NOVEL NEXT Chapter 78 - Exploration
Chapter 78: Exploration
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The outer area was just outside of Hunter Town. Lin Xuan looked at the three paths in front of him and chose the path where a mysterious rank monster was located.
The path was not easy to walk on. There were weeds everywhere. The roads were all taken by the hunters from before. However, this was something that Lin Xuan had mentally prepared for.
He sprinkled some powder on himself and sneaked his way in. There were quite a number of yellow-rank wild monsters along the way. Lin Xuan was also afraid of making a big commotion. If he was noticed by a mystic-rank wild monster, that would not be good for him.
In a valley about thirty miles away from Diyi Town, a mystic-rank raging porcupine was rolling in the mud comfortably. Beside it was a precious tree that bore three red fruits. From time to time, there would be wild monsters passing by looking at the fruits with greedy expressions. However, the powerful aura of the wild monster made them hesitate and give up.
In the lush mountain beside them, Lin Xuan could be seen lying between the tall grass. He was pulling the branches and leaves in front of him with one hand while peeping at the situation in the valley.
The raging porcupine suddenly became alert from the shuffle. It could feel that there was a powerful creature peeping at it. Its uneasiness and impatience ignited the rage in its blood. The spikes on its back all poked out. The black and white color it had turned into an enraged blood-red. There was a roar that rang out right after, as if it was intimidating something.
After a long time, there was no movement around the valley. The sudden peeping sensation had also disappeared. The raging porcupine’s fury gradually faded. The spikes on its back had faded, but it did not retract its stretched posture. It was still guarding against unknown enemies.
In the mud, it took a while before it began to roll around happily again, letting out a joyful moan.
Lin Xuan obviously did not leave. He was still lying in the grass, but he changed his position and conveniently twisted off an iron wire snake that pounced on him to reveal its venomous fangs. This time, he had learned his lesson, he used the corner of his eye to observe the situation in the valley instead of making it super obvious.
The fruit tree beside the porcupine was a scarlet fruit tree. This was his school’s own resource point. Every time the scarlet fruit matured, there would be a mission to pick the scarlet fruit and kill to the guardian monsters.
This year’s scarlet fruit was about to mature. If there were no grade one students picking the scarlet fruit within three days after it matured, then there would be a mission. Grade two or even grade three students would take action and kill the monsters to obtain the scarlet fruit as quickly as possible.
Lin Xuan nodded, and then he began to judge the raging porcupine’s strength.
First of all, this fellow didn’t have any weapons around.
Second of all, it seemed to have a reasonable amount of strength. It was a low-level yellow-rank monster, but it looked like it had many tricks up his sleeve. It rolled around in the mud and absorbed a lot of the earth’s power. The defense was high and the spikes on its back could fly out at any time. Moreover, it had the cursed wrath, so it had a decently high attack power as well.
Lastly, it was a boar-type wild monster. Its durability was average, but its explosive power was astonishing. It was a decent prey. Lin Xuan slowly retreated and marked the situation of the raging porcupine on his watch. Then, he switched to the territory of another profound-rank wild monster.
The other wild monster was still a little far from here. Moreover, the map only marked the level of the wild monster. There was no corresponding information about the wild monster. This meant that the first student who discovered this wild monster did not understand the situation of the wild monster. Plus, the update date on the map was only a few days ago. It was very likely that this wild monster had just entered the inner area!
Wild monsters were creatures, and naturally, they would gravitate to places that were comfortable for them. Just like the raging porcupine, it had only arrived at the inner region of the outer region of the town after the death of the previous guardian. It was even after the scarlet fruit tree had restarted its fruit production.
Following the marked location, Lin Xuan chose the shortest route between the two points. As he climbed over the high roads, he silently crushed the throats of many wild monsters that had noticed his figure.
Oddly enough, the marked location did not have any aura of wild monsters.
Where was the wandering black rank wild monster?
This was very dangerous for students who were adventuring near Diyi Town.
Before Lin Xuan could send out an alarm through his watch, a huge commotion could be heard in the distance. The aftermath of the battle could be felt even from a distance of nearly a thousand meters away from them.
Was a battle going down?
The thought of of picking up the scraps of the battle while everyone lost made him excited!
He took out the deodorant powder and smeared it all over his body to conceal himself even more. Then, he rushed frantically towards the place where the battle broke out. He slowed down his footsteps when he was 500 meters away. His movements were even slower when he was 300 meters away. When he was 100 meters away, Lin Xuan held his breath, his entire body was sprawled on the ground as he moved forward like a snake.
After pushing aside the grass, a spirit fruit was hanging not far away from him. Further away, a wind elemental commander was engaged in a heated battle with a wind spirit tiger.
After pushing aside the grass, he realized that the treasure that the big shots were fighting over was right in front of his eyes. How bold of him to make his move now!
However, reality was often less far fetched than in novels!
Lin Xuan recognized that the spirit fruit in front of him was a wind spirit fruit. It was not cheap, and the reason why he recognized it was because he had bought it before. Previously, there was a wind spirit fruit in the spirit food and medicinal cuisine, but the wind spirit fruit he had bought before was only a yellow grade spirit herb .Since the spirit fruit in front of him was being fought over between two black rank big shots, it must be a black rank spirit herb.
What should he do?
Right now, he had not been discovered by the two big shots. It should be because he had applied enough of the concealing deodorant, but the effect of this thing would slowly disappear… he had to seize that chance right away!
Lin Xuan slowly slid out like a snake to pluck the fruit. A second passed, but the two did not notice such stealthy movements. Then, Lin Xuan escaped five to six hundred meters away from the previous battlefield. By then, the furious roars of the two could be heard.
Then, a huge storm erupted from that side. A small tree was blown apart in front of Lin Xuan’s eyes.
This was the wind element skill, Gale. It should be the wind spirit tiger’s venting skill. However, Lin Xuan’s sharp senses detected that there was another skill mixed in with this gale.
As a top student, Lin Xuan had seen how to avoid being detected by this skill in during his practical classes. Firstly, he had to detect when the skill was released. Secondly, he had to find a place that could block the wind. Thirdly, he had to wait for the skill to pass.
With his back leaning against a large tree that was surrounded by ten people, Lin Xuan sat down with a relaxed expression. He took out his watch and sent a reminder to the other adventurers.
[Two black rank monsters have been found in the inner area of the outer area of town. One is a black rank wind elemental commander, and the other is a black rank wind spirit tiger. One of them looks to have been marked once. The two of them are fighting over the spirit herb wind spirit fruit, obtained. The battlefield coordinates are 234.2323,424.421434. Adventurers nearby, please assess the danger and react accordingly.]