The Formless Wind X Grassland

"Swish! Swish! Swish!"

The sharp sound of a knife cutting.

The sky was filled with chopped and flying weeds, which were swirling in the air and then scattered by the wind as if cut by a knife.

The sound that came through the air was like the slashing of a sharp blade.

A large herd of Giant Horse with two horns galloped across the grassland at an incredible speed.

But some were ultimately left behind.

A scream rang out.

With screams of agony, the last two or three horses were struck by the blade, their rump and back splattering with copious amounts of blood, where enormous, invisible wounds had been inflicted.

The wound then tore open, and the entire horse was forcibly split horizontally into two halves.

Internal organs and fresh blood were spilled all over the ground.

The wind has weakened.

Standing atop the tree, among the few who hadn't yet crossed into the grassland, Morel held a wisp of smoke in his hand, feeling the fluctuations of the wind.

Sure enough, the horses seemed to sense it too, and stopped at a distance.

"It seems we can't just wander into this grassland recklessly."

The group jumped down, Men Qi couldn't help but speak as she looked at the corpses scattered on the ground not far away.

Melusina looked at the giant trees on the edge of the grassland, checking the stumps for marks of blades.

However, nothing was found.

"It seems that those slashing winds should disappear after reaching the edge of the grassland. They have a certain range; otherwise, there should be many cut marks on these giant trees."

It's impossible for it to be like this now, with absolutely nothing.

"In other words, once we enter the grassland area, we are very likely to encounter those invisible winds for no apparent reason. Judging from the way those horses were being cleaved, it's clear that they are not something an ordinary person could withstand."

Morel, wearing sunglasses, speculated with a slightly serious expression.

"Let's go check on those horse carcasses; that might give us a concrete idea of what those invisible Wind Blade are."

Men Qi gazed at the horse carcasses and made a suggestion.

Xiahara nearby, disagreed, shaking his head. "If we rashly step into those winds without understanding them, we could very well encounter unpredictable dangers."

"We were in the tree just now, and we could feel that the wind was blowing relatively low, mainly in the area around the grass."

As he spoke, Rukira stepped forward, unfurling a pair of wings from his back and flapping them.

The meaning is self-evident.

"I'll go and bring those bodies over to you."

Melusina shook her head directly.

"There's no need for us to take that risk ourselves."

"That's right, I can do it myself."

Men Qi blinked, smiled, and then clapped her hands, releasing her Nen Aura.

What emerged was surprisingly Transport Armor.

When did you eat them?

Xiahara, who was watching this scene from the side, was somewhat shocked.

His partner was completely unaware of this, and Men Qi even ate the Transport Armor.

That thing didn't even look like an edible insect.

While some insects can be cooked and eaten, the vast majority do not fall into this category.

As Gourmet Hunter, they know which insects are edible, and the Transport Armor is definitely not one of them.

"Sometimes, for the sake of convenience, one can endure some hardship."

Men Qi clearly didn't want to recall, and explained how she was able to construct the Transport Armor.

Her Nen ability allows her to materialize others through observation, slaughter, and tasting.

There's no rule that the other person has to be a good eater.

After all, some things are not meant to be eaten.

Several Transport Armor, under her control, quickly moved away and soon arrived at the location of the horse carcasses, carrying the corpses back.

"It works great, doesn't it?"

Men Qi looked at Buhaci and added an emphasis.

Buhaci opened his mouth but didn't say anything more. He really wanted to say that there are many creatures that can achieve similar abilities, and it's not necessary to eat the Transport Armor.

The bodies were moved over and placed in front of everyone.

The crowd gathered around to observe.

First of all, these horses are absolutely enormous.

However, the task of observing these creatures is best left to the two Gourmet Hunter, and perhaps a little more, the Ocean Hunter Morel.

Although none of the three are professional biology experts, they are all related to it in some way.

They are at least more professional than Melusina and his two companions.

"The meat is firm and nutritious; it's definitely top-quality meat and sure to be delicious."

Men Qi directly adopted the perspective of Gourmet Hunter, offering her evaluation of these horses.

"That's right, they are huge, produce a lot of meat, have firm meat, and are very nutritious."

