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"Did you learn that? During a hunt, the roles of prey and hunter can switch at any time. It's a contest of who is more cautious and stronger." She tossed the corpses together, took out a specially made knife and scraper from her spatial bracelet, and began to process the lizard dragon's carcass. At the same time, she added to Jiang Kehan, "Most of the creatures that ran away earlier were herbivores, but I still don't recommend that you disturb the surrounding creatures to verify safety like Li Hui did. She dared to do that because she can handle the strongest level 3 dragon here by herself, while the two of us can't."
Wait, Li Hui can take on a level 3 dragon single-handedly?
Jiang Kehan looked at Li Hui, who had released her hand and was casting a spell to repel wild beasts around her, in disbelief.
Before puberty, the little witch is designed to deal with level 1-2 dragons. Under normal circumstances, she needs 2000 magic power to handle a level 3 dragon. The biggest problem is how to effectively damage a level 3 dragon that is hundreds of meters long.
Ai Li'er shrugged at Jiang Kehan's expression and advised, "Don't compare yourself to her. Li Hui's spell list has more than 2000 spells. She can basically learn all the level 1 and 2 spells at a glance. Moreover, her control over magic is beyond ordinary people. She is proficient in witch magic. The electric arc just now was achieved purely with magic. In fact, her highest achievement is defeating her teacher, who is a mid-level witch, at the academy."
Jiang Kehan swallowed the word "Holy crap" and looked at Li Hui as if she were looking at an indescribable creature, not a witch.
A normal little witch's spell count is around 200-300, but that's a minor issue. You have to know that a witch's magic power recovers as a percentage, and a mediocre witch's magic power is over 4000-5000. Compared to a little witch who hasn't entered her growth stage, the difference in magic power is at least ten times. Moreover, spells that can damage a mediocre witch require at least several hundred magic power. She has no idea how her opponent won.
"Does she have the talent for infinite magic?" After hesitating for a long time, Jiang Kehan slowly uttered this question.
“Hmm? No, although her initial magic power was among the most talented, it was only 300.” As if she understood Jiang Kehan’s doubts, Ariel said with a boastful tone, “However, her control over magic power and her skill in witch magic allow her to damage the witch even with only 1 point of magic power. That is the reason why she was able to win.”
The wall of the trench.
After learning about her talent, Jiang Kehan's barely suppressed pride completely vanished. For the first time, she realized how uneven life could be. She had been surprised that her talent was already unparalleled, but she never expected there to be other masters out there.
At this moment, she finally understood why the other party was worth the witch organization sending people to monitor and protect. This could no longer be described as having potential; she was a pure supermodel monster, a rising star, and if she didn't die, her name would definitely appear in the history books.
Chapter 17 The Unyielding History of the Dragon Clan
The lizard dragon is a relatively weak level 1 dragon, and there aren't many materials worth harvesting for the witch. However, it is one of the few dragon species that can be eaten directly. Ariel put the heart and "stone" she dug out into her spatial bracelet, and naturally used a scraper to scrape off a spoonful of raw meat and put it into her mouth.
The taste is somewhat similar to matcha, with a gritty texture, delicate fat, and the muscle is somewhat like beef, but it's not fishy at all.
The lizard dragon did not have blood vessels all over its body, but only a main blood vessel that ran from its stomach to its brain. At the end of the main blood vessel was a fist-sized sac that supplied energy to the brain. The stones were removed from inside the sac.
Their cells are larger than an egg, neatly arranged with gaps, and do not need blood vessels to transport nutrients and metabolic waste. Moreover, they raise their body temperature dramatically during excretion, using water vapor to carry waste out of the body, making them generally clean and hygienic.
"Do you want some?" Ariel took out another clean scraper, scraped some meat, and handed it to Jiang Kehan.
Um, Jiang Kehan's expression was awkward. In her previous life, as a staunch advocate of cooked food, she actually disliked eating raw food.
Really fragrant!
Jiang Kehan didn't refuse directly. Instead, she dipped her finger in the fat, intending to tell the other person that she had already eaten, as a polite way of refusing. However, although the lizard dragon didn't look very good, it tasted like matcha ice cream mixed with beef chunks. So she ate the raw meat in the spoon clean. After finishing, she licked her lips with lingering satisfaction, her eyes fixed on the lizard dragon's corpse, itching to eat more.
Aili smiled and handed the spatula to Jiang Kehan, letting her get some to eat herself.
“Eat up. We might not eat for the next few days. There are many creatures in the jungle with a keen sense of smell. If they smell something they haven’t smelled before, they might gather in large numbers. After all, these dragons don’t know what awe is.”
Jiang Kehan was squatting next to the lizard, spooning raw meat into her mouth. After hearing this, she asked a question that she was curious about.
"Why do most of the creatures encountered in the hunting grounds and outside carry some dragon blood?"
