Unfortunately, Zhang Lisheng was not an adventurous young man. Although he grew up in a mountain village, it was his first time going deep into the jungle alone.
However, he had a basic understanding of the jungle since he was born in a mountain village. At least, he could tell that although the trees around him were dense, they were all common species such as birch, locust, jujube, and mulberry. The ground was wet but hard, which meant that he was in the farmland area. More than ten years ago, or even a few years ago, the land he was standing on was the terraced field of a mountain farmer in Guawo Village.
Just when he was feeling that it was a pity, a sound came from the top of Zhang Lisheng's head all of a sudden. He lifted his head to look and saw a blurry shadow flashing between the branches and leaves at the top of the tree.
Zhang Lisheng could faintly see a tree snake passing through the jungle. He became excited right away and began chanting witchcraft incantation immediately. He shouted 'absorb' at the direction where the shadow disappeared.
Affected by his witchcraft, a dark brown serpent that was close to two meters long fell from the top of the tree. However, it did not land on the ground. Instead, it was caught by a branch that was slanted to the side.
However, since it had been captured by Zhang Lisheng, how could this non-venomous ordinary brownish-black viper escape? Not long after, it twisted its body as Zhang Lisheng muttered 'pst shh …' and slithered down the branch to the young man's feet.
It was Zhang Lisheng's first time performing witchcraft on an insect that had not been fed with blood and he could control it as he wished just like Qing Hong. He was overjoyed.
Looking at the silhouette of the round-headed snake under his feet, he was not picky at all. It was just an ordinary dark brown serpent that was not known for its ferocity among the non-poisonous snakes. It could only survive by eating rats and bats. He spat a mouthful of black blood without hesitation and completed his unfinished witchcraft.
Triggered by the witchcraft, the dark brown serpent lifted its body and danced in the bloody mist. Its body grew rapidly and twisted in a bloody mess with its scales exposed. After a while, it exploded with a 'bang' and turned into a pile of meat paste.
Zhang Lisheng's face turned paler when he performed witchcraft incantation. The wizard worm's transformation failure made him look even more terrible.
Looking at the blood stains on the clean clothes that he had just changed into, he was stunned for a while. He then realized that there was a chance of failure in witchcraft. Witchcraft was not as simple as he thought.
Fortunately, all of this was just the beginning. A small setback would not make Zhang Lisheng depressed for a long time. After snapping back to reality, he sighed and regretted the half of his wizard power and a mouthful of blood essence that he had sacrificed. Then, he continued to walk deep into the jungle.
The road was getting more and more difficult.
After crossing the boundary of returning farmland to forests, tall trees began to form natural barriers in the forest with their strangely shaped roots and intertwined vines.
Occasionally, a few strangely shaped withered trees would appear in the forest. However, although they were withered, these trees did not seem to have lost their lives. The plants that grew on their bodies were ingeniously reproducing. They looked to be in a myriad of forms and were extremely beautiful.
There were also countless fungi and all kinds of strange flowers and plants in the forest, blocking the footsteps of tourists.
From the countless legends that were passed down in the village, Zhang Lisheng, who was exhausted from walking, knew that such a deep jungle was filled with danger. He released his wizard worm, Qing Hong.
He knew very well that he was only a Rank-1 Wizard even if he became a wizard. He would not be invulnerable to insects and beasts if he did not chant incantations.
Qing Hong crawled out of Zhang Lisheng's pants and circled around him to crawl on the trees in the forest within a radius of 10 meters. Many poisonous insects and little beasts were startled to avoid it.
Zhang Lisheng only felt safer now. He gulped and dragged his aching body to sit under a dead tree that was covered in slippery moss to rest.
He felt that his energy had recovered a little as he panted. However, his mouth was even thirstier now. He realized that it was a mistake for him to be hot-headed and walk into the jungle without any preparation.
However, since he was already deep in the jungle, Zhang Lisheng was unwilling to leave with nothing. After resting for a while, he felt that he was more energetic now. He stood up from under the dead tree and began chanting incantations to startle countless insects out of their hiding places. He planned to bet his luck to see if he could hunt his second wizard worm or not.
Zhang Lisheng had learned his lesson from the normal non-venomous brown-black snake that was killed by witchcraft last time. He intentionally avoided snakes this time when he was picking his wizard worm. After thinking about it, he thought it would be best if he could hunt a poisonous centipede. After all, he had Qing Hong as a successful example, he was more confident in refining a centipede.
Short-tailed viper, forest lizard, forest python …
The dense jungle was dim. Although Zhang Lisheng's understanding of insects and reptiles was even more extensive than some naturalists thanks to his father's cruel education and the computer's realistic pictures and videos, it was still very difficult for him to identify the animals that were running around in such an environment.
