Chapter 156 Wind Thunderbird
"This stone crushing crossbow belongs to me now!"
Mu Qingyuan looked at Gu Sheng with a strange look and nodded at Mu Qinghe: "Give him an extra twenty arrows."
The stone crushing crossbows and arrows were quickly distributed. The rest of the people were given ten special arrows each, and Gu Sheng got thirty, twenty of which he bought with his own money. After Gu Sheng got the arrows, he put the twenty he bought into the wooden box on his back, and put the remaining ten in the quiver that was distributed and hung around his waist for easy access.
After the equipment was distributed, Mu Qingyuan looked at everyone with a serious expression.
"There is an iron thunder tree and a mature thunder fruit in this canyon, but there is a wind thunder bird in the bronze bone realm guarding it. In order to avoid the noise here attracting other thunder beasts, we must fight quickly! Otherwise, if a stronger thunder beast is attracted, we will all die here!"
The faces of the recruited people changed drastically when they heard that there was a wind thunder bird guarding it. Some people became hesitant. Gu Sheng found that the middle-aged man next to him was full of panic.
Gu Sheng asked curiously, "Uncle, is this wind-thunder bird very powerful? Why do you seem so scared?"
"Of course it is powerful! Don't look at this wind-thunder bird as a thunder beast of the Bronze Bone Realm, but this guy has wings as hard as iron. Even a person in the Bronze Bone Realm will be torn apart if hit by it. Its beak is like a hook, and it can tear off a large piece of flesh in one bite. The most important thing is that this thing can fly. If there is no way to restrict it, even a strong person in the Silver Bone Realm will most likely be killed by it!"
After hearing this, Gu Sheng understood why Mu Qingyuan and his team prepared so many stone-breaking crossbows. Is this to restrict the wind-thunder bird?
Gu Sheng could also roughly guess the plan of Mu Qingyuan and his team. It was nothing more than letting them, the people in the Blood Refining Realm, use stone-breaking crossbows to restrict the flight of the wind-thunder bird, and then they, the Bronze Bone Realm, would attack and kill it.
Birds and beasts are not like big insects and blind bears. Their biggest advantage is that they can fly. If they lose this advantage, they will be much easier to deal with.
"Um... can I quit?"
A person who had reached the Perfect Blood Refining Realm was afraid of the Wind Thunder Bird, and tremblingly raised his hand to quit.
Mu Qingyuan sneered: "Of course!" However, before the man could be happy, the saber in Mu Qinghe's hand had been unsheathed, and a cold light was drawn in the air. The next second, the man who wanted to quit had been beheaded, and blood was scattered all over the ground.
This sudden bloody scene frightened everyone present.
Mu Qingyuan took the bloody long sword and took out a wet handkerchief to wipe it gently. His sharp eyes swept over everyone, and he asked with a sneer on his face: "Is there anyone else who wants to quit? Stand up, I will satisfy you one by one!"
"Buzz!"
The long swords in the hands of Mu Qingwen and Mu Qinghe were also unsheathed. The vague murderous aura on the three of them was like a piece of cloth covered with water on everyone's face, making them dare not even breathe heavily.
The three people in the Bronze Bone Realm decisively gave up the idea of withdrawing after weighing the gap in strength between themselves and Mu Qingyuan and the other two.
The Bronze Bone Realm was like this, not to mention the people in the Blood Refining Realm. Their eyes immediately became firm.
Seeing this, Mu Qingyuan also showed a smug smile on his face, "All actions must follow my orders. If anyone loses his composure and ruins my plan, I will kill him without mercy!"
Mu Qingyuan took the lead and walked into the canyon first, while Mu Qingwen and Mu Qinghe walked to the back of the team.
Although the Wind and Thunder Bird sounded very powerful, Gu Sheng was not afraid. He had many means. Not to mention that he could eat the Wind and Thunder Bird alone, at least he had no problem protecting himself. He followed the team into the canyon calmly.
The mountains on both sides of the canyon were towering like clouds, and the tops were almost close together. The light was dim, and from time to time some subtle chirping came from the edge of the mountain, which frightened the nervous people.
Fortunately, the passage was not too long, and they entered the canyon after two or three minutes.
Rather than a canyon, it is more like an open-air cave. The area inside is not small, about 700 to 800 square meters. There are vertical and steep cliffs all around, and only one entrance where Gu Sheng and his team just came in.
The environment inside is slightly different from the outside.
After walking out of the passage, the large ground is basically full of bushes several dozen centimeters high. Only in the middle is there a tree that is six or seven meters high and about fifty or sixty centimeters in diameter.
The branches of this tree are bare without any leaves, but there are flashes of lightning between the branches, which looks a bit like a fire tree and silver flowers. Gu Sheng found that there is a dark purple-black color in the middle of this tree.
Gu Sheng felt the majestic power from the purple-black trunk, and could also hear the rolling thunder from it.
