Soul Master Manual

Chapter 168 Hunter and Prey

rustling—

"Little fantasy."

Such a hidden tree hole must have an "owner".

But it doesn't matter, they have already "shadowed" in advance, knowing that although this tree hole is risky, the degree of risk is not high.

After all, if there is no danger at all, it means that the spirit beast occupying this place is not strong.

Not being strong means that there may be other spirit beasts approaching at any time.

There was almost no need to sleep that night, and it was necessary to guard against sneak attacks at any time.

Stronger spirit beasts, at least some weaker ones, don't worry too much.

"Meow!"

The little guy who has been fighting in this forest all day has also gained a lot of experience in how to fight at night.

There is a big difference between fighting in the wild and fighting with the spirit beasts of imperial masters.

call--

Just as they were on guard, a thick black vine suddenly pulled out from the lush bushes nearby.

The spikes on it are like sharp metal barbs, which will definitely tear the skin apart when touched.

A spirit beast with the attribute of "Element-Plant".

Li Changan took two steps back, and at the same time, Xiao Huan easily avoided the attack by virtue of his light and dexterous movements.

slam-la-

The thick vines slammed on the ground, left a deep gully on the ground, and then slowly dragged back.

Li Changan's eyes turned gray and white, and his gaze swept back and forth.

"Xiao Huan, not in the direction of the vine, but on the right, at three o'clock, behind the tree."

Hearing this, the little guy who just wanted to chase the vines away immediately realized that it was just a trap, and fled into the shadows with a "bang".

When it reappeared, it was already on the tree where Li Changan said.

With its current strength and ability, a tree more than ten meters high is like walking on flat ground.

It ran to the end of the trunk, stepped on the branch suddenly, and its exquisite body shuttled nimbly among the dense forest leaves and messy branches.

bass! !

The sharp claws suddenly protruded from under the pads, before a few leaves touched the claws, they were split in two by the sharp breath carried by them.

The cold black light flashed away, and at the same time as the figure fell rapidly, the spirituality accumulated in the claws suddenly burst out, and the dexterous eyes locked on the spirit beast hiding in the grass behind the thick tree trunk.

Stab it--! !

Flames burst out like metal collisions, and the grass directly collapsed and scattered under the force of this collision.

At the same time, the guy hiding inside was forced out.

It's not that big, about [-] centimeters high, and it looks like a cactus, covered with densely packed long, sharp thorns. These thorns have a shiny metallic luster and look very hard.

The sparks that burst out earlier were produced by Xiaohuan's "Shadow Claw" colliding with these spikes.

However, although the spikes were hard, they couldn't withstand the impact of Xiaohuan's sharp claws, and a large piece of them was broken off.

At the same time, under the impact, the spirit beast's body was directly sent flying, pulling out many slender roots and some vines.

"Spiky Spirit Eye Palm."

Seeing its appearance, Li Changan recognized this spirit beast.

Spiky spirit eye palm, elemental-plant-type spirit beast, limited potential of lower class.

This one actually has the strength of the ninth level of the negative level, which shows that its "waiting for the rabbit" is very effective, and the nutrition it absorbs is very rich.

Like many thorny "element-plant" spirit beasts, the Spiky Spirit Eye Palm is not good at moving, and likes to take root in one place, waiting for the prey to come to the door by itself.

Then it attacks with a large number of vines that rise from the ground, and at the same time confuses the prey's audition, so that the prey cannot find its main body location.

Obviously, that tree hole was a trap set by the Spiky Spirit Eye Palm, attracting some spirit beasts blindly looking for a habitat.

Seeing that he stood up from the ground and plunged a large number of roots into the ground again, the broken needles on his body also quickly recovered at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The soil under the surrounding ground squirmed quickly, and several thick vines broke through the ground again, flapping towards Xiao Huan's position.

"start running."

"Meow-"

The black light flickered again, and Xiao Huan's figure once again disappeared into the sight of the Spiky Spiritual Eye Palm, and groups of unreal black thick fog surrounded the Spiky Spiritual Eye Palm in a ring shape.

"The spikes of the Spiky Spirit Eye Palm are hard and long enough to carry toxins. If you attack hard, you can succeed, but it is easy to hurt yourself. However, its weakness is obvious. There is no spike protection at the root, and the target is placed on the That section of the rhizome." Li Changan passed on the thought through the spiritual balance.

The clever Xiao Huan responded while running.

The sapphire blue eyes stared at the slightly flustered spiky spirit eye palm in the middle, and locked on a not so obvious root under its chubby body.

