"It seems that this is not a secret place with 100% explosive materials."

When Lu Ran saw that this Blade Mantis not only did not drop the "Mantis Blade" but also did not drop the "Mantis Feather", he couldn't help but sigh.

Without these two, high-level resources like "Blade Grass" are naturally nowhere to be found.

That’s right. If it were a rich woman and even had “blade-shaped grass”, it wouldn’t have to eat the male mantis.

"This story warns us that we should look for a partner who is rich and powerful." Lu Ran taught Mr. Ha, otherwise, he would be eaten up without knowing it.

"Uh?" Mr. Ha showed a puzzled expression. Should we find it or not? Didn't you just say that it would affect my sword speed? "You should look at things from both sides. A rich woman will only give you a stronger sword." Lu Ran coughed dryly and said, "Let's go. Next, we will look for those blade mantises that have their own fixed territories and guard the 'Blade Grass'."

"Don't be careless. Even though this is only level 9, it should be considered the weakest among the group. It doesn't even have any skills."

"Woof!"

Next, Lu Ran put on the divine deer pendant and continued to go deeper with Mr. Ha.

Lu Ran walked on the left and Mr. Ha walked on the right, and the two sides moved forward in sync.

In the Mantis Jungle Secret Realm, since the wild monsters are all "solitary", you only need to do 1V1. In a sense, it is simpler than dealing with social creatures.

However, this secret realm has a hidden mechanism, which is that the strongest BOSS has erratic whereabouts and no fixed location.

It only has a chance to appear after killing a certain number of ordinary Blade Mantises.

Therefore, the challenger still has to face a round-robin battle and consume a lot of physical strength first.

For those beast taming teams who simply want to get rich instantly by clearing the level materials, this is undoubtedly a very troublesome step.

But Lu Ran didn't care. His goal was to harvest as many resources as possible. His wallet didn't allow him to look down on ordinary materials.

However, during this process, Lu Ran must find a way to keep Mr. Ha in as good a condition as possible throughout the whole process, otherwise it would be very difficult when he encounters the BOSS and has no energy to use skills.

"It's great to have silly kids like those on Pluto who have no shortage of crystal coins...By the way, can I also exchange my cash into crystal coins? I feel like it's useless to keep so much cash..." Lu Ran thought about the inheritance left by his parents.

He felt that if he had a savings of 5 million, he could live a comfortable life, and if he had more, he could buy some luxury goods, but he didn't have that need.

If I die in the secret realm, it will be a good deal for the bank, Lu Ran was thinking about it, when Mr. Ha suddenly wrinkled his nose and his eyes lit up.

"Ao!" It quickly called out to Lu Ran.

It has fragrance, it has weirdness, and it has resources!

"Let's go!" Lu Ran gave an order, and Mr. Ha immediately ran ahead to lead the way. Soon, they found a blade-shaped grass not far away.

It was green, blade-shaped grass.

Lu Ran threw out a "Great Identification Technique".

【Name】：Blade grass

[Level]: Advanced [Introduction]: Immature blade grass. Eating it can enhance the cutting properties of energy. The effect will be doubled when it matures.

Lu Ran and Ha were very happy to find the blade-shaped grass, but things did not go so smoothly. Soon, on the tree next to the blade-shaped grass, with a "swish" sound, a blade mantis standing on the tree trunk appeared, tearing apart the leaves.

"Sha!!!" It had a bad expression on its face.

This male Blade Mantis is level 10, with a pair of extremely sharp scythes. Its weapons are larger than the previous two, and its body is covered with battle scars, symbolizing its experience in many battles. It looks very difficult to deal with.

After it appeared, it did not launch an attack immediately, but waved its sickle to warn Lu Ran and others to leave.

It is waiting for the blade grass to mature and does not want to create any trouble at this critical moment.

"Boss Ha, prepare for battle." Lu Ran naturally couldn't leave like this. Wild resources belong to the capable! "Woo!" Boss Ha took a step forward, approaching the opponent, determined to get the blade-shaped grass.

Seeing this, the blade mantis on the tree was very decisive. It swung its sickle and a wind blade flew towards the approaching Mr. Ha.

At the same time, Mr. Ha, who was holding a sword in his mouth, also fought back with a sword energy.

The white sword arc flew towards the white wind blade, and the skill disturbed the surrounding air, squeezing out the whistling sound of the wind.

In a flash.

The sword energy blew up the wind blade and swept up a gust of wind, blowing the leaves into pieces.

