, then he would be in an awkward position. He could not let them go first and stay here alone.
Besides, whether this was the Snow Ground Ogre's nest was still debatable.
"Then I'll have to trouble you, Brother Li Xiang." Feng Jian happily patted him on the shoulder. The few of them rested for a while and planned to enter the Snow Ground Ogre's nest through the tunnel.
The light underground was very poor, but Feng Jian and the rest skillfully lit torches. They also kept telling him about the surrounding environment. It seemed like they had been here more than once.
The underground was dark and damp, and the air smelled bad. In addition to the cold weather, their clothes were soon wet with water droplets.
The only two girls in the group were very embarrassed, especially Chanlu Temple's Tian Yin. Her martial arts suit had been torn in the battle just now. Under the water droplets, her beautiful figure was outlined.
As she practiced martial arts all year round, her development and figure were much better than the average girl. The group of youths looked at her with dry mouths and kept swallowing their saliva.
Chanlu Temple's Tian Yin snorted a few times, trying her best to cover some of her almost exposed parts with her hands. She was rather curious about Li Xiang, who had been walking in front.
He had been silent ever since they entered the tunnel. He did not peek at her like this group of perverts. Instead, he was really diligently searching for traces of the Snow Ground Ogres.
During the two months in the Polar night, Li Xiang and the rest had learned how to survive in all kinds of dangerous environments. Based on the landscape, smell, and habits of some wild beasts, he could acutely sense where the Snow Ground Ogres gathered.
The dim torches emitted low temperatures and could be extinguished at any time. The few of them held their breaths and focused. As they walked deeper, they subconsciously distanced themselves from Li Xiang.
"Something's not right. We could see the Snow Ground Ogre guards resting not far from the entrance. Why is there not a single one?" Chanlu Temple's Tian Yin reminded in a low voice. "And just now, one of them ran off to inform the others."
Everyone had sensed the abnormality, but now that they were deep in the core, no one was willing to give up halfway. Moreover, there was still a cannon fodder at the front.
Li Xiang was equally puzzled. He had noticed this problem long ago. According to his judgment, this path was indeed leading to the nest, but they had not encountered anything along the way. Even the one that had run off earlier had disappeared without a trace.
Could it be that his luck was so bad that he had come here for nothing?
Li Xiang raised his torch and continued walking. At this moment, a faint smell of blood came from the fork in the road ahead. It was very faint, but he was familiar with the smell of human blood.
"There seems to be something up ahead." Li Xiang waved the torch in his hand. The bright light of the flame interfered with their vision, preventing them from discovering the problem with their extremely good eyesight.
No one doubted his words. After all, Li Xiang was at the front and was still some distance away from them.
"Brother Li Xiang, please go and see what it is." Feng Jian probably thought he was a fool to say such words.
"Okay." They did not expect Li Xiang to really agree. Everyone was stunned as they watched his figure disappear into the darkness.
These people were too naive to want to use him as bait.
After Li Xiang confirmed that no one was following him, he immediately sped up and came to the fork in the road.
At the fork in the road, there were two half-eaten corpses of trial-takers, one male and one female. The terrified expression on their faces was forever frozen, as if they had seen something extremely terrifying.
Li Xiang squatted down and checked.
The fatal wound was that the knife had cut the two of them in half. The ones that had eaten the corpses were most likely other ogres.
"The weapon is a long knife? Strange. " Li Xiang had seen the information of these underground creatures before. Ogres generally liked to use blunt weapons. In such a small nest, there would at most be an ogre leader, which was worth eight points.
He flipped through the information and finally found an ogre that used a blade in the higher-level section.
[Two-headed ogre king, the leader of a large ogre nest. There must be an ogre shaman with it. Worth 25 points.]
[Ogre shaman, an ogre that knows witchcraft. Combat power is average. Will only appear beside the two-headed ogre king and fight side by side. Worth 12 points.]
Li Xiang had previously calculated the creatures in the hunting world. Those with a value of less than 10 points were all trash, and their combat power was extremely weak. Those with a physical fitness of 10 to 15 points were close to a level 1 Magic Apprentice, and those with a combat power of more than 20 points were estimated to be comparable to a level 1 Magic Apprentice.
This was also the threshold for elite trial-takers.
Among the trial-takers, those who could use magic were all in the top 100, but there were many who could match a Level-1 Magic Apprentice in combat power. This two-headed ogre king was a good opponent for practice.
For trial-takers like them, the real determinants of combat power were the three basic skills, magic circuit materialization, and possible magic, as well as weapons and equipment.
But the most important thing was combat experience.
Feng Jian and Channoji Tien Yin were both Level-1 Magic Apprentice trial-takers, but they were no match for the sentinel one-on-one. This was a reflection of their lack of training in life-or-death battles.
Li Xiang checked the traces near the cave entrance again, then got up to explore. Sure enough, he saw a cluster of flames in the depths of the cave. The entire cave was filled with snow ogres of various sizes. At a rough estimate, there were at least 40 to 50 of them.
"So many …" Li Xiang was shocked. He secretly observed and found that the group of snow ogres were gathered together, torches burning. On a makeshift platform, a female ogre in a short skirt waved the staff in her hand, performing a strange dance.
She was probably the ogre shaman. Behind her, a two-headed ogre that was four meters tall sat on a simple throne of bones. It held a small ogre baby high in its hands and mumbled something.
Did they run into a shaman? Li Xiang looked on curiously. The sentinel that had seen them lay on the ground, trembling. One of its ears had been cut off and was dripping with blood.
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