Chapter 68: Strike first to gain the upper hand

In the forest, Ye Fan and his group were hunting an iron-skinned wild boar.

The level of this iron boar was not high, Black Iron Seven Stars. Ye Fan did not take action. He watched Ma Xiaoxue directing the white wolf and the iron boar to fight, and his brows gradually furrowed.

Soon, some time passed, and it became clear that the one-star White Wolf was no match for the Iron Boar and was at a disadvantage, while Ma Xiaoxue gritted her teeth and persisted in commanding.

"Okay." At a certain moment, seeing the white wolf in danger, Ye Fan raised his hand, and the hellhound, which had been prepared for a long time, rushed out, knocked down the iron-skinned wild boar, and settled the battle with a simple chokehold.

"In the battle just now, you had a total of seven chances to turn defeat into victory." Looking at Ma Xiaoxue who was gasping for breath, Ye Fan said, "First, when the iron boar collides for the first time, you can command the white wolf to avoid it and launch a counterattack at the same time. But you chose to fight head-on, obviously without taking into account the strength levels of both parties..."

Ye Fan's tone was not soft. On the side, Ma Xiaoxue felt a little ashamed and nodded repeatedly.

"A true strong man must have sufficient combat experience and awareness." Ye Fan looked at the other party, thinking a little, then took out two white jade fruits and threw them to Ma Xiaoxue, "During this time, you and Fatty are here In the main battle, I will hold the battle until you can defeat the five-star or above bronze beasts head-on."

"Five-star Bronze..." After hearing this, Ma Xiaoxue's expression changed slightly, "I am only six-star Black Iron."

"The level can be improved very quickly. Before Silver, you can just rely on the spiritual grass and elixir pile." Ye Fan waved his hand, "The most important thing is that you have enough combat power to be able to face strong enemies."

"I can provide you with spiritual herbs and elixirs, but I don't want you to become a mere flower."

"Okay." After hearing this, Ma Xiaoxue nodded.

"Then shall I also participate in the battle?" Wang Lingxi said anxiously, looking at Ye Fan who seemed a little dissatisfied.

"There's not much you can do now. You can also participate in the battle. It's all a matter of skillful cooperation." Ye Fan replied and continued to move forward.

In his current beast-controlling space, he has planted many spiritual grasses and elixirs, all of which are at the mortal level. The only ones at the spiritual level are harvest fruits. During this time, Ye Fan is planning to look for spiritual grasses and elixirs in the forest that can help the beast-controllers break through to silver. As a result, at the same time, I also started to improve the people around me.

Combat is the fastest way for a beast master to command his beasts proficiently. If he always has them follow him and not participate in the battle, he will always be a showman.

In the following battles, Ye Fan did not participate in the battle as he said. After each battle, he would analyze the flaws and deficiencies in the battle and put forward suggestions for improvement.

After all, he was a king in his previous life, and his vision was so vicious. In such a battle, he could clearly see every detail.

And under Ye Fan's careful training, the beast control skills of several people are also improving rapidly. It didn't take long to go from being unfamiliar and panicked at the beginning to becoming more proficient later.

After fighting until nightfall, Ye Fan made several people stop moving forward and set up tents and fires outside the forest.

"I feel like I learned a lot today." Next to the tent, while tidying up the tent, Ma Xiaoxue said to Wang Lingxi beside her: "Ye Fan's combat experience is too rich, and he is not at the same level as us."

"Indeed." Wang Lingxi nodded, looked at Ma Xiaoxue on the side, and said thoughtfully: "You may not know yet, but we hunted a two-star Silver Clouded Leopard in the jungle before."

"Two stars of silver?!" Ma Xiaoxue was stunned when she heard this, "How is it possible that bronze can kill silver?"

"I did think so before, but I really killed him." Wang Lingxi said, looking at Ye Fan who seemed to be thinking about something by the fire, and whispered: "That guy, not only has the ability to control beasts, but also All kinds of strategies and insights are very powerful.”

"That's it." Ma Xiaoxue nodded, "Then I want to learn more from him."

"Study more." Wang Lingxi replied, leaning close to Ma Xiaoxue's ear, "I feel that Ye Fan values ​​you very much and has taught you a lot. Before you came, he never told us."

"How could it be possible that you value me..." Ma Xiaoxue was a little unbelievable.

