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An hour passed quickly, during which time nothing dangerous happened around the swamp.

"Ha~"

Lin Li yawned boredly, and then he looked at the two prospectors who were using various precision instruments for exploration.

Wu Kui on the side said at this time, "Brother Lin, those two prospectors have been working for so long and haven't found anything of value. It seems that they will return empty-handed this time."

Lin Li was not very concerned about whether the spirit stone veins could be found here. After listening to what Wu Kui said, he responded casually.

"Anyway, the weapons company has promised us the rewards. Even if no spirit stone veins are found here, we will have no loss."

Wu Kui said with a smile, "That's true, but if the spirit stone veins can be found here, each of us can get an additional thousand spirit stones, which is much more generous than the guaranteed remuneration..."

As time passed, an hour and a half passed quickly.

The alien hunters who were on guard duty looked at the two prospectors who were still busy and felt that there should be no spirit stone veins here.

As the captain, Chen Jiaquan looked at the sky and found that there were large clouds spreading in the distance.

It is a very bad thing to encounter a rainy day in the wilderness.

"Brother." Chen Jiaxiang came to Chen Jiaquan, "Looking at the weather, it may rain soon. Should we return early?"

Chen Jiaquan thought for a moment, then raised his left hand and looked at the watch on his wrist, "The time Master Wang said is coming soon. When the time comes, we will return."

"Yes." Chen Jiaxiang nodded, then turned to leave and returned to his responsible position to guard.

"The instrument is responding!!!" A cry suddenly rang out, and the people on guard immediately looked at the two prospectors.

I saw them looking excited, staring at the equipment in front of them and dancing.

"Did you find the spirit stone vein?" Lin Li said curiously.

"I'll go over and take a look." Wu Kui said quickly, and then walked towards the two prospectors.

Chen Jiaquan came to the front and asked the two prospectors, "Master Wang, have you discovered the spirit stone vein?"

"Yes, according to the feedback from the instrument, there are indeed spirit stone veins here." The older prospector said with a smile.

"And the scale of this spirit stone vein is not small. It is likely to be medium-sized." The young prospector added with a smile.

Two prospectors dared to risk their lives to explore deep in the wilderness. The weapons company must have promised very generous rewards.

It is now confirmed that there is a spirit stone vein here, and it is very likely to be medium-sized. These two prospectors can be said to be the happiest among the group.

"Brother Lin, we are going to make a fortune this time." Wu Kui returned to Lin Li and told the news about the discovery of the spirit stone vein.

"We are really lucky." Lin Li sighed after hearing the good news.

Everyone present was overjoyed, and the next task was to return to the city safely.

The alien hunters who were on guard around them were chatting happily, waiting for the two prospectors to pack up their instruments and start their return journey.

"I thought I could only get a guaranteed remuneration for this trip, but I didn't expect such a surprising harvest."

"That's what I thought at first. Now I can get an extra thousand spiritual stones when I go back. I won't be short of cultivation resources for some time in the future."

"With these thousand spiritual stones, I will practice hard in seclusion."

"You and I have come together. My cultivation has been stuck in the early stage of the second stage for many years. With these thousand spirit stones, I should be able to break through to the middle stage of the second stage..."

Just as the alien hunters were talking about returning home and submitting tasks to receive generous rewards, an abnormality appeared in the swamp not far away.

"Gudong, Gudong, Gudong..."

Many bubbles began to appear in the originally calm water surface. These bubbles were large and small, and there was a noisy sound after they broke.

"call……"

A strong wind blew at the scene, and the flowers, plants and trees around the swamp shook violently.

The lush branches and leaves collided with each other, making a very loud rustling sound, which temporarily covered up the noise of the bursting bubbles in the water.

However, as time passed, the noise of the bursting bubbles in the water became loud enough that it could no longer be covered up.

The exotic beast hunters on the shore heard an unusual noise coming from the swamp not far away, and turned their heads to look.

When they saw many bubbles appearing in the swamp, the smiles on their faces disappeared.

"If there is a situation, everyone should be ready for battle." Chen Jiaquan, the captain, shouted loudly, and the others immediately gathered around the two prospectors who were packing their instruments.

