Chapter 108 Preemptive Strike
Three first-level strange beasts came from five miles away. The closer they got to the two people, the more cautious they moved, as if they were afraid of making any noise and attracting attention.

Finally, it stopped about a mile away at the place where Zhou Qingshan and Mo Yanqiu had to pass, motionless, breathing weakly.

It seems like he is just sitting back and waiting for something to happen.

Zhou Qingshan looked at the three first-level strange beasts in the fog. The one on the left had a human-like face and ferocious fangs. Its body was like a leopard with scales but no hair. Its tail had a long barb and its eyes were wide open, revealing a greedy look.

In the middle was a white tiger-like beast with a human face, a serious expression and a dull gaze. Its whole body stood upright with its bloody mouth wide open, like a sculpture.

The first-order alien beast on the right looks the most normal. It is a twenty-meter-long snake with a triangular head and a single horn. Its eyes are like two cold night pearls, flashing a faint blue light. As the snake's tongue moves in and out, it seems to be detecting the surrounding air, searching for the scent of prey.

The snake's body is covered with fine scales, and its long body is quietly coiled on a big tree.

Zhou Qingshan and Mo Yanqiu looked at each other. The road ahead was exactly the one they had walked last time. The behavior of these beasts clearly showed that they were intending to ambush them on the road they had to take.

Unfortunately, because of their magical eyes ability to ignore the fog, the behavior of these three strange beasts made them look particularly stupid.

actually not.

This kind of strange beast is the predator that humans fear the most. The fog is like a swamp and abyss, with a vision of only three steps. They just open their bloody mouths on the popular road, wait quietly, and then suddenly attack from nearby.

It's like a snake staying on the rat trail, patiently disguising itself as a fallen leaf. Can you notice it?

These man-eating beasts have lived in the fog for generations. The genes to deal with humans are ingrained in their bones, and they know how to make the most of their advantages in the fog to deal with powerful humans.

Zhou Qingshan remained calm on the surface, and together with Mo Yanqiu pretended not to notice the three ferocious beasts. Their eyes wandered around, and their steps were cautious and slow, gradually approaching the lurking beasts.

Zhou Qingshan communicated with Mo Yanqiu in his mind: "Yanqiu, these beasts are not native to Xipanling, but they are obviously man-eating beasts. Moreover, they know how to cooperate temporarily. Which one of them poses the greatest threat to us?"

Previously, the map left by my father did not record any activities of human-faced monsters near Shengfeng Territory. This time when we entered Xipanling, there were no less than ten first-level monsters in just ten miles, and none of them were familiar.

Mo Yanqiu responded in his mind: "The beast with a leopard body and a human face on the left is a type of Taotie, the white lion-like beast in the middle is a type of roe owl, and the horned snake on the right is highly poisonous. We don't have the corresponding antidote. Among the first-level beasts, they are all extremely ferocious."

"The horned snake poses the greatest threat. We will deal with the horned snake first, and then deal with the roe owl and the glutton."

Zhou Qingshan nodded, "I understand."

In the brief moment they deliberated.

The two of them had quietly approached within 500 steps of the three first-level monsters.

Zhou Qingshan gripped his bow tightly, raised it slightly, and prepared to shoot.

However, at this moment, a breeze blew by, and a rustling sound suddenly came from the bushes. The ears of the three first-level beasts moved slightly, as if they had sensed something. Its three heads slowly turned towards Zhou Qingshan and Mo Yanqiu.

Zhou Qingshan and Mo Yanqiu felt nervous, almost thinking that they had alarmed the strange beast in front, but they saw that the beast did not move.

The two of them immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Until they were a hundred steps away. At this distance, the human-faced beast nervously held its breath, concealing its breath, and remained motionless, and the horned snake's tongue stopped moving, so as not to be noticed by the two.

Zhou Qingshan smiled when he saw this. He could hit the target every time at this distance. Wasn't this a perfect target?
Bang!
He stopped, and then a silver-white light shone on his body. He quickly raised the yew longbow in his hand, the bowstring was pulled to the full moon, and the tip of the arrow was accurately aimed at the eye of the horned snake.

With a sharp sound, the arrow was like a meteor streaking through the night sky, with terrifying force, it hit the left eye of the horned snake. The arrow penetrated the fragile eye and directly hit its brain, causing a fatal blow.

"Roar!!"

The horned snake let out a deafening roar of pain. Its huge body shook violently and it fell from the tree where it was hiding. It began to roll in pain on the ground, raising dust.

Zhou Qingshan quickly put on the second arrow and pulled the bowstring again. This time, his target was the right eye of the horned snake. His archery skills were extremely accurate, and the second arrow also pierced through the horned snake's eye and got stuck deep in its brain.

As the second arrow hit, its huge body stopped rolling and fell limply to the ground, occasionally rolling due to inertia. The horned snake's struggle gradually weakened until it stopped completely.

Bang!
As Mo Yanqiu wielded the Zhenyue Spear in his hand, it turned into a dazzling cold light, pointing directly at the heart of the roe owl.

Before the roe owl could recover from the horned snake's miserable state, Mo Yanqiu's attack had already arrived. The two-star Zhenyue Spear pierced through the roe owl's body with a sound of breaking wind, and directly pierced its heart.