The Spiky Spirit Eye Palm couldn't find Xiao Huan, but through the collision just now, it could clearly sense that Xiao Huan's strength was not weak, or stronger than it.

Especially those claws.

Its spikes barely resisted.

"Feint, Shadow Claw!"

bass! !

The ink-colored black mist surrounding the spiked spiritual eye palm suddenly swelled.

Shadow Claw! !

Mo Ying's three-tailed civet's paw fell again, and the movement was done in one go, swiftly and neatly!
There is no extra action.

Although the claws were drawn from top to bottom, the Spiky Spirit Eye Palm seemed to sense its purpose, and a large number of vines covered with spikes sprang up from the ground, like a shield, blocking Xiao Huan's attack and protecting himself Fragile rhizomes.

Swish-! !

Sure enough, Xiao Huan's attack was just a feint, and the attack quickly turned from vertical to horizontal, the dense vines immediately broke under the claws, and thick, sticky ink-colored juice flowed out from the cut.

"Avoid!"

The attack failed again, Li Changan and Xiao Huan were not discouraged, and retreated quickly after the failure.

Sure enough, immediately after Xiao Huan stepped back, vines slapped from the other side.

It's just because of dodging in time, it didn't succeed.

Xiao Huan landed lightly, tapped his toes, and dodged sensitively again. After two consecutive jumps, he immediately opened a distance of five meters from the spiked Spirit Eye Palm.

"Be careful with poisonous needles."

slam-la-

As soon as Li Changan finished speaking, he saw the body of the Spiky Spirit Eye Palm tremble suddenly, and a large number of dense spikes carrying emerald green poison densely fell towards Xiao Huan overwhelmingly.

In order to seize this opportunity for Xiao Huan to reveal his figure, the body of the Spiky Spirit Eye Palm rotated rapidly, and almost all the spikes on his body were shot out.

It's just that because Xiao Huan has opened up a long enough distance, the poisonous stingers have not yet attacked Xiao Huan.

"Now!"

With a flash of its figure, it escaped into the shadows again.

"Meow-"

With a lively meow, from the left side of the sharp-pointed Lingmu palm, the ink shadow quickly condensed, and finally turned into Xiaohuan's appearance.

boom! !

Seeing this, the spiky spiritual eyes panicked, pulled out the vine again, and slapped it hard.

This time, "Xiao Huan" didn't dodge!
boom--

It's just that the spiked spiritual eye palm didn't feel a slap on the body, but it slapped on the familiar ground.

The "Mo Ying Three-tailed Civet" in front of him was like a shadow, and it was scattered under the slap of the vines, leaving an ink-like residue on the ground.

fake!

I was shocked.

When he reacted, it was obviously too late to be surprised.

A sharp cold light appeared behind it.

The only thing the spiked spirit eye palm can do is to accumulate the power of elemental attributes, so that the spikes on the back can quickly recover.

It's a pity that Li Chang'an and Xiao Huan had long locked on its weakness.

puff-

The sharp claws cut off the vines that were in a hurry to resist, and at the same time cut off the black vines, they also cut off the roots of the spiky Spirit Eye Palm.

"Back again."

After one move fell, Xiao Huan retreated again without hesitation.

tuk tuk-

The poisonous needle in the dying struggle of the sharp spiritual eye palm landed on the position where it stood before.

As a large amount of juice dripped out, the Spiky Spirit Eye Palm finally fell to the ground without moving.

The thick vines flying around also softened to the ground at the same time.

"Meow~~"

Xiao Huan whispered cheerfully, stared at the spiked Lingmu palm with his nimble eyes and looked up and down a little, then stretched out the spikes and precisely picked out a dark green spirit core from it.

He ran towards Li Changan as if asking for credit.

"Well done." Putting away the spirit core, Li Changan rubbed its head with a smile, and stuffed it with a piece of dried fish.

It is also a spirit beast of the ninth rank of the negative level, except that the spiked spirit eye palm brought some obstacles to Xiao Huan, and it couldn't even fight back.

This is the current lethality of the little guy.

Finding the opponent's weakness, even spirit beasts of the same level cannot resist.

If it were Kuidou, of course he could win, but he wouldn't be as fast as Xiao Huan, and he would definitely be injured.

Of course, after being injured, Kui Dou can also recover quickly with the help of "root and fibrous extraction".

It can only be said that this is the difference brought about by the respective characteristics of the two spirit beasts.

But when I think about it, it won't be too long before the two spirit beasts can appear at the same time to fight together.
Li Changan couldn't contain the excitement in his heart more or less.

