Ning Yuan hid behind a giant tree, carefully holding his breath.

He began to rejoice that he had fallen into the water when he had just arrived, and the half-wet novice suit and the lush weeds of the forest had lowered his aura to the point that if he didn't get too close, it wouldn't be noticed by the beasts with ordinary smells.

And in the gap of less than 100 meters in the dense forest where Ning Yuan was hiding, several fierce beasts could now be faintly seen.

Unlike the reality of the stars, where wild creatures are only divided into two categories: beasts and fierce beasts. Although there are also categories of beasts on the Nino continent, they only account for a small part of the beasts on the Nino continent. The absolute majority of the Nino Continent are ordinary fierce beasts collectively known as demon beasts and powerful fierce beasts of above strength.

Fierce, barbaric, desolate, and calamity, the four strength levels plus the two categories of demons and spirits are distinguished, which is the way of cognition of all creatures on the Neno continent except for the intelligent race.

Taking ferocious beasts as an example, not counting those beasts that are harmless to cultivators, although they are collectively referred to as ferocious beasts, they can be divided into four categories according to their danger: ferocious beasts, brute beasts, desolate beasts, and disaster beasts.

To be specific about its dangers, it is necessary to compare the cultivation system of the practitioners.

The cultivation level of the Nino Continent is divided into three levels: heaven, earth and man, and the symbols are the initial condensation of vitality, the formation of steps, and the volley of emptiness. Each rank is divided into three levels, namely soldiers, husbands, captains, colonels, generals, marshals, marquis, kings, and kings. There are three levels and nine levels in total.

Knowing the cultivation level of the cultivator, it is easy to explain the danger of the fierce beast. The fierce beast corresponds to the three levels of cultivator, soldier, husband, and captain, the brute beast corresponds to the third level of captain, school, and general, the desolate beast corresponds to the third level of general, handsome, and marquis, and the disaster beast corresponds to the king level and above.

That's right, fierce beasts, brute beasts, desolate beasts, the upper limit of the lower level is just the same as the lower limit of the upper level, that is to say, the top fierce beast is not weaker than the ordinary brute beast, and the peak brute beast is also not weaker than the ordinary wild beast, the fierce beast, the brute beast, the desolate beast is more of the difference in the upper and lower limits of strength caused by the rank. Only the calamity beast can be said to have surpassed the level of ordinary rank differences, and is more of a complete transcendence of life level and individual strength, and overall power. The Plague Beast is described by the creatures of the Neno Continent as a moving natural disaster, and its lower limit is far beyond the upper limit of the strength that the Desolate Beast can reach. The most powerful calamity beasts are all equivalent to cultivators, Heavenly Rank and King level super powerhouses.

After talking about the comparison of the strength of fierce beasts and cultivators, let's understand a little bit about the difference between fierce beasts and demons and spirits.

During the long and endless years of war with the fierce beasts, the cultivators found that some fierce beasts could be tamed and could achieve some degree of communication, and in order to distinguish them, the cultivators called these fierce beasts that could communicate and tame them spirit beasts, while the other fierce beasts were collectively called demon beasts.

After Ning Yuan recalled the records related to the fierce beasts, he was even more glad that this side north of the Luoning River already belonged to the periphery of the Dragon Blood Great Forest, generally speaking, only demon beasts with the strength of fierce beasts existed, and at the edge there were only beast activities that were not considered fierce beasts. As long as the fierce beast-level demon beasts are not particularly sensitive in smell and perception, or wandering type, generally speaking, the warning area is only within fifty meters, as long as they are not seen and cautious, Ning Yuan has every chance to avoid these demon beasts.

After waiting patiently for about half an hour or so, the screams of the badger-type demon beasts playing in Ning Yuan's ears hidden behind the tree finally disappeared.

After waiting for a while, Ning Yuan cautiously looked into the gap in the dense forest. Sure enough, there were no more demon beasts there.

