Chapter 34 - Decoy Plan

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The plan was simple.

Gray recalled that the reason why he discovered the existence of the vitality fruit was because the violent ape had brought a vitality fruit with it.

The reason why he was able to obtain the vitality fruit was also because the lightning rat had placed its nest in the cave where the vitality fruit vines grew.

Obviously, compared to Gray, who was still exploring the jungle, the wild beasts who had lived on this land for an unknown period of time were already familiar with some of the hidden secrets of the jungle.

Water sources, food distribution, resting places, dangerous areas, and of course, precious fruits that could save one’s life when in danger!

As long as the current ancient elephant still had a shred of basic reason, it should know that its injuries needed to be treated, and the smell on his body was precisely the smell that could help it get rid of the pain!

As long as it was willing to follow the smell on his body, the plan would be half-successful.

Gray looked for the upwind outlet around him, trying to control the distance and keep himself safe in front of the elephant.

The airflow generated by the running threw Gray’s strong fruit fragrance into the air, and the wind in the jungle spread the fruit fragrance to the distant elephant.

Gray saw the running ancient elephant’s body clearly pause for a moment.

It worked!

Gray was a little excited. His plan had obviously worked.

The ancient elephant smelled the vitality fruit!

Next, he just had to lure it to the giant tree.

But what Gray did not expect was that the next change completely exceeded his expectations.

It seemed that the elephant had smelled the vitality fruit. Although the elephant was stunned, it quickly recovered its violent appearance and began to charge along the road of destruction.

What was going on? Why didn’t the elephant chase after him? Didn’t it already smell the vitality fruit?

The elephant’s illogical behavior made Gray unable to make up his mind for a moment. He even suspected that he had seen wrongly.

Seeing that the elephant was destroying again, Gray didn’t believe it. He wanted to try again.

This time, Gray dared to get closer to the elephant. At this time, they were very close to each other. If he got closer, Gray would definitely find the elephant’s attack. It was truly the limit of the distance he could keep.

Here, Gray once again fanned the air around him, allowing the smell of the vitality fruit to spread out.

Then, he carefully observed the behavior of the ancient elephant.

Sure enough, after a gust of wind and dust swept over, the ancient elephant clearly sensed something. This time, its pause was even more obvious. Gray was sure that he had not seen wrongly.

Gray even felt that the ancient elephant seemed to have tilted its head toward his position.

However, this was obviously useless. After a moment of pause, the ancient elephant moved again. The dust from the collapse of the giant tree almost smeared Gray’s face.

How could this be?

Why was the elephant not interested after sensing the taste of the vitality fruit? Didn’t it want to heal its wounds?

Gray pulled away from the elephant and kept thinking about the elephant’s true thoughts and the reason for his failure.

After thinking about it, Gray couldn’t help but think of a possibility. Could it be that the unripe vitality fruit was not what it wanted at all?

Some of the feelings of animals were hundreds or even thousands of times that of humans. In addition, the ancient elephant had lived in this forest all year round and had eaten countless vitality fruits. It probably already knew the taste of vitality fruits.

The ancient elephant was probably stunned when it smelled the scent of vitality fruit. It was already aware that the vitality fruit that Gray had taken out was unripe, so it was impossible to relieve its pain.

Thinking of this, Gray opened his backpack and painfully took out the vitality fruit that was almost fully ripe.

This vitality fruit had basically turned into a golden color, with only a small piece of light red. Its effect was only slightly weaker than a fully ripe vitality fruit. It was also a precious tool that could save a person’s life at a critical moment.

Should he use it?

Gray was caught in a struggle. In this jungle, there was a trump card that could save his life. It was an additional chance to survive, and an additional chance to survive the crisis.

Was it really worth using this vitality fruit here?

Perhaps sensing Gray’s struggle, the dragon egg emitted a comforting feeling. Waves of warmth flowed into Gray’s heart, as if it wanted to remove all of his worries.

The young dragon egg could not understand how difficult the choice Gray was facing now, but it sensed the pain in Gray’s heart, and it clearly did not want Gray to continue suffering.

Feeling the warmth in the depths of his heart, the corners of Gray’s mouth curled up slightly.

What was there to be troubled about?

For something like the vitality fruit, if he could find it once, he would definitely be able to find it a second time. However, there was only one partner on his back who was dependent on him for life and death.

What to choose had already been decided from the start.

Gray cut the vitality fruit into two halves. Half of it was placed back into his backpack, and the other half was raised high above his head like the last time. Then, he squeezed it into fruit juice.

This time, the smell that was much stronger and sweeter than before gushed out, and Gray was almost intoxicated by it.

Gray did the same thing again, and the smell spread out.

The rich fragrance immediately spread everywhere.

The ancient elephant immediately stopped its movements.

It turned its head around, and its bloodshot eyes stared blankly in Gray’s direction. Its long trunk spewed out a scorching breath, causing Gray to involuntarily gulp.

But before Gray could turn around and escape, the ancient elephant let out a low growl and turned its head back, as if nothing else could attract its attention.

How could this be? It had failed again!

Gray looked at the unusual reaction of the elephant, not understanding what this big fellow was doing.

Was there something at the end of the road it was going to take?

Obviously, Gray’s plan had completely failed. Although the elephant had indeed reacted to the vitality fruit, he did not know why it could throw away such a temptation and forcefully move in the direction it had decided.

This left Gray with only one solution.

What kind of beast would chase its prey desperately?

It was either a hungry beast or an enraged beast.

Gray did not know whether the ancient elephant had eaten its fill or not, and he did not care.

He had to do it the hard way!

Now he could only try to completely infuriate the ancient elephant!