"Can we counterattack?"

"No, it's impossible. The Evil Scythe Scarecrow is likely the apex predator of this entire secret realm, having killed all the flying pet beasts here."

Chen Lu couldn't help but regret coming here and getting into such a big predicament.

"Let's set fire to this place first, to warn others not to come."

Li Cunxu turned to Xiaoruan and said:

"Start the fire!"

Fireballs fell from the wolf pelt hot air balloon, igniting the trees around the camp.

Li Cunxu wanted to start a great fire to warn those nearby, but the Evil Scythe Scarecrow responded quickly, immediately controlling the straw slave to extinguish it.

Unable to ignite a fire near the camp, Li Cunxu chose to start fires elsewhere, as the trees were connected, and the fire would inevitably spread to the camp.

The straw slave relentlessly pursued the wolf pelt hot air balloon, wherever it set a fire, the straw slave would extinguish it there, making it hard to tell who the villain was.

"Establish the Land of Rebirth, arrange for the Fire Slime to resurrect, and set the forest on fire."

Li Cunxu immediately dismissed this idea after considering it briefly.

The Land of Rebirth couldn't be established.

To set up the Land of Rebirth, there needed to be at least a ten-meter distance, but the wolf pelt hot air balloon, when it's ten meters above the ground, would be slashed down by a Rotating Flying Fan from the scarecrow.

Li Cunxu pondered for a moment and came up with another plan.

Set the Land of Rebirth on the wooden basket, resurrect the Fire Slime and the Winged Slime, let the Winged Slime carry the Fire Slime elsewhere to start a fire.

He acted immediately upon the thought.

At first, it was indeed successful, causing not insignificant fires in various places.

But the Evil Scythe Scarecrow was too intelligent, sending part of the straw slave specifically to track the Winged Slime and Fire Slime descending from the flying balloon.

As soon as they landed, it would fling its scythe to eliminate both slimes.

The method was ineffective, but Li Cunxu didn't stop.

This could significantly divert some of the Evil Scythe Scarecrow's attention.

"Troublesome, this Evil Scythe Scarecrow is not just smart, it's also very cunning."

Li Cunxu furrowed his brows.

Until now, the true body of the Evil Scythe Scarecrow hadn't shown itself.

It should be known that the Evil Scythe Scarecrow's strength absolutely surpassed theirs.

Chen Lu's face flushed slightly, and she murmured quietly, "I need to use the bathroom."

"What did you say? You spoke so softly, I didn't hear clearly."

Lost in thought, Li Cunxu snapped back to reality and asked.

Chen Lu raised her voice slightly.

"I need to go to the bathroom!"

"Can't you hold it in?"

Li Cunxu didn't say those words out loud. Hold it? Maybe for a moment, but could one hold it for three or four days? Judging by the situation, staying in the air for three or four days was out of the question; staying a month was very possible.

If it could be held, then one must be a bladder hero.

Long Xiaoxiao also said, "I need to use the bathroom too."

"Going down to use the bathroom is impossible. Unless you want to become a straw slave, then you'll have to solve it in the wooden basket. Xiaoyi's space pocket has a plastic bucket for diluting breeding potions which can serve as a toilet."

Li Cunxu racked his brains and came up with this.

Chen Lu muttered quietly, "This doesn't feel right!"

"The wooden boards around the basket are tightly sealed; you don't have to worry about being seen. It's a special situation and needs to be treated as such; just bear with it." Li Cunxu persuaded.

Admittedly, it couldn't be seen from the outside, but inside?

Chen Lu's beautiful eyes watched Li Cunxu. She opened her mouth but said nothing.

Li Cunxu understood her meaning.

"I'll turn my back."

With that, Li Cunxu turned around.

A moment later, he heard the sound of a stream behind him.

Li Cunxu pretended to nonchalantly scratch his face, as if the wind today was particularly ticklish.

At the same time, the Peach Blossom Tribulation Spirit grew stronger, immediately challenging the Blood Infant Spirit that had been evenly matched not long ago.

