Playing with fantasy beasts in the martial arts world

Chapter 2, First Humanoid Palu

We must divert Yun Zhonghe's attention; that might increase our chances of success.

It doesn't matter if I fail. I've been stuck on this map for so long, I can just start over.

Even though the Parlu ball is hard-won, losing it would be a huge loss.

Of course, if successful, it would be a huge profit.

With a martial arts master named Dangpalu who excels in lightness skills, no matter which world they're in, they can help Chanan escape his current predicament and quickly turn things around.

"Who are you?" Although he couldn't quite understand what Cha Nan was saying, Yun Zhonghe could sense the disdain and provocation in his words. Under normal circumstances, he would have already taken action to punish him, ensuring that the other party would have a hard time even if he wanted to die. However, Cha Nan's calm demeanor made Yun Zhonghe hesitate to make any rash moves and instead decided to probe first.

After all, he was the only one of the Four Evils who had traveled to this world. If he really ran into a brick wall, he would be all alone and helpless.

"You don't understand at all. A good woman is like a good book; she needs to be savored slowly."

"You're just being unreasonable and making trouble. Aside from wanting to try something new, how are you any different from a beast?" Cha Nan's tone softened slightly.

Upon hearing this, Yun Zhonghe's eyes flashed with a sharp light: "Oh! So you're one of us. It seems you've also set your sights on these two beauties!"

"It's alright! After I finish eating, if I still have a breath left, I'll let you have some more hot soup. We're people of the martial world, we don't stand on ceremony!"

Cha Nan shook his head and clicked his tongue: "You still don't understand what it means to find a kindred spirit in a beautiful landscape. When the windows and channels of the soul open to you at the same time, the surging heat from the heart is enough to melt any steel."

Yun Zhonghe sneered: "I have a secret medicine called 'Fierce Woman Undressing Powder,' which has the same effect as you said. I also have the Yang-restoring Finger Technique."

Upon hearing this, Cha Nan fell silent for a moment.

It's true that you can't use your own interests to challenge someone else's expertise.

Moreover, some of the content did indeed touch upon his blind spots.

"Master Guo! That's wonderful! It's good that you've come." Cha Nan greeted him, using an old trick. Although Yun Zhonghe didn't turn around, he couldn't help but divert some of his attention and focused most of his internal energy behind him, guarding against any sneak attack.

Just then, Cha Nan saw that Yun Zhonghe's capture success rate had risen to 3.5%. Although it was still not high, it was worth taking a gamble on luck.

Without any hesitation, he threw the blue Palu ball in his hand.

The Paluk, carrying a faint glow, flew straight toward the Cloud Crane.

"You villain! Prepare to die!" A figure darted out, a dagger aimed straight at Yun Zhonghe's chest and abdomen.

However, Guo Fu, who had been healing herself, seized the opportunity at this moment and decided to risk her life to fight Yun Zhonghe. Although she was not very smart, she was not without experience in the martial arts world. She knew that a villain like Yun Zhonghe knew best how to save his life. If she could seize the opportunity to seriously injure Yun Zhonghe, he would definitely not think of harming the sisters anymore, but would immediately withdraw to avoid being caught off guard.

In a sense, many people in the martial arts world are like predators in nature. While capturing prey is important, it is even more important to protect oneself and avoid injury or damage.

Snapped!
Guo Fu suddenly launched an attack, and the unpredictable waiter threw out a mysterious hidden weapon. In an instant, Yun Zhonghe no longer cared about being gentle with women. He kicked away the dagger in Guo Fu's hand and then swept his leg out, knocking it towards the Palu ball thrown by Cha Nan.

In an instant, Guo Fu collided with the Palo Ball, with an initial capture success rate as high as 46%, indicating that Guo Fu was already seriously injured. If she had a health bar, she would have less than 20% left at this moment. The Palo Ball spun, and the capture success rate continued to climb, from the initial 46% to 67%, and then to 82%, the progress bar spinning rapidly.

However, such changes were invisible to others. All they could see was that Guo Fu suddenly disappeared after hitting the spherical hidden weapon, which was extremely strange.

Yun Zhonghe broke out in a cold sweat, secretly thinking, "What a stroke of luck!"

"Who are you to possess such abilities? Truly..."

Before Yun Zhonghe could finish speaking, Chanan, having successfully captured his first humanoid Palu and now possessing it, took the retrieved Palu Ball and stepped out of the current world. In a flash, he found himself in a valley cave.

Seeing that two of the only three pieces of Palukite fragments in her backpack had disappeared instantly, Cha Nan's face contorted with heartache.

He used to use the simple 'return by death' mode to travel back and forth between the martial arts world and the world of Palu.

If you die in the martial arts world, you will return to the Palu world; if you die in the Palu world, you will return to the martial arts world.

At the moment of death, he will automatically regress to the beginning of his transmigration, to the instant he arrived in the world of mythical beasts.

Of course, if he dies in the fantasy world, he will appear in the martial arts world. It is the moment he first crossed over to the martial arts world that he appeared in the Andu Old Shop, where he was an ordinary waiter.

The two worlds formed an ouroboros or a Möbius strip, locking Cha Nan's life in this cycle.

While it may seem like there's a basic guarantee of safety, experiencing the same thing over and over again on the same day is hardly a pleasant experience.

Of course, while death results in a rollback, the consumed items and lost resources will not be returned.

If Cha Nan hadn't captured Guo Fu and had died at Yun Zhonghe's hands, then when he revived in the Fantasy Beast World, he wouldn't have had that Palu Ball in his inventory anymore.

Of course, besides the death rollback method of crossing between the two worlds, there is another way to travel between them, which is to use Palu Ore fragments as consumables to open the door. Each trip costs two Palu Ore fragments as tickets, and a round trip costs four.

This essential ore, used to craft Palo Balls, Palo Terminals, and other items, is theoretically found throughout the entire world of Fantasy Beasts. However, when the game map expands to encompass an entire vast world, finding this precious ore in dense, dangerous forests becomes extremely difficult.

Relying solely on his own two feet and with a game panel that doesn't have an upgrade system, it would be an absolute pipe dream for Cha Nan to even try to leave the initial forests of Windrise Hill.

As the old saying goes, "Looking at a mountain makes a horse run itself to death," and "It's easy to cross a mountain but difficult to cross a river." Even the beginner map is composed of huge and lush forests, mountains, lakes, waterfalls, etc., and occasionally some highly dangerous Palu beasts will appear. If it weren't for Chanan's immortality buff, this would be a hellish start that is even more difficult than the martial arts world.

As for the only resources available, they were obtained from wooden treasure chests near the initial crossing point by Cha Nan. In total, he only obtained two low-level Palu Balls and ten Palu Ore Fragments. During this period, he lost most of them due to various accidents, and did not even capture a single Palu.

This time, being willing to use Palu mineral fragments to travel across the world is quite a luxury.

It was also because it was so rare to capture the first Palu, and an extremely precious humanoid Palu, that Chanan suffered such a huge loss.

Although Guo Fu herself was a bit lacking, her martial arts skills were anything but. More importantly, she represented an opportunity—an opportunity for Cha Nan to escape his predicament of being an ordinary person, to come into contact with key figures in the martial arts world, and to learn superior martial arts. Thinking of this, Cha Nan's expression became even more excited.

(End of this chapter)