As soon as the roe owl let out a short howl, the two-star Zhenyue Spear was pulled out from its heart, and the next moment, it pierced its head. The roe owl's body immediately fell limply to the ground, no longer alive.

In a flash, before the Taotie on the left could react, the two beasts had already died on the spot. The Taotie was startled and did not take the opportunity to attack, but quietly retreated into the mist. However, Zhou Qingshan and Mo Yanqiu did not intend to let the Taotie escape.

Zhou Qingshan quickly turned his attention to the Taotie. He raised his yew longbow again, the bowstring creaking as an arrow was ready to be shot. His eyes were as sharp as a falcon, tightly locking onto the Taotie's movements, ready to deliver a fatal blow the moment it made any attempt to escape.

Mo Yanqiu tightly grasped the bloody Zhenyue Spear, his eyes shining through the pitch-black armor.

At the moment when Taotie turned to flee, Zhou Qingshan's arrow had already left the bowstring, with the sound of breaking through the air, and went straight to the vital point of Taotie. At the same time, Mo Yanqiu also burst out with amazing speed, like a black lightning, and pounced on Taotie.

Taotie felt the threat of death, it let out a terrified roar and suddenly increased its speed of escape.

However, it's too late.

Zhou Qingshan's arrow accurately hit the Taotie's scaleless neck, and Mo Yanqiu's Zhenyue Spear followed closely and pierced its heart.

Taotie's body shook violently, and it uttered a dull wail, then fell to the ground powerlessly, unable to move. Its body twitched a few times, and finally stopped moving, announcing the complete end of this battle.

Zhou Qingshan's eyes swept across the area, and there were no first-level exotic beasts within a five-mile radius. The silver-white light on his body slowly faded away, and he and Mo Yanqiu stood beside the corpses of three first-level exotic beasts.

In just a few dozen breaths, the two of them worked together to defeat three first-level monsters.

The three first-level alien beasts were like chickens. They had no ability to resist the two men. Even their natural talents and special abilities could not be activated. They did not show any ferocity at all.

And that’s the benefit of taking the initiative!
Even without the fog, Zhou Qingshan and Mo Yanqiu would have to work hard to deal with one strange beast, let alone three strange beasts working together.

If there were no fog, they might not be able to defeat Zhou Qingshan and his wife together, but by fleeing separately, at least two of them could escape.

It was because this strange beast trusted the fog too much that it died so easily.

As the saying goes, he who is good at swimming, dies by drowning.

He took advantage of the fog to gain every advantage in the terrain and was invincible. He deserved the disaster he encountered today.

Zhou Qingshan stepped forward and put the corpses of the three strange beasts into the Yunding chessboard world one by one.

The two did not stop and continued to hunt for strange beasts in Xibianling.

Relying on the power of his eyes, he hunted down all the first-level beasts within a five-mile radius one by one. He also killed all the "silly roe deer beasts" who were standing there watching the show, not moving or entering the first level.

Do you understand that feeling?
The first-level and lower-level beasts that filled the mountains and fields would hold their breath like playing "one, two, three" and not dare to move, and stay where they were as soon as they saw or smelled these two powerful humans approaching within 500 steps.

There was even a strange beast that waited for Zhou Qingshan and his wife to walk five or six steps towards it, but it still stood there stupidly, not knowing how to run away.

Do you really think that he and Mo Yanqiu are blind and are playing hide-and-seek here?
Following the principle of not wasting anything, Zhou Qingshan and Mo Yanqiu went up and killed this "silly roe deer beast" and then sacrificed it.

In the last moment of its life, the strange beast might still be confused as to why its careful hiding could not escape the hunter's eyes.

After realizing this, Zhou Qingshan decided to use arrows sparingly to avoid unnecessary wear and tear. He would only use arrows when facing a first-level monster to assist Mo Yanqiu in launching the first attack.

After two hours of hunting, the two did not continue to go deep into the ridge, but chose to return. They brought back two large, edible carcasses of exotic animals and returned to the spiritual realm together.

At this time, in the spiritual realm, except for Zhou Hu who remained calm, the other members of the Blood Coagulation Guard and the Thunder Knights became anxious because they were worried about the safety of Zhou Qingshan and Mo Yanqiu. After the two had not returned for two hours after entering Xipanling.

However, with Zhou Qingshan and Mo Yanqiu's safe return, the tense atmosphere in the spirit realm eased immediately. As soon as they appeared, they caused a commotion. The blood coagulation guards and thunder knights gathered around, their eyes full of concern.

There were a lot of bloodstains on the dragon scale armor that Mo Yanqiu was wearing, while Zhou Qingshan's leather armor was still intact except for being stained with a little dust, and it was almost impossible to tell that it had been through a fierce fight.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"Master." Zhou Hu stepped forward with a smile on his face. He glanced at the corpses of the exotic beasts behind the two men, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes, "It seems that this hunt was quite fruitful!"

"Carry these strange beasts back. You've worked hard. Rest first, then have a meal." Zhou Qingshan instructed gently. He handed the purple fir wood longbow in his hand to a guard, signaling them to properly dispose of the bodies of the strange beasts.

　Thanks to my book friends Big Onion Duck, Chulong, and Big Soldier Little General for the tips, I forgot about them yesterday.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)