Volume 1: Spring in Wulong Town Chapter 118: One Man, Nine Deer, and Guerrilla Warfare
"Attract monsters?" Tang Zixie read out those two words.
"That's right, lure the monsters! That is to target the monsters' characteristics and use the terrain, footwork, and rhythm of attack to control the monsters' movements, thus creating a battle scene that is more favorable to us." Tang Zheng nodded and explained.
Seeing that Tang Xiaotang and the others were still a little confused, Tang Zheng smiled and continued, "You can also understand it as a tactic. Simply put, if the enemy advances, we retreat; if the enemy stays, we harass; if the enemy is tired, we attack; if the enemy retreats, we pursue!"
After hearing Tang Zheng's sixteen-word battle strategy, Tang Xiaotang and Tang Zixie both understood something and lowered their heads to think about it. Xu Qingyan's eyes lit up and his gaze towards Tang Zheng became even more intense.
"Hehe, okay, don't think too much for now, hurry up, I'll assign tasks to everyone!" After Tang Zheng successfully used the theories of the sages to increase his respect, he concisely assigned everyone's combat points and combat tasks.
"Do you understand everything?" Tang Zheng asked with a smile after assigning the tasks.
Everyone nodded.
But Tang Xiaotang and Tang Zixie looked at each other and said hesitantly: "Master, we have no problem. Is your mission too dangerous..."
Tang Zheng smiled, took out a red berry and threw it into his mouth.
An active solar force flowed into his throat along with the juice of the berries and spread to his limbs and bones. Tang Zheng clenched the dagger in his hand, and a sense of pride surged in his heart.
He nodded to everyone, then suddenly leaped out. The purple-gold constellation lit up instantly, and he rushed towards the herd of deer like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
Tang Xiaotang and the others stared at Tang Zheng's figure, and the palms of their hands holding their weapons were already slightly sweaty.
The group of six-eared white deer that were originally resting leisurely immediately noticed the movement from Tang Zheng's side, turned their heads together, and lit up their demonic fire.
Tang Zheng let out a long roar and rushed to the left side of the deer herd.
As a demon beast, the six-eared white deer is not the herbivorous animal seen in the animal world of the previous life...
When the enemy attacked, the entire herd of deer did not panic at all. Instead, they moved in unison, with their hooves flying and their heads lowered, rushing towards Tang Zheng!
As the three stags ran, two white flames like whistles came out of their mouths and noses.
Suddenly, there was the sound of horse hooves and a huge cloud of dust in the cave.
Anyone with less courage would probably collapse to the ground immediately after seeing this scene.
Tang Zheng faced this group of ferocious demon deer, but a glimmer of nostalgia and fanaticism appeared in his eyes.
Left, right, left, take the first move! Go for the crown, take the first move...
It fell directly on the oldest female deer!
After winning the championship, I was completely filled with hatred!
When the entire herd of deer saw that the female deer was injured, they immediately rushed over like a tide. They were like a runaway train, trying to catch up with Tang Zheng who was running in front of the train, and eventually crush him to pieces.
And that crazy locomotive was none other than the fastest three-star demon deer. It was emitting a foot-long white flame from its mouth and nose, making a shrill hissing sound, and angrily sprayed a ball of molten saliva towards Tang Zheng's back.
"Master, be careful!" Tang Xiaotang looked at the extremely hot ball of molten saliva and couldn't help but speak up to remind him.
Tang Zhengzheng smiled at everyone, revealing a mouthful of white teeth, but his body suddenly turned sideways, as if he had eyes on his back, and he just managed to avoid the angry attack from the Three Star Demon Deer.
The ball of blazing white molten saliva was sprayed directly onto the stone wall of the cave, just like molten iron dripping onto wood, melting through a large hole directly. Finally, there was a loud bang and a large ball of red flame exploded, which lasted for a long time.
"Zixie, Thirteen, take action!" Tang Zheng made another turn and drifted with the demon deer "Train" behind him, completely exposing the three-star demon deer in front of everyone.
The three people who had been prepared quickly used their martial arts.
The first to attack was Thirteen's two powerful arrows, which were fired in succession and hit the two front legs of the three-star demon deer respectively.
