Chapter 992: Hot Pursuit (Two Chapters in One)
An hour passed quickly, and during this period, nothing dangerous happened around the swamp.
“Ha~”
Lin Li yawned boredly, and then he looked at the two prospectors who were using various precision instruments for exploration.
Wu Kui on the side said at this time, "Brother Lin, those two prospectors have been working for so long and haven't found anything of value. It seems that they will return empty-handed this time. ”
Lin Li was not very concerned about whether the spirit stone veins could be found here. After listening to what Wu Kui said, he responded casually.
"Anyway, the weapons company has promised us the rewards. Even if no spirit stone veins are found here, we will not lose anything."
Wu Kui said with a smile, "That's true, but If we can find spirit stone veins here, each of us can get an additional thousand spirit stones, which is much more generous than the guaranteed reward..."
As time goes by, one and a half hours is very long. It's almost over.
The alien hunters who were on guard around looked at the two prospectors who were still busy and felt that there should be no spirit stone veins here.
As the captain, Chen Jiaquan looked at the sky and found that there were large clouds spreading in the distance.
It is a very bad thing to encounter a rainy day in the wilderness.
"Brother." Chen Jiaxiang came to Chen Jiaquan, "Look at the weather, it may rain soon. Should we return early?"
Chen Jiaquan thought for a moment, then raised his left hand , looked at the watch on his wrist, "The time Master Wang said is coming soon. When the time comes, we will return."
"Yes." Chen Jiaxiang nodded, then turned around and left, Return to your responsible position and alert.
"The instrument is responding!!!" A cry suddenly rang out, and the people on guard immediately looked at the two prospectors.
I saw them looking excited, staring at the equipment in front of them and dancing.
"Did you find the spirit stone vein?" Lin Li said curiously.
"I'll go over and take a look." Wu Kui said quickly, and then walked towards the two prospectors.
Chen Jiaquan came to the front and asked the two prospectors, "Master Wang, have you discovered the Lingshi vein?"
"Yes, according to the feedback from the instrument, there are indeed spirit stone veins here." The older prospector said with a smile.
"And the scale of this spirit stone vein is not small, and it is likely to be medium-sized." The young prospector added with a smile.
Two prospectors dared to risk their lives to explore deep in the wilderness. The weapons company must have promised very generous rewards.
Now that it is confirmed that there is a spirit stone vein here, and it is very likely to be medium-sized, these two prospectors can be said to be the happiest among the group.
"Brother Lin, we are going to make a fortune this time." Wu Kui returned to Lin Li and told the news about the discovery of the spirit stone vein.
"We are really lucky." Lin Li sighed after hearing the good news.
Everyone present was overjoyed, and the next task was to return to the city safely.
The alien hunters who were on guard around them chatted happily, waiting for the two prospectors to pack up their instruments and start their return journey.
“I thought I could only get a guaranteed salary for this trip, but I didn’t expect such a surprising reward.”
“I thought so at the beginning, and now I can get extra when I go back. With a thousand spiritual stones, there will be no shortage of cultivation resources for some time to come.”
"With these thousand spiritual stones, I will practice hard in seclusion."
"You and I have thought together. My cultivation has been stuck in the early stage of the second stage for many years. This time I have these thousand spiritual stones." A spiritual stone should be able to break through to the middle of the second level..."
Just as the alien hunters were talking about returning home, submitting tasks and receiving generous rewards, an abnormality appeared in the swamp not far away.
"Gudong, Gudong, Gudong..."
Many bubbles began to appear in the originally calm water surface. These bubbles were large and small. After they broke, there was a noisy sound.
"Huh..."
A strong wind blew at the scene, and the flowers, plants and trees around the swamp shook violently.
The lush branches and leaves collided with each other, making a very loud rustling sound, which temporarily covered up the noise of the bursting of bubbles in the water.
However, as time passed, the noise of the breaking bubbles in the water became loud enough that it could no longer be covered up.
The alien hunters on the shore heard an unusual noise coming from the swamp not far away, and turned their heads to look.
When they saw many bubbles appearing in the swamp, the smiles on their faces disappeared.
"If there is a situation, everyone should be ready for battle." Chen Jiaquan, the captain, shouted loudly, and the others immediately gathered around the two prospectors who were packing their instruments.
