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Chapter 80 Red Flag!

"My swordsmanship and movement skills have improved rapidly, but my combat skills are falling behind..."

Reflecting on the battle just now, Shen Mo realized his current shortcomings.

Although he has mastered many combat skills, they are all only first-tier skills. Only his combo skill, the Crescent Moon Slash, is quite powerful.

Dealing with a tough-skinned, third-tier magical beast like the Scaled Ape is still quite difficult...

"If I can complete the Bronze Trial, I'll need to do some tasks to earn points so I can exchange them for some Tier 2 combat skills and spells..."

With a plan in mind, Shen Mo recalled the hunting prompt he had just received and opened "The Demon Hunter's Handbook" again.

"Killing a Tier 3 magical beast not only grants 3 points of Constitution enhancement, but also 1 point of Mental enhancement?"

Seeing the information notification from "The Demon Hunter's Handbook", Shen Mo couldn't help but feel a surge of joy.

His current mental attribute has reached 9 points.

This mental reinforcement came at just the right time!

"Then why did I only gain 3 points of Holy Enhancement after killing the Rat Demon?"

Shen Mo pondered the reward rules of "The Demon Hunter's Handbook" and felt that they were probably related to the monsters themselves.

He already knew from Mu Li that the Rat Demon was Ding Xia's husband.

The person who was terminally ill was able to become a demon mainly because he obtained power from a cult's rituals... In essence, he was just an ordinary person.

The Scaled Ape not only possesses a strong physique, but also has a water-manipulation-like magical ability, which triggered the additional reward mechanism...

While he was thinking, Shen Mo had already lifted the skull of the scaled ape and found a dark blue magic crystal in its brain.

It was about the size of a broad bean, much larger than the one he had found in the little devil's corpse last time.

Although the price of monster magic crystals of the same level is much cheaper than that of demon magic crystals.

But this Scaled Ape Demon Crystal is still worth two to three hundred thousand Alliance Coins!

This will allow Shen Mo to recover a significant amount of health!

Besides the magic crystal, the Scaled Ape's brain, claws, scales, bones, and other parts also have considerable value!

After collecting the most valuable magic crystals and magic brains, Shen Mo walked towards the riverbank.

He wasn't planning to abandon the other parts of the Scaled Ape, but rather to take it all to the outpost and sell it to maximize his profits.

"So, how many second-tier magical beasts can one third-tier magical beast take on?"

Recalling the contents of the Bronze Trial, Shen Mo couldn't help but think of this question.

Jiang Lu only said that one second-tier demon could be equivalent to three second-tier monsters.

But it didn't say how many second-tier monsters a third-tier magical beast could defeat.

After all, she never imagined that a demon hunter who had only received the Black Iron Badge for a week would possess the strength to hunt down a Tier 3 magical beast on her own...

Retrieving his backpack and bow and arrows, Shen Mo held his knife and stared at the pitch-black Black Sand River.

"I spent 2000 Alliance Coins on this fishing rod!"

With a sigh at the impending collapse of his fishing plan, Shen Mo took the rope and returned to the corpse of the Scaled Ape.

After working for a while, I made a carrying pole.

With the Scaled Ape's head and limbs hanging on one side and its body on the other, it carried them away from the banks of the Black Sand River.

But when Shen Mo walked out of the dense forest, he saw four people approaching from the distant hillside.

The four men were fully armed and dressed in black and red clothing.

The leader wore a silver badge on his chest, and the other three were all bronze-level demon hunters!

The four were positioned at a high vantage point, and the silver-ranked demon hunter in the lead had excellent eyesight.

Shortly after Shen Mo discovered them, he also discovered Shen Mo.

He even took the binoculars from his companion and observed carefully.

Then, the four of them rushed towards Shen Mo.

Seeing this, Shen Mo frowned and stopped at the edge of the dense forest.

After setting down the carcass of the scaly ape, he intended to retreat into the dense forest.

But recalling what happened that morning, a thought struck Shen Mo...

