Navigator: I Have a Legendary Exploration Log

Although "Fan" stepped forward and sacrificed his last bit of value to act as bait for Cherish.

The Bloodthorn Tree is a second-tier extraordinary creature.

Even as they instinctively swarmed toward the bleeding corpse, the thorns nearby still whipped around when they sensed a creature approaching!

The thorns surged like a tidal wave!

There was no fear in Chalice's eyes, only focus. He lowered himself without flinching or retreating and plunged into the surging sea of ​​crimson thorns!

Weave, tumble, and slash through the gaps!

With each swing of the blade, a patch of thorns was cleaved by the spiritual light.

He was so fast that the thorns didn't have time to surround him!

Twenty meters...

ten meters...

five meters...

The main trunk is almost in sight!

Chalice could even see the subtle tremors of the muscle fibers and smell the strong, nauseatingly sweet, fishy odor emanating from the main trunk.

He leaped up, grabbed a drooping thorn with his left hand to swing upwards, and swung his folding knife with his right hand at the junction of the trunk and the fruit!

Click!

With a crisp sound, a bloodthorn fruit fell to the ground.

Cherries flipped in mid-air, using his trench coat to catch the fruit, and then rolled upon landing to dissipate the impact.

Almost simultaneously!

The two main branches swept across like giant pythons!

Before Cherissa could get up, she could only hold the folding knife across her chest.

clang!

A deafening roar, like the clash of metal!

Chalice was sent flying, his back snapping through countless thorns, the stinging pain making his face tremble.

A sweet taste rose in his throat, and blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.

But he held onto the fruit in his arms tightly.

He casually put it in his pocket.

The fruit is in hand.

Chalice couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, followed by a burning pain in his internal organs and an unbearable stinging pain in his back.

These years at sea.

Chalice is not immune to injury.

He had been bitten by frantically struggling fish, hit by loosely secured cargo containers, and even grazed by broken anchor ropes...

The reason why Cherries was able to smoothly take over the crew left by Sartre and win over veteran crew members such as Wirtz and Rumlow is that...

It is the resilience they have built up through repeated injuries that allows them to grit their teeth and continue sailing after only a few days of rest following an injury.

Despite being young and having a distinctive appearance.

But no one could question his status as captain anymore.

but……

Even though I've gotten used to getting hurt.

This was the most serious injury he had ever sustained.

If it weren't for the extraordinary physical condition of a superhuman, Chalice's spine would probably have broken from that immense force long ago.

He saw his captain stagger to his feet.

"captain!"

Rumlow, his eyes bloodshot, recklessly unleashed a torrent of flames, repelling the pursuing Thorns.

Chalice was hunched over, coughing up blood.

He glanced at the trunk; the part that had been continuously scorched by the flames was mostly carbonized, but the dark red sap was surging wildly into the wound, attempting to regenerate.

not enough……

The flame intensity was insufficient, and the burning time was also insufficient.

Chalice coughed up a mouthful of rusty-tasting blood.

He had no time to dwell on the pain.

"not enough……"

Charys gritted his teeth and reached for the phlogiston can he was carrying.

The tin can weighed heavily in my palm, its cool touch creating an absurd contrast with the scorching heat around me.

These were his last two cans of phlogiston.

Aside from the extra gift from Master Thor, that jar was originally intended as a backup plan.

Chalice only has one can of food that can be used as a finishing move!

Now the way out is cut off.

Finn's body lay twenty meters away, blood still seeping out, surrounded by layers of thorns like vultures that had smelled carrion.

That was merely a stopgap measure; Bloodthorn Tree had already sensed the real threat.

That is yourself.

"Rumlow! Eddie! Keep burning! Don't stop!"

He roared out the order, his voice hoarse and cracked from the stench of blood.

Two blazing white pillars of fire were still burning the top of the main stem, but their light had clearly dimmed. The phlogiston was almost exhausted.

Chalice did not hesitate.

He gripped the can of phlogiston tightly and hurled it with all his might toward the base of the trunk!

The tin can traced an arc in the air, spinning as it passed through the gaps in the thorns and crashed into the root-like tissue at the base of the trunk.

clang--

A crisp metallic vibrato echoed through the depression.

The can was wedged between the throbbing branches of the main stem, stuck between the wriggling tissues.

The Bloodthorn Tree seemed to sense something.

The main stem throbbed suddenly faster, and dozens of thorns frantically wrapped around and engulfed the can, trying to squeeze out or devour the foreign object.

But Cherries is faster than it.

He raised his right hand.

The shooting of Finn just now has already proven...

Within seven steps, the gun is fast.

Now, Cherries still needs to prove it.

Even from seven paces away, the gun is fast!

He didn't aim at the can itself.

That's too small.

Moreover, the thorns obstruct the view, rendering aiming useless.

He aimed at the densest intersection of roots around the can, where the main stem's outer skin was thinnest and the sap was most abundant.

The trigger is pulled.

The explosive round was fired from the barrel!

boom!!!

The shockwave from the explosion sent Chalice flying, his back slamming heavily against the rock wall. It felt as if an invisible hand was clenching and unclenching his internal organs.

The thorns, which hadn't been completely cleared, were now embedded in Chalice's back in large patches.

But he smiled.

Because Cheryl witnessed the moment the phlogiston was ignited inside the sealed tin can.

A sphere of white-incandescent light, condensed to its maximum, exploded inside the Bloodthorn Tree like a miniature sun!

The tissue near the main trunk was instantly vaporized, and the charred blackened material spread wildly outwards from the point of explosion!

The regenerative juices they were so proud of evaporated directly under the high temperature, turning into ashes along with the thorns within a radius of several meters.

The entire bloodthorn tree convulsed violently!

All the thorns stiffened at the same time, then drooped limply as if their bones had been removed.

The depression fell into a suffocating silence.

Chalice slid down against the rock wall, the bloodthorn berries in his pocket still firmly wrapped in his trench coat.

He had deliberately protected his pocket to prevent the hard-won fruit from being crushed by himself.

Chalice looked down at himself.

How could one possibly emerge unscathed from traversing through thickets of thorns?

The trench coat was torn into large and small rips by thorns.

The burning marks on his body served as a stark reminder of the injuries he had sustained.

That's a good thing...

The fact that the wound still hurts means it can still be treated.

The wound on his back is not looking so good.

Chalice felt that he could no longer feel anything in his back.

Without even looking, you can tell it must be a bloody mess.

But he is still alive.

The fruit was also intact.

"captain!"

Rumlow's shout came from behind.

He and Eddie dropped the scalding hot cans they were holding and, along with the others, slid down the ditch in a flurry.

These two cans were worth it; they held out until the very last moment.

However, if Chalice hadn't decisively destroyed the Bloodthorn Tree's trunk with a close-range blast, this devastating victory wouldn't have been possible.

"Captain! Don't move, you're covered in thorns!"

Rumlow hurriedly pulled out medicine and bandages, wanting to treat Cherries' injuries.

Unexpectedly, Chalice refused his offer.

"No rush... you won't die..."

With Eddie's help, he stood up and walked towards the cracked trunk of the bloodthorn tree, his feet still warm on the ground.

"Finding just one fruit is a sure thing, but if you can find a few, that's a huge profit! Don't just stand there, come and look!"