Chapter 168: The Rainforest Zone
In the sky, a huge figure crossed. Chen Ran only saw a creature that looked like a dragon and a snake flash across the sky. The guy had a body of sky-blue scales, was a hundred meters long, and five or six meters wide. Its body was huge, domineering, and majestic. As it moved, the air around it also seemed to be distorted.
In the blink of an eye, the big worm had flashed by, not giving anyone a chance to take a closer look. But Chen Ran estimated that the big guy was definitely a super magical beast of no less than the ninth tier.
After that figure flew by, the lingering sound gradually faded, and the rainforest returned to its previous tranquility.
“This godforsaken place. I really don’t know when I’ll be able to get out,” Chen Ran said, looking up at the sky at a 45-degree angle, his face once again covered in tears.
Then, as he was moving in a fixed direction, he used the map positioning to observe the nearby terrain.
From the overall map of the Turin Empire, this was an unrecorded area, only roughly marked as a swamp rainforest zone, with no specific map overview. Chen Ran could only explore on his own.
Unlike the situation when he had just transmigrated, the current Chen Ran had a certain level, plus a good set of equipment, so he was not afraid of some ordinary magical beasts. Although the effect of the Holy Light Arrow that his Holy Spirit Staff could release was average, he was not afraid to deal with five- or six-tier magical beasts one-on-one, as long as he grasped the timing. As long as he didn’t fall into a group of magical beasts, with his explosive power after being fully buffed, escaping was definitely not a difficult task.
Getting out of this forest should only be a matter of time.
Because of the battle all night, Chen Ran’s spirit was somewhat tired. So he found a relatively open area, laid out a small blanket, and lay down. After setting up an intrusion alarm, he fell asleep peacefully, and would set off again after his spirit had recovered.
He only slept for three hours this time. Chen Ran had become accustomed to achieving deep sleep with his own support status to make better use of his time in this world. And these three hours were more than ten hours of sleep quality for others. How did geniuses come out? Not only because they were smarter and knew how to use their time better, but also because their time was always a little more than others. For this, Chen Ran said that he hadn’t dreamed for a long time.
When he woke up, his spirit was fully recovered. He looked up, and it was almost noon.
As expected, nothing had happened, except that his clothes were sticky and stuck to his body, full of sweat.
The road in this tropical rainforest was very difficult to walk. It was easy to step into a small puddle. He had to change into waterproof high boots. The environment here was very humid and stuffy. As the sun rose higher, it became hotter and hotter. Chen Ran had to take off his long clothes and walk in a cool short-sleeved shirt. But this was not very good either. The skin came into contact with those itchy leaves, and it was extremely itchy. Sometimes, red marks would be scratched on his skin without him realizing it, which was very annoying.
As for the problem of food and lodging, Chen Ran had a good habit of preparing his own water and food for special situations. Although there was not much food in his storage ring, it could last for a while. Not to mention that a forest like this was never short of mountain birds and beasts, and there were also some strange-looking big fish in the swamp lake, plus the occasional delicious fruit, so there would be no problem. He was used to eating delicacies in Diya City, so it was not bad to have some wild game here. And with a practical skill like Disease Expulsion, which was essential for survival in the wild, he was not afraid of being poisoned by eating.
Unknowingly, he had been walking for several hours.
It was noon, and the sun was hanging high in the sky. The hot sun shone down, steaming the entire rainforest, making it like a steamer, with steam rising.
“Damn it, I can’t stand it anymore! This is no place for a human to stay!” feeling the wet clothes sticking to his front and back, and the sticky feeling on his body, Chen Ran wiped his sweat again, his face filled with frustration.
Although, with his current body, he wouldn’t get sick from the stuffiness, but this kind of travel was always very unpleasant.
Forced to do so, Chen Ran could only start to use his brain.
He took out a blue-quality ice-element magic crystal from his storage ring, plus some tempering metals. Chen Ran began a new round of busy work.
Under his master-level manufacturing skills, nothing was impossible. After handling the transformation of the magic crystal and metal, and at the same time, with an enchantment attribute that could adjust the temperature, a piece of luxurious magic equipment made specifically for cooling down appeared.
Ice Pendant (Blue): Releases adjustable cold air, controlling the lower limit of the surrounding temperature.】
Chen Ran happily put the pendant on his neck and immediately felt a fresh and cool feeling. He no longer had to walk around bare-chested. He just needed to charge a small amount of magic power to keep this mobile air conditioner running, once and for all.
And so, Chen Ran walked for two consecutive days…
“Why do I feel like I haven’t walked much these few days…”
Looking at the mark on the map, Chen Ran was frustrated to find that his progress these few days seemed to be a lot worse than he had expected.
The road here was very difficult to walk, and he would often run into swamp rivers. Just yesterday, he had planned to catch a fish to try, but he found that his fishing line and hook had been eaten by the fish in the river. It was only later that he directly put a piece of dried meat tied to a rope into the water and immediately pulled up several large fish that had taken the bait.
