Athena looked at the long bag that Chen Rui took out and asked curiously, "What is this?"
"This is called a sleeping bag. It's made of mink fur. It's very warm. You'll know when you try it later."
"En …" Athena suddenly thought of something, and her face was a little red again. "Is this the only one?"
"I only had time to make one. This is for you. I have a blanket." Chen Rui smiled and handed the roasted meat to her.
Athena took the roasted meat and calmed down. After chatting for a while, she entered the tent to rest. The warm sleeping bag and the good habits of the wild made her fall asleep quickly. The sword was still with her in the sleeping bag.
Despite riding the wyvern for a day, Chen Rui was no longer an ordinary human. He didn't feel too tired. He activated < Analytical Eyes > and expanded his perception to alert the nearby situation.
Suddenly, his perception noticed the movement in the jungle. The two sensitive wyverns also noticed something. They raised their heads and looked down, making an uneasy hiss.
Athena was originally in a semi-dormant state of alert. The wyvern's hiss woke her up suddenly. She immediately jumped up and opened the tent, "Chen Rui, there's a situation!"
Chen Rui was about to check it out, but he didn't expect Athena to react so quickly, so he had to give up.
The two wyverns expressed the same meaning, "Danger, a lot, a lot!"
Chen Rui keenly heard the hiss in the jungle getting closer and closer. To be on the safe side, he put away the tent. Athena just extinguished the fire and heard Chen Rui's translation of the wyvern's hiss. She suddenly remembered a rumor and exclaimed, "Quick, ride the wyvern and go into the air!"
Chen Rui didn't dare to neglect. He quickly rode the wyvern and rose into the air with Athena.
At this time, the rustling sound had become as heavy as the beating of a drum. Below, black things were moving rapidly towards them like a tide, mixed with all kinds of low roars.
"Go higher!" Athena shouted, and the two controlled the wyvern to continue to rise.
Chen Rui's eyesight was quite amazing at this time. He could see clearly that the large tide-like thing below was actually thousands of demonic beasts. There were all kinds of demonic beasts, and many of them were even at the upper and lower levels of the food chain. However, their current movements were surprisingly consistent, which was to run desperately!
In addition to the demonic beasts on the ground, there were also a large group of bats and birds flying outward in the air. Fortunately, under Athena's reminder, the wyvern was high enough and did not clash with these flying demonic beasts. However, these demonic beasts were busy running. Even if they found the wyvern, they didn't dare to stop. Soon, the demonic beasts crossed the hill and continued to run outward.
If it weren't for Athena's early detection, then the two of them would be in a dangerous situation now. Although the strength of these demonic beasts was not particularly strong, their numbers were too terrifying, and they were endless. If they fought recklessly, there was an 80% to 90% chance that they would die.
Chen Rui asked in surprise, "Why is this happening?"
"This is the black rainforest's beast tide. All the demonic beasts in the forest will flee outward, and after a while, they will slowly return." Athena also had a look of horror on her face. "Rumor has it that such a beast tide will appear in the black rainforest every few hundred years, and the reason has not been found yet. Even the best demonic beast hunter doesn't dare to approach the forest during the beast tide. I didn't expect to encounter it."
Chen Rui nodded with a bitter smile. He actually won the "big prize" that only appears once in a few hundred years. It seemed that he was really lucky this time.
After a wave of black tide passed, another wave followed. It was as if all the demonic beasts in the forest had run out. Chen Rui could feel the panic and anxiety of these creatures from the analysis, but because the amount of data was too large and the speed was too fast, he couldn't distinguish clearly at the moment. He had an idea and asked Athena, "Can you catch a demonic beast? I want to try using the beast-taming skill to see why they are like this."
Originally, he could do it himself, but it was inconvenient to expose himself in front of Athena, so he made such a request.
Athena didn't think much. She rode Kegu and flew down. After circling a few times, there was a big demonic beast in her hand. It looked like a mole, but it actually had a pair of wings and sharp claws.
Similarly, this "mole" was quite frightened. Chen Rui comforted it for a while and let Athena feed it something. Then it calmed down a little, but this demonic beast's intelligence was not too high. It kept repeating two words, "Devil Fruit! Run! "
Devil Fruit? Chen Rui only felt that it was a little familiar, as if he had heard it in a certain cartoon. He was suddenly interested, but unfortunately, the "mole" could provide too little information.
To his surprise, when Athena heard the name "Devil Fruit", she suddenly showed an extremely shocked look.
"Chen Rui! Can't you ask me more clearly? Or else, I'll go and catch another one! " It seemed that Athena was quite sensitive to the devil fruit. She threw the "mole" and rode the wyvern down again. The "mole" flapped its wings and followed the fleeing team in horror.
Athena caught several demonic beasts in succession, but these demonic beasts knew even less. They only knew that a powerful ghost dragon was driving them away. If they didn't escape, they would become food in the mouth of the ghost dragon. Combining these scenes, Chen Rui analyzed that the devil fruit in the depths of the jungle was about to mature. A ghost dragon wanted to eat the fruit, so it drove all these demonic beasts out.
