When Jianchen entered the room, he discovered that everyone, including captain Kendall, was eating breakfast at the table. On the table was a large plate of steaming hot beef.
"Jianchen, let's eat together. We have to fight today, so we have to fill our stomachs. Only then will we have the strength to fight the magical beasts." Captain Kendall stood up from his chair and pulled Jianchen over to a chair beside him.
Hu Po stuffed a large piece of mutton into his mouth and chewed in large bites. He mumbled, "Yeah, we have to fill our stomachs today. If we encounter powerful magical beasts, we'll have the strength to run away even if we can't defeat them."
Hearing this, captain Kendall glared at Hu Po and snappily said, "Hu Po, do you really want to encounter magical beasts that we can't defeat? If we encounter a Class 4 Magical Beast that excels in speed, all of our lives will be lost in the Magical Beast Mountain Range."
"Kendall, I'm just saying. Do you need to be so serious? You're even using Class 4 Magical Beasts to scare me. It's not like we're going into the depths of the mountain range. How can we encounter Class 4 Magical Beasts?" Hu Po said with some dissatisfaction.
Sitting at the table, Jianchen did not hold back. He picked up a piece of beef with his chopsticks and placed it in his mouth. He said, "Uncle Kendall, Hu Po is right. Class 4 Magical Beasts can only be found in the depths of the mountain range. As long as we don't enter the depths of the mountain range, we won't encounter any Class 4 Magical Beasts." Jianchen had stayed in the Magical Beast Mountain Range for quite some time, so he was rather clear on these matters.
"You can't say that." Captain Kendall's face suddenly became stern. He looked around and said with a deep voice, "Even though we're only moving around the outskirts of the Magical Beast Mountain Range, we still can't let our guard down. Although Class 4 Magical Beasts normally move around in the depths of the mountain range, there are a few exceptions. Some bored Class 4 Magical Beasts, or magical beasts that are being hunted down, can come to the outskirts from the depths of the mountain range. Something like this is not uncommon on the Tian Yuan Continent. Who knows how many times it has already happened."
Hearing this, Jian Chen nodded slightly. He agreed with Captain Kendall's words. This was because he had read about this in the books in the academy's library. Some powerful magical beasts that should have stayed in the depths of the Magical Beast Mountain Range would occasionally appear in the outskirts of the mountain range. However, this kind of thing was very rare. At the very least, during the time that Jian Chen had stayed in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, he had never encountered a magical beast of the fourth rank in the outskirts. Even magical beasts of the third rank were very rare.
"Of course we know that. Although we've never encountered one before, we've heard about it from many of our peers. Alright, Kendall, stop talking about it. You're making everyone feel heavy-hearted. If something like this really does happen, it's just our bad luck. Let's eat quickly so we can be on our way once we're full." The one who spoke was a middle-aged man who was about the same age as Kendall. He was the strongest person in the Inferno Mercenary Group apart from Kendall — Dier. He possessed the strength of a high level Great Saint and was only a step away from becoming a Sagemaster.
Everyone quieted down as soon as Dier opened his mouth. They all lowered their heads and continued to eat, throwing the beef into their stomachs. Soon, the large plate of beef was emptied, not leaving a single scrap.
After filling their stomachs, the group didn't stay for long. They immediately set off for the Magical Beast Mountain Range. Of the nine people, only Jian Chen was riding a horse. The other eight were all walking.
"Jian Chen, once we're outside the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts, what are you going to do with this horse? You can't possibly bring this horse into the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts, right?" Looking at the white horse beneath Jian Chen, Captain Kendall asked in confusion.
With that, Jianchen chuckled. He rubbed the snow-white fur on the horse's back and said, "This place is almost twenty kilometers away from the mountain range. I'll directly return its freedom once we reach the outskirts of the mountain range."
Xiao Dao immediately leapt up when he heard that. He stared at Jianchen and cried out, "No way, Jianchen, are you going to set it free? That's too much of a waste of money."
Jianchen smiled, "Isn't setting it free the same as returning its freedom? The world is vast, so whether it can survive on the Tian Yuan Continent will depend on its luck." On the Tian Yuan Continent, horses were only the most common and lowest form of transportation. At the same time, the spiritual energy on the Tian Yuan Continent was abundant. Not only could wild beasts absorb the energy of the world or eat heavenly resources to become magical beasts, even horses had the opportunity to advance. At the very least, Jianchen had read in a book that a horse with the strength of a Class 5 Magical Beast had appeared on the Tian Yuan Continent a hundred years ago. However, due to the limitations of the horse's body, its innate condition was extremely poor. Advancing was an extremely difficult path for them, and it took a very long time as well.
