Versatile Mage: Item Evolution Begins with Ice Scorpion

Chapter 24: Pseudo-Demon, Giant Lizard Pseudo-Dragon, Wind of Killing

Nothing happened that night. After daybreak, they simply washed up and set off for Jinlin City.

Along the way, everyone traveled through mountains and rivers, overcame many obstacles,

It was not until a week later that the group climbed over another hill and the remote city of Jinlin finally came into view.

Looking down from the mountain, a broad plain basin occupies the main part, and to the west is a plain with low hills with no visible boundary line.

There is a river flowing in the north, passing by a deserted city of Jinlin that has long turned into ruins, and rushing towards the unknown distance.

"For safety reasons, let's survey the outer area first and use instruments to count how many wandering demons there are."

Bai Ye, who was sitting on the back of the giant army ant, suggested.

Everyone had no objection to Bai Ye's proposal, and a group of 17 people formed a group and began the peripheral survey.

But surprisingly, the progress in the forest outside Jinlin City was unusually smooth, with only a handful of foraging monsters around.

Therefore, the periphery survey process went very smoothly and was not blocked by hordes of demons. The blueprint was painted green, representing the low danger level of the outer forest and the small number of demons.

"The survey process is too slow. Is there any way to get it done quickly?" Luo Song complained.

"Why don't we split up and act separately?" Shen Ming smiled and joked.

"Acting separately in the wild is equivalent to slow death. The demons like mages to divide into several small teams so that they can defeat them one by one." Bai Ye said suddenly.

Bai Ye's words left Luo Song and Shen Mingxiao speechless. They coughed dryly and laughed awkwardly for a while before trying to change the subject.

"Bai Ye is right. Our top priority is to find a good place to stay so that we can evacuate quickly and defend ourselves well when we encounter danger..." Lu Zhenghe said.

"Then where is the best place to stay?" Song Xia asked.

“A building, preferably one with a rooftop connected to other floors, so we can evacuate quickly if we encounter danger;
It would be best if the view was wide, convenient for keeping watch, and not too many green plants blocking the view." Bai Ye took over the conversation.

"What do you think of that building?"

Mo Fan said, pointing to a well-preserved gray building in the distance.

The gray building was well preserved among the ruined streets. Its tall floors stood out like a crane among chickens, and its base was also magnificent.

"You are quite good at choosing a place. That's the municipal building of Jinlin City." Song Xia said with a smile after taking a look at the map.

After passing through several residential areas, the group gradually approached the towering municipal building.

This gray municipal building stands alone, surrounded by some black vines.

"I always feel that this municipal building is weird. Those plants are actually growing inside with their backs to the light. It's really strange." Jingjing said with some confusion.

Mu Nujiao is also a mage majoring in plants. After hearing Jingjing's words, she also felt something was wrong, but she couldn't tell what the problem was.

"Clang Clang Clang!!!"

The big-jawed army ant clenched its pair of inky black sharp jaws, and its exoskeleton head, like a door-panel shield, shook slightly, staring at the black vines with a little uneasiness.

Everyone was attracted by the sound, and after turning their heads and seeing the state of the large-jawed army ants, they all silently became alert.

The other party's behavior when we were crossing the cave tunnel before showed that there were demons around. Could it be the same this time?

"Bai Ye, what happened to your contracted poisonous insect? Is there a strange demon approaching the direction of the municipal building?" Song Xia asked.

"The only thing that can make my boss feel uneasy is a demon with a higher bloodline and strength. There is nothing within hundreds of meters around here, so the only suspicious thing is this municipal building in front of us;
Let me think, what are some plant-based monsters in the wild that have the characteristics of black-skinned vines, grow towards the sun with their backs to it, and like to cling to buildings as trap baits?" Bai Ye said softly and fell into deep thought.

Everyone's faces looked a little grim when they heard this. They were all top students in the university and their IQs were not low. Sometimes they only needed a little guidance from others to notice the details that were often overlooked.

Although he was eager to complete the exploration mission quickly, after careful consideration, he found that there was something wrong with everything around him.

The teacher who teaches the demon class often mentions a sentence: when you step into an unfamiliar area in the wild and there are no roars and chases from demons and monsters, it can only mean one thing.

Congratulations, you have just escaped from the wolf's den and entered the tiger's den. You have stepped into the territory of a more powerful demon with stronger strength.

Run, run quickly, don’t look back to take pictures!

