The Kui Wood Wolf was severely injured by the blast.
"Slash it!" Mo Hua commanded.
Ling Huxiao drew his sword, and a radiant, sharp Sword Qi, shimmering like moonlight, tore through the air and struck the injured Kui Wood Wolf.
The Kui Wood Wolf died instantly.
The Monster Hunt was over.
Ling Huxiao was stunned.
The entire process had taken less than two hours.
Most of the time had been spent tracking the Monster Beast, stalking it, setting traps, and laying the Formation.
The actual combat only lasted from when the Formation was triggered, to his sword strike, to the Monster Beast collapsing dead—no more than thirty minutes.
Just like that, simple and straightforward, a Second Grade Primary Rank Monster Beast was hunted.
It was so simple that he felt even a "fool" could follow the procedures step-by-step and achieve the same result...
Was this how Taixu Gate had always hunted Monster Beasts?
What Monster Beast could withstand such methods?
Ling Huxiao felt his perception was completely overturned.
Mo Hua glanced at the sky. "There’s still time; we can hunt one more. After that, we can head back."
Using the same method, under Mo Hua’s well-planned Monster Hunting arrangement and Ling Huxiao’s powerful Sword Qi attack, another Monster Beast fell easily.
They stripped the materials and took them to the Mountain Gate to sell.
"Two Monster Beasts. After deducting the Formation costs, the rest is split evenly—eight hundred Merit Points per person," Mo Hua said, transferring eight hundred Merit Points to Ling Huxiao.
Ling Huxiao was momentarily dazed.
Just like that...
In a little over half a day, strolling in the forest, swinging his sword two or three times, he had earned eight hundred Merit Points?
This made him reflect on his previous solitary hunts. Deep in the mountains, he’d been in constant vigilance, pushing his Sword Heart to its limit, battling Monster Beasts to the death, scheming against Sever Gold Sect, often spending several days—or even two or three months—to kill a single Monster Beast and earn around a thousand Merit Points. Now, he felt like a "fool"...
On the way back, Ling Huxiao mulled it over for a long time before finally speaking indifferently:
"This kind of Monster Hunting isn’t good. I won’t participate next time."
Mo Hua asked in confusion, "What’s wrong with it? Isn’t it quick?"
Ling Huxiao shook his head. "It’s too opportunistic. It’s not conducive to refining Sword Dao. It can also numb the Sword Heart, leading to carelessness and laziness."
"Moreover, relying on ambushes and Formations beforehand is somewhat dishonorable."