Chapter 231: Hunting

The sheep demon’s fur was charred black, and blood flowed as it lay on the mountain road.

The hunter demon masters didn't approach easily. Yu Chengyi looked at the demonic beast, then towards Mo Shan, giving him an inquiring look.

Mo Shan's eyebrows furrowed slightly. He gently shook his head, indicating that the demonic beast was feigning death.

So, everyone spread out, surrounding the demonic beast, waiting patiently.

Different demonic beasts have different ways of feigning death, and hunter demon masters naturally have different ways of dealing with them.

With a red-eye sheep demon of this kind, you can't rush to approach after it feigns death.

Whoever approaches first will receive its final desperate counterattack, which is extremely dangerous. Those with bad luck will be directly buried in the demon's belly.

If they approach together, they can also easily be affected by its demonic power.

A first-grade late-stage demonic beast not only has abundant vital energy but also very thick demonic power. Using its innate talent with the help of demonic power is even more troublesome.

If they are injured by its demonic power, the trouble will be great.

Hunter demon masters also lack long-range attack methods. Although they have bows and arrows, their power is not strong. They can detonate arrays on spirit stones, but they are quite useless when used to deal with demonic beasts.

So, for safety's sake, the hunter demon masters did not act lightly.

The sheep demon lay on the ground without moving, and the hunter demon masters also guarded the spot, waiting patiently.

The demonic beast was near death, blood flowing bit by bit, and its breath also weakening little by little. As long as they were a little more patient, the last one who couldn't hold on would certainly be the demonic beast.

Mo Hua also hid behind a stone, watching. His divine sense slowly flowed within the demonic beast's demonic power.

It was as if the non-dead demonic beast was accumulating demonic power, and also as if it was already dead, with its demonic power gradually being lost.

Mo Hua also couldn't tell whether this demonic beast was dead or not.

"It seems my experience is not enough. Even if my divine sense can see the flow of demonic power, I still can't discern the life and death of a demonic beast."

His father, Mo Shan, didn't even use divine sense. He just took one look and, relying on experience, could see that this demonic beast was feigning death.

A cultivator's experience is also a kind of cultivator's ability.

Mo Hua silently said in his heart.

The demonic beast was still pretending to be dead, and the hunter demon masters were still waiting, but Mo Hua was already a little impatient.

They didn't have long-distance attack methods, but Mo Hua did.

So Mo Hua began to circulate his energy and execute the fireball technique.

As soon as he thought of it, spirit power gathered in his fingers. He pointed forward, and the fireball technique condensed, howled out, and flew towards the sheep demon lying on the ground feigning death.

The hunter demon masters were all a bit astonished, but seeing that it was Mo Hua who executed the technique, they all relaxed a bit.

The fireball technique exploded on the sheep demon's body, but the sheep demon didn't move at all.

"Clearly a sheep, yet still trying to pretend to be a turtle?"

Mo Hua said curiously, then pointed his fingers again. Another fireball technique flew out and hit the sheep demon again.

The sheep demon finally couldn't hold on. It roared and stood up, its eyes red and full of ferocity, staring deadly at Mo Hua.

Yu Chengyi coldly said: "Kill!"

The hunter demon masters' chaotic knives then chopped towards the sheep demon.

The red-eye sheep demon, which was already at the end of its strength, was even less able to support itself. Its eyes were blood red, its demonic power was operated to the extreme, and its entire body surged with vital energy.

Yu Chengyi saw the situation and immediately said again: "Scatter!"

A crowd of hunter demon masters were also prepared early and successively retreated backward.

At the same time that the hunter demon masters retreated, a wave of blood mist burst out around the red-eye sheep demon's body.

Mo Hua listened to what Mo Shan said before. A red-eye sheep demon, when near death or in a critical moment, will use its demonic power to urge its innate talent and burst out blood mist.

If hunter demon masters are in the blood mist, their eyes will be invaded by the blood mist, their line of sight will be completely blood red, unable to see, and their minds will also be affected by the blood mist.

In this kind of situation, if there are no companions to save them, they will basically die without a doubt.

"This is blood mist..."

