A dozen flying fierce beasts flew over together, which was quite a sight.

It felt like watching ten small airplanes flying over at once.

Moreover, they were flying very close to each other, making one worry about whether they’d collide.

These flying fierce beasts had indeed spotted Xu Yi and the others, and were attempting to attack them.

However, their wingspan was too wide, which made it difficult for them to enter.

At this moment, everyone got a clear look at these flying fierce beasts.

Su Yan gazed at those bizarre flying beasts and couldn’t help saying, "They really resemble Black Qilins. When they retract their wings, they look almost like them."

"Indeed, they’re not birds anymore, but rather flying quadrupedal beasts, right? Xu Yi, are we really not retreating?" Qin Fan was eager to say, can we still retreat in time now?

After all, these flying fierce beasts, once on the ground, are no different from regular quadrupedal beasts.

Can they handle a dozen of them?

Griffin?

When Xu Yi got a good look, the word popped into his mind. Because they indeed looked similar.

Thus, he was even more eager to tame these fierce beasts.

After circling a few times, the dozen flying fierce beasts landed by the lakeside and then rushed towards the forest.

"Retreat." Xu Yi decisively issued the retreat command.

Everyone was already prepared for this, so at Xu Yi’s command, they immediately turned around and ran wildly in the direction they came from.

Xu Yi was at the back, planning to bring up the rear as only he was suitable for the task.

The others were not strong enough.

After landing, the speed of these flying fierce beasts was not slow either; they ran wildly while howling.

It seemed they were going to catch up soon.

Speed Doubling!

Xu Yi used the Speed Doubling Skills on each fierce beast.

With this skill, Xu Yi was unafraid of those flying fierce beasts approaching.

He just wanted to see how fast those flying beasts were on the ground.

In the end, Xu Yi was quite satisfied; their speed was indeed fast. With such speed, even without flying, they were not inferior to other fierce beasts.

Of course, the advantage was still being able to fly.

"Ignore them, keep going forward, stop after half an hour." Xu Yi said, then turned his head to glance at those flying fierce beasts still in pursuit from behind.

The Speed Doubling Skills could still be used twice, so Xu Yi wasn’t worried about being caught.

On the contrary, he also wanted to know about the endurance of those flying fierce beasts.

After chasing for a while, those flying fierce beasts disappeared.

They probably realized they couldn’t catch up and didn’t want to waste their energy.

With such a large lake, there should be plenty of fish to sustain those dozen flying fierce beasts. So, they weren’t particularly obsessed with other food.

Precisely because the large lake could provide enough food, their numbers reached into the dozens; otherwise, they would have starved long ago.

Xu Yi quickly let everyone stop and then found a suitable place to set up camp.

Xu Yi had his eyes on those flying fierce beasts, so he didn’t plan to advance further.

This place was only about twenty kilometers or so from the lakeside, not far at all.

Qin Yue, Su Yan, and Lu Ke worked on the tent, while Liu Li and Cheng Jie started preparing lunch, and others began chopping wood, digging temporary toilets, and water trenches. These tasks were something they did frequently, so they were routine by now.

In less than 20 minutes, the temporary camp was set up, and the cooking smoke gently rose.

For lunch, everyone ate gourds and meat soup.

After eating, Xu Yi and Qin Fan left the camp to go check out the situation near the lake.

However, Lu Ke thought they probably wanted to find an opportunity to fish.

After all, at noon, Xu Yi and Qin Fan had asked for lure fishing rods.

Now everyone here was a level 3 mage, and Lu Ke, Lu Yao, and Zhou Chun each had a level 3 brain crystal, so their group of ten should be able to handle any situation unless encountered by more than four level 3 fierce beasts.

That’s why Xu Yi felt assured in taking Qin Fan to check the lake.

Qin Fan rode Qin Yue’s mount, following Xu Yi all the way at a gallop.

As they approached the lake, they saw that none of the silhouettes of those flying beasts were on the lake’s surface.

With some vigilance, Qin Fan glanced around, a bit worried that those flying fierce beasts might be lurking at the forest’s edge. After all, once they retracted their wings, they were not much different from regular fierce beasts.

Seeing Xu Yi stop and look out at the lake, Qin Fan asked, "Xu Yi, do you have any way to split them up?"

Xu Yi shook his head and replied, "I have no ideas for now. Let’s think slowly, no rush."

Xu Yi thought if he couldn’t manage it at level 3, probably he could at level 4.

Such flying fierce beasts like griffins, Xu Yi really didn’t want to miss them.

After observing for over ten minutes, the two felt it was safe and came out of the jungle to the lakeside.

Then Qin Fan took out the fishing rod and handed it to Xu Yi.

Xu Yi waved his hand to decline, smiling, "You start first. I’m quite new to lure fishing; I’ll watch and learn."

"Alright." Qin Fan replied with a hearty laugh, as he loved fishing. Whenever he had things on his mind or felt stressed, he would go sea fishing for a day or two.

Coming to Spirit Blue Star, it’s been nearly 150 days already.

The pressure was significant, and having a turn at lure fishing, Qin Fan was quite pleased.

Before casting, Qin Fan explained the movements to Xu Yi.

This style of fishing, often referred to as water golf, involves quite a bit of technique.

However, for Xu Yi now, hearing and watching it once was enough to grasp the skills involved.

With one cast, the bait flew over three hundred meters.

This outcome surprised even Qin Fan a bit.

He knew his strength was significant now and controlled it somewhat, but didn’t expect it to still be so powerful. Luckily, the high-carbon fishing rod was of superior quality and could withstand it. With an average-quality one, it would have likely snapped immediately.

As the lure hit the water, Qin Fan just started to reel it in, and it was already biting.

"Got one." Qin Fan exclaimed joyfully, then began reeling in the fish.

Without considering the fishing rod and line, Qin Fan could have dragged the fish to shore within a minute, as this strength was nothing to him.

After playing the fish for half an hour, it was finally pulled to the shore.

When Xu Yi saw it, he couldn’t help but grin, saying happily, "Probably over thirty pounds, we can have grilled fish tonight."

Pulling out such a large fish with just one cast, no wonder those flying fierce beasts were living by this lakeside.

This huge lake was plenty accommodating for them.

Before, Xu Yi had seen schools of fish over ten pounds swimming near the lakeside.

Just as Xu Yi was about to catch the over-thirty-pound big fish with glee, suddenly a massive black shadow leaped out from the distant water surface.