14: Chapter 14 Night Hunt

"As long as we can hunt down the Crimson Fire Ape, what's a little loss like this?"

Borton said nonchalantly while tinkering with the Three-Colored Fox model.

Hearing this, Nie Ning was surprised, as if Borton was determined to succeed in this trip.

You have to know, in the last battle, he had been directly severely injured and it took him more than ten days to recover; even if he risked his life, he wasn't sure he could defeat the Crimson Fire Ape.

And Borton was only at the late Elementary Stage, and he couldn't even withstand it with his own constitution; he was genuinely afraid that this old guy would be punched to death by the Crimson Fire Ape.

"What do you want to do?"

Nie Ning observed the surrounding environment and asked.

"Don't worry, I've gone all out. As long as the Crimson Fire Ape takes the bait, it definitely won't get away!"

Borton replied with a smile, then put down the Three-Colored Fox model in his hand.

The Three-Colored Fox model started walking forward as soon as it hit the ground.

Although it wasn't as good as a real Three-Colored Fox, the fact that it could move surprised Nie Ning a little.

"Mechanisms made by ordinary people are indeed quite good. It seems the decline of the Transcendent is not without reason."

Watching the moving Three-Colored Fox model, Borton's tone carried a hint of emotion and sighing.

Nie Ning shrugged noncommittally.

An Elementary Knight is very strong; condensing battle energy can even shatter rocks with a single punch.

But when facing cannons made of steel, even higher-level Transcendent beings might not be able to withstand them.

The only thing limiting the development of technology is materials. When materials that transcend common sense appear, the path of technology might be able to unleash power even more terrifying than in his previous life.

"I've added Meridian Corroding Powder and beast-attracting agent into the mechanical fox. Now, we just need to follow it from a distance,"

Borton said with a smile, patting Nie Ning on the shoulder while looking at the Three-Colored Fox model that had already walked away.

The beast-attracting agent is used by hunters to catch small animals. This time, he added some special materials to it, making its effect far exceed that of a normal beast-attracting agent.

And Meridian Corroding Powder will cause a creature's blood energy to be in a turbulent state, and then use the blood energy riot to impact and destroy the meridians.

For ordinary creatures, it would cause blood vessels to rupture, resulting in bleeding to death all over.

Just like that, Nie Ning and Borton followed quietly behind the mechanical fox.

Waiting time is always long. The two of them wandered around the area for about two hours, but they didn't manage to lure out that Crimson Fire Ape.

"Could it have already left this area?"

Looking at the mechanical fox wandering around, Borton's face showed a look of confusion.

In the process, it did attract quite a few other animals.

The two used daggers to shoot them from a distance, but they didn't go to collect the prey.

The strong smell of blood makes it easier to attract powerful creatures like the Crimson Fire Ape, and it also helps to mask human scent.

But even so, they still hadn't seen the Crimson Fire Ape come out.

"Let's wait a bit longer. Anyway, it's still early, and you have nothing to do at the tavern, right?"

Nie Ning smiled and joked.

Success in hunting is good, of course, but if they fail, he doesn't have much to lose.

However, it is indeed a bit strange; powerful exotic beasts have a strong sense of territory.

Now there are at least a dozen corpses here, and the smell of blood should have been detected by that Crimson Fire Ape.

Borton rolled his eyes upon hearing this and said testily, "Nonsense. Next time, you prepare the props and split the losses from this time."

He had been planning this for a long time. If they couldn't catch it and these props couldn't be returned, he didn't know when he would be able to use them next time. This was all money lost.

"Didn't I bring you out to make money? My information is worth much more than your props."

Nie Ning shrugged, naturally unwilling to be the sucker.

Borton couldn't be bothered to pay attention to Nie Ning, glared at him fiercely, and then continued to focus on the mechanical fox.

As the two waited, the time gradually reached the second half of the night.

Just when the two thought the Crimson Fire Ape wouldn't come out and were preparing to head back, a slight sound of a branch breaking came.

The two were jolted into alertness and looked in the direction the sound came from simultaneously.

Under the dim moonlight, a huge shadow squatted on a large tree branch. Looking at its size, it should be the Crimson Fire Ape they encountered last time.