Although Mr. Ha is one level lower, he can still easily suppress the opponent because his sword energy has been enhanced by his weapon.

The blade mantis on the tree also staggered.

It wanted to fly high into the sky, readjust its body shape, and then launch a counterattack.

But at this moment, President Ha released the sword power of a ferocious beast, and the powerful aura was so intimidating that Blade Mantis paused and looked horrified.

When it reacted, a sword energy flew at it again. Even though it reacted to the limit, it was still cut off one of its arms by the sword energy, causing green blood to splatter! "Sha!" It showed a painful expression.

"Fortunately, I have sword power that can be used as a control skill, otherwise the difficulty of solo play will increase sharply." Seeing this, Lu Ran muttered in his heart. At this time, the blade mantis was already seriously injured, and the balance of victory and defeat was naturally completely tilted towards their side.

"Ouch~~~" President Ha's eyes flashed, and while the other party was screaming in pain, he jumped up, and with the help of the strong wind, his figure flashed past like a phantom, and cut the other party in half. As the blade mantis's body fell, Lu Ran and the others had completely solved the problem of this guy.

“Well done.”

Lu Ran praised Mr. Ha for killing the enemies smoothly.

"Woo~" Mr. Ha showed a calm expression, but his eyes kept glancing at the fallen Blade Mantis.

The next moment, with a flash of white light, the Blade Mantis turned into a blade, and Mr. Ha smiled foolishly.

"Woof!" Explode! Explode! This time, the Blade Mantis finally exploded with material. It was a Mantis Blade, which could be used as a forging material for wind weapons.

Mr. Ha was very satisfied.

"Okay!" Lu Ran's eyes lit up. This wave of blood profit! "I'll go pick up the materials, you go eat that." Lu Ran pointed to the blade-shaped grass.

"Unfortunately, it's immature. But even if it were ripe, we wouldn't be able to get it."

In fact, Lu Ran now has two choices. One is to pick the immature ones directly, and then go out and find a plant store that specializes in ripening such immature resources and have them ripened.

This is usually the secondary profession of a beastmaster who trains grass-type pets.

However, Lu Ran still chose to let Mr. Ha try one first. He wanted to see the effect of the blade-shaped grass first. This thing would be indispensable in the future, so it would be okay to eat one first.

Of course, the main reason was that Lu Ran saw Mr. Ha’s greedy look and couldn’t bear to let him wait too long.

"Woof!" Upon hearing this, Mr. Ha ran to eat the blade-shaped grass with saliva dripping from his mouth.

If I have to say it, it's that this thing is very sharp...it looks like there was a cut in its mouth.

Mr. Ha grinned.

"That means one is too few, just like the Cold Wind Seed." Lu Ran used the pendant to treat Mr. Ha's wound and said, "Quantitative change leads to qualitative change. Let's collect more. Your current sword energy can't even cut stone smoothly. The cutting properties are not perfect yet. There is a lot of room for improvement."

The power of Mr. Ha's sword is actually quite powerful, but there is room for improvement in the details. For example, when attacking a stone, although the stone can be split into two, there will be many cracks on the two cut surfaces, and the cut surfaces are not particularly smooth, but uneven.

These are all manifestations of unstable energy and energy leakage.

If Mr. Ha can cut stone and steel smoothly without any bumps or cracks, making it as smooth as a mirror, it means that his proficiency in swordsmanship has reached perfection.

In short, as the cutting force increases, the attack power of the sword energy will naturally increase as well.

By then, not only physical objects such as stone and steel, but even the enemy's energy moves can be perfectly cut through.

Just like the clash of wind blades between President Ha and Blade Mantis just now, it was obvious that President Ha's sword energy was more powerful and crushed the opponent, but the result of the clash was that the opponent's wind blades were blown away, and President Ha's own sword energy was also deformed, turning into a violent airflow that was blown away.

If Mr. Ha's wind energy cutting properties could be stronger, the effect would not be like this. The sword energy would instantly split the wind blade into two, and continue to fly until it split the enemy into two again.

“Woof woof!” Mr. Ha nodded, his eyes wise, indicating that he understood everything! “I hope so…” Lu Ran curled his lips.

Next, Lu Ran and Mr. Ha continued to indulge in killing monsters.

They fought against several blade mantises guarding the blade grass. Each of these blade mantises was difficult to deal with and each had its own unique skills.

Some can release wind blades, some can release gusts of wind...