Li Hui had already set up the spell to drive away the beasts. This spell uses magic to simulate smells, sound waves, and even pressure that beasts cannot tolerate, thus driving them away. It usually requires a certain level of knowledge, but there are also freaks who can instantly detect the beasts' weaknesses. It is a commonly used low-level spell.
She walked over, and after hearing the question, she exchanged a strange glance with Ariel. The two shrugged in unison, their tone carrying a strange mix of barely suppressed amusement and barely suppressed laughter.
"This inevitably brings up the history of the dragon race's indomitable spirit. During the witch civil war, which was also World War II, the witches' immortality, known as 'Self,' had evolved to a very complete state. Thus, a great witch came up with a heaven-defying method of mass-producing troops."
"They used their own blood, body tissue, or even some concept of their own to forcibly transform other creatures into witches, enabling them to achieve a huge leap in power. In addition, these transformation materials all carried the witches' own will, forming an absolute and inviolable restriction. Therefore, later on, all the talented creatures in the entire witch universe were forcibly transformed into witches and joined that great war."
Jiang Kehan couldn't help but stop eating, holding her breath. She couldn't imagine the scenes of wars sweeping across the entire universe, and she couldn't believe that this was how transformation witches were born. Witches are so scary! Wait, I think I was transformed like that too. Will there be any problems?!
At this point, the two of them looked even stranger: "And the dragon race is also defying the heavens. The transformed dragon witches generally believe that they are not the same species as their original race, and will actively capture their own kind as their own merits. The remaining dragons felt the crisis of extinction and did something very strange and abstract - they directly began to lie down without limit and actively degenerate."
Huh? Jiang Kehan seemed to have heard something incredible.
"The deliberate degeneration has allowed dragons to integrate into every ecological level from the top level of creatures. Due to the reduction in their talents, few great witches are interested in transforming them into witches anymore. As a result, a situation that suffocates all witches has occurred—these dragons, who have integrated into various ecological levels, are indiscriminate in their consumption of meat and vegetables. In order to continue their race, they have basically interbred with all other creatures in the same ecosystem. By the time the witches discovered this, all creatures had been more or less ravaged by the dragons, which led to the current situation."
Jiang Kehan also moved to Bengbu. Is this right? This doesn't make sense. What kind of indomitable spirit is this? Which genius came up with this method?
However, she was more concerned about another issue. Holding the spoon up to face level, she looked somewhat dazed and asked hesitantly, "Um, could you elaborate on the restrictions on transforming witches?"
Li Hui smiled helplessly, walked up to Jiang Kehan, ruffled her hair, and comforted her, "Don't worry, long after the war ended, the final victor, who is now the one who stands behind the world, stipulated that the transformation witch is a member of the witches, and abolished all restrictions, including the witches who were forcibly transformed later, and also erased their obedience to the transformers from the cause and effect."
"However, it's not entirely without limitations. We all believe that the basic goodwill that naturally exists between witches is His doing."
Jiang Kehan finally breathed a sigh of relief, patted herself and stood up. She had been so frightened that many conspiracy theories popped into her mind. Fortunately, nothing serious happened, but she had no appetite.
"What do we do next?" She looked at the two people beside her, brushing aside the messy guesses and trying to focus on the present.
Li Hui pointed the blade of his short staff at the ground and answered with a slight smile.
“Now, it’s our turn to be the hunters. I’ve cast a warding spell here, so no wild beasts will come near for the next couple of days. We’ll use this place as a base to search for the Frostwyrm’s tracks. You and I will be in the same group. Ariel can handle things on her own. Let’s begin the hunt!”
Ariel grinned bloodthirstyly. She was more carefree than Li Hui, making no attempt to hide her excitement and bloodlust. She waved to the two of them and said, "Then I'll be off first. Good luck. Same rules as before: whoever finds the prey first will lead it this way. The others will judge the situation based on the location shown on their spatial bracelets."
After saying that, she pointed the revolver at herself without hesitation, made a "biu" sound, and a huge gust of wind pushed her directly into the jungle.
“Let’s go too. Kehan, you go first. I’ll give you some pointers based on your actions. There are quite a few details to pay attention to when hunting.”
Li Hui tossed the short staff into the air and spun it around. When the blade of the staff was facing down, he caught it with the hand gesture of a scalpel. It looked more like he was playing than hunting.
Jiang Kehan nodded vigorously, turned around and walked in the opposite direction from where Ai Lier had left. She carefully held the Frost Shield in her hand, ready to activate it at any time. At the same time, she took out the long sword she had prepared in the hunting ground from her spatial bracelet and slashed a path.
Chapter 18 Clues and Unknowns
The long knife prepared at the hunting ground resembled a slightly curved ruler, roughly rectangular in shape, but 1.3m long and 0.5m wide, which looked inexplicably comical given Jiang Kehan's height.