Seeing this, Nie Ning immediately signaled to Borton that the Crimson Fire Ape had arrived.

Borton nodded slowly, then slowly reached for the cloth bag on his back and took out a cylinder as thick as an arm.

The Crimson Fire Ape squatted quietly on the tree, its eyes constantly sizing up the slowly moving mechanical fox.

But its nose twitched slightly, and it looked suspiciously at the corpses on the ground, as if it found it strange why a Three-Colored Fox would kill so many beasts.

After waiting for a moment, the Crimson Fire Ape slowly relaxed its vigilance. Under the influence of the beast-attracting agent, its eyes looking at the Three-Colored Fox became bloodthirsty and cruel.

Then, using the resilience of the branches, it made a big jump to arrive in front of the Three-Colored Fox, and its huge fist smashed directly onto the Three-Colored Fox.

"Bang!"

With a dull thud, dust flew up, a large pit appeared on the ground, and the shattered Three-Colored Fox lay quietly inside.

But seeing the Three-Colored Fox that didn't bleed but spilled out many strange parts, the Crimson Fire Ape's vigilance increased instantly.

But the Crimson Fire Ape didn't notice a touch of green powder floating in the stirred-up dust.

And when the green powder was inhaled into the Crimson Fire Ape's nasal cavity, it inexplicably felt hot all over, as if even its blood was boiling.

Even if it didn't understand human nature, this special change made the Crimson Fire Ape realize something was wrong.

The Crimson Fire Ape jumped hard with its legs towards a nearby big tree, preparing to leave this place first.

But at this time, Borton had already quietly sneaked nearby.

He had spent a considerable price; how could he easily let the Crimson Fire Ape leave just like that?

"See where you can run!"

Borton snorted coldly and raised the cylinder in his hand, aiming at the Crimson Fire Ape in mid-air.

As the mechanism on the cylinder was activated, a large net made of refined iron shot out from it, enveloping the defenseless Crimson Fire Ape.

The Crimson Fire Ape was caught off guard and was bound by the refined iron net. Its sturdy body hit the opposite tree and then fell to the ground.

Seeing this, Nie Ning drew the knight sword from his waist and, with lightning speed, stabbed into the Crimson Fire Ape's body through the gaps in the refined iron net.

"Roar!"

The Crimson Fire Ape, in pain, let out a strange cry.

Its sturdy and burly body exerted force, and the entire refined iron net creaked as it struggled.

Although the Crimson Fire Ape didn't have the strength to break iron, the connection points of the refined iron net were weak and already showed signs of being broken open.

Seeing this scene, the two looked at each other and began to attack the Crimson Fire Ape continuously with their knight swords.

After all, it takes time for the Meridian Corroding Powder to take effect.

Once it escapes, given their speed, they might not be able to catch up.

But as a powerful exotic beast, the Crimson Fire Ape also possessed considerable intelligence.

Stimulated by the knight swords, the Crimson Fire Ape rolled its body, rolling quickly towards the distance like a stone.

Nie Ning raised his eyebrows slightly and suddenly accelerated to block the Crimson Fire Ape's path.

Suddenly, blazing fire erupted from the Crimson Fire Ape's entire body.

Surging flames shot out from the Crimson Fire Ape's body, and Nie Ning and Borton were forced to retreat behind a big tree.

The blazing flames spread to the surroundings, setting fire to the surrounding trees and weeds.

But when the two appeared from behind the tree, they only saw the refined iron net left on the ground, and the Crimson Fire Ape had already disappeared.

"This beast actually ran so fast!"

Borton was so angry his nose was crooked when he saw this, and he started cursing.

After all, his expenses this time were not low, and the Crimson Fire Ape's intelligence was not low. Since they didn't catch it the first time, the difficulty of catching it again would increase exponentially.

Nie Ning's gaze swept across the surroundings, and as his nose twitched slightly, a sharp light flashed in his eyes.

"Follow me!"

After saying that, Nie Ning quickly rushed towards the southeast direction.

Borton also dared not delay. Whether he could recoup his losses depended on Nie Ning. He only hoped that this kid wouldn't mess up at this time.