Gray went back to sleep. They did not encounter any more blood fiends in the second half of the night, so he slept soundly until the next morning.
The three of them did not pack up their tents and leave immediately after eating a barbecue made of leopard meat.
Instead, each of them occupied a position and began to cultivate in the empty space in front of the tent that they had cleared themselves.
They did not avoid each other either. For blood techniques of the mad grade and above, the cultivation posture was only external. The most important thing was the internal structure of the totem. If one did not know, they would not be able to cultivate it no matter how hard they tried.
Furthermore, without the corresponding formula for the blood essence, they would not even be able to implant a blood vessel, let alone cultivate it.
Suddenly, three gigantic blood fiends appeared in the open space of the campsite.
What Gray summoned was a five-meter-long phantom of a Gale Wolf.
The Blood Beast Phantom that Teresa had summoned was a huge bull-type Blood Beast. It was six meters long and had two horns on its head. Its body seemed to be covered with a layer of stone armor.
The blood beast phantom that Sophia had drawn out was a five-meter-long deer-type blood beast. Its entire body was dark blue, its limbs were slender, its body was fit and beautiful, and its body emitted a mysterious aura.
Gray naturally would not let go of the opportunity to observe the blood fiends summoned by Sophia and Teresa.
"It should be a Rock Bull …"
From the surface of the blood fiend summoned by Teresa, Gray deduced that it should be a Rock Bull Barbaric Level blood fiend.
It was a type of blood fiend that could petrify its body to increase its defense.
It was powerful and had a strong defense. Even if it did not use the blood fiend ability, it should be comparable to the defense of the jade lizard.
If it used the blood fiend ability to petrify its body, its defense would be greatly increased. Within a short period of time, few blood fiends of the same level would be able to injure it.
Its only weakness was its average speed. However, its strong defense made up for this weakness.
Although the blood technique derived from this type of blood fiend was not a special blood technique, it was not far from it.
Gray could not help but sigh. As expected of a great aristocratic family, even the blood technique cultivated by their guards was so powerful.
"What ability does this blood fiend have?"
On the other hand, Gray didn't have the slightest clue about the blood fiends that Sophia had summoned.
Even though he had seen a few descriptions of deer-type blood fiends, they were obviously very different from the one that Sophia had lured out.
Judging from the characteristics displayed by Sophia in the previous battle, this kind of deer-type blood fiend was quite fast. In the same realm, it should be able to reach the upper level.
As for the rest, he couldn't see anything.
However, Gray understood that the blood fiend's ability must be very special. Otherwise, Sophia, a child of a great aristocratic family, would not be able to cultivate such a blood technique.
After finishing their morning cultivation and putting away their tents, the three of them quickly set off for their destination.
Puff!
A pitch-black tiger-shaped Blood Beast that could produce black fog had its neck slit by Gray's sword. Blood gushed out violently as the Blood Beast trembled a few times and fell limp to the ground.
Puchi!
Teresa chopped off the head of a snake-shaped blood fiend that was more than ten meters long and covered in a yellowish-brown color. It was capable of attacking people with earth spikes.
Boom!
A gigantic humanoid bear-shaped blood fiend was pierced by Sophia's spear, and its internal organs were crushed by the explosion's shockwave, killing it.
...
The three of them were all Blood Warriors. Ordinary blood fiends were nothing in front of them. As a result, even in the depths of the dark forest where blood fiends ran rampant, the three of them were not slow at all.
However, the terrain of the forest was complicated. Sometimes, they would encounter tall mountains, and other times, huge lakes. As a result, their journey was several times longer than a straight line.
"There's the smell of blood!"
As they advanced, Gray and the other two couldn't help but stop in their tracks.
A faint smell entered their nostrils. It was the smell of blood that they were all too familiar with.
"Let's go take a look!"
The three of them walked in the direction of the smell of blood.
Since a battle had occurred, there should be blood fiends nearby. They wanted to use the traces of the battle to determine the blood fiend's ability and strength.
After walking a few dozen meters to the left, they suddenly saw a wide expanse of land. The huge canopy above their heads disappeared, and large patches of sunlight shone through.
However, when they saw the situation at the scene, the three of them couldn't help but raise their eyebrows.
In the open space, no, in the open space formed by the chopping of trees, more than ten human corpses were strewn all over the place. They were in various positions of death.
Near their corpses, the soil was dyed red with blood and was even slightly moist.
"It should be a mercenary team that hunts blood fiends!"
Gray guessed after taking a look at the corpses and discovering that there were many rune bags used to store blood near the corpses.
Mercenaries that hunted blood fiends were also known as blood fiend hunters. It could be said to be one of the professions with the most explosive profits.