When he saw the sharp teeth on the fish’s mouth, which were almost like a saw, Chen Ran was speechless.
Damn it, so the river is full of piranhas…
It was for this reason that Chen Ran did not dare to cross the river. It turned out that those guys basically ate everything. Even if it was just a piece of wood, if you threw it in, it would be bitten to pieces in a short while. No wonder the nearby beasts were so careful when they drank from the swamp.
But then again, those piranhas looked very scary, but their meat was not bad. For this, Chen Ran roasted two more and stored them in his storage ring to eat when he was hungry.
As for food, Chen Ran had never worried about it. Besides the delicious piranhas, the fruits he found in the forest were also very good. They were very sweet, and he never got tired of eating them. It was just that after eating too much, he would feel hot, and there was always a hot current running through his body, a bit of a restless feeling. But there was no problem. It seemed that it was just that his hormones were a little high.
At this time, there was a loud noise in the sky, and a long cry passed. The forest shook again.
Thinking of the earthworm that was always crossing the sky, Chen Ran was a little annoyed. Did it think it was so cool to fly? It was just wandering around all day, doing nothing. It would fly over Chen Ran’s head from time to time. Chen Ran really wanted to make a slingshot and shoot it down.
Besides this interlude that happened every day, Chen Ran’s journey was calm and peaceful.
Although there were some powerful magical beasts in this forest, Chen Ran didn’t have to fight them head-on. He would usually take a detour and pass by. If he really ran into some blind little magical beasts, such as small characters like shooting dogs, he would neatly cut them down with a Holy Light Slash, letting them know the consequences of offending him.
Looking at the positioning map and continuing to walk, Chen Ran was frustrated to find that he had been going in circles in a certain area. Although he was not going back the way he came, he was always wandering along the edge of those annoying swamps. The actual progress was really slow. Chen Ran was thinking, if only he could fly like the big worm in the sky.
He estimated that with the flying speed of the guy in the sky, although it was not as fast as an airplane, if he didn’t stop, he would probably only need a few days to return to Diya City.
But that was simply impossible. Would he be so kind?
Speaking of which, it was said that a dragon’s lair would generally have many unexpected treasures. Even if the guy in the sky was not a pure-bred dragon, he should have some inheritance, right? Maybe he had some rare materials that he had never seen before. Even if there was nothing else, the dragon soul on him was definitely a rare and good thing.
But the problem was that Chen Ran had to have the ability to take it. At least for now, he had no such idea.
As he walked, he found that there were high-level magical beasts on the map again. Chen Ran was about to take a detour as usual, but on the positioning map, he found a brown dot, which meant that it was an unconfirmed human.
There was finally someone again.
Chen Ran carefully approached, to avoid being treated like a wild boar as he had been before. He had always been bothered by that incident, even though the people involved at that time were either gone or dead.
On the map, there was only a sixth-tier magical beast and a fifth-tier person. It seemed that the two sides were in a fierce battle. Chen Ran quickly rushed to the scene.
In his field of vision, a sixth-tier earth demon bear was fighting with a scantily clad woman.
The woman had a head of golden hair, tied into a long braid behind her. Her skin was a healthy dark brown. A piece of earth-colored tube top tightly bound her breasts to her body, so as not to affect her movements. Her lower body was wearing a simple battle skirt. As she was dealing with the earth demon bear, she kept moving and jumping, and the spring scenery under her skirt was faintly visible. She was actually not wearing a certain shameful product of human civilization, and she was wearing a pair of simple straw sandals on her feet.
Such a woman was very in line with the image of an excellent jungle female warrior, and she looked very wild.
But at this time, the situation of this female warrior seemed not so good.
The earth demon bear’s defense was very high. At least the female warrior’s current weapon could hardly pierce its body. The female warrior had a relatively agile body. Although the earth demon bear was very strong and had high defense, it just couldn’t hit the agile female warrior. But if it hit once, she would probably be done for.
The situation on the field could be understood as this: the female warrior was having a hard time dealing with the stupid bear. She had the ability to escape, but she didn’t run, and insisted on killing the dead bear.
Looking at the female warrior’s jumping figure, Chen Ran felt a little anxious. He liked one-sided dominating games. So when he got closer, he directly cast three sets of holy word seals on the female warrior, plus Divine Power, Inner Fire, Light of Serenity, and Wings of Light…
And so, with Chen Ran’s addition, the fifth-tier female warrior showed her strong strength at this moment. She became stronger and stronger as she fought, and she was more aggressive in the front. The earth demon bear gradually became no match for her, and there were more and more wounds on its body. With a loud shout from the female warrior, a spear directly pierced the giant bear’s heart, killing it on the spot.
Bang!
The earth demon bear fell down, leaving a lonely back…
