After experimenting for a while, Tang Shaoyang and his group found something interesting about the third portal.
Safe Zone, they called their discovery safe zone. It was a zone where the beast would not enter or get close to them when they were inside the safe zone. The safe zone was the spot where they got teleported, and it spanned a hundred meters in diameter. As long as they were inside the circle, they were safe from the beasts.
"Let's change the plan!" Tang Shaoyang had a new idea after the safe zone discovery, "Let's we split up, and finish our Individual Objective before we move in a group again,"
The safe zone assured him that his people would be safe as long as they were not stupid enough to face something they should not.
"What about the cave?" Kang Zian voiced his thought. Sure a safe zone was good, but staying in the wild was another matter.
"We can still search the cave, but for the time being, we will move separately. It will be easier to look for the cave as well if we move separately," Tang Shaoyang replied while scanning his group, "If we can't find the cave for us to stay, we will stay here," he then took out the Rabbidog's pelt, "We can use this to sleep," he stored a lot of Rabbidog and finally it came to use.
Mu Liqiu did not care where they would sleep, she cared more to hunt. She stood up abruptly, surprising her daughter and daughter-in-law, "Let's stop this fussy washy discussion, let's hunt!", despite the wrinkle and her petite build, the old lady looked valiant with a scythe in her right.
After tasting how healthy her body was, the old lady carved for more levels. The feeling to move her body freely like when she was young made her burst in excitement.
Just like that, under the mother's excitement, Kang Xue formed a party with her family. They planned to go to the south, where the beasts in that area were less troublesome compared to the Deere.
As the family party left, Tang Shaoyang decided to go as well. He bid farewell to Zhang Mengyao and went toward the north. The Deere was troublesome if you were not careful, you would get surrounded by dozens or a hundred. But that was the reason he chose to go to the north, he could easily fulfill the quota of the Individual Objective to kill a hundred stage-1 beasts.
After ten minutes of walking, he encountered a group of three Deeres. Without warnings or fear, the three Deeres rushed toward him with their bodies shrouded in flame. Such a predictable move posed no threat to the man, he swept the three Deeres at once with a swing of his battle-ax.
Ten meters away from him, the three Deeres' bodies exploded, alarming the surrounding Deere. Instead of running away, he opened the objective screen. The screen showed him that he had killed 29 stage-1 beasts.
" 71 more to go," he muttered under his breath as he closed the screen. He looked up and found the Deeres had gathered around him, "Let's start the party," with a smirk on his face, he charged toward the beasts.
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Kang Family Party
Kang Jiayi watched her wife and daughter were working together to slay the stage-1 beast, Catran. Catran was a big cat that was similar to a panther with a smaller build.
Black fur, yellow eyes with black pupils, and with a quick movement. Yes, it was faster than the Deere but it did not cause an explosion upon dying. On top of that, they traveled alone rather than a group.
The old man watched his daughter defend herself from the Catran with her shield. She pushed the big cat to the air, from the side, her wife rushed forward and swung her scythe downward.
The scythe cut through the belly as the Catran's intestine flowed out through the cut. If it was a few days ago, his wife would puke at the sight of this, but now she was calm. Instead, her daughter and her wife were exchanging high-five.
On the other side, his son was assisting his wife in fighting the Catran. After joining the Tang Empire's group, his son was adapting quickly. He was no longer a 'burden' but a skilled hunter now. The Catran was easily immobilized for his wife to kill.
"From my understanding of him, I should get stronger as well if I want him to listen to me," the old man looked down at his scythe.
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Tang Shaoyang advanced quickly, after filling his quota for stage-1 beasts and stage-2 beasts. As he went further, he noticed the change of the forest. The beast was also getting stronger as he encountered stage-2 Deere.
"Now I only need the stage-3 beasts, where should I find them?" He rushed further but he stopped immediately after he found a village. That was right, a village erected in front of him with a wooden fence surrounded the village.
