Monster collectors on the cross-platform

But then again, isn't the Warhawk Pirates the same pirate crew that attacks its own crew? There was a princess on board when they were attacked last time, wasn't there?

If it weren't for my intervention and the gambler's, Princess Etris would probably have been taken away as well.

Is it a coincidence that the other party is collecting princesses?

Huo didn't think so, but unfortunately his perception was too low, otherwise his intuition would have given him some hints.

After asking the questions and resting for a while, Huo looked at Da Ye, who was sitting to the side.

"What about you? Still want to team up?"

"With a powerful mentor, I'd be more than happy to accept," Da Ye readily agreed. Although he hadn't paid much attention to Huo Huan's actions, the fact that Huo Huan could so easily deal with two extraordinary individuals meant that Huo Huan's strength was certainly not lacking.

And so, the three of them formed a makeshift team, with Huo providing support, Flora offering backup, and Daye providing firepower from the rear.

Huo was still hard to find in the forest, but Da Ye was like a fish in water.

"Here," Da Ye said, holding onto the tree trunk with one hand. After sensing the surroundings for a while with his eyes closed, he pointed in a direction.

With the guidance of the half-elf Da Ye, Huo Huan's team quickly discovered a new treasure and a group of rotten wood sprites disguised as trees.

A large tree was covered with bright red fruit, and a grove of trees surrounded the tree.

If Da Ye hadn't pointed it out, Huo wouldn't have realized that the surrounding trees were actually disguised as rotten wood spirits.

Having spotted the enemy, Huo took the lead and charged at a rotten wood demon.

With a "bang," a fist struck the tree trunk, causing the entire tree to tremble violently. Leaves fell from the treetops, momentarily obscuring Huo Huan's vision.

The attacked rotten wood spirit also revealed its true form. All the leaves fell off, and a ferocious face appeared on the tree trunk. The branches turned into sharp claws and reached out to grab Huo Huan.

Huo didn't dodge or evade, but instead threw a straight punch at the tree trunk.

The sharp claws sliced ​​across Huo Huan's body, leaving several faint streaks of blood.

Huo took a step back, dodging the Wood Demon's pursuit, and calmly snapped his fingers.

The next instant, an explosion came from inside the trunk of the Rotten Wood Demon Tree, and the penetrating force that Huo had previously injected into the Rotten Wood Demon's body was instantly detonated.

The rotten wood demon let out a mournful cry as its entire body broke into two pieces.

Meanwhile, Flora was doing alright, as she had a sharp sword in her hand and could inflict some decent damage.

Da Ye was at a loss. The arrows in his hand that hit the rotten wood demon could not be said to have no effect, but they were more like a scratch.

After killing a few, Huo realized that the efficiency was too slow. The Rotten Wood Demons had thick hides and flesh, and he needed to use penetrating force to kill them each time, but his energy was limited.

He had to come up with a solution, so Huo started rummaging through his spatial backpack, trying to find something usable.

This search actually led Huo to find a prop that had been lying in a corner for a long time without being used—the kobold warlock's staff.

The staff comes with a fireball spell. The Wood Sprite looks similar to a tree and is likely afraid of fire. If you use these three fireballs well, you should be able to wipe them out in one go.

"Da Ye, try to gather all the Wood Demons together." Having found a way to deal with the Wood Demons, Huo immediately gave the order.

Although Da Ye didn't know what Huo wanted to do, he didn't have any good ideas at the moment, so he naturally listened to Huo's request.

Da Ye changed its offensive strategy, no longer pursuing damage, but instead trying to attract as much attention as possible from the Rotten Wood Demons, drawing all their hatred onto itself.

The large leaves hopped along the tree trunk at varying speeds, soon attracting most of the decaying wood spirits to gather around.

Seeing that things were about right, Huo quickly dealt with the rotten wood demon in his hand, and then took out his staff from his backpack.

With a big leap, Huo jumped onto the tree trunk and aimed at the most densely packed spots of the rotten wood demons, firing three fireballs in one go.

A series of intense flames erupted from the horde of rotten wood demons, triggering a chorus of wails.

Sparks flew everywhere, and a large number of rotten wood spirits died under the fireball spell. The few survivors were also affected by the flames, their bodies covered in flames, and they were soon burned to a pile of charcoal.

The fire raged, but surprisingly it did not spread, as if an invisible barrier was preventing it from spreading.

The flames did not spread and quickly went out after burning the rotten wood demon. Huo then cleaned up the remaining stragglers and took out the Book of Collection to contain the charred remains.

Race Name: Wood Elf

Description: A fairy born by chance deep in the forest, capable of disguising itself as an ordinary tree, and enjoys ambushing passersby when they are least expecting it.

Trait: Woody Body

Wooden Body: Wood sprites transformed from trees naturally possess good physical resistance, and when equipped, they grant the player's innate armor +1.

After collecting all the bodies, Huo and his group went to the tree in the middle.

The tree itself is nothing special, just an ordinary tree. What's special is the fruit hanging on it.

Huo jumped up the tree, picked one, and examined it using the network.

Name: Scarlet Fruit (Blue)

Type: Consumables

Weight: 200g

Effect: Life extension

Description: A strange fruit born in the ocean, with a single function: it can increase one's lifespan by one year after consumption.

