Lord Wizard

Chapter 84 Harvest

Once the group reached the outer perimeter, Lin Meng instantly moved, taking a few steps to close the distance between himself and the scaled beast. A sharp sword light struck the hard barbs on the scaled beast's back.

"Pfft!"

Lin Meng instantly severed several of the barbs on the scaled beast's back, and a dazzling flash of fire emanated from his sword blade and the gap in the scaled beast's back.

"Such strong defense."

A glint of light flashed in Lin Meng's eyes.

Although his sword wounded the scaled beast, the severity of the injury was negligible.

Feeling the pain, the scaled beast decisively abandoned the food in its mouth and charged straight at Lin Meng.

"His speed is also quite fast, no less than that of an ordinary knight."

Lin Meng sidestepped the scaled beast's tearing claws and struck its abdomen with his longsword once more.

A clear bloodstain spread along the scaled beast's abdomen.

"squeak!"

The scaled beast was clearly enraged by Lin Meng and pounced on him again.

It took advantage of its high defense and kept chasing and biting.

"Perhaps I now understand why the data doesn't rate the scaled beasts very highly."

Although this ferocious beast is extremely savage, it keeps charging and biting back and forth. Once you are familiar with its attack patterns, it is easy to avoid its bites.

Moreover, unlike other ferocious beasts that flee when they cannot win, this beast will fight to the death no matter how disadvantaged it is.

"Since that's the case, let's end it here!"

Lin Meng dodged the scaled beast's attack again, then kicked off the evening primrose with his right foot, crushing a red mamba snake into a bloody pulp. At the same time, he began to gather strength in his hands.

The scaled beast showed no intention of escaping, and after failing to kill it once, it pounced again.

As it lunged again, Lin Meng thrust out his longsword with ferocity.

"call out!"

Under the moonlight, the sword's edge gleamed with a cold, predatory light as it plunged straight into the jaws of the scaled beast as it lunged to bite.

The longsword pierced through the entire body of the scaled beast, emerging from its back.

Fresh blood spurted out.

Even the toughest scales and barbs cannot stop an attack from the inside.

"Squeak squeak squeak!"

The scaled beast let out a mournful cry, its body trembling violently, and a large amount of blood flowed down the longsword.

The violent shaking caused the longsword to inflict secondary damage on its body, but even so, the scaled beast still tried to grab Lin Meng's hand with its steel-like claws.

Lin Meng stepped back slightly, pulled the long sword out of the scaled beast's body, and kicked out at the same time.

"Bang!"

The scaled beast shuddered and was kicked away by Lin Meng, crashing into the evening primrose bushes. It rolled around, knocking down a large patch of grass around it, and even the red mamba snakes that tried to entangle it were riddled with holes by its barbs.

"Such strong vitality; if a human were to suffer such damage, they would probably have perished long ago."

Lin Meng looked at the rolling scaled beast without any mercy, and thrust out his long sword again, piercing it through and pinning it to the ground.

Finally, the scaled beast slowly stopped struggling and fell silent.

After confirming that it was dead, Lin Meng stepped forward, grabbed it by the tail, and pulled it out of the bushes.

Upon seeing this, the people on the periphery quickly dealt with the swarm of snakes following Lin Meng.

"Congratulations, sir, on acquiring another treasure."

Zuoqiu said with a hint of envy.

Although the heart of the scaled beast is not a true demonized item, with this material, even a knowledgeable third-class apprentice could possibly make it into a real object.

If sold to the company, this scaled beast would be worth no less than a million.

"Don't worry, as the discoverer, I will give you a share according to the rules."

Lin Meng said with a smile.

He was in a good mood after obtaining this scaled beast.

He had already commissioned the company to buy the island last month, but he was still short of money. Now, with the addition of this scaled beast, he could barely make ends meet.

"Thank you, sir."

Seeing Lin Meng's boldness, Zuo Qiu smiled and said, "There are more than just this one place of evening primrose in Snake Valley, so there should be more than just one scaled beast. We can take advantage of this time when our troops are resting to wipe out all the scaled beasts in Snake Valley."

"Good, now that we have this scaled beast, we can follow the tracks it left behind to find its lair, so we don't have to wait around like we're waiting for other scaled beasts to appear."

Lin Meng nodded in satisfaction.

The scaled beasts aren't too difficult to deal with, but these creatures are hard to raise; otherwise, it might be worth a try.

As for the carcasses of the scaled beasts, those apprentice knights would naturally handle them.

"Uncle, take one person to Carol City to replenish supplies, and also call Kidd to Snake Valley. Remember to keep it a secret."

Lin Meng turned to Kerr and said.

"Okay, I'll head back now. Is there anything else you need to tell me?"

"Hel's strength is probably not enough to deal with the scaled beasts, so there's no need to call on him. As for the others... have Kidd take a few trusted men and prepare more supplies. We might have to stay in this Snake Valley for a while."

"Okay, I understand."

Kers nodded, waiting for dawn to begin his return journey to Carol City.

"Sir, it's out."

Augu handed Lin Meng a scaled beast heart the size of a child's fist.

Lin Meng took the item and sensed it briefly. He could immediately detect the intense energy fluctuations within the scaled beast's heart. If it could be unleashed, its power would be no less than that of the demonized item in his hand.

"very good!"

Lin Meng placed the scaled beast's heart into the jade box that had been prepared beforehand and continued, "The scaled beast's teeth and claws are good weapon materials, and its fur can be made into tough leather armor, with defensive capabilities even surpassing heavy armor. You can keep it; you might find it useful."

"Thank you for your generous gift, sir!"

Augu was overjoyed.

He had just witnessed that even Lin Meng's sword couldn't completely cut through the scaled beast's defenses. If it could be made into leather armor, one could imagine how powerful its defense would be.

"We'll rest here for a while, and at daybreak we'll investigate the traces left by the scaled beasts in the surrounding area before heading to the next area where evening primroses grow."

"Yes."

……

Next, Lin Meng went to Snake Valley again to search for traces of other scaled beasts. Fortunately, there were evening primroses as markers, so it wasn't too difficult to find them.

Generally speaking, these scaled beasts will not stray more than a mile or two from the evening primrose. Now that we know their footprints and the traces they left behind, they are much easier to find.

Just one day later, Lin Meng and his group found a second scaled beast. After a brief battle, they successfully killed it and obtained another heart.

On the third day, Kidd and the others arrived, and even Quesra came to Snake Valley.

Kidd and Lin Meng split into two groups and conducted a thorough search of Snake Valley.

To ensure timely communication, Lin Meng also assigned Zuo Qiu to Kidd's team so that he could provide timely support should anything happen.

(End of this chapter)