Although they were walking, their speed was not slow. After roughly two hours of hurrying, they finally arrived at the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts.
Looking at the lush forest before them, Jianchen dismounted from his horse and followed the group into the forest. Jianchen did not pay any attention to the white horse. It would naturally leave after some time.
"From now on, everyone be careful. Although most of the creatures in the forest are wild beasts, we still can't be careless." Kendall sternly glanced at everyone before continuing, "Dier, Hu Po, and I will walk at the front of the group. Zhou Dakai, Zhou Xiaokai, Chang Ningfeng, you three will walk at the back. The rest of you will walk in the middle."
Afterwards, the group quickly advanced in the formation that Kendall had arranged. Along the way, there were many wild beasts that came to disturb them, but they were not even Class 1 Magical Beasts. They posed no threat to the group at all.
After walking in this manner for six hours, the Flame Mercenaries finally passed through the forest and arrived at the outskirts of the Magical Beast Mountains. There were already Class 1 Magical Beasts roaming about here.
Walking at the front of the group, Kendall looked around before turning back to the group and saying, "Now, everyone be prepared to fight at any time! We can encounter Class 1 and Class 2 Magical Beasts at any time now. "
However, Kendall's words were clearly unnecessary. Apart from Jianchen, everyone in the group was already prepared to fight at any time. All of them looked around with sharp gazes.
The team maintained their formation and continued to move forward vigilantly. However, after four hours of walking, they didn't encounter a single magical beast except for a few ignorant beasts.
Jianchen walked in the middle of the group as his eyes flickered with uncertainty. Along the way, he had clearly sensed the subtle movements caused by the movements of many magical beasts. However, what puzzled him was that these magical beasts had only stopped for a while under the cover of the bushes when they were ten meters away from them before retreating. Not a single one of them dared to jump out. Jianchen could not understand this no matter how hard he thought about it.
"Could it be that these magical beasts have discovered that our group is too powerful, so they don't dare to come and throw their lives away?" Jianchen frowned as he thought to himself. When he had entered the Magical Beast Mountains alone a few days ago, he had not encountered such a situation.
After thinking for a while, Jianchen finally couldn't help but ask, "Uncle Kendall, do you feel that something is off?"
Jianchen's words were undoubtedly very sensitive to the group at this time. Hearing this, everyone's gazes turned to Jianchen. Kendall asked, "Jianchen, is there something wrong?"
Jianchen hesitated for a moment before saying, "This is clearly the range of activity of rank one magical beasts. Why haven't we encountered a single magical beast along the way?"
Hearing this, everyone immediately let out a sigh of relief. They had originally thought that Jianchen had discovered something that would be detrimental to them.
Kendall chuckled and said, "Jianchen, this situation is very normal. Although we have already entered the range of activity of rank one magical beasts, the Magical Beast Mountains are very vast. We have only been walking in a straight line so it is very normal that we did not encounter any magical beasts. This is because every time we entered the Magical Beast Mountains in the past, it was the same situation."
Jianchen frowned slightly, but he was clear in his heart that the actual situation was not like this at all.
"Captain Kendall, could it be that you have not encountered a single rank one magical beast before?" Jianchen continued to ask.
"No, it is just that rank one magical beasts are very rare. Most of the magical beasts we encounter are rank two or three. Of course, there are also times when we do not encounter a single rank one magical beast." Towards Jianchen's questions, Kendall did not feel impatient and carefully explained to Jianchen.
"Captain Kendall, then approximately how many magic cores do you usually obtain in a day?" Jianchen asked.
"There is no need to talk about this." Captain Kendall pondered for a moment before replying, "Under normal circumstances, we can harvest about four or five Class 2 Magic Cores a day. Sometimes, if we are lucky, we can even harvest six or seven Class 2 Magic Cores. As for Class 3 Magic Cores, there are very few of them. Because we are only moving around the outskirts of the Magical Beast Mountain Range, Class 3 Magic Beasts rarely appear in this area. Therefore, the chances of encountering Class 3 Magic Beasts are very low. Moreover, Class 3 Magic Beasts are very difficult to kill. Once we start fighting, we will inevitably be injured. Therefore, unless we take the initiative to encounter a Class 3 Magic Beast, we simply cannot provoke a Class 3 Magic Beast."
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