This Adamantine Duck must have led a difficult existence in the forest .
At least, this was what Gao Peng thought until he read the monster's description .
[Monster Name]: Adamantine Duck (Deviant type)
[Monster Level]: Level 10
[Monster Grade]: Epic
[Special Characteristics]: Gui power (Passive effect: When it is being attacked, it has a chance to expand its body for a certain period of time . Its strength, defense and speed will also be amplified at the same time . )
[Monster's current state]: Healthy (Tired)
No wonder it had been able to keep itself alive for so long . Despite its slow-wittedness, it seemed to be quite formidable .
Gao Peng sensed that he had struck gold with this one .
"Say, 'I'm not a duck, I'm a human male who just happens to be a bit more good-looking than the rest . ' Tell it that it can come along if it doesn't mind me being a human," said Gao Peng to Flamy .
Flamy seemed to be completely astonished by Gao Peng's order . It then reluctantly translated what he had said to the Adamantine Duck .
A conflicted look came across the duck's face as he listened to what Flamy said . It looked at Gao Peng uncertainly .
Finally, it shook its head and body . "Quarck quarck?"
"It's 'Quack,'" corrected Gao Peng .
The Adamantine Duck laughed happily . "Quack!"
Gao Peng didn't know what was going through this absent-minded duck's head . In any case, it seemed that his party had gained a new member .
Though its Monster Grade was Epic, the fact remained that it was still Level-10, meaning it wasn't as agile as the other familiars .
It was also stubborn . Despite being the slowest in the group, it refused to let anyone help .
The Adamantine Duck skipped and bounced around at the back of the group happily .
It would sometimes sniff about here and there, poking its beak around .
The hair on the back of a black cat stood up as it was in the middle of mating with a female cat . It turned around and saw a duck giving it a strange look from behind a tree .
It was a calm, unfeeling look . What kind of creature was capable of such an apathetic look? The black cat was stunned .
The female cat below it let out a purr, somewhat annoyed that its mate had abruptly stopped what it was doing .
The black cat lightly pressed its paw on the female cat . "Shhh, quiet now . This duck has intrigued me . Its eyes give me goosebumps . I've never felt this feeling before . . . "
Thwap! The female cat slapped the black cat with its paw, sending it flying away . "Go then! Go be with your precious duck!"
After saying this, the female cat disappeared into the forest, leaving the black cat dazed on the ground .
The black cat turned around to look for the duck, only to realize that it had disappeared .
In another corner, a rabbit was happily digging a hole in the ground when it suddenly sensed that something was staring at it .
The gray-furred rabbit turned around and saw that something was poking its head out from behind a clump of trees . The head was staring at the rabbit unblinkingly with its lifeless eyes .
The head belonged to a duck .
The gray-furred rabbit let out a sigh of relief and continued digging its hole .
However, it began to feel the duck's eyes squirming on its back like maggots . At first, the rabbit was able to endure being stared at by the duck, but finally, it couldn't take it any longer .
It turned around, sprang forward, and gave the Adamantine Duck a powerful kick .
The Adamantine Duck staggered and fell on the ground . Then a purple light flashed across its body . In an instant, its body expanded like a balloon .
Surprised by this, the gray-furred rabbit immediately bolted from the scene .
"It's just standing there, staring at nothing . . . I think the name Dumby should have been given to it instead," Stripey said quietly to Da Zi .
Thirty feet away, the Adamantine Duck was squatting at an odd angle on the ground . Its eyes were wide like saucers as it absently watched a line of ants crawling by, as if there was some deep meaning to be taken from them .
Da Zi looked at it . It just couldn't figure out what was going on inside the duck's head . Then it looked away . "Food . "
. . .
"Earth Spirit Cores are usually formed deep in the caverns of mountains," muttered Gao Peng to himself .
Before him stood a 2,000-foot-tall mountain . Black stone gleamed from one side of it . The black stone was riddled with dark and mysterious caves .
Plant life was scarce on the mountain . Only a few hardy types of plants had managed to survive in such a harsh environment . From afar, the mountain looked like a huge beehive that was riddled with holes .
One could tell from its appearance that there was something unusual about this mountain . It didn't seem like a place where one could find any Earth Spirit Cores . Gao Peng shook his head .
As he was about to turn and leave, Gao Peng suddenly heard running footsteps from deep within the forest . The trees in the distance were shaking violently at the same moment .
Gao Peng frowned and waved a hand at the others to pull back .
Balls of red light burst out from the trees and hurtled towards the strange mountain . Silhouettes could be seen in the light .
The closer the caves were to the ground, the larger they seemed to be .
Gao Peng even saw a couple of caves at the foot of the mountain that were as tall as 65 feet .
There was no sign of activity after that .
Ten minutes later, another monster entered the mountain from another direction . The strongest among the monsters entering the mountain was around Level-30, while the weakest among them was in the Elite-tier .
This strange mountain seemed to welcome all who entered it .
Suddenly, Silly, who had been hovering beside Gao Peng all this time, began slowly drifting towards the strange mountain .
Gao Peng immediately grabbed a hold of Silly and took out some juice from its portable space .
In an instant, the entranced Silly regained its senses and happily picked up the juice .
"What happened to you just now? Why were you flying towards the mountain?" asked Flamy .
Silly scratched its head with a tentacle . "Dunno . For some reason, I thought that there was delicious fruit juice up in that mountain . "
"Master, there's lots of fish up there . . . " Flamy suddenly pointed at the strange mountain .
"There are . . . Yin cedar needles too?" said Dumby in confusion .
"There's lots of Stripeys in there!" said Da Zi, whose feelers twitched excitedly in the air .
Stripey glared at Da Zi, who realized that it had said something it shouldn't have said . It quickly covered its mouth with its feet and looked away from Stripey .
Chapter end
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