Book 4: Near Blood - Chapter 152: Marsh (1/2)

The Silver Moon Shuttle arced through the sky, leaving a silver trail in its wake At the end of this silver slash in the sky was a flock of Iron Lion Condors furiosuly flapping their wings, chasing after it

Su Chen blew through ten or so high-tier Origin Stones before reaching the li off the flock of condors Afterwards, he landed the shuttle in a marshy patch

“damn! All I did was take a few strands of your Iron-Threaded Grass Did you really need to spend thatafter me for a whole day?” Su Chen complained If it weren’t for the fact that most of the beasts in this area had left to participate in the Beast Wave, Su Chen wouldn’t have been able to fly through the sky at all

Iron-Threaded Grass was a kind of spiritual herb that could ith

It wasn’t actually all that rare in the hudoms, but ten-thousand-year-old Iron-Threaded Grass definitely was Actually, to some extent, you could even say that it didn’t exist For most humans, even ten-year-old Iron-Threaded Grass was effective enough to greatly increase their bone density Naturally, they wouldn’t leave it lying around just for someone else to pick

However, the Iron Lion Condors didn’t use the Iron-Threaded Grass for food; instead, they relied on its structural properties to increase the rigidity and strength of their nests Sirass to build their houses, which was also the origin of their narass was equivalent to tearing down their home, as he had ripped apart all of their nests at once This was a grave offense, and it was not surprising at all that the Iron Lion Condors weren’t willing to let hiuilty about his thievery at all Instead, he delighted in his profits — he had just entered the Beast Race’s territory, and he had already obtained some herbs that were priceless by the huht call in co to the Beast Race’s territory Su Chen didn’t care about money at all, but the less he cared about money, the more he became interested in rare resources that money couldn’t buy These stalks of Iron-Threaded Grass were incredibly precious to him, not at all inferior in value to the Corpse Spirit Flowers from way back then

Su Chen stepped off of the Silver Moon Shuttle and stowed it away, before carefully advancing on foot

Even though the Iron Lion Condorshad chased him for over a day, that day hadn’t been a waste He had been able to explore quite a bit of the Beast Race’s territory, which was quite helpful given that he didn’t have afor where he was, as well as search for any other precious resources he could harvest

The place that Su Chen had stopped at was one such place, and it was clearly filled with an abundant ah the sky earlier, Su Chen had noticed this rowing in this h he didn’t knohat kind of fruit it was, the powerful Origin Energy fluctuations e from its skin told Su Chen that there was no way that this fruit was common

For safety’s sake, Su Chen didn’t land dead center in the marsh Instead, he touched down at the outskirts of theby foot

There was no clear path through the round A ripe fruit that landed in this putrid sludge had disappeared very quickly, leaving behind just a few bubbles

Su Chen stepped forward, completely unfazed, and cal in

Coain increased Now, he only needed to apply a sy to support himself, and any terrain restrictions becah the et was a scarlet fruit that ey The ah to ignite the surroundings and cause flames to spontaneously appear in the air

However, when he got close to the fruit, Su Chen discovered that the terees cooler than normal

So this fruit’s temperature was actually nory

Su Chen didn’t continued advancing Instead, he stood a short distance away fro it with his microscopic eye

The beasts here weren’t the only threat Although there were countless useful resources scattered across the Prierous resources The fruit in front of hiins, and its function was still unclear In this scenario, no amount of precaution was too much

When Su Chen activated his microscopic eye, he discovered that the scarlet fruit’s interior contained a san that seemed to beat every so often

At that moment

Su Chen’s wariness peaked as a chill ran up his spine

He silently retreated a few steps and inspected his surroundings