Astral Apostle

Chapter 69: Roping In (1)

Upon hearing Weber’s command, the attack team immediately turned around to help Weber and the other three deal with the other Claw Rending Bear.

After dealing with the pressure of the first bear, there was no suspense in surrounding and killing the second Claw Rending Bear. They cooperated skillfully and exhausted it to death with their rich experience.

This time, Zhou Jing did not take the risk to charge forward. Instead, he cooperated with the other hunters and fought steadily. In the end, they only paid the price of two seriously injured hunters to take down the other bear.

Boom!!!

The battered second Claw Rending Bear fell, and the ground shook.

The hills that served as the battlefield were filled with gullies dug out by the Claw Rending Bear. The hunters were also covered in dust and mud and more or less stained with blood.

When they saw their prey dead, the hunters stopped moving. Their tense nerves relaxed, exhaustion surged like a tide, and they instantly collapsed all over the ground.

“Phew… Finally killed these two stupid bears. My hands are almost worn out.”

“Damn, they were so strong. They almost broke my back.”

Everyone gasped roughly as they spoke.

The most tired were always the strength-type Hunters who fought head-on. Almost everyone belonging to that category was injured.

Barong sat on the ground, his hands and feet trembling. The blood he had spat out earlier had coagulated on his beard, forming dark red knots.

Fighting against high-risk mutated beasts was still too much for him.

Zhou Jing only needed to move around and deal damage and did not need to tank any damage. Thus, he only had light injuries from scraping against the bear at times. In comparison, he was in the best condition.

He walked over to Barong’s side and couldn’t help but scratch that shiny bald head. He smiled and asked, “How is it? Are you alright?”

“Don’t touch my head. I won’t die anyway.”

Barong slapped Zhou Jing’s hand away.

Then, he looked up at Zhou Jing, his eyes shining with gratification and admiration.

“Your performance was beyond my expectations. It’s all thanks to you that no one died… Two Claw Rending Bears… If you hadn’t quickly injured one of them, we might have lost three or four people.”

“It’s my duty.” Zhou Jing waved his hand.

“It seems that I underestimated you when I told you not to take any risks. Your strength has far exceeded mine.”

“I thought I could do it, so I just acted on it,” Zhou Jing replied in a deep voice without explaining much.

Barong smiled before he earnestly spoke, “However, I still have to remind you that if you don’t have enough confidence in the future, don’t take the risk like you did today. Otherwise, once you form this habit, you’ll be doomed if you make a mistake one day.”

“I’ll remember that.”

Zhou Jing nodded.

Barong could be considered his guide, so they were naturally close. Although neither of them mentioned any position of teacher or apprentice, they actually had a similar relationship. Compared to others, Barong was sincerely thinking for him.

Although he might not necessarily follow Barong’s instructions, he would never ignore them.

In this hunt, Zhou Jing had roughly figured out the limits of his strengthened body. He understood his combat strength and re-examined the actual effects of his current attributes.

At this moment, many hunters got up and surrounded the two prey as if they were thinking about how to deal with them.

When Barong saw this, he gestured in the direction of the hunters before saying to Zhou Jing, “You’ve contributed a lot this time, so you should have the right to prioritize the spoils of war. Go over and discuss it with them. At the same time, get to know your new comrades. In the future, you’ll be an official Mutant Beast Hunter, and you’ll have to fight alongside them.”

“Alright, I’ll go then.”

Zhou Jing nodded and turned to walk towards the hunters gathered not far away.

Looking at Zhou Jing’s back, Barong suddenly stopped him.

“Jason!”

“Huh?” Zhou Jing stopped and turned around in confusion.

Only to see Barong give a thumbs up as he grinned. “Hahaha, you will definitely become an outstanding hunter in the future!”

Hearing this, Zhou Jing smiled and nodded in greeting before continuing forward.

Behind him, Barong laughed silently, feeling a sense of accomplishment.

He had brought and taught the correct person.

Jason·Wood would perhaps be the best hunter he would ever have the chance to teach in his life.

Zhou Jing walked to his prey. When the hunters gathered there saw him coming, they immediately pulled him to their side. Their attitude now was much more enthusiastic than before.

Previously, he was just a newbie hunter, so no one paid much attention to him. However, when they saw Zhou Jing’s combat strength in this hunt, everyone realized that he was not a simple newbie. He seemed very powerful, so they immediately took him seriously.

To Mutant Beast Hunters, their strength, courage, and hunting results would be respected.

Weber was also in the crowd. He immediately faced Zhou Jing and nodded. “Jason, you’ve contributed a lot this time. Without you, our situation would have been very troublesome. You can choose the spoils of war first.”

Hearing his energetic voice, Zhou Jing couldn’t help but size up Weber.

This person led the restraining team and endured much more pressure, but his injuries were much lighter than Barong and the others. The body brought about by the second enhancement made Weber’s endurance and recovery ability superior to all the first enhancement hunters here.

Zhou Jing did not decline his goodwill as well. He looked at the corpses of the two prey as he asked curiously, “How are the spoils of war usually divided?”

Weiss immediately perked up and jumped out.

“Oh right, you doesn’t know the rules yet. Let me explain to him… For such a group hunting operation, we will usually discuss the treatment plan according to our contributions. After all, there are too many materials that can be obtained from such a large prey. It’s impossible to give them all to one person. Usually, everyone will decide on the parts that they want and decide on the requirements first before sending them to the workshop.”