After a brief silence, Oschin, the only strategist in the team at this stage, spoke up without hesitation: "From the information Cowen brought back, we know that the spirit beasts in the lava zone are currently in an abnormal state, which increases the difficulty of our operation. However, there is some good news.
The location of this Flameburst Tiger is very advantageous to us, in the southeast corner of the lava zone. This means that we do not need to go deep into the lava zone, nor do we need to risk crossing the territory of other spirit beasts. We can use some methods with a wider impact when we operate, and we can retreat quickly after succeeding."
"Uh, just tell us what we need to do. I agree with your analysis, but I really can't think of a way to silently paralyze a thousand-year-old Flameburst Tiger in a state of alertness." Ma Hongjun, who is not usually fond of thinking, interrupted Oschin's analysis with a headache.
"The anesthetic takes time to take effect. The spirit beast's heightened alertness will cause it to become mentally excited, thus weakening the anesthetic's effect. We might eventually be able to put the Flameburst Tiger to a deep sleep from a distance, but before it loses consciousness, it will definitely detonate the high-pressure lava zone."
"Excellent question. You actually thought about it, didn't you? That's why I emphasized that the Flameburst Tiger's location is very advantageous to us, allowing us to use some methods with a slightly larger impact range without disturbing other residents in the lava zone.
Now, everyone move out. We need to make some preparations. Whoever it is, go and catch a spirit beast with sufficiently delicious meat, like a spirit pig."
When it reached four o'clock in the afternoon, the students, finally having made their preparations, quietly approached the Flameburst Tiger's territory under Cowen's leadership.
When they were about 500 meters away from the Flameburst Tiger's territory, the students stopped. Zhu Zhuqing, in her spirit possession state, easily climbed to the top of a giant tree that required two people to encircle, carefully searching the Flameburst Tiger's territory with binoculars.
A minute later, Zhu Zhuqing, who had climbed back down from the tree, nodded to the group waiting below and said, "That tiger hasn't left its territory. As for whether it's eaten today, I can't tell."
"As long as it's still in its territory, it won't be able to refuse what I've prepared for it, even if it's full now.
Everyone, check that your deodorant spray is evenly applied. We need to go around to the upwind side of the Flameburst Tiger's territory and set up what we've prepared there."
Half an hour later, the light in the forest had begun to dim. About a kilometer from the Flameburst Tiger's territory, beneath a large rock, Oschin was leading the students in setting up a campfire.
A skinned jungle antelope, wrapped in a protective layer to block the smell of blood, lay quietly above the fire. Once the fire was lit, the protective layer would quickly ignite, and the flames would burn away the protective layer while evenly roasting the entire antelope, allowing the aroma of roasted lamb to spread more quickly.
Next, the trainees needed to retreat far enough away to patiently wait for the forest winds to carry the scent of blood and the aroma of roasted meat from the antelope to the Flameburst Tiger's territory.
Oschin had smeared the antelope's skin with the juice of a fruit called the lantern fruit. For all fire-attribute spirit beasts, the smell of this fruit—which could send ordinary people to the hospital—was their favorite. The aroma of blood, meat, and lantern fruit juice would definitely lure the Flameburst Tiger from its territory.
To prevent the Flameburst Tiger, which possessed some intelligence but still lacked the cunning of beasts, from developing unnecessary wariness towards the roasted lamb that had come to its doorstep, Oschin had also set up a simple warning device on the path the Flameburst Tiger would take to reach the lamb.
This way, the Flameburst Tiger would assume the roasted lamb was left behind by a group of careless human spirit masters who, alerted by the warning device, had been lucky enough to discover the scent and hastily retreated.
Once the Blazing Tiger is lured by the aroma of the roasted whole lamb, Oschin's plan will be halfway to success.
Oschin added a significant amount of bewitching incense to the firewood used to build the campfire. The smell of the roasted meat would mask the unique, pleasant fragrance of the incense when it burned normally. If the Blazing Tiger lingered around the fire for a while, the incense would inevitably slow its nerve responses.
If the Blazing Tiger ultimately couldn't resist eating the roasted whole lamb, things would become even simpler. The jungle antelope would already be injected with a sufficient amount of potent anesthetic by Oschin.
Under the double attack of the bewitching incense and the potent anesthetic, by the time the Blazing Tiger realized the roasted whole lamb might be a trap, there wouldn't be much it could do.
Oschin would then administer two more shots of potent anesthetic, rendering the dark red tiger unable to even roar.
With ample manpower, the students quickly completed the setup. After confirming the status of their soul-guided masks, Ma Hongjun lightly waved his hand and lit the prepared firewood.
After the flames stabilized, the trainees retreated methodically to their pre-selected ambush positions. Since not many detection soul tools had been deployed around the area (for easy evacuation), Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Xiao Wu took on the responsibility of vigilance. Zhu Zhuqing monitored the Flame Tiger's movements from a tree, while Oscar and Oschin each aimed a silenced sniper rifle loaded with tranquilizer darts at the boulder where the roasted whole lamb was located.
They didn't use the Gauss sniper rifle because its firing mode didn't support tranquilizer darts. This left Oscar, who had painstakingly replicated a Gauss sniper rifle after arriving in Tiandou City, envious of his younger brother's one-shot kills, feeling a little frustrated.
Time ticked by, and even though the target hadn't yet appeared at the boulder trap, the Oscar brothers didn't take their eyes off their scopes.
Although the students carefully selected the location to set the trap, and theoretically no other soul beasts should appear, theory is theory and reality is reality. The necessary caution and preparation are still essential.
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