As Yun Sheng had been to the Luoxia Wetlands before, she was very familiar with the surrounding terrain.
However, she did not walk at the front of the group. Instead, she slowly followed behind the group.
She noticed that the magical beasts near the Luoxia Wetlands seemed to be much fewer than before.
"Look … those people and magical beasts." When Zhou Quan and the rest got closer, they realized that there was a disgusting smell everywhere. There were corpses of magical beasts and hunters everywhere.
The miasma in the wetlands was emitted. Those hunters who did not take the antidote and some low-level magical beasts all died on the way.
Some of the corpses were cut open by the magical beasts that passed by. It was a horrifying sight.
After walking through the outer wetlands, they did not see a single living person or beast.
In order to prevent anyone from entering the Luoxia Wetlands during this period, Ye Beilian simply ordered the two mages beside him to set up a few magic arrays.
As long as someone trespassed, the magic arrays would shoot out flames to attack.
If there were no magical beasts like the Puffed Egg that could break any seal, normal people would not be able to enter at all.
After setting up the magic arrays, everyone continued to walk forward. There were still no traces of people around. The entire Luoxia Wetlands was like a graveyard. There was a sense of death everywhere.
"Crown Prince, there are traces of a magical beast ahead. Allow me to chase it away." Wu Xiong had not had a chance to show off all the way here. After he caught the scent of a magical beast, he immediately walked out impatiently.
He raised his magic scepter and chanted.
This was Yun Sheng's second time seeing a summoner summon a magical beast. The first time was the female summoner called Bing Ling from the Wanlong Gambling House.
However, compared to Bing Ling's Glacier Tiger, she did not know what Wu Xiong's summoned beast was.
After a series of obscure chants, a plant appeared in Wu Xiong's summoning array.
It was a plant with a special shape. Yun Sheng did not expect that Wu Xiong's summoned beast was not a magical beast. It was a plant-type summoned beast.
At the side, Abandon and Ye Beiming were also curious. There were very few summoners in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and plant summoners were even rarer in the mainland.
When Yun Sheng saw the magic beast, she thought of a carnivorous plant she had seen in a modern botanical garden, Nepenthes.
Wu Xiong's magic herb was similar to a pitcher plant. It had a huge bag, and inside it was a corrosive liquid that could melt any plant or animal. As long as an enemy, especially a mosquito, invaded it, it would immediately devour it.
Wu Xiong's man-eating flower had a similar effect. After it appeared, it released a kind of fragrance.
If a human were to smell this fragrance, they would only feel that it was filled with the stench of blood, making them want to vomit after smelling it for a while.
But to magical beasts, this special fragrance was like the best repellent.
Yun Sheng smelled it and found that it was similar to the smell of modern insecticides.
Sure enough, after Wu Xiong released the man-eating flower, even if it did not move, its smell quickly spread.
Some of the magical beasts that had been lingering around immediately fled after smelling this smell, not daring to come close to Yun Sheng and the others.
As for the eagle claw bat king that Yun Sheng had encountered in the core area of the wetland, it was still there.
Thinking about it, that near-Domain level magical beast was much smarter and more cunning. It must have known that the nine-leaf purple ginseng was about to ripen, so it guarded the purple ginseng tightly, unwilling to retreat easily.
What Yun Sheng and the others did not know was that when they entered the core area, the magic arrays that had been set up around the periphery of the wetland were easily destroyed.
The elite camp students had expected that the purple ginseng was about to ripen, so they killed their way into the middle area. Coincidentally, they also encountered the wave of magical beasts that had been driven out by Wu Xiong's man-eating plant. The few of them killed along the way, and soon, small mountains of corpses were piled up on the road.
Under the effect of Wu Xiong's summoning plant, the group quickly cleared out the magical beasts in the periphery.
But for some reason, Yun Sheng felt that something was wrong.
Last time, when she entered the Sunset Wetland, there were clearly many magical beasts in the periphery.
She carefully recalled the situation at that time, but when she entered today, she felt that the magical beasts in the vicinity had all disappeared.
Could it be that there were more powerful people who entered the Sunset Wetland first?
Unknowingly, the group walked to the core area of the wetland.
In order to allow the crown prince and the others to pass more smoothly, Zhou Quan and the others split up to hunt magical beasts along the way.
When they reached the core area, only Zhou Quan, two or three hunters, Yun Sheng, Abandon, and Ye Beiming were left in the Heaven Extermination Hunting Corps.
This was also the result of Yun Sheng's intentional arrangement. She knew that the vicinity of the nine-leaf purple ginseng would be filled with danger, so she left some hunters with low cultivation to guard the periphery.
The dizzying miasma slowly dissipated, and a fresh, dew-like fragrance assailed their nostrils.
"Look, what's that over there?" Chen Lian 'er's eyes lit up. She saw a trace of purple in the depths of the wetland.
That purple light attracted everyone's attention.
One leaf, two leaves, three leaves … There were a total of nine leaves.
So it was actually the nine-leaf purple ginseng. Everyone was wild with joy. Everyone knew what a nine-leaf purple ginseng meant. It was a herb that was close to divine-grade.
At this moment, the ginseng flower on the purple ginseng's corolla had turned completely red from its previous orange-yellow color.
From afar, the nine-leaf purple ginseng seemed to be shrouded in the morning glow.
Discovering the temptation of the nine-leaf purple ginseng made everyone forget about the dangerous situation in front of them.
Especially Chen Lian 'er and the crown prince. They couldn't wait any longer and activated their magic. They didn't care about the wetland in front of them as they prepared to pick the purple ginseng that was about to ripen.
"Little wild cat, what's going on?" Ye Beiming noticed that Yun Sheng's face was abnormally pale.
Yun Sheng, who had always been fearless, revealed such an expression. Ye Beiming couldn't help but become vigilant.
Just as Ye Beilian and the others jumped onto the wetland. Suddenly, they heard a strange bubbling sound.
Bubbles began to appear one after another in the originally calm quagmire.
Something came out of the bubbles.
Mud bats came out of the mud one by one. In an instant, the surroundings were filled with bats.
Along with the bats, there was also a bat king.
The bat king had the head of a mouse, but its wings were like an owl's. It was covered in feathers. The most terrifying thing was its two legs. They didn't look like bat legs at all. They were clearly a pair of sharp eagle claws.
Seeing the bat king's legs, Wu Xiong let out a terrified cry. It was the rank nine Eagle Claw Bat King.
He never would have thought that he would find such a terrifying magical beast in this kind of place.
"Run, this is the rank nine Eagle Claw King. It's almost a domain level magical beast. If we stay here, we will all die." Wu Xiong hurriedly tried to escape.
"Hehe, you stupid plant summoner. At least you have some knowledge and can recognize my treasure." A dry laugh was heard.
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