Who said this card is outrageous?

At this moment, Zhang Che's attack frequency not only did not decrease, but became even more ferocious.

While nimbly dodging the attacks of the thorny vines, he frantically fired energy arrows from his Flame Bow.

After a barrage of attacks, the thorny vines could no longer hold on, and more than twenty broke off in the blink of an eye.

It even includes two main vines as thick as thighs.

Having suffered such a severe blow, according to the usual nature of Wind Howling Thorns, it should have burrowed underground and hidden away until Zhang Che left, at which point it would have reappeared.

However, just as it was about to act, the fireball in the sky, which was constantly radiating heat, suddenly dimmed and disappeared completely in a short while.

At the same time, the firing frequency of the Flame Bow's energy arrows began to decrease, and their power also became much weaker than before.

Zhang Che seemed to have realized this as well, so he began to fight and retreat, and his desire to attack was obviously not as strong as before.

opportunity!

A chance to turn the tide!

The thought flashed through the mind of the thorny brambles—if it even had a brain—in an instant.

We must eliminate that overheated human before he can react and use that fireball again!

We absolutely cannot let him get away!

Thinking of the humans he had devoured in the past, and now only one step away from the fifth rank, Wind Howling Thorns didn't care about anything else. His original body, which had been hiding underground, suddenly rushed out and chased after Zhang Che in the direction he had retreated, wielding the remaining dozens of vines.

But when it finally caught up with its opponent, it found a hunter standing still, waiting for his prey to come to it.

"Flaming Dragon, seal the demon!"

A crimson dragon-shaped phantom roared out of the Flame Dragon Armor, swiftly passing through layers of vines and wrapping itself around the basketball-sized sphere of the Wind Howling Thorns.

Phew! ! !

Feng Xiaojingji realized that he had been tricked and wanted to burrow back into the ground, but it was too late.

The dragon-shaped phantom had already firmly imprisoned it in place, and then continued to wrap around and tighten it, eventually transforming it into a black sphere only the size of a ping-pong ball.

This is an object completely different from the shadow scroll produced after the normal sealing process. Although it can also be stored in the golden armor, it cannot be used to refine and enhance the armor's strength.

However, Chang Cheh had not originally planned to do so.

Zhang Che breathed a sigh of relief after storing the sealed Wind Howling Thorns into the Tai Chi Sealing Space in the center of his armor belt.

We've been putting on an act with it for so long because we can't seal it since we can't find its true form, so we have to resort to this method.

The home advantage of Wind Howling Thorns was too great. Even if the opponent did not run away, relying on the rich wood attribute energy around them and Zhang Che's hard resistance, both sides could hold out for a long time, unless he was willing to set the mountain on fire and burn all the vegetation nearby.

Even if they do that, Wind Howling Thorns will most likely burrow underground and escape before the fire fully spreads.

That would be a real loss.

Now that the opponent has been successfully sealed, all that's left is to find an open space to release it and deal with it, and then everything will be over.

However, before that, Zhang Che decided to take a look at the place where the Wind Howling Thorns lived.

Actually, the Adventurers' Guild's quest description also included an optional item: If possible, they hope that the adventurers who accept the quest will help find those who failed to defeat the Howling Thorns and obtain their relics.

The difference in life forms means that plant-type supernatural beings like the Howling Thorns are not interested in human relics, nor will they deliberately destroy them.

So if you're lucky, you might find a few relics.

Moreover, only the person who successfully defeated the Wind Howling Thorns can do this; otherwise, once the ecological niche vacated there is contested by other extraordinary creatures, the ensuing armed conflict would be enough to destroy everything there.

When the people who received the message go to look for it, all they will find is a scene of devastation.

Zhang Che quickly arrived at the spot where the Wind Howling Thorns had taken root. Because the opponent's main body had come out in such a hurry, only a conspicuous pit remained in the original place.

At first glance, the cave is a maze of tunnels, all slightly wider than a basketball, which must be the escape routes that Wind Howling Thorns had prepared for himself.

Also unearthed were about seven or eight fragmented albino skeletons.

There were human and animal remains, which looked like scraps left behind after Wind Howling Thorns had hunted and eaten their "food".

Zhang Che remained silent.

To be honest, this was the first time he had seen such a scene since he awakened his memories of his past life.

I've seen quite a few dead people before, but they're all relatively "fresh," at least they're intact.

"Ugh."

With a soft sigh, Zhang Che summoned the Gatomon that was watching from a distance and ordered it to go into the cave and bring out as many things as possible that appeared to be human creations.

This task could only be assigned to Gatomon, the smallest member of the team. Otherwise, if it were Zhang Che or Ahri, they wouldn't even be able to get into the cave, let alone search for anything inside.

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"understood."

Tailmon did not refuse and immediately dived into the burrow to begin its search.

After watching the small white figure disappear from sight, Zhang Che looked around at the exposed bones on the ground, sighed softly, and then got up to pick out the human bones and put them together.

Since there were so many bones, and they were scattered haphazardly, all Zhang Che could do was burn the selected bones to ashes and put them into a large jar.

After so many years of turmoil, very few bones have survived intact, making it even more impossible to piece them together into a complete individual.

