Chapter 245: Rapid Progress
Not far away, Liuli's heart suddenly tightened when she saw Rongqiu being injured.
Without thinking, she ran towards the pompom, the hem of her skirt fluttering in the wind.
"Rongqiu, are you okay?" Liuli's voice trembled slightly with anxiety and sounded like crying.
Running closer, she squatted down, gently pinched the uninjured part of the ball with her small hands, and carefully checked his wound over and over again, her eyes full of heartache, as if it was not the ball that was injured, but herself.
Looking at Liuli's worried expression, Rongqiu felt warm in his heart. He endured the pain from his wound, raised his hand and gently rubbed Liuli's head, saying softly, "I'm so sorry, so sorry."
"It's okay, I'm fine, don't worry."
At this moment, there was a sudden noisy sound in the distance, as if something was fighting.
Luo Cihe's eyes flashed, and he instantly became alert, protecting Xia Yueke behind him. Long Xiaoyu turned his head to look at the source of the sound, and a low growl came from his throat, as if he was assessing the situation.
Xia Yueke poked her head out slightly and asked worriedly, "Could it be that the smell of blood attracted other high-level monsters?"
Luo Cihe patted her hand gently and comforted her, "Don't be afraid, I'm here."
After a while, a huge monster rushed out from the woods, emitting a strong fishy smell and rushing towards them with its fangs and claws bared.
Luo Cihe's eyes were cold, and he quickly formed seals with his hands, and a powerful energy wave shot towards the monster.
After being hit, the monster let out a scream, but quickly stabilized its body and attacked again.
At this time, Long Xiaoyu also showed his majesty as a dragon. He soared into the air and spewed out a stream of hot flame from his mouth, coordinating with Luo Cihe's attack.
Xia Yueke also concentrated his mind and mobilized his ice ability to create a layer of ice barrier around him to prevent the sudden attack of monsters.
With the joint efforts of the three, the monster was gradually defeated and finally fled in disgrace.
Luo Cihe gathered his strength, turned around and looked at Xia Yueke and Long Xiaoyu, and said with a smile, "It seems that we have a good understanding of each other."
Xia Yueke also breathed a sigh of relief and replied with a smile:
"Yeah, but this is also thanks to Agon's help."
When Long Xiaoyu heard the name "Agong," he snorted in mock dissatisfaction, but a subtle glint of pride flashed across his eyes. He feigned anger and said, "Why are you still calling me Agong? It sounds too much like calling a pet. Calling me Long Xiaoyu is much more impressive."
"Oh, calling you this way makes it seem more intimate and exclusive. I don't care, I'll call you Agong from now on." Xia Yuke blinked mischievously and teased him intentionally.
Although Long Xiaoyu protested verbally, he could not persuade Xia Yueke and could only accept this "exclusive nickname" helplessly.
Afterwards, Xia Yueke quickly walked towards the ball and carefully examined the place where he was bitten. Seeing that the bleeding had stopped, he felt relieved and said:
"Okay, let Luo Cihe treat you, and we'll continue training this afternoon. I've been sweating all over this morning."
As he spoke, Xia Yueke gently wiped away the fine beads of sweat on his forehead with the animal skin.
For the next month, Duzi and Rongqiu continued to hone their combat skills against the monsters. Every battle was a challenge to their own limits.
In the fierce battles, they accumulated rich experience, achieved a qualitative leap in strength, and their levels were upgraded by two stages in succession.
During this time, Xia Yueke actively participated in every battle. She constantly explored in actual combat, becoming more and more proficient in the use of ice powers and more flexible and varied in her combat strategies.
Finally, he successfully broke through to become a fifth-level orc, and his practical experience became more and more abundant. His every move exuded confidence and composure.
"Now, we finally have some ability to protect ourselves. Can we set off now?"
After Xia Yueke cast an ice shield that was two meters wide and three meters long, he was filled with confidence and felt that he could immediately compete with the stray beast.
Luo Cihe raised his hand to support his forehead and said helplessly:
"Oh, Xiao Yueke, how can you be so blindly confident? I don't even have the heart to criticize you. You know, with your current strength, you're not even qualified to be the lowest-level underling for the wandering orcs."
Long Xiaoyu listened but didn't refute. They had never expected Xia Yue to stage a heroic act of slaughtering all around them; they simply hoped she would stay put while they eliminated the stray orcs.
Xia Yue never expected that these words would be so heartbreaking, and that he could only be someone's younger brother.
"How about we continue to gain some experience?" she asked with some uncertainty.
Qi An shook his head and denied it, "No. Your strength is increasing too rapidly, and there will be a mismatch between your level and strength. For now, you should first lay a solid foundation. Once you feel that you can use the skills of your current level skillfully, you can consider further improvement."
Duzi was puzzled and couldn't help asking:
"So what should we do now? Stay here, or head west to where the wandering beasts are?"
Qian Jingyao pondered for a moment and said slowly:
"Why don't we just travel slowly? It'll take about a month to get there, and you can practice with each other along the way. By the time we arrive, it should be almost done. Also, Coco, I think you need to practice your escape skills."
Xia Yueke nodded in agreement. Although she felt that everyone looked down on her, when she thought about it carefully, they did have a point.
By practicing escape skills on your own, you can at least ensure that you don't hold everyone back.
Liuli listened to what everyone said, lowered her head uneasily, and said in a low voice:
"I want to be like Sister Yue Ke. But my legs are too short and I can't run fast. What should I do?"
Xia Yueke couldn't help laughing after hearing this and comforted him:
"Liuli, just hide when the time comes. Besides, we might all be sent as backup, so we won't let you fight stray beasts directly!"
Liuli forced a smile and said seriously:
"I have to identify which orc attacked our tribe. I can't make a mistake, or I'll be wrongly accusing them."
Xia Yueke didn't care about it at all. She reached out and rubbed Liuli's head, ruffling her silver hair into a mess, and said:
"Hey, since they're stray beasts, they must be bad orcs. No matter if they've attacked your tribe before, it's just bad luck for them to run into us!"
After the discussion, they packed their bags and headed west.
The itinerary was similar to the previous one, except that this time Xia Yueke sat on Luo Cihe's back.
Luo Cihe's body suddenly changed, turning into a crow as big as a roc, with smooth and shiny feathers all over its body.
It was Xia Yueke's first time riding a crow, and she was very excited. She plucked the feathers on Luo Cihe's head and said, "Luo Cihe, I didn't expect your crow form to be so big. I thought you were about the same size as a normal crow!"
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