"Wow, wow, wow..."
The stream winding from a distance is crystal clear, and the water surface is like a mirror, reflecting the beautiful scenery of the surrounding environment.
Some emerald green fallen leaves float on the clear water, swaying gently with the water, flowing into the distance.
There are some small finger-sized fish at the bottom of the water. They are very lively and shuttle quickly between the rocks, making the clear stream in front of you full of life.
“It’s much cooler here than over there.” Wu Xiaohe said with a smile.
"There are fish in the streams here, but they are very small. I feel that the fish I saw in the streams along the way are not big." Ji Haoyang said.
"Maybe this is the case in this area. I don't know the specific reason." Wang Dazhuang said.
Lin Li stood by the stream, looking at the lush grass on the other side.
"Lin Li, what are you looking at?" Wu Xiaohe noticed Lin Li looking towards the other side and asked.
"I saw a rabbit there just now." Lin Li raised his hand and pointed to the grass on the other side and said.
"Is it an ordinary rabbit?" Wu Xiaohe asked.
"Yes." Lin Li nodded. He expanded his mental perception and found that the rabbit did not emit any spiritual energy fluctuations.
Hearing this, Ji Haoyang took off his long bow and said to Lin Li, "Where did it go?"
Lin Li smiled and said to Ji Haoyang, who was about to hunt the rabbit, "We made too much noise. , that rabbit has escaped."
"It's a pity, otherwise we could have roasted rabbit for lunch," Ji Haoyang said regretfully, and then put down the raised long bow.
A group of four people rested by the stream. The coolness brought by the stream was very refreshing, the heat disappeared, and they began to feel hungry.
Wang Dazhuang and the other three took out some dry food from their backpacks. Their dry food was mainly flour cakes and dried meat.
Lin Li had an idea in his mind and took out a small bag of cakes.
Wang Dazhuang and the other three who were eating dry food were very envious when they saw Lin Li taking out pastries.
Lin Li noticed the gazes of the three people and said to them with a smile, "This pastry is quite delicious. Try it..."
"Thank you." Wang Dazhuang and Wu Xiaohe thanked them, and then took the cakes handed over by Lin Li.
“Why don’t you come with me?” Lin Li said to Ji Haoyang with a smile.
“I’m full.” Ji Haoyang threw a piece of dried meat into his mouth and waved it down.
Lin Li smiled and took back the cake in his hand.
At this time, he heard Wu Xiaohe say, "There is a little too little sugar in this pastry!"
"It seems you like to eat cakes with a lot of sugar!" Lin Li said.
"Yes." Wu Xiaohe replied with a smile, "I have always liked sweets since I was a child. If I put less sugar, I feel it tastes tasteless."
The four of them finished their lunch. , rested for a while and then set off again.
The afternoon sun is even hotter, and the sunlight falling on the body is a test of one's endurance.
“This sun is really torturous.” Wu Xiaohe couldn’t help complaining.
"It's a bit too hot here." Ji Haoyang frowned and said, then opened the kettle and took a sip of water.
“Let’s find a place with shade.” Wang Dazhuang said, and then led everyone to a place with shade in the distance.
Because we have to walk under the shade of trees, the route will inevitably deviate.
Lin Li walked at the back of the team, always alert.
He felt that this place was abnormally hot, because under normal circumstances, even if the temperature was different in the same place, it would not be so different.
There's something weird about this place, but when I started my mental perception, I couldn't find any specific problems... Lin Li muttered in his heart.
Time passed and it came to three o'clock in the afternoon unknowingly.
Lin Li glanced at the pocket watch in his hand, and then put it away into the mysterious island.
According to what Wang Dazhuang said at noon, everyone has now reached the boundary between the periphery and the depth of the abandoned mining area. If they continue to go forward, they will enter the depths of the mining area.
Wang Dazhuang, who was walking at the front of the team, stopped, turned his head and said to his teammates behind him.
"Climb the hill in front and go further into the depths of the mining area. We can't go any further."
Wu Xiaohe wiped the sweat from his forehead with a disappointed expression, "This trip Bai is here."
"Yes!" Ji Haoyang echoed from the side.
"Looking for spiritual plants here is mainly about trying your luck. You are lucky if you can find them. It is normal if you can't find them." Wang Dazhuang comforted him.
"Yes." Wu Xiaohe and Ji Haoyang nodded, their disappointment a little better.
"Let's go back the same way!" Wang Dazhuang said.