Since he became a Rank-1 Wizard, the incantation he was chanting had supernatural power. It would consume some energy to unleash the power.
Zhang Lisheng gradually felt that the wizard power in his body was running out since he did not find a satisfactory rare centipede for a long time.
If he did not make a decision soon, he might not even have the power to refine a wizard worm after a while. He had no choice but to change his target to a poisonous long-limbed tree lizard.
He kept chanting incantations in his mouth and stared at the long-limbed tree lizard that was crawling across a swamp with its four slender legs. Just when he was about to say the word 'absorb', he suddenly heard "Please!
Suddenly, he heard shouts of "Please! Help! Help! Who save me … "A shrill scream was heard.
The most important thing in learning a foreign language was the context.
Although Zhang Lisheng grew up in a remote mountain village in Western Sichuan, there was a real foreign teacher among his teachers who did not speak a word of Chinese during foreign language classes.
Adding on to the fact that he had some talent in languages, he could totally hear the scream of "Help, who can save me, help …" in the most widely spoken language in the western world, English.
In such a deep mountain forest in Western Sichuan, Zhang Lisheng might consider if it was a mountain traveler or a ghost if he heard a scream in Mandarin. However, since the scream was in English, it could only be a foreign traveler who liked to explore without a guide.
In reality, there would be casualties of tourists in all the famous natural scenic spots in the world every year. A small part of these casualties was due to the negligence of the scenic spot managers, but most of the casualties were caused by the tourists themselves.
After all, sometimes the famous scenic spots that people were familiar with would turn into a murderous purgatory even if they did not take the official route.
Zhang Lisheng did not like such adventure-type travelers who brought trouble to themselves and others because they were unwilling to stick to the old rules and wanted to pursue thrills and a sense of conquest. However, he could not just stand by and watch them die.
After thinking about it, he eventually sighed and let go of the long-limbed tree lizard that was already in the trap. He ran quickly towards the direction of the scream and shouted in English, "What's wrong with you? Don't stop, tell me immediately, I'm on my way."
"Oh my god, oh my god!
There's someone here. Thank you, thank you. There's a ferocious animal here. It's … it's not big, it looks like a little black Labrador but it has a cat's face.
Oh my god, it's so fast and its claws are so sharp, I can't see it clearly!
I'm hurt, my boyfriend is hurt too, help us, help us! "
Zhang Lisheng's English level was not good enough to understand the uncommon term 'Labrador', but that did not stop him from understanding what the person was asking for help meant. 'A cat that looks like a little black dog' was no doubt a leopard.
Ordinary people's impression of a leopard's ferocity was greatly exaggerated due to the wrong guidance and imagination of movies. In reality, it was not particularly dangerous for a leopard to appear alone on a plain with a wide field of vision.
However, in a dense forest, the ferocity of such an agile hunter would be increased by more than ten times. Encountering a leopard that could climb mountains, rivers, and trees like it was walking on flat ground was even more dangerous than encountering a tiger or a mountain bear.
"Sh * t, that's a leopard, it's rare to see it usually. You guys are really 'lucky'.
Remember to leave the tree, a leopard is the best hunter in the jungle, especially when it's jumping down from the tree. " If Zhang Lisheng had not become a wizard, he would have turned around and run away when he heard that a leopard was attacking a traveler. However, he shouted confidently at this moment.
Unfortunately, the traveler only responded to his kind reminder with a scream of "Ah …".
The jungle was bumpy, it was impossible for Zhang Lisheng to reach the scene of the attack even if he ran as fast as he could. He could only shout when he heard the scream, "What's wrong with you?"
It was silent. Perhaps the traveler who was crying for help was already dead, Zhang Lisheng slowed down his footsteps. As a mountain man who grew up in the mountains, it was a good ending for those who died in the mountains to be buried. He had no intention of collecting the dead's bones.
"My shoulder's hurt, I'm bleeding a lot, I might not be able to wear a bikini anymore.
Oh God, I don't want to die, I don't want to die … "However, the crying that resonated soon proved Zhang Lisheng's speculation was wrong, he had no choice but to speed up his footsteps in the jungle.
The crying was getting closer, Zhang Lisheng knew he was not far away from the traveler who was attacked by a beast. He could not help but sigh in relief, he had an urge to give it a try.
However, just when his mood was slightly fluctuating, a nimble silhouette suddenly appeared on a big tree on his right.
It was a black-spotted leopard that was just over a meter long, using its 70 to 80 centimeters long spotted tail to control its body's balance. It leaped down and pounced at Zhang Lisheng silently.
Zhang Lisheng, who only had the physique of an ordinary person, could not avoid such a ferocious attack at all. He was pushed to the ground by the black-spotted leopard, he then felt a warm and stinky breath on his neck.
It was the leopard that was about to bite its prey's neck to kill it in one go.
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