"To kill is one thing, but to torment is another! What exactly are you trying to do?!"
At this moment, Qin Feng deeply felt what it meant to be weak, which was the original sin. No matter what he chose, life and death were just a matter of someone else's word.
Seeing that several Adventurers were about to show agreement, Qin Feng knew he had to find a way to survive, so he immediately cried out.
"Hiss hiss~"
"Hiss hiss~"
"Is this Black Scale Lizard begging for mercy? It's so intelligent. Perhaps the important figures in the city would like it, it's just that its quality is a bit low."
"Wait, I feel like it has something it wants to tell us."
The Archer, who looked like an older sister, pondered, suddenly remembering something.
"Have you seen an injured Mountain Wolf?"
"Hiss hiss~"
Qin Feng quickly nodded, immediately attracting the gaze of everyone in the Adventurer Squad, who showed delight.
"Ahem, as long as you can lead us to that Mountain Wolf, I swear by the reputation and honor of our Red Flame Squad to set you free!"
"Yes, yes!"
"I've always thought highly of this Black Scale Lizard since I was young. It might even successfully become an Overlord-level demonic beast in the future!"
"So intelligent, so rare! It must have the bloodline of a high-level demonic beast flowing within it!"
Aside from the Red-browed Captain, who made a somewhat guilty promise, the other Adventurers all praised Qin Feng.
"I don't believe you at all. An F-rank Adventurer Squad has no reputation or honor to speak of!"
Qin Feng, of course, couldn't say it out loud. He just turned his head towards the direction he came from, which was the pond, and then stretched forward.
"Are you saying the Mountain Wolf went that way?"
"Indeed, it's consistent with the direction we've been searching. If we continue forward, we'll be able to catch up to it."
"What are we waiting for? Let's go!"
"What about this Black Scale Lizard? It's a shame to let something so intelligent go. Let's take it back and sell it."
"Hiss~ The Lizard, the Lizard ran away!"
Na Qi shook her bitten finger and shouted loudly.
The other Adventurers hurriedly looked around, only to see a black blur quickly darting into the distant bushes.
Whoosh~
The Archer raised her hand and shot an arrow, a sharp arrow flying towards the direction Qin Feng was escaping.
Black Scale Protection!
As the Black Scales on Qin Feng's body were covered with a layer of dark luster, becoming even more solid, the short arrow had already pierced through the Black Scales and embedded itself in Qin Feng's flesh.
"Don't chase it! The priority is to catch the Mountain Wolf!"
Seeing the Archer older sister rush forward to chase, the Red-browed Captain quickly spoke to stop her, and the Archer then stopped.
"How did this Black Scale Lizard run so fast? It's a bit illogical. Could it have a wind-element bloodline?"
The last Adventurer in the squad, who held a dagger and was completely shrouded in a black robe, said in surprise.
"Who cares how it is. After taking my arrow, it probably won't live long. If it hadn't run, I might have spared its life. What a pity!!"
The Archer older sister said indifferently. On the contrary, the Red-browed Captain frowned tightly, glancing at Na Qi a few times, only to be met with a tongue-out, playful grimace.
After this interlude, the Adventurers continued to advance forward, pursuing the Mountain Wolf.
Meanwhile, Qin Feng, with a conspicuously embedded short arrow in his back, was in agonizing pain but dared not stop for a moment, frantically fleeing.
[Satiety -5%]
[Growth Experience +1]
It wasn't until he ran to exhaustion that Qin Feng dared to stop and rest.
"Compared to disliking a bleeding heart, I prefer the enemy to have one. It's a pity I still got hit by an arrow!"
Qin Feng understood that if it weren't for the wood-element mage named Na Qi secretly going easy, he would have been unable to escape from an F-rank Adventurer Squad.
Hiding in a thicket, he wrapped his tail around the short arrow in his back and pulled hard!
Hiss~
Pulling out the barbed short arrow, along with several pieces of torn flesh, Qin Feng once again felt the excruciating pain in his back, and fresh red blood flowed.
[Poisonous Iron Arrow (Common) +1]
[Poisonous Iron Arrow (Common): An iron arrow soaked in a poisonous potion, causing continuous poisoning damage to the target. After the target dies, the poison will quickly dissipate, not affecting the meat.
Sell: 12]
"There's even poison in the arrow. I wonder if this body of mine can withstand it, but I can't just sit here and wait to die!"
Qin Feng first searched both the chat and trade areas but found no items for healing or detoxification.
[Satiety -10%]
[Satiety -10%]
...As blood continuously flowed and an unknown element surged wildly within his body, accelerating the pain and the loss of life, Qin Feng found that his satiety was also rapidly decreasing, and he wasn't gaining any growth experience.
"Oh no, am I really going to die here?"
Just then, Qin Feng noticed someone had sent him a private message. Opening it, he found it was that chosen Ogre.
Zhou Dazhuang: Brother, I saw you were looking for herbs just now. I have detoxifying herbs here, do you want some?
Qin Feng: Thank you so much. What do you want in exchange? But I don't have anything on me right now, only a short arrow.
Zhou Dazhuang: Don't be so polite. I have quite a few of these herbs, but if I pick too many, I'll get a beating. I'll send you one first, see if it's enough.
Qin Feng: Thank you!
[Zhou Dazhuang initiated a trade: Catnip (Common) +1]
[Catnip (Common): A grass with a unique pungent smell, containing certain detoxification effects. It is favored by the Ogre race because its taste resembles meat.
Price: 2]
After checking the information, Qin Feng no longer hesitated and immediately chewed the Catnip. A unique pungent smell rushed straight to his head.
"This... this is too disgusting to eat!"
If it weren't for his strong will to survive, Qin Feng might have even vomited out the dirt scorpions he had eaten earlier.
However, despite being unpalatable, the effect was immediate. The chaotic element surging within his body gradually vanished into thin air, the blood on his back stopped flowing, and the arrow wound quickly scabbed over.
After reporting his safety to Zhou Dazhuang, Qin Feng found himself facing a new predicament.
The ordeal had left his satiety at only 25%, and his body was extremely weak and injured.
"I can only take a gamble. I hope that Mountain Wolf is already dead!"
Qin Feng immediately made up his mind and continued to advance towards his target direction... [Satiety -5%]
[Your satiety is below 15%, you have gained the trait 'Intermediate Weakness', all attributes -40%]
"I finally made it. It should be the cave in front of me. It's quite well hidden, no wonder those Adventurers didn't find it!"
After walking and stopping for a long time, with an empty stomach and an arrow wound, Qin Feng finally arrived at the target location.
In front of him was a cave covered by vines and trees. The entrance was obscured by weeds on the upper left. If not for the guidance of the information scroll, he probably wouldn't have paid much attention to it even if he passed by.
"This is a sufficiently hidden place, or at least a temporary foothold for me, as there are too many dangers in this mountain range!"
Thinking this, Qin Feng cautiously crawled towards the cave entrance.
The cave entrance was not large; Qin Feng estimated that the Mountain Wolf also squeezed in. The environment inside the cave was dim, the air was relatively humid, and there was a faint smell of decay mixed with a very conflicting scent of blood and char.
"It seems I've come to the right place. I wonder if the Mountain Wolf is dead yet!"
Relying on his excellent night vision, Qin Feng could see a Mountain Wolf curled up on the ground at the far end of the cave.