It was almost evening, and the setting sun was like blood.
At the top of the low mountain peak, between the lush forest, there were twenty figures hidden. They were Tang Huan, Li Tian'en, Hu Kai, Chen You and the others.
It took them five whole days to get here.
"The 'Wind-bell Flamingo' should be moving soon."
Li Tian'en instructed softly, his eyes shining as he stared at the huge hole a thousand metres away, the hole was bright red, it was incomparably deep, and there seemed to be a steady stream of heat rising from it, while the area within ten metres of the hole was completely bare, without a single blade of grass growing on it.
"Ding ding!" "Ding ding …" Not long after, a series of sounds suddenly came out from the hole. It was as if pearls had fallen onto a jade plate, exceptionally clear and melodious.
"He's here!"
Everyone's spirits were lifted as they held their breaths.
After a while, red figures flew out from the hole one after another. It was a giant fiery red bird with slender legs and long necks. There was not the slightest bit of other colors on its body, and there was a fist-sized round crown of flesh on its head. The blood droplets that were to be collected for this mission were inside.
After capturing the "Wind-bell Flamingo" alive, one could cut open the crown of flesh and obtain the blood beads. After the wound healed, in another five to six years, new blood beads would be produced.
Not long later, hundreds of "Wind-bell Flamingo" appeared high up in the sky.
"Ding ding ~ ~ ~"
With a clear bird cry, three fiery red figures suddenly swooped down from the peak where Tang Huan, Li Tian'en and the others were.
At this moment, in the empty space between a few large trees, there were a few pebble-like objects scattered about. Each of them was as red as fire and as big as a fist.
Inside the stone, there seemed to be clouds floating, and a scorching aura seeped out at all times.
They were "Scarlet Glow Fire Crystals", a type of crystal that was born from an extremely hot place, and had a fatal attraction to "Wind-bell Flamingo".
Every time they carried out a mission like this, they would need to prepare dozens of "Scarlet Glow Fire Crystals", and in the end, there would be less than ten left.
"Hu!"
The three "Wind-bell Flamingo" were extremely fast. In an instant, they were only a hundred meters away from the peak of the mountain.
Everyone was focused, not daring to make the slightest sound. They had to make their move before the "Red Glow Fire Crystal" was swallowed by the "Wind-bell Flamingo". If it was eaten, the "Red Glow Fire Crystal" would quickly melt, and even if the Flamingo was killed, it would be impossible to take it out again.
"Ding Ding —"
But just as everyone was looking forward to the "Wind-bell Flamingo" tearing apart the branches and leaves above the "Red Glow Fire Crystal" and pouncing into the forest, the three fiery red figures suddenly turned around and soared into the sky, leaving behind a series of extremely crisp sounds, causing everyone to stare at each other in the forest.
Li Tian'en did not say anything, he only signaled for everyone to calm down, and then continued to hide.
"Ding ding! Ding ding … "
After about ten breaths of time, the clear and melodious cry approached again. Another fiery red figure approached. Moreover, it was ten "Wind-bell Flamingo".
However, the scene from before soon replayed itself.
Those "Wind-bell Flamingo" similarly flew past a hundred meters away from the peak of the mountain, and then rushed up a thousand meters into the air.
It would have been fine if it was only once or twice, but not long after, this kind of scene appeared more than ten times in a row. The "Wind-bell Flamingo" that swooped down were either two or three, or even dozens of them. They all resisted the temptation of the "Red Glow Fire Crystal" and only watched from above, not coming down to eat.
Luo Xingkong, Tong Ge and the other old members were still able to maintain their composure, but some of the new members of Squad 50 were unable to keep their composure.
And when this kind of situation happened dozens of times, even Li Tian'en and Hu Kai started to get anxious.
Tang Huan and Chen You could not help but look at each other in dismay. On the way here, they had heard countless times from Li Tian'en and the others that the "Wind-bell Flamingo" was extremely intelligent and extremely vigilant. Looking at their performance during this period of time, they were indeed abnormally vigilant, and did not show any signs of wanting to enter the forest.
"Ding ding …"
At least a hundred "Wind-bell Flamingo" rushed down. Pairs of gigantic wings flapped at the same time, and strong winds howled. At the peak of the mountain, leaves filled the air, and the trees all fell in the same direction. The "Red Glow Fire Crystal" on the ground was also sent flying.
"Aiya!"
One of the members at the peak of Heavenly Domain couldn't help but exclaim in a low voice when he saw this. He subconsciously rushed out from his hiding place, soared into the air, and grabbed the "Red Glow Fire Crystal" one by one. At almost the same time, the hundred or so "Wind-bell Flamingo" also drew an arc in the air, and quickly climbed up.
The moment the team member landed on the ground, he seemed to have realized something and stood there in a daze.
"We've been exposed!"
Hu Kai punched the ground and jumped up gloomily. Li Tian'en and the rest also walked out from their hiding places, and it was also at this time that almost all the "Wind-bell Flamingo" flew over, playing and crying complacently a thousand meters in the air, their voices deafening.
Everyone's faces darkened. They were actually mocked by a group of vicious beasts.
"So …" "I'm sorry..." The team member was dejected and extremely apologetic.
"Don't blame yourself, you can't be blamed for this."
Li Tian'en laughed bitterly and waved his hand, comforting her, "Even if you don't make a move, I will make a move later. Otherwise, these 'Red Glow Fire Crystals' would probably be eaten by the 'Wind-bell Flamingo' very quickly. I never thought that these fellows would be so vigilant and shrewd!"
Even though he said that, there was still a trace of regret in his eyes.
Hearing this, Tang Huan could not help but say: "Captain, they should have already discovered that there is a trap below."
"Oh?"
Li Tian'en was startled.
Tang Huan muttered to himself, "When Ban Lei appeared to collect the 'Red Glow Fire Crystal', the group of 'Wind-bell Flamingo' above did not panic at all. I think they already knew that there was someone hiding here!"
"Now that you mention it, it's true!"
Li Tian'en frowned, "About ten years ago, there was a small team that came here to collect Flamingo Blood Beads. It seems like they still remember it even now!"
Raising his head to look at the "Wind-bell Flamingo" that was circling in the sky, Li Tian'en said rather helplessly, "Everyone, we must change places!"
"You want to go to Wolong Valley?" Hu Kai said hesitantly.
"We can only go there." Li Tian'en sighed, "The other 'Wind-bell Flamingo' have all had their blood beads collected before, I'm afraid it will be very difficult for us to obtain them again. Even if we can succeed a few times, without a year's time, it will be very difficult to complete this mission."
Everyone was helpless.
There were only two places where blood droplets had not been collected. One was the "Wolong Valley" that Li Tian'en and Hu Kai had mentioned, and it would take at least twenty days to get to the "Wolong Valley" from here. There was also another place that might not even be able to reach in a month, and the most important thing was that these two Flamingoes' nests were both deeper in the Firing Dragon Mountain Range, and were extremely dangerous.
"Captain, it's not to that extent yet."
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