Super Gene Hunting Ground
Chapter 217: Relief (Three More, Please Subscribe)

Chapter 217: Chapter 217: Relief (Three More, Please Subscribe)

Yang Xiao purchased three types: Ice Element, Fire Element, and electric arrow; he did not buy Poison Arrow Technique because he needed to consume the bodies of the Mutated Creatures. If attacked with Poison Arrow Technique, the corpses would be contaminated with poison and could not be eaten.

He bought three Skill Scrolls for Archery, and Yang Xiao learned them on the spot in the Genetic Store.

After learning the Elemental Arrow Skill, Yang Xiao also needed to replace his arrows with Elemental Arrows, which were ten times more expensive than regular Feathered Arrows. Yang Xiao replaced the old arrow quiver with a new one that could hold 200 Elemental Arrows.

Yang Xiao has always longed for the arrow quiver that could hold a thousand arrows, but he would have to wait until his Evolution Level broke through to the Enhanced Gene Stage to equip it.

After changing to a new Hard Bow, Yang Xiao’s Agility reached 43 points.

Yang Xiao noticed an interesting phenomenon: most people with Beast Soul would sideline their other skills after acquiring Soul Skills.

These skills are generally upgraded to Level 4 or above, yet far from the maximum Level 9, seemingly diminishing their power.

Yang Xiao insisted on using Feather Arrow Skill and Golden Bee Swordsmanship, only using Soul Skills like One Finger Splitting Earth and Sweeping Void when absolutely necessary.

He found that when the basic skill levels were high enough, the killing power was still considerable, so he decided to level up Feather Arrow Skill and Golden Bee Swordsmanship to the maximum Level 9 before learning new skills.

The Feather Arrow Skill can be combined with Elemental Skills. Yang Xiao’s Feather Arrow Skill is currently at Level 8: when he shoots, it can burst out 9 Arrow Shadows. If he switches regular feathered arrows for Ice Arrows, then each shot would release 9 Ice Arrows.

This discovery filled Yang Xiao with ecstatic joy.

Although Sweeping Void was powerful, it could only be used once every half-hour, so having one or two commonly used powerful skills was necessary.

Elemental Arrow Skill also has levels, which will continuously rise with the number of shots fired, naturally enhancing the damage value of elemental damage. At full level, which is Level 9, the elemental damage increases ninefold.

Additionally, as the shooter’s Genetic Plan Level advances, the bow and arrow’s damage power also increases.

The comprehensive damage of a bow and arrow is a complex positive correlation with the shooter’s Feather Arrow Level, Elemental Arrow Level, Genetic Evolution Level, and the bow’s Level.

Other skills are pretty much the same; attack damage is a comprehensive matter, and not determined by a single factor.

Huang Wen and the others also upgraded their equipment again, enhancing everyone’s overall attack capability.

The next morning, Yang Xiao led Huang Wen and the others, along with two Giant Eagles, back into the desert.

It seemed that Yang Xiao had killed all the sand worms near the Transmission Array two days ago. As everyone moved forward hundreds of meters, the sand under their feet vibrated, and a giant sand worm emerged.

This time, Yang Xiao didn’t evade but raised his hand and shot a Fire Element Arrow.

Just as the sand worm was about to open its mouth and emit cold air, Yang Xiao, with his 43 points of Agility and extreme speed, saw a streak of red light flash by. As the sand worm opened its mouth, Yang Xiao’s arrow shot right in front of its giant mouth,

exploding with a bang, turning into 9 red Arrow Shadows, all shot into the mouth of the sand worm, followed by a loud "boom" as the 9 Fire Element Arrows exploded simultaneously inside the giant mouth of the sand worm.

The sand worm screamed terribly, its huge body suddenly fell down lifelessly, dead.

Everyone ran over to see that the head of the sand worm had been blasted through.

"Boss, you’ve become so powerful overnight?"

Huang Wen, Qin Yu, and Deng Xiao, who also used Elemental Arrows, naturally knew the secret.