Longevity-extending items! Huo Huan's eyes lit up as he looked at the tree full of fruit, as if he were looking at unclaimed virtual currency.

Huo and Da Ye worked together to pick all the fruit off the tree, a total of 36 fruits. They decided to split the profits 50/50.

Huo also estimated that he could earn nearly 1 Zongwang coins from this, but that's only because the lifespan extended by the Scarlet Wood Fruit is too short.

The network is full of ways to prolong life, and even immortality. The reason why Scarlet Wood Fruit can be sold at a high price is because it has no side effects and no quantity restrictions.

So even though a single Scarlet Wood Fruit can only extend one's lifespan by a year, its lack of side effects ensures it will sell well, though the price won't be too high.

After collecting all their spoils, the three quickly set off again. Led by Da Ye, one of the children of the forest, the three soon encountered their target again.

However, this time they were just a few ordinary pirates, and they didn't carry any secret treasures or extraordinary items.

These pirates were quite sensible; upon encountering Huo Huan and his companions, they immediately turned and fled, and Huo Huan didn't bother to chase after them.

Chapter 46 Team Formation

Having let those pirates go, the secret realm was gradually coming to an end, and the surrounding scenery began to fade, meaning that we would be leaving soon.

"Flora, how many ships and how many superhumans did the Warhawk Pirates send this time?" Huo suddenly asked Flora as the secret realm was about to close.

"Two ships. Including me, there are a total of four extraordinary individuals. Apart from the assassin and mage who died, there is one more who stayed on the ship," Flora replied without hesitation in response to Huo Huan's question.

"You want to take action against the Warhawk Pirates?" Da Ye asked, somewhat surprised.

"Yeah, I have a bit of a grudge against them," Huo nodded, admitting it.

"Tsk tsk, they're really in trouble then," Da Ye clicked his tongue, mourning the Warhawk Pirates for a second.

Da Ye didn't ask any more questions, and waved to Huo as a final farewell.

The secret realm gradually dissipated, and in the blink of an eye, Huo was back on the shore of Freedom Island.

Huo was relatively lucky; some people fell into the sea as soon as they came out of the secret realm.

The appearance of survivors from the secret realm immediately sparked a fierce battle on the sea. However, to Huo's surprise, the fighting only took place on the sea, while strangely, no one on Freedom Island chose to make a move.

Huo observed from the shore for a long time but still couldn't find any of the Warhawk Pirates' ships.

After watching for a while, Flora came up to us with news of the Warhawk Pirates.

It turned out that a surviving member of the Warhawk Pirates had brought out news of the captain's death in the secret realm, which frightened the captain who was left to guard the outside of the secret realm, and he took advantage of the chaos to escape.

"Is that so? Then let's leave it at that for now." Upon receiving the message, Huo didn't linger at the beach but instead took Flora back to the inn.

"Boss, open another room next to mine," Huo said, tossing a gold coin over to the boss.

The shopkeeper took the gold coin, shook his head, and pushed a key and the gold coin over together.

"The room rate the guest paid last time was more than enough," the owner paused, then continued, "Please be extra careful tonight."

Huo took the key and placed it in Flora's hand, glancing thoughtfully at the outside of the inn.

After sending Flora to her own room, Huo opened the chat group and began looking for teammates.

[Jin Li]: I have a revenge quest for a princess of a fallen kingdom. Anyone want to team up and do it together?

[The Melon in the Badger Field]: Is there really a princess who lost her country, bro?

[Da Ye Doesn't Like to Eat]: Guaranteed, I saw it with my own eyes.

[Yangmei Soup]: You're awesome, boss. It's a pity my level is too low, so I won't go and hold you back.

……

There were many people discussing the topic in the group, but very few actually signed up to form a team.

They either feel their level isn't high enough and don't want to come and hold others back, or they have their own plans and tasks.

In the end, only two players agreed to come, one of whom was an acquaintance of Huo Huan's—Black Owl.

After making the agreement, Huo looked out the window. The battle on the sea had stopped, and most of the ships had docked at the pier. For a moment, the scene looked perfectly harmonious.

As it was getting late, Huo knocked on Flora's door and asked her to come down for dinner.

After spending some time together, Huo did gain a slight understanding of Flora's personality.

Perhaps because he grew up in a very strict royal family, Huo always felt that this girl didn't have much of her own opinion. She would do whatever he asked, and seemed to accept whatever came her way.

Similarly, she is always quite hesitant when it comes to making decisions.

Such a person is good as a henchman or a general charging into battle, but it's best to avoid consulting her on decision-making.

As night fell, Huo sat cross-legged on the bed, keeping part of his mind from entering deep meditation.

Liberty Island was unusually quiet tonight, but this quietness only lasted until late at night.

A shout of battle rang out first, followed by the sounds of weapons clashing.

Huo remained seated on the bed, listening to the sounds outside without moving, until he heard soft footsteps coming from the corridor outside the room.

Huo opened his eyes, which reflected a faint glint of light under the moonlight.

After putting on his shoes and getting out of bed, Huo opened the bedroom door.

Outside, a masked pirate was trying to pry open Huo Huan's door with a dagger.

When Huo opened the door, the pirates were startled and then noticed that Huo was empty-handed and had no weapons.