"Commander, are you sure it's a Scaled Ape?"

"Sure!"

"This is our mission target! And it's been intercepted!"

"I should have done this task when I passed by this morning!"

"Who knew someone would go to the Black Sand River to hunt scaly apes!"

"Wait... that person is wearing a black iron badge?!"

Wang Zhengping took down the binoculars and turned to Wu Wenxuan, saying:

"Captain, that guy is just a Black Iron-level Witcher!"

Upon hearing this, the other three were all taken aback.

Wu Wenxuan then took the binoculars, carefully examined Shen Mo, and then smiled:

"It really is a Black Iron-level Witcher."

"Then what about the scaled ape corpse in his hand?"

"Maybe he got a bargain!"

"Don't let your guard down; there are some formidable individuals among the Iron-ranked Witchers."

"His equipment is average; he doesn't seem very strong..."

......

Seeing that the four people had entered within two hundred meters of him, Shen Mo raised his hand to signal them to stop.

"Stop us?" Wang Zhengping sneered, seeing this. "He doesn't think that just because he got a bargain, the stuff is his!"

The other two bronze-level witchers didn't take it seriously either.

Only Wu Wenxuan looked at Shen Mo, who stood silently outside the dense forest, with a slight frown.

Since they discovered Shen Mo, his location has remained unchanged.

They neither ran away nor hid; it was as if they were waiting for them to come...

This person is acting strange!

A thought popped into Wu Wenxuan's mind, and just as he was about to remind his companion, he saw Shen Mo take out a Sun Radiance from his clothes.

The next moment—whoosh!

A bright white light tore through the dark curtain of the Demon Realm and shone on Wu Wenxuan and his companions.

Cleric!

Wu Wenxuan narrowed his eyes and subconsciously stopped in his tracks.

The other three, after being blinded by the holy light, also stopped in their tracks and exclaimed in surprise.

"Holy Light?"

"He's a priest!"

"Could he really have killed that scaly ape?"

"It's possible. I once saw a priest who, despite being only a Black Iron-level cultivator, dared to enter the Abyss to hunt demons!"

"So what about our mission?"

"This is going to be difficult!"

......

Seeing that the four people had finally stopped, Shen Mo felt relieved.

The status of a clergyman is particularly useful in the Pure Land of humanity.

Even robbers wouldn't dare to easily lay a hand on a clergyman, let alone a demon hunter with legitimate status...

"What brings you here?" Shen Mo asked in a deep voice.

The holy light in his hand condensed again, quickly transforming into a golden raven, which spread its wings and flew into the sky.

After seeing the Word of Power: Raven, Wu Wenxuan and the other three no longer questioned the identity of the Silent Cleric.

At the same time, they realized that Shenmo was on guard.

The Word of Power: Raven can transmit a portion of the image to other priests.

If they really harm Shen Mo, then he will be condemned to a life of exile in the wasteland, never to set foot in the Pure Land again...

chap!

Wu Wenxuan planted his spear into the ground, raised his hands, and gestured to Shen Mo:

"Master, we are from the Red Flag Demon Hunter Group."

My name is Wu Wenxuan, and I am the deputy commander of the Red Banner Regiment.

We meant no harm!

Red Flag Demon Hunter Group?

Upon hearing this name, Shen Mo immediately thought of Shi Lan.

Shi Lan had been in this demon hunter group before, but it seems they didn't get along very well...

"We came here because we accepted a mission to hunt down the Scaled Apes."

Seeing that Shen Mo remained silent, Wu Wenxuan continued to explain:

"If we're not mistaken, our mission target is this scaly ape standing beneath your feet..."

"This is my prey!" Shen Mo replied.

"Yes, yes, this is your prey. We have no intention of taking it!"

Wu Wenxuan quickly offered an explanation, then said:

"I just wanted to ask if you'd be interested in selling us this scaly ape carcass?"

Upon hearing this, Shen Mo's heart skipped a beat...