Bang, bang, there were two loud noises. The two arrows shot by Thirteen were not fancy at all, and they were not even martial arts, but they contained his incomparably fierce solar demon star power. They were powerful and heavy, so violent that they bent the two front legs of the three-star demon deer, causing its center of gravity to be unstable. Its huge body fell to its knees, and it slid forward a long distance due to inertia, leaving a long trail of blood on the ground.
Immediately afterwards, Tang Zixie's bone-piercing flying knife also followed. Several cold rays went straight to the demon deer's hind legs, giving it another heavy blow when it was struggling to stand up.
Although these two consecutive attacks did not cause too much damage to the Three-Star Demon Deer, they turned it from the leading position to the tail end.
The two attacks happened in a flash, and the other demon deer quickly chased Tang Zheng out of the cave. When the light suddenly lit up in front of them, they did not notice that their companions had been left in the dim cave.
Soon, a tall figure, like a nail, firmly stood in front of the three-star six-eared white plum stag.
"Kill thousands of riders with the sword!" Xu Qingyan drew his sword, leaving behind long sword shadows that slashed at the front legs of the three-star demon deer, bringing out a large mass of flesh and blood.
While dragging the "train" with a new locomotive, Tang Zheng glanced at the battle situation with his peripheral vision.
Seeing that the three-star demon deer had been completely controlled by Xu Qingyan and the other two and was attacking at full strength, he smiled slightly. When he passed by Xiaotang who was about to take action, he calmly shouted, "Tonight, there's plenty of venison!"
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Rustle, rustle.
The two men and nine deer kept moving quickly in the jungle.
Tang Zheng's voice continued to be heard...
"Speed up. Twenty-five steps to the left, the two-star female deer is turning back. Don't give it time to think."
"Okay! This terrain...slow down a bit and let them squeeze through."
"Go, hit the stag ten steps ahead of you. OK, retreat, retreat, retreat!"
Tang Zheng spoke very quickly, but very clearly.
Tang Xiaotang, who had never experienced such an orderly group battle, held the long sword in his hand very tightly and concentrated his mind highly.
What she saw and experienced was so unbelievable that even she herself couldn't believe it!
After coming out of the cave, the enraged deer herd, led by two male deer, ran all the way, chasing Tang Zheng who dared to hurt the old female deer.
Tang Zheng's constellation was still bright, with two stars alternating between bright and dark, allowing them to clearly judge that they could easily kill Tang Zheng.
But in fact, they had chased him for several hundred meters and only hurt Tang Zheng slightly!
"Okay, Xiaotang, stay away..." Tang Zheng said, and suddenly turned behind a tree next to him. He lowered his head abruptly, and heard a hissing sound of the moisture in the trees being dried up. A ray of fire streaked across the sky, passing through the trees, and its impact speed was slightly slowed down, almost flying past his head.
When he turned around, one of the three deer that were spitting out fire saliva at the same time spit out the saliva, while the other two temporarily retracted it because they lost their sight.
Then, Tang Zheng turned out from another direction.
The two deer opened their mouths to spit out saliva again , but under his erratic footsteps, one spitted out saliva while the other took it back.
"Awesome..." This was not the first time Tang Xiaotang had seen Tang Zheng use such footwork on this short journey.
From the beginning, the entire herd of deer fired at each other with uniform volleys of fire molten saliva, but now there are only two or three of them attacking at the same time. This is all because of Tang Zheng's patience in dealing with the situation along the way.
Tang Xiaotang also knew that even in the army, no matter how beautiful the volley was, there would always be a time difference. This group of six-eared white plum deer were already two stars, and they might have a certain intelligence, but they were definitely not more well-trained than the army, and their volley attacks would also have a slight time difference...
But, that is also a very, very slight time difference!
Even a seasoned hunter like Zhao Shanhe probably wouldn't be able to use the time difference like Tang Zheng did, and finally disrupt the volleys of the entire herd of deer, making it almost impossible for them to launch large-scale coordinated attacks again!
"It's not a martial art, but it's better than martial arts." Tang Xiaotang couldn't believe that a warrior who only asked her for Star-Attracting Initiation at the age of 22 could display such combat power in just three months!