However, the longsword wasn't designed to torment the witch. The plants in the jungle seemed to be on steroids; the ubiquitous vines alone were thicker than Jiang Kehan's arm, not to mention the other large ferns, bushes, and weeds.
Jiang Kehan carefully cut away the plants that were hindering her movement with a long knife while keeping an eye on the soil beneath her feet.
The jungle soil is very moist, making it easy to leave footprints, which is one of the methods Li Hui taught her for finding prey.
"Although the Frost Vine Dragon is a level 2 dragon, its white dragon bloodline determines that its size is small even among level 2 dragons. Its footprints are not large and are easily covered by fallen leaves and the activities of other creatures. However, they are very distinctive. If you find white crystals in the soil, it means that a Frost Vine Dragon has passed through here. This is formed by its inability to control the escaping cold air and the easily detached skin from its feet."
Li Hui floated not far behind Jiang Kehan, prompting her on how to distinguish the footprints of different dragon species.
"These white crystals will remain for about two days under natural conditions. Frostwyrms usually have their own hunting range. Once you find them, you can start checking for their footprints. If you find them, it means that the other party is not far from you, or even watching you, ready to ambush you at any time."
Jiang Kehan felt immense pressure. Witch hunting is generally a case of the weak hunting the strong, so using magic to track down the opponent is likely to be discovered. As for creatures of the same level as witches, that's not called hunting, they call it slaughter. The only one of the same level who can subdue a witch is another witch.
Concealing oneself until the other party lowers their guard, and then revealing one's fangs, is a common tactic used by witches when hunting. However, witches prefer to lure their opponents into environments they have prepared, rather than into areas the other party is familiar with.
She's just a little witch who only knows two spells; hunting a level 2 dragon is simply not normal for her!
Making an excuse for her nervousness, Jiang Kehan swallowed. The unfamiliar environment and the possibility of enemies appearing at any time made her, a person from a peaceful era, feel extremely uncomfortable, even with the witch's innate bloodlust.
Jiang Kehan tried to alleviate these negative emotions through conversation, and she spoke with her back to Li Hui.
"What if we encounter other creatures?"
"Other creatures?" Li Hui's delicate face was somewhat indifferent, as if she were talking about something trivial: "If you recognize them, and they are valuable and of the same level, take some time to kill them. If they are stronger than you, leave a mark and see if it's worth killing them next time. You can't fight an unprepared battle. It's best not to blindly follow the tracks of unfamiliar creatures either. A witch's life is much more precious."
"After all, even Fate Symbols cost money. The stronger the witch, the more expensive the Fate Symbol. Moreover, if a witch is resurrected by other means, the money on the terminal will be deducted to a negative number."
Ah, Jiang Kehan thought of the money in her account and felt like crying. She felt something pressing down on her shoulders, the aura of poverty.
"Okay, okay, is there anything else I need to be careful about?" The thought of her wallet made her extremely resistant to death.
Li Hui used magic to control the pebbles on the ground, then threw them into the sky.
Suddenly, the roars of birds and beasts erupted from above, so loud that Jiang Kehan's ears were almost deafened.
"If there are stronger creatures in a certain area, it's best not to fly around randomly. For example, in the jungle, the strength of creatures generally increases with altitude. If you want to run, you can try to go into a hole, or just run headfirst in one direction. Many creatures have a sense of territory. The jungle is not the exclusive domain of any one creature; it has a certain balance."
She transformed into a bolt of lightning, disappearing almost instantly from Jiang Kehan's sight. Before Jiang Kehan could react, she landed with the head of an unknown beast in her hand.
"Look, this kind of Raven Dragon is much stronger than the Lizard Dragon, but it's not worth much money. If it were you, you would probably have a hard time dealing with it and would lose a lot of money."
Jiang Kehan's face fell. She suddenly understood why no one liked to play games with cheaters. This was too discouraging!
She angrily raised her long sword and continued searching for Frostdragon's trail.
However, Li Hui, who had just returned, frowned as he looked at the raven dragon head in his hand, feeling somewhat wary.
I don't remember that Ravensaurus lived in this area. Could it be that some creatures have migrated here?
As the two ventured deeper, various footprints appeared on the soil. Jiang Kehan keenly noticed a half-eaten corpse with faint frost marks on it. Instead of blindly approaching, she deliberately moved away from the area.
Sure enough, she found footprints around her that looked like they had been swept away by a tail, and there were white crystals inside them.
Jiang Kehan lowered her voice and questioned Li Hui, while simultaneously becoming more vigilant and scanning the surrounding trees, trying to find the hidden figure.
"It seems we've fallen into their trap, what should we do?"
