The grey alien oxen, standing at least two meters tall in the distance, were indeed not very numerous, perhaps a hundred or so.
At this moment, Li Chonglou couldn't help but ask curiously, "Since that's the case, why don't we just kill them?"
The alien ox herd ahead only occupied less than half of the forward passage. If everyone detoured, Li Chonglou thought they could bypass them.
Old Niu explained, "We can't. These beasts are very sensitive to human scent. They'll lock onto us once we get within a hundred meters."
Li Chonglou's brows furrowed slightly. A hundred meters. The space on both sides combined might not be that much. It would indeed be impossible to go around.
Only then did he understand everyone's mood. It seemed they were going to charge through.
However, Xi Wen and the others adjusted very quickly. After just a few minutes, they put away their negative emotions and coldly stared at the distant grey alien ox herd.
"Let's kill them. Don't worry about the ammunition, but pay attention to your stamina."
As soon as Xi Wen finished speaking, he charged ahead towards the alien ox herd. The others followed suit. Only Old Niu, unhurriedly, turned to Li Chonglou and asked, "Are you up for it now?"
Li Chonglou nodded, "No problem."
"Alright, you can join us this time. Although these guys have tough hides, they're not very fast. As long as you're careful, you can kill them with your bare hands."
Old Niu then suddenly remembered he had forgotten something and added, "The weakness of these alien oxen is their underbelly."
After saying that, he patted Li Chonglou on the shoulder to encourage him, and then followed the footsteps of the others.
"It's a shame there's no magnetic field pull here anymore."
Watching the figures of the others, Li Chonglou suddenly muttered. At this moment, he wasn't paying much attention to these alien oxen. Instead, he was thinking how much better it would be if there were a magnetic field pull, which would allow his internal Mài Qiān cultivation technique to improve faster.
At this moment, within Li Chonglou's body, if all his acupoints were previously at level zero, with only two acupoints he had deliberately practiced in the Iron Forest upgraded to level two, then all the acupoints in his body had now become level five, and the first two acupoints had become level seven!
This was the surprise he gained from killing the black snake earlier.
However, as time passed, his acupoints had mostly healed, and the improvement of his Mài Qiān had become slow.
That was why he was thinking about the pulling force of the Iron Forest.
But even if it might be slower, Mài Qiān could still be cultivated and improved through combat. So Li Chonglou quickly collected his thoughts and followed towards the others.
Just as Old Niu had said, when Xi Wen approached within a hundred meters of the alien ox herd, the herd, which had been wandering aimlessly, instantly turned their heads as if remotely controlled and stared at them.
Moo!
With a bovine cry, the entire alien ox herd rushed towards them in unison. Some of the other mutated creatures blocking the way were crushed into meat patties as they couldn't evade in time. At this moment, the alien ox herd seemed to have become an invincible tank, charging rampantly through the beast tide.
"Use armor-piercing rounds!"
Xi Wen shouted, pulling out the longest rifle with the largest muzzle from his back, inserting several finger-thick bullets into the magazine, and chambering them.
Bang!
A deafening explosion erupted, and a burst of flame and a large amount of smoke billowed from the rifle's muzzle. A black bullet, like a cannonball, struck the forehead of an alien ox running at the forefront.
Squelch, the alien ox's forehead instantly caved in, a bloody hole suddenly appeared, and a pillar of blood shot straight into the sky.
With just one shot, that alien ox lay dead on the spot!
However, Xi Wen's face showed little joy. Each person only had four of these specially made armor-piercing rounds. Even if they used them all, they couldn't deal with the entire alien ox herd.
It wasn't that they didn't want to bring more. Each of these armor-piercing rounds weighed almost five pounds. They also had to prepare other things and couldn't dedicate all their weight to them.
But even if they couldn't eliminate them all, they could at least deal with half of them first and reduce the pressure. Therefore, others, like Xi Wen, also aimed their guns at the heads of the alien ox herd.
Bang, bang, bang, bang. Although after one round of gunfire, before the two sides even clashed, the number of alien oxen was reduced by two-thirds, leaving only about twenty or so charging towards them.
"Those with enough strength, take on two. The rest, take one. Figure it out yourselves."
Xi Wen threw down his words and rushed forward, kicking an alien ox on the nose. The latter staggered violently, letting out a pained cry.
Although it didn't cause much damage, it successfully attracted the attention of this alien ox. Xi Wen then used the same method to kick another alien ox on the nose, and only then did he lead the two ferocious alien oxen to the side.
Moreover, the other mutated creatures were not idle at this time. After all, from beginning to end, the vision of the group had never been truly clear. Therefore, whether it was Xi Wen or others, they not only had to face the one-on-one combat with the alien oxen but also had to constantly pay attention to freezing the surrounding mutated creature crowds with ice guns.
For a time, everyone displayed extremely high combat qualities, being able to do two things at once while remaining fully focused without any mistakes. Just this alone made Li Chonglou believe that Yi Long and that Lei Feng might not be able to do it.
Not to mention the superb skills they displayed when fighting the alien oxen.
Take Old Niu, who was also facing two alien oxen. Every dodge he made was not simply to evade the alien oxen's attacks, but to deliberately entangle the two alien oxen together, using their collisions to inflict damage on each other.
It subtly conveyed the principle of using four ounces to deflect a thousand pounds, reminiscent of Tai Chi.
When everyone had chosen their targets, there were still three alien oxen remaining. However, the others were all immersed in their own battles and didn't notice the discrepancy in numbers.
In fact, it couldn't be entirely blamed on them, because Li Chonglou only discovered at the last moment that two smaller alien oxen were hiding in the back. When the other alien oxen were all drawn away, they emerged from the side.
However, Li Chonglou was not surprised but delighted. Because the more alien oxen there were, the more he could train his acupoints. Why would he refuse such an opportunity?
So Li Chonglou also directly moved to face the three alien oxen, paying special attention to the two acupoints he had initially trained.
According to the explanation of Mài Qiān given to him by the old man, Li Chonglou would only be considered to have initially completed the training if these two acupoints were strengthened to the point where they could exert twice the power they did before.
Only when both acupoints met this standard would he be considered to have truly entered the path.
Yes, the threshold for Mài Qiān was this monstrous!