Tang Shaoyang did not rush to the village, looking for the tallest tree, he climbed up to spy the village. Soon he found the resident of the village and was surprised they were not human.
He wanted to cast [Basic Detection] badly to find what they were. Unfortunately, the distance did not allow him to do that.
It was the Deere, but they were walking with two legs and had two elongated arms with a big antler on their heads. As for why he could tell they were Deere, their head told him that. It was the head of the Deere.
"What should I do? Should I sneak in and kill them? Should I try to communicate with them?" He began questioning himself what he should do to these creatures, "Are they a beast? Or a monster?" The curiosity filled his head, telling him to get closer to them.
"Nah, whatever, let's try sneaking into the village," he scanned the village from the top. The village was not that big as he could count the number of houses from the top. Thirty-three wooden houses in total, meaning there were at least thirty-three of these creatures.
'The side of the village connected to the forest, let's sneak from the side,' he moved to the right, rushing sneakily as he noticed a few creatures patrolling around the village.
Soon, he reached the side of the village. Just as he was out to sneak in, one patrol came checking toward his direction. Tang Shaoyang hid behind the tree while peeking at the creature. Within this distance, he was sure this creature was the Deere's evolution.
[Basic Detection]
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[Beastmen - Dee]
Affiliation: Dee Tribe - Clarity Forest
Class: Dee Guard
Evolution: Stage-4
Level: 73
Skill: [Fire Breath] [Fire Spear] [Fire Wall]
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He took this chance to cast [Basic Detection] on the creature. He was surprised by the result, Beastmen. First time seeing a beast that transformed into a humanoid creature.
'Will Moon evolve into a beastmen too later?' He wondered if the bear would turn into a humanoid creature or not.
'But this beastmen is a big deal, three skills, stage-4, and level 73,' the beastmen was similar to a boss level but merely a guard.
'Should I attack them alone? Or should I ask for reinforcement?' At least thirty-three beastmen resided in the village, he was not that confident to fight them alone.
'Let's try them first. I can always run to a safe zone if they are too strong for me,' with that thought in his mind, he slowly walked toward the Dee Guard who just turned his back toward him.
Three steps away from the Dee Guard, the beastmen turned around, seeming to notice his presence. The Dee Guard was shocked to see the human, and Tang Shaoyang used this chance to swing The Destroyer to the Dee Guard's neck.
"Too late, b*tch!" He thought the swing would kill the beastmen in one sweep. But the latter was quick with its reaction as the beastmen cast [Fire Wall] to protect its life from the human.
Tang Shaoyang felt the battle-ax met with a big resistance from the firewall that suddenly appeared between him and the beastmen. With the firewall separating him and the beastmen, he lost sight of his target.
He was about to pull his battle-ax and circled the firewall to start the next attack. However, things did not go as he expected as a spear made of flame shot up from the flame wall.
The fire spear caught him off guard, but his witty reaction saved him. He stored the battle-ax into the inventory before he lunged to the side, barely dodged the fire spear.
When Tang Shaoyang stood up again, he heard the beastmen let out a cry. A cry that was similar to a cow but louder and deeper.
'Shit! This shit does not dare 1v1 me, should I run?' He considered escaping, 'Nah, I should gather more data about them first,'
[Spirit Integration]
'I have to finish this thing off before the other beastmen come!'
[Wild Axes]
He threw the axes to the chest part while the beastmen were calling for reinforcement. When the axes midway to the beastmen, he noticed the beastmen readying itself to block the flying axes with the crude spear.
'What about a little shake?' With a grin, he stomped the ground with his right foot.
[Earth Split]
The ground was shaking and the Dee Guard lost its balance. The beastmen's body swayed as it tried to balance the body. At this moment, the flying axes pierced its cheat, not deep enough to kill it, but the Dee Guard fell on his knees.
'My chance!'
Tang Shaoyang took a few big strides and arrived in front of the Dee Guard's front.
Swoosh!
He swung the battle-ax toward the neck.