Chapter 230 - 175: Let Alone a Girl with an Exotic Fragrance
Chapter 230: Chapter 175: Let Alone a Girl with an Exotic Fragrance
"This Luo Xing is pretty good, but his current combat strength is all thanks to Fang Xiu’s guidance. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have just charged straight ahead the first time he ran into a Level 20 Demon Beast!"
Principal Xiang saw and heard everything clearly.
Luo Xing was a talent with potential.
But Fang Xiu... he was the one who was truly powerful.
...
"Brother Fang, was my performance just now decent?"
After Luo Xing collected all the items the Demon Beast had dropped, he turned to ask Fang Xiu.
"Yeah, it was alright. But you could have killed that Crimson Flame Purple Mist Crocodile even faster."
Fang Xiu nodded slightly.
However, Luo Xing had a few weaknesses that prevented him from killing the Demon Beast more quickly.
"How could I have done that?"
Naturally, Luo Xing wanted to be faster.
After all, speed was crucial for both hunting Demon Beasts and protecting himself.
"You could have aimed for the Crimson Flame Purple Mist Crocodile’s weak point."
Fang Xiu explained, "Your normal attacks are basically guaranteed hits. As long as your passive triggers, you can land any shot. So why were you firing randomly instead of aiming for the Demon Beast’s weak point?"
"Huh? But the Crimson Flame Purple Mist Crocodile’s weak point is on top of its head! It’s three meters tall, and I’m only one-point-six-seven-three meters!"
Luo Xing stated his height with precision. "Even you, Brother Fang, are only one-point-eight meters tall. That’s still a huge difference! And I can’t fly!"
"I’m one-point-eight-eight meters, thank you!"
Fang Xiu corrected.
Luo Xing: ...
’Damn, is it even reasonable for a newly-turned eighteen-year-old to be one-point-eight-eight meters tall?’
’This is ridiculous!’
"You can’t fly, but your arrows can curve!"
said Fang Xiu.
"Huh? They can’t curve!"
Luo Xing shook his head. His arrows couldn’t curve at all.
’An arrow, once fired, can’t turn back, right?’
"What’s the maximum range of your arrows?"
Fang Xiu countered with a question.
"Uh? Right now, it should be about thirty meters!"
Luo Xing said after a moment of thought.
"If you shoot an arrow toward a point in the sky, it will start to fall after it reaches its thirty-meter limit. If you calculate the angle correctly, your arrow can hit even high-up targets."
Fang Xiu explained.
"Huh? Can it really do that?"
Even Chu Qingxue, who was standing to the side, hadn’t expected Fang Xiu to suggest this.
"It can."
Fang Xiu stated with absolute certainty.
"I think it could work, too!"
Luo Xing said with great earnestness, "Anything you throw is subject to gravity and will eventually fall. If my arrow travels thirty meters and doesn’t hit a target, it just hits the ground and disappears. But if I shoot it into the sky, it should start falling back down after thirty meters!"
As he spoke, Luo Xing shot an arrow straight up into the sky.
The arrow soared into the sky. It traced a slow arc, then, pulled by gravity, began to plummet toward the ground. Its descent was no slower than when Luo Xing first fired it—in fact, it was even faster.
"It’s really coming down!"
Luo Xing was getting excited.
SWOOSH!
The arrow pierced through a leaf on its way down.
"Nice accuracy!"
Fang Xiu nodded slightly.
Luo Xing: ...
"Brother Fang, I wasn’t actually aiming. That was just a coincidence!"
Luo Xing said meekly.
Fang Xiu: ...
"This angle is really hard to control!"
Luo Xing said with a sigh of resignation.
Because he couldn’t use his passive, [Aim], on a spot he couldn’t see.
Whether he could hit anything was entirely up to him.
"Don’t worry, you can get it with practice. Besides, not all Demon Beasts have weak points on top of their heads like the Crimson Flame Purple Mist Crocodile."
Fang Xiu explained, "Just remember that a forty-five-degree angle gives you the maximum range, but you’ll need to adjust based on your height and other factors. Generally, around thirty-eight degrees should be fine. The taller you are, the lower your angle needs to be to shoot farther. You’ll have to adjust for the target’s specific height. Practice makes perfect!"
"Okay, I get it, Brother Fang!"
Luo Xing nodded eagerly.
"I should be able to use this method as well, right?"
Chu Qingxue said after a moment’s thought.
"In theory, yes!"
Fang Xiu nodded slightly.
This kind of parabolic combat was really only useful against taller Demon Beasts with weak points high off the ground.
