Keep attacking girls and try not to be killed by them

So, the reliable vanguard of the three-person team temporarily left the team. In the days to come, Emilia and Heloise had to find a solution on their own.

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Emilia discussed with Heloise and decided to change the way they hunted monsters.

Previously, with Pride, a knight who could charge into battle, they could set traps and launch defensive counterattacks. Now that only Emilia and Heloise are left, it is obviously more appropriate to ambush and take the initiative.

Emilia, who can use heavy firepower magic, is responsible for taking the initiative, and then the agile Heloise rushes into the chaotic enemy to reap the rewards.

As long as they choose their enemies carefully and don't seek death by monsters that can restrain them, they will be able to continue to steadily improve their strength.

However, for Emilia, she still has two problems that need to be solved urgently.

One is about preparing to challenge the advanced trial, and the other is about Banning, an emotional matter.

Before, because Pride was in the way, Emilia couldn't find an opportunity. Now that Pride is gone, she has to have a good talk with her "sister" Heloise about emotional topics.

9.13 - Desert Adventure

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October 187, 8

7:48 AM

[Confession death countdown remaining: 29 days]

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Generally speaking, people feel refreshed after waking up.

However, because Jiang Ran had wounds that had not yet healed, when he woke up, he did not feel energetic. Instead, he felt that his body was extremely heavy, and it was difficult for him to even turn over.

At this moment, Jiang Ran could personally experience what it felt like to "I want to sleep for another five hundred years", but people are helpless in Prison Star. If he doesn't get up quickly and continue to move, he will be unable to move once the werewolves surround him.

Jiang Ran endured the pain all over his body, while improving his skill proficiency and erasing the traces of having spent the night here. Then he headed towards the Kingdom of Wester while hunting and eating breakfast.

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Since the 24-hour validity period has expired, the additional magic points that Jiang Ran obtained through the "Imitation of Ancient Snake Blood" have disappeared. After returning to his normal state, he couldn't help but become more cautious than usual.

The effect of "Imitation of Ancient Snake Blood" is indeed powerful, but due to its characteristic of causing the user to lose a large amount of stamina and magic power first, it can only be used as a means of taking the initiative and launching sneak attacks, and cannot be used in sudden crisis situations.

Jiang Ran still had about two to three hundred milliliters of "Imitation Ancient Snake Blood" left, enough for him to use another thirty or forty times. As long as he could ensure that he could sleep for more than ten hours to replenish his magic power after taking the "Imitation Ancient Snake Blood", this thing would still be of great use.

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After walking for several kilometers, Jiang Ran found a high slope and climbed up. He looked down at the surrounding wasteland and found no suspicious signs.

(The werewolves didn't catch up...were they held back by something?)

Jiang Ran felt strange. Night was the werewolves' strongest time, and it shouldn't be difficult for them to catch up with him at their speed. He was also prepared to be woken up by the stupid loli in the middle of the night, but he didn't expect that he could sleep until dawn.

Could it be that the werewolves have given up on retrieving Kenroshi Okami's body?

No matter how Jiang Ran thought about it, he still felt that something was not right, but it was a good thing that the werewolves did not chase him. He only needed to travel for another day and he would be back to the border of the Kingdom of West.

What Jiang Ran didn't know was that the werewolves didn't catch up with him because their clues to tracking Jiang Ran were cut off. The reason for the cut off was that a huge "Horned Adder of Disaster" happened to crawl over his footprints, completely covering up any trace of his presence here.

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At the same time, in the wasteland several kilometers away from Jiang Ran, the troops of the Green Lizard Family were also advancing towards the Kingdom of West.

After leaving the werewolf clan's territory, the Green Lizard family's famous tamed monster, the Green Scaled Flying Lizard, was released. Everyone in the team had to take turns riding the only Green Scaled Flying Lizard into the sky to observe and patrol the surroundings for any suspicious situations.

At this moment, it was the turn of Wei Pu Bi Xi, who had just woken up, to perform patrol duties. If it were the past, he would have yawned and dealt with this chore in a perfunctory manner, but now he was alert and carefully observed the ground in the air, for fear of missing any opportunity to find "Banning | Fike".

I don’t know if God was particularly “favoring” Wei Pu Bi Xi, but as he was flying, he actually found a suspicious figure in the desert.

Wei Pu Bi Lizard observed carefully, and adhering to the principle of rather making a hundred trips in vain than letting one go, he drove the Bi Lizard to dive down, and it turned out that the figure was indeed "Banning | Fei Ke"!

——(That’s right… I actually ran into him… This guy is the ‘Banning Fike’ I met in Driss Town!)

Wei Pu Bi Xi was so excited that he almost screamed! He clenched the Sea Serpent Bone Whip in his hand, and he wanted to jump down from the sky immediately to tie up the boy Wei Er had asked for and take him away!

——(Don’t worry…Wei Pu Bi Lizard…!)

——(The more excited you are, the more you need to stay calm...!)

Wei Pu Bi Xi suppressed his emotions in his heart. He kept biting his fingernails, trying to calm his excitement.

