Demon Hunter: I have a red gourd

Chapter 21 Strengthening
But Ivan was not at all panicked at this moment. His incarnation, Guangzhi, was holding a knife in his left hand, with his right forearm raised to his chest, slightly at a right angle to his body, his fingers naturally stretched upward, and his palm facing outward.

It is the "Abhaya Mudra" in Buddhism, which symbolizes comfort and protection.

Doing this doesn't provide any actual combat bonus, Ivan just thinks Guangzhi looks cool because he often does this pose.

The evil ghost chief on the opposite side suddenly started dancing and screaming. When the evil ghosts heard the sound, their movements stopped, and then they all drilled back into the ground and disappeared from Ivan's sight.

What do you mean? Is it frightened by my gesture and ready to order its subordinates to retreat?

Ivan was slightly stunned, but his muscles remained tense and he did not relax his vigilance at all.

After a while, a faint rustling sound came from the ground, as if something was moving quickly in the soil. The sound became more and more frequent and closer.

"Underground?" Ivan reacted quickly, jumped onto a protruding rock, and stared at the ground beneath his feet.

He remembered what Cohen had taught him.

The claws of the evil ghosts are very good at digging underground, so their nests are usually built underground. Under the command of the chief, they will also quickly dig holes underground and launch surprise attacks from underground, giving their prey a fatal blow.

The most effective strategy for dealing with such enemies is to launch attacks quickly while using area-of-effect damage skills such as Igni and Alder Sign.

The evil ghost is extremely fast and is a typical agile enemy. Instead of trying to escape, it is better to take the initiative and seize the opportunity.

Suddenly, the ground exploded, and a demon suddenly jumped out of the soil, its sharp claws heading straight for Ivan's ankle. However, he was prepared and slashed with his sword. The red tide slashed down with blazing flames, and the demon was engulfed in flames before it could touch him, letting out a sharp scream.

Immediately afterwards, more evil spirits emerged from the ground in all directions, trying to surround Ivan in this way.

Ivan's incarnation, Guangzhi, suddenly rushed forward, and then with a jump, he easily broke out of the encirclement of the evil ghosts, and at the same time cut two evil ghosts into two pieces, and the screams stopped abruptly.

During the dungeon challenge, he had seen Guangzhi perform such moves many times. Although he could not perform such movements with the Demon Hunter's sword, now that he has transformed into Guangzhi, he can use the long sword Chichao with ease.

Seeing this, the pale, thin demons' scarlet eyes flashed with a hint of human fear. Noticing their companions falling so quickly, they were clearly frightened by Ivan's swift attack and their movements became hesitant.

At this moment, the evil ghost chief in the distance suddenly let out a sharp cry, and kept waving the bone staff in his hand, as if giving some instructions.

At the chief's creaking cry, the demons seemed to enter a strange state. They halted their flight and instead crouched in a row, their bodies trembling slightly. Ivan vigilantly observed their changes. Suddenly, his keen sense of smell detected a strong, fishy odor emanating from the ground. The crouching demons glowed with a strange red glow, and their veins protruded like tree roots, slowly wriggling beneath their pale skin.

"As expected, just as the instructors taught, the Demon Chieftain can use the bone staff in his hand to strengthen the demons under his command. It's a pity that I'm in my transformed state now, and the Griffin School emblem is not on my chest, otherwise it would be shaking like crazy right now."

Ivan's mouth corners slightly raised, and he looked calmly at the evil ghosts' bodies expanding visibly, but his heart remained calm as water, without the slightest worry.

He deliberately allowed the evil ghost chief to strengthen his subordinates. The reason was simple, just to verify the knowledge he learned from his mentors - he was always confident in his control over the battle situation.

As for these evil spirits, he has never worried about them, whether they are strengthened or not.

It was a confidence that came from strength, an unshakable confidence in Guangzhi's power.

"Next, it's time to verify some other knowledge." Ivan turned his gaze to the evil ghost chief with a faint smile on his lips. He slowly raised his right hand and made a strange gesture. Then a huge purple hourglass pattern appeared on the ground, surrounded by rings and emitting a faint light.

Yerden Seal – Extended Range. This unique technique of the Griffin School reduces the deceleration effect by half, but significantly increases the range. Ivan lacks the School's insignia at this point, otherwise the range would be even greater.

To capture a thief, one must first capture the leader. Ivan brandished his long sword and rushed like the wind, his monk's robes rustling as he ran. Ivan's eyes were as sharp as torches, staring intently at the monster in the distance, its face smeared with red clay and holding a bone staff.

When faced with a demonic tribe with a chieftain, the first thing to do is to behead them. Only by killing the chieftain can their control over the entire tribe be disrupted - this is the most professional way for demon hunters to deal with such troubles.

Once the chieftain fell, the entire demonic tribe would be thrown into chaos. Accustomed to command, they would instantly become as bewildered as headless flies. The strength previously bestowed upon them by the chieftain's bone staff would also vanish, and the resulting power gap would instead cause them to feel immensely weak.

The demons behind him roared and leaped towards Ivan, trying to protect their chief. However, they soon entered the area covered by the Aden Seal, as if entering a quagmire, and their movements instantly became slow and clumsy. The purple seal emitted a faint light, holding them firmly in place.

Ivan swung his long sword, and the crimson tide drew a dazzling arc through the air. Just as the flames were about to engulf the demon leader, the ground suddenly cracked, and a dark red figure, like a catapult, leaped out of the ground at astonishing speed, blocking the chief's path.

It is the evil ghost warrior who has never appeared!
At this time, it was obviously strengthened by the chief's bone staff. Its muscles bulged like steel, its eyes were red as if bleeding, and its claws extended and became as sharp as a knife, reflecting a cold light under the firelight.

It did not attack with the tribe, but hid underground, secretly guarding the chief's safety!
At the same time, a dull explosion suddenly came from behind him, and another evil ghost warrior jumped out from the ground behind Ivan, with its sharp claws heading straight for the back of his neck.

The two evil ghost warriors, one in front and one behind, cooperated tacitly and sandwiched Ivan firmly in the middle.

(End of this chapter)