Both the internal organs and bones are highly nutritious.

Buhaci also strongly agreed.

Men Qi touched the blood, smelled it, and after confirming it was okay, even licked it.

Even the horse blood is good.

After getting a general idea, Men Qi stood up, crossed her arms, frowned, and said something rather strange.

"It's incredibly nutritious. Why? Because in every respect, this horse is a far more suitable food source than any of the giant beasts we've hunted before."

Simply put, those enormous beasts are hardly a source of nutrition compared to these horses.

Of course, this isn't to say that those giant beasts were inferior, but they were far inferior to these horses.

"These horses are not necessarily weaker than those ordinary giant beasts."

After careful observation, Morel came to a conclusion.

The strength of the behemoths is extremely complex, and even they find it difficult to give a specific classification.

However, the simplest method and size are enough to classify 90% of the giant beasts.

The remaining 10% are giant beasts with special abilities, which cannot be judged by their size.

Ordinary giant beasts refer to those with a size between 10 and 15 meters.

They are the most numerous type in the Giant Beast Kingdom, with a certain population size, but they rarely gather together.

Behemoths over 15 meters tall generally have their own territories, which, though not large, are not easily destroyed by anyone.

Animals under ten meters tall tend to huddle together, and the smaller they are, the more they live in groups.

As mentioned before, these horses, though still enormous to humans, resembled chariots the size of houses.

Among giant beasts under ten meters tall, it belongs to the relatively small category.

Judging from its bones, muscles, and external skin, its strength is equivalent to that of a giant beast that is over ten meters tall.

"Let's camp on the edge of the grassland tonight. It would be safer to pitch our temporary tents in a big tree."

Melusina made her decision.

Everyone nodded, offering no objections.

"Then I'll build a scout team to explore the outer edges of the grassland and see if we can gather any information."

Morel nodded and said.

"I'll join too. I'm Emission Type, so I can detect things from much farther away."

Both of them were assigned to the Scout Team because of their Nen Beast abilities.

However, their abilities are clearly different.

Morel is Manipulation Type, Men Qi is Emission Type.

The fundamental logic of Nen ability is different.

Morel's Nen ability is essentially the ability to exhale purple smoke from his Pipe. This purple smoke is specially made and is not generated by his Nen ability.

Then he released a portion of his controllable Nen Aura and placed it into the purple smoke as a source to manipulate the smoke.

This allows him to manipulate the purple smoke with great agility.

The so-called Manipulation Type refers to the control over other things. This control is extremely precise, and other systems can hardly achieve this level.

The Manipulation Type is an existence that can even manipulate things like willpower and memory.

Even the Time Manipulation.

In addition, Morel also minored in the Emission Type.

Therefore, the Purple Smoke Machine Soldier can conduct reconnaissance and movement over a very wide area and perform highly precise actions.

Serving as decoy, supporting combat, conducting group operations, and performing long-range reconnaissance.

These are all things that Morel can do.

Men Qi is different; being Emission Type, the Nen Beast she Emission can reach farther places.

In other words, it surpasses Morel in terms of reconnaissance distance and scope, but her Emission Nen Beast have a certain degree of autonomy.

If it's too far away, she'll hardly be able to control it completely; she needs to leave some room for the Nen Beast to act autonomously.

But her Nen Beast are, after all, the creatures she has eaten, so she can use them in combination.

As long as you eat enough, there will always be something suitable.

Especially in the wild, these creatures can perfectly blend into the wild ecosystem and have a strong ability to hide.

Therefore, Men Qi's abilities include providing powerful combat capabilities, automatic detection and reconnaissance, covert surveillance, and providing functional units.

His abilities overlap with Morel's, but they are like two separate branches.

If the two work together.

Therefore, the reconnaissance effect is extremely powerful.

The group began setting up camp.

Men Qi took the things she had brought with her and cut the meat into pieces; of course, she couldn't take it all with her.

However, some of the better-looking parts, as well as the more essential ones, are cut off, wrapped in a thin film for storage, and then placed in Pocket Flower.

Kevin didn't sit idle during the month he trained them.

Naturally, I brought over some of the things I previously thought were useful.

Night.

Everything is ready.

