034 Vengeance Mechanism
Hearing this, no one had any objections. They just asked Zhou Jing not to go too far. However, no one was worried about what would happen if Zhou Jing acted alone.
Zhou Jing left the team and walked in the forest for a while, stopping in a seemingly deserted forest. He glanced around and said, "Come out."
As soon as he finished speaking, a figure quietly emerged from behind the tree. It was Ross, walking silently.
Zhou Jing walked up and held his shoulders, read the follower's experience log, and soon received a lot of images.
After these three months, Ross finally developed some fighting skills, mastered the skills of several weapons such as daggers and daggers, and also learned the art of blacksmithing.
Although they are all at the beginner level, with their enhanced physical fitness, they can already be put to use, and they have somewhat of a combat effectiveness.
However, Zhou Jing has not told anyone that Rose has been strengthened by the alien blood. He usually does not reveal it. In the eyes of others, Rose is still the transparent person he was before.
Because Ross was good at sneaking in the direction of enhancement and could move quietly in the forest, Zhou Jing asked Ross to move around the subjugation team and secretly search for the target without telling everyone. This time he gained something.
The footage seen by his entourage showed that Ross spotted the Earthbone Marauder wandering through the forest, but the other party did not notice him, so he quietly retreated and came back to report.
Zhou Jing looked at Ross speechlessly.
"You have found their raiding team, why don't you follow them to find the location of their lair? Come back and report now. By the time we find it, their raiding team will have already left that location, okay?"
Ross:(o_O)
"...Well blame me for not making it clear to you."
Zhou Jing helped his forehead.
Although it has some fighting power, this follower is still stupid. He can't handle the more complicated orders, let alone adapt to changes, and he is rigid.
Zhou Jing shook his head and gave new instructions:
"Now you go find the Earth Bone Man and squat down there. Try not to be seen and wait for me to find him."
With the position in his mind, Ross was very suitable to be a path-finding marker. It was precisely because of this ability that he felt that Ross could be used as a scout or guide, and he could take him with him to defeat the Earth Skeletons.
Upon hearing this, Ross turned around and walked away without saying a word, quickly disappearing into the forest.
Zhou Jing walked around before returning to the team.
"What did you find?" Baron looked over.
"Not yet." Zhou Jing shook his head.
Everyone didn't take it seriously, and after checking around the area, they continued on their way.
Although Zhou Jing didn't say it directly, he secretly led the way and suggested many times that the team change their direction and secretly move towards Rose's location.
No one had any objections to Zhou Jing's proposal. Anyway, there were no clues at the moment and they could go either way.
It didn't take long for everyone to arrive near Ross' location, and they were all happy when they finally found the traces left by the Earth Bone Man raiding team in the forest.
In front of him was a messy set of footprints, showing that there were quite a few people there, extending into the deep forest.
Baron squatted down, used his fingers to twist a handful of soil on the footprints, and said in surprise:
"The footprints are relatively new. It seems that the Earth Bone Man raiding team passed here not long ago."
Weiss perked up: "How should we say, should we follow behind, or go up and catch a few alive to lead the way?"
Baron pondered for a while, then turned to look at Zhou Jing: "What do you think?"
"Go straight up and catch them."
Zhou Jing did not hesitate.
There are a lot of them, and there is no reinforcement from Ross, so it is easy to be discovered if they follow behind.
And your investment time is limited, so just save what you can.
Hearing this, Balon had no objection, waved and led the team to catch up along the tracks.
…
As everyone ran forward, the footprints left by the Skeleton Man in front became increasingly new.
Soon, the figure of the Earth Bone Man appeared vaguely in the forest ahead, and there were about dozens of them.
At this time, the Earth Bone Man raiders also heard the movement behind them, gave out an urgent whistle, looked back, and when they saw the punitive team, they started chirping and yelled, and without saying a word, they opened their bows and shot.
A hail of arrows came flying towards me!
"kill!"
The enemy was extremely jealous when they saw each other. Balon roared angrily, raised his battle ax in front of him, and charged out like a wild bull.
The arrow clanged and hit the axe, causing it to scatter in all directions.
