nownovels Chapter 23 A flamethrower is a gun too!
Chapter 23 A flamethrower is a gun too!
"I saved you from dire straits, and you still want to bite me?"
whoosh-
The arrow flew out and precisely pierced the head of the python.
It raised its head, attempting to attack the silent, scaly python.
He swayed and fell to the ground.
[The Tier 1 monster, the Scaled Python, has been added to your roster; you will receive 1 point of Constitution attribute enhancement as a reward!]
[You have hunted one monstrous python. Reward: 1 skill enhancement point!]
......
Looking at the fallen corpse of the python, Shen Mo shook his head.
Pick up the flamethrower that you just threw on the ground and start changing the fuel.
This portable flamethrower is quite powerful, capable of shooting out a column of fire several meters away, and the fuel has adhesive properties.
The downside is that when set to the highest setting, one can of fuel is only enough for one spray, and you have to replace it after that...
To Shen Mo's surprise,
In the Demon Hunter's Handbook, his personal information skill list shows that he unlocked a new skill by attacking the monstrous python with a flamethrower.
[Shooting LV0 (Beginner)]
After reading the combat skill book, you can learn different skills by adding points to enhance them.
Skills require you to use the corresponding methods to damage enemies in order to unlock the option to upgrade them.
Shen Mo didn't expect that hitting the python with the flamethrower would unlock the shooting ability.
He had originally planned to use the gun buried in the western suburbs to unlock it...
"A flamethrower is still a gun, and the attack method is the same anyway, so it's good to unlock it early..."
After reattaching the flamethrower to his back, Shen Mo ignored the charred python carcass and continued deeper into the dense forest with his bow and arrows.
Along the way, we encountered several large spider webs and monsters wrapped in spider silk, but they were all dead.
Shen Mo carefully avoided getting entangled in the spider silk and soon spotted an adult man-eating spider, raising his hand to shoot an arrow.
collapse!
The sound of the string begins, and the spider falls.
He had barely landed when another arrow came flying in, striking him squarely in the head and chest.
The man-eating spider didn't even have time to hiss...
Shen Mo then heard a notification from "The Demon Hunter's Handbook".
[You have hunted a total of 90 monsters, rewarding you with 1 point of Battle Tactics Enhancement!]
"As expected, completing quests is the fastest way to get upgrade points!"
Shen Mo had already gained quite a few enhancement points even though he had only completed half of the mission.
This efficiency is much higher than the aimless hunting in the past.
This is one of the benefits of joining the Demon Hunter Guild.
The mission will tell the Witcher as much detail as possible about the number of targets, their locations, and even their weaknesses.
So that the Witcher can be fully prepared and complete the mission efficiently...
Instead of rushing forward to collect the silk sacs and chelicerae, it silently continued on its way.
His extraordinary sensory abilities allow him to detect the location and movement of targets even in dense forests.
Its timeliness is far superior to the spider silk perception of the man-eating spider.
The man-eating spider might think that with its webs acting as eyes and ears in the dense forest, its targets are all blind.
Little did they know that in their silent perception, they were the ones who were blind.
Eight eyes aren't enough for them to see everything...
Shen Mo then shot down three more man-eating spiders before one of them finally made a sound.
The remaining man-eating spiders in the forest only then noticed the hunter's presence and began to approach Shen Mo.
Upon noticing the man-eating spiders erupting again, Shen Mo immediately chose to retreat.
"Someone actually tried to cut off my escape route?"
During the retreat, Shen Mo turned his head to look to his right.
With a rustling sound, a man-eating spider was rushing towards Shen Mo at an extremely fast speed.
Shen Mo raised his hand and fired an arrow.
But perhaps the man-eating spider had learned its lesson; it moved erratically and actually dodged the arrow.
He then pounced on Shen Mofei...
The incident happened suddenly and unexpectedly.
Shen Mo's expression changed, and he reached for the hilt of the knife with his right hand, while a thought flashed through his mind.
The Demon Hunter's Handbook!
Add some enhancements!
Shen Mo invested 3 skill enhancement points into the Sky-Piercing Slash.
The skill of the Sky-Piercing Slash, once mastered, was instantly upgraded to the level of proficiency.
