Chapter 358: Capture Successful, Making a Griffin Cage! (5400)

Chapter 358: Capture Successful, Making a Griffin Cage! (5400)

It was precisely that magical creature—the Griffin!

This was a group of creatures with extremely powerful destructive capabilities.

At this moment, these four Griffins had bloodshot eyes, continuously attacking the Centaur archers below.

They wanted to use their powerful beaks to bite these Centaurs and drag them up into the air!

Seeing this scene,

Cao Xing quickly gave the order: "Soldiers, disperse and form an encirclement."

"Group up in eights. Listen to my order to use the Ejection Grapples first to pull this group of Griffins down, and then use the Nightmare Catching Nets."

The moment the order was given, more than thirty soldiers rushed out quickly, beginning to form the encirclement.

Meanwhile, riding Dabai, Cao Xing was about to reach the side of those Centaurs.

He had just wanted to pull out the [Primitive Cube] to gather this group of Griffins together,

when he suddenly remembered that this gadget had already been handed over to Herlie.

Even the [Eye of the Storm Scroll] had already been used up.

Cao Xing scratched his head, "Without a method to gather monsters, it's still a bit awkward!"

But it didn't matter; he still had plenty of skills anyway!

He raised his staff!

Right above the heads of this group of Griffins, three huge blocks of ice instantly appeared!

[Iceberg Drop!]

Boom! Boom boom!

The huge blocks of ice smashed onto their bodies, and the astonishing impact force caused the Griffins' backs to suddenly straighten.

"Screeech!!!"

The Griffin that was hit let out a high-pitched and sharp sound, as if it had been stunned by the blow, falling down like a kite with a broken string.

Right at this moment, one of the leader-grade Griffins, whose feathers were noticeably deeper in color, fiercely flapped its wings.

All the Griffins snapped awake and then locked their bloodshot gazes onto Cao Xing!

Facing these gazes, Cao Xing did not show the slightest bit of fear.

He quickly gave the order: "All Centaur warriors, use Skull-Crushing Throw."

"Control these Griffins for me!"

Cao Xing knew that Tier 5 and 6 Griffins had extremely fast movement speeds,

therefore, he decided to control their movements first.

There were four Centaur warriors below.

They directly pulled out a blunt weapon from their horsebacks and fiercely threw it up into the sky!

"Whoosh—whoosh—whoosh—"

The heavy blunt weapons, carrying the sound of the wind, smashed toward them.

That group of Griffins sensed danger, and at the nick of time, shifted their bodies,

directly dodging these four control skills.

Cao Xing was startled, "Goodness, their reaction speed is this fast?"

Not only that, but that group of Griffins seemed to know that the most powerful person among this group was Cao Xing.

Thus, all four Griffins charged straight toward him!

Furthermore, a certain special power seemed to be stimulated on these Griffins' bodies.

In a very short time, they rushed to a distance of less than thirty meters from Cao Xing!

The other Centaurs quickly warned, "Lord, be careful!"

Seeing this scene, Cao Xing still didn't show any panic. Raising his staff, an ice wall appeared out of thin air.

"Boom! Boom boom!"

Two Griffins crashed directly into the ice wall!

At the same time,

Andrew on the other side also switched to [Moonkin Form], continuously using 'Starfire' and 'Moonfire' to bombard this group of Griffins!

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[…]

Damage numbers exceeding ten thousand appeared one after another.

Andrew, enhanced by the Blessing of Courage, had now reached a quite terrifying level of damage!

This group of Tier 5 Griffins was beaten to the point of miserable wails!

Before they could even recover their wits,

Cao Xing directly released [Extreme Ice Bloom] on the spot!

In an instant, the movement speed of these four Griffins decreased significantly.

Seeing this scene, Cao Xing quickly ordered, "Ejection Grapples, catch them!"

His purpose was to capture this group of Griffins alive, not to finish them off.

The moment they heard the command,

dozens of Ascalon Warriors below all pulled out their ejection devices.

"Boom! Boom boom!"

Hook claws shot out one after another. The sharp hook claws cut open the Griffins' skin, hooking onto their pinions, wings, and limbs!

Feeling the vines and hook claws entangling their bodies, this group of Griffins instantly understood the purpose of the human before them!

They actually wanted to capture them!

Fierce expressions instantly appeared in their eyes!

Creatures like Griffins were equally extremely arrogant; they would absolutely not allow themselves to fall into the hands of humans!

"Screeech! Screeech!"

They began to struggle wildly!

Because they possessed the bloodline of lions, the Griffins' strength was immense!

It even dragged dozens of soldiers below until they were stumbling left and right, and the vines in their hands almost slipped away.