"Really, believe me, Mark Ye definitely values ​​you very much."

"..."

Beside the fire, Ye Fan naturally heard the whispers of the two people and shook his head with a smile on his face.

"Ye Fan, do you really value that Ma Xiaoxue?" From the side, Fatty Li also came over and asked curiously.

"That's right." Fatty Li nodded, glanced at Ye Fan, and said, "So Ye Fan, are you investing in advance?"

"Yes." Ye Fan replied, patting the fat man, "I will prepare to set up a mercenary group and recruit some people."

"We can't always passively wait for others to cause trouble. Two or three people will always suffer when facing dozens or hundreds. If we have some power in our hands, we can have more initiative."

"Establishing a mercenary group, okay." Hearing this, Fatty Li was a little excited. "Then I will become a veteran member."

"Of course." Ye Fan replied with a smile on his face, "Fat man, you have to work hard. In the future, you will be my right-hand man. You must be strong enough."

"That's no problem." Fatty Li agreed and patted Ye Fan, "After all, I am the one who wants to catch the dragon python in the future. If I'm not strong enough, what will happen?"

"The dragon python is here again..." Hearing this, Ye Fan had a helpless smile in his eyes and nodded.

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"Boss, why are those people from Liming still lingering and following us?"

Elsewhere, in the forest, next to Bai Yue, a man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks came over and spoke to Bai Yue in a low voice.

"Huh?" Hearing this, Bai Yue frowned. There was indeed some fire not far behind him. Judging from the number of people, it was indeed the people from the Dawn Mercenary Group in the afternoon.

Throughout the afternoon, this group of dawn people had been following them since they left the city, and now it was evening and they were still following them.

"What do they want?"

Bai Yue was a little wary and made a gesture quietly. After the members saw it, they quietly loaded their muskets.

The two mercenary groups of Liming and Shuguang are not meant to deal with them. In this Silver Moon Forest, if they want to take action, they really don't have much scruples.

"Do you want to take advantage of my brother's absence to touch me?"

After reciting a sentence and walking for a while, Bai Yue turned his head. When he saw that the torches of the group were still not far behind him, he became more and more suspicious.

"These grandsons of the Dawn Mercenary Group, they seem to be really coming for us."

"Boss, what should we do? There are quite a few of them." Hearing this, the followers on the side were a little scared.

"It's better to strike first." Bai Yue, who has always been ruthless, quickly made a judgment and nodded, "Since they want to touch us, let's just strike first."

"Everyone has the same number of hands, whoever strikes first will have the advantage!"

"This..." After hearing this, a follower on the side hesitated, "But if they don't come for us, how can we explain this?"

"What to explain?" Hearing this, Bai Yue sneered, "The people from Liming have been following us all this way for so long. What else do we have to explain? When the time comes, we will just insist that they are the ones who made the first move."

"It just so happens that Ye Fan hasn't been found either. These grandsons of Liming are so blind and want to touch me? Then use them to sharpen your knives!"

As soon as the voice fell, the people following Bai Yue quickly hid on both sides of the jungle. They were all experienced hunters, very skilled in ambush and so on.

On the other side, Long Wu looked at the disappearing fire in front of him and let out a sigh of relief.

"This group of people is finally on a different path from us."

After saying this, Long Wu looked at a thin boy on the side with some suspicion, "Are you sure that Ye Fan and the others are walking along this road."

"I'm sure, I'm sure." The skinny boy replied and nodded, "Today I originally looked at a few of them that looked like they had never been into the forest, and wondered if I could get some benefits by following these chicks, but with them Only then did I realize that the other party was a beast master, so I retreated."

After explaining, he seemed to have seen Long Wu's suspicion, and he added: "Shuguang's group may have come to hunt the rock pythons nearby, so the route is similar to ours, except that they go past here. Let’s go to the dark river.”

"Okay." After hearing this, Long Wu nodded, and after thinking for a while, he whispered: "Disperse everyone, try to extend the search area as much as possible, and search in a covering manner. It is night now, Ye Fan and the others should not continue to move forward in the forest but choose to camp. When they find the place where they are stationed, they will pass each other and then we will outflank them. "

"Remember, don't alert the enemy. Ye Fan is very alert. Be more careful."

"clear!"