The terrifying lightning bolt left a deep impression on the two Predators. One of the Predators did not manage to dodge in time and was entangled by the plant roots summoned by Dardanian. The Predator took the full power of the 'Psionic Storm' head-on and died after being seriously injured. The other Predator fled in panic. Since then, no one had been tailing them.
Relying on the map drawn by the spaceship, Party Ace managed to avoid the territories of some extremely powerful creatures along the way. If they really could not avoid them, they would use their scent to cover their tracks. Therefore, before sunset, they arrived at the gathering place of the Buffalo Criminals in the area known as the K2 Mountain Range.
The terrain of Mountain Range K2 was very similar to the karst terrain of Guilin, China. Although the mountain range was not high, it was steep and steep. The climate was relatively dry, so there was no crisscrossing water network, and the vegetation was not as abundant.
This terrain allowed Party Ace to move forward at a much faster speed. In addition, when they arrived here, they found that the Pi element detector had turned from light green to dark green and was slightly heating up. This was a good sign. It meant that the distribution and concentration of Pi element in this area was higher than in other places. Of course, the chances of rich veins of the best quality were definitely higher here.
After circling around a huge cylindrical rock, the group of people suddenly discovered a strange scene in front of them. Originally, it should have been an area where large pieces of scattered rocks were randomly piled up. However, at this moment, it had completely turned into a white wasteland. The large pieces of rocks had very straightforwardly turned into greyish white fragments. The largest fragment was not larger than the size of a fist. As for the plants, they had all been ruthlessly trampled.
This scene was very similar to the construction sites of highways on Earth. A large number of uniformly sized gravel were used to pave the roadbed. But on Earth, there were large stone crushers specially made for this kind of work. On this planet, who would be so bored as to do this kind of heavy physical work? Of course, it could only be the Buffalo Criminals.
Not long after they entered the K2 Mountain Range, Party Ace encountered traces of Buffalo Criminals. They all felt very lucky to be able to find the Buffalo Criminals as soon as they arrived at the K2 Mountain Range. Time was of the essence, so it was a blessing to be able to find the Buffalo Criminals as soon as they arrived.
Ronnie snuck into the open space like a ghost. He touched the stone powder with his hand, then returned and whispered.
"Although the climate here is a bit dry, today is not a sunny day. The stone powder is still quite dry, which means that the Buffalo Criminals should have excavated today. Otherwise, the dew would have soaked the stone powder. If we follow the trail, we should be able to find these guys."
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Sheyan trusted Ronnie's judgment. After less than half an hour of tracking, they heard strange grunts and shouts coming from the front. Most of the shouts were single syllables. If two syllables were connected, there would often be sounds of fighting and screams.
After the group sneaked over from the side, they immediately found that there was a rocky beach in front of them. This rocky beach was next to the river. At first glance, it was obvious that during the rainy season, mountain floods and mudslides would erupt, and the river was very wide. The rocks and other things in the mountains would be swept down. During the dry season, the river would shrink to less than one-fifth of its heyday. Naturally, it would form the strange terrain here.
Among the rocks, a group of Buffalo Criminals was working hard. The machetes they were wielding were similar to those used by humans, but the handle and head were obviously much thicker. At first glance, it was obvious that the machetes had been specially reinforced. When the Buffalo Criminals raised the machetes high, they would release their ability through the sarcomas on their shoulders, attached to the machetes, causing them to produce strong high-frequency vibrations. Therefore, as long as the machetes were embedded in the rocks, the violent vibrations would directly shatter the rocks.
Therefore, when the Buffalo Criminals dug down with their machetes, a rock would be easily dug up and shattered into small pieces. Occasionally, the Buffalo Criminals would sniff a few times with their red noses, then pick up a small piece of black crystal from the debris and throw it into their mouths. It seemed that this was the Kurut mineral they needed.
But it seemed that these Buffalo Criminals also had a mission. Every time they dug up a Kurut mineral, they would eat a part of it and throw the other part into the cloth bag at their waist to hide it. It seemed that there were signs of oppression in this race.
Party Ace exchanged glances with each other. Their time was precious and limited, so of course they would not treat these Buffalo Criminals kindly and slowly give them gifts, treat them to food, drink, and wash their feet to increase their friendliness. Instead, they would rush up, grab a few Buffalo Criminals, and force themselves on them.
Unexpectedly, as soon as they appeared from afar, the Buffalo Criminals were even more excited than them. They raised their fangs and roared as they rushed over. The saliva at the corners of their mouths even flew three to four meters away!