"Wow, wow, wow..."

A large amount of water splashed, and one after another huge creatures surfaced.

"It's a black-tailed crocodile." Someone recognized the creature that surfaced at a glance and called out its name.

These black-tailed crocodile beasts that surfaced are seven meters long and covered with thick brown scales. Only their tails are black.

Each piece of scale armor shines shimmeringly under the sunlight, giving it a metallic texture.

As they approach the shore, the dangerous aura exuding from them makes people's hearts tremble.

"No, there are several black-tailed crocodile beasts with mid-level second-level strength. Everyone, please retreat quickly."

Chen Jiaquan's mental perception detected that these black-tailed crocodile beasts were powerful, his expression suddenly changed, and he quickly shouted to his teammates around him.

The black-tailed crocodile beast that came ashore first swung its tail. The powerful crocodile tail was like a steel whip, raising a cloud of dust.

"Several instruments have fallen." The two explorers were dragged away by the beast hunters and shouted at the fallen instruments.

"It's so late, why are you still taking care of the instruments? If you're late, you won't be able to leave." The others beside him said in unison.

The two explorers were not unreasonable people. They felt sorry for seeing these expensive instruments being left behind.

At this time, they heard the terrible roar of the black-tailed crocodile beast that came ashore. How could they feel sorry? They wished they had another pair of legs to escape.

"Roar..."

The leading black-tailed crocodile beast saw the humans running away, roared, and led a group of younger brothers to chase after them.

Don't think these guys are slow just because they are big.

Chasing prey and having a good meal, driven by such a huge temptation, the black-tailed crocodile beast ran faster and faster, getting closer and closer to the panicked beast hunters.

"Damn, these guys are too fast, we can't get rid of them." A beast hunter said solemnly.

"Everyone, don't slow down. Those who have long-range attack means should attack those beasts and slow down their pursuit speed." Chen Jiaquan quickly issued instructions and directed everyone to deal with the current dangerous situation.

"Swish."

A sharp sound of breaking through the air suddenly sounded, and many beast hunters pulled out darts from their waists, infused them with spiritual energy, and waved their arms and hands to hit them.

"Ding, ding, ding..."

The dense darts turned into streams of light and flew towards the black-tailed crocodile beasts running in the front.

When these darts hit them, they actually made a series of crisp collision sounds, without hurting the beasts at all, and they did not slow down their pursuit speed.

"How could this happen?" The beast hunter who threw the dart was shocked.

They didn't expect that the scales on these black-tailed crocodile beasts would be so hard.

"What should we do now?" Wu Kui said with a pale face.

As the black-tailed crocodile monsters got closer and closer, everyone's faces turned ugly.

"Brother, those monsters are about to catch up..." Chen Jiaxiang said anxiously.

As the captain, Chen Jiaquan glanced at his teammates around him, gritted his teeth, and said to his brother, "I will stay behind, and you take everyone to a safe place."

Chen Jiaxiang heard this and shook his head quickly, "I will stay with you to cover the rear."

Chen Jiaquan said in a heavy tone, "Nonsense, with your strength, it won't make much difference to stay, there is no need to sacrifice in vain."

"I..." Chen Jiaxiang wanted to say something else, but was interrupted before he opened his mouth.

"This is an order, do as I say, I don't want to repeat it to you a second time." Chen Jiaquan said with a serious face.

"..." Chen Jiaxiang was silent for a moment, and then nodded with a painful look on his face.

Just as the Chen brothers made their decision, a huge explosion suddenly sounded behind them.

"Boom."

The sudden explosion was deafening, and the scorching air waves spread all around. Many black-tailed crocodile beasts were thrown to the ground by the explosion, and the distance from the crowd was suddenly widened.

"What's going on?" The Chen brothers looked at the place where the explosion occurred, and they all widened their eyes in shock.

"Brother Lin, I didn't expect you to awaken such a powerful ability!!!"

Wu Kui had just witnessed Lin Li's process of rubbing the fireball with his own eyes. Now he saw the beasts being blown to the ground, and he was shocked and surprised.

The Chen brothers and others heard Wu Kui's exclamation and looked at Lin Li.