"Wow, wow, wow..."
A large amount of water splashed, and one after another huge creatures surfaced.
“It’s a black-tailed crocodile.” Someone recognized the creature that surfaced at a glance and called out its name.
These black-tailed crocodile beasts that surfaced are seven meters long and covered with thick brown scales. Only their tails are black.
Each scale is shimmering under the sunlight, giving it a metallic texture.
As they approach the shore, the dangerous aura exuding from them makes people's hearts tremble.
“No, there are several black-tailed crocodile alien beasts with the strength of the second and middle stages. Everyone, please retreat quickly.”
Chen Jiaquan’s mental perception detected these black-tailed crocodile alien beasts. The beast was powerful, his expression suddenly changed, and he quickly shouted to his teammates around him.
The black-tailed crocodile that was the first to come ashore swung its tail. The powerful crocodile tail was like a steel whip, raising a cloud of dust as it swung.
“A few instruments have fallen.” The two prospectors were dragged away by the alien hunters and ran away, looking at the fallen instruments and shouting.
“You have to take care of the equipment at this time. If it’s later, you won’t be able to leave.” The other people around him heard this and said in unison.
The two prospectors are not ignorant people. They felt sorry to see these expensive instruments being left behind just now.
At this time, they heard the terrifying roar of the black-tailed crocodile beast that came ashore. It was a pity. They wished they had a few more legs to escape.
"Roar..."
The leading black-tailed crocodile beast saw the humans running away, roared, and led a group of boys to chase after them.
Even though these guys are huge, they feel slow.
Chasing prey and having a delicious meal. Driven by such a huge temptation, the black-tailed crocodile alien beast's running speed continues to increase, getting closer and closer to the alien beast hunters who are fleeing in panic.
"Damn it, these guys are too fast, we can't get rid of them." A strange beast hunter said with a solemn expression.
"Everyone, don't slow down. People with long-range attack methods will attack those strange beasts and slow down their pursuit." Chen Jiaquan quickly issued an order to direct everyone to deal with the current dangerous situation.
"Whoops."
A sharp sound of breaking through the air suddenly sounded. Many alien hunters took out darts from their waists, infused them with spiritual energy and waved their arms to shoot them.
"Ding, ding, ding..."
The dense darts turned into streams of light and flew towards the few black-tailed crocodile beasts running at the front. When these darts hit them, they made a series of crisp collision sounds. They did not hurt the beasts at all, nor did they slow down their pursuit speed.
“How could this happen?” The alien hunter who threw the dart was shocked.
They did not expect that the scales on these black-tailed crocodile beasts would be so hard.
"What should we do now?" Wu Kui said with a pale face.
As the black-tailed crocodile beast chased closer and closer, everyone's expressions became ugly.
"Brother, those strange beasts will catch up soon..." Chen Jiaxiang said anxiously.
As the captain, Chen Jiaquan glanced at the teammates around him. He gritted his teeth and said to his younger brother, "I will stay here to break up the situation, and you can take everyone to a safe place."
After hearing these words, Chen Jiaxiang shook his head quickly, "I'll stay I'll break up with you."
Chen Jiaquan said in a serious tone, "It's nonsense. With your strength, it won't be of much use. There is no need to sacrifice in vain."
"I..." Chen Jiaxiang returned. He wanted to say something more, but was interrupted before he could speak.
"This is an order. Do as I say. I don't want to repeat it to you a second time." Chen Jiaquan said with a serious face.
"..." Chen Jiaxiang was silent for a moment, and then nodded with a painful expression.
Just as the Chen brothers were making their decision, a huge explosion suddenly sounded behind them.
"Boom."
The sudden explosion was deafening, and the scorching air waves spread to all directions. Many black-tailed crocodiles and strange beasts were turned upside down because of the explosion, and the distance from the crowd suddenly widened. .
"What's going on?" The Chen brothers looked at the place where the explosion occurred, their eyes widening in shock.
"Brother Lin, I didn't expect you to awaken such a powerful power!!!"
Wu Kui just witnessed Lin Li rubbing the fireball, and now he sees the alien beast being exploded The people fell on their backs, shocked and surprised.
The Chen brothers and others looked at Lin Li after hearing Wu Kui's exclamation.