The two then took action.

First, there were the purple smoke Purple Smoke Machine Soldier smoke, a total of thirty of them were constructed.

They dispersed and spread outwards.

We went straight into the grassland.

It's not that other shapes can't be created, but creating a humanoid shape would greatly improve operability, since Morel himself is human.

Operating a humanoid Purple Smoke Machine Soldier and operating a non-humanoid one are two completely different concepts.

Men Qi, on the other hand, naturally didn't have so many concerns.

With arms outstretched, one after another, Crow- like creatures flew out.

Morel is the operator.

Men Qi is more like an order; after giving certain instructions, these Nen Beast act on their own.

Thus, an exploration circle was formed, blending together as it headed towards the grasslands.

All that's left is to wait.

This outward exploration continued until morning.

Despite not having slept all night, the two were still full of energy.

After all, he is Nen user. For Nen user, even if they don't sleep for a week, they can still maintain a good condition.

Of course, it doesn't mean never sleeping at all.

They all have to make up for it later, but with the help of Nen Aura, the physical fitness and mental resilience of Nen user far exceed those of ordinary people.

"How about it?"

After a night's rest Melusina asked the two men.

After exploring all night, I should have found something.

Morel, carrying his Pipe, frowned and said with some surprise, "Not a single one of my Purple Smoke Machine Soldier has been destroyed."

This is the first point of doubt.

Men Qi nodded in agreement. "The same goes for the Night Crow I Emission."

These special Crow don't possess great strength; their main abilities are reconnaissance and the capacity to see every detail clearly at night.

It's a rather special kind of common bird.

At night, the reconnaissance is very effective, and since Men Qi doesn't have any special abilities, she can produce a lot of things directly.

Even though the bird wasn't in any real danger.

Nighttime is dangerous everywhere, especially in such wilderness areas.

Night predators are more cunning than day predators.

As a result, neither of their Nen Beast were damaged.

"Is it actually quite safe?"

"Rukira said, puzzled."

Further investigation is needed to uncover more information.

However, Morel's Purple Smoke Machine Soldier have reached their limit, and can only conduct detailed exploration within this range.

Men Qi's birds can fly even further.

Nothing particularly unusual happened all morning.

Men Qi and Xiahara have already begun researching how to prepare horse meat into delicious dishes.

Although Men Qi is part of the Exploration Team, her primary job is as Gourmet Hunter, searching for usable food and cooking it to provide ample nutrition for the Exploration Team on the Dark Continent.

"Roasted horse meat on Rock Slab, let's taste it. The bag doesn't have too many Spices, but the natural flavor of this horse meat shouldn't be too bad."

The experimental dish is now ready.

The group gathered together, and each person took a piece and put it in their mouth.

"Um!"

Melusina, chewing on horse meat, nodded, her eyes flashing with surprise.

"It's incredibly delicious, the fat and chewy meat blend together perfectly, and the simple Spices are infused into it through grilling on Rock Slab."

"This kind of Rock Slab must be special; it seems to have a faint Fruit Wood scent, which is quite unique."

No wonder they're both experts in the culinary world.

Men Qi smiled and nodded.

"I found that stone nearby. It must be Rock that some kind of creature used to crack open fruit shells. Day after day, year after year, the juice from the Fruit Juice has become embedded in that Rock."

"It's delicious."

"This is probably the best food I've ever eaten in my life."

Rukira and his companion lacked the discerning ability to appreciate the flavors of Merlot; all they could say was, "Delicious, delicious."

This horse meat is indeed delicious.

In Melu's opinion, it was definitely a contender for the number one best meat she had ever eaten.

This is just experimental cooking.

If Men Qi were to return to the camp and study it further, it could definitely become the most delicious meat dish.

Buhaci, standing nearby, roasted the horse meat that couldn't be taken away and stuffed it into his mouth.

He was accumulating fat almost visibly.

"Its nutritional value is so high, it's comparable to using medication."

Buhaci praised it wildly.

It's important to know that only by using Digestion Potion and consuming large amounts of concentrated nutritional foods can this fat accumulation be achieved.

Now, eating horse meat is easily digestible and sufficient.

The nutritional value far exceeds expectations.