Scratching his head and pulling at his ears, Ethan paced around like a monkey. After thinking for a long time, he finally came up with a basic plan. He wasn't sure whether it would work, but if it still failed, then he could only temporarily give up on that platinum treasure chest.
The treasure chest was important, but compared to that, his own life was more important.
This time, Ethan simply took out a pile of gold fragments and tied each piece to the tail of an arrow.
Although the gold fragments would affect the arrow's accuracy, having a cheat skill was just that awesome.
"Precision!"
Ethan weighed the arrow slightly in his hand, then fired one arrow to get a feel for it, and he could already achieve one hundred percent accuracy.
But this time he didn't rashly provoke the Heaven Devouring Monster. Instead, he shot the gold-carrying arrows along the path.
Unfortunately, he didn't carry much gold on him.
So left with no choice, Ethan had to take out over a thousand Dragon Coins he kept for emergencies.
Then he kept shooting arrows.
Until, between himself and the Heaven Devouring Monster, he created a directional path made entirely of gold.
Finally, Ethan took an arrow with a whole string of Dragon Coins tied to it and shot it straight in front of the three-legged Heaven Devouring Beast.
Whoosh!
Clink~ Clink~ Clatter~
The collision of Dragon Coins produced a pleasant, crisp sound.
The three-legged Heaven Devouring Beast, which couldn't even be woken by a hundred portions of black powder, suddenly opened its eyes at this moment, yawned, and woke up.
The eyes of the three-legged Heaven Devouring Beast were two clusters of golden flames.
Actually, it didn't have eyelids at all. When the flames in its eye sockets went out, Ethan simply assumed it was asleep.
Now, the two flames lit up again in its eye sockets.
So Ethan assumed it had woken up again.
Sniff~ Sniff~
The three-legged Heaven Devouring Beast moved its massive head, making sniffing motions toward the Dragon Coins in front of it.
Then it directly opened its mouth wide and swallowed the entire string of Dragon Coins together with Ethan's arrow.
Immediately after, the three-legged Heaven Devouring Beast quickly noticed that not far away, there was another Dragon Coin.
'This damn shiny thing!'
At this moment, the three-legged Heaven Devouring Beast was like a little bird that had fallen into a sparrow trap, walking step by step toward the trap, swallowing Dragon Coins as it went.
"Money really is attractive to all things."
Ethan watched secretly from the edge of the forest.
Seeing the three-legged Heaven Devouring Beast take the bait, Ethan immediately grinned and continued tossing Dragon Coins while backing away.
Rumble~
The three-legged Heaven Devouring Beast walked in Ethan's direction.
And although it only had a skeleton left, who knew how much stuff this thing had swallowed.
According to the law of conservation, unless there was really a black hole inside this beast's stomach, everything it swallowed would stay inside it forever.
So its weight had also become eerily heavy.
Almost every step it took made the ground shake once, and each movement even left a deep dragging mark on the ground.
"About right!"
Ethan looked at the spot in front of him.
On one side was a mountain range, on the other side countless towering trees.
Only in the middle was an open area about ten meters wide, with no obstructions at all. It was the perfect place to set up a trap.
"Dense and packed… heyo heyo… ma li ma li hong!"
Ethan chanted a long, long Soft Squishy spell, then cast it toward that ten-meter-wide clearing.
The originally hard ground immediately became muddy as if it had instantly turned into a swamp.
"That should be enough."
Ethan looked at the swamp in front of him, then felt the trap might be a bit too obvious.
So he placed his hand on the swamp's surface and cast a completely useless Ice spell.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
Very soon, a thin layer of ice formed over the surface of the swamp.
This layer of ice wasn't thick, but it could give the illusion that the ground was very solid, preventing anyone from immediately realizing it was a swamp.
Clink~ Clink~ Clatter~
Then, Ethan tossed quite a few shiny Dragon Coins onto the swamp.
As long as the three-legged Heaven Devouring Beast came along this path, it would definitely be attracted by the glittering Dragon Coins on the trap and step into it by mistake.
Becoming a beast that slipped up.
Boom!
Rumble! Rumble!
Listening to the footsteps of the three-legged Heaven Devouring Beast getting closer,
Ethan didn't dare waste any more time. He hurriedly ran off in another concealed direction.
'Time to bail...'
BANG!
BANG! BANG!
The three-legged Heaven Devouring Beast finally arrived forty-five seconds after Ethan left.
It walked up to the edge of the swamp, but suddenly stopped, as if it had sensed the danger ahead.
Gulp!
Ethan hid up high, watching the three-legged Heaven Devouring Beast from afar.
He couldn't help but swallow hard.
'Damn it, you're still not going in?'
"Sniff! Sniff!"
Luckily, the three-legged Heaven Devouring Beast's hesitation was only temporary.
Although it sensed the danger of the ground ahead, it couldn't resist the temptation of money.
Just like a beast about to lose its footing.
SUCK!
But in the next second, what left Ethan completely incredulous was just how ridiculous the Heaven Devouring Beast's suction ability was.
It simply opened its mouth wide and sucked toward the swamp, instantly pulling all the Dragon Coins on the swamp straight into its mouth.
'Amazing mouth skills, truly amazing!'
"Heh! Heh!"
Fortunately, Ethan still had another move up his sleeve.
To deal with this kind of high-level slip-up beast, without enough tricks, you'd definitely be looked down on.
SUCK!
SUCK HARD!
The Heaven Devouring Beast opened its mouth as wide as it could, desperately sucking toward the swamp.
But the ice surface was too hard, and the glittering Dragon Coins had been hidden by Ethan beneath the ice. Unless the beast could suck away the entire ground, how could it possibly suck up the Dragon Coins beneath the ice?
'So shiny!'
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The Heaven Devouring Beast stared at those glittering Dragon Coins, completely unable to look away.
It shook its head, originally intending to give up but when it moved its head away, it suddenly discovered that at the other end of the swamp, there were even more shiny things. Not only piles and piles of Dragon Coins, but also some beautiful beast cores and even multicolored beast cores.
These things, for the three-legged Heaven Devouring Beast, were no longer just ordinary metals.
Beast cores were concentrated essence that could allow it to evolve.
"Hiss!"
The three-legged Heaven Devouring Beast let out a strange cry.
It was an extremely low-frequency sound, similar to ultrasound, so unpleasant to hear it felt like it could make your ears miscarry.
Then… the three-legged Heaven Devouring Beast could no longer resist the allure of money and charged madly toward the other end of the swamp.
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