Confirming that it was safe, Ning Yuan let out a sigh of relief with his left hand on his chest. As a mortal who had not yet cultivated, Ning Yuan was still a little sure of dealing with ordinary beasts with the short spear in his hand, but against any fierce beast, it could be said that he would die in nine deaths.

Even the weakest beast must have a vitality in its body, and with vitality, no matter how weak the beast is, it will inevitably gain the most basic transcendent power. Neither strength nor speed is comparable to that of mortals.

Ning Yuan's right hand holding the short spear tightened, although this thing was useless against fierce beasts, but it was more or less a comfort that was better than nothing. When you're desperate, if you're lucky, it's still somewhat effective.

After climbing up to the treetops again to confirm the direction, Ning Yuan cautiously dived into the distance along a place that was not easy to be detected by the demon beast head-on.

Every quarter or two of an hour, Ning Yuan would climb back to a high place to confirm the general direction, and then carefully avoid the places where he might encounter demon beasts, and secretly walked towards the edge of the dragon's blood forest.

In this way, I repeatedly distinguished the direction, carefully avoided encounters with demon beasts, cautiously confirmed the safety of the environment, and stopped and walked, and when the time came, the surrounding environment became darker and darker.

Climbing up to the treetops again, Ning Yuan looked at the time and direction, and secretly calculated the itinerary, and then found that he had only been able to move less than thirty miles in a whole day. Although you can see the shadow of the mountains in the clouds and mist in the distance, you can still see the dense forest in front of you.

Although the sky outside was still relatively bright, the forest was already visibly dark, and a faint fog began to fill. The rest of the day is clearly not suitable for moving forward.

Ning Yuan sat in the shade of the fork of the tree in a gloomy way, avoiding being spotted by the flying demon birds that were starting to return to their nests above the forest. According to his estimates, the boundary of the Dragon's Blood Great Forest was at least more than one hundred and fifty miles away from where he was now. If we continue to move forward at the pace we have today, it will take at least five days.

The five-day journey time alone is nothing to Ning Yuan, it comes from the education of his family, and he is somewhat sure of surviving in the wild, water and physical strength can be supplemented by wild fruits that can be seen everywhere in the dense forest, and as long as the luck is not bad, he may be able to survive the daytime.

The key is the night.

The night of the Dragon's Blood Forest is obviously an active period for demon beast activities, there is no need to think about open fire heating, even flame stones cannot be used, any light source in the dark environment is a constant target to attract demon beasts to attack.

What's worse is that, as far as Ning Yuan observed, the night of the Dragon's Blood Great Forest was accompanied by heavy fog, and it was likely that there would be rain in the forest.

It is now the last lunar season, that is, spring, just after the month of Yin (March), and it is still the season when everything grows and the spring is cold and not warm.

The Dragon's Blood Great Forest was originally dense and dense, and the temperature was much lower than that of the outside world, although Ning Yuan's novice suit had dried up the time to inspect the location, he still felt a little cold when he walked in the dense forest. This is the case during the day when the light of the crown is at its peak at noon, so you can imagine how low the temperature of the Dragon's Blood Great Forest will be after dark.

To be honest, even if the frost began to condense in the forest at the end of the day, Ning Yuan would not feel the slightest strangeness.

Under such circumstances, Ning Yuan can't light a fire to keep warm, can't have a trace of relaxation and relaxation, and can't even move casually, and must always remain hidden and vigilant. Because he couldn't see his fingers in the dense foggy forest at night, Ning Yuan could only rely on his hearing and limited perception to probe the movements around him. And during the active period when the nocturnal demon beasts foraged for food, Ning Yuan could encounter unpredictable dangers even if he missed even a little movement.

If it was just one day, Ning Yuan would have survived and it would have passed, but such days were at least five days, and Ning Yuan obviously felt hopeless.

The novice suit is not a warm suit, and it is enough to choke on such a wet and cold night when you can't make a fire. Five days? That's going to die.

It is not possible to move even in a small area, squinting and resting for a while is a luxury, and it is necessary to maintain mental tension and concentration throughout the whole process, and the body is on alert at all times to spend at least a day on such a wet and cold night. Five days? It's better to be dead.