The picture is a bit beautiful, I don't dare to think about it.

He took out a glass bottle, walked to the corpse of the Spiky Spirit Eye Palm, cut off the stem near the spiritual core, and put it into the bottle.

Soon, the stalks melt into an inky, viscous sap.

"The stalks near the spiky spiritual eye palm spiritual core are also of certain value." Li Chang'an also explained by the way.

"Meow~~"

Ow.

The little guy nodded honestly.

"Dig it out and bury it. This is the chassis of this negative-level ninth-level spiked spiritual eye palm. It hasn't entered the area of ​​​​restricted-level spirit beasts. You can sleep peacefully at night."

As for this spiritual core, if someone didn't buy it at a high price, it could be reserved for Kuidou.

Also good as a supplement.

Afterwards, Li Changan and Xiao Huan simply cleaned up the tree hole together.

This tree is strong enough, so the tree hole is also big enough, with a little attention, it can completely shelter from wind and rain.

"Meow!"

Xiao Huan, who was about to level the tree hole, suddenly exclaimed in surprise.

"Ok?"

Following the little guy's line of sight, Li Changan was also taken aback.

I saw that in the corner deep in the tree hole, there grew a very small plant, estimated to be only half the size of a palm. Its shape resembled a ganoderma lucidum, emitting a faint fluorescence. It was completely covered by weeds and fallen leaves before. Stopped, now I can see its whole picture clearly.

"Shuangluzhi."

This is a relatively rare spiritual material with a high value. Its effect is to strengthen the spirituality of "element-plant" attribute spirit beasts, and it also has the effect of recovery.

If it is made into a medicine, the effect will be better.

I didn't expect to get such a "surprise surprise".

Li Changan squatted down, pushed aside the soil around Shuangluzhi, and saw some bones buried underneath.

Revealed suddenly color.

"It turns out that the spiky spiritual eye palm is hiding here, not using the tree hole as a trap, but as a bait for seduction. At the same time, it can also bury the remains of the 'fished' spirit beast bones below to speed up its growth .”

It is "fishing" and guarding.

Just like this.
Li Changan showed a helpless smile, "Then there is no way to live in this tree hole."

If there is only one spiked spiritual eye palm, it's okay, and it can occupy its place as a temporary residence after solving it.

However, the existence of Shuangluzhi, after the disappearance of the Spiky Spirit Eye Palm, is very likely to cause some wild spirit beasts to desire it, and choose to take risks.

One or two may be okay, if the quantity is large.
"Looks like we need to change places."

Li Changan could only accept it with "tears in his eyes".

Carefully dug it out with its roots and soil, and put it in a special container.

Xiao Huan grinned, this is all money.

Suddenly.

Its ears quivered.

As if aware of it, his expression was instantly serious, and at the same time, he whispered, "Meow!"

Li Changan, who understood its meaning, also changed slightly.

"Shadow escape!"

The hazy and thick ink-colored mist spread rapidly, and a large amount of black mist enveloped them together, and quickly disappeared into the shadows under the night.

It has to be admitted that the woods are Kuidou's home field, and the woods at night are also Xiao Huan's home field.

With its help, one person and one spirit beast quickly climbed up the tree and hid in the dense bushes.

I see.

In the dark woods, several figures are slowly approaching.

This came a little too fast.

Xiao Huan pricked up his ears, his hearing was much stronger than Li Changan's, and he passed the sound he heard to him intact.

"It should be around here. I noticed that there is a piece of spiritual material before, but there is a negative-level ninth-level spiked spiritual eye guarding it. We dare not approach it."

"With Brother Tao here this time, it must be easy to catch."

"That's that, to Brother Tao, what's a mere negative-level ninth-level spiked spiritual eye palm? We Brother Tao came here for that thing in the 'Hidden Forest' this time."

"Hmph! You guys will guard me later to prevent any wild spirit beasts with short eyes from coming over."

"understand!"

"If it is true, the benefits will be indispensable to you."

"Yes Yes"

A few simple words gave Li Changan a lot of information.

The three of them should be robbers and not belong to the "Hidden Forest" group, but it is not certain whether they belong to "Bandit Tuo" or "Xinghuo".

And judging from their posture, they should be rushing towards the Spiky Spirit Eye Palm and Shuangluzhi.

However, things have already been taken by Li Changan first.

He didn't really want to meet the three of them, especially since they ignored the spiked spiritual eye palm.

Besides, they are not from the "Hidden Forest", nor are they his targets.

"However, instead of destroying a stronghold in the 'Hidden Forest', let's sneak out, will it?"

