Chapter 153 - Bountiful Return (1/2)
As they flew to their destination, Zhang Che was a little lost.
The geographical features in this area were very similar all around. He realized he might not be able to find the place from yesterday. In such a largely-similar yet complex environment, it was simply a bane for people who couldn’t recognize the way well!
Luckily, the Cold Abyss Flood Dragon could remember the rough location. This fellow held a grudge for the Vampiric Demon Carpet snatching his prey, and had committed the location and directions to memory.
“I’ve heard of an old horse knows the way, but you, you’re a young flood dragon that knows the way!” Zhang Che lamented, patting the back of the Cold Abyss Flood Dragon.
The Cold Abyss Flood Dragon immediately let out a low groan proudly, as if to say, “Don’t worry, daddy! Just leave it to me when it comes to remembering the way!”
Soon, the Cold Abyss Flood Dragon descended towards a valley, indicating that he had left the water for too long and needed to recover his energy.
Zhang Che nodded. After landing on the ground, he was about to recall the Cold Abyss Flood Dragon to his spiritual sea, when the fellow flew straight towards a stream in the valley, diving in headfirst.
This fellow was a water-based beast, after all. Naturally it would miss being in water after such a long time.
Even though Zhang Che could provide energy to the beast in his spiritual sea for recovery, it wasn’t as free as being in actual water. After all, a flood dragon belonged in the sea… well, there was no sea here, but the Cold Abyss Flood Dragon was very content to swim in a stream.
Zhang Che didn’t go look for the Vampiric Demon Carpet immediately. After a brief moment of consideration, he summoned Hanxue and the frisky monkey.
The frisky monkey, who had been out often, was calm. On the other hand, Hanxue, whose position as a mount was taken away, and whose lack of offensive capability led to it being caged up all this while, let out a long, excited neigh the moment he appeared, galloping around the narrow valley cheerfully.
Zhang Che couldn’t help sighing deeply when he saw the excited Hanxue.
After all, these three pets of his were different from subdued beasts. No matter if they came in handy in the future, it was best to let them out and take a breather once in a while. They were creatures of flesh and blood, not to mention having souls of their own.
After galloping around happily for a few minutes, Hanxue returned to Zhang Che’s side. He brought his face closer and licked Zhang Che’s face, despite not having had his fill of fun yet.
“Ugh, you’re so disgusting…” Zhang Che pushed Hanxue’s head away with an “irked” look, then summoned all his capable subdued beasts with a wave of his hand.
Going forward, he had to look around to see if the Vampiric Demon Carpet was still in this area.
The Purple Jade Condor was responsible for surveying from the sky. It flew into the sky above the valley, its sharp eyes searching every corner to prevent the Vampiric Demon Carpet from sneaking away.
The capable land beasts, the Scarlet Flame Drake, Dark-Scaled Lizard Commander, and Gale Wolf King, spread out in different directions and searched carefully through the valley, especially damp areas.
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“Woof!”Less than a minute later, Zhang Che heard the Scarlet Flame Drake’s excited barking sounds from the side. It seemed like it had discovered the tracks of the Vampiric Demon Carpet.
“Is this fellow actually a dog?”
Not only did the Scarlet Flame Drake’s head resemble a dog’s, its cries bore a remarkable resemblance, too! It even seemed to have inherited a dog’s talent for searching out its prey, as well. Could it be a close relative of the dog species?
The Cold Abyss Flood Dragon immediately broke out of the water after hearing the Scarlet Flame Drake’s cry. He flew over to Zhang Che, picking him up and flying towards the beast. Although he couldn’t do a thing to the Vampiric Demon Carpet, being able to watch its demise was a pleasurable experience.
Just as they rushed over, they saw a carpet-like object quickly moving through the gaps between rocks in a damp area by closing and opening itself. On the other side, the Scarlet Flame Drake was chasing after it.
Seeing the carpet was about to disappear deep into a crevice, the Scarlet Flame Drake opened its mouth and breathed out a column of flames, engulfing the whole area.
“Ji…” Crackle, crackle…
Zhang Che clearly heard a short wave of jiji cries, followed by the notification of the Vampiric Demon Carpet’s death ringing in his mind. After that, the sounds of rocks exploding entered his ears.
“What good luck, it actually dropped a beast card!”
From the notification sounds, Zhang Che knew that the Vampiric Demon Carpet, burned to ashes by the Scarlet Flame Drake’s fiery breath, had dropped a beast card, and he immediately broke out into an excited smile.
Zhang Che thought that his luck was good, not knowing that among the upper circles in society, a complete and accurate set of data had proven that any mid-tier gold-quality or higher beasts were sure to drop beast cards. As for dark gold-quality beasts, they were also sure to drop beast cards, no matter their level!
This little brat with limited knowledge from the lower circle of society truly thought that his luck was heaven-defyingly good, smiled upon by the goddess of fortune every time he encountered top-grade beasts and obtained beast cards from them.
With the Vampiric Demon Carpet slain, the Scarlet Flame Drake immediately stopped its attack, but the rocks were still fiery red from the heat.