Thinking about it, Ning Yuan felt that he was facing a desperate situation and a death situation.

Although Ning Yuan's physique is good, staying up in such an environment for a night is at most sick, but he will definitely die in five days. It may not take more than five days, and tomorrow there is a possibility that he will die in the mouth of the beast because of the disease.

"No, I can't. You have to find an environment where you can rest quietly, otherwise you will only end up in a dead end. Ning Yuan, who frowned, said to himself resolutely.

Taking advantage of the fact that the surrounding environment could still be seen for the time being, Ning Yuan quickly jumped off the tree, and after a little inspection, he cautiously and quickly touched it in one direction.

After carefully probing for half an hour, and fearfully dodging a few nocturnal demon beasts that had gone out to forage in advance, Ning Yuan finally found an environment where he could barely shelter before it was completely dark.

This is an ancient tree that is obviously more than several thousand years old, and it seems to belong to the same genus as the big bag tree in the reality of the stars. The big bag tree is also called the empty bag tree, because the trunk is thin and thick, and the bottom is thick and swollen like a bag and hollow. It is a natural dwelling for some homeless people in reality.

Whether this ancient tree is an empty bag tree or not, Ning Yuan is not sure, but it is a fact that the trunk is swollen. Ning Yuan estimated that at least 20 people would have to hold hands and circle in a circle to hug. As for whether the trunk is hollow, you have to dig it to know.

Ning Yuan chose this tree not only because the trunk of this tree was the thickest and largest among the surrounding trees, which looked like an empty tree, but also because it was next to a huge rock with a height of one foot next to this ancient tree. The folds of the boulder form a concave angle with the ancient wood, which is a natural hiding place. Even this angle alone can save Ning Yuan a lot of vigilance energy.

The fog began to get thicker and heavier, feeling the coldness getting heavier and heavier, Ning Yuan didn't delay any longer, holding the joint of the head of the short gun, the tail of the gun against the rock wall, and digging along the face of the boulder and the ancient wood.

Because of the limited space, the tail of the gun and the rock wall will bump into each other from time to time, and it is difficult for the head of the gun to exert force, and the excavation project is more difficult than expected. If it weren't for Ning Yuan's preparation of taking off his shirt and wrapping the tail of the gun, the sound of the collision between the short gun and the rock wall might have been heard far away in this quiet environment.

Faintly visible in the sky, less than half a foot in visibility, and then unable to see his fingers under the fog, Ning Yuan finally dug a gap in the trunk that he could squeeze into sideways after two hours of hard work.

Ning Yuan stretched out his hand to probe, and breathed a sigh of relief in the dark.

The ancient tree is indeed the same as the empty bag tree, and the trunk is hollow. Two hours of hard work were in vain.

Ning Yuan put away the short spear and squeezed sideways into the tree hole, carefully took out the flame stone in his waist pocket, and lightly touched the wall of the tree hole, and the flame stone lit up.

Stretching forward the left hand holding the flame stone, the environment in the tree hole appeared in front of Ning Yuan's eyes in the slightly dim light. Although the tree hole was not as large as expected, it was enough for two or three people to lie down and rest.

(Four lunar seasons: The four seasons of the stars are divided into upper lunar seasons according to the form of the two moons volleying at the same time: spring, the first quarter moon of the lunar month, the second quarter moon of the lunar month, the second quarter of the lunar month (Yin, Mao, Chen March), the lunar season: the full moon of the lunar season, the new moon of the lunar new moon (巳, noon, Wei), the lunar season: the last quarter moon of the lunar month, the first quarter of the lunar month (Shen, 酉, 戌), the lunar season: the new moon of the lunar month, the full moon of the lunar month (Hai, Zi, Chou). There are only five times in the year when the two moons are in the sky at the same time, four of which are the opening days of the season, and the fifth is from noon on the last day of the month to noon on the first day of the sub-month. ）