Chapter 215 - Slaughtering Demonic Beasts (2/2)
As 4th grade demonic beasts, the volcanic beast has an inner core. Being Fire type demonic beasts, they naturally are able to activate the fire essence spiritual Qi in their inner core to shoot out a frightening natal flame. Although this would harm their vitality, the natal flame is essential in deciding the victor in a life and death battle. The natal flame was so frighteningly strong such that even the volcanic beasts themselves were not able to handle it.
The battle in the lava lake soon reached its climax as the volcanic beasts were spouting natal flames on their brethren. One by one, the volcanic beasts fell under the natal flame of their comrades. Even the cubs were not spared in the crossfire, dying a painful death. After this wave of natal flame attack ended, more than half of the volcanic beasts were dead with the remaining suffering from heavy injuries. But even so, the fight between the volcanic beasts did not stop there. Instead, it became even more intense as the fight continued from within the lake to without the lake. Many volcanic beasts were shoved out of the lake by their comrades, and so they rolled down the mountain. The whole place was soiled with their blood, lava and flames, making it an extremely tragic scene.
Despite it being his first hunt, SongZhong knew that the volcanic beasts were going to lose for sure. The only thing that remained would be for them to wait a while before tying up the loose ends. He originally thought that the Naked Skinning Witch and Old Poison would come back and report the news to the team. But, he never expected that the both of them did not have any intentions of returning.
Old Poison then pounced onto a volcanic beast who was sent out of the lake, killing it with a merciless slash. Then, he began to slice its abdomen apart to extract its inner core.
As for the Naked Skinning Witch, she was even more gutsy. She ignored the demonic beasts on the outside and went to the lake bank. Relying on her concealment spell, she ignored the rampaging volcanic beasts and started scouring for treasures.
The place where demonic beasts reside are commonly abundant with spiritual Qi. The denser the spiritual Qi, the more common it is for treasures to be present. For example, this lava lake was abundant with Fire type herbs, and the oldest one was a few thousand years old.
The volcanic beasts all possess some iota of intelligence and knew that these herbs were extremely beneficial to them. If their comrades were injured, they can use it to heal them. Thus, they would not destroy these herbs usually. In fact, they would protect them from other types of demonic beasts’ hara.s.sment. Hence, the herbs by the lake bank were all extremely healthy and large in quant.i.ty, with some even a thousand years old.
All of these were extremely precious treasures. If they were all brought back, they could be easily exchanged for a low grade magical artifact. By right, all of these belonged to the whole team and should be shared evenly. However, it was obvious that the Naked Skinning Witch did not have such intention. She secretly dug it out without her teammates knowing. Furthermore, she only dug out all of the good ones, removing almost all of them before reluctantly letting go of the rest. Then, she began to collect the inner cores of the volcanic beasts.
If SongZhong did not send the formless devils out to follow her, he would definitely suffer a loss this time. The inner cores can be counted and they may take some of them out to share with the team. But as for the herbs, the Naked Skinning Witch would definitely not admit to it. She had already remove the soil together with the herb, not leaving any traces behind at all.
SongZhong would eat tolerate anything in his life, except for losses. Witnessing this scene, how could he sit still any further? But, he also can’t possibly say that he was spying on them. Thus, he pretended to be anxious, “Why are they still not back yet? Is it possible that they met with trouble? I have to go out and take a look!” As he said that, he stood up.
Seeing that, SiYu and SiYun hurriedly pulled him back and said, “Don’t, junior brother Song! Team leader Naked Skinning Witch does not like us straying from the plan. If you go out now, she would scold you even if you help her!”
“Do you think that s.l.u.t dares to scold me?”
“Eh~” Only then did SiYun and SiYu began to remember that the person in front of them was someone who dared to humiliate the Naked Skinning Witch in public. However, they still persuaded, “Us sisters know that you are not afraid of her. But, you probably shouldn’t do things that both require strength but have no reward. Instead, why not just wait here where it is safe and and there’s no responsibility to a.s.sume?”
As SongZhong heard that, he almost fainted and curse in his heart, ‘Wait?! It’ll be too late if I continue waiting!’
But, the pair of sisters said that out of goodwill and he can’t possibly scold them. Thus, he could only force out a smile and justify his actions, “Senior sisters are wrong, now that we are a team, we should function as a whole. Now that we are on the same boat, we cannot let our personal matters become a barrier between us. That would only end up harming all of us. No matter what, I will have to go out and take a look to ensure they do not encounter any trouble!”
As he said that, SongZhong did not even bother giving them a chance to reply and left with Mu ZiRong.
SiYu and SiYun were both stunned by what SongZhong said. In fact, they even felt ashamed of themselves as they said, “Junior brother is right, us sisters will follow you as well!”
As they said that, they did not forget about Stone who was meditating, “Brother Stone, are you coming?”
Stone was still as cold and taciturn as ever. He stood up and followed behind the both of them, expressing his answer through actions. The ladies then smiled and followed SongZhong and Mu ZiRong.
Just like that, they quickly arrived at the lava lake. At this moment, the Naked Skinning Witch had only just kept all the herbs and retrieved two inner cores. There were still plenty of corpses to take care of and many materials and herbs by the lakeside.
Seeing SongZhong, Mu ZiRong, SiYun, SiYu and stone suddenly appearing, Old Poison and the Naked Skinning Witch were in shock. Then, the Naked Skinning Witch said acrimoniously, “Why are you guys here? Didn’t I ask you to wait for me?”
The grandeur of the Naked Skinning Witch was still there, and the pair of sisters did not dare to reply her. But, SongZhong was not afraid of her and said coldly, “Wait for you to keep everything good so that the rest of us are left with the remnants? s.l.u.t!”
As he said that, SongZhong’s eyes already burned with rage. Only then did the Naked Skinning Witch remember that the team dynamics were no longer the same. She was no longer the sole leader of the team anymore.
Despite her anger, the Naked Skinning Witch could only reply with an apologetic laughter when facing SongZhong and Mu ZiRong, “I wouldn’t dare, wouldn’t dare. I am only worried for you!”
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