Picking Up a Bargain

"Buzz buzz buzz..."

As the sky grew darker, the mosquitoes in the grass became more numerous.

The mosquitoes that had fed on Lin Li seemed to be calling their friends, and more and more of them flew towards him.

"It's so itchy! If this keeps up, I'm afraid I'll be sucked dry by these mosquitoes before the White Ape Exotic Beast even finds and kills me...

No, I can't stand it anymore... If the White Ape Exotic Beast finds me, so be it! I'll just hide on the Mysterious Small Island to take refuge."

Lin Li's endurance, hiding in the grass, was ultimately limited. Tormented by the ever-increasing number of mosquitoes, Lin Li finally couldn't bear it any longer.

With a rustle, he leaped out of the dense grass. Just as he was about to decide to hide on the Mysterious Small Island, he noticed something was wrong.

He had jumped out of the grass, but the White Ape Exotic Beast in the distance remained still, standing in the same spot.

"Strange? I made such a commotion, there's no reason that powerful White Ape Exotic Beast wouldn't have heard me!"

Lin Li temporarily abandoned the idea of hiding on the Mysterious Small Island. He looked at the White Ape Exotic Beast standing in the distance with suspicion.

"Could it be..."

A bold guess surfaced in Lin Li's mind. To verify his guess, Lin Li, while making preparations to hide on the Mysterious Small Island at any moment, raised his left hand.

"Poof."

A flash of pale golden spiritual light flickered across Lin Li's left hand, and then a fist-sized small fireball appeared at his fingertips.

"Go..."

Lin Li, looking somewhat nervous, whispered softly, then swung his left hand, throwing the small fireball.

"Whoosh..."

The orange-red small fireball shot out, heading directly for the head of the White Ape Exotic Beast that stood motionless in the distance.

Facing the incoming orange-red small fireball, the White Ape Exotic Beast still stood in place, unmoving, allowing the small fireball to hit its head.

"Boom."

The heat wave from the small fireball's explosion spread outwards. The not-too-strong impact knocked over the White Ape Exotic Beast, which had been standing still.

"Bang."

Upon seeing the White Ape Exotic Beast knocked down by his small fireball, Lin Li's face showed a look of surprise and joy.

Because the scene before him proved his guess: the White Ape Exotic Beast's desperate counterattack just now was its final struggle before death.

It could be said to be a deathbed resurgence. Before dying, it severely injured its most hated enemy and forced it to retreat, thus dying without regret.

"Calm down, the fate of that middle-aged man just now was a bloody lesson!

My strength is far inferior to that middle-aged man. If the White Ape Exotic Beast were to do the same to me, I would be instantly killed."

Lin Li cautiously watched the fallen White Ape Exotic Beast, then retreated several more steps to create distance. After doing so, he began to implement the response plan he deemed most secure.

"Poof."

"Whoosh."

"Poof."

"Whoosh."

One after another, orange-red small fireballs were created by Lin Li and then thrown at the downed White Ape Exotic Beast.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

Each orange-red small fireball struck the head of the White Ape Exotic Beast.

Under the continuous bombardment, the White Ape Exotic Beast's head finally couldn't withstand it and exploded.

"Bang."

Red and white matter splattered everywhere, and due to the high temperature generated by the fiery explosion, it was half-cooked.

"Hoo..." Lin Li let out a long sigh. Looking at the White Ape Exotic Beast with its head blown open, he muttered to himself, "This White Ape Exotic Beast is as good as dead.

If it could somehow survive this and launch a counterattack, I would accept my fate if it killed me."

Saying this, Lin Li gripped the Spirit Artifact Longsword in his hand and slowly, deliberately walked towards the White Ape Exotic Beast with its head blown open.

"Puchi, puchi..."

After reaching the White Ape Exotic Beast, Lin Li stabbed it several more times in vital spots.

It seemed that the experience of the middle-aged man being overturned had a profound impact on Lin Li, making him this meticulous now.

"This White Ape Exotic Beast is truly, undeniably dead."

Lin Li looked at the White Ape Exotic Beast, whose head had been blown open and now had several more holes in its body, and finally showed a relieved expression.

At this moment, the last ray of the sun's afterglow on the horizon completely disappeared.

Darkness enveloped the land. The already desolate wilderness became even more tranquil after the darkness descended.

"Hoo..."

"Rustle rustle rustle..."

A sudden gust of wind rustled the grass and trees on the plains, and the chirping of insects rose from the grass.

Lin Li knew that the wilderness at night was very dangerous, so he immediately crouched down, extended a finger, and pointed at the corpse of the White Ape Exotic Beast. With a thought, he stored it on the Mysterious Small Island.

Then, he didn't linger and immediately ran quickly towards the safe zone.

Fortunately, there was a moon that night, and its bright moonlight spilled across the land, allowing Lin Li to see the path ahead clearly.

Not long after Lin Li left, several figures arrived from a distance and came to where the White Ape Exotic Beast had died.

These people were all wearing camouflage uniforms, carrying backpacks, and holding various psionic weapons.

"Captain, it's already dark, let's go back! It's been so long, that heavily injured White Ape Exotic Beast must have disappeared without a trace by now."

"To be turned around in that situation, Old Li has really lost a lot of face this time."

Under the night sky, these people discussed for a few sentences, then turned and returned to the safe zone.

On the Mysterious Small Island.

The corpse of the White Ape Exotic Beast appeared out of thin air on the grassland of the Mysterious Small Island, and then, a large amount of white mist floated out from the corpse.

This time was different from before; the Small Tree seemed a bit impatient.

Before the white mist floating out from the corpse of the White Ape Exotic Beast could condense into a mist cluster, it directly attracted the white mist.

Thus, the white mist floating out from the White Ape Exotic Beast quickly surged towards the Small Tree, enveloping its sparse branches and leaves.

The emerald green leaves of the Small Tree flashed with a faint golden spiritual light, and then these emerald green branches and leaves absorbed the white mist enveloping the canopy like sponges.

When all the white mist was completely absorbed, the size of the green ability fruit that the Small Tree had grown directly increased several times, becoming about the size of a pigeon egg.

A faint golden spiritual light appeared on the surface of the pigeon-egg-sized green ability fruit, flashing occasionally, making it clear to anyone who saw it that this green ability fruit was extraordinary.