Chapter 41: A Brilliant Hunter Often Appears in the Form of Prey

Just as Nudi was busy refining pills over there.

Zhang Yi, however, had already begun searching the jungle for food with Long Ge and Xiao Pu.

It was just a pity that after a round of searching, let alone top-tier ingredients, they hadn't even discovered any small Demon Beasts like pheasants or wild rabbits.

Perhaps he was truly hungry; Long Ge, who had originally wanted to eat a good meal to improve their diet, suddenly stopped moving.

"Sigh!"

"You guy, you really are too honest. You actually didn't leave any food for yourself and gave it all to that girl, buying those spirit herbs and spirit fruits!"

"It's caused this dragon to have to go hungry along with you!"

"If I had known it would end up like this, I shouldn't have..."

As the Quetzalcoatlus was complaining, Zhang Yi, who had been searching for "food" everywhere, suddenly covered his mouth.

"Shh!"

"What are you in such a rush for!"

"I said, as long as you follow me, I guarantee you'll have delicious food and drink!"

Regarding Zhang Yi's sneaky behavior, the Quetzalcoatlus wore a look of disdain.

"Pfft, 'delicious food and drink,' my foot. I feel like if we keep going like this, in a few days we'll probably be begging for food everywhere!"

"What are you in such a rush for!"

"Just you wait. If my estimation is correct, it shouldn't be long before 'food' delivers itself to our door!"

"What do you mean?"

The Quetzalcoatlus looked at Zhang Yi with a bewildered expression.

"Feel it carefully; did you really not notice anything at all?"

Zhang Yi looked back meaningfully at the bushes not far behind them.

As it happened, the bushes that should have been calm and normal suddenly moved for some reason.

Looking at those bushes, Zhang Yi did not expose them directly at this moment, but instead walked a bit further with the Quetzalcoatlus before speaking in a low voice.

"Long Ge, I don't know if you've ever heard the saying: wealth should not be flaunted!"

"Wealth should not be flaunted?"

"What does that mean?"

The Quetzalcoatlus was completely baffled by this sudden remark from Zhang Yi.

"The meaning is simple. In the human world, whenever those who are wealthy go out, they generally do not expose their identity as rich people."

"Do you know why that is?"

Zhang Yi pondered for a moment before continuing to explain: "For no other reason than that they are afraid of being targeted by others!"

"Think about it, we were so ostentatious in the Yaoshi gathering spirit fruits and spirit herbs. If it were you, knowing I had so many good things on me, what would you do?"

Hearing the other party say this, the Quetzalcoatlus seemed to realize something instantly.

"You mean..."

"That's right. In this jungle where the strong prey on the weak, it has always been about strength."

"If you were to encounter someone whose strength is inferior to yours, but this guy happens to have a pile of things you want, what would you do?"

"What else could I do!"

"Of course, I'd rob the guy!"

"In this jungle, strength is the absolute truth; the weak deserve to become the rations of the strong!"

"That's right!"

"As the saying goes, if you want to catch a big fish, you must use heavy bait!"

"And as for us right now, we are actually the big fish in the eyes of those Great Demons!"

"It's just that they only think about swallowing us, these big fish, not knowing that the most brilliant hunters often appear in the form of prey!"

"They want to swallow us, these big fish, not knowing that, invisibly, they have already become my catch!"

Just like that, the few of them chatted while aimlessly pretending to search for prey.

About forty or fifty meters behind them.

Two figures were currently closely monitoring every move Zhang Yi and the others made.

If Zhang Yi and the others were to see them now, they would surely recognize at a glance that one of these two guys was none other than the stall owner who had previously given them the bronze pill furnace.

As for the other one, there was no need to ask; it was certainly a helper this guy had found.

Gradually, Zhang Yi and the others moved further and further away from the safe range of the Demon Saint Mansion.

During this period, Zhang Yi appeared to be searching for prey on the surface, but in reality, he had been secretly using his "Insight Eye" to watch the two figures in the bushes behind him.

One was a Third Rank Great Demon, the other a Second Rank Great Demon.

With his current strength, although he couldn't handle the Third Rank stall owner, dealing with the helper who was only Second Rank should be no problem.

After all, when he was only a Seventh Rank Demon Beast, he had already killed a First Rank Great Demon mountain demon single-handedly.

As for this most difficult Third Rank Great Demon, Zhang Yi didn't even think about it; he directly planned to leave it to the Quetzalcoatlus, who had been playing the pig to eat the tiger.

Don't look at this little guy, who had done nothing along the way but eat, drink, and help them travel.

However, although Zhang Yi wasn't particularly clear about this guy's strength, Long Ge's strength was definitely the strongest among them.

If it weren't for that, Zhang Yi wouldn't have been calling him "Long Ge" at every turn.

He did this not just to trick the other party into acting as his transport, but to some extent, it was also an acknowledgment of the other party's strength.

As for this guy, if it weren't for the fact that he was too lazy to move, let alone a Third Rank Great Demon, he would have the power to fight even if he encountered a Fifth Rank Great Demon.

Seeing that the time and distance were about right.

Zhang Yi felt it was time to close the net.

If they dawdled any longer, they probably wouldn't make it back in time for dinner!

After all, he had spent the whole day helping Nudi collect medicinal herbs and spirit fruits; truthfully, he wasn't sure if they were hungry, but he himself was already so hungry that his stomach was sticking to his ribs.

Suddenly, Zhang Yi, who had been feigning a search for prey, came to a sharp halt.

"Long Ge, now is the time, get ready to strike!"

Whoosh!

The very instant he gave the signal to strike.

A spherical flame, a full millstone in size, was spat out in an instant.

The one who made the move was none other than Xiao Pu, who had been following by Zhang Yi's side all along.

This fellow was a genuine descendant of the Jinwu.

His sudden strike immediately caught the two fellows hiding in the shrubbery off guard.

"Holy crap!"

"Dodge!"

Following these two shouts.

Immediately after, two dark shadows lunged out from the shrubbery.

Seeing that they had already been discovered, these two dark shadows.

Decided there was no point in pretending anymore.

Originally, they had wanted to wait until Zhang Yi and his group were tired and sleepy before launching a surprise attack.

But they never expected that this cunning fellow would discover the tracks of the two demons so quickly.

Since they would have to fight sooner or later, and they had already been discovered, they stopped hiding and holding back.

"Awoo!"

Accompanied by an angry roar, the third-rank Black Bear Great Demon, standing upright, charged straight at Zhang Yi to kill him...