I Can Use Myriad Divine Abilities-Chapter 188: Mountain Demon
The will of this last Hunter shattered the moment he saw Zhang Yuan.
He collapsed powerlessly to the ground, letting the blood flow over his face, his eyes filled with despair.
Because this Hunter understood there was no point in resisting.
It might even invite cruel torture.
Just as they had cruelly dealt with their prey in the past!
He let out a bitter laugh and said, "Give me a quick death!"
His tone was full of pleading.
Initially, Zhang Yuan intended to finish him off with a single stroke.
But upon hearing his words, he suppressed his killing intent momentarily and asked, "Who are you people?"
Zhang Yuan was hunting in Taiwu Mountain for the first time, and he had no understanding of many situations.
He needed to know if this area was a hunting ground for some power.
And whether there might be a second hunting team like theirs.
The person being interrogated, perhaps driven by a death wish, told everything without reservation.
It turned out Zhang Yuan’s guess was indeed correct.
He was currently in an area frequently hunted by a team under the Flying Eagle Gang!
The Flying Eagle Gang was a faction nestled in Xia Ruins North, with over a thousand members, of which more than a third were Hunters.
This faction also ran businesses in fur and inns.
Thus, every hunting season, the gang members would enter Taiwu Mountain in large numbers to hunt.
Therefore, the encounter with this hunting team was both accidental and not that coincidental!
"Safe travels."
After finishing the questioning, Zhang Yuan politely bid farewell.
Then he slapped him to death with one palm.
Granting him a quick end!
Next, Zhang Yuan conducted the last rites for the slain Hunters one by one.
The Flying Eagle Gang members only carried weapons, equipment, and rations—no valuables at all.
But together they contributed over a hundred points of Source Material to him.
Zhang Yuan was very satisfied with this.
He fed the obtained Source Material to the Red-eyed Crow.
This Source Material was enough for the Tier Two Red-eyed Crow to complete its final evolution, advancing to Advanced Servant Spirit.
By then, its abilities would surely increase greatly!
But just as Zhang Yuan felt content, he suddenly noticed a big problem.
Where had the bear’s body gone?
Earlier, when Zhang Yuan shot the bear, it was in the creek catching fish.
Then he dragged the bear’s body to the shore, fed its innards to the Red-eyed Crow, and was ambushed by the Flying Eagle Gang hunting team while preparing to leave.
The bear’s body was left behind at that moment.
But now it had disappeared without a trace, with only bloodstains on the forest floor proving that the big fellow had once existed.
Had someone stolen it?
Zhang Yuan wanted to curse!
But getting angry wouldn’t solve any problems and would only show incompetence.
He immediately observed the ground carefully.
That bear weighed over a thousand pounds, and even without its innards, it weighed nearly a thousand pounds.
It would take more than a few ordinary Martial Artists to drag it away easily.
More so, Zhang Yuan hadn’t been gone long!
Upon looking, he immediately spotted the problem.
On the soft land by the creek bank, besides his own footprints, there were also some messy claw prints surrounding the spot where the bear’s body had been dragged.
These claw prints clearly did not belong to humans but some beast.
Perhaps while Zhang Yuan was chasing down the enemy, a pack of beasts followed the scent of blood here.
And then stole his spoils!
Zhang Yuan soon found more claw prints on the other side of the creek, extending into the dense forest.
Without any hesitation, Zhang Yuan had the Red-eyed Crow track them first, while he followed closely with his Iron-Clad Bow.
He didn’t believe the "thieves" could easily take away such a large prey.
At this point, the Red-eyed Crow played its role again, skimming light-footedly through the tree branches, flying swiftly through the dense forest, its gem-like eyes scanning the surroundings.
In just a moment, it had already locked onto the target!
In fact, the commotion the "thieves" made was quite loud, easily spotted from a high vantage point.
Zhang Yuan immediately sped up his pursuit.
Soon enough, he saw his lost prey.
A group of black and brown giant apes, respectively carrying the bear’s head, limbs, and torso, were huffing and puffing deeper into the dense forest, with guides in front and the rear guarded, coordinating very well.
One ape in the back suddenly sensed something, turning its head to look back.
Making Zhang Yuan see its appearance clearly.
He was slightly startled.
This ape was muscular with sturdy limbs, not only walking upright like a human but also having a human face.
An ugly and fierce human face!
A Mountain Demon.
A name instantly surfaced in Zhang Yuan’s mind.
This creature, recorded in the Jianghu Records, was a mountain deceit, known for its savage temperament and immense strength, capable of tearing tigers and leopards apart, hence the saying "Prefer meeting tigers and wolves over Mountain Demons."
This powerful deceitful beast was said to abduct young men and women to its lair for violation, then eat them alive.
Mountain Demons lived in groups, always traveling in packs when outside.
Running into them in the mountains was extremely dangerous.
Most hunting teams would avoid them, not daring to confront a pack of Mountain Demons.
If it were another Tier Three Martial Artist who found that the "thieves" were a pack of Mountain Demons, they would probably have to count themselves unlucky.
But Zhang Yuan wasn’t an ordinary Tier Three.
He sped up again, reducing the distance between them to less than a hundred paces.
Then, while running, he drew his bow and nocked an arrow, aiming at a Mountain Demon trailing in the back!
To ensure the lethal impact, Zhang Yuan used a Fine Iron Arrow again.
Whiz!
In the next moment, this Fine Iron Arrow, turning into a streak of black light, instantly shot across nearly a hundred paces.
Thud!
It struck that Mountain Demon’s back of the head.
The powerful energy contained in the metal trident arrowhead penetrated the Mountain Demon’s tough and thick scalp without obstruction, rotating in as it drilled into its skull as hard as iron stone.
Impaling its brain!
Roar～
The Mountain Demon let out an earth-shaking roar before falling forward to the ground.
A bright iron arrow embedded in its head!
Though his shot killed the target, Zhang Yuan was secretly a bit surprised.
For this arrow had gathered over ninety percent of the bow’s power and employed the shooting technique of the Cloud-Piercing Arrow, promising extreme damage and penetration.
The fact that it failed to completely pierce the Mountain Demon’s skull at a mere hundred paces demonstrated how hard its skull was!
If it had been an ordinary Feathered Arrow, it likely would have only scratched the surface.
He halted his steps and drawn the longbow again, this time nocking a second Fine Iron Arrow.
Roar! Roar! Roar!
By this time, the remaining Mountain Demons had discovered their companion’s tragic death.
Enraged, they immediately dropped the bear carcass they had been carrying, snorting through their large nostrils, their blood-red eyes widening bigger than Copper Bells.
Then the Mountain Demons spotted Zhang Yuan!