Some can even use energy shaping to arm themselves with a pair of sickles, transforming them from sickles into broadswords to increase the attack range.

This scene stunned Gouzi. He felt that he could also reshape the Fengyun Sword and make a giant sword, or even a 50-meter-long sword.

However, no matter how powerful they were, they were all killed by Master Ha without a doubt. For every one killed, Master Ha could harvest at least one immature blade grass.

The materials dropped by the mantis were naturally also collected by Lu Ran. Those that were useful would be given to Mr. Ha, and those that were useless would be sold to recover their losses.

During this process, Lu Ran did not forget to feed Mr. Ha continuously to keep him in good physical condition. As for his injuries? These mantises had not yet hurt Mr. Ha, but the blade-shaped grass was constantly hurting him.

I don’t know if this is a shame for Blade Mantis.

After Lu Ran and Ha Zong killed ten Blade Mantises,

Lu Ran and Mr. Ha finally felt a different aura approaching them.

Seeing this, Lu Ran's mouth curled up slightly, and President Ha's eyes also became fierce.

The BOSS is finally here!

"Boss Ha, it's time to gather our strength. We won't slowly test this leader. Let's just go all out. If we can defeat him, that's the best. If not, we can retreat and start the next one."

If you fight slowly, Mr. Ha will most likely get hurt, and it will also affect the score... It's better to fight in a friendly way when you meet.

“Ouch!”

A powerful aura approached and the air around him began to riot. Mr. Ha, holding the sword in his mouth, had begun to accumulate strength. Almost all the energy in his body began to flow into the Fengyun Sword in his mouth and was constantly compressed.

finally.

A figure completely different from the previous Blade Mantis appeared. Its body was golden-green, and the aura it exuded was sharper. The wind lingering around it seemed to be able to cut through steel.

【Name】：Blade Mantis

[Attributes]: Wind, Gold [Race Level]: Advanced Extraordinary [Level]: Level 10

Obviously, this is a powerful wild creature that has awakened its secondary attributes. Lu Ran doesn't need to think about it to know that under normal circumstances, Mr. Ha will not gain any benefit by fighting with it.

At present, Mr. Ha's only hope of defeating his opponent lies in the blessing of weapons and the ability to attack with self-harm without any worries.

Energy compression!

So when the blade mantis leader appeared, Ha Zong burst out a huge amount of energy, compressed a "Storm Slash", and swung it at the blade mantis leader with the sword! At this moment, Ha Zong's eyes were bloodshot, and the sword in his mouth directly shattered its teeth. If it was any other pet, the treatment fee would be sky-high. If Ha Zong was wild, it would be even worse, and it would be difficult for him to eat.

But Ha is not afraid! The deer always have his strong support!

Storm Slash! "Sha!!" The Blade Mantis leader was also confused at this time. He sensed that a powerful creature had invaded his back garden, so he rushed to check it out immediately. However, he did not expect that the opponent was so fierce and unethical, and attacked right away.

Feeling the powerful force of Storm Slash, its face changed and it wanted to fly away to avoid it, but the chaotic air currents around it and the threat from the enemy reduced its control over its body. It could only stare with its eyes wide open, energy surging all over its body, and stretch out its sickle to slash towards Storm Slash.

The next moment.

The golden and blue lights intertwine and flicker.

Boom.

Smoke rises.

【Congratulations on completing the secret realm challenge. 】

[Rating: SS level! ]

【Congratulations on getting 630 crystal coins. 】

[Congratulations on obtaining the advanced resource, Heart of the Insect (Gold, Wind). ]

[Congratulations on obtaining the advanced resource, Mantis Blade (Gold, Wind). ]

[Congratulations on obtaining the advanced resource, Mantis Feather (Gold, Wind)...]

"Fuck, that's awesome." At this moment, the system prompt sounded. Although Lu Ran looked miserable with blood all over his mouth, he still made a lot of money this time. It was like spending only 70 tickets and getting a bunch of high-level resources.

These high-level resources are enough to raise Mr. Ha’s strength to a higher level.

It seems that Storm Slash is still strong. Although this mantis leader has dual attributes, he is still helpless.

"Add some snacks when we get back!" Lu Ran said.

"Woof!" Although Mr. Ha was in pain, pictures of brine shrimp hearts with soy sauce, fried brine shrimp hearts with chili peppers, and roasted brine shrimp hearts appeared in his mind. He was so greedy that he would die suddenly.

(End of this chapter)