Live Strong in the Wilderness

The territory of Level 10 Fierce Beasts was a bit different from what he had imagined.

Perhaps, it was the relative peace of the previous Fierce Beast territories that made Xu Yi a little overconfident.

He thought that hunting Level 9 Fierce Beasts was simple, so entering Level 10 should be the same.

It proved that Xu Yi had oversimplified things.

The territory of Level 10 Fierce Beasts was countless times more dangerous than that of Level 9.

He felt that if one wasn’t at Level 10, it was best not to venture into Level 10 Fierce Beast territories rashly.

"Xu Yi, did something happen?" Lu Ke also finished her training and came over to Xu Yi’s side.

Xu Yi glanced at Lu Ke and said, "There are still Flying Fierce Beasts active over at the Level 10 territory, and all our drones were destroyed. So until we reach Level 10, we should be cautious."

"Hmm, Xu Yi, do you think the Fierce Beast Rats leave the brain crystals behind after gnawing on the beasts? Shouldn’t we be able to collect the brain crystals?" Lu Ke thought that since they couldn’t go over, it would be fine to train well on the Level 9 side.

"It’s very likely they don’t care; let’s move the bones over and check it out later." Xu Yi also had his doubts, as brain crystals can’t be eaten and are useless to the Fierce Beasts.

Currently, the only one Xu Yi has seen capable of absorbing them is the Illusionary Flower Beast.

However, absorbing brain crystals isn’t as effective as absorbing live ones, so even the snails don’t like absorbing the telekinesis within the brain crystals.

Xu Yi continued checking the video, then walked out of the tent together with Lu Ke.

The two reached the vicinity of the border and used their spiritual power to move the distant skeleton out.

Then, Xu Yi discovered that the head of the Fierce Beast remains was intact and hadn’t been bitten open.

The brain crystal was right inside.

After smashing it open, Xu Yi obtained the brain crystal inside.

"We’ve struck it rich, Xu Yi, we’ve struck it rich." Lu Ke said happily, as brain crystals had become currency. Anyway, Yi Gate was planning to use brain crystals as a form of currency.

Precious metals no longer have any meaning, and valuable metals are those that can be used to make weapons and various tools.

Metals like gold and silver have lost their function.

At least from Xu Yi’s perspective, they have no value to Yi Gate.

But brain crystals are different; they can be used on the Star Gate, in portable energy reactors, and are also used by Mages and Divine Masters for combat.

Especially when one’s telekinesis and spiritual power are exhausted, they can use it to fight or escape.

This kind of thing makes a very practical and reasonable currency.

"It seems our next task is to gather brain crystals. Not collecting so many brain crystals would be too wasteful. Now I feel those Fierce Beast Rats might not need to be dealt with." Xu Yi said while controlling the remains across to fly over.

After all, hunting Fierce Beasts takes time, and if they can collect brain crystals this way, it saves a lot of time and effort.

"Hmm, hmm, I also think this is great, saving time and energy." Lu Ke also agreed with Xu Yi’s idea, that the Fierce Beast Rats could be temporarily left alone.

Anyway, others still need a long time to break through to Level 9.

Perhaps when others are breaking through to Level 9, Xu Yi and herself might be at Level 11 or even stronger. Then, if needed, they could easily deal with those Fierce Beast Rats.

The two kept collecting, and by nightfall, they had collected more than six hundred pieces.

Had they not encountered Level 9 Fierce Beasts three times and fought for a while, they could have collected more.

At night, the two of them started a fire outside the tent.

The meat of the Level 9 peak Fierce Beast, when roasted, had an extremely enticing aroma.

Especially now that various seasonings were added, the aroma became even more intense.

"Xu Yi, do you think those Fierce Beast Rats will come straight at us smelling the aroma?" Lu Ke asked worriedly, knowing that within those Fierce Beast Rat packs, there were at least three that were Level 10.

"They probably won’t; their courage is actually not that great." Xu Yi thought they would likely dare to stay only in the Foggy Area, and if they left, the flying predators in the air would be their natural enemies.

Previously, Xu Yi observed that whenever there was some movement or sound deep in the fog, they would immediately return to their nest.

So, they were likely afraid of exposing themselves outside the Foggy Area.

Xu Yi’s guess was entirely correct; those Fierce Beast Rats completely dared not leave the Foggy Area. Once they left, they would become food for flying predators.

After all, their strength was relatively weak, mainly relying on their Fierce Beast aura to scare Level 9 peak Fierce Beasts.

If encountered by ones who are not frightened, they typically take some damage and then rush out of the Foggy Area.

Of course, crossing the Foggy Area doesn’t mean safety.

The airborne flying predators and other Level 10 Fierce Beasts on the ground would also target them.

After all, hunting Level 10 Fierce Beasts might turn them into food, but killing Level 9 peak Fierce Beasts is much easier.

After the two finished eating the roast meat, the Fierce Beast Rats did not show up.

However, two Level 9 peak Fierce Beasts did appear.

Now, dealing with Level 9 peak Fierce Beasts wasn’t much of a challenge for them; combined with Devouring Spirit, it took only a few minutes to resolve.