We'll send the whole jar to the Adventurers' Guild and let the families of these people handle it themselves.

As for the bones belonging to other extraordinary beings, Zhang Che, after a simple selection, found some good materials suitable for card making.

Their owners were mostly mid-level extraordinary beings in life. After all, only those who have reached this level of strength can quickly solidify the extraordinary energy in their corpses after death, so that even after more than ten years, it still has usable value.

Otherwise, for those at the lower level of transcendence, the transcendent energy in their corpses would dissipate within a year or two after death.

Previously, Zhang Che obtained several fourth-tier card recipes in Hezhou City. Due to the existence of the Dead Domain Rift, those recipes basically required bones or other similar materials to make.

Moreover, even if he doesn't need it, it can be used as reserve material, so he won't lose out no matter what.

Two or three more hours passed, and Gatomon finally searched all the crisscrossing underground passages.

However, they didn't bring out many things in the end; they mostly brought out spatial equipment.

This is understandable, since low-level spatial items have long been common, and under normal circumstances, superhumans who go out would definitely put most of their things in there.

As users pass away, some of the spatial items, due to their excellent quality, have been preserved to this day; as for those of lower quality, they can only gradually decay over time.

Everything stored inside was lost in the spacetime turbulence and can never be retrieved.

There are also card-based spatial items like Zhang Che's "Magic Pocket." Although most of them are well preserved, due to the card binding mechanism, the items stored inside can no longer be taken out.

It can only be kept as a memento.

After everything was over, Zhang Che led Ahri and Gatomon away from this place of trouble.

After submitting the task in the next city in a couple of days, someone will naturally come to handle it; he doesn't need to worry about it.

……

After wandering in the wild for two more days, Zhang Che finally found a suitable place in a desolate valley and released the Howling Thorns.

The giant creature was clearly still a bit dazed after the seal was broken, especially after seeing the unfamiliar surroundings, it stood there frozen for several seconds.

It wasn't until the crimson armor in the distance came into view that it finally snapped out of its daze.

Boo!

It was that same piercing cry.

Moreover, Zhang Che clearly saw this time that the sound did not come from the vocal organs of the Wind Howling Thorn itself, but was a sound it imitated by using the high-speed flow of wind.

The inspiration probably came from some extraordinary creature it had seen before.

Compared to his previous arrogant demeanor, he was clearly less confident this time, appearing completely blustering but actually weak.

But none of that mattered anymore. Zhang Che, clad in the Flame Dragon Armor, silently summoned the Blazing Blade. His previously restrained aura suddenly erupted like a volcanic eruption.

The scorching fire energy filled the surrounding area, and the howling thorns were completely stunned by this momentum—even without the assistance of [Sunny Day], Zhang Che's strength at this moment far exceeded that when he confronted it before.

At this point, its not-so-bright brain finally realized that Zhang Che hadn't been fighting it seriously at all; his only purpose was to lure its true form out.

Thinking of this, Feng Xiaojingji could no longer suppress her fear and screamed as she tried to find a place to crawl into and escape.

Unfortunately, it was too late. Zhang Che suddenly swung his Flaming Blade, unleashing a crescent-shaped energy blade that grew larger and larger as it traveled, until it was the same size as the Wind Howling Thorns.

boom!

woohoo-

A violent explosion rang out, and Feng Xiaojingji desperately tried to extinguish the flames on his body, but it was all in vain. In the end, he could only watch helplessly as the flames completely devoured his life.

The fire burned for a long time, after all, the previous strike was just an ordinary slash enhanced with some of the power of the ultimate killing scroll, so its power was limited.

Otherwise, if it were a complete ultimate move, it would probably burn the Wind Howling Thorns to ashes in a few dozen seconds, but if he did that, Zhang Che would get nothing but a crystal core.

Now, he clearly has a good grasp of the power. In addition to the blue and green wind and wood dual-attribute crystal core located in his body, Zhang Che has also obtained several main vines that have withstood the burning flames, as well as two special vines that can launch wind attribute spikes.

Of course, some good materials were also left behind from the main body. All of these materials together were enough for Zhang Che to create the wind attribute longsword card called [Lingfeng Elegy].

They even managed to acquire some of the materials for the [Jade Wood Spirit].

All I can say is that we reaped a great harvest.

Zhang Che then quickly cleaned up the scene and left.

……

Liujiang City, in the southern region of the Southwest Province.

A medium-sized city, roughly the same size as Binhai City.

The Adventurers' Guild's hall was rather deserted.

News of the Mountain Rock King's death spread from Dalonggou, and many local adventurers gathered to go and have a taste of his soup.

After all, such a rare opportunity is a once-in-a-lifetime chance.

However, Zhou Shasha quite liked the environment. As the receptionist of the Adventurers' Guild, she was overjoyed to finally have a few days of leisure.

Moreover, those adventurers aren't going away for good, so there's no need to worry about losing your job due to poor performance.

However, this risk was quickly averted by a stranger entering the guild.

Years of experience had honed Zhou Shasha's eyesight, allowing her to immediately recognize that this person was a mid-level extraordinary expert. So she quickly straightened her back and respectfully adopted a welcoming posture.