At the same time, Shen Mo added the 5 skill enhancement points he had accumulated to his swordsmanship.
The LV5 veteran's swordsmanship was instantly upgraded to the LV10 (Expert) level.
A flood of information rushed into Shen Mo's mind.
In an instant, the target of Shen Mo's sword practice in his memory merged with the man-eating spider that pounced on him.
The man-eating spider in his eyes seemed to be frozen in his vision, as if a pause button had been pressed.
Clang——
The long sword was drawn from its sheath, its blade gleaming coldly.
Shen Mo drew his sword with his right hand and slashed, unleashing a devastating aerial slash in an instant.
The man-eating spider, suspended in mid-air, had no way to dodge.
The sound of the blade still echoed when the man-eating spider was split in two, flying over Shen Mo's head and crashing into the bushes.
[You have hunted 20 man-eating spiders. Reward: 1 skill enhancement point!]
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call--
As Shen Mo breathed a sigh of relief, he had already adapted to the enhanced skills and physical changes.
This is the benefit of adding points and strengthening skills and combat techniques on the spot.
Not only can it unleash a perfect strike at its current limit, but it can also instantly adapt to, absorb, and digest the enhanced changes in its abilities.
This was discovered by Shen Mo half a month ago when he almost died under the claws of a beast...
rustling-
Twenty man-eating spiders have already been killed, but more are still rapidly approaching.
That's normal; the Demon Hunter Association's intelligence can't be completely accurate.
Shen Mo scanned the direction from which the sound came, confirming the approximate location, distance, and number of sound sources... before continuing to retreat out of the dense forest.
However, this time he deliberately changed the direction and switched the flamethrower to his left hand.
Soon, another man-eating spider appeared in Shen Mo's line of sight.
This man-eating spider moved with equal speed.
The segments struck the tree trunk, producing a dense, rhythmic tapping sound.
In a short while, he was almost parallel to Shen Mo.
The next moment, the man-eating spider raised its rear end, its silk sac bulged, and its mouth opened.
呲——
A thread was sprayed out by the man-eating spider.
But what greeted it was a pillar of fire.
Amidst a smell reminiscent of burning hair, the spider silk was completely consumed by the flames.
Shen Mo kept his trigger firmly pressed, controlling the flames to burn the man-eating spider.
The man-eating spider transformed into a fireball, fell from the tree, and became motionless in the flames.
[You have hunted a total of 95 monsters. Reward: 1 point of Battle Skill Enhancement!]
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Bang!
He threw down the flamethrower, stuck his knife into the ground, and quickly switched to a bow and arrow.
At the same time, the remaining four man-eating spiders also appeared in Shen Mo's field of vision.
Shen Mo raised his hand and shot down a leaping spider.
Then he drew another arrow and calmly pulled back the bowstring.
Whoosh!
The arrow flew from the bowstring, and a man-eating spider that had climbed down from the tree was pinned to the trunk.
He could see that the two man-eating spiders were still twenty or thirty meters away from him.
Shen Mo fired an arrow haphazardly, then threw the bow aside and drew his sword to meet the two man-eating spiders.
The third arrow yielded no results.
But it doesn't matter, Shen Mo is confident he can take on two opponents at once.
Seeing the two man-eating spiders charging from the front and back, Shen Mo gripped his knife with both hands and activated his sprint.
puff-
A spider silk shot towards him, and Shen Mo dodged it by sidestepping.
"They actually know how to cooperate..."
The idea flashed through my mind.
Shen Mo unleashed power from his feet, spinning his body and channeling magic into the longsword in his hand.
Sky-Piercing Slash!
puff-
The sound of something cutting through the air was accompanied by the sound of flesh being torn apart.
Under the cover of spider silk, the man-eating spider that attacked Shen Mo was cut in half at the waist by Shen Mo.
Blue blood splattered.
Shen Mo, however, felt a surge of excitement.
In a few quick steps, he rushed to the last giant spider.
First, he delivered a horizontal slash, severing the limb that was thrusting at him.
Then, with a vertical slash, as if cutting through cardboard, it pierced the back of the man-eating spider...