After the bracelet was set up, Tian Qingfeng tapped on the armor gauntlet, and a sword handle popped out of the armor's right thigh. Pulling it out, the cavity in the armor closed up. Holding the handle, the mass attached to the handle extended and folded itself into a slender saber with an accompanying hand guard.
Turning to the rest of the group, he asked, "Are you guys ready?"
The others looked at him and responded.
"Ready."
Chen Zhiyu hoisted a spear, Lu Tai brandished a sword, and Wu Haoran held a halberd. It wasn't the Sky Piercing Halberd, though, but rather a silvery steel halberd.
"Let's go then."
Going forth, they headed beyond the barrier.
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Splat splat splat splat splat
The sound of feet pounding on wet grassy ground echoed out alongside the sound of snorts and grunts.
"It's coming at you!!!" someone yelled out, running alongside the mutant boar
Hearing that, the man in front raised his silver halberd and slammed it down at the running boar. The halberd flew in between the horns and slammed into the head of the mutant boar. With over 6000 kilograms slamming into the boar's head, it ground to a halt as it was slammed into the ground.
As the boar struggled to get up, three men, including the one who just shouted, pounced on the injured and dazed boar with their weapons.
Slashing down at the neck, two blades dug into the neck. After which, a spear pierced into the wound opened in the neck.
Steadying his footing on the boar, he grips the spear with both hands and plunges it deep into the wound, causing blood to gush out.
The boar, feeling the spear being driven in, bucked around, and the spearman flew off.
As he was flying off, the one holding the halberd slashed down at the now gaping wound. Taking the chance, the other two also joined the halberd. After a while of consecutive hacking, the boar ceased all motion.
"Phew" Trudging back up to the corpse, Chen Zhiyu grabbed his spear and yanked it out.
"Nine Points!" Lu Tai said excitedly as he looked at the screen displayed on the bracelet.
Tian Qingfeng, after wiping off the blood on his saber onto the boar, also did the same thing.
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[Team]: Cloud Hunters
[Team Points]: 24 (+ 9)
[Individual Points]: 8 (+ 2)
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Previously, they had 24 points after taking down two 4th realm and three 5th realm mutant beasts. Now, with the most recent kill, they were up to 33 team points in total and 10 individual points. That placed their team well within third place. Swiping on the projected screen, he switched to the leaderboards tab.
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1) [Team Spirit Flower]: 54 points
2) [Team Crimson God]: 45 points
3) [Team Cloud Hunters]: 33 points
4) [Team Swift Winds]: 21 points
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The 4th-placed team in the rankings, Team Swift Winds, was barely at 21 points, with two 5th realm and three 4th realm mutant beasts.
The First and second place, however, seemed to have hunted only 6th realm mutant beasts.
After looking at the rankings, waiting for a while for the corpse retrieval drone to come collect the boar carcass, the four of them headed off in search of another target.
Walking across the vast plains, they encountered several 3rd realm and 4th realm beasts and the occasional teams on their hunt. Eventually, they spot a peak fifth realm mutant wolf in the distance prowling.
Crouching down, the four got into formation, with the two polearm users in the back and the two blade users in the front. Making sure they were downwind from the mutant wolf, the group gradually inched forward, little by little.
As they were creeping closer and closer, Tian Qingfeng went through the steps in his head.
Ok, so we need to perform the tiger fist's stances first. Wu Haoran and Chen Zhiyu will assist and distract them as Lu Tai, and I perform the stances first. Then, we will need to keep the Mutant Wolf at bay while they perform the 8 Tigers Fist's first two stances. Without the stance, we won't be able to stand up against a peak fifth realm mutant beast for long.
After all the setup is prepared, Lu Tai and Chen Zhiyu will continuously harass the mutant Wolf to grab its attention as well as keep it from leaving. Wu Haoran, the strongest one among us, will try to find an opportunity to severely injure or kill it. Like that, we will wear it down until we can go for the kill.
As Tian Qingfeng was going over the plan in his mind, they had been gradually closing in on the mutant wolf. When they were about 30 meters away from the beast, they stopped moving forward and spread out to prepare for the pincer attack.
Lu Tai raised an arm and made a gesture asking, "Are you ready?"
At that, Wu Haoran, Chen Zhiyu, and Tian Qingfeng all gave a thumbs up to Lu Tai.
When Lu Tai saw that, he turned towards the wolf, held up three fingers, and started counting down.
3
2
1
When all three fingers were clenched into a fist, Tian Qingfeng and Lu Tai rushed in first.
Dashing forward, Tian Qingfeng and Lu Tai ran forward, and both punched at the wolf using the 8 Tiger's Fist's first stance. At the same time, Wu Haoran and Chen Zhiyu both stabbed at the wolf from opposite sides. Their strikes formed an angled pincer attack.
As the mutant wolf jumped backwards to dodge the two polearms, Tian Qingfeng and Lu Tai managed to land a punch each on the mutant wolf. After the first punch, the fist led straight into the second punch after staying in the resting tiger stance for a bit.
The group continuously pushed towards the mutant wolf. In quick succession, Lu Tai managed to land the second stance while Tian Qingfeng managed to land the second and third hits before returning to the resting tiger stance.
After successfully performing the required stances, the pair swapped their roles, with Lu Tai and Tian Qingfeng brandishing their sword and saber, respectively, to draw the wolf's attention while Wu Haoran and Chen Zhiyu secured their polearms in the ground and prepared to perform the 8 Tigers fist art.