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"When the Dragon Fruit matures, the Scarlet Shelled Earthworm will definitely appear. All of you go and block first. Once I finish harvesting the Dragon Fruit, we will immediately retreat." Regiment Commander Locke did not reply.

Although he only had the strength of a Saint Level Magic Beast, his strength was still comparable to that of a Divine Beast. In front of such a powerful Magic Beast, a small soldier like them would only be sending themselves to their deaths. Let alone whether or not he could snatch the Dragon Fruit, even if he could, the entire Black Wolf Mercenary Regiment would probably be wiped out by then.

In the end, it was Ma Wen who stood up to bring the atmosphere up. However, it was unknown if there were any other thoughts in everyone's mind.

At this moment, a sweet fragrance suddenly drifted over.

Everyone was stunned, and in the next second, someone shouted loudly: "Has the Dragon Fruit matured?"

Along with his words, countless figures suddenly rushed towards the waterfall, their speed so fast that one could only see afterimages, among them were three leaders of Mercenary Regiment, Regiment Commander Locke was one of them, his reaction was not slow at all, and even running at the very front, it was obvious, the Dragon Fruit was taking his life, and would not go all out.

Just as they were about to approach the place where the Dragon Fruit's scent came from, a intimidating dragon roar came from behind the waterfall. When passing through the waterfall, it was a little weak, but there was an echo from the valley, just like when the entire valley was filled with the voices of Scarlet Armored Land Dragons.

After a while, the head of the Scarlet Shelled Earthworm stuck out from the waterfall, and the splashing water turned into arrows that flew in all directions. It was obvious that the Scarlet Shelled Earthworm had already noticed the invaders in the valley.

At this moment, someone let out a series of miserable screams.

Someone actually wanted to fish in troubled waters, so they swam towards the bottom of the lake while the Scarlet Shelled Earthworm's attention was attracted to Regiment Commander Locke and the others. Unexpectedly, there was also a Magic Beast below the lake, someone's leg was bitten off right after he entered the water, the blood in the water flowed out, a devil fish jumped out of the water, and under the light, one could clearly see a row of sharp fangs.

This Devil Fish was actually different from the one they encountered when they first entered. Before, it was only a level four or five Magic Beast, but this one was at least level seven.

Before everyone could recover from their shock, a few more Devil Fish jumped out from the water. Without exception, these Devil Fish had the strength of at least a sixth or seventh stage Magic Beast.

At this point, no one dared to swim over the surface of the water. Even if they were to swim over the surface of the water, they would be attacked by a group of devil fish.

If they lost the convenient shortcut, they could only walk towards the sky. However, in the air, more than half of the Scarlet Shelled Earthworm's body stuck out from behind the waterfall.

The Scarlet Shelled Earthworm's body was enormous, with only half of its body visible. From afar, it looked like it occupied more than half of the sky. If its tail were to extend outwards, no one would dare approach it.

He would not be able to pick Dragon Fruit s if he did not go near. When he saw that the Dragon Fruit s had matured, if he did not take them off in time, they would automatically fall off. After they fell off, the Dragon Fruit would fall into the lake, and there would be countless devil fish baring their fangs and brandishing their claws.

The fragrance became stronger and stronger. Everyone knew that the Dragon Fruit was about to fall off, so Regiment Commander Locke, who was blocked by the Scarlet Shelled Earthworm, could only place his hopes on Ma Wen.

Ma Wen immediately led them to the lake, but there was still a hundred meters to go until they reached the waterfall. On the lake, there were dozens of reefs, and some of them tried to walk over them, but they were all forced back by the devil fish underwater. Some directly fell into the water and struggled for a while before sinking.

If it was in the past, they would definitely obey as long as the captain opened his mouth. However, since they knew that the captain didn't take their lives seriously, they didn't say anything, but their hearts were already filled with resentment and resistance.

If they lost the trust of their subordinates, sooner or later, he and the captain would become the commander in chief of the team, and they would not be able to continue like this. Ma Wen's brain started spinning very quickly, and out of the corner of his eyes, he suddenly caught sight of Rex and Ge Yan who were standing at the back, and he immediately thought of a plan to kill two birds with one stone.

"Rex, Jimmy, come over here for a moment."

Hearing Ma Wen call them, Ge Yan suddenly had a bad idea. Seeing Rex walk towards him expressionlessly, he braced himself and came to Ma Wen's front.

"Captain Ma Wen, what's the matter?"

Ma Wen said amiably: "You have been at the Black Wolf's Mercenary Regiment for quite some time, and it seems like you have not done anything for the Black Wolf's Mercenary Regiment until now. This time is the moment when you all show your abilities to the Mercenary Regiment, the Black Wolf's Mercenary Regiment does not raise idle people, so I have a plan."

