The Medallion novel Chapter 997

"However, according to the records of the Beast Encyclopedia, the Fire Rock Turtle is born timid. If it senses any movement, it will immediately run away and hide. Compared with the Dark Heaven Insect that likes to live at the bottom of caves, the Fire Rock Turtle likes to stay in places with very high temperature, just like the fiery pit it just came out from. So, once it runs away, there is no chance that we can chase it at all. Unlike the Fire Rock Turtle, it's impossible for us to jump into the fiery pit..." Rocky thought for a while and began to analyze the Fire Rock Turtles' habits based from the Beast Encyclopedia's records. He had to consider every way there was to capture the Fire Rock Turtle, because he might only have one chance. If the Fire Rock Turtle escaped into the fiery pit, there would be no chance for him to capture it. It would take an extremely long time before the Fire Rock Turtle came out again from the fiery pit.

Currently, the Fire Rock Turtle was still slowly climbing out of the fiery pit. Its movements were terribly slow, which was natural since it was indeed a turtle. A spirit manipulator who was clueless of the Fire Rock Turtle's habits would have pounced on it impatiently. However, if that happened, then the turtle would definitely be scared away.

With rich experience in capturing the Dark Heaven Insect, Rocky was not in any rush to make a move. He first took out the magical saliva that could attract any spirit-manipulated beast and transferred one drop into an empty bottle. Then he gently put it on the ground, trying not to make any noise. After putting the bottle down, he began to step back slowly.

Since the magical saliva was incredibly irresistible to any spirit-manipulated beast, the Fire Rock Turtle immediately reacted to the magical saliva. Its round head reached out so high to take a look around. It was definitely searching for the magical saliva.

However, the Fire Rock Turtle was a very timid and highly vigilant kind of beast. It kept searching for the magical saliva with its eyes, but its body did not move at all. It was standing very still as if it was too old to move.

"What? Even the magical saliva cannot make the Fire Rock Turtle relax a little?" Rocky murmured to himself. He was dismayed when he saw that the Fire Rock Turtle was not moving towards the magical saliva at all.

A half hour later, just when Rocky was about to lose his patience, the Fire Rock Turtle finally moved. But it was awfully slow, as if it was painful for it to move. It crawled up from the fiery pit with great effort and finally revealed its whole body.

In fact, the Fire Rock Turtles were no different from normal turtles. Except for their fiery red skin, the only unique feature of the Fire Rock Turtles was that they had magnificent ethereal crystals on their backs. These ethereal crystals grew as their protective shells. According to the Beast Encyclopedia, the reason why the ethereal crystals grew on the back of the Fire Rock Turtles was because this kind of turtles were like an elixir refining furnace since they always stayed in places with high temperature. The Fire Rock Turtles always ate rocks which were their favorite food. After they digested the rocks, the minerals from the rocks were mixed with the spiritual energy gathered in their body. Under constantly high temperature, the content after refining was all deposited to the back of the Fire Rock Turtle, thus, finally forming brilliant ethereal crystals.

When Rocky saw that the Fire Rock Turtle was finally climbing up, he immediately hid himself. He retreated to a hideout that was more than ten meters away from the magical saliva. He tried his best not to let the Fire Rock Turtle notice him. At the same time, he made sure that he could catch it with only one move.

Since the Fire Rock Turtle crawled incredibly slowly, it took an hour for it to go from the fiery pit to the place where the magical saliva was placed.

When he saw that the Fire Rock Turtle was near the magical saliva, Rocky pulled out his Frozen Wind Dagger. He assumed his position and he was completely ready to attack.

However, to Rocky's surprise, the Fire Rock Turtle stopped and suddenly extended its round head. Then, it opened its tiny mouth to form a round gap. Then, it spurted out hot streams of fire pulp. The fire pulp centered around the magical saliva.

Rocky had completely no idea what the Fire Rock Turtle was doing. As soon as the fire pulp touched the ground, it turned like liquid and completely melted the ground. Suddenly, a torrent of flame rushed up from the ground to the top of the cave. It surrounded the Fire Rock Turtle and the magical saliva inside. It was a powerful protection ring to prevent external forces from entering and disturbing what the Fire Rock Turtle was doing.

Rocky's face was completely stunned when he saw this. He didn't expect that the Fire Rock Turtle was smart enough that it didn't forget to protect itself before enjoying the magical saliva. He thought that if he rushed to the Fire Rock Turtle now and avoided the fire column, it would definitely affect his speed which was crucial to the plan. If he went a little slower, he might have no chance to capture the Fire Rock Turtle. Although the speed of the Fire Rock Turtle was very slow, judging from the power of the fire pulp it spewed, he believed that the Fire Rock Turtle definitely had other ways to escape. Rocky needed to prepare for all possible outcomes.

So, Rocky didn't dare to rush forward. At this moment, it seemed like that Fire Rock Turtle was about to enjoy the magical saliva.

It didn't matter if a drop of the magical saliva was lost. Rocky was more worried that the Fire Rock Turtle would run away after eating it. So, he couldn't risk the Fire Rock Turtle finishing it. He needed to capture it before it finished eating.

Rocky thought for a moment. Then, he immediately poured a stream of spiritual power into the Frozen Wind Dagger. After the dagger was covered in spiritual power, he quickly threw it out. It looked like it came out of nowhere, like it was an actual hidden weapon. After the Frozen Wind Dagger drew a beautiful arc in the air, it passed through two fire pillars. Then, it landed right in front of the Fire Rock Turtle, disturbing its delicious meal time.

The timid Fire Rock Turtle was frightened by the Frozen Wind Dagger's movement. It was also terrified of the dagger which was an alien object to it, like a creature from the outside world. It immediately became alert. It was getting ready to spit out magma. However, a wolf shadow had already flown out of the Magic Spiritual Space. It was the magical Robin. Robin opened its mouth, and spewed out cold air. In an instant, the ground was completely frozen. Robin stopped the Fire Rock Turtle from taking any opportunity to escape.

Seeing that there was no way to escape, the Fire Rock Turtle immediately turned around. The short tail behind it suddenly swung like a vicious wind-fire ring. Then, its whole body rapidly rushed forward, as if a rocket was installed behind its body. Its speed totally changed compared to its slowness earlier.

However, Rocky, who had expected that the Fire Rock Turtle would use its other skills to escape, had already rushed to the other side of the fiery pit as fast as he could after he released Robin out.

In fact, Rocky intentionally alerted the Fire Rock Turtle just now to make it panic. Then, he used Robin to block the Fire Rock Turtle from escaping. This forced the Fire Rock Turtle to leave the protection of the fire pillars and escape to the fiery pit. Of course, his ultimate goal was to lure the Fire Rock Turtle into his trap.

Although the Fire Rock Turtle was indeed smart, it was still just a spirit-manipulated beast at the end of the day. Therefore, it would instinctively run towards its lair when threatened.

Rocky had already studied this and used this knowledge to block the Fire Rock Turtle.