Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Soon, Lin Huang followed Zhao San's hunting team to a branch nearby . There were more than twenty hunting teams who patiently lay in wait for the monsters to come down from the branches . Lin Huang looked up at the branch and saw hideous beetles surrounding the entire branch . The combat level of the beetles were all immortal-level rank-3 and rank-4 . They were around two to three meters long and were covered both black and white spots on their backs .
The only thing worth mentioning about this monster was the weapon in their mouth . The outer layer of the weapon looked like an octopus tentacle while the inner layer looked like a meat grinder lined with sharp blades . Lin Huang figured that this was one of the methods these bugs use that he had never seen in the monster encyclopedia . They would basically grab their prey with the tentacle before the prey are pulled in and ground in their mouths .
"We must be careful during the battle . Try not to touch the Tentacle Beetle's tentacles . Their tentacles can be both soft and hard . Aside from capturing prey like insects usually do, they can be used to pierce through bodies of its prey . Nobody below immortal-level rank-5 could break their tentacles . Even if anyone managed to break them, the Tentacle Beetles could regenerate new ones immediately . " Zhao San reminded Lin Huang and the rest .
"The Tentacle Beetles only have two weakness . The first was the point where their head connects to their back while the second was located within their mouths . Usually, we'd only manage to attack the connecting point while others who excel in long-ranged attacks could try their hand at attacking the insides of their mouth . There was a gun master last year who managed to shoot into their mouths whenever it opened . All of them died immediately, and that particular gun master alone was more efficient than the entire team added up . " Zhao San used a tone of respect every time he spoke of the gun master .
"Is the gun master still here?" Lin Huang asked . It was natural for him to be interested in other gun masters as he was a gun master who had never obtained an official license .
"He left since the very beginning and had only stayed on the 21st checkpoint for three days . The gun master left after asking around for some stuff . I heard he broke through the 30th checkpoint without stopping or he would've come back again . " Zhao San smiled as he shook his head .
Lin Huang had expected this before he even asked his question . A powerful person would not stay too long on the 21st checkpoint . After a short conversation, the first Tentacle Beetle horde arrived from the branches . The hunting teams dashed toward the beetles accordingly . Since the sky had just turned dark, the Tentacle Beetles seemed to have only woken up and were moving slowly . It was the perfect time to kill them .
"The first monster horde is basically giving us points for free! Let's start killing . " Zhao San stopped chatting with Lin Huang and dashed toward the monsters along with the rest . Lin Huang followed suit shortly after . The first monster horde seemed to be rather underwhelming . Although the combat level of the monsters was rather high, they were basically sheep ready for slaughter . There were less than thirty teams of over 200 people going against a horde of tens of thousands of monsters . However, the hunting teams were like tigers among the goats where all of the monsters were killed and disappeared immediately .
Zhao San's team was performing well . The six of them had managed to kill all the Tentacle Beetles they faced with one hit . Zhao San was an expert with the sword, and was at level-3 of the Sword Dao . He had trained extensively in speed, allowing him to move at breakneck speed while still maintaining the efficiency of his attacks . His attacks were accurate, and pretty much severing the heads of the beetles from their backs with just a slash . He would require explosive strength to be able to achieve such a feat if he were going up against another person as this attack of his would definitely fail if it was defended against .
Jiang Xin who was the only lady in the team was using a rather special weapon . She used a pair of short blades that were more than thirty centimeters long and two centimeters wide . Her movement seemed to match her weapon, making her look like a silent spirit when she was drowned in battle . She would stab her blades through the point that connects the beetles head and back . She lost the gentleness she had from when she was speaking to Lin Huang earlier .
The rest of the team was performing well too . The most powerful among them was the immortal-level rank-3 hunk who was holding a gigantic ax and managed to chop off the beetle's head with almost every slash . Meanwhile, Lin Huang seemed rather uninterested in killing the monsters . All he did was follow the rest from the back, killing the monsters that the other's had missed out on . He was so relaxed that he looked like a tourist who had just wandered his way into the midst of a war .
With Lin Huang's help in killing the monsters, Zhao San and the rest did not have to worry about the monsters that they missed . This allowed them to move twice as fast as they usually were . Since they did not miss many monsters, Lin Huang was only killing the stragglers with his telekinetic flying dagger . The flying dagger would pierce through the mouth of the beetle before it came out from its head . All of them were killed by their exploding heads . To Lin Huang's flying dagger, it made no difference regardless if the beetles' mouths were opened or not . Apparently, his method of killing was much crueler than the gun master they encountered a year ago .
Soon, an hour and a half had passed . The first monster horde finally ended when it was almost 9 p . m .
"The first monster horde is usually the easiest . The upcoming ones would get increasingly difficult . Each horde would usually end in an hour an a half to two hours, and we'd usually stay until the third horde before we leave halfway through . " Zhao San and the rest gathered once more as Zhao San explained how they did things to Lin Huang before the second monster horde came .
"Why do we have to leave halfway through the third horde?" Lin Huang could not understand .
"The monsters in the first horde are usually not from this zone so they're basically free points . However, the monsters in the second horde are kind of hyperactive, like they've been drugged or something . The third monster horde will be rather difficult since there'll be some monsters from the 29th checkpoint . " Zhao San explained .
"Are the monsters in the 29th checkpoint very powerful?" Lin Huang had no idea what kind of monsters were there on the 29th checkpoint .
"The monsters on the 29th checkpoint include the Velocious Swordfiend . They're immortal-level rank-4 but their speed is on par with monsters from immortal-level rank-6 . Not only can they jump exceedingly far, they can fly as well . Their four sword arms are as powerful and sharp as a supreme relic . " Zhao San explained .
"Another monster that's not in the monster encyclopedia…" Lin Huang imagined the monster's appearance in his mind after hearing the explanation .
"The monsters aren't that scary but they're quite sly when it comes to battles . They'd usually hide among the insects while waiting for the perfect opportunity to launch an attack . If we show just a slight flaw in our formation, we might actually be killed by the monsters immediately . " It was clear that Zhao San had seen such monsters before as he explained in all seriousness .
As they were chatting, there were bugs chirping coming from the branches above . The second monster horde had arrived!
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