Chapter 385 - The Rank Eight Monster! (1/2)

This is a rubber tree.

As the name suggests, it looks like a tree producing rubber. However, its transparent liquid is definitely more powerful than rubber.

Lin Luoran infuses Wakan into her flying sword and the Bright Sword is now extremely sharp. She jumps on the tree canopy and cuts off some dead branches. Lin Luoran puts all these things into s.p.a.ce and then starts to dig a hole in the center of the big tree from top to bottom.

The slime attaches on the flying sword but Lin Luoran forgets how it disgusts her. The tree hole can now fit a person. She pinches her nose and jumps in.

Cultivators of the Bearing Essence have their own internal circulation so it is not difficult for them to stop breathing for a few hours. Therefore, Lin Luoran closes her seven apertures. Transparent slime flows over her head. Holding back her desire to move, she becomes a complete statue.

The gluey slime wraps Lin Luoran into something like “amber” quickly.

Lin Luoran is really decisive. Just when the glue is solidifying, a yellow-spotted tiger with double wings on its back jumps over the tree canopy, however, it does not notice this motionless humanoid amber in the center of the tree.

Lin Luoran has chosen a good place. Looking down over the canopy, the thing can be seen is only the black top of her head but not her whole body. No monster will be interested in a rubber tree, even if some branches in the center of the tree canopy are missing.

Hunting monsters return here one after another and the sun gradually rises.

Lin Luoran remembers the pale sun above her head has no power. However, its temperature is still not kidding. After a night of hunting, high-rank monsters feel tired but satisfied. At noon, they hide in their own territory to sleep lazily.

When the sun rises, the solidified “amber” shows signs of melting. By the middle of the day, the solidified transparent amber completely melts into some semi-viscous stuff.

The semi-viscous liquid in the center of the canopy moves a little bit.

Lin Luoran crawls out of the canopy wetly. Although she has closed the seven apertures in the human head, the thick liquid in her nose and mouth still makes her cough violently.

The magic thing about rubber trees is that their slime will solidify quickly in air. However, it will also melt quickly when the temperature rises to a certain level. Lin Luoran once did an experiment and came up with a conclusion: it only takes about ten minutes to melt these slime at noon as long as it doesn’t rain.

That means she can hide here most of the day and then get out when monsters are most tired and laziest at noon.

This is the best time for her to go uphill quickly.

Lin Luoran’s body glows red. The slime is intolerant of fire so it is evaporated quickly. Feeling the sticky feeling is gone, Lin Luoran is refreshed. She looks around and chooses a direction to the top of the mountain.

In the past six months, Lin Luoran has known this forest thoroughly. Therefore, she can cleverly use some native plants and monsters here to achieve her purpose of sneaking to the foot of the mountain. However, Lin Luoran has never taken a step on this mountain.

To be exact, she has always been trying to go up the mountain but always fails.

Lin Luoran’s palms are sweaty thinking there might be a Rank Eight monster with the personal ability of the Gathering Vitality period behind an ancient tree on the hillside.

She only has personal ability of the early period of Bearing Essence. How can she calm down?

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The wind blows gently across her cheeks. This deep and misty mountain is filled with ripe berries of all colors whose flesh almost breaks through the peel. Hanging on treetops or branches, they are letting out a seductive fragrance.

Lin Luoran can’t help but take a deep breath. This fruitful picture reminds her of the backyard in the Lins’ Villa.

The loquat planted last year should have matured now.

Leaving aside these imaginary fantasies, Lin Luoran’s eyes focus on this mountain and forest in front of her.

She has pictured here for many times. This place is absolutely the top-level in the monster forest. How dangerous will it be? However, when she really climbs up the mountain, she finds it is a paradise characterizing a fine spring day.

Lin Luoran dare not relax along the way. She only wants to take advantage of high-rank monsters’ napping time and then climb up as high as possible. Because she has to avoid monsters, she only reaches the middle of the mountain two hours later.

This mountain is higher than she expected.

Lin Luoran has never expected anything here so she doesn’t dare to be reckless. A few minutes ago, she heard tiger howling in the distance. Their nap time should be over.

She wants to cross the mountain quickly. However, her mind tells her if she is hasty to take action, she will lose her life in vain.

Even if she doesn’t value her own life, her friends and relatives of the Lin family are expecting her. Lin Luoran doesn’t want to die in this monster forest.

She can’t be in a hurry this time.

Lin Luoran feels it is a great shame but she still explores the terrain nearby quickly.

The sound of running water comes from the hillside. Lin Luoran walks carefully for a while and find a small waterfall after she turns around the mountain wall.