“Now that we’ve been discovered, there’s no need to hide anymore. Kehan, try using Rain Prayer to make noise. Frost Vine Dragons are very sensitive to noise, but remember to control the range so as not to disturb the other Level 2 dragons outside its territory.” Li Hui instructed, “We need to lure it out of its territory. There’s a giant grappling hook in the space bracelet that comes with the hunting grounds. When it shows any signs of turning back, pull it out. This thing is very cunning and may not follow us.”
Jiang Kehan sheathed her longsword, banished the giant claws, gripped her short staff in her left hand, and meditated on the definition of noise.
Sound is produced by the vibration of objects. If you control the frequency and amplitude, you can control the volume and pitch of the sound. Yes, that's it. All that physics knowledge from my past life wasn't for nothing!
She incorporated her understanding of noise into the spell model, then used her short staff to limit the range of the rain prayer to a half-kilometer radius around the corpse deliberately left behind by the Frostdragon. Finally, she channeled magic power into it, and the surrounding air gradually began to fluctuate visibly, producing a deafening noise.
Suddenly, the soil about a hundred meters away from the corpse undulated, and the white body of the Frost Vine Dragon burst out of the ground, rushing towards Jiang Kehan!
"Let's go!" Li Hui picked up Jiang Kehan and turned to run, while smiling and asking Jiang Kehan how she felt: "How does it feel to seduce your prey for the first time? This time I will only intervene when you can't handle it. Enjoy the feeling of the hunt!"
Jiang Kehan turned to look at the angry and impatient Frost Vine Dragon. It was beautiful, like the most typical dragon in traditional Western fantasy stories. It was over ten meters long and about three meters tall. Its face was somewhat like a Qilin. It had backward-curving horns on its head, but they were tightly covered by pure white scales. It had a long, narrow snout, azure eyes, and a huge tail. It was exceptionally well-proportioned, except that it had no wings.
She replied with a smile, "It wasn't as dangerous as I thought. I was nervous for nothing!"
Although Jiang Kehan said this, she gripped the giant grappling hook tightly in her hand, ready to throw it out fiercely as soon as the other party showed any sign of turning around. The barbs on it would definitely give the Frost Vine Dragon a huge surprise!
Chapter 19 Frost Vine Dragon
Frostdragons are fast, but in front of Li Hui they are like puppies being led around. In fact, during the seduction process, Li Hui would deliberately pause a few times to ensure that the dragons were at a distance that seemed to be able to attack them, but was actually extremely difficult to reach.
Like a legendary bullfighter taunting the bull with a red cloth, his movements were effortless and elegant, making Jiang Kehan, who was being held by the back of her collar, feel envious and secretly make a vow.
When I have money, I want to learn levitation and spatial magic!
Soon, the Frostdragon reached the boundary of its hunting area. A hint of hesitation flashed in its cunning eyes as it looked at the two tiny creatures, which were even more slippery than eels. It quietly slowed down, preparing to turn back and continue its next ambush. For it, a failed hunt was nothing; patience and the ability to accept failure were the qualities needed to survive.
Without Li Hui's prompting, Jiang Kehan noticed the uncoordinated movements of the Frost Dragon. She remembered Li Hui's teaching to judge the enemy's actions by details. Judging from its appearance, the dragon seemed to be about to run away!
Jiang Kehan swung the giant grappling hook in her hand, and just as the opponent turned its head, she suddenly hurled it at the opponent's horn. The enormous force made the grappling hook incredibly fast, hitting the opponent before the Frost Vine Dragon could react. The special barbed design was even more ruthless than a fishhook, easily tearing through the opponent's scales and piercing deep into the opponent's head and neck.
"Ow!"
The Frostdragon endured the pain, its azure eyes revealing a hint of anger. To avoid further injury, it began to accelerate, simultaneously gathering special frost magic—its innate talent that only required activation and aiming, without needing to expend effort to maintain.
"Watch out, don't get hit. This isn't like Kehan's second-rate Ice Blade Rain; it's a proper level 2 spell." Li Hui glanced back. Right now, it wasn't just the Frost Vine Dragon that was caught by the giant claw, but also Jiang Kehan, who was gripping the end of the rope. Once it was released, no matter how irritated the Frost Vine Dragon looked now, it would definitely turn around and run away.
"Okay." Jiang Kehan suppressed her nervousness and began to cast a spell with the short staff in her left hand. However, instead of a shield, she cast a rain prayer that compressed the range to a rectangular space in front of her!
As Jiang Kehan poured in more than ten points of magic power than normally required for Prayer of Rain, a scorching heat assaulted the two people and the beast.
Rain Prayer - Magic Trait: White Phosphorus Fire Rain!
She referenced the white phosphorus incendiary bombs that were banned under international law in her previous life. These incendiary bombs would stick to the skin of living beings, causing continuous burning and even penetrating into the bones, making them extremely vicious.