"Now that you mention it, Bai Ye, I seem to remember that the only one that meets these three characteristics is a high-blooded warrior-level plant-type demon called the Pseudo-Terror Demon.
When they grow up, they will be at the advanced stage of the general level. A very small number of pseudo-terror demons with pure blood and many opportunities can even be promoted to the commander level, becoming a demon commander who brings disaster to one side. "Jingjing, a top student in the demon class, frowned and explained to everyone with a serious face.

"Hi~!"

After hearing this, everyone couldn't help but take a deep breath, and made another contribution to global warming.
"What should we do then?" Song Xia frowned.

"Then it depends on whether you want to kill this pseudo-terror demon that is likely to be at the advanced stage of the war general level."

Bai Ye shrugged and kicked the ball to everyone.

"This"

"Forget it. There's no need to waste magic energy in the wild for no reason. An advanced plant-type warrior demon is not that easy to kill.

Not to mention that the magical aura can easily attract the attention of a large number of demons. Don't forget that we have more important survey tasks on hand." Mu Ningxue frowned and said.

"really."

Song Xia, who was in charge of recording, nodded and recorded the coordinate information of the pseudo-demon on the drawing.

Just as they were about to turn around and leave, not knowing whether it was because the pseudo-demon could understand the loud shouting of the crowd, or whether the exchange student training team was destined to suffer this disaster, the gray municipal building suddenly moved.

"Gah~!"

Yes, it was like a small mountain began to shake with a major earthquake.

Accompanied by an unusually sharp and shrill roar of an air raid alarm, a hideous huge wooden head suddenly popped out from the shadows on the second floor, revealing a huge mouth with sharp wooden thorns that kept smacking.

Countless thick black and gray vines stretched out from the municipal building, like black and gray pythons as thick as buckets, staring at the exchange student team that was nearby.

"Go, go quickly, retreat!"

Bai Ye called on everyone to quickly move away from the attack range of the Pseudo-Terrible Demon. This kind of trap-type plant monster cannot move quickly, so they just need to stay away from the area covered by the opponent's vines.

“Why don’t we work together to kill it? This kind of rare stuff looks very valuable.” Mo Fan said in the tone of an old hunter.

"The supreme ruler of this city has arrived."

Bai Ye looked up at the street in the distance and whispered something, while signaling everyone not to use magic.

Just when everyone was still confused, a few sharp-eyed people in the team stared with wide eyes at a huge black shadow flying in the distance.

"Fufufu~~~~~~!!!"

A gust of black wind blew the trees along the street to and fro, and the debris and old vehicles made a ping-pong sound. It was obviously the prelude to the appearance of a boss-level monster.

A dark cloud came closer from afar, and its huge flesh wings flapped up and down vigorously, slowly expanding as the distance got closer!

Under the wings is a body that looks like a giant lizard. The thick, pimpled skin covers the entire length of the tail from the head to the tip of the tail. The long tail is half-hanging, and the very end is completely keratinous, flashing a frightening cold light under the sunlight! !

"Giant lizard pseudo-dragon?!!"

Jingjing said in a low voice with a pale face.

The giant flesh-winged lizard in the sky is the demon leader of the lizard-skull giant demon clan. He is also a powerful demon commander who inherited the power of a pseudo-dragon!
Everyone was silent for a moment, except for Bai Ye who was staring at the giant lizard pseudo-dragon that was eating the pseudo-demon with a strange expression on his face. The others silently acted as background, praying that the evil star would eat quickly and leave.

Bai Ye habitually watched the giant lizard pseudo-dragon eating, but at this moment, something strange happened!
The long-lost talent entry extraction appeared in front of Bai Ye again.

[A purple unique talent entry has been detected: Pseudo-dragon bloodline. Do you want to extract it? ]

[A purple unique talent entry has been detected: Wind of Slaughter. Do you want to extract it? ]

"Yes, extract all."

Bai Ye subconsciously said this to himself.

He was still a little confused. Didn't he say that his plug-in could only extract talent items from insect monsters? How could giant lizards and pseudo-dragons also be included?

Could it be that cold-blooded reptiles like lizards are also included in the concept of insect monsters?
Although this joke is not very funny, Bai Ye said the more the better.

In this way, his outdoor training this time is really like Columbus awakening the Indian Superman F4 bloodline - discovering a new continent (big deer X, lizard √)
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