It wasn’t a very common scenario.
However, when facing a swarm of Demon Beasts, killing them as quickly as possible was always a huge advantage.
If Luo Xing had been able to hit its weak point earlier, he could have finished off that Demon Beast in about eight minutes.
In the five minutes he would have saved, he could have been well on his way to killing a second one.
That was the benefit of targeting a Demon Beast’s weak point.
"Mm-hmm."
Chu Qingxue nodded slightly.
’I’ll have to try it when I get the chance,’ she thought, not saying anything more but having already made up her mind.
The three of them continued walking, chatting idly as they went.
Just then, another Flying Demon Beast appeared in the sky.
"Brother Fang, that one’s got a camera too, right?"
Luo Xing felt a bit panicked now whenever he saw one of those Level 5 Demon Beasts.
After all, they had eaten the last one.
And Luo Xing was the one who had shot it down.
"Yeah, but I’m not hungry right now,"
said Fang Xiu.
"That’s not..."
Luo Xing started to explain but decided against it.
’If Brother Fang wants to eat it, I guess I’ll just shoot another one down!’
They walked for a long time without encountering any Demon Beasts.
"Brother Fang, why is it so quiet?"
Luo Xing looked around at the silent surroundings.
It was as if... all the Demon Beasts had fled.
"Maybe the staff forgot to release them,"
Fang Xiu said offhandedly.
’The Demon Beasts around here have probably sensed Kajimi’s aura. They’re all Demon Beasts below Level 20, after all. Even though Kajimi has Invisibility active, the Demon Beasts can still sense its dangerous presence with their Perception.’
"Help!"
Just then, a loud shout echoed from nearby.
"Is someone in trouble?"
Luo Xing looked in the direction of the voice.
"Getting into trouble with Level 20 Demon Beasts? Looks like they’re going to fail this assessment."
Fang Xiu remarked casually. "Come on, let’s go check it out."
’They’re students, after all. If they’re in trouble, I should probably lend a hand.’
Soon, the three of them arrived near the source of the shouts.
Before them were at least fifteen Demon Beasts—all Level 20—surrounding three people in the center.
Luo Xing was dumbfounded. "Holy shit, how did this happen?"
"These Demon Beasts are all different species. Why would they be gathered together?"
Chu Qingxue spotted the problem with a single glance.
The Demon Beasts here were all Level 20, but they weren’t the same species.
Normally, unless it was a Beast Tide, swarms of Demon Beasts were always of the same species.
And fifteen Demon Beasts wasn’t enough to be considered a Beast Tide.
"Help!"
one of the girls in the middle of the encirclement shouted.
All three of them were girls.
Fang Xiu could see that one was Level 15, and the other two were Level 16.
The one crying for help was a Level 15 Fire Mage.
Her Talent Level was probably A Level; otherwise, she should have been over Level 20, or at least Level 19 by now.
After all, Cultivation is rapid for those with an S Level Talent.
"How’d you pull so many mobs?"
Just as they were locked in a tense standoff, Fang Xiu’s voice suddenly cut in, startling them.
"Fang Xiu?"
One of them, a Plant Mage, recognized Fang Xiu.
"Can you... can you help us?"
They knew Fang Xiu was the one who had killed a Level 40 boss when he was only Level 15.
There was no way the three of them could handle so many Level 20 Demon Beasts.
"Brother Fang asked how you pulled so many mobs,"
Luo Xing chimed in from the side.
"Um... that was me!"
The last girl, whose Profession wasn’t obvious, said timidly.
"Oh?"
Fang Xiu looked at the girl with interest.
"My Awakened Talent is a plant called Celestial Demon Fragrance."
The girl stated her Awakened Profession outright.
"Oh? Celestial Demon Fragrance? That’s a Vine System Talent. Good combat power, very resilient, and it’s poisonous. It’s just that..."
Fang Xiu trailed off with a smile.
"Just what, Brother Fang?"
Luo Xing asked, confused.
"During combat, it occasionally releases an Exotic Fragrance. Demon Beasts love this scent, and if you don’t end the fight quickly, it will just attract more of them,"
Chu Qingxue explained.
"What?"
It was the first time Luo Xing had ever heard of a Talent like that.
"Fang Xiu, can you please help us? I know you can do it!"
Seeing Fang Xiu hadn’t moved, one of the girls shouted again.
"Price!"
Fang Xiu smiled and said just one word.
Price!
’Saving people can’t be free. Especially not a girl with an Exotic Fragrance!’