Mo Hua was endlessly surprised. A first-grade late-stage demonic beast was indeed more dangerous than he thought.

Fortunately, although the blood mist was troublesome, it didn't last long and soon dispersed.

And the sheep demon, exhausted of demonic power, also truly became a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.

The hunter demon masters soon killed the red-eye sheep demon. Along with the sheep demon collapsing on the ground once again, everyone also breathed a sigh of relief.

Mo Hua used his divine sense to scan the sheep demon again.

He discovered that the truly dead sheep demon's demonic power circulated more slowly, sluggishly, and its color was also gradually fading.

Mo Hua remembered this difference in his heart. The next time he distinguished whether a demonic beast was feigning death, he would have a basis.

However, he was not familiar with first-grade late-stage demonic beasts after all, so for insurance, he still confirmed with his father once:

"Is it dead?"

Mo Shan looked at the demonic beast again and nodded, saying: "It's dead."

Mo Hua then ran out from behind the stone, walked to the front of the sheep demon, pointed at the area near the sheep demon's heart meridian, and said:

"Dad, help me open a mouth here."

Mo Shan made a cut, opening a gap about half a finger long. Demon blood flowed out from the gap.

Mo Hua hurriedly took out a jade bottle to catch the demon blood, and at the same time used the blood drawing technique to draw the demon blood from the demonic beast's other meridians.

After taking the complete demon blood, the hunter demon masters skinned and boned the demonic beast, packed everything properly, and then withdrew to the camp.

There will always be unknown dangers in the inner mountains, but staying in the camp is much safer.

The camp in the inner mountains was similar to the outer mountains, but it was more spacious and also more hidden. The array on the stone door was also better.

But this array, in Mo Hua's eyes, was just relatively simple.

The more he looked, the more awkward it seemed. So he used the newly drawn demon blood, mixed it with spirit ink, and personally drew a first-grade earth stone array on it. This felt a lot smoother.

Everyone ate a little something and then rested in the camp for a while.

Yu Chengyi held the compass drawn with the earth fire array, looking left and right, and couldn't help but say:

"This thing is good!"

The power is not bad, and it can be used multiple times. The array drawn on it is still a first-grade array.

A first-grade array...

From now on, they, the hunter demon masters, can all use first-grade arrays to hunt demonic beasts.

This was something that had never happened in the past.

Even a few years ago, he wouldn't have dared to think about it.

Yu Chengyi sighed with emotion and turned to ask: "How many times can this be used?"

Mo Hua was eating meat, thought for a moment, and said: "Probably seven or eight times."

"The medium for this array is not too good either. It's mixed with refined iron, so it's slightly firmer. After using it seven or eight times, it just can't bear the spirit power of the earth fire array's explosion," Mo Hua continued.

"After that, is it useless?" Yu Chengyi felt a little pity.

"It can be recycled. Find Master Chen to melt it down and refine it again," Mo Hua said.

This is the advantage of having a weapon refiner. Sometimes, you can refine some things according to your own ideas.

"That's good."

Yu Chengyi nodded. He held the compass with the earth fire array in his hand, liking it more and more the more he looked at it.

After having this thing, hunting demonic beasts was also much easier. Most importantly, it reduced risk and also reduced casualties.

It's not easy for hunter demon masters to live well.

Who doesn't want to enter the mountain steadily and return safely?

"It's just that this compass is a bit ugly..." Yu Chengyi told the truth.

Although he really liked the function, it was indeed a bit ugly...

Mo Hua scratched his head. He couldn't help it; this was temporarily refined.

According to reason, general spirit tools will all have matching arrays, and general arrays will also have corresponding standard spirit tools.

For example, a sword array is drawn on a sword tool, a knife array is drawn on a knife tool, and a clear heart array is drawn on a clear heart hairpin.

But Mo Hua didn't find a spirit tool corresponding to the earth fire array. He asked Master Chen, and he didn't know either. So he just followed his *si nan* compass and temporarily refined an iron compass as the array medium to make do.

Although it was a bit ugly, Yu Chengyi still regarded the earth fire array's compass as a treasure.