High School of Demon Hunting

Chapter 616: Chapter 285: The Fish Left Behind by Ran_1

When Blue Bird heard the sporadic howling of wolves in the surrounding area, he almost thought he had been discovered.

But soon he dismissed the idea.

He tightened his grip on his sword handle, held his breath, and cautiously glanced at an Aquatic Plant Pot crawling past him — since this sensitive magical creature was still peacefully catching bugs on the water grass it inhabits, then the Wolf Demons must still be maintaining a safe distance from him.

This was beyond doubt.

As the name suggests, Aquatic Plant Pot is a magical creature belonging to the phylum of magical creatures. It has a very famous distant relative — a Tree Protection Pot. Similar to its relative, an Aquatic Plant Pot is also a creature of gentle temperament, which looks at a first glance like a few strands of water grass and duckweed tangled together haphazardly. It resides among the water plants, feeding on fleas, tadpoles, and larva of mosquitoes on the water surface. If anything threatening their life gets close, these sensitive creatures will instantly shrink into a ball, hide deep into the water grass, and stay still, for a month or so.

The reason that Blue Bird did not disturb these little ones is because he had smeared a cream on his body before entering the hunting ground. The cream could isolate a Wizard’s aura, making other creatures feel as if he was just a large stone.

However, for some reason, these camouflage methods lost their effect in front of the Wolf Demons, leading to the humiliating scene of the young Swordsman being chased by the Demon mobs.

Blue Bird is now hiding in a water pit.

Although it’s called a water pit, given the amount of water it contains, it can actually be considered a small lake. However, the lake is too narrow, covering an area of less than two square meters, covered with a thick layer of water grass that is especially inconspicuous. A few minutes ago, when the young swordsman took a misstep and accidentally stepped on empty ground, he fell into this pit and discovered a hidden world inside.

The smooth stone wall is dented inward from the entrance of the pit, extending to the place where the light can’t reach, giving an impression of a big jar with a small opening. At the bottom of the black water, many pieces of luminous stones are scattered, replacing the sunlight overhead, providing precious light for this ’small lake world’, nourishing the strange creatures at the bottom of the lake.

For example, the Literary Ray, Horizontal Goby, Sauropus Fish, Aquatic Plant Pot, Green, he even saw a ”Ran Fish” when he just fell into the water, which gave the young swordsman an ominous foreboding.

For wizards, the ”Ran Fish”, a mythical fish that is rumoured to prevent disasters if eaten, is also seen as a source of disaster. There is an unconfirmed but widely circulated belief that if a person sees the ”Ran Fish” but does not catch it and eat it, he will inviting bad luck.

Who would have imagined that there would be a ”Ran Fish” in a pit like this?!

The young swordsman thought gloomily — he’d rather encounter several Greens, all of whose bones he could break, than see a ”Ran Fish” at this moment. Thinking of this, his mood became even more depressed, suddenly feeling as if the air in his lungs was not enough.

As a Swordsman, besides a sword, he had nothing else. No Law book, no Magic Potion, no Crystal Ball for divination, no Tarot Cards, not even those pieces of Talisman paper that he had thrown away, were all given to him by Zheng Qing when he left.

So, after falling into the water, he had no Gill sac grass in his pocket and no Law book to cast the Water Lord’s Curse. His robe wasn’t sewn with a Water-Repelling Pearl. The only way he could stay under water was holding his breath in the most primitive manner.

Holding breath, of course, required air exchange.

Small bubbles emerged from the corners of Blue Bird’s mouth. He gently slid his Longsword, followed these bubbles slowly float up to the water surface, raised his head, exposed only two nostrils, slowly exhaled the waste air in his lungs, then refilled his lungs with fresh air outside.

After an air exchange, the young Swordsman hesitated, didn’t sink quickly, but turned on his side, revealed his ears a little bit outside, and listened to the surroundings under the cover of water grass.

Then he heard the sudden howling from the Wolf Demons.

The heart of the young Swordsman sank, thinking he had been discovered.

But he quickly reacted, the initial howl was shrill yet brief, as if it was cut in the middle for some reason, giving a sense of abruptness.

The remaining howls that followed appeared long and resonant, organized, as if they were greeting each other as well as passing some information.

Discerning the sound coming from outside, Blue Bird noticed that the howling of the Wolf Demon Group was getting farther away as time passed, he then had some guesses.

In this hunting ground, in this vicinity, the only thing that can make these Wolf Demons abandon him, a flesh and blood Wizard, is the temptation of more flesh and blood of Wizards.

”It’s time to go back ”.

Thinking in this way, the young Swordsman slowly surfaced, cautiously examined his surroundings.

The tall Yellow Back Grass was gently moving in the wind, except for the rustling sound among the grass blades, there’s no external movement. Several hungry sparrows were hopping agilely among the grass stalks, pecking at the larvae of aphids who had just started to creep and crawl.

Even if he hadn’t found any abnormalities, Blue Bird still waited until the howling of Wolf Demon Group had gone a little farther, until the small animals around him had become a little more active. Only then did he slowly crawl out of the water pit, quietly slipped into the tall Yellow Back Grass field, and crept towards the direction where the hunting team was located.

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When the howling of the Wolf Demon Group sounded everywhere, Zheng Qing immediately recalled the message from Blue Bird, and had a sudden realization.

”With this much noise... This group of Wolf Demons must be a hundred-strong!” Zhang Ji Xin swallowed hard.

”According to the Swordsman’s report, the number is certainly over a hundred.”

Zheng Qing stayed calm, while quickly giving instructions: ”Blue Fatty, you take bigger strides. Go over to the woods and haul up some wood to help build a simple defensive fort on this small hill.”

”Understood.” the Blue Giant replied gloomily, then abruptly stood up and ran in the direction he had come from. His footsteps made the ground hum.

”The Doctor is responsible for vigilance and divination.”

”Elder, guard the Doctor and me... I need to construct a new Protective Rune Array as soon as possible.”

”Can your spirit handle it?” Xiao Xiao suddenly looked up at Zheng Qing and asked quietly, ”From the beginning till now, not counting those curses, you have used over fifty Talismans in half a day.”

”I can still hold out.” Zheng Qing shook his head vigorously, rubbed his somewhat swollen temples, then looked at Zhang Ji Xin, ”However, once the Wolf Demon Group arrives, fighting will be your and Fatty’s job. I’ll need to rest a bit in the back.”

”Absolutely!” Zhang Ji Xin pat his chest hard, and declared confidently, ”If a six seven-meter giant couldn’t kill me, I wouldn’t be bothered by the tofu bellies of these little dogs.”