He was almost alone, dragging nine two-star six-eared white plum deer around!
Although Tang Xiaotang was already amazed by Tang Zheng, Tang Zheng himself was not satisfied at all...
"Slow." Tang Zheng had seen Azhi's footwork and martial arts, and he had also seen the blood shadow escape technique of the female assassin. No matter which one, the speed was much faster than his.
Unfortunately, the Blood Shadow Escape Technique requires blood, so he can’t use it unless he is seriously injured.
Slow, he relied more on his combat experience and combat reaction, but took on many unnecessary risks.
"Xiaotang, follow me. I'll count to three. Each of us will take a stag." Tang Zheng didn't think much about his footwork. He once again seized the opportunity, found the speed difference between the stag and the female deer, and performed a set of martial arts with Xiaotang, each of us taking one deer.
The six-eared white deer is not good at close combat, which is one of the reasons why Tang Zheng can seize the opportunity again and again.
Observation, everywhere.
Their movements and fighting were constantly adjusted according to the terrain and the situation of the deer herd.
"Okay, don't fight any longer. Retreat to the tree hole on the left and follow me in ten breaths." Tang Zheng saw that the deer herd was showing signs of dispersing, so he immediately led them into a bush nearby.
The entire herd of deer could only line up in a long line, with no way to go, and they gathered together immediately.
Tang Zheng took a quick glance and saw that Tang Xiaotang had indeed disappeared into the nearest tree hole...
"It's better to have a teammate like this to lead you." Tang Zheng was thinking about the sponsors in his previous life. It was really difficult to lead a dungeon.
It would be fine if his reaction wasn't as quick as Xiaotang's, but the most important thing was that he didn't listen to orders and kept attracting monsters. Tang Zheng was able to complete a dungeon under such pressure. Now that he has teammates like him, what else is there to say?
He looked for opportunities to perform martial arts again and again, and the surging star tides piled up again and again...
In the guerrilla warfare of chasing each other, Tang Zheng's star power unknowingly generated twenty or thirty new strands.
Tang Zheng paused for a moment, then used his opening move to directly follow up with Hatemie, hitting the forehead of the deer that was chasing him closest.
As the fire flashed, he was knocked back by the powerful star power in the stag's body. He immediately used the force to run away again, leaving another wound on the stag's forehead.
The wound was not serious, but this blow was different from the previous ones...
A thin layer of frost mist covered the stag's wound, and the fiery red blood kept flowing without any sign of stopping.
The wound cannot be healed!
It is precisely because Tang Zheng has gathered his strength and recovered his astrological talent that he has already taken action!
If the stag continued to run after him, it would be only a matter of time before it bled to death even if Tang Zheng never attacked it again.
"The power of the stars..." Tang Zheng couldn't help but sigh. The power of the stars he got from Lan Shaoze caused his talent to mutate, which was really useful!
Soon, when Tang Zheng deliberately slowed down the deer herd again, Tang Xiaotang caught up again.
The two walked side by side, speeding all the way.
If they can keep playing like this, it will only be a matter of time before Tang Zheng and Tang Xiaotang take down two bucks.
However, as soon as Tang Xiaotang approached Tang Zheng, she brought some very bad news: "I just saw someone in the tree hole discover us, and now they should be chasing us."
"Oh?" Tang Zheng was not surprised to meet other hunting teams in such a vast forest.
"I see that their clothes are very consistent, all green coats and white robes, they should be... people from the Zhaixing Sect!" Tang Xiaotang added.
"..." Tang Zheng's ears moved, "Oh, they are chasing pretty fast. Three?"
"Three." Tang Xiaotang was shocked again - Tang Zheng didn't even look back, but he could tell how many people were on the other side!
The herd of Six-eared White Plum Deer chased them, while the three disciples of the Zhaixing Sect behind them, the three groups of people and the monsters kept a certain distance from each other.
Tang Xiaotang saw them approaching but did not attack them directly. Instead, she stayed far behind them. She could not help but ask, "What are they doing? Watching the fun?"
Tang Zheng narrowed his eyes and said, "Wait for us to die so that you can take advantage of us!"