Zhou Jing kicked off his legs and rushed out like a cheetah. He whipped out the two swords from his waist and quickly moved his eyes to lock on the arrows that threatened him. He chopped them all down in mid-air with ease without hitting any arrows on his body.
Today's physical fitness and sword skills are enough to match his combat intuition and block all arrows.
Dangdangdang——
The dancing sword light is like a barrier, preventing arrows and rain from entering.
He rushed forward quickly, the distance quickly closing, and the frightened expression of the Earth Bone Man magnified in his sight.
Zhou Jing dragged his two swords and plunged into the pile of earth-skeleton men.
Brush brush brush——
The sword's light shone like a tornado.
In an instant, the stumps and broken arms were rolled up all over the sky!
Zhou Jing moved quickly, moving through the crowd like a phantom. The Earth Bone Man's hasty attacks posed no threat to him. In his eyes, they were as slow as a snail.
The two knives are precise and sharp. There is almost no need to block. He can strike directly in front of the Earth Bone Man and cut open the opponent's neck, arms or waist and abdomen as soon as the opponent makes an attack stance.
Brush brush brush——
Wherever the sword light passed, the Earth Bone Man fell down like grass.
Occasionally, the weapons collided, and Zhou Jing's double swords, which contained huge power, directly broke the Earth Bone Man's weapons together.
Three months later, the hunter workshop finally finished making the equipment. The double swords used by Zhou Jing at this time were made by specially processing the claws of the Claw Bear and fusion of metal. They are tougher and more durable than ordinary standard weapons.
Not to mention the Earth Bone Man’s crudely made equipment.
The bearskin battle armor with a fur collar on the body inherits the characteristics of the Crackclaw Bear. It is difficult for ordinary slashing and stabbing to penetrate, providing superior defensive performance.
Zhou Jing stirred up a storm among the bones of the earth, killing them vigorously and shattering the opponent's formation.
He cut off the throat of one of the Earth Bone Man with a knife, and at this moment, the panel suddenly flashed.
[The main culprit in the death of "Will Wood" (Apostle No. 001) has been executed]
[Complete revenge]
[This time the evaluation of the star apostle career has been slightly improved]
[You can inherit a certain ability of "Will Wood" for free... The test results show that there are no uninherited abilities yet]
[Trigger achievement [Revenge]!]
[Milestone [Avengers] Progress: 1/5]
"Huh?" Zhou Jing was slightly startled.
Is revenge necessary? This item cannot be found in the achievement list. It seems to be a hidden achievement and it is the first time I triggered it.
In this way, the Earth Bone Man who was killed just now was the direct murderer of "Will Wood".
It seems that there is a special reward for avenging the apostle of the last astral world...
call!
At this moment, a bone spear came towards him.
Zhou Jing quickly came to his senses, swung his left sword, cutting off the enemy's spear-holding arm, and then stabbed forward with his right sword, penetrating the enemy's eye socket and straight through the back of the head.
He picked up the enemy's body and swung it to the side with all his strength, knocking over an Earth Bone Man who came up next to him. The flying Tianling Cap and red and white brains were scattered all over the floor.
Zhou Jing calmed down, stopped checking the panel, and focused on dealing with the enemies in front of him. Baron and others also came in at this time.
Zhou Jing alone could not stop the Earth Bone Man raiding team. At this time, Baron, Weiss and others joined the battlefield and instantly crushed the Earth Bone Man raiding team to the ground.
Ten soldiers from White Plains City formed a simple battle formation, and they advanced and retreated in a well-organized manner. Although they were not as crushing as the three alien hunters, they still fought steadily, killing all the earth-skeleton people who came close like a meat grinder.
After only a few minutes, the battle ended, and dozens of Earth Bone Marauders lay on the ground.
Only a few skeletons were left intact, and they were tied together by everyone, their faces full of fear, and they were gibbering.
Balon looked at the corpses on the ground and felt a breath of bad breath. He turned to Griff and said, "Go and interrogate these survivors and ask them to take us to the lair."
Grif nodded and obeyed. Although they didn't understand the language, they had dealt with the Earth Bones, and sign language was enough to communicate. Moreover, they used a knife to speak, so they didn't have to worry about the Earth Bones not understanding the meaning.