Party Ace was afraid that these Buffalo Criminals would disperse and not be able to catch any of them alive, but they did not expect them to be so eager to sneak into their pockets. Sheyan's heart skipped a beat, and he warned everyone to be careful.
After coming into contact with these Buffalo Criminals, Party Ace immediately understood why these Buffalo Criminals were chosen by the Predators and had the "honour" of becoming their prey.
That was because the Buffalo Criminals were very strong in group combat!
The threat of an ordinary Buffalo Criminal alone was not that high, because its main method of attack was close combat. Except for the steel axe used for digging, it mostly used weapons that it could find nearby to attack. These weapons were usually stones, sticks, and so on.
But when the number of these Buffalo Criminals increased to three or more, they had to be extra careful. Some kind of gland under their armpits would secrete an indescribable stench due to excitement during battle. The stench not only interfered with the attacker's sense of smell, but also acted like a stimulant, increasing the combat effectiveness of their companions.
After smelling the stench excreted by different companions, the attack power, defence, movement speed and attack speed of the Buffalo Criminals would all increase. Of course, there was a limit to this effect. The upper limit of an ordinary Buffalo Criminal's attack power would only be about 40%.
More importantly, the moment when the Buffalo Criminal was killed was the moment where one had to be the most careful in the entire battle, because the aneurysm on the Buffalo Criminal's right shoulder would explode as the Buffalo Criminal died. If one was caught in the explosion, it would cause an astonishing amount of damage. Not only that, but it would also cause continuous damage for the next ten seconds.
When Sheyan rushed into the midst of the Buffalo Criminals, he suffered a great loss. The enemies felt like they were moving at full speed, and the hatchets with special abilities had the effect of ignoring defence when they hit him. Sheyan was hit a few times in a row. The pain was unbearable, so he could only focus on dodging.
How much he missed Reef's' Heart Rending Lung '!
What was even more shameless was that these Buffalo Criminals had no morals at all. They knocked toes, spat saliva, snorted, threw stones at their eyes, threw mud at their eyes and poked their buttocks with their eggs …. They did whatever they could to make people feel disgusted. When Sheyan rushed in, he was just like Guan Yu preparing to kill Hwa Xiong in front of Tiger's Den. He had planned to make a name for himself by fighting a bloody battle, but he ended up falling into a maggot-infested cesspool instead!
Fortunately, at this moment, Sheyan sensed that something was amiss. A flask of curse-mix was smashed onto the ground, as a shockwave swept out, causing the surrounding creatures to stagger. A dark green cloud of curse-mix rose up. The stench of the cloud of curse-mix was originally rather pungent, but at this moment, it was like a savior to Sheyan. At least, it could prevent his nose from being assaulted by the foul stench of those creatures. Sheyan's face turned pale.
In this battle, both Sheyan and Ronnie were successfully sidelined. They could only display 70% of their abilities in the stench. The elemental creatures, who had no sense of smell, had done a great job. After Paul's Iron Golem, Dardanian's Ent, and Pokan's Stone Blader Raijo combined, the cost of summoning stone elementals had dropped sharply, and they could now be used as conventional weapons.
Sheyan struggled to hold on at the front, attracting the enemy's firepower. The three elemental creatures acted as the backbone, rampaging through the enemy's ranks. The few mage-type contestants on the periphery could also use auxiliary means such as wands to launch basic long-range attacks. Therefore, the battle did not last long before the seven or eight Buffalo Criminals were dealt with.
They killed six of the Buffalo Criminals, leaving only two that were tightly tied up alive. At first, everyone just wanted to get away from this stinking battlefield as soon as possible, but Cyborg No. 1 told Sheyan that the Buffalo Criminals also had a huge amount of wealth on them. The glands under their armpits were very expensive and took up very little space.
Sheyan naturally had to prioritize profits over everything else. Sheyan could not help but ask what the stinky glands were for. Cyborg No. 1's answer stunned him. They were used to make a very expensive perfume!!
Dardanian, on the other hand, seemed to have expected this answer. He seemed to have done a lot of research in this area. He told them that the human sense of smell was actually a very wonderful thing. The distance between a fragrance and a stench was only a fine line.
For example, musk, a precious spice, would give off a pungent smell of urine after being smelled fresh for a long time. Ambergris was a sickly secretion from the end of a sperm whale's large intestine or the beginning of its rectum, similar to a stone. The smell was obvious when it was taken out. There was also Indonesia's "Luwak" coffee, which was as expensive as gold. The coffee beans were picked up from the faeces of civet cats, but the demand for it could not meet the demand. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it at qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation.)
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