69: Chapter 69 Slime Level 20!

Passing through the portal, Lu Yuan arrived in an unknown wilderness area.

The night sky was pitch black, and from time to time, the roars of beasts could be heard from the dense forest.

Lu Yuan did not know how long he had been walking in the forest before he saw a flicker of firelight.

It was a tent set up by a caravan.

Lu Yuan's appearance instantly made the group, who had been resting by the campfire, alert.

"Who goes there? State your name."

A fierce-looking, burly Bald Strong Man, wearing a tank top and exposing two large tattooed arms, with a cigar in his mouth, walked toward Lu Yuan.

The Bald Strong Man walked up to Lu Yuan, frowned, and looked him up and down.

"Level 20?"

"Stay away from our caravan; we don't welcome strangers."

The fierce-looking Bald Strong Man clenched his fist and lightly rubbed his fingers, immediately causing a crisp popping sound.

The Slime was instantly enraged and prepared to blow him away.

Just then, beside the campfire, a cute girl with twin tails stood up and said:

"Uncle, don't be so fierce. This student doesn't look like a bad person. Did you get separated from your team? You're welcome to join us~"

The girl's voice was very gentle, but when the fierce-looking Bald Strong Man heard it, he looked as if he had been struck by lightning and immediately dared not speak.

The girl looked at the 'Star Academy' badge pinned to Lu Yuan's chest, and a gleam flashed in her eyes.

"Wow, big brother, are you a student of Star Academy?"

"Star Academy?"

The others were stunned, some unable to believe it.

"Damn, this young man is actually a top genius from Star Academy!"

"To actually meet such a genius in the wild, how lucky!"

Everyone was very excited.

Lu Yuan smiled and waved his hand.

"I just got lucky."

"This student is too modest. Who among those who can enter Star Academy isn't a one-in-a-ten-thousand top genius?"

The fierce Bald Strong Man's expression was even more colorful.

He tried his best to grin, wanting to show goodwill.

But clearly, he was not good at such things.

Not only did he fail to show any affinity, but it actually made his already fierce face look even more hideous.

Lu Yuan prepared to ask these people for some information about this place.

Suddenly, several professionals patrolling in the distance ran over quickly and shouted loudly:

"Captain Liu, something's wrong. We detected abnormal monster energy fluctuations on our perimeter. There are many..."

Saying this, he took out an energy detector.

On the screen, with this temporary stronghold as the center, the surroundings were filled with dense red dots.

Moreover, those red dots were closing in on them at an extremely fast speed.

"This... is a beast tide!!"

The Bald Strong Man captain frowned deeply.

"Don't panic. Immediately activate the portable shielding array and defensive array. Everyone else, follow me and be ready for battle at any time."

"Yes, Captain."

The professionals in the caravan were not panicked by the appearance of the beast tide; on the contrary, they were very relaxed.

These days, for those who travel in the wilderness year-round, encountering such small beast tides is a very common occurrence.

Therefore, they also had targeted plans.

They carried portable shielding arrays that could block monster perception.

Ordinary monsters would find it difficult to discover them.

Even if discovered, there were still defensive arrays and the portable energy cannons they carried.

It was enough to deal with most situations.

If they still couldn't hold out, they would just have to accept their fate.

The Bald Strong Man captain looked at Lu Yuan and the twin-tailed girl.

"You two, there might be some emergencies here, so I hope you can follow instructions."

Lu Yuan nodded without saying much.

What surprised him was this twin-tailed girl.

By the looks of it, she didn't seem to be a member of the caravan.

But why was that Bald Strong Man so afraid of her?

Lu Yuan had some doubts in his heart.

He wasn't in a hurry; he didn't know what the entrance task specifically required him to do yet.

Observe first, and react to changes with constancy.

After everyone extinguished the campfire, they hid within the shielding array.

Everyone held their breath as much as possible, not making any sound.

Swish! Swish swish—!

Suddenly, hideous ghost shadows flashed across the pitch-black sky.

And they were getting closer and closer.

It was a type of monster that looked like a human in general, but its face was incomparably hideous.

The entire being was shrouded in darkness.

"This is... a Night Nightmare!?"

After seeing this type of monster, everyone's faces turned deathly pale.

"It's over, it's over, we're dead."

"What do we do..."

"Damn, how could we encounter a Night Nightmare here?"

The little girl with twin tails hugged her legs tightly, curling into a ball.

"Night Nightmare?"

Lu Yuan took it all in.

He had also heard of the Night Nightmare's reputation.

This was a very difficult monster to deal with.

Its frontal combat ability was not very strong, but in the dark, its movement speed was extremely fast.

And it possessed mental-type skills! It was impossible to guard against.

A few days ago, Lu Yuan saw a news item on Douyin.

There was a story about a level 50 team that encountered a few level 30 Night Nightmares and was completely wiped out.

If we didn't have items that could provide immunity to mental control, we would be finished.

Fortunately, Lu Yuan had such items, and he had quite a few.

Lu Yuan threw one to the Slime, the Skeleton Soldier, and the Iron-Eating Beast, one for each pet.

Subsequently, the three Magic Pets rushed out directly.

The Slime flapped its dragon wings, flew into the sky, and let out an excited laugh.

"Hahaha... Go to hell, all of you! Full firepower coverage!"

Subsequently, blobs of shadows splashed out from the Slime's body, crazily sprinkling into the Night Nightmare beast tide.

Boom! Boom boom boom...!

Continuous explosions rang out.

Small mushroom clouds rose and bloomed in the night, illuminating the pitch-black night.

Vaguely, one could see a tall and burly Skeleton Soldier darting back and forth in the sea of fire.

Encountering a monster, it would slash with a sword.

After slashing, regardless of whether the monster was alive or dead, it would turn and run, looking for the next target.

The small Iron-Eating Beast couldn't keep up with the pace of the two seniors at all.

From beginning to end, it hadn't managed to get a single bit of experience.

"Eeya?"

The little guy jumped up angrily, and then, its round body slammed directly onto the ground.

This wasn't quite what it had imagined.

Shouldn't it be that after training hard, it would then start killing wildly?

The Slime in the sky glanced at the Iron-Eating Beast with disdain.

"What level are you? You want to compete with me, King Slime?"

Inside the camp, Lu Yuan took a lighter out of his spatial equipment and lit the campfire.

In his mind, the system's notification sounds rang out one after another.

[Your Magic Pet Slime killed a Night Nightmare, experience points +1304.]

[Your Magic Pet Skeleton Soldier triggered Heartsteel, HP +205]

[Your Magic Pet Slime killed a Night Nightmare, experience points +1033.]

[Little Skeleton leveled up, current level: 14.]

[Slime leveled up, current level: 19]

[Little Skeleton leveled up...]

[Slime leveled up, current level: 20]

These Night Nightmares were all very high level.

The Slime and Little Skeleton leveled up very quickly.

In the blink of an eye, the Slime reached level 20.

[Ding! Congratulations, your Magic Pet Slime has reached level 20.]

[Please select the third Hextech Rune for the Slime.]

Lu Yuan stared at the campfire in front of him, the firelight flickering in his deep eyes.

"Finally, I can choose a new Hextech Rune."