The hunters of Frostwood Village will not be merciful to the Earth Skeletons. How can they be worthy of their dead companions?
Zhou Jing did not participate in the interrogation, but wiped the long knife aside and shook his head secretly.
The Earth Bone Man, which I thought was quite difficult in the past, can now be solved effortlessly. Maybe I can just brush it by myself. It is a complete crushing game.
Although the rape was quite satisfying, Zhou Jing didn't feel any disturbance in his heart.
Although he is gradually getting used to killing, he does not have much interest in it. What he likes is the back-and-forth battles and exciting fights with powerful enemies, which will make him excited.
"There's no point in torturing food... It seems that I have some berserker genes."
Zhou Jing smacked his lips, opened the panel and carefully considered what he had just triggered.
After groping for a while, he confirmed that the Astral Apostles had a "revenge-seeking mechanism."
When an astral apostle dies man-made, and you use subsequent astral apostles to avenge him and kill the murderer, this mechanism will be triggered and you will receive special rewards.
First, it can improve the career settlement evaluation of the current Astral Apostle, including death settlement and customs clearance settlement.
The second is that you can get a new "free inheritance slot" just like death settlement, and get a certain ability of the death star apostle.
Because the ability of "Will Wood" has been inherited by the current "Jason Wood", it does not take effect this time.
The third one is to trigger a special achievement. [Retaliation] is a recurring achievement. It can be triggered once every time you complete revenge for a certain astral apostle.
The rewards are variable, and different amounts of rewards will be given based on the strength of the apostles of the Death Star Realm and the strength of the murderer.
The [Revenge] triggered this time only gave 500 star boundary points, which was not much. It was probably because "Will Wood" was not extraordinary, and the enemy was just an ordinary Earth Bone Man.
In addition, every time you complete [Revenge], the progress of the [Avenger] milestone will be accumulated. If you complete it five times in total, you can trigger this milestone.
It was also Zhou Jing's first time to trigger a milestone. This is a special achievement. You have to complete related actions multiple times to actually trigger it. The rewards are generally more generous than ordinary achievements.
"In this case, if every star apostle dies unexpectedly, then this achievement can be triggered quickly..."
Zhou Jing thought for a while, shook his head and laughed.
Thinking back, he had no intention of deliberately committing suicide, and felt that the time cost was not very cost-effective.
He is not modest either. He always feels that there will be many opportunities for him to burp in the future.
"You don't have to force it, just accumulate it slowly."
Zhou Jing shook his head.
At this time, everyone's interrogation of the Earth Bone Man was also over, and two more people were killed alive. Finally, the remaining Earth Bone Man who was afraid of death learned to cooperate.
"Let's go." Balon greeted Zhou Jing.
Hearing this, Zhou Jing put away his long sword and followed him.
…
Following the Earth Bone Man who led the way, the group cautiously groped forward.
Everyone would not completely trust the enemy and kept a cautious eye for fear of being led into some trap.
After walking until the sky was filled with red clouds, the crusade team finally arrived at the entrance of the Earth Bone Man's lair.
This is a cave hidden behind trees and vines. It is very confusing. If you don't look carefully, you can easily miss it.
Everyone was hiding in the forest not far away, hiding their figures and looking into the hole in the distance.
They had already searched the area and quietly eliminated several Earth Bone sentries near the entrance of the lair.
Baron retracted his head, stroking his beard and muttered: "There are countless people and traps in the Earth Bone Man's lair. If we rush in rashly, we may encounter danger."
"It makes sense." Weiss nodded: "Then you can take the lead."
Everyone turned to look at him silently.
"What are you looking at? I'm just here to help. You won't let me rush in first, right?"
On the other side, Grif thought for a while and suggested: "How about we light a fire and force the Earth Bone Man out?"
"That's fine." Baron nodded.
Everyone quickly prepared a lot of dry firewood and began to burn the cave.
Zhou Jing also had no objection and did not intend to educate everyone about protecting the environment and preventing wildfires.
A fire lit up in the cave, and there were commotions inside.
Soon, a crowd of earth-skeleton people poured out. At a glance, there were hundreds of them, tall, short, fat and thin, all holding weapons.
The people hiding around are preparing to take action.
"roar!"
Chapter completed!