The Queen of Scrolls never admits defeat

Chapter 773 Three Thousand Mirror Ruins 40
After breakfast, everyone quickly packed up their tents and campsite facilities, extinguished the campfire, and made sure there were no obvious traces or safety hazards left behind. Then, following the route agreed upon the day before, they headed towards the western stone forest area.

We encountered mirror beasts along the way; we fought the ones we could, and ran away from the ones we couldn't.

The highest-ranking Mirror Beasts in the Colorful Plains are only two stars, and their magical skills are generally quite weak.

For the students of Detective Class 1, who have undergone physical training and martial arts training, as long as they are careful, they can basically cooperate to take down the enemy.

Even if there are a few extremely powerful gregarious mirror beasts, they can escape if they can't defeat them.

In the afternoon, they entered an area with relatively low-lying terrain and numerous puddles.

The soil here has become moist, and the air is filled with a faint scent of moisture and humus.

"Watch your step, everyone, it's muddy and slippery here," Wang Jingnan warned.

Ren Miao, who was walking in the middle of the group, suddenly squatted down and carefully examined the damp mud at the edge of a large puddle. There were several clear, webbed footprints there, and some sticky secretions nearby.

"These are traces of water frogs!" Ren Miao's voice was filled with a mix of excitement and regret. "The traces are still quite fresh; they must have been here not long ago!"

His target Mirror Beast is the Water Frog!
The crowd gathered around.

At this moment, the area is enveloped by a winter cold front spreading from the north. A thin layer of ice has formed on the surface of the puddles, and the air is chilly.

“It’s a pity,” Chen Xingye said, looking at the sky. “It’s winter now, and the water is frozen. Water frogs are extremely dependent on liquid water. In this kind of weather, they either dive into deep water or enter a state similar to hibernation and will not show themselves on their own.”

Ren Miao's face showed disappointment.

Although the number of water frogs is not small and they are not difficult to hunt, it is still quite remarkable to find clear signs of activity so quickly.

Wang Jingnan thought for a moment and said, "We still have plenty of time. Since we've found some traces, why don't we stay here for a while and wait for the season to change? The seasons in the Colorful Wilderness change very quickly, and maybe we'll soon be able to wait for the season when the Water Frogs are active."

“Yes, yes, yes! Water Frogs are very active in spring and autumn. If we wait a bit, we have a good chance of encountering one, and they usually appear in groups... If I can hunt a Water Frog and extract the 'Slow Water Arrow' skill, it will be helpful for our later hunting operations!” Ren Miao said quickly.

Her martial arts skills were among the lowest in her class, and she was just waiting for the Beast Core skill to improve her combat ability.

"Let's do it this way!" Lin Yue said. "It's already afternoon, so let's just set up camp around here."

So the team stopped advancing on a relatively dry high ground at the edge of the puddles, set up camp, and began to wait patiently.

However, the weather in the colorful fields always seems to love to play tricks. Although the seasons changed in less than half an hour, it did not turn into spring and autumn as they had hoped. Instead, the scorching summer suddenly arrived!
The clouds overhead thinned, the sun scorched the earth, and the temperature suddenly rose.

The puddles that had frozen over melted quickly and then evaporated at a visible rate, causing the water level to drop sharply. Several small puddles even dried up quickly, revealing dried silt.

“It’s over… Summer drought…” Ren Miao’s heart sank again. Under these circumstances, it was even less likely that the Water Frog would appear.

But just then, Moran, who had been observing her surroundings, suddenly said, "Baiwei, look over there in the flower bushes, isn't that the Light Healing Butterfly you're looking for?"

Not far away, a patch of sunflowers that had withered in winter had miraculously revived and bloomed rapidly under the stimulation of the summer heat.

Three butterflies, each the size of a volleyball, with wings that glowed with a soft, milky-white light, and flying gracefully and slowly, were fluttering about. The warm white nuclei on their heads could be faintly seen. "They're Healing Butterflies!" Bai Wei exclaimed in delight.

"This is a rare opportunity, let's go!" Wang Jingnan said immediately.

The light-curing butterfly only appears during specific weather conditions and is fleeting.

Bai Wei immediately took a deep breath, took out a small insect net that she had prepared beforehand and a specially made transparent crystal bottle with the inner wall coated with a light-attracting biological agent, and carefully and intently approached the flower bush.

She moved very gently and slowly, afraid of disturbing these sensitive little creatures.

Perhaps it was the summer sun that made Guangyudie a little lazy, or perhaps it was Baiwei's thorough preparation that made the process go unexpectedly smoothly.

She seized the opportunity and precisely caught a nectar-drinking butterfly that had landed on a flower, then quickly and gently transferred it into a crystal bottle and sealed it.

"It's a success!" Bai Wei held the crystal bottle, her face beaming with joy.

Almost the instant Bai Wei successfully captured the Light Healing Butterfly, the energy in the sky underwent another dramatic change.

Perhaps startled by the capture of their companion, two other butterflies in the flower bushes suddenly flapped their wings and flew high, about to transform into two streaks of white light and disappear into the ever-changing sky!
Bai Wei didn't have time to react.

At this moment, Moran, who was already prepared, flicked his wrist slightly, and two ordinary-looking fine iron daggers flew out of his hand, transforming into two deadly silver lightning bolts that caught up with the two fleeing light butterflies with unparalleled precision.

"Pfft! Pfft!"

The light-reflecting butterfly paused abruptly in mid-air, the light on its wings dimmed instantly, and then it fluttered down, landing in the flower bushes below. It twitched slightly and then remained still.

Their bodies were perfectly pierced by the dagger, but without causing much damage, preserving the integrity of the materials to the greatest extent possible.

The entire process took less than a breath, and it was incredibly fast, precise, and ruthless!

Bai Wei, who was just immersed in joy, froze and subconsciously hugged the crystal bottle in her hands.

The other students were also momentarily stunned, staring blankly at the two fallen butterfly corpses.

Moran stepped forward, skillfully retrieved the two daggers, wiped away the blood, and then carefully picked up the corpses of the two Light Healing Butterflies and put them back into the storage mirror ornament.

This is a Light-Healing Butterfly that she hunted alone, and it rightfully belongs to her alone.

“The core and scales on the wings of the Light-Healing Butterfly are excellent magical materials. Now that we’ve encountered them, there’s no reason for us to let them go,” Moran said.

Su Yu, standing to the side, agreed: "Indeed!"

Unfortunately, she was too late; the Light and Butterfly Dance was no longer for her.

Her gaze fell on the cluster of Sunflowers where the Light-Healing Butterflies had just perched: "These Sunflowers are also magical plants, and they're in bloom right now. Anyone who wants some can come and collect some. A decent one can sell for 10 Mirror Coins!"

After she finished speaking, she ignored everyone else and took out a small shovel from her backpack to start digging and collecting the materials quickly and steadily.