This was probably the reason for the beast tide in the black rainforest every few hundred years. However, Chen Rui was somewhat puzzled. Since the ghost dragon is so powerful, why does it drive away other demonic beasts? Is it worried that it will be eaten by other demonic beasts? Or is it trying to stop outsiders from snatching the fruit?
After listening to Chen Rui's analysis, Athena thought for a moment and said, "Chen Rui, the devil fruit is very important to me. I must get it! I'm going to explore the jungle now. You stay here. Don't go down before the beast tide completely disappears. If there's any danger, just escape with the wyvern. "
"Wait!" Chen Rui also wanted to see. Maybe it was a fruit that could provide a lot of aura. Seeing that she wanted to take the risk alone, he quickly said, "Let's go together!"
"No!" Athena shook her head and said, "Although I don't know what kind of Dragons the ghost dragon is, judging from the fact that it can create this kind of beast tide, its power must be quite powerful. I just want to try my luck. It's too dangerous for you."
"Athena, Mountain Xilang is also dangerous. Why do you want to accompany me? Don't worry, I won't drag you down. I have the beast-taming skill. If I really feel dangerous, I'll pick you up at a safer place, okay? "
Seeing that Athena was still hesitating, Chen Rui simply asked, "Are we partners?"
Athena was shocked and met Chen Rui's gaze. Under the cold moonlight, this gaze looked particularly spirited.
Athena suddenly lost her shyness. Instead, there was more warmth and confidence. She took a deep breath and nodded, "Let's go."
The two controlled the wyvern, lowered the height, and carefully moved in the opposite direction of the beast tide.
Chen Rui learned from Athena that the devil fruit was a very rare fruit. It matured once every few hundred years and was highly poisonous. However, it had an extraordinary significance for Demons. As everyone knew, although Demons were powerful, their potential was far less than that of humans. Except for the best of the royal family, the rest of the Demons' room for improvement was greatly limited. For example, most centaurs lingered at the level of Intermediate Demon all their lives and couldn't advance. If Great Demon didn't have a mutated bloodline, there was basically no hope to break through the upper limit of Higher Demon. Even for a Great Demon with a mutated bloodline like Athena, it only increased the probability of breaking through the limit to a certain extent. The difficulty was also quite high.
In addition to increasing strength, the most important thing about the devil fruit was that it could greatly increase the potential of Demons, increasing the possibility of breaking through the bottleneck several times. There was also a small chance to obtain additional special abilities. The premise was that they must survive the poison of the fruit. The stronger the strength, the stronger the toxicity and effect of the fruit.
For Demons, the devil fruit was equivalent to a priceless treasure to break through their own limits. No wonder Athena was so moved.
Even for the royal family, in addition to the potential, the increase in strength and the additional special ability were also quite tempting.
The woods were getting denser, and it was no longer suitable for the wyverns to fly. Fortunately, the beast tide was nearing its end. Chen Rui and Athena landed on the ground and led the two wyverns forward carefully.
At this moment, a low roar came from a distance. The voice contained boundless violence and fierceness. Mengda and Kegu paused at the same time with a horrified look in their eyes. They didn't dare to take another step no matter what.
Chen Rui thought for a while and didn't force the two wyverns to move forward. He left them in place and comforted them for a while. Then, he and Athena continued to move forward in the direction of the sound. Athena's original intention was to let Chen Rui stay, but she couldn't resist the human's insistence, so she had to go together.
Since most of the nearby demonic beasts had escaped to the periphery of the jungle, they didn't encounter any danger along the way. The two gradually approached the source of the sound. However, the strange thing was that after exploring for a while, Chen Rui and Athena returned to the original place.
"I remember the sound should be in front. Why is it like this?" Athena looked confused. Chen Rui and Athena had the same impression, but he had an extra feeling compared to Athena. It was a familiar and strange feeling.
That's right! This seems to be …
"Chen Rui!" Athena was shocked when she saw Chen Rui walked straight into a big tree behind the shrubs and disappeared.
Half of Chen Rui's body appeared from the tree again, "Athena, this way!"
Athena walked forward in surprise and touched the tree. It really wasn't a real thing, and the shrubs in front were real. There was a fake in the real. No wonder they couldn't find the right path after walking for a long time, but how did Chen Rui find it? It seemed that agreeing to come with him was the right choice.
After Athena walked into the big tree, she felt that the scene in front of her hadn't changed, but when Chen Rui walked in just now, she couldn't see him from the outside. Athena pulled out her greatsword and walked in front to continue exploring the way. Suddenly, she heard Chen Rui whisper, "Don't move!"
Chen Rui's face was very solemn, and there was a faint excitement in his eyes because a newly acquired knowledge in his mind made him discover the mystery of this area.
Dragon Inscription! This was the role of Dragon Inscription!
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