Chapter 20 - Dark Night Forest

"I'm not much of a doctor. I'd advise everyone to research more on potions. This might allow you to avoid all of this in the future."

Zhuo Bufan responded very calmly. After conducting a mass fusion session for everyone, it already let him experience what the term 'the capable get more work' truly meant.

If everyone came to look for him for any minor inconvenience in the future, he wouldn't have a life to call his own any more.

Furthermore, it was better for one to rely on oneself in this land.

When everyone heard that, they also carefully thought through Zhuo Bufan's suggestion and felt that there was nothing wrong.

In the end, they all left the arena and prepared to return to their own territories to continue their day.

Fortunately, Zhuo Bufan had slept soundly yesterday, so he was not so tired today. After returning to the territory, Zhuo Bufan still had the energy to go out for a walk.

After such a long time, he still hadn't given up on searching for another Six-Legged Beast. However, this monster was a little rare.

However, this time, Zhuo Bufan decided to deepen the progress of exploring the forest once again. He wanted to see what exactly was in the depths of the forest, as the radar map was still gray and blurry.

As long as it was a place Zhuo Bufan had not been to yet, the map would show the area covered by thick black clouds.

Bringing his bow and arrow, holding his saber, Zhuo Bufan headed deeper into the forest. As for what he could discover this time, it was all up to fate.

Halfway there, he encountered a rabbit which he shot dead with an arrow. However, Zhuo Bufan did not like the wild rabbits here. He did not know if it was because the breed of grass was not good, or if it was because rabbits exercised too much. The rabbit meat was hard, and it was a little taxing on the cheeks.

However, before he found any other type of food source, he could only eat this.

As he continued to walk forward, he would open the map from time to time to check the current location.

Actually, even after arriving here for such a long time, Zhuo Bufan had never tried exploring the forest at night.

He had no idea if there were any particular treasures that would only appear in the forest at night.

As the sun gradually set in the west, the only light in the forest also gradually decreased. In just the blink of an eye, Zhuo Bufan had no choice but to use materials on the spot to make a torch.

The faint light of the fire illuminated the path below him.

However, ever since he proved his strength on the arena, Zhuo Bufan also had a brand new understanding of himself.

Even if there were dangerous creatures in his territory that could threaten his life, he could defeat them with his ability.

Moreover, when faced with a threat in such a place, there was only one choice from the beginning to the end; that was to fight desperately.

He could only fight, defeat the threat and obtain its rare materials to equip himself.

Thinking up to here, he was even less worried about what he might very likely encounter next. Whether it was a creature who was born to fly or one that swam in the water, there was only one ending for them here.

That was GG!

In the face of death, whoever was soft-hearted would die.

Zhuo Bufan understood this principle very well.

Gu gu!

Something let out a cry, and Zhuo Bufan subconsciously stopped his footsteps. He used the torch in his hand, trying to illuminate as much of his area as possible. This way, he could expand his field of vision.

However, the ability of a small torch was limited, and furthermore it looked like it was about to die off.

Zhuo Bufan surveyed his surroundings warily as he quickly synthesized another torch. With two torches held in his hands, and the flames were much brighter, allowing his range of his vision to be wider.

Gu gu!

The voice sounded once again. Zhuo Bufan pricked up his ears and listened carefully. He kept feeling like he seemed to have heard this voice somewhere before, but he could not recall where it was at the moment.

But this voice kept coming intermittently, as if intentionally guiding Zhuo Bufan's next step. After realizing this point, Zhuo Bufan became cautious.

He only dared to step forward after making sure that there was no danger.

The gurgling sound was sometimes far and sometimes close. Sometimes, it sounded like it was right next to his ear, and sometimes, it sounded like it was far away.

Zhuo Bufan felt a sense of danger. In the end, he decided to go back the way he came. At worst, he wouldn't enter the forest when it was dark in the future. However, the instant he turned around, something suddenly scurried out from under his feet.

Zhuo Bufan did not even have time to see clearly before his entire person was forcefully dragged into the dense underbrush.

It was unknown what kind of grass it was, but there were barbs on the leaves. It barely touched his skin, but left behind a deep cut. Instantly, the wounded area burned with pain.

In the midst of the panic, Zhuo Bufan could only use his arms to protect his face first to avoid being disfigured by these leaves.

After a strong rush of dizziness, when everything returned to normal, he realized that he was hanging upside down on a tree. At the same time, he saw clearly what was dragging him so far away.

It was actually a vine!

A vine as thick as a child's arm.

Zhuo Bufan, who was hung upside down, tried a few times to free himself to no avail. The strength in his waist and abdomen was not enough for him to curl up and reach his feet.

However, it was a problem for him to remain strung up like this. This was his territory, no one would come to save him.

Unless… he was willing to wait a few days later, when the Teleport Portal would open and other races could use it to travel freely.

However, at that time, he would probably have turned into human jerky, which was most suitable for the other races to eat as a snack.

When he came to this frightening conclusion, Zhuo Bufan started to struggle to save himself. He noticed that there was a tree trunk not far away, and he thought of relying on a swinging method to create some momentum for himself.

As long as he had the strength, everything would be fine.

After gritting his teeth and shaking with all his might for a few times, seeing that he was about to successfully reach the tree trunk, who knew that the vine would suddenly loosen and drop down. Zhuo Bufan got such a shock that his heart almost dropped out from his mouth.

What the hell was this?

While he was still in shock, Zhuo Bufan belatedly realized that it was not land below his head at all, but a swamp!

Perhaps it was because Zhuo Bufan knew how dangerous a swamp was, he had a kind of feeling of being lucky enough to still hold onto his life.

If the vines had fallen a little lower, his head might have been covered by the swamp.

At that time, he would drown to death. If news of this were to spread out in the Ten Thousand Races Battlefield, he should be able to obtain the award of 'Most Unfortunate Death'!

Compared to this, Zhuo Bufan felt that being shot in the anus by the Elf Tribe's arrow was extremely heroic.

But the temper of the vines was a little volatile. In order to prepare for a worst case scenario, Zhuo Bufan took out his Ice Fire Magestaff with some difficulty.

With an incantation, ice pillars started to fall towards the ground, but were quickly swallowed by the swamp.

It was obvious how deep the swamp was. If one were to accidentally fall into it, the swamp would be able to swallow a person who was more than 1.8 meters tall.

After an unknown period of time, the swamp seemed to have been filled up. The ice pillars were no longer sinking, but had formed a small ice mountain.

On the other side, Zhuo Bufan summoned a small Fireball again, wanting to burn the vine with fire to break it. Not surprisingly, the vine showed an extreme fear towards the fireball.

Just a small fireball managed to burn through the vines. The remaining small segment was still wrapped around his ankle, and Zhuo Bufan also ripped it off without any hesitation.

This little thing almost cost him his life here.

But the strange thing was, why did the vines drag him here?