"Boss learned the Elemental Arrow Skill yesterday. Originally, his Feather Arrow Skill was at Level 8. After switching to Elemental Arrow Skill, the attack damage increased nine times compared to regular Feathered Arrows, naturally becoming much more powerful."

Although the Feather Arrow Skills of Huang Wen and the others also reached above Level 7, their Genetic Evolution Level was much lower than Yang Xiao’s, so their power was much less.

Yang Xiao felt a surge of excitement within him. After adjusting his skills and combat tactics last night, he didn’t expect his combat power to increase so much. It seemed that it wasn’t enough to just silently kill monsters; enhancing equipment and changing his fighting style were also crucial.

With Yang Xiao’s fierce archery, the group found it much easier to deal with monsters they encountered later, including various mutated giant snakes, scorpions, pangolins, and centipedes. Yang Xiao could generally take them down with just a few arrows.

When facing monsters that were vulnerable to ice, Yang Xiao used Ice Arrows; for those that feared fire, he utilized Fire Arrows; and for those that dreaded lightning, he chose Electric Arrows. Yang Xiao suddenly realized that he should learn the Poison Arrow Skill when he got back—it could be crucial.

As they killed more monsters, they started to worry about what to do with all the monster meat; they couldn’t possibly eat it all, nor did they have the time.

Multiple times, Huang Wen and others acted as porters, transporting the meatier monster carcasses back to Nanmu City and dumping them in the snow-covered square.

They also gathered numerous Genetic Balls and weapons, much to the excitement of the girls.

Guided by Gong Yu’s directions from yesterday, Yang Xiao continued advancing through the desert, eager to see what the Genetic Store inside it was like.

The group killed many more monsters along the way.

On the other side of a sand dune, they heard a buzzing sound, accompanied by noises of a fight.

"What’s going on?"

Quietly approaching, they saw Gong Yu and his Giant Eagle, but today, Gong Yu seemed to be in a dire situation. Swinging two Lightning Spears in each hand, he was battling a flock of monsters in the sky, his face bearing several egg-sized swellings, looking rather disheveled.

Upon closer examination, Yang Xiao realized these were a swarm of mutated giant bees.

Compared to the mutated bees Yang Xiao had seen before, these bees were much larger. Previously only the size of a fist, these desert giant bees were about a meter long, with even larger wings.

Despite Gong Yu’s impenetrable spear maneuvers, he struggled to fend off the hundreds of bees swarming him.

Gong Yu was inherently a strength-based melee warrior. Handling a giant Saber-Toothed Tiger alone might not be an issue for him, but dealing with hundreds of giant bees was problematic.

Even the Giant Eagle in the sky, though formidable, swallowing one bee at a time and occasionally launching dozens of Fiery Flame Arrows to attack, could not quickly eliminate the overwhelming number of bees.

"Does this guy even know why he attracted the bees?"

"Maybe he tried to steal their honey."

"Boss, what should we do? Should we save him?"

After a moment of contemplation, Yang Xiao decided:

"Let’s save him. Huang Wen, Qin Yu, Deng Xiao, take to the skies and use Fiery Flame Arrows; the two Giant Eagles do the same. Dai Yun, don’t move, just stand here. Chen Fei, don’t move either, just use Ice Ball if any bees attack."

After giving the instructions, Yang Xiao bent his bow and shot a Fire Element Arrow at the bees swarming around Gong Yu.

"Attack!"

Huang Wen and the two with the Giant Eagles soared into the sky, flinging dozens of Fiery Flame Arrows at the bees, which exploded among them with resounding thuds.

Hearing the whooshing of the arrows, Gong Yu looked up and saw Yang Xiao and others, shouting:

"Run! You’re no match for these bees. Be careful."

But the next second, he saw the Fire Element Arrow from Yang Xiao split into nine upon reaching the giant bees, blasting them apart. Several bees were set aflame and fluttered away; others fell straight down, leaving Gong Yu quite amazed.

How had this kid become so powerful overnight?