Chapter 32
The Giant Crocodile's Nest
"These are all Azure Crocodile Demons, servant-level demons within the Giant Azure Crocodile's clan," Lin Chen said. "We should have officially stepped into the Giant Azure Crocodile's territory."
"Lin Chen, are these crocodile demons useful to you?" Rou Rou asked again.
"It's no use, we need a War General level one." Lin Chen looked at the crocodile demon basking in the sun on the mudflat not far away, pondered for a moment, and said, "Let's retreat first, or let's look for a lone War General level giant crocodile on the outskirts."
"Agumon, let's go."
Just as Lin Chen and the others were about to leave, Lin Chen noticed that Agumon was still gazing into the distance within the territory of the giant crocodile.
"Lin Chen, I feel something unknown drawing me in from deep within this place," Agumon turned around and said to Lin Chen. "I want to go in."
"Me too, I feel the same way," Guilmon echoed.
Upon hearing this, Lin Chen and the other two were startled and curious, and they all turned their gazes to Gabumon.
Gabumon shrugged, indicating that he didn't feel that way.
After pondering for a few seconds, Lin Chen decided, "Let's continue on our way."
Liu Lin and Rou Rou nodded without objecting, since their purpose in coming here was to help Lin Chen.
The giant crocodile's territory is a swampy area, full of aquatic plants, bushes, and some low trees.
Liu Lin held a thin wooden stick in her right hand and walked at the front with Agumon, followed closely by Lin Chen and Rou Rou, while Gabumon and Guilmon brought up the rear.
Suddenly, Liu Lin, who was walking at the front, stopped. She seemed to have sensed something and turned sharply to the left. Almost at the same time, a dark figure sprang out from about four or five meters to the left and pounced on Liu Lin.
"Sister Lin, be careful!" Lin Chen shouted a warning.
Before Lin Chen could finish speaking, Liu Lin, who was already prepared, waved her left hand, and a bolt of lightning struck directly at the dark figure.
A powerful surge of lightning instantly enveloped the shadowy figure, causing it to fall from mid-air and reveal its true form—a crocodile demon.
With the death of this crocodile demon, Lin Chen and the others seemed to have broken a hornet's nest, and one after another, a total of seven crocodile demons emerged from the mud underground.
"Damn it, there are so many crocodile demons hiding around here!" Lin Chen cursed, his face instantly turning ugly.
call!
As soon as Lin Chen finished speaking, a crocodile demon right next to him opened its huge mouth full of fangs and lunged at him.
"Flameball!"
The Gil Beast following behind Lin Chen reacted quickly, launching an attack almost the instant the Azure Crocodile Demon lunged out, barely managing to save Lin Chen from the crocodile demon's jaws.
In the blink of an eye, Lin Chen even felt a deep chill from the crocodile demon's teeth. If it had bitten him, he would probably have been split in two.
With a hiss, a crocodile demon leaped out, opened its mouth, and bit at the Agumon standing in front of it, which was less than a third the size of itself.
Little did it know that it had just kicked a hornet's nest and was now going to see its great-grandmother.
With a whoosh, Agumon pounced like lightning, heading straight for the charging Crocodile Demon. With a swift claw strike, Agumon's claws slammed into the Crocodile Demon's body, brutally cleaving it in two.
In just a few seconds, the three-headed crocodile demons disappeared from Lin Chen and the others' hands, but they showed no fear whatsoever. Instead, they raised their heads and roared.
As the roars continued to ring out, a deafening echo also came from deep within the territory of the Azure Crocodile Demon.
"Oh no, we've alerted a giant crocodile at the Warrior level! We need to get out of here quickly!" Liu Lin hurriedly warned.
Lin Chen and the others immediately realized the urgency of the situation and turned to flee. However, the crocodile demons were relentless and charged towards Lin Chen and the others without fear of death, seemingly trying to drag them there with their own deaths and wait for their clan's experts to bite them to death.
"Lingyi - Soothe!"
In this moment of crisis, Rou Rou uttered the name of the mind magic, and the Star Orbit was completed in an instant.
An invisible wave emanated from Rou Rou's body, causing the fearless crocodile demons who were charging forward to their deaths to stop in their tracks, their originally scarlet eyes regaining their clarity.
They kept shaking their heads, their eyes filled with curiosity as they looked at Lin Chen and his group, as if asking who they were and how they had suddenly appeared in their home.
The crocodile demons stared at Lin Chen and the others for a while, but ultimately did not choose to attack. Instead, they sank into the mud and continued to rest.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Lin Chen and the others quickly escaped the giant crocodile's territory.
Not long after Lin Chen and the others left, a giant crocodile of the Great General level emerged from the depths and let out a huge roar as it looked at the bodies of the three dead members of its clan.
The roar was earth-shattering, startling all the crocodile demons who were lying in the muddy beach with their eyes closed in a deep sleep.
Upon regaining consciousness, the Azure Crocodile Demon seemed to recall what had happened before, and let out a series of angry roars.
Having reached a safe area, Lin Chen and the others found a secluded corner to hide in.
After some time, Lin Chen and the others were relieved to find that no giant crocodiles were following them.
However, they no longer intended to re-enter the giant crocodile's territory today, and planned to reassess the situation the next day.
……
At dusk, Lin Chen and his two companions, who were meditating, were suddenly awakened by a violent tremor.
Looking out through the weeds, Lin Chen and the others were shocked, their faces showing surprise.
In their sight, more than a dozen enormous crocodiles walked toward the crocodile territory from all directions, and without exception, each of them dragged a huge demon corpse in its mouth.
"Did they return from hunting?" Lin Chen looked at the scene curiously and turned to ask Liu Lin.
"I don't know." Liu Lin shook her head, looking equally confused. "There are so many crocodile demons gathered together in that swamp, so they obviously haven't gone out hunting. There shouldn't be any other demons in their territory either. This is the first time I've ever seen high-level demons go out hunting while low-level ones are resting at home."
"The crocodile demon in the swamp is probably not resting; it's likely guarding the treasure that the Agumon sensed, so it's left the hunting task to these warrior-level demons," Lin Chen guessed.
"Let's take another look at the specifics. Let's not rush in," Liu Lin suggested.
Lin Chen and Rou Rou nodded in agreement.
After observing for three consecutive days, Lin Chen and the others discovered...
Every morning, the giant crocodiles of warrior caliber go out to hunt, and they don't return until evening.
So, on the fourth day, after the same number of giant crocodiles as in the previous days left their territory, Lin Chen and his group prepared to head to the giant crocodiles' territory again.