"Hiss! Such a large piece of iron thunder wood!"
The middle-aged man walking in front of Gu Sheng couldn't help but gasp when he saw the trunk.
In addition to the iron thunderwood, there is a strange plant not far from this tree that is almost as tall as a person. If you call it a tree, its branches are too thin and it looks more like a vine. If you call it a vine, it can stand upright without relying on anything else.
On this strange plant hang four fist-sized purple-black fruits. These fruits are also shining with electric light, and the arcs on them can be seen with the naked eye.
"This is the thunder fruit, quite interesting!"
Although the energy in the Thunder Fruit also contains the power of thunder, it feels much softer to Gu Sheng than that in the Iron Thunder Wood. Gu Sheng has a vague feeling that if the Thunder Fruit can be refined into a pill, the effect of tempering the bones and muscles may be better than the Bone Forging Pill!
"Chirp!"
Suddenly, a bird cry resounded through the canyon, and a purple-black bird about one meter long flew over the mountain wall.
The big bird spread its wings, and there were sharp bone spurs on the feathers at the end, which gave people a chill even at a glance.
"The Wind Thunder Bird is coming, people in the Blood Refining Realm, get ready, I want you to shoot at the top of the Wind Thunder Bird when you attack, and suppress its flying height!"
After Mu Qingyuan issued the order, he drew out his long knife and stood in the open space as bait to attract the attention of the Wind Thunder Bird.
"Qingwen, Qinghe, the soft flesh under the eyes and wings is the weak point of the wind thunder bird. You two must help me to attack its weak spot with all your strength. Otherwise, if we are discovered by the disciples of the Shengdan Sect who stayed nearby, we will be finished!"
"Chirp!"
After discovering Mu Qingyuan, the wind thunder bird immediately folded its wings and swooped down towards him, with its long and somewhat curved beak like a hook pointing directly at Mu Qingyuan's head.
Looking at the swooping wind thunder bird, Mu Qingyuan showed a grim smile at the corner of his mouth, and immediately raised his hand to block his head and laughed: "I'm waiting for you!"
Mu Qingyuan didn't know when a special protective gear was put on his raised arm. The beak of the wind thunder bird pecked on it and made a loud ding sound. Mu Qingyuan retreated several steps because of the huge force, while the wind thunder bird was miserable. The long beak that was originally as long as 10 to 20 centimeters was actually broken in half, and it screamed in pain.
"Kill!"
Mu Qingyuan shook his numb arm and gave the attack order to Mu Qingwen and Mu Qinghe.
The three men immediately swung their long swords and chopped at the Wind Thunder Bird.
The Wind Thunder Bird was also alert. When the three men attacked, they immediately spread their wings as a shield to resist the three men's attacks.
The long swords of the three men chopped on it and made a clanging sound, as if they were not chopping on the bird's wings but on a piece of iron plate.
The Wind Thunder Bird turned on the spot, and the spikes on its wings rotated like daggers.
The power of the spikes should not be underestimated. If you get hit, it is no worse than being chopped by someone. More importantly, if you get hurt, the thunder power in the Wind Thunder Bird will emerge.
Although the thunder power in the Wind Thunder Bird is not deep and does not have a strong attack ability, it is enough to paralyze the people in the Bronze Bone Realm in a short time and make them lose their combat effectiveness.
Once paralyzed, the iron wings and claws of the Wind Thunder Bird are not vegetarian. Seeing this, Mu Qingyuan and the other two immediately jumped back to avoid it, and when the Wind Thunder Bird stopped, they attacked again.
Seeing that the three people were difficult to deal with, and that its beak was already injured and its fighting power was gone, the Wind Thunder Bird flapped its wings and was about to take off.
Mu Qingyuan and his men had coveted the Iron Thunder Wood and Thunder Fruit for a long time, and had already made a foolproof plan. Before the Wind Thunder Bird had completely taken off, he immediately ordered Gu Sheng and others: "Shoot it!"
"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh"
Gu Sheng and his men, who had been ready for action, immediately pulled the trigger of the crossbow and shot the arrows out.
Most of these people did not know how to shoot arrows, but just aimed and fired randomly. Some people, because they were not familiar with the stone-breaking crossbow, shot arrows more than ten meters higher than the Wind Thunder Bird. Gu Sheng and his men's mission was just to intercept the Wind Thunder Bird and prevent it from taking off, so he did not show too much, but just let the arrow fly close to the Wind Thunder Bird.
The Wind Thunder Bird's intelligence was not weak, and the wild beast's ability to predict danger was stronger than that of humans. After feeling the power of the stone-breaking crossbow, it did not dare to take off rashly, and could only maneuver on the ground.
Seeing that the suppression was effective, Mu Qingyuan smiled and said to the three people in the Bronze Bone Realm who were loading arrows into the stone-breaking crossbow: "Don't pretend, come and help us quickly take down this beast!"
