Chapter 47
Gu Fan controlled his flying boots to avoid the attack of a B-level rock wolf, and at the same time used the golden sword technique to fly towards another rock wolf.
The rock wolf was unable to dodge and the golden sword hit its abdomen. However, the rock-like scales were too strong for the golden sword to penetrate and turned invisible.
"The rock wolf's weakness is its eyes, so aim carefully."
Xinghe, who was fighting with the A-level Rock Wolf King in the distance, shouted a warning.
This time, the team encountered a pack of over fifty rock wolves, including two A-level wolves, a male and a female, and the rest were all B-level. The rock wolves were too defensive, so Xinghe, Fenghuo, Meng Lianying, and Qingteng each took on the Wolf King and his wife in pairs, taking out a few B-level wolves in between battles. Now, there were still over twenty B-level rock wolves surrounding Gu Fan, pouncing, biting, or releasing earth spikes.
Fortunately, Gu Fan had flying boots, otherwise it would have been difficult for him to persist for so long on his own.
The rock wolves dodged at an incredible speed, and even though Gu Fan's accuracy was very good, it was still difficult for him to hit their eyes.
Gu Fan deliberately exposed a flaw, and the three rock wolves saw it, turned around and pounced on her at the same time.
Gu Fan condensed her spiritual power, and when the three wolves were only one meter away from her, she suddenly released a rain of swords. Each spiritual golden sword was only three inches long and flew towards the three wolf heads at lightning speed.
With the sound of the flying boots' engines starting up, Gu Fan returned to mid-air. Looking down, he saw a wolf lying dead on the ground, a wolf with one eye blinded, howling miserably, and the others...
Gu Fan dodged suddenly and avoided a wave of earth spikes.
In fact, Gu Fan had the A-class machine gun given by Lu Ying, and other hot weapons exchanged from the city hall with merit points. It was not difficult to kill these rock wolves with the advantage of flying. But she came out this time for experience, including honing her attack methods. As long as she was safe, she could not take shortcuts.
The battle between Qingteng and Fenghuo ended first. Seeing that Gu Fan could handle it, he went to help Xinghe and Meng Lianying deal with the Wolf King.
There are also differences in defense and attack strength between A-level monsters, and this wolf king is one of the difficult ones to deal with.
Fortunately, there is only one wolf king in each wolf pack, and there won’t be more than a dozen wolf kings like sturgeon sharks.
Before the wolf king was killed by the four people, Gu Fan killed three more rock wolves and wanted to take advantage of the opportunity. When the remaining rock wolves saw that the wolf king was dead, they turned around and tried to escape.
Xinghe and his four companions took action and easily killed the escaping rock wolf.
Gu Fan was sweating profusely, his face flushed, and most of his spiritual power had been consumed.
Xinghe said: "Rest here for an hour."
Gu Fan immediately seized the opportunity to practice.
The mountains and forests are full of spiritual energy, and with her companions guarding them for her, Gu Fan has no distractions.
She sat cross-legged, her black hair simply tied behind her head, revealing a flawless white face with long drooping eyelashes, an otherworldly look.
Fenghuo whispered to Meng Lianying, "If Fanfan put on ancient costume and suddenly appeared in this deep forest, she would really look like a fairy."
Meng Lianying: "Come on, there are weeds and branches everywhere. You're not even bothered by the skirt. Are you posing for a photo?"
Fenghuo: "Fanfan can fly, but which fairy walks on her feet?"
Meng Lianying: "If you fly up, you'll become a target for the bird monster."
Fenghuo: "...Aren't you curious about what Fanfan looks like in ancient costume? When Fanfan first came, you were the most attentive to her."
Meng Lianying: "Fanfan is my cousin's girlfriend. I advise you to give up on her as soon as possible."
Fenghuo: "First, my feelings towards Fanfan are purely friendship. Second, the story between Fanfan and Mr. Lu is fake."
Meng Lianying: "Do you think my cousin looks fake?"
Fenghuo fell silent. Even a hero cannot resist the temptation of a beautiful woman. Young Master Lu must have been deeply in love with her. He was still the kind of person who would rather endure the endless pain of lovesickness than let her go free.
An hour later, Gu Fan's spiritual power had recovered to 70% to 80%.
Let’s continue our journey.
Ahead was Chang City. To the south lay a mine, full of nonferrous metals. Xinghe decided to head there first to see if he could collect some ore. This area to the west was likely unexplored. If they could fill their space cores with supplies ahead of time, they could return to base and then proceed to City C.
After encountering several waves of monsters, the five people finally arrived near the mine at dusk.
The mining site was littered with rusty construction vehicles and loaded trucks. Some of the trucks had been knocked over by the monsters, spilling ore all over the ground, while others remained stationary.
There are two rows of houses next to the mining site. Most of them have collapsed, but only a few are still habitable.
Fenghuo said disdainfully, "It's so tattered, it's better to set up a tent."
Xinghe said: "It's getting dark, let's set up the tent here and go down tomorrow."
Most monsters like to come out at night, which is not a suitable time for people with special abilities to go exploring.
The five of them quickly set up a large tent and rested separately.
At six o'clock the next day, when it was just getting light, Gu Fan gave each of the four people a fasting pill. After they had "eaten their fill", they headed to the mining area below.
There are abundant minerals here, so why waste time eating boxed lunches when you are busy?
The mining area is scattered with a large amount of ores that were just mined that year but had no time to be processed or transported out. Xinghe is responsible for loading the ores into the crystal core, while Gu Fan and the other three are alert to possible monsters that may appear around them.
Two hours later, all the ore outside was collected.
