An hour later.
"Gala Gala..."
As the helicopter landed, the previously quiet atmosphere of the Star Dou Great Forest's inner region was broken by a tremendous crash of giant trees breaking, and after a moment, once the helicopter had cleared a large area below and completely settled, the noise that had caused roars from Spirit Beasts in the distance finally ceased.
"Sigh."
At the same time, a soft sound occurred, the helicopter door opened, and Shen Fan and Jiang Nannan stepped out.
"Nannan."
"This is already the inner region of the Star Dou Great Forest, there are many high-year Spirit Beasts, don't stray too far from me later."
Shen Fan said.
"Didn't you say that this stocking could block a Titled Douluo-level powerhouse's continuous full-force attack for at least thirty minutes?"
"If that's true, it seems you're in more danger than me, right?"
Jiang Nannan joked, but when she mentioned the stocking, her face couldn't help but blush.
"Ah, this..."
Shen Fan was so focused on protecting Jiang Nannan that for a moment he had completely forgotten about the stocking, and seeing Shen Fan's foolish expression, Jiang Nannan chuckled.
"Don't worry."
"I'll just stay by your side, I won't wander off."
"Such a powerful treasure, it's better not to use it if possible; even if it's only activated once, this Spirit Hunting trip would be a huge loss."
Even though Jiang Nannan was no longer short on money, it still couldn't change her slightly money-grubbing nature.
"You can't say that either."
"Use it when you need to; compared to your safety, activating automatic protection once, or even the entire stocking being damaged, is nothing."
At this point, Shen Fan noticed Jiang Nannan's expression was a bit odd, so he stopped talking, put away the helicopter, and changed the subject, saying, "Let's go."
"Mm."
Jiang Nannan nodded, not expressing her own opinion, and just obediently followed Shen Fan as he moved around. Soon, the two encountered their first Spirit Beast of the trip.
"This should be a Ten-Thousand-Year Earth-Splitting Dog."
Jiang Nannan, fearing Shen Fan didn't know the information about the Spirit Beast blocking their path, proactively stated its basic information.
"A Ten-Thousand-Year Earth-Splitting Dog?"
Shen Fan looked the opponent up and down a few times, then waved his hand, saying, "Go, go, go, a good dog doesn't block the way."
"Woof."
Perhaps understanding Shen Fan's words, the Earth-Splitting Dog blocking their path barked angrily and pounced towards Shen Fan.
Seeing this, Shen Fan pulled Jiang Nannan behind him with one hand, and with the other, picked up a small stone from the ground. He aimed it at the pouncing Earth-Splitting Dog's'sacred' area and lightly flicked it.
"Ow!"
The next second, the Earth-Splitting Dog's originally fierce eyes suddenly widened, letting out a wail, and with a "thud," the entire dog slammed into the ground about a meter away from Shen Fan.
Having taken down the Earth-Splitting Dog with one move, Shen Fan pulled Jiang Nannan forward, patted the Earth-Splitting Dog's head, full of mischievous amusement.
"Don't worry."
"I didn't use much force."
"At most, it'll just hurt a bit; it won't affect your future ability to find a wife and have children. Your happiness is still intact."
After speaking, Shen Fan held Jiang Nannan's small hand and, under the teary-eyed gaze of the Earth-Splitting Dog, passed by it, slowly disappearing from its sight.
On the other side, having been held by Shen Fan's small hand for several minutes, and seeing that Shen Fan had no intention of letting go, Jiang Nannan's voice was weak, "A-Are you still not letting go?"
Hearing this, Shen Fan gave an awkward smile and was about to let go, but then he saw another Spirit Beast approaching. He immediately tightened his grip on Jiang Nannan's small hand and once again protected her in a safe position.
"This is a Hell Civet."
"From its appearance, its age should be around thirty thousand years."
Jiang Nannan poked her head out and said.
"Mm."
As Shen Fan responded, he slyly looked towards the Hell Civet's'sacred' area again, but this time Shen Fan didn't see the opponent's weak point 'bell', so he couldn't help but examine it more carefully.
Jiang Nannan naturally didn't know that Shen Fan was planning to use the same trick again and was still offering a reminder.
"Its speed is very fast, and since it's a thirty-thousand-year-old one, it's much trickier to deal with than the Earth-Splitting Dog just now."
"If it attacks proactively, you need to be careful."
"I..."
However, before she could finish her reminder, she saw the Hell Civet in the distance seemingly sense something. It stared warily at Shen Fan, slowly retreating until it had created enough distance, then turned and quickly left.
"Let's go."
"It seems this Hell Civet is very sensible."
Although he said that, when the Hell Civet retreated just now, Shen Fan always felt that besides wariness, there was also a hint of embarrassment in its eyes when it looked at him.
"Could that Hell Civet know I wanted to hit her 'little eggs'?"
"But isn't she female? She doesn't have 'little eggs'."
Before leaving the spot, Shen Fan secretly thought to himself.
For the next period, Shen Fan continued to hold Jiang Nannan's small hand, traversing various areas within the Star Dou Great Forest.
What Shen Fan secretly enjoyed was that, due to their location being within the Star Dou Great Forest's inner region, high-year Spirit Beasts appeared one after another. This caused Jiang Nannan, who had opened her mouth several times to ask Shen Fan to let go, to only be able to stare helplessly each time. After many such instances, Jiang Nannan no longer bothered with the hand-holding issue, and in the blink of an eye, several hours passed without them realizing it.
"Nannan."
"It's almost afternoon now, let's rest for a bit and eat something."
At this point, Shen Fan felt the time was right.
"Okay."
Jiang Nannan also felt a bit hungry, so the two found a spot nearby that looked relatively safe and stopped.
"You can let go now, can't you?"
Seeing that Shen Fan was still holding her hand even while spreading the cloth on the ground and taking out food, Jiang Nannan couldn't help but roll her beautiful eyes.
"Haha."
"Just a habit, just a habit."
Saying that, Shen Fan released Jiang Nannan's small hand, carefully arranged all the dishes, and began to eat lunch with Jiang Nannan while chatting.
However, perhaps because some of the dishes were exchanged with points and had a slight body-strengthening effect, it wasn't long before some high-year Spirit Beasts with very keen noses found their way over, drawn by the scent.
Seeing this, the two could only quickly wolf down a few bites of food, and then, under Shen Fan's attack of knocking out a Spirit Beast with a single strike of the Sea God Trident, they retreated from that troublesome area.
"Shen Fan."
"Were those dishes you prepared just now also some kind of treasure?"
"I noticed those Spirit Beasts' eyes were fixed on the dishes."
"Also, I ate some, and it seems my physique has become slightly stronger than before."
Jiang Nannan, of course, knew all this, but for the same reason, she had to ask where it was necessary, otherwise, it would seem too strange.
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