"It's just a spiked spiritual eye palm, very soon."

"Exactly! If you are afraid of this and that, you should go back first."

Li Changan, who was just about to leave, retracted his body again after hearing these words.

The stronghold of "Hidden Forest"?

"Meow?"

Xiao Huan moved her lips quietly.

How to do?
There is no worry or fear, but a little eager to try.

There are three people on the other side, even if they are all second-level spirit masters, there are at least three spirit beasts.

And the person who can ignore the negative-level ninth-level spiked spirit-eye palm is very likely to be a third-level spirit master.

This is not good news.

Li Changan laughed softly, "The advantage lies with us."

They are in the dark, and the three robbers are in the light, which is the advantage.

As he spoke, he carefully took out a thumb-sized glass bottle filled with light purple medicine.

This thing was left to him by Grandma Gu.

But so far no chance to use it.

There is no other reason, this is a bottle of poison.

Moreover, it is also one of the most proud poisons of the ancient mother-in-law.

"Use the 'Shadow Touch', put it down, and put it in the tree hole." Li Changan said through the spiritual balance.

The opponent's distance is close enough, and they have a wealth of field experience, and they will obviously be discovered by the opponent if they make any noise.

The knowing little guy stirred up his spirituality, his dark tentacles sank into the shadow of the tree trunk, and he grabbed the small purple bottle and quietly put it into the tree hole.

"Don't forget to uncork the bottle."

"Meow~~"

More than just opening the bottle cap, Xiao Huan even rolled some dead leaves on the ground to cover it up.

After finishing these, he winked playfully at Li Changan.

"have eaten."

Li Changan rubbed its furry head, and took out two small light blue pills.

This is the antidote.

After eating one person and one spirit beast, they silently waited for the "prey" to approach.

The previous hunters were the Spiked Osmanthus, but now they are the hunters.

And the common bait is the tree hole, and the Shuangluzhi plant.

A thin purple mist escaped from the glass bottle, and quickly dissipated in the air without producing any special smell.

Should the Imperial Spirit Master head-on?
nonexistent.

Should the imperial master be aboveboard and not engage in those "little tricks"?
Nor does it exist.

For Li Changan, who has seen the dark side of so many cities, Li Changan scoffed at the knowledge taught in these schools.

Find the opponent and deal with the opponent, this is the real survival rule among the imperial masters.

Can a second-tier spiritual master not beat a third-tier or even a fourth-tier spiritual master?

As long as they find the right method, ordinary people can solve the Imperial Spirit Master.

After all, it is the spirit beast that is really powerful, and the master of the spirit is just the beneficiary, or the biggest beneficiary.

click-

"Slow down!"

"Okay, you are here, be alert."

"Understood Brother Tao."

The two stayed in place, but the leader named "Brother Tao" waved his hand, and a bat hiding in the shadows, flapping its wings, hovered beside him.

Plague blood bats.

Li Changan saw the appearance of this bat clearly through the dim night.

At the same time, I finally felt a lot of pressure.

A plague blood bat with high potential at the restricted level, a spirit beast with the "chaos" attribute.

This Brother Tao, maybe he really might be a Tier [-] Spirit Master.

Li Changan didn't dare to use soul vision, for fear that the other party would notice.

If it is really a third-tier imperial spirit master, there may be a spirit beast hiding in the dark.

He was already prepared to escape immediately if the situation was wrong.

Relying on Xiao Huan's flexible manipulation of the shadows, coupled with the aid of equipment and materials such as "motivating ink", and the influence of poisons, there is still a high success rate in escaping in the dark woods.

So now to the question.

That is, when the other party can find out that the situation is wrong, and how much poison will be affected by it.

And that Brother Tao was only close to the territory of the Spiky Spirit Eye Palm, and after seeing the surrounding ground and some traces, he quickly discovered something was wrong.

He frowned, squatted on the ground, and waved at the plague blood bat flying above his head.

hum-

Circles of invisible sound waves spread out from its mouth, and it pricked up its ears, waiting for feedback.

Seeing this, Li Changan immediately put his hands on Xiao Huan's head.

Adjustment.

"Shadow Escape" with level A proficiency plus "Mo Ying"!
Two A-level proficiency skills greatly increased their concealment.

And Li Changan's eyes were firmly locked on to the plague blood bat. Once it made any abnormal movements, don't hesitate to run as soon as possible!
One person and one spirit beast closed their mouths at the same time and held their breath.

bang bang bang bang—

The gradually accelerating heartbeat kept echoing in their ears, and Brother Tao, who was squatting on the ground, also slowly stood up.

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