Seeing this scene, one of the elite soldiers shouted loudly: "For the glory of Lord! We will not lose when it comes to strength!"

"Ascalon Warriors, give it your all!"

Instantly—

All the soldiers seemed to have entered an overpowered burst mode, the veins on their foreheads bulging and their faces turning completely red!

They all grabbed tightly onto the other end of the ropes, gritting their teeth one by one!

This was a contest of strength and endurance.

However, Cao Xing wouldn't let them genuinely contest strength with these Griffins.

He directly said: "Centaur archers, attack. Beat these Griffins half to death first."

After saying that, he and Andrew once again launched various area-of-effect attacks.

[Ice Arrow Rain]

[Ice Breaking Flying Blade]

[Glacial Rotating Spear]

[Ice Tornado Storm!]

[…]

Terrifying AoE damage numbers fell down one after another, among which was even Cao Xing's newly learned orange-tier AoE skill—Ice Tornado Storm!

After the skill was cast,

an ice element magic circle with a diameter of over one hundred meters and exuding astonishing cold qi appeared in place once again!

Not only that, but two huge Ice Dragon heads quickly rushed out from the magic circle!

"Roar—"

As a clear dragon roar resounded!

These two giant dragons constructed from ice elements violently rushed high into the air and then began to spin at high speed!

"Whoosh! Swoosh swoosh!"

In the blink of an eye, a terrifying hurricane was whipped up in that area!

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[…]

The Ice Tornado Storm's AoE damage had a full twelve segments!

This group of Griffins' HP was plummeting at a speed visible to the naked eye!

Just this single skill took away at least 150,000 HP from each Griffin.

Cao Xing exclaimed in praise: "As expected of an epic-grade AoE skill, it really is fierce!"

At this moment, the soldiers below controlled the movements of this group of Griffins.

Therefore, they were equivalent to targets in the air, passively taking hits all the time!

"Swoosh! Swoosh swoosh!"

The Centaur archers' arrows struck.

Furthermore, because everyone was granted the Blessing of Courage, even these Tier 4 archers had quite terrifying attack power.

That group of Griffins was shot in mid-air, causing them to wail continuously!

In the blink of an eye, their HP dropped below 10%.

This HP level essentially meant they had entered a severely injured state.

At this moment,

these four Griffins were covered all over with frostbite wounds, char marks bombed out by Moonfire and Starfire,

as well as the arrows shot by the archers that were stuck in their bodies.

They looked quite miserable.

The Griffins finally couldn't hold on anymore, letting out a whimper as they smashed down like a few small mounds!

Seeing this scene, a look of joy instantly appeared in Cao Xing's eyes.

He hurriedly gave the order: "Alright, everyone stop!"

All the warriors instantly stopped their attacking actions.

As for that group of Ascalon Warriors, they still tightly grasped the ropes, fearing lest these Griffins escape!

Cao Xing quickly came before this group of Griffins, observing their condition up close.

He incidentally glanced at their attributes.

[Gale Griffin]

[Race: Griffin]

[Level: Level 53 (Tier 6 Leader-grade Creature)]

[HP: 71,239 / 918,321]

[Attack Power: 5,124 ~ 5,233]

[Armor: 965 ~ 1,185]

[Skills: Sharp Beak Peck (Quickly pecks at the enemy with a sharp beak, dealing 178% physical damage. If attacking the same target consecutively, the damage will gradually increase by 10%)]

Wing Sweep (Spreads wings and forcefully sweeps at surrounding enemies, knocking them back a certain distance and dealing 157% physical damage.)

Gale Assault (The Gale Griffin instantly accelerates, transforming into a gale to charge forward, dealing 217% physical damage to enemies in a straight line. If it successfully hits the enemy, the Gale Griffin itself will gain a 20% attack speed boost effect, lasting 20 seconds, Cooldown: 60 seconds)

Gale Roar (The Wind Griffin raises its head and roars to the skies, releasing a powerful storm sound wave. The sound wave spreads outwards centering around the Gale Griffin, dealing 3 * 188% magic damage to enemies within range and causing them to fall into a continuous confused state. Enemies in the confused state will randomly attack surrounding targets, Cooldown: 120 seconds)]

[Talent: Wind Affinity (In areas with strong wind elements, flight speed is increased by 20%, and skill attack range is increased by 20%)]

[Bond—Gale Griffin (When the number of acting Gale Griffins reaches 10 or more, flight speed is increased by 20%)]

When 30 or more, armor is increased by 20%

When 50 or more, attack power is increased by 20%

When 100 or more, activates the additional skill 'Swirling Storm')]

[Status: Severely Injured, Bleeding, Frozen]

[…]

After reading the attributes of these Griffins, Cao Xing's eyes also lit up.

