Chapter 71 (1/2)

“Almost forfeited your life? Didn’t you say their subdued beasts were unable to catch up to your steed? Why would you almost lose your life?” Zhang Che was confused after hearing Wang Dong’s objection.

Wang Dong let out a bitter chuckle, explaining fearfully, “You don’t know, Big Bro, those guys were actually equipped with long-range weapons. Just as I started riding away on my Elephorse, arrows upon arrows came flying in my direction. Although my Elephorse was hit with several of them, I was lucky enough and came out unscathed.”

Upon mentioning this, Wang Dong’s gratitude towards Zhang Che grew even stronger.

His Elephorse had nearly lost all mobility after being shot by the arrows. If Zhang Che hadn’t gifted him two Elephorse cards, allowing him to switch his mount and continue escaping, he would truly be dead without a doubt.

“Bow and arrows?” Zhang Che was taken aback. “How useful could those be? Even a two-star bronze-quality exotic beast wouldn’t be vulnerable to them, right?”

Wang Dong shook his head thoughtfully, “Their bow and arrows were probably not ordinary. I remember their arrows directly punctured several holes in my Elephorse.”

Wang Dong seemed to suddenly came to a realization, saying, “Right, I remember now. The Tian Yin Squad wasn’t from our Qian Wei City, but the neighboring Ci Zhou City. They belong to a large organization specializing in hunting exotic beasts. Perhaps Ci Zhou City’s application of exotic beast materials have come this far, able to produce bows and arrows capable of hunting exotic beasts?”

Zhang Che knew of Ci Zhou City. It was a medium-sized city located several hundred kilometers away from Qian Wei City. In both population and research, they were far ahead of Qian Wei City.

If that was the case, it was no surprise that the Tian Yin Squad originating from Ci Zhou City was able to bring out powerful bow and arrows.

-It seems like I can’t be careless around other beastmasters in the beast world in the future…-

From his prior experience, Zhang Che didn’t have to worry about long-range attacks from fellow humans due to firearms not working in beast worlds. However, it seemed that he had to be on guard all the time from now on.

Disregarding other factors, the bow and arrows in the Tian Yin Squad members’ hands were definitely not weak. They definitely wouldn’t have the confidence to hunt an aerial beast with a wingspan of over ten meters wide otherwise.

-It seems like this fellow is indeed a lucky star to me. He let me obtain a huge amount of Elephorse cards the last time, and now he let me know about the matter of the new bow and arrows. It can be considered as him being a great help to me…-

Zhang Che really wanted to see if there was a shining lucky star above Wang Dong’s head.

Of course, if there really was such a star, it would definitely be an unlucky star to Wang Dong. It caused him to nearly lose his life all the time, destined to bring luck to others!

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After bidding farewell to Wang Dong, Zhang Che pondered for a short while before summoning Hanxue and riding southwest with respect to the safety zone, where Wang Dong had been returning from.

He had a feeling that if he headed to where Wang Dong came from, he would have an unexpected gain.

This was Zhang Che’s intuition, as well as the instructions from that shiny lucky star above Wang Dong’s head.

Zhang Che didn’t idle as he travelled, either. He suddenly had an idea and took out a Maneater Leech card, as well as the only Purple-Gold Maneater Leech card in his possession, to see if Fusion worked.

“Supposedly, these two cards are both two-star; there’s a good chance that there’ll be a reaction, combining them into a three-star silver-quality card, right?”