Live Strong in the Wilderness

"Lu Ke, let’s go, over there." Xu Yi said, pulling Lu Ke and sprinting in a direction.

Because Xu Yi heard some noises.

When the two rushed over, they saw a 9th-level peak Fierce Beast being devoured.

Dozens of Fierce Beast Rats were eating the 9th-level peak Fierce Beast, and from the aura, these rats turned out to be 10th-level Fierce Beasts.

Once Xu Yi saw clearly, he hurriedly retreated with Lu Ke.

They couldn’t afford to provoke dozens of 10th-level Fierce Beasts.

Luckily, those 10th-level Fierce Beast Rats did not chase after them.

"That’s terrifying, how can there be so many 10th-level rats gathered together? Can we still enter the 10th-level Fierce Beast Territory?" Lu Ke wasn’t particularly afraid of rats, saying this purely because they were 10th-level.

Not to mention 10th-level—even if dozens of 9th-level peak rats attacked her and Xu Yi, they would be incredibly difficult to deal with.

There were simply too many to handle.

"It was indeed unexpected; the piles of bones must have been caused by those rat-like Fierce Beasts.

Their appearance should be an anomaly.

Previously, they hadn’t noticed high-level Fierce Beasts attacking lower-level ones at the edges.

So Xu Yi thinks the rat-like Fierce Beasts appearing here must be accidental. If there were a lot of these rats in the 10th-level Fierce Beast Territory, then not many other Fierce Beasts would be alive.

This doesn’t follow natural laws very well, so the probability is relatively low.

"What do we do now?" Lu Ke asked anxiously. After all, entering the 10th-level Fierce Beast Territory means they might encounter the group of rats, but if they don’t go, how can they break through to the 10th level?

"Let’s not rush; we’ll act after we understand more about them." Xu Yi said to Lu Ke, starting to look for a suitable place to set up camp.

Xu Yi found a spot with a fairly open view and took out several flying devices.

To understand the situation with those rats, these flying devices would be needed.

Fortunately, Xu Yi had brought these devices along.

Xu Yi and Lu Ke went inside the tent, and Xu Yi activated its stealth function.

With dozens of Fierce Beast Rats out there, Xu Yi felt being cautious wasn’t overdone.

A few minutes later, Xu Yi and Lu Ke watched the group of rats through the big screen.

"That 9th-level Fierce Beast must have been suppressed by their aura because it didn’t put up any resistance." Lu Ke said, frowning at the screen showing a 9th-level peak Fierce Beast that had just been attacked.

"Yes, probably just suppression by aura. If they could release poison gas or something, that would be terrifying, utterly unbeatable." Xu Yi enlarged the screen, carefully observing the Fierce Beast Rats.

To defeat an opponent, one must understand the opponent well.

Since arriving at Spirit Blue Star, Xu Yi hadn’t encountered anything like this before.

He felt it wasn’t necessarily a bad thing; relatively speaking, it was a good thing.

If the challenges were too singular, it wouldn’t be beneficial for power growth.

With the control software locking onto the targets, the flying devices would continuously track the Fierce Beast Rats and film them.

Xu Yi took out another three flying devices and their charging equipment. This way, they could rotate and work for 26 hours without interruption.

"Next, we’ll take turns watching the video, mainly to see if these Fierce Beast Rats enter the 9th-level Fierce Beast Territory." Xu Yi said to Lu Ke, thinking these rats wouldn’t enter the 9th-level Territory.

But it still needed to be confirmed.

Life is precious, and Xu Yi thinks being cautious is never wrong.

"Okay, you go train first, I’ll watch." Lu Ke said to Xu Yi.

"Alright, let’s do four hours per person." After saying this, Xu Yi sat cross-legged on the Meditation Mattress, starting his training.

The two were still only 9th-level, a distance away from the 9th-level peak.

Training to the 9th-level peak here and then entering the 10th-level Fierce Beast Territory was not too late.

However, before then, Xu Yi felt that understanding the habits of the 10th-level Fierce Beast Rats is advantageous.

Currently, their strength wasn’t optimal for entering the 10th-level Territory.

Therefore, the most important thing was to enhance their power.

Lu Ke kept watching the screen and counted the number of Fierce Beast Rats.

There were a total of 21, including three smaller ones.

Even the small ones were as big as ordinary house cats. The bigger ones were about the size of a countryside dog.

They seemed always hungry, constantly attacking 9th-level peak Fierce Beasts breaking through the boundary.

Over four hours, they’d already attacked five 9th-level peak Fierce Beasts.

When the time was up, Xu Yi opened his eyes and asked, "How’s it going? Any special findings?"

Lu Ke nodded and said, "None of them ventured out; they all stayed in the 10th-level Territory. And, I suspect not all of them are 10th-level—only three are. During these four hours, they attacked five 9th-level peak Fierce Beasts, and it was these three that initiated the attacks. After they bit the 9th-level Beasts to death, the others swarmed in."

Saying that, Lu Ke marked those three Fierce Beast Rats on the screen.

Although they looked the same, for Divine Masters like Xu Yi and Lu Ke, it was still relatively easy to distinguish some differences.