"Good, good, good! These attributes are really great!"

"Using them as mounts couldn't be more suitable!"

Of course, wanting to use them as mounts had the prerequisite of being able to tame these Griffins into friendly units.

Thinking of this, he took out several Pet Contract Scrolls from his backpack and used them on one of the severely injured Griffins.

[Contract failed…]

[Contract failed…]

[Contract failed…]

[…]

Several consecutive failures left Cao Xing stunned, "Holy crap, so stubborn?"

Refusing to believe it, he tried a few more times.

The results all ended in failure.

Andrew said at this time: "Lord, creatures like Griffins have a violent temper and are even harder to tame than those Sabertooth Tigers."

"If you want to contract them, I suggest bringing them back to the territory first, raising them for a period of time, and then taming them."

A look of realization appeared in Cao Xing's eyes.

Anyway, this group of Griffins had already fallen into his hands, and bringing them back to the territory wasn't a difficult task.

However, with this being the case, there was a new problem.

That was—this group of Griffins was so huge, and their tempers were violent.

Once they recovered some of their strength, they would definitely struggle wildly!

In other words, Cao Xing still had to figure out a way to find something to lock them up.

And wanting to trap such powerful creatures was no simple task.

Cao Xing shook his head. "Forget it, when we get back, I'll let Harold see if he can make a few large Griffin cages."

Thinking of this, he continued to issue orders: "Alright, first use the Nightmare Catch Nets to put a layer on them."

"Then use the boss-tier vines to tie these Griffins up."

"Remember to tie them securely before bringing them back to the territory."

These Griffins were very strong, so this could be considered a double insurance for Cao Xing.

Upon hearing this, the soldiers began to take action one after another.

"Bang! Bang bang!"

Nightmare Catch Nets fell one after another onto this group of Griffins.

In the blink of an eye, these massive behemoths with a wingspan of nearly eight meters were hog-tied by them.

Then, Cao Xing took out several sleds from his backpack and continued, "Put this group of Griffins on the sleds and drag them back to the territory."

The soldiers followed suit.

Soon, several Centaurs pulled the sleds, carrying a few hog-tied Griffins on top, galloping all the way through the snow!

"Swish swish!"

The speed of the Centaurs running on all four hooves was extremely fast.

Those sleds were dragged behind them like surfboards on the sea, kicking up a large amount of snow along the way.

A few minutes later, the group returned near the territory.

The Arctic People who were working felt incomparably astonished when they saw the Griffins being dragged by the Centaurs.

"Oh! Lord of the Caverns above, I just saw Lord Territory Lord hurry out, wondering what he was up to."

"In the blink of an eye, he even tied back such a ferocious creature!"

"Haha! Truly worthy of being Lord Territory Lord!"

"That's right, Lord Territory Lord is truly a magical existence, there is nothing he cannot do."

"…"

Ignoring the discussions of these Arctic People, Cao Xing quickly granted permissions to these few Griffins.

Then he led everyone to the fourth ring area of the territory.

Cao Xing stopped in front of the gate of the Blacksmith Shop and shouted loudly, "Harold, come out quickly, work is here!"

Hearing the shouts, the forging sound inside quickly stopped.

This dwarf brought his wife and those two blacksmith apprentices out of the Blacksmith Shop.

Seeing Cao Xing at the door, Harold's eyes carried a look of doubt.

"Lord Territory Lord, do you have any instructions?"

Cao Xing pointed at the behemoth tied to the sled and said directly, "There, look over there."

When Harold saw those few monsters, his heart was suddenly startled.

Even from such a distance, he could feel the ferocious might of those Griffins!

Including Putana and those two blacksmith apprentices, they also looked in shock at those hog-tied monsters.

Harold said with emotion, "Lord Territory Lord, Griffins are not something you can just run into casually."

"Legend has it that this kind of creature generally lives in sheer cliffs and precipices, and they are gregarious creatures."

"Could it be that you found their lair?"

Cao Xing laughed: "I haven't found the lair of this group of Griffins yet; these few should be Griffins out foraging, and we happened to run into them."

A look of realization appeared on Harold's face.

Cao Xing said directly, "I want to lock them up in the territory for a period of time and figure out a way to tame them later."

"Now I need a few Griffin cages capable of holding them. Are you confident you can craft them out?"

The dwarf blacksmith pondered for a moment, then replied: "To craft something capable of trapping such immensely powerful monsters, extremely sturdy materials are needed. Ordinary iron cages definitely won't do."

"However, Lord Territory Lord brought back a large amount of refined iron. The strength of this refined iron is many times tougher than ordinary iron."

