Chapter 14

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Roger, who just only exited his meditation, first checked his magic arrays. After making sure that it had not been triggered by any living creature, he then dispersed the defensive magic array.

After throwing the earth toad’s beast core into his backpack, Rogge began to search the last place he had not set foot in the mountain range. He was hoping to find the last third-rank savage beast as soon as possible.

Just as Roger carefully scanned for his final prey, Lan Bingling and her companions, who had been in the same direction as him for several days, showed up.

At this moment, she was standing on top of a big tree, using the dense leaves of the big tree to hide her presence. She held an old telescope in her hand, observing a naturally formed giant cave.

“Sister, we’ve been waiting here for two days. Why haven’t we seen the giant crocodile leave yet?”

Huo Li ‘er, who had been waiting for two days and was so bored that she was counting leaves, asked Kasri, who was leaning on a tree branch.

However, this was already the twenty-fifth time that Huo Li ‘er had asked that question since they had started her observation today.

Kasri had given up answering Huo Li ‘er, she ignored her and closed her eyes to rest.

On the other hand, Huo Li ‘er still persistently repeated the question.

Seeing that Kasri was ignoring her, Huo Li ‘er turned her head and widened her scarlet eyes. She looked at Lan Bingling pitifully.

Originally, Lan Bingling didn’t intend to pay any attention to Huo Li ‘er. In order to avoid seeing Huo Li’ er’s pitiful appearance, she even closed her eyes.

However, even though Lan Bingling tried to avoid Huo Li ‘er, the bored Huo Li’ er sat directly beside Lan Bingling and kept talking into her ear as if she was chanting scriptures.

Lan Bingling was trying to hold back Huo Li ‘er. After ten minutes, she finally couldn’t stand Huo Li’ er’s nagging anymore and said,

“Huo Li ‘er, are you done!

Sister Kasri has already told you a few times that a single meal from the giant crocodile could last for a week.

After eating their fill, they would not go out and would only stay in the nest, guarding the Lingzhi grass.

That’s why we’ll have to wait here for the giant crocodile to eat again. Only then can we sneak into its nest and pick the Lingzhi grass.”

When Huo Li ‘er saw Lan Bingling’s furious glare, her expression changed.

She looked at Lan Bingling with an aggrieved expression before she picked up her telescope and continued to observe the giant crocodile’s nest.

Lan Bingling saw that Huo Li ‘er looking aggrieved. Immediately, the anger that had just risen was extinguished in an instant. Her face was filled with a dumbfounded expression.

As for Kasri, she didn’t even lift her eyelids when she heard the two of them quarreling. After all, this was the fifth time that Huo Li ‘er had teased Lan Bingling in the past two days. She was already used to it.

The sun gradually set, and the setting sun shone through the leaves and onto Lan Bingling’s group.

At that moment, Lan Bingling was on surveillance duty. Kasri and Huo Li ‘er had already gone to sleep early after dinner in order to take the night shift. They were recuperating and conserving their energy as they waited for the arrival of the night.

Lan Bingling was bored to death. She used the telescope to observe the giant crocodile while she used her ice power to condense various creatures in her hands to practice her micro-control.

A huge crocodile’s head stuck out of the cave. After making sure that there was no danger, it walked out of the cave with relief.

It stood up like a human and pushed the huge rocks at the side of the cave to the entrance, completely blocking it.

After repeatedly pushing the boulder inward to make sure that no one could easily push it away and steal his precious Lingzhi grass, he set out into the jungle in satisfaction in search of food.

However, what the giant crocodile did not know was that someone had been waiting in front of its house for a few days, waiting for it to leave so that they could steal the Lingzhi grass from its nest.

When Lan Bingling saw that the giant crocodile had left its nest, she hurriedly walked to Huo Li ‘er and Kasri’s side and shook them with all her might.

Since Kasri was only in a light sleep, Lan Bingling easily woke her up by shaking her branch.

On the other hand, Huo Li ‘er had spent too much energy during the day. Once night fell, she had collapsed like a sack of bones. Lan Bingling called out to her for a few minutes before she groggily stirred.

Huo Li ‘er wiped the moisture from the corner of her mouth. She looked at Lan Bingling with a dazed expression and asked in surprise.

“Lan Bingling, I’ve just only fallen asleep. It shouldn’t be my turn yet, right?”

Lan Bingling and Kasri looked at Huo Li ‘er’s blank expression. They said helplessly,

“The giant crocodile is out hunting. It’s time for us to collect Lingzhi grass.”

Upon hearing Lan Bingling’s words, Huo Li ‘er, who was still in a daze, said casually,

“So, the giant crocodile went out to hunt. It’s time for us to collect the Lingzhi grass, hehe!”

Huo Li ‘er, who was still in a daze at first, suddenly jerked stiff. Then, as if she had been injected with a stimulant, she suddenly became extremely energetic.

Huo Li ‘er, who had just woken up, immediately turned to Lan Bingling and the other two and said excitedly,

“Then what are we waiting for? Let’s enter the giant crocodile’s nest and collect the Lingzhi grass!

While watching the excited Huo Li ‘er flipping down the tree, Lan Bingling and Kasri looked at each other. They could see the helplessness in each other’s eyes.

However, the most important thing at the moment was to get the Lingzhi grass. Hence, the two of them said nothing. They immediately turned around and slid down the big tree with Huo Li ‘er.

When the three of them arrived at the entrance of the giant crocodile’s nest, they looked at the huge rock that was at least ten meters tall and fell into deep thought.

They had not expected the giant crocodile to use a huge rock to seal up the entrance of the cave after leaving its nest.

Even if the three of them combined their strength, they would barely move the boulder, much less open a path for them to enter.

At that moment, Huo Li ‘er spoke up,

“Lan Bingling, Sister Kasri, I have a sword skill that might be able to break a passage out of the huge rock.

You guys hide behind me and stand ten meters back. I’ll try to see if I can break the rock.”

After Lan Bingling and Kasri heard Huo Li ‘er’s words, they quickly moved away from the area ten meters around her.

Then, they looked at Huo Li ‘er with anticipation, hoping that she could really destroy the huge rock and create a passage.

When she was certain her companions were in the clear, Huo Li ‘er pulled out the long sword from her waist and took a few steps forward. When she was less than five meters away from the huge rock, she began to circulate the Golden Sun Breathing Technique that had been passed down in her family.

As Huo Li ‘er circulated the Golden Sun Breathing Technique, the red-and-white longsword in her hand gradually turned crimson red. The air around the blade also became slightly distorted due to the scorching temperature it emitted.

When Huo Li ‘er’s essence, power, and spirit had all reached their peak with the circulation of her breathing technique, a trace of golden flame flashed across her red eyes.

At a speed that could not be caught by the naked eye, she continuously swung the Golden-red sword-force at the huge rock, trying to destroy it with brute force and see if she could penetrate it.