Li Cunxu was secretly annoyed. What was the Peach Blossom Tribulation Spirit meddling for?

Getting rid of it that day had been quite bothersome.

But fortunately, the food they brought was Cyan Spirit Fruit, so there wouldn't be any awkward situations from needing to defecate.

Cyan Spirit Fruit is a main ingredient of Grain Avoidance Pills, staving off hunger without producing waste.

The wolf pelt hot air balloon drifted for many days, approximately over twenty days.

Xiaoruan could already start collecting taxes for the third time.

Li Cunxu had it delay collecting taxes; the act was too conspicuous to be hidden from the two women facing him.

His primary concern wasn't Xiaoruan's tax collection but their food supply, as the Cyan Spirit Fruit meant for one month's consumption by three people was running out.

He had a strategy in mind, though it entailed some risk.

Let the Winged Slime carry the space pocket down, pick more Cyan Spirit Fruit, and bring them back up to the hot air balloon.

The risk was that the Evil Scythe Scarecrow might kill the Winged Slime, causing the space pocket to fall.

"What should be done?"

Suddenly, the entire secret realm shook.

Li Cunxu showed a cheerful expression; this was good news, no need for more strategies.

In an instant, several meteors streaked across the sky, confirming Li Cunxu's suspicion.

Outsiders had found this secret realm.

The shaking of the secret realm moments ago was due to someone forcibly tearing open a rift in the secret realm's boundary membrane.

A Golden Beastmaster, standing on a Great Wind Bird and holding a compass, flew to the underside of the wolf pelt hot air balloon to engage in fierce combat with a straw slave.

Li Cunxu activated his Blood Lotus Eye, using its farsightedness ability to survey the scene below, cursing the Evil Scythe Scarecrow for its treachery.

Clearly powerful enough to crush them, it disguised itself as a straw slave to blend in.

Li Cunxu didn't get too close to watch the commotion but rather increased the altitude of the hot air balloon as the spectacle was too dangerous and might inadvertently harm innocent bystanders.

The battle lasted ten minutes, culminating with the Golden Beastmaster leaving triumphantly.

Once the Evil Scythe Scarecrow was slain, all straw slaves collapsed, reverting to piles of straw emitting dark malice.

Observing the aftermath of that battle, Li Cunxu deduced that the Evil Scythe Scarecrow's strength was likely at the peak silver level, not exceeding gold.

If the Evil Scythe Scarecrow had been gold level, it wouldn't have been the Golden Beastmaster leaving triumphantly but rather the Evil Scythe Scarecrow itself.

As a former Seven-Star Calamity, the Evil Scythe Scarecrow was invincible among equals.

Li Cunxu interrupted Chen Lu and Long Xiaoxiao's monotonous meditation.

On the wolf pelt hot air balloon, space was limited, movements couldn't be too large, there was no entertainment, so Chen Lu could only train in meditation.

Long Xiaoxiao enjoyed high-altitude scenery, but seeing it daily grew dull, so she pestered Chen Lu until she learned basic meditation from her.

For over twenty days, the two women either slept or trained in meditation, occasionally engaging in light conversation.

Li Cunxu did much the same.

There was nothing else to do, they didn't even have a deck of cards, it was truly boring.

"No more meditation, they've found us outside; it's time to head out."

Before leaving, Li Cunxu had one more task to undertake.

Heading to the wolf den.

Underneath the wolf den were Golden Slimes, whose deaths could yield the gold refined within them.

Nearby the wolf den were Durable Durian Trees, whose fruits rapidly expanded slime populations. The more slimes there are, the more attribute taxes Xiaoruan can collect, becoming stronger.

The Durable Durians could strengthen the mutated slime populations spawned by the little white spider. The larger the group, the more fates it influences, and indirectly, the more destiny points it generates.

The importance of the Durable Durian Trees speaks for itself.

Even if Li Cunxu didn't want the gold from the Golden Slimes, he needed the Durable Durian Trees.

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