"Adding a small amount of mithril and one or two pieces of evergold to greatly enhance its toughness, it should be possible to forge Griffin cages capable of trapping these monsters."

A smile appeared at the corner of Cao Xing's mouth. "Not bad, I knew you would have a way."

The dwarf blacksmith smiled modestly.

"Right, how long will about four cages take?" Cao Xing continued to ask.

The dwarf blacksmith pondered for a moment, then replied: "Reporting to Lord Territory Lord, I will be able to finish making them by tomorrow morning!"

Cao Xing nodded slightly. "Alright, then I'll have to trouble you!"

The dwarf blacksmith waved his hand and quickly led his wife and apprentices to start working.

Cao Xing looked at the soldiers beside him.

"Before our blacksmith crafts the Griffin cages, you will be responsible for guarding these few Griffins. Any problems?"

"No problem! Lord Territory Lord!"

The soldiers answered with ringing and powerful voices!

"Very good, then I'll leave this place to you."

With these words spoken, Cao Xing left this place directly.

Walking toward the center of the territory, Cao Xing couldn't help humming a little tune.

His mood was very good.

He didn't expect there would be an unexpected harvest after returning to the territory.

Even creatures like Griffins had four of them caught over by him.

Next, as long as they were tamed, the weakness in his aerial forces would be resolved.

After all, in the entire territory, the only ones with flying ability were him and Francesca.

Of course, doing this also had risks.

That was locking the Griffins in his own territory might provoke the hostility of other Griffins, and the Griffins in that lair might come looking for trouble.

However, Cao Xing wasn't worried at all.

After all, he wasn't afraid of that group of Griffins out in the wild.

Let alone, it was right inside his own territory.

If that group of Griffins really dared to come over, I'm afraid Harold would have to craft a few more Griffin cages.

Cao Xing thought cheerfully, "Later when there's time, I'll send a group of Centaurs to explore the nearby high mountains to see if we can find the Griffin lair."

"If we can find it, that would be for the best. By then I'll find a way to wipe them all out in one net!"

"Then I can form my own Griffin Knight Order!"

Thinking of this, the corner of Cao Xing's mouth hooked up into a smile once again.

Then, he continued to come near the market.

He placed all the Cold Spirit Water that Ji Xinyue packed for him onto the ground.

Over a hundred barrels of Cold Spirit Water, packed in wooden barrels, were emitting a faint white smoke.

As for Cao Xing, he raised his staff and pondered in his heart: "According to Francesca's words, as long as ice-attribute mana is injected into it to lower the temperature of the Cold Spirit Water, it will do."

"However, the degree of mana injection must be controlled well, otherwise if the Cold Spirit Water freezes up, it will be a failure."

Thinking of this, he gripped his magic wand, and strong ice-attribute mana surged forth from within his body.

Ever since he learned [Intermediate Ice Control], he could also pull off this kind of basic mana externalization method.

As wisps of ice-attribute mana were injected into one of the barrels of Cold Spirit Water.

It could be clearly felt that changes were happening inside the Cold Spirit Water.

The temperature became even lower, and wisps of white mist rose up.

In just a little over ten seconds, the temperature of this barrel of Cold Spirit Water seemed to reach a certain critical point.

Then, within just a few seconds, it directly turned into a block of ice.

"Crack! Crack!"

Along with the sound of a crack appearing, this also meant the creation of the Extreme Ice Water failed.

Cao Xing was slightly stunned, and then quickly summarized the reason for the failure.

"It should be that the speed of mana injection was too fast, causing the ice elements inside the Cold Spirit Water to become chaotic, so it froze directly."

"It seems I'll have to take it easy later."

Thinking of this, he raised his staff again and began injecting mana.

This time, his movements were very slow and extremely careful.

Just like treating those women who were tasting forbidden fruit for the first time…

After about a minute of mana injection.

Cao Xing saw that this barrel of Cold Spirit Water finally underwent a change.

It no longer emitted white mist on top and had become incomparably pure.

However, when Cao Xing approached, through the wooden barrel he could still feel that astonishing chill!

"This time it should be successful, right?"

Carrying an uncertain expression, Cao Xing glanced at it.

[Extreme Ice Water: Water containing strong ice-attribute mana and vitality]

[After consumption, it can restore a bit of health and stamina, and it is also one of the main materials for making a certain high-level secret medicine.]

…

Instantly a look of joy appeared in his eyes.

"Haha! It's done!" Cao Xing said in pleasant surprise.

This barrel of Extreme Ice Water was at least thirty kilograms, which was completely enough to make several hundred bottles of secret medicine.

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