Seeing that the three of them were about to return, Lin Li said, "I want to continue walking inside to see if I can find the spiritual plant."
Wang Dazhuang and the other two listened to what Lin Li said. , immediately stunned.
Wu Xiaohe reminded, "Lin Li, there are second-level high-level strange beasts inside. It is very dangerous for you to go in alone..."
Wang Dazhuang also persuaded, "Come to Lingzhi, the main thing is It's just a matter of luck. During this period, many people come here to look for spiritual plants, and it's normal to not find them.
We have been out for so long this time, so we are quite tired. Let’s go back and rest for a while, and come back later..."
Lin Li shook his head, "I have a sense of discretion in my mind, so you don’t have to worry. "
"..." Wu Xiaohe and Wang Dazhuang looked at each other, and then stopped trying to persuade them.
After all, we had only known each other for a short time, and they were determined to take risks. If their persuasion failed, they had no choice but to give up.< br>
“Goodbye by chance. Lin Li said to the three of them, and then walked deeper into the mining area.
"Pay attention to safety." Wu Xiaohe shouted as he looked at Lin Li walking away.
"Got it." Lin Li waved his hand, keeping the speed of his feet unchanged. After a while, he entered a lush grass.
Wang Dazhuang and the others looked away when they saw Lin Li disappear.
"If he encounters an uninjured second-level high-level alien beast, he may be in bad luck!" Ji Haoyang, who had been silent, said.
"Since Lin Li dares to go deep into the mining area alone, he has naturally considered how to escape when he encounters danger..." Wu Xiaohe said.
"I hope he has thought about it!" Ji Haoyang shrugged.
“Let’s go!” Wang Dazhuang interrupted the conversation between the two, turned and walked out of the mining area.
When Wu Xiaohe and Ji Haoyang saw this, they immediately followed. After a while, the three people disappeared.
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The sun in the sky is about to disappear, and the rays of the red sunset dye the earth with a bright color.
There is a spacious river rushing in the distance. The setting sun reflects on the river, and the sparkling river shines with dazzling light.
A big green fish jumped out of the river, drew a parabola in mid-air, and then hit the water hard, making a splash.
The sound of rushing water spreads around, and the sound of the river here can be heard from a long distance.
A figure appeared in the distance, and soon, the figure came to the river bank.
Lin Li stood in mid-air, looking down at the rushing river below.
After he and Wang Dazhuang separated, they no longer had to hide their strength and flew directly into the air to the depths of the abandoned mining area.
He searched carefully along the way, but found no spiritual plants, and he didn't even encounter any decent strange beasts. Wang Dazhuang said that there are more strange beasts deep in the mining area than outside the mining area.
Now that Lin Li has been deep into the mining area for so long, the strongest alien beasts he has encountered are only at the beginning of the second stage, and there are only a handful of them, which makes him very confused.
Now that the sun is about to disappear in the sky, Lin Li originally planned to go home and come back here tomorrow to continue looking for spiritual plants.
When he was about to go home, he heard the sound of rushing water in the distance, so he thought about going over and taking a look before going back.
"I have been here for so long, and the fish I met along the way were all small fish. Now I finally met a big fish..."
Lin Li looked at the fish jumping out of the water from time to time in the river. Big Blue Fish said to himself with a smile.
"Crash..."
A big herring jumped out of the water, turned its head to look at Lin Li in mid-air, and made an animal roar from its mouth.
"Roar..."
"Huh?"
Lin Li heard the animal roar from the big herring, with a very surprised expression on his face.
This is the first time he has encountered a fish making such a sound, and he will inevitably be surprised.
Just when Lin Li was about to catch a big herring, the grass on the river bank shook violently.
"Rust, rustle..."
There is no wind now, the grass is shaking violently, and it is obvious that there is something hiding in the grass.
Lin Li looked away from the big herring and looked at the swaying grass below.
"Swish, swish, swish..."
Red figures sprang out from the lush grass and flew quickly to the river.
At this time, many big herrings jumped out of the water in the river, and their bodies were stagnant in mid-air. When they were about to fall into the water, they were rushed towards them by a sudden red figure and pierced through their bodies.
"Roar..."
The big herring screamed in pain, twisting its body to get rid of the enemy.
However, the hunter is too strong and there is no way to escape.
“What a big praying mantis,” Lin Li said in surprise as he watched the red figure that caught the big herring fly back to the shore.
Then, what he had read in the Illustrated Book of Alien Beasts came to his mind, and he said, "These guys seem to be called bloodthirsty mantises."