The three people hurriedly put down the stone-breaking crossbow and pulled out the weapons on their waists to stand with Mu Qingyuan and the other two.
Without the advantage of flying, facing the siege of six people in the Bronze Bone Realm at the same time, the Wind Thunder Bird was soon injured. Many feathers on its body were cut off, and its feet were full of knife marks.
Every time the Wind Thunder Bird tried to take off, Gu Sheng and his men would fire a round of volleys. Although the accuracy was poor, the deterrent effect was achieved. Seeing that the situation was getting worse and worse, the Wind Thunder Bird was so anxious that it chirped and its steps were a little chaotic.
Suddenly, the Wind Thunder Bird took advantage of Gu Sheng and his men loading arrows to break free from the six people's clamps and kill Gu Sheng and his blood refining realm.
The Wind Thunder Bird also knew that as long as Gu Sheng and his men were eliminated, it could take off and gain an advantage.
The reputation of the Wind-Thunder Bird was well-known. The Blood Refining Realm people were so frightened that they dropped their stone-breaking crossbows and ran out of the canyon.
Although the Wind-Thunder Bird did not take off, it was running fast with its wings folded together. In a moment, it had already killed Gu Sheng and the others.
The Wind-Thunder Bird's folded wings suddenly spread out, and the spikes on them instantly pierced the necks of the two Blood Refining Realm people.
"Not good! Stop him!"
After Mu Qingyuan found something wrong, he hurriedly picked up his knife and chased after him. Unfortunately, speed was not their strong point. Before they arrived, most of the Blood Refining Realm people had been killed, leaving only Gu Sheng and the middle-aged man who had talked to him alive.
The Wind-Thunder Bird's small eyes were full of murderous intent, and its broken beak stabbed at them like a steel needle.
The middle-aged man next to Gu Sheng was so frightened that his legs were weak. At this time, his face turned pale and he lost the ability to move.
The middle-aged man told Gu Sheng a lot of things that he didn't know. Gu Sheng didn't want to see him killed just like that, so he grabbed his shoulders and swung him back like a sandbag for ten seconds. Many meters away.
Gu Sheng himself also retreated continuously. During the retreat, he did not stop the movements in his hands, and quickly operated the gravel crossbow to complete the loading action!
After the loading was completed, Gu Sheng relied on the first-level speed of his thunderous legs to keep a safe distance of five or six meters from the wind thunderbird.
Gu Sheng raised the gravel crossbow that had been loaded with arrows, pressed it on the crossbow with one hand, and pulled the crossbow machine with the other hand.
"Whoosh!"
The arrow shot out of the air and accurately hit the Thunderbird's not-so-thick foot.
There was an explosion after the arrow hit, and the Thunderbird's foot was directly blown into pieces.
In addition to the power of the gravel bow itself, this also contributes to the first-level penetration!
"Hey! What a pity. If I had shot him in the head, I would have already taken it."
Gu Sheng continued to load arrows, sighing in his heart.
It wasn't that he didn't want to shoot the Feng Thunderbird's head or other weak parts. The main reason was that this guy was quite a thief. After finding that he couldn't stop Gu Sheng from shooting, the Feng Thunderbird used its solid wings as a shield to block most of his body. Only the feet are exposed.
Having seen Mu Qingyuan's attack before, Gu Shengjiu already knew that the wings of the Thunderbird were very strong, and he was not sure whether the gravel crossbow could penetrate its wings.
If he couldn't, he would be in danger if the Thunderbird attacked again at this distance, and Gu Sheng didn't dare to gamble.
The Thunderbird's legs were shot off, severe pain swept through its body, and it howled miserably.
Fortunately, there was no one else in charge of suppressing them with the gravel crossbow at this time except Gu Sheng. After seeing Mu Qinghe and the others fighting back, the Thunderbird had to give up on Gu Sheng as the culprit and flapped its wings to hover in the air.
Because of the injured foot, the speed of the Thunderbird was greatly slowed down. At this speed, Gu Sheng is very confident that he can shoot it down if he doesn't hide his strength.
Gu Sheng's arrow just now shocked Mu Qinghe and others. They had scoffed when Gu Sheng said that he had some knowledge of archery. Now it seems that Gu Sheng really has something on him!
Although gravel crossbows and ordinary bows and arrows have something in common, they also have obvious differences, the most obvious of which is the huge recoil.
This makes it much more difficult for a gravel crossbow to hit accurately than a bow and arrow. Even among the veteran archers in Mu's Trading Company who often play with gravel crossbows, it is not easy to hit the Thunderbird's feet accurately. matter.
Seeing the Thunderbird hovering in the sky, Mu Qinghe hurriedly ordered Gu Sheng: "Shoot it! If you can shoot it down, I will give you another thousand taels!" (End of Chapter)