After the previous incident in the labyrinth of Driss Town, and the fact that this young man appeared alone in such a dangerous place, Wei Pu Bi Xi believed that this guy, whose name was not known, Banning or Fike, must be very powerful.

If Wei Pu Bi Xi relies solely on his own strength, he is likely to be no match for the opponent. If he wants to be safe, the best way is to fly back and reunite with his own troops, and bring two mentors with him to ensure that everything is safe.

However, just when Weipu Bili was about to do so, he was shocked to find that a thick and long figure was sneaking towards "Banning|Fike" from five or six hundred meters away because he had the advantage of vision in the air...!

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——(Damn it! Where did this monster come from?!)

Wei Pu Bi Xi was not worried about the safety of the young man, but was afraid that if the monster ate him, he would not be able to complete the task entrusted by Wei Er!

In order to make an accurate judgment of the subsequent situation, Wei Pu Bi Lizard took the risk of turning the Bi Scaled Flying Lizard around and swooping down towards the monster lurking under the sand!

"Help me! Green-scaled flying lizard! Don't get shot down!"

Wei Pu Bi Lizard shouted loudly to cheer for his mount, and as the altitude of the Bi Lizard descended lower and lower, the monster lurking in the sand suddenly jumped up and sprayed a stream of purple-black liquid from its bloody mouth, which hit the swooping Bi Lizard by only a few centimeters!

The Green-Scaled Flying Lizard that survived the disaster was greatly frightened and flew high into the sky without control. Wei Pu Green Lizard's own mental state was not much better than the Green-Scaled Flying Lizard, because just in the past few seconds, he clearly saw that the lurking monster was actually a huge "Calamity Horned Viper"!

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As far as Wei Pu Bi Xi knows, the "Calamity Horned Viper" is a fourth-level monster, with levels ranging from level 91 to level 140. It is the number one enemy of the cat-people in the Farnas Empire!

Judging from what we just saw, this gigantic "Calamity Horned Adder" is very likely a mature form at level 140!

If Wei Pu Green Lizard had not been so lucky to avoid the "Doomsday Snake Liquid" of the Disaster Horned Viper, he would most likely have fallen into the desert with the Green Scaled Flying Lizard and waited to die!

——(It’s over, it’s over, it’s over. If Benningfetch encounters this monster, he’s doomed…!)

Wei Pu Bi Lizard tried to calm the Green Scaled Flying Lizard so that it could continue to circle in this airspace and not lose track of Banning Fike.

Now, there was only one thing in Weipu Bili's mind, that is, it was too late to go back to find his mentors. He had to find a way to let the "Calamity Horned Adder" leave a complete body for Banningfeike, and he had to be alive to take the body away.

——(I’m sorry, Wei’er, I can’t bring you the living Benningfeke, but! I will try my best to bring you his body!)

9.14 - Caesar's Horned Viper

The late summer heat started in the morning.

It was only a little after eight in the morning, but the sun above was already blasting out heat like crazy, making Jiang Ran, who was carrying a heavy load, sweat profusely.

Even though Jiang Ran is now a fourth-level combat professional "Shadow Disciple", he will still sweat when he needs to sweat.

Since he was in a state of relative alert, Jiang Ran would use the "all-round vision" of the Super-Dimensional Divine Eye every 30 seconds to prevent enemies from approaching from blind spots without his knowledge. Normally, the interval for using "all-round vision" was 5 minutes. Jiang Ran had almost trained this cautious habit into muscle memory.

Relying on this "all-round vision" ability, Jiang Ran grasped the intelligence of the two surrounding movements without turning back or looking around.

One was that there was a flying lizard monster circling above his head, and there seemed to be a person riding on it;

Another thing was that there was an unnatural cloud of dust rising from a place about three to five hundred meters away. It was possible that something big was moving underground.

Jiang Ran guessed that the guys flying in the air should be from the Green Lizard family. He watched hesitantly in the air, wondering what they wanted from him.

As for the big guy underground, Jiang Ran guessed that it should be the leader of the monsters that controlled this area. It seemed that he had intruded into its territory.

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When Jiang Ran was still in the Earth world, he had read a theory that said that when we are playing games, when we see any creature that can be challenged, we will want to rush up and kill it, but when we are in real life, even if we just see a wild vicious dog, our first reaction is to avoid it.

Jiang Ran felt the same way about this theory after coming to the Prison Star World. Even though his current strength has far exceeded human concepts, when encountering potential enemies, his first choice is still to avoid all unnecessary battles.

After all, who knows if the next opponent will be a suicide mine with the "instant death and counter-injury" skill?

However, although Jiang Ran did not want to fight, the monster that was chasing him did not want to give up the prey that was right in front of him.

As the rumbling sound from underground became louder and louder, Jiang Ran had to prepare for battle.

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Desert terrain…and its underground mode of movement…Is it probably a monster similar to the Sand Devouring Scorpion from before?

Jiang Ran chose an open location that was easy to observe and dodge, preparing to face the upcoming underground attack.

At the same time, Jiang Ran noticed that the lizard monster circling in the air was also swooping down towards him. Could it be that the Green Lizard family members were in cahoots with the monster underground? Or was it coming to rescue him?