"We haven't gotten rid of those beasts chasing us yet. Don't look at me. Watch your feet and be careful not to fall." Lin Li was a little uncomfortable with being stared at by everyone, so he reminded them.

The beast hunters were surprised at Lin Li's strength and awakened abilities, but they were all experienced and senior people. They knew that they should focus on escaping at this time, and consider other things after they were safe.

"Roar..."

The leading black-tailed crocodile monster roared angrily, and then led his subordinates to chase the humans who were running away at all costs again.

"They are catching up again." Wu Kui saw the monsters chasing at a faster speed and shouted hurriedly.

"It doesn't matter, at most I can blow them up a few more times..." Lin Li laughed, and then he raised his hand and snapped his fingers.

"Pah."

Many tiny orange-red flames burst out from between his fingers, and then quickly expanded in the air, without exception, they all became the size of millstones.

"Swish, swish, swish..."

Under the gaze of the crowd, the fireballs surrounding Lin Li's body flew out one after another, flying straight towards the black-tailed crocodile monster that was chasing closely.

"Roar...!!!"

The leading monster screamed, and then quickly avoided a fireball flying in front of it.

Although it avoided the attack of the fireball, the monster's subordinates behind it failed to dodge.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

After a series of explosions, there was another round of people and horses falling down.

Except for the black-tailed crocodile monster with the strength of the second-level middle stage, the other monsters were injured by the fireball bombardment, and the speed of pursuit was directly reduced by half. Some of the monsters even stopped directly because of their injuries.

"One, two... five, six." Lin Li counted the number of black-tailed crocodile monsters with the strength of the second-level middle stage, and Wu Kui beside him said.

"Now those powerful black-tailed crocodile monsters are on guard. It is difficult to slow down their speed by bombing them with fireballs."

"Really? I don't think it will be difficult..." Lin Li laughed.

Then, under Wu Kui's gaze, he created several more millstone-sized fireballs and threw them at the black-tailed crocodile beast that was chasing him.

"Swish, swish, swish..."

"Roar..."

The black-tailed crocodile beast, which had the strength of the second-stage middle stage, opened its mouth and roared in a low voice, and quickly moved its body to avoid the attacking fireball.

"I'm right! Now these beasts are on guard, and it's hard for fireballs to hit them." Wu Kui's eyes widened as soon as he finished speaking.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

The fireballs that were originally avoided by the beasts turned around and returned, hitting the beasts one by one, causing terrible explosions.

Lin Li glanced at Wu Kui with a smile, and heard him say with great admiration.

"Brother Lin, you just controlled the fireballs to change their directions in the air, which is really amazing..."

"Actually, it was just good luck." Lin Li said modestly.

"But it consumes a lot of spiritual energy to control the direction of the fireballs remotely. If those beasts continue to chase you, you will not be able to bear it." Wu Kui showed a worried expression on his face.

"This consumption is nothing to me, you don't have to worry." Lin Li said nonchalantly.

The situation is just as he said. With his current strength, the spiritual energy consumption of controlling these fireballs with not much power remotely is very low.

If the loss is calculated by time, after operating for most of the day, Lin Li's spiritual energy in Dantian can still be left with two-thirds.

"Is that so! That's great. As long as we keep this pace, we have a good chance of getting rid of those beasts." Wu Kui said happily.

Then, things developed just as he thought.

Several second-stage middle-stage beasts led their brothers to chase closely. Whenever the distance was reduced, Lin Li would throw fireballs to bombard, so that the distance between the two sides would be widened again.

In the wilderness, powerful beasts have their own territories.

When Lin Li and his group came to a rugged area with many gravels, the black-tailed crocodile beasts that were chasing them behind them all stopped.

"Brother, those beasts have stopped." Chen Jiaxiang said in surprise.

The other beast hunters all smiled happily when they saw this.

After all, they had been chased by these beasts for such a long time, and they had consumed a lot of physical strength. Now they were exhausted and panting. Once the beasts stopped, everyone could find a place to rest.

However, Chen Jiaquan did not show any joy on his face. He stopped and said to his teammates.

"We should have entered the territory of other stronger beasts, so those ferocious black-tailed crocodile beasts stopped and did not continue to chase us."

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