He definitely wanted them to use them as bait to attract the Devilfish. Ge Yan immediately looked at Rex and found out that he was asking for a plan with a calm expression. If it wasn't for the fact that he already knew what kind of person Rex was, even he would have been tricked and thought that Rex was a good subordinate.

Ma Wen did not know, so he told him his plan.

Just like Ge Yan had thought, using the two of them as bait, there were many reefs on the surface of the lake, which could form into many routes, but in their direction, there were three paths which allowed them to reach the Dragon Fruit. He wanted Ge Yan and Rex to go through two of them to attract the attention of the Devil Fish, and then he would go through the third route.

"The Devilfish under the water all have the strength of an Intermediate Magic Beast. There aren't many that can contend against us here, but I do have a method to ensure the lives of our brothers." Rex did not reveal any trace of emotion, but his low and calm voice made people feel that he was calm.

Ma Wen didn't expect him to say this. He wanted to teach the two of them a lesson, but being told by him instead hinted that he was someone who did not care about his subordinates' lives. He sneered in his heart when he saw Rex's expression. Even though he thought this in his heart, he still asked, "Since you have a good idea, why didn't you say it earlier? Quickly, tell me about it."

"The method is very simple, it's just that the intermediate level Magic Beast's Devil Fish is not an intelligent Magic Beast. They only attack the people that walk past them, we only need to catch a few Magic Beast and throw them down, we can even use them as stepping stones …"

After Rex finished speaking, other than Ma Wen, everyone else's eyes lit up. This method was indeed much better than what the captain said. It could almost guarantee their lives.

"Rex, this method of yours is indeed very good. How about this, everyone should go and capture a few Magic Beast and bring them over." Ma Wen praised Rex fakely, but the smile on his face did not reach the bottom of his eyes. If one looked carefully, they could see the haze around his eyes.

Everyone immediately ran out to catch the Magic Beast.

When the people of Crow and Alice saw this scene, they thought that they would escape before the battle, and immediately sneered at them with faces full of disdain.

Not long after, the black wolf Mercenary Regiment returned with one Magic Beast each. Some of the Magic Beast s were already dead, while others had only half their lives left, and they threw them into the lake with all their might, causing a group of devil fish to swim over. Seeing that this method was very effective, everyone threw the remaining Magic Beast s down.

Ma Wen was overjoyed. At this time, he did not care about Rex and the others as he grabbed the opportunity to rush to the opposite waterfall. The distance of one hundred meters was not that far, so he immediately disappeared behind the waterfall.

So this was how it could be played!

The adventurers and mercenaries cursed as they rushed over, especially Crow and Alice people. They were worried that Ma Wen would take the Dragon Fruit first, so for a moment, everyone crowded over here.

At this time, the Demon Fish at the bottom of the lake had already enjoyed the feast that the Black Wolf Mercenary Regiment was used to attract them. When they surfaced again, the adventurers and mercenaries who had crowded together were caught red-handed.

Perhaps because it was too lively over here, the Scarlet Shelled Earthworm's attention was also brought over. As a result, when it noticed Ma Wen, who was about to pick the Dragon Fruit, an angry dragon's roar suddenly sounded out from above the Thorny Valley.

"Be careful!" Regiment Commander Locke shouted.

A huge dragon's tail stretched out from the waterfall and fiercely flung towards Ma Wen who was on the cliff. With a loud rumbling sound, gravel and water arrows flew in all directions. A fault appeared on the waterfall in a split-second, a wide and long crack appeared on the cliff that had been polished by the water, but Ma Wen disappeared without a trace.

"Where's the Dragon Fruit?" Regiment Commander Locke's angry and unwilling voice sounded.

At that time, Ma Wen did not seem to be far from the Dragon Fruit. When the Scarlet Shelled Earthworm's tail lashed out, it included even the place where the Dragon Fruit grew up, so they were sure to be completely smashed. After smelling it again, the fragrance that the Dragon Fruit was emitting became fainter.

With the Dragon Fruit gone, there was nothing left for them to fight for.

Daniel and Heidi quickly looked at each other and immediately ordered their men to retreat.

Black Crow originally did not think about this, but after seeing Daniel and Daniel's retreating actions, he understood. Only Regiment Commander Locke still had a sliver of hope and would not give up until he saw it with his own eyes, but unfortunately, the Scarlet Shelled Earthworm did not give him this chance. Seeing this daring human provoke his dignity time and time again, the Scarlet Shelled Earthworm became angry.

The dragon tail angrily swept towards its surroundings, and the entire valley seemed to start shaking, as the water in the lake came gushing out, flooding the entire land, causing countless of stones to fall from the cliff face, smashing onto the bodies of the people who did not have the time to escape, and letting out blood-curdling screams and wails that filled the entire Thorny Valley.

In the midst of the chaos, a tall figure suddenly appeared in front of Ma Wen, who was heavily injured by the lake and rushed to the corner.