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Chapter 489: 489: The Difficult Stone Path
Chapter 489: 489: The Difficult Stone Path
Chapter 489: Chapter 489: The Difficult Stone Path
The words of the hunter were certainly not without merit.
Lin Yi could understand this.
Before, he had such a wealth of experience, and in it, probably only the hunter himself truly grasped what he had been through.
“Brother, if it were me, I’d say stop thinking about anything else, just charge straight ahead, and strike while the iron is hot to see if we can quickly grab those things. If we manage to, then perhaps, if we’re lucky, we won’t encounter a single thing.”
“Right, this brother speaks the truth. If we’re lucky, maybe we won’t run into anything, but if we’re not fortunate, perhaps…”
The hunter did not continue but managed an awkward smile.
“Alright, since you all are so energetic, let’s go all out and charge straight in. Though the path isn’t easy, if we grit our teeth, we can still persevere. Let’s go, Ling’er, you okay?”
“Don’t worry, I absolutely have no issues.”
Ling’er just smiled, though she said this, deep inside she was already at her limit.
If it wasn’t because she needed to collect these things, probably not so many people would have accompanied her to such a place.
They began climbing over the rocks.
The rocks were uneven, and in some places, sharp objects protruded.
You had to navigate around them to pass through smoothly.
“Ling’er, are you alright?”
Suddenly, Lin Yi saw that Ling’er had slipped, and immediately, he rushed over to pull her up from below.
But because he was off-balance, he too fell onto his hands.
He felt a stabbing pain in the area of his buttocks.
A cry of pain escaped his lips.
“Brother, what happened?”
Hei Lang quickly went over, but since he had some experience with such things, the trek didn’t seem as agonizing as they had imagined.
“It’s nothing, just took a fall.”
“Big brother, you… you’re bleeding.”
Hei Lang saw that from the area of his buttocks, there seemed to be blood flowing out, and then he was lifted from that spot.
Only then did they realize that there was a hard rock below, with a sharp point like that of a sword.
Clearly, it had pierced straight into Lin Yi’s buttocks.
Lin Yi just smiled, then reached his hand down to the area below, and sure enough, there was indeed blood flowing out.
Unexpectedly, instead of encountering danger, he had wounded himself.
“Big brother, let’s apply some medicine, shall we?”
“No need to worry, just a minor cut. Ling’er, are you okay?”
He noticed some scrapes on Ling’er’s leg area, evidently from the sharp rocks just now.
“It’s nothing, it’s nothing. If you’re alright, then what’s a few scratches on me? Let’s keep moving.”
“When you walk, you must be careful. Some of the rocks are covered with moss and are slippery when you ascend, so we must choose the smoother rocks with nothing on them to walk on, understand?”
The hunter’s caution was not without reason; just now, they had indeed overlooked this.
It looked like lush greenery, but once you stepped on it, it was extremely slippery.
“I’m puzzled; this is the same world, so why is this place so damp, dark, and moist?”
As Lin Yi walked, he looked up, wondering why under the clear sky there was such a peculiar environment.
“I’m not sure either. I’ve only heard the older generation say that the land nurtures its environment, so under such circumstances, sometimes it’s truly incomprehensible since nature is so miraculous.”
“Yes, indeed it’s amazing. And such an environment, I have never encountered before. Ah, look over there, what’s that?”
While talking, they suddenly noticed a tree-like object had appeared ahead.
The big tree, although not very tall, stood erect there.
“Something’s off. Just now, I clearly didn’t see anything, and we’ve only moved forward a bit. Normally, if there was something here, we should have seen it long ago.”
“Could it be that we just didn’t notice it earlier?”
“One person missing something is alright, but for all of us to miss it? No good, something’s wrong here.”
Before they had finished speaking, suddenly, they saw the tree move ever so slightly under their watchful eyes.
It was then that they realized it wasn’t a tree at all—it was clearly a beast that had made its appearance.
Following that, the tree-like creature turned around, and they noticed it was something that resembled a tree.
It was covered in green, and its skin color was virtually identical to the bark of a tree, except for the top of its head, which seemed to have sprouted some green splits.
As it turned towards them, they could then clearly distinguish the nose and eyes in the middle of its face.
It bared its teeth and scowled, clearly regarding the group as its prey.
Lin Yi had genuinely never seen such a thing before, not even in books or on television.
“What… what is that?”
“I don’t know either; I have never seen it before. Quick, find somewhere to hide.”
Looking around, there was nowhere to hide—it was empty all around with only large rocks.
Soon they watched as the creature slowly approached them.
It wasn’t very fast, so the group just slowly backed away, watching what unfolded before them.