Even the most ordinary murderous blood fiend could be sold for thousands of gold coins. Some of the special blood fiends could even be sold for tens of thousands of gold coins.
In comparison, the annual tax income of a viscount family like the Fergus family was far less than that of these blood fiend hunters.
However, the benefits were often directly proportional to the risks involved. The greater the benefits, the greater the danger.
Not many blood fiend hunters could live to the end of their lives. Most of them died in the process of hunting blood fiends. The ten or so people in front of them were evidently one of them.
"They died no more than an hour ago!"
Teresa said after flipping over one of the corpses and inspecting the wound.
Then, he flipped over a few more corpses and said with a slightly serious expression.
"I don't know if it was a blood fiend or a human who did it, but it must be very strong."
After flipping over the corpses, without exception, the wounds on their bodies were as if they had been cut through by a sharp blade. The corpses were even directly split into two halves. There was no second attack.
Obviously, this was a one-sided slaughter without any ability to resist.
For such a situation to occur, it could only be that the opponent's strength far exceeded theirs.
How could a mercenary team that dared to come to the depths of the Night Forest where blood fiends ran rampant be weak?
Therefore, the person or blood fiend who did it must be very strong.
"It should be a blood fiend!"
Sophia raised her eyebrows and said.
It was very likely that it was a blood fiend that appeared in the depths of the forest. The possibility of it being a human was not high. Even if it had a grudge against these ten or so people, it would have ambushed them in the periphery of the forest and would not have come to the dangerous depths of the forest to kill them.
"It should be a berserk blood fiend. I'm afraid it's not weak among berserk blood fiends. Should we go around it?"
Gray said in a low voice.
Although this berserk blood fiend was not weak, the three of them were berserk warriors after all. After the battle, the final victory would belong to them.
But after all, they were here to explore the ruins and not to hunt blood fiends. It was not worthwhile for them to clash head-on with a powerful blood fiend. That would not be beneficial to them.
"Let's go around it!"
Sophia and Teresa nodded. Obviously, their thoughts were the same as Gray's.
After inspecting the corpses, they found that there was nothing extremely valuable on them.
They must have anticipated the arrival of this day and did not have much money on them. Naturally, the three of them did not think much of it. They left the place and started to go around it.
Taking a detour meant going around the area in front and circling around from other areas to the front in an arc.
Generally speaking, this method could be used to avoid the blood fiends in the area ahead.
Of course, this method might not work every time. Sometimes, before they could go around the area, they would be targeted by the blood fiends in the area.
"There's a blood fiend!"
After going around for more than ten minutes, Gray's infrared perception suddenly discovered a wild beast that seemed to be a blood fiend lurking on a lush tree.
The moment he said this, the wild beast that seemed to be a blood fiend scuttled out of the tree and onto a huge branch, appearing in front of Gray and the other two.
This was a "wild beast" that was close to two meters long.
Its fur was brownish black, and the neck area connecting its head and torso was very long and thick.
On its two front limbs were long and sharp claws. They were more than ten centimeters long and looked like daggers.
"Be careful!"
Seeing this wild beast that seemed to be a blood fiend, Sophia's expression suddenly changed and she shouted a warning.
"Hmm...?"
Gray and Teresa were both puzzled. They did not understand why this "blood fiend" that was less than two meters long would make Sophia so nervous.
However, at this moment, the blood fiend on the tree moved.
It raised its two front limbs with sharp claws that were surrounded by a green glow. Then, it waved its claws at the three of them across the air.
Swish, swish, swish!
Three green wind blades that were larger than the wind blades that Gray had used, suddenly attacked the three of them.
Puff, puff, puff!
The branches that they encountered along the way were easily chopped off. The three wind blades were extremely fast and did not lose their momentum as they slashed at the three of them.
In the blink of an eye, the wind blades had closed in on the three of them. A hair-raising sense of danger rose in the hearts of Gray and the other two.
"Not good!"
The wind blades were already very close. Gray gritted his teeth and raised his arms to block in front of him.
It was too late to dodge, so he could only rely on the iron arms that he had inherited from the iron-armed ape to block the attack.
Fortunately, the battle with the wild boar last night had given him a lot of confidence in his iron arms.
Although they were the iron arms of a murderous level blood fiend, their defense was undeniably strong. Even the wild boar's black thorns could not hurt them in the slightest.
"Ha —"
Teresa let out a low roar. Suddenly, stony skin appeared all over her body as she used her petrification ability to strengthen her defense.
Whoosh!
Sophia's body emitted a faint blue glow. Then, suddenly, it was as if time had stopped.
She leaped out at an unimaginable speed.