Chapter 41: The First Day, Watching the Fire from the Other Shore (Part I)
Nineteen teams, one hundred and eighty-six people.
"Next, you will face a fifteen-day hunt. During these fifteen days, no one will go in and disturb your hunting, as we will be guarding the edge of the Aoki Forest. Alright hunters, let's all go in!" At the sound of the order, the hunters in the team rushed to the entrance of the Aoki Forest, like a swarm of bees out of their nests. Qin Chen held Mu Li's wrist tightly, as if he was afraid that the surging flow of people would wash her away, and when the people in his team were almost inside, Qin Chen took Mu Li's little hand unhurriedly and walked into the Aoki Forest......
"I didn't expect to return to the Aoki Forest, where I have lived for ten years, Luo Longchuan, are they funny? I know that the hunters in Aoki Town, which is dependent on the Aoki Forest, know the Aoki Forest well, and they chose the location here, which is obviously taking care of us. After entering the forest, Mu Li couldn't help but sarcastically talk about the person who was preparing for this competition, and it was only in front of Qin Chen that she dared to make such a mistake, if there was one more person here, even if that person was Mo Lixuan, she wouldn't dare to speak like this.
"Let's summon our contract wind wolf first. Before the words fell, Qin Chen took out the temporary contract he had just received, and with a slight flicker, a white light flashed out suddenly, and then, a wind wolf more than two meters tall appeared in front of Qin Chen's eyes out of thin air from the white light.
Temporary contract, with the parchment scroll engraved with the two alchemy arrays of "blockade" and "enslavement", any first-order demonic beast is blocked, and the demonic beast is brainwashed and enslaved for people to drive.
After the wind wolf appeared out of thin air, he did not have the instinct to raise his head and howl, but instead prostrate himself on the ground, showing weakness to Qin Chen. Even Mu Li, who has dealt with the wind wolf many times, can't help but be surprised by this abnormal behavior, but this is the first time that Mu Li has seen the wind wolf, who has always been proud of his head, put on such a humble posture, and it is to kowtow to a hunter who mainly hunts demonic beasts to show weakness, and it is really ordinary people to have such a reaction.
"Is there a spider nearby, can you come over for a while?" With Qin Chen's call, a circle of invisible ripples appeared in the space, slowly rippling towards the distance. For a while, the nearby treetops moved without wind, and a beautiful "rustle" sound sounded.
"Rustle~"
Suddenly, a black creature descended from the sky and landed steadily on Qin Chen's head, and the two front stings kept dancing, as if they were talking to Qin Chen.
Mu Li looked at the strange scene in front of him dumbfounded, and suddenly found that he didn't know anything about Qin Chen, who had been with him for ten years, and even what he knew was just a surface. Thinking of this, Mu Li couldn't help but feel weak. "What about the physique with life attributes, before becoming a mortal cultivator, it is not the same, it cannot be compared to Sister Chen'er!"
As if sensing Mu Li's thoughts, Qin Chen couldn't help but laugh out loud, and only after a long time did he say, "Are you surprised? Hehe, this is my sister's soul power." Sister is not like you have an attribute physique, but fortunately, the soul strength can be regarded as tough, and she can use the power of the soul like Bubu to a certain extent, well, just like this, but it can only be a small animal. The little spider lying on Qin Chen's head seemed to want to prove the truth of what Qin Chen said, and stroked the two front stings up and down, which was so cute that it made Mu Li laugh.
"Alright, Xiaoli, summon your wind wolf too. ”
"Good. After eliminating the misunderstanding, Mu Li seemed more well-behaved and obedient, firstly, Mu Li himself regarded Qin Chen as his idol, and secondly, even if Qin Chen didn't take the misunderstanding to heart, Mu Li was still a little reluctant to lose face. Mu Li casually raised his hand, and another wind wolf appeared out of thin air from the white light, and the huge wind wolf lay on the ground, like a slave offering the most sincere respect to his master, extremely humble.
"Go ahead and ask them if they want to be free again. With an order, the little spider lying on Qin Chen's head suddenly stood up, jumped slightly, jumped up from Qin Chen's head, and landed steadily on the head of the wind wolf summoned by Qin Chen. I saw the two wind wolves lying on the ground looking at each other for a while, letting out a slight low roar, nodding for a while, closing their eyes, and the spider that landed on the head of the wind wolf also danced and stinged from time to time. The two wolves and a spider communicated silently like this.
Although this silent communication has passed for a long time, the wind wolf spider in front of them has no intention of stopping the communication, watching the sun climb into the sky bit by bit, and the dazzling sunlight is projected through the gap between the treetops in a daze, Qin Chen and Mu Li have to jump up to the leafy treetops to avoid the scorching sun in the summer season.
"Obviously it's just asking it to ask a question, can it take so long? It's better than Xiao Hei!" Qin Chen said as he took out two steamed buns from his backpack, threw one of them to Mu Li, and swallowed the steamed buns in his hand like a jujube. "Well, why don't you eat it? I got up early this morning and made it, and although it's not so fluffy now, it can barely fill my stomach. If you don't think it's soft enough, use it. With that, Qin Chen picked up his backpack again, took out a leather bag from it, and handed it to Mu Li.
