The moment Chen Shu’s pot was on fire,
a fearsome beast roar echoed from afar, seemingly attracted by the commotion.
Qiao Yue’s expression changed drastically as she spoke,
“Sister Fang Si, there are fierce beasts approaching from all directions! At least hundreds of them! And…”
“Gak!”
The Demon Eye Crow flapped its wings in panic, its black pupils fixed on the front.
“Boom boom!”
A terrifying rumbling sound arose, as if the very earth was trembling.
The group sensed something and looked up,
only to see a colossal tree appear. Its body was tens of meters tall, and the lower part of its trunk split, forming what appeared to be legs, stepping forward.
“Holy crap, a Giant Tree!”
Fang Si exclaimed, using a common curse,
unbelievable that they would encounter such a creature.
The others were equally shocked but had no time to gawk.
Fang Si looked towards Ning Qingyi and said, “Qingyi!”
Ning Qingyi nodded, and the Gale Sparrow landed, positioning itself in front of everyone.
Clearly, their only option was to flee!
“Chen Pi!”
Fang Si called out, reminding him to prepare to run.
If they dallied any longer, they would be the ones cooked, not the fierce beasts.
She glanced back and saw that Chen Shu had already climbed onto the Gale Sparrow’s back.
Speaking of running, the Nanjiang Outlaws were quite experienced in this regard.
“Awooo!”
Beside him, the husky looked wronged, with a black pot covering its back.
“Get up here! There’s no time to explain!”
Chen Shu urged, having foreseen the danger even before the Giant Tree appeared.
Everyone scrambled onto the Gale Sparrow. Larger contracted spirits were stored away.
The Gale Sparrow chirped and spread its wings, soaring high and fleeing into the distance.
“Roar roar!”
The smell emanating from the burning Thousand-Vine Poison Tree was incredibly foul, like a stink bomb, attracting countless fierce beasts.
“Was that a Giant Tree just now?”
Chen Shu looked back, his mind lacking any information about such a beast.
Fang Si replied, “Yes, although it’s just an ordinary Silver-tier, if you kill one, countless Giant Trees will come after you! Unless you possess absolute power, our adventure would have to come to an end here.”
Qiao Yue and the others also breathed a sigh of relief, preferring to provoke a Silver-tier lord over dealing with that thing.
Fang Si then asked, “By the way, Chen Pi, where is the Heavenly Poison Flower?”
“What flower?”
Chen Shu widened his eyes, asking with feigned confusion.
Fang Si’s mouth twitched. “You’re really thick-skinned! Hand it over!”
He had taken the Heavenly Poison Flower in front of the four of them earlier,
and now he was playing dumb. Truly remarkable.
Chen Shu was about to argue when the four pairs of eyes focused on him.
He spread his hands, conceding, “No, my backpack is large, and I can keep it safe for you!”
“I think it’s better if Sister Fang Si keeps it!”
Lu Zhingning spoke up, her eyes showing a lack of trust in Chen Shu.
“Agreed!”
“Agreed!”
The other two nodded, deciding Fang Si should be the custodian.
“You guys don’t trust me!”
Chen Shu exclaimed heartbrokenly, sighing to the sky.
He hadn’t expected them to see through him so soon after meeting.
The Gale Sparrow flew at an extremely high speed, carrying them deeper into the spatial zone.
An hour later,
Fang Si said, “There should be no pursuers now. Let’s go down.”
The Gale Sparrow landed. It was best not to fly in the sky without absolute strength, as the area was fraught with peril, potentially even encountering Silver-tier lords.
The Demon Eye Crow let out a cry, its eyes suffused with a deep black light.
Instantly, a black sphere appeared and floated upwards.
The black sphere rotated like an eyeball, scanning for dangers in all directions.
“Silver-tier fierce beast at two thousand meters ahead!”
“Eight hundred meters to the right, five Black-iron tier!”
“Two thousand four hundred meters behind, three mutated Silver-tier fierce beasts!”
Qiao Yue was fully focused, constantly receiving information from the Demon Eye Crow.
As reconnaissance-type contracted spirits, they were usually mental types, capable of telepathic communication with their masters.
“Chen Shu, you go scout for treasures!”
The Demon Eye Crow could only detect fierce beasts, not treasures.
Chen Shu’s mouth twitched. “I’m just sensitive to treasures, but with all these obstructions, how can I see anything?”
He added, “Sister Fang Si, I’m a person, not a contracted spirit.”
Had they mistaken him for a reconnaissance contracted spirit?
“I thought you really had superpowers! Let’s deal with the Black-iron tier ones first!”
Fang Si declared, heading towards the right.
Now in the depths, everyone was on high alert, daring not to slacken. Black-iron tier beast tamers entering a danger-level space carried immense risks.
And so, the group moved forward cautiously, specifically hunting Black-iron tier fierce beasts,
collecting numerous treasures in the process.
Unfortunately, the Demon Eye Crow’s scouting skill had a cooldown, forcing them to stop every half hour to wait for it to refresh.
Half a month passed in a blink.
Chen Shu was covered in dirt, looking disheveled.
Fang Si and the others were similarly unkempt, their beautiful faces obscured, but none of them cared.
“Boom boom boom!”
A terrifying explosion sounded, and a colossal, dark green giant frog let out a mournful cry before being obliterated.
Chen Shu, wielding a butcher’s knife, cut open the giant frog, extracting its core materials and beast pearls.
It was a Black-iron tier three lord beast!
The group’s primary objective for coming here was to hunt Black-iron tier three lord beasts.
In ordinary spaces, let alone Black-iron tier three lords, even Black-iron tier one lords were hard to come by.
But danger-level spaces were different; despite the presence of fearsome Silver-tier lords, Black-iron tier three lords were numerous.
“Another five million in!”
Chen Shu stuffed the core materials and beast pearls into a urea bag. Black-iron tier three lord beasts held significantly more value.
Although Black-iron tier had only three minor levels,
the gap between them was immense, unlike the basic tiers of one to nine.
On the other side, Fang Si was carefully picking three Seven-star Grasses.
“Chen Pi, the bag!” Da Feng Novel
Because the materials were of different types, storing them together could lead to loss of potency.
Chen Shu’s urea bags proved invaluable.
No one knew how many urea bags were in his backpack.
Chen Shu silently took out a bag and approached Fang Si, a smile on his lips.
“Holy crap, just throw it to me!”
Fang Si flinched, Chen Shu’s expression clearly indicating he was trying to extort something.
“Uh, occupational hazard.”
Chen Shu chuckled dryly and tossed the bag over.
“Occupational hazard my ass!”
Qiao Yue and the other two looked at him in unison. After half a month of interaction, they had come to see Chen Shu clearly.