Meng Lianying said to a nearby mountain peak that had been partially shaved off, "I can sense there's a lot of metal ore in there. Do you want to get it out?"
Mining was something that both he and Taishan were very good at.
Xinghe looked at Gu Fan: "Fanfan, take a look first to see if there are any high-level monsters in there."
The five people walked all the way to the steep stone wall of the mine. Standing at this position, Gu Fan's spiritual sense could penetrate a hundred meters inside.
To be on the safe side, Gu Fan flew around the mine, including a survey of an area a hundred meters underground, but found no living creatures.
After landing, Gu Fan nodded to Meng Lianying.
Meng Lianying chuckled and used his special abilities to continuously dig out the metal ore inside. He dug, Xinghe collected, and Gu Fan and the other two remained vigilant.
A small number of monsters came over following the scent and were easily killed by them.
"Four-fifths left." Meng Lianying informed everyone of the progress while mining.
Fenghuo: "This mountain is amazing. It looks ordinary, but it actually stores so many minerals. If all the minerals are put in, how much space will be left?"
Xinghe: "Even if the entire mine was put in there, it would still take up less than one-fifth of the total space."
Fenghuo was about to laugh, but when he remembered that the crystal core was left by Taishan, his smile froze on his face.
Everyone thought of Mount Tai, and silence quietly spread. Just when Fenghuo wanted to liven up the atmosphere, the entire ground suddenly shook.
Fenghuo's body froze, and he looked at Xinghe: "Is it my illusion? Or is there really going to be an earthquake?"
Xinghe is looking after Gu Fan.
Gu Fan probed underground with his spiritual sense, but still found no living creatures. Just as he was beginning to wonder, a layer of ore at a depth of 70 meters suddenly and slowly arched upwards. The real ore was arched aside, revealing the shape of the back of some giant creature!
A monster of this size must be S-level!
Not to mention the attack of the S-level monster, just the speed, except for her who has S-level flying boots, the four people of Xinghe have no chance of escaping!
Can't escape, can only hide!
Gu Fan made a prompt decision and took out a beast-avoiding pill and divided it into five equal parts.
The five of them obeyed the order tacitly and activated their flying boots at the same time to fly back the way they came. Just when they flew about two hundred meters, they suddenly heard a loud noise of a mountain exploding behind them, accompanied by an angry roar of a beast!
The five people turned around at the same time and saw a huge monster taller than the mine standing up, with a pair of dark eyes looking straight in the direction of the five people.
“Follow me!”
Xinghe shouted loudly, and before he finished speaking, he had already landed towards the forest below.
Gu Fan and four others followed closely behind.
Just as the five figures disappeared into the woods, a golden light suddenly swept towards them. Not only the trees on the ground, but the entire forest's ground was shaved off by the golden light. The figures were knocked into the air by the golden light and then fell to the ground in unison.
The banging sounds continued for more than ten minutes before finally subsiding.
Under a fallen tree, the green vine carefully controlled its branches and leaves to continue growing, blocking the gaps and perfectly covering the five people.
Because they were wearing A-class armor and were bearing the aftermath of the S-class monster's attack, the five of them did not suffer any skin injuries. Gu Fan was shocked to the point of wanting to vomit blood, but he swallowed it back because he was afraid that the smell of blood would attract the giant pangolin.
The green vine quietly healed Gu Fan's injuries.
The five of them held their breath.
The earth began to shake again. It was obvious that the S-level pangolin had no intention of easily giving up the humans who disturbed its sleep and stole its ore.
Gu Fan's beast-avoiding pill can ensure that the five people will not be smelled by the pangolin, but if the pangolin conducts a carpet search, it is only a matter of time before the five people are found.
Gu Fan expressed her guilt with her eyes. If she had observed more carefully, she might have discovered the pangolin.
Xinghe shook his head. Even without Gu Fan, they would still be able to collect ore. Without the beast-avoiding pills, they would have died just now.
Fenghuo mouthed, "What do we do now?"
Xinghe: "Wait."
If we go out now, we will definitely be attacked by pangolins. If we wait any longer, the pangolins may not have the patience to search such a large area.
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On a road about ten kilometers away from the mine, the team led by Lu Ya suddenly stopped at the same time.
The roar of beasts coming from afar was full of anger and threats.
"S-level." He Jing expressed his judgment without hesitation.
"S-class monsters are at the top of the food chain, and they can be enraged. Could it be that two S-class monsters are fighting?"
"There's only one beast roar. It sounds more like a superpowered being has intruded into the territory of an S-class monster."
"It seems to be in the direction of the mine. Someone with special abilities has gone mining before us!"
Everyone was speculating, and Lu Ya suddenly said, "I'll go take a look. You guys wait here and act accordingly."
He Jing frowned. "Although you're also S-class, there are too many S-class monsters unknown to humans. Our destination is City C. If we really encounter an S-class monster, we'll have to fight it. It's best not to provoke it if we can avoid it."
Lu Ya: "I can judge the risk level."
After saying that, the man took off into the air and flew towards the mine.
He Jing looked at his back worriedly.
Sheng Xi suddenly smiled and teased, "Captain He, do you want to go over and take a look?"
He Jing glanced at him coldly.
Sheng Xi ignored it and maintained an elegant smile: "We all understand Captain He's concern for Captain Lu, but I still have to remind you that Captain Lu has a girlfriend. Even though she ran away, our Captain Lu still misses her."
He Jing was too lazy to talk to Sheng Xi. She just glanced at Lu Yao and expressed her meaning with her eyes: Is a man of this kind worth you giving up the dignity of an A-level strongman?
Lu Yao lowered her eyes, her fists clenched so tightly that veins popped out on the backs of her fair and delicate hands.
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