The atmosphere was already somewhat eerie, and Chi Luan's sudden shout startled even Lu Yuan.

Especially since this girl was right next to him, she almost deafened him.

"Hey lady, can you stop being so jumpy? Otherwise, I'll be scared to death before we even encounter any monsters," Lu Yuan said, picking at his ear with a helpless expression.

"It's true! Something really scratched my shoulder just now, it was sharp, like a human fingernail..."

Chi Luan's delicate features furrowed in fear as she recalled the events, and she immediately summoned the Flame Bird from her Beast Taming Space.

The scorching heat hit us, and the surrounding grass was instantly ignited.

"Hey, hey, what are you doing!"

Lu Yuan rushed forward and extinguished the fire. "We're in the woods! Did you summon the firebird to burn us both to death here?!"

"But……"

Chi Luan hesitated before speaking, glancing around warily.

See here.

Lu Yuan shook his head helplessly and reached out to tear a vine from the branch above her head.

"This is what grabbed your shoulder earlier. It looks like a grass vine, but it's long dead and I can't tell the specific species. But I'm sure it's not dangerous, otherwise it would have dragged you away already, instead of letting you shout here."

Chi Luan looked up at the tree branch above her head and found that it was covered with many withered vines, but nothing else.

"I was too nervous."

Chi Luan's cheeks were slightly flushed.

She believed herself to be stronger than her peers, but she never expected to be so frightened by a withered vine that she screamed and even summoned a firebird.

Most importantly, it was incredibly embarrassing in front of Lu Yuan!

"It's always better to be careful. There are an unusually large number of monster corpses around, and there's a possibility of danger. However, firebirds are prone to causing fires, so let me handle this."

Lu Yuan threw away the vines in his hand and summoned Xiao Yi from the Beast Taming Space.

Looking at the incomparably beautiful girl before him, Chi Luan stared in shock.

"This is your tamed beast?!"

“That’s right.” Lu Yuan nodded calmly, then said to Xiao Yi, “Xiao Yi, pay attention to your surroundings. If you find any danger, tell me immediately.”

"Eee!"

Upon receiving the order, Xiao Yi immediately looked around warily.

Chi Luan was even more shocked when she saw Xiao Yi walk to the back.

Everyone else's tamed beasts are all kinds of beasts, so why did Lu Yuan's turn into a beautiful and charming girl?

Moreover, it seems to have awakened an extremely high level of intelligence.

There was no need to sense the contract to fully understand the orders given by Lu Yuan.

This is absolutely unbelievable!

But then she felt something was off again, and the awkwardness she felt when she first met Lu Yuan resurfaced.

"Where exactly did things go wrong?" Chi Luan muttered to herself.

"Alright, let's hurry on our way. This forest looks extremely vast, and we don't know how long it will take to get out. We should try to get out before dark." Lu Yuan didn't want to waste any more time here, so he turned around and walked quickly into the depths of the forest.

Seeing this, Chi Luan didn't have time to think carefully and quickly followed.

Along the way, Chi Luan picked up a few herbs and gave them to the pharmacist to refine into many useful medicines.

Lu Yuan showed little interest in this.

After seeing all sorts of enhancement items sold in the system shop, he had no interest in the medicines made by ordinary pharmacists. Wouldn't it be better to just buy them directly from the shop?

It's economical and affordable, and the effects are many times stronger!

They continued walking for an unknown amount of time.

Chi Luan stopped and rubbed her calves, her whole little face scrunched up.

"Lu Yuan, I'm tired. Let's rest for a while."

Lu Yuan looked up at the sky, nodded and said, "Okay, you sit here for a while, I'll go see if there's anything to eat around here."

He hadn't rested since escaping the lava cave, and after hearing what Chi Luan said, he suddenly felt both tired and hungry.

But this jungle is very strange.

Despite the seemingly lush and fragrant vegetation, he searched for a long time but couldn't find a single rabbit.

Just then, a scream suddenly came from not far away.

Hearing the commotion, Lu Yuan immediately took Xiao Yi and ran back.

Beneath a giant tree that would take several people to encircle, the Crimson Phoenix was bound by a large number of vines and being dragged up the tree.

The firebird desperately tried to burn the vines, but there were just too many vines. As soon as one batch was burned, another batch would appear, endlessly, and it was impossible to save its master.

"Ah!! Lu Yuan, help!"

Upon seeing Lu Yuan return, Chi Luan cried out for help as if she had found a lifeline.

"Hold on!"

Lu Yuan pulled out the machete he had prepared beforehand and rushed forward without saying a word, with Xiao Yi following closely behind him.

With the help of Lu Yuan and Xiao Yi, the battle situation immediately turned around.

Lu Yuan swiftly cut a gap around the Crimson Phoenix.

"Now! Moltres, burn it!"

Upon hearing Lu Yuan's command, the firebird cried out and immediately released a burst of intense flames, instantly burning the surrounding vines to ashes.

Lu Yuan seized the opportunity and rescued Chi Luan from the vines.

"Phew! Thank you!"

Having narrowly escaped death, Chi Luan looked at the wildly dancing vines on the tree with lingering fear and sincerely thanked Lu Yuan.

"Be careful! This is never going to end, or you'll get caught again!"

Lu Yuan's expression was serious as he stared at the vines on the tree while also keeping a watchful eye on his surroundings.

These vines are very strange. He hadn't sensed any presence from them before, and he didn't know if they would sprout from somewhere else.

Upon hearing this...

Chi Luan's nerves, which had just relaxed slightly, tensed up again.

"These vines are terrifying; we're no match for them. Should we leave now?"

Lu Yuan stood still, not moving an inch. "Why would we leave? It's delivered itself to our doorstep; we can't let it go so easily!"

Chi Luan exclaimed in surprise, "You don't mean you want to destroy it? Impossible!"

Why not?

Lu Yuan remained indifferent.

Normally, he would probably turn around and run away when faced with something like this.

But now that the Moltres is here, it's a natural counter to these vines. With careful coordination, he's 70% confident he can completely eliminate them!

Most importantly.

The presence of vines of this caliber in this area indicates that there must be treasure nearby!

Even for the sake of the treasure, he cannot leave!

As the two were talking, a vine suddenly shot out from behind Chi Luan.

"careful!"

Lu Yuan quickly pulled her over and swung his machete at the same time, snapping the vine in two.

"Lu Yuan, look around!"

Chi Luan's voice trembled slightly, and her eyes held a hint of fear.

hiss!

Lu Yuan followed her gaze and couldn't help but gasp as well.

Good heavens!

What kind of epic disaster movie is this?!