Jiang Ran always felt that there were no such good things in this world, and when encountering danger, one should consider everything as the worst case scenario.

Before the attack arrived, Jiang Ran summoned a shadow clone at the farthest distance of thirty meters from him, and thought of three combat plans in his mind. Then, the giant monster lurking underground rushed out from the rolling dust with a "whoosh!"!

(Computing Power Boost · Overclocking!) [Boosts brain computing power and slows down the flow of time (perceptually). The overclocking option quadruples the effect, but also consumes four times the mana.]

(Concentrated Heart!) [Increases your hit rate and dodge rate]

(Trickster: Suggestion Effect!) [Increases your basic attributes by 5%]

(Shadow Stealing!)

In a flash, Jiang Ran had already used four skills, and also completed the identification of the enemy and watched the stolen skill "Sand Assault".

Then, facing the bloody mouth of this fourth-order, level 139 "Calamity Horned Viper", Jiang Ran calmly used the "Sand Assault" he had just stolen - he dived into the sand before being bitten, and then crawled out from the open space more than ten meters away.

The horned viper missed its bite and was very surprised. It immediately burrowed into the sand again, preparing to repeat its old trick in a roundabout way.

Jiang Ran was shaking and flapping his cloak, secretly complaining that this "Sand Attack" trick could no longer be used, as he was covered in sand and it was difficult to clean it off.

In addition, Jiang Ran did not forget the Green Lizard Family in the air. This guy did not rush down directly at the last moment, but avoided the Disaster Horned Viper. This action looked like he wanted to stop the Disaster Horned Viper but gave up.

(Aren’t they the same group? At least they’re not enemies.)

Jiang Ran tried to identify this guy's information, but the lizard monster had already flown high and far away, so Jiang Ran failed.

At the same time, the Caesar's Horned Viper had already started a new trick. It circled around Jiang Ran underground until it created a "quicksand vortex" under Jiang Ran's feet!

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(I see, you're trying to block my movements this way.)

Jiang Ran tried to take two steps, but it was indeed difficult to move forward. He felt like he was trapped in a swamp. However, this was not a big problem for him because the strategy to defeat the monster was already fully conceived in his mind.

Seeing that the quicksand vortex had formed and Jiang Ran's body was constantly being swallowed by the quicksand, the disaster-horned viper lurking in the desert began to charge towards Jiang Ran again, and the guys from the Green Lizard family in the air also swooped down again.

Jiang Ran calmly watched their actions until they were almost at a distance. Then he took off the "Beast Horn Greatsword Komono" from his back and threw it in the direction of the Calamity Horned Viper.

Up to this moment, in the eyes of the Caesar's Horned Viper, the hunt may have just begun, but in Jiang Ran's eyes, the battle was over after he had learned all the necessary information.

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The Doom Horned Adder suddenly stopped mid-sprint, then raised its upper body from the sand, preparing to use its signature skill, "Doom Snake Liquid," to kill the prey trapped in the "Quicksand Vortex."

"Doom Snake Liquid" has always been the finishing skill of the Doom Horned Adder. Under the premise of having "Quicksand Vortex" to restrict the enemy, if one shot of "Doom Snake Liquid" cannot kill the enemy, then use a few more shots.

The reason why the Caesar's Horned Viper doesn't use melee combat to end the fight is because it knows from years of hunting experience that the struggle of dying prey is dangerous. Although this struggle will not affect the outcome, it is always uncomfortable to have a few more wounds on the face and head.

As for the giant sword that the prey had just thrown out, the Caesar's Horned Viper didn't care at all, because the accuracy was so poor that it would not be hit even if it stopped.

However, just as the Caesar's Horned Viper was thinking this, a black figure suddenly appeared out of nowhere, grabbed the giant sword in the air, and smashed it down on its forehead.

There was a loud "bang!" and the Caustic Horned Viper suddenly saw stars and the scene in its vision was spinning around.

Relying on its rich combat experience, the Caesar's Horned Viper knew that it was in a state of dizziness. This abnormal state that made it unable to move during the battle could be extremely fatal even for just one or two seconds!

However, the dizzy Causing Horned Adder was unable to take any action, let alone confirm the enemy's position and the surrounding situation!

The horned adder's anxiety was so intense that every second felt like an eternity! After finally waiting for the dizziness to subside (it only lasted two seconds), it struggled violently, twisting its body and unleashing its life-saving skill, "Sand Roll!"

9.15 - Dwarfed

The Caesar's Horned Viper felt that it could still be rescued.

It really feels that way.

When it was suddenly stunned by its human prey, it did not think about how it, the hunter, had become the prey. Such complicated thoughts were not suitable for a monster like it.

The Caustic Horned Viper's thought at the time was very simple: it was in danger and it had to find a solution quickly.

Guided by this idea, as soon as the Caustic Horned Adder was able to move, it controlled its body and used the skill "Sand Roll". As long as it could use this move, it could counter the enemy's actions no matter where the enemy was around it.

However, just as the Causing Horned Adder used this move, it felt something was wrong with its body. It was very strange to notice that its body seemed a little short? No, not just a little, it was ridiculously short!