14: Chapter 14 Monster Attack

Soon, Chen Yi and Lin Mengxue followed Xu Yao to their team's gathering point.

Including Xu Yao, there were two men and two women. The spirit beasts' levels were all at the fourth stage of the second rank with B-rank Bloodlines; it was estimated that the male companions' situations were likely much the same.

The only downside of the system was that it could only see through the information of spirit beasts, but not the information of the Beast Tamers.

Only being able to see half of a person—this feeling of partial understanding was always a bit strange.

“Not bad, Yaoyao. You said you saw an acquaintance, but I didn't expect it to actually be Campus Belle Lin?”

Xu Yao's fellow Beast Tamer, Lin Chen, was also quite pleasantly surprised to see that the newcomer was Lin Mengxue.

To say the least, when Lin Mengxue entered the school last year, he definitely had a crush on her.

It was just a pity that his talent awakened too late. At that time, Lin Mengxue hadn't awakened her talent either, and without any contact, he gradually forgot about it.

He hadn't expected they would meet again now.

“What? Are you still thinking about hitting on Junior Mengxue?”

“How could that be possible! Putting aside whether you'd agree, Yaoyao, would Junior Mengxue even agree?”

Chen Yi rolled his eyes.

Most importantly, shouldn't it be whether *he* agreed?

The other pair of Beast Tamers, Zhang Yuan and Zhou Feifei, were also staring at the hat on Lin Mengxue's head after greeting her, whispering about something.

In the end, they couldn't suppress their curiosity and stepped forward to ask.

“Junior Mengxue, are you hiding something in your hat?”

“Why do I feel like there's a surge of energy inside the hat?”

Hearing this, Lin Mengxue also smiled. “Let's wait until we're in the car. It's not convenient to reveal it right now!”

As a result, after getting into the car and seeing that pair of silver-white dragon horns...

All four people present were dumbfounded!

Chen Yi had also helped Lin Mengxue complete the refinement of the thirty first-rank magic beast crystal cores they bought today.

Her level had reached the ninth stage of the first rank, making the appearance of her Power Manifestation more intuitive; the dragon horns and the gradient areas of her hair color had both become longer.

She looked even more like a dragon girl now!

“Pow—Power Manifestation? No way? Junior Mengxue, aren't you only at the first rank? It's already manifested?”

“I thought the white at the ends of your hair was dyed. I didn't expect it to be the result of Power Manifestation!”

“As expected of Campus Belle Lin. Daring to come to Fengyue Canyon to hunt magic beasts at the first rank... when I broke through to the second rank, I still hesitated for a long time before coming here.”

“Junior Mengxue even stomped a tenth-stage first-rank Snow Girl to death with one slap. Facing these magic beasts in Fengyue Canyon with an average difficulty of two or three stars, even if they are second rank, she'll probably fight more easily than us.”

Listening to the exclamations of the four seniors, an indescribable feeling of pride welled up in Lin Mengxue's heart.

Since awakening her F-rank Bloodline, she hadn't heard such voices in a long time.

She gently took Chen Yi's arm, her face overflowing with a proud smile as she said, “This is all thanks to Brother Chen Yi. Without him, I wouldn't be who I am now!”

As soon as she finished speaking, the four people's gazes fell on Chen Yi in unison.

The two girls' eyes were full of admiration, while the two guys' eyes were full of envy and jealousy.

Regarding Chen Yi's talent ability, the discussions in the various class groups over the last two days could be described as white-hot.

It was even more intense than the discussion about Lin Mengxue's race!

But there was one particular point: many B-rank, and even some A-rank Spirit Beast Girls, seemed to have developed a strong interest in Chen Yi, even having thoughts of wanting to form a contract with him.

After all, even an F-rank Bloodline could display such amazing power.

As B-rank or even A-rank spirit beasts, they had no reason to be weaker than Lin Mengxue, right?

Chen Yi spread his hands and explained, “That's all Mengxue's own power. I only played a guiding role!”

However, to the others, his words sounded like a form of humblebragging.

What power could an F-rank Bloodline have?

Even those Beast Tamers with S-rank support-type talents would absolutely be unable to make her so powerful after contracting with Lin Mengxue!

However, precisely because of Chen Yi's humblebragging, the atmosphere in the car relaxed quite a bit.

Zhang Yuan was responsible for driving, and the group talked and laughed as they headed toward Fengyue Canyon.

“The magic beasts appearing in Fengyue Canyon generally have Wind, Earth, and Wood attributes, which are more suitable for Ice and Fire attributes to fight.”

“The average level of the magic beasts is generally around the tenth stage of the first rank. The higher ones are only at the third or fourth stage of the second rank. The average difficulty of the magic beasts is two or three stars, which isn't hard.”

“On Wikipedia, over a million people have rated this place as a five-star hunting holy land—”

On the way, Xu Yao very enthusiastically introduced the situation of Fengyue Canyon.

Of course, these were all basic pieces of information that Chen Yi had already learned about before coming.

“But—I have some inside information here!”

Xu Yao's tone shifted, and her expression suddenly became serious. “I heard from an adventure group that there's a cave at the southernmost tip of Fengyue Canyon. It doesn't belong to the army's clearing range, and many spirit herbs containing spiritual power grow there!”

“If we can find it, I feel like we could get rich overnight!”

Initially, when Chen Yi and Lin Mengxue heard the words 'inside information,' a hint of curiosity couldn't help but well up in their hearts.

They originally thought it would be some top-secret intel.

However, after learning that this so-called inside information was actually something similar to an urban legend, their mouths instantly twitched.

If such a cave really existed, considering this was a haunt for magic beasts that were only first-rank on average...

Those high-ranking Beast Tamers would have definitely caught wind of it long ago and swarmed the place to dig up spirit herbs and fruits.

How could it possibly be the turn of low-level rookies like them?

“If we have time, we'll go take a look there.”

“You don't sound like you believe it at all—”

Xu Yao's words were not yet finished.

Suddenly, the entire car began to shake violently toward the left.

Lin Mengxue reacted quickly, hurriedly hugging Chen Yi tightly to prevent him from being injured by the impact.

It had to be said, having a 'safety airbag' was indeed reliable!

Lin Chen shook his head and complained speechlessly, “Zhang Yuan, what are you doing? Are you driving without looking at the road?”

“No, we're being attacked by magic beasts!”

Sure enough, when everyone's gaze turned toward the window...

They found that about a hundred meters ahead to the left, a group of magic beasts that looked like withered trees were taking large strides and rapidly charging toward them. There were about twenty to thirty of them.

Among them, one withered tree was exceptionally huge, and its branch-like hands were condensing a ball of green light.

Looking at this, the attack just now should have been caused by it.

And in Chen Yi's perspective, without exception, a system interface floated over all these magic beasts.

【Magic Beast: Withered Wood Demon】

【Difficulty: Two Stars】

【Level: First Rank, Tenth Stage】

【Attribute: Earth, Wood】

【Skill: None】

【Introduction: A magic beast formed from withered wood; likes to attack lone individuals in groups.】

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【Magic Beast: Demonized Withered Wood】

【Difficulty: Four Stars】

【Level: Second Rank, Third Stage】

【Attribute: Earth, Wood】

【Skill: Energy Ball】

【Introduction: A Withered Wood Demon after demonization. Its roots contain a certain amount of spiritual power and can be used for making soup.】