"We haven't escaped the pursuit of those strange beasts yet. Don't look at me, and be careful not to fall." Lin Li was not used to being watched by everyone, so he reminded them.
The alien hunters were surprised at Lin Li's strength and awakened powers, but they were all experienced veterans and knew that they should focus on escaping at this time and consider other things after it was safe.
"Roar..."
The leading black-tailed crocodile beast let out an angry roar, and then led his subordinates to chase the humans who were running away with all their strength.
"They are catching up again." Wu Kui shouted when he saw the alien beast chasing after him at a faster speed.
"It doesn't matter, the worst I can do is blow them up a few more times..." Lin Li chuckled, then he raised his hand and snapped his fingers.
"Pa."
Many tiny orange-red flames shot out from between the fingers, and then expanded rapidly in mid-air, becoming the size of a millstone without exception.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."
Under the gaze of everyone, the fireballs surrounding Lin Li's body flew out one after another, heading straight towards the black-tailed crocodile beast that was in hot pursuit. Fly away.
"Roar...!!!"
The leading beast let out a scream, and then quickly avoided an incoming fireball.
Although it dodged the attack of the fireball, the alien beast boy behind it could not.
"Boom, boom, boom..."
After a series of explosions, another group of people fell on their backs.
Except for the black-tailed crocodile alien beast with mid-level second-level strength, which survived, the other alien beast brothers were injured due to the fireball bombardment, and their pursuit speed was directly halved. Some of the alien beast brothers were even more injured. Stopped immediately due to injury.
"One, two...five, six." Lin Li counted the number of black-tailed crocodile beasts that were in the middle of the second level, and Wu Kui said next to him.
“Now that those powerful black-tailed crocodile beasts are on guard, it will be difficult to slow them down by blasting them with fireballs.”
“Yeah, I I don’t think it will be difficult..." Lin Li chuckled.
Then under Wu Kui's gaze, he created several fireballs the size of millstones and threw them at the black-tailed crocodile beast that was chasing after him.
“Boom, boom, boom…”
"Roar..."
The black-tailed crocodile beast with mid-level strength of the second level opened its mouth and roared in a low voice, and quickly moved its body to avoid the incoming fireball.
"I'm right! Now that these strange beasts are on guard, it's hard to hit them with fireballs." As soon as Wu Kui finished speaking, his eyes suddenly widened.
"Boom, boom, boom..."
The fireball that was originally avoided by the alien beasts actually turned a corner and came back, hitting each alien beast, causing terrifying of explosion.
Lin Li glanced at Wu Kui with a smile and heard the other party say with great admiration.
"Brother Lin, you were really amazing at controlling those fireballs to change their direction from a distance..."
"Actually, it's just good luck." Lin Li said modestly.
"But controlling the fireball to change its direction in the air consumes spiritual energy. If those strange beasts continue to pursue you, you will be in trouble." Wu Kui showed a worried expression on his face.
"This little consumption is nothing to me, so you don't have to worry." Lin Li said nonchalantly.
The situation is just as he said. With his current strength, he can control these relatively powerful fireballs from a distance, and the loss of psychic energy is very low.
If the loss is calculated based on time, if the operation continues for most of a day, two-thirds of the spiritual energy in Lin Li's dantian will be left.
"That's it! That's great. As long as we maintain this rhythm, we have a good chance of getting rid of those strange beasts." Wu Kui said happily.
Subsequently, things developed just as he thought.
Several second-stage alien beasts led his younger brother in hot pursuit. Whenever the distance narrowed, Lin Li would bombard them with fireballs, causing the distance between the two sides to widen again.
In the wilderness, powerful beasts have their own territories.
When Lin Li and his party came to a place with rugged terrain and lots of gravel, all the black-tailed crocodile beasts that were chasing after them stopped.
"Brother, those strange beasts have stopped." Chen Jiaxiang said in surprise.
When the other exotic beast hunters saw this, they all smiled happily.
After all, everyone has been chased by these alien beasts for so long, and their physical strength has been exhausted. Now they are tired and panting. Once the alien beasts stop, everyone can find a place to rest.
However, there was no joy on Chen Jiaquan's face. He stopped and talked to his teammates.
“We must have entered the territory of other stronger alien beasts, so those ferocious black-tailed crocodile alien beasts stopped and did not continue to chase us.”
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