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Four of the blood shields were positioned by his side, while the other three covered the pile of viscera behind him.

Soon, one of the Flesh-Crested Hook-Beaked Vultures couldn\'t resist the temptation and swooped down from the sky.

It would eat anything, but it had a clear preference for carrion, so its first target was still the pile of viscera on the ground.

It was met with a mechanical spear instead. Sensing danger at the last moment, the Flesh-Crested Hook-Beaked Vulture abandoned its hunt and flapped its wings to dodge the attack.

With only a 12% speed boost on him, Boggy\'s movements weren\'t much faster than the Flesh-Crested Hook-Beaked Vulture, and the latter\'s wings made its evasion even more flexible.

The 223% power boost that had accumulated on Boggy from [Charge with Hits] also vanished after his attack.

At this critical moment, the other two Flesh-Crested Hook-Beaked Vultures also dove down, seemingly realizing they needed to deal with this annoying human before they could feast to their hearts\' content.

They approached from the left and the right, pincering Boggy!

The four blood shields by Boggy\'s side were nearly instantly pierced by the sharp talons of the Flesh-Crested Hook-Beaked Vultures.

Then Mai Mai saw one of the predatorily diving Flesh-Crested Hook-Beaked Vultures suddenly shudder, as if struck by a sudden illness, and, without any warning, it crashed to the ground.

[Water Conductivity: There\'s a 33% chance that the abilities used by the team\'s Water-Series Psychic Power user will carry an electrical current.]

This time he didn\'t manage to benefit from [The Last Bastion]\'s damage immunity, but fortunately, the Purple Blessings could substitute for [The Last Bastion] to some extent and even added a control effect.

The Flesh-Crested Hook-Beaked Vulture on the ground was stricken by the shock into rigidity. Boggy forced back the assailant on his right, then reversed his hold on the mechanical spear and drove it into the ground, ending its life.

As Boggy was pulling out his weapon, a \'thump\' sounded from behind; it was the first Flesh-Crested Hook-Beaked Vulture that had attacked, seizing the opportunity when Boggy was tied up by two others, trying to hog the pile of viscera for itself.

It collided with the three blood shields Boggy had left overhead, and its luck wasn\'t any better; it also triggered [Water Conducts Electricity].

Boggy certainly wasn\'t about to turn down a free kill delivered to his doorstep.

After completing the double kill, however, he turned to see the last Flesh-Crested Hook-Beaked Vulture had already taken off, sensing danger.

Possibly unwilling to leave empty-handed, the Flesh-Crested Hook-Beaked Vulture, before leaving, noticed the two lying on the sand dune and dove toward Ma Lu and Mai Mai.

Mai Mai had a hand on his backpack, ready to unleash his power, but to his surprise, Ma Lu acted faster.

He took out the small hand crossbow he had found at the storage point and, after a thought, threw the hand crossbow to Mai Mai, "You take the shot."

Ma Lu knew his aim was only average and shooting was obviously an attack movement. If he were to shoot, the power boosts on him would disappear, and this strength wouldn\'t transfer to the bolts, thus it would be a complete waste.

Mai Mai took the hand crossbow, skillfully loaded it, aimed, and fired in one fluid motion full of grace, clearly the result of systematic training.

The bolt finally hit the left wing of the Flesh-Crested Hook-Beaked Vulture, just half an inch from its left ventricle.

But that half-inch resulted in a drastically different outcome.

Compared to the Flesh-Crested Hook-Beaked Vulture\'s massive body, the damage the crossbow bolt, thinner than a finger, could inflict was limited unless it hit a vital spot, which was unlikely to severely wound the Flesh-Crested Hook-Beaked Vulture.

Mai Mai had done his best, but in the end, he only slightly deviated the Flesh-Crested Hook-Beaked Vulture\'s flight path.

But that was enough for Ma Lu, who seized the opportunity, leaped forward, and swung the chef\'s knife in his hand.

Under the outburst of 4983% strength, the Flesh-Crested Hook-Beaked Vulture\'s head and neck were effortlessly severed in two.

The headless body flew a distance before plunging into a heap of sand and then flapped twice more before coming to rest.

Ma Lu also breathed a sigh of relief.

It was fortunate that the two Flesh-Crested Hook-Beaked Vultures Boggy had killed earlier popped out two blessings that enhanced speed and reflexes, although they were both blue.

Without that extra 10% boost, Ma Lu might not have been able to seize that fleeting opportunity.

After all, strength doesn\'t count unless you actually hit your target.

However, since they had safely gone through the first two rounds of attacks, the subsequent battles gradually became easier.

Mai Mai noticed this too.

She was also an old hunter and keenly aware that Boggy\'s strength, speed, and reflexes seemed to be increasing over time.

Moreover, Boggy\'s stamina was unbelievably good that day, and the continuous battles didn\'t seem to wear him out much.

Mai Mai had also never seen those little red shields before, and having known Boggy for a long time, she was naturally aware of what his psychic power was.

It could be said that it was precisely that weak psychic power that prevented Boggy from becoming an excellent hunter.

But now, the psychic power that Boggy displayed was unfamiliar to Mai Mai.

Those blood shields seemed to have the ability to paralyze the prey, as well as to block attacks, and when they shattered, they could transform into some kind of toxin that would burn the skin of whoever it touched.

Mai Mai witnessed Boggy create a blood shield as large as a door, which then shattered and wiped out a group of Two-Headed Hyenas.

——It was almost unanimously accepted among hunters that once a person\'s psychic power awakened, it would be fixed and unchanged.

Yet today, that common sense seemed to have been broken.

But how was that possible?

Mai Mai couldn\'t remember how many times she had been shocked, but she knew the answer she sought rested with the man beside her.

Not long ago, Boggy had become disillusioned and announced his departure from the Harpist; less than a week later, he had established Twin Sunflower and returned from two successive ventures, both times laden with spoils.

There was only one variable in this.

Mai Mai moved closer to Ma Lu\'s cheek, her breath just brushing across his ear, making him feel ticklish, "Exactly who are you?"

"Me? For now, I suppose I could be considered a freelancer."

Ma Lu sneezed.

"If you don\'t want to talk about it, forget it," Mai Mai pretended to be angry, but the corners of her mouth betrayed her true feelings.

However, when she raised her telescope again, she let out a soft exclamation.

"What\'s wrong?"

"It looks like there\'s a dune moving over there." Mai Mai kept looking for a moment before confirming, "Yes, it\'s getting closer to us."

"It\'s a Thousand-Tooth Sand Bream." Ma Lu also picked up the telescope; he was no stranger to this sight.

When he first came to this plane, the first one to greet him was the big guy under the dune.

And that night, at the Little Bear Bar, he had also tasted the pan-fried Thousand-Tooth Sand Bream, which was quite delicious.

If he could get Old Wang to cook it, he was sure it would be even better.

So now the question came down to one thing.

——How to hunt down this Thousand-Tooth Sand Bream.

If Ma Lu recalled correctly, the creature\'s courage was nowhere near its size, and once startled, it would quickly burrow underground.

Although Boggy was buffed up at the moment, killing a Thousand-Tooth Sand Bream in one hit wouldn\'t be easy.

Usually, to hunt such a large creature, you would need at least seven or eight people working together, plus special traps and weapons.

Ma Lu was still pondering when Mai Mai\'s voice came again.

"Vice-Captain, can you let me handle this one?"