"Sister Chen'er, why did you bring everything? Mu Li took the leather bag, pulled out the stopper, and poured some water into the steamed bun in his hand. "Also, why did we release our Wind Wolves? Obviously, in the Aoki Forest, the Wind Wolves are the most suitable for mounting. ”
Hearing Mu Li's question, Qin Chen just smiled slightly. At this time, the conversation under the tree had also come to an end, Qin Chen didn't say anything, just tore the two temporary contracts that blocked the first-order wind wolf into pieces, threw them casually, turned into flying debris in the sky, and let the breeze blow it. The two freed wind wolves raised their heads excitedly, then happily chased each other back into the forest.
"Because a first-order demonic beast will never be an opponent of a third-order demonic beast or even a fourth-order demonic beast. If we were single-handedly now, we would only be the opponents of the first-order peak demonic beasts, and in the case of a sneak attack. The reason why we were able to defeat the King of the Wind Wolf last time was only because of its carelessness and contempt for the enemy, as well as the tacit cooperation between us and Lixuan, if it had the intention of killing at that time, then the three of us must never wake up. ”
Looking at Mu Li's unbelievable expression, Qin Chen took the leather bag in Mu Li's hand, poured himself a sip of water, and then said: "Mr. Bryce once assessed the strength gap between Warcraft and humans like me, the first-order Warcraft is equivalent to our group of professionals who have no natural power, the second-order Warcraft is a professional who is allowed to use the ring of the 'Natural Contract' after changing classes, but the third-order Warcraft has the strength of a cultivator between the mortal level and the mortal body level. The temporary contract distributed to us is just blocking a first-order demonic beast, the Wind Wolf, if it is used as a mount, then wouldn't the body skills that we hunters know a little redundant? Let's just take it as useful, so does the Wind Wolf know where the 'Luo Zi Badge' is hiding? Let's just say that when the Wind Wolf was forcibly instilled with the specific location of the 'Luo Zi Badge' when it was blocked, then why did the Wind Wolf just lie on the ground instead of going to the place where the 'Luo Zi Badge' is located when we summoned the Wind Wolf just now? Well, it's because we haven't ridden it yet, but there are a full ten people coming in from Entrance 17, and the nearest 'Luo Zi Badge' from here has been known by the Wind Wolf, once the hunter rides the Wind Wolf, then the other eight hunters except us will be taken to the same place by the Wind Wolf, what do you think of the result?"
"Fighting, fighting to get the 'Luo Zi Badge'. Mu Li is not a fool, after Qin Chen mentioned it slightly, he immediately understood what would happen next, but, "But we can hide in the tree before we arrive and reap the profits!" Mu Li didn't fully understand Qin Chen's intentions, but subconsciously felt that no one would find out if he hid in the tree.
"This hunting tournament is the only hunting tournament that does not limit the hunter's rank. In other words, among the 186 people who participated in the competition, there will be post-career hunters, that is, those who are above the middle level or even the king level. This also explains why we all have to receive a designated 'Nature Contract', which is to provide an excuse for the Hunter to use the power of nature, although Xiao Li, who has an attribute constitution, can also use it. Qin Chen pointed to the ring of 'Natural Contract' on the index finger of his right hand, and did not take his attributeless physique seriously, smiling and saying his opinion.
"Then, wouldn't we be able to pass this race if we are just beginners?"
"No, don't think too badly of yourself, according to my guess, those 'Luo badges' won't be easily obtained by everyone, even the forest hunters and killers of the royal rank. Because there are several forbidden places in the Aoki Forest that we are not allowed to approach within a hundred miles during the seclusion training, and the hundred 'Luo Zi Badges' are probably in the forbidden land or a place with a similar danger to the forbidden land, of course, it may also be the source of the Hundred Insect Spring in the forest or under the roots of the giant tree, in short, everything is possible. Qin Chen smiled and comforted Mu Li, who was a little timid, and jokingly pulled some of the things that were not, which made Mu Li laugh.
"Okay, now what we're going to do is watch the fire from the other side. There will definitely be some contestants who don't know the depth of the first time to summon the wind wolf, and look everywhere for the location of the 'Luo Zi Badge', through the communication just now, I got only one information, that is, the blocked wind wolf, the memory of the danger of this forest has been marked as a safe area, that is, they may be led by the wind wolf to step into a deadly danger zone. So, we just need to watch the fire from the other side and go to the places where the birds are flying to see if there is a 'Luo badge', and I'm sure there will be a lot of like-minded competitors along the way." Saying this, Qin Chen's pupils flickered unconsciously, and there was nowhere to hide his excitement.
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"Lord of the city, how was the way to place the badge?"
"It's okay, but thanks to the fact that I placed it myself, my personal guard would have been damaged a lot, and I wouldn't have known that there were so many unbelievable places in this seemingly harmless Aoki forest...... Hehehe, now the competition looks good, how many people should be able to pass the competition? It's only the first day, and everyone who is a little smart should be waiting for the rabbit, right? But if they are all smart people, then this competition can't continue. ”
"I think it's all exactly what you say, my lord. ”