Cultivation: Starting from a Fighting Cock

Chapter 62 Hunting Time
At night, the dense foliage in the mountains blocked out the moonlight in many places. In addition, the frequent appearance of boulders and rotten logs lying haphazardly in the way greatly increased the difficulty of Zhou Mu and his men's nighttime pursuit.

Moreover, Zhou Mu's goal was to subdue the python demon and capture it alive, so he never tried to kill it. Although the python demon was seriously injured, it was not in immediate danger of losing its life.

"How strange, where did that python demon go?"

"Brother Yang, have you found anything over there?"

"No, such a huge python demon has vanished without a trace!"

"Search carefully, lest it shrink and disappear into an inconspicuous burrow!"

In the woods, people held torches and shouted to each other.

To expand the search area, the martial artists split into several teams, arranged in a fan shape, and explored deeper into the mountains and forests.

Now that the python demon is seriously injured, any two internal energy martial artists could easily subdue it.

Furthermore, the teams are closely linked, so once something is discovered, a loud shout will bring immediate support from the others, preventing the python from having a chance to fight back and escape.

Zhou Mu, along with Chief Wang, Master Wang, and the Blind Taoist, were also among them.

They had been battling the python demon since afternoon until night, and everyone was exhausted. That's why Zhou Mu was unwilling to issue a retreat order easily; today, he was going to confront the python demon head-on.

It's a bit like training an eagle; if Zhou Mu can outlast this python demon, he can directly subdue it.

No one noticed that a crow was hiding among the treetops in the dense forest.

Unfortunately, the dense forest obscured the view, and poor visibility at night prevented the crow from finding any trace of the python demon.

Ji Cheng and Da Huang silently lurked in the forest.

By the time they caught up with Zhou Mu and the others, they had already roughly figured out the distribution of the martial artists.

"Big Yellow, our advantage lies in your incredible hearing and sense of smell!"

The forest was dimly lit, and Ji Cheng couldn't see anything clearly either, but with Da Huang there, it was like having a full map.

Dogs have night vision.

The night vision of ordinary dogs is about five to eight times that of humans.

After becoming a demon, Dahuang focused all its talents on its sense of smell, hearing, and sight. It is unknown how many times better its night vision is than that of a human, but in this pitch-black forest, it encountered no obstacles and was no different from daytime.

This is their greatest advantage: once all the martial artists' torches are extinguished, the opponent will be plunged into darkness, almost as if they were blind.

Even though a martial artist's five senses are much sharper than those of an ordinary person, once their vision is lost, they are still difficult to defend against a surprise attack.

Take advantage of these enormous benefits!
Next, Ji Cheng explained the battle plan to Da Huang, who nodded to indicate that he had remembered it.

Zhou Mu's subordinates were all skilled fighters from the Xiangshe Gang and the Wang Family Martial Arts School, possessing both high strength and excellent combat skills.

Ji Cheng planned to attack the outermost unit first, disrupting their morale and throwing their formation into chaos.

Soon, Ji Cheng stood on the back of the big yellow dog and circled around to the back of the outer team.

The team consists of five people, all of whom are martial artists at the early and middle stages of Inner Strength. They carry torches and search the area ahead at the same pace as the other teams.

"Damn it, when will this search ever end? That python demon can change size; if it turns into a small snake and burrows into holes in the ground and trees, I don't think we'll find it even if we dig three feet into the ground!"

One of the martial artists complained in a low voice that he was really exhausted today and just wanted to go home, take a nice bath, and get a good night's sleep.

Beside him, another martial artist yawned, clearly also losing patience. However, he reminded the other man to keep his voice down so that Young Master Zhou wouldn't hear.

Suddenly, a strange wind arose in the mountains and forests.

The torches of the five warriors were all blown out by the wind after flickering twice.

The instant the light disappeared.

The big yellow dog pounced and tore off one of the men's throats with a single claw. Then, a nearby martial artist was also knocked down by it, letting out a scream.

After the torches went out, the martial artists couldn't see anything and had little chance of defending against Da Huang's attack.

"A monster is coming!" someone shouted. Although they couldn't see it, they could hear the noise and knew that a monster was attacking.

"What? There's a monster? Where?"

"Quickly! A monster is attacking!"

Upon hearing this, the two closest teams rushed to provide support.

Other teams also wanted to come and see what was going on, but Zhou Mu ordered them to continue guarding their positions.

In the blink of an eye, Dahuang had already killed three martial artists at the early stage of internal energy. By the time the others arrived to provide support, it and Ji Cheng had already disappeared into the dense forest.

"How could this happen?"

"Boss, Scarface Hu, Li San, and Bai Yanzi are dead! Judging from their injuries, the attacker must have been a wolf demon!"

Under the illumination of several torches, the three martial artists died a gruesome death, without even a chance to resist.

Gang leader Wang Heng rushed over upon hearing the news, his face full of anger: "Wolf demon? When did another wolf demon appear?"

He couldn't help but glance back at Zhou Mu, wondering if it was the wolf demon mount that Zhou Mu had lost before.

"Don't mess up!"

Zhou Mu shouted, "The field of vision is limited right now, with visibility less than 20%, so we can't afford to make any rash moves."

"what--"

"Monster beast! Monster beast attack!"

Suddenly, on the other side, several screams erupted from the outermost team, and flames burst forth, emitting a burnt smell.

The flame quickly went out, and the martial artists fell silent. Zhou Mu called out several times, but no one answered.

In an instant, the group of martial artists looked at each other, all filled with apprehension.

They didn't even know what was attacking them. As the saying goes, the unknown is the most terrifying, and many people had already begun to consider retreating.

Zhou Mu led his men over and found that the martial artists were all burned to a crisp, with no signs of a fight at the scene.

"What... what kind of monster is this?"

The owner of the pavilion, Wang Zhi, widened his eyes. It seemed that this monster was very good at attacking from the dark. What should he do?

"The torches couldn't reach the monsters? How could they have died without even putting up a fight?"

Chief Wang's voice boomed like thunder, filled with extreme rage.

No one could answer his question, and they all avoided his gaze.

Two members of the group that was attacked first survived. One of them said, "Just now, a gust of evil wind blew out the torches, and we couldn't see anything before we were attacked."

Upon hearing this, the atmosphere at the scene became heavy.

Zhou Mu asked, "Is there any good way to make offerings blindly?"

"That monster only dared to attack lone people, which means it wasn't very strong. The brothers who died were all killed because their torches were extinguished, causing them to lose their sight and thus the monster was able to take advantage of them. From now on, the rest of us just need to stick together and keep our torches burning, and I doubt that monster will dare to come out and cause trouble again."

The blind Taoist priest said calmly, feeling that the demon beast was nothing more than a cowardly rat hiding its head and tail.

After saying that, he made a hand seal and cast a fireball spell in front of him, illuminating an area of ​​several dozen feet.

"over there!"

Ji Cheng and Da Huang didn't hide too far, and their figures were instantly revealed. The blind Taoist priest moved like a ghost and chased after the two demons.

Zhou Mu, Chief Wang, and Master Wang also immediately set off to surround the two demonic beasts.

(End of this chapter)