The bloodthirsty mantis with two huge scythes is two meters long and has a full body. Red, majestic, exuding a fierce aura.
A total of five bloodthirsty mantises suddenly attacked and all caught big herrings.
After returning to the shore, they threw the caught big herring on the ground and swung the sickles in their hands to disembowel the big herring.
"Roar..."
The big herring roared desperately after suffering a fatal blow. Because the injury was so serious, the breath of life in his body quickly dissipated, and his struggle became weak.
The bloodthirsty mantis looked at the big herring that was bleeding out. He immediately leaned over and opened his mouth to swallow the fresh blood.
This was the first time Lin Li saw bloodthirsty mantises hunting for prey. Seeing them swallowing blood in large mouthfuls, he felt that the name was very appropriate.
"Gudong, Gudong, Gudong..."
The bloodthirsty mantis devoured blood very quickly, and the blood on the one-meter-long big herring was quickly drank up by them.
"These guys mainly devour the blood of their prey. It's exactly the same as the description in the exotic beast illustrated book..." Lin Li saw the bloodthirsty mantis drinking the blood of the big herring, biting a few pieces of fish meat, and stopped eating.
"Zhizhizhi..."
Suddenly, a bloodthirsty mantis noticed Lin Li standing on a tree in the distance and shouted to his companions.
"I can see it even from this far away. My eyesight is pretty good..." Lin Li saw five bloodthirsty mantises looking towards him.
"Zhizhizhizhi..."
After some exchanges, the wings on the backs of the five bloodthirsty mantises spread out and flapped rapidly, causing the surrounding airflow to stir and stir up a puff of smoke.
"It seems these guys are still hungry! But if five of them come together, how will you divide the prey?" Lin Li looked at the five bloodthirsty mantises flying towards him and muttered to himself. .
"Zhizhizhi..."
The bloodthirsty mantis flying at the front let out a sharp cry, and the sound waves quickly enveloped Lin Li.
"It's so noisy." Lin Li said coldly as his ears hurt from the sharp screams.
Then he exerted force on his feet, the branches under his feet bent, and his whole body was ejected.
"Zhizhizhi...?!!!"
The bloodthirsty mantis did not expect that the prey did not choose to escape at this moment, but took the initiative to greet it. They were very surprised.
The two sides quickly approached. When they were fifteen meters away from each other, a spiritual sword suddenly appeared in Lin Li's hand, and then his speed suddenly increased.
In an instant, Lin Li's figure disappeared. When he reappeared, he passed by the bloodthirsty mantis and appeared behind him.
"Squeak, squeak, squeak..."
The bloodthirsty mantis turned around and looked at Lin Li in disbelief. He made a dull cry from his mouth, and then his head separated from his body.
“Bang.”
The bloodthirsty mantis with its body and head separated hit the ground, and a lot of viscous liquid spurted out from the fracture, leaving a pool of smelly filth on the grass. thing.
With one strike, Lin Li killed a mid-level second-level bloodthirsty mantis that would make ordinary practitioners pale at the sight of it.
"Squeak, squeak, squeak..."
The remaining four bloodthirsty mantises saw their companions being killed by Lin Li in an instant, and their eyes showed horror.
Lin Li waved the spiritual sword in his hand to shake off the viscous liquid stained on the blade.
Then, he smiled and said to the remaining four bloodthirsty mantises, "Don't be stupid. My companions were killed by me. Why don't you come and take revenge as soon as possible?"
"Squeak." Zhizhi..."
The four bloodthirsty mantises roared angrily, and then fled in all directions.
"This... this is too cowardly!" Lin Li did not expect that one second the bloodthirsty mantis looked like he wanted to avenge his companions, but the next second he chose to run away.
“Don’t run.”
Lin Li would not let the bloodthirsty mantises in front of him escape. With a loud shout, the psychic energy fluctuations of the first stage of the third stage were released.
The four bloodthirsty mantises that were escaping were frightened by the powerful spiritual energy fluctuations emanating from Lin Li's body, and subconsciously stopped.
They turned their heads to look at Lin Li, their bodies trembling.
If they knew that Lin Li had a third-level cultivation level, they would not dare to attack Lin Li even if they had a hundred courages.
"Zhizhizhizhi..."
The desperate wailing only lasted for more than ten seconds before everything settled.
Lin Li happily took five bloodthirsty mantises with their heads missing into the mysterious island. Then before he left, he glanced at the red sun on the horizon and muttered to himself.
"See you tomorrow."
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