The monsters weren't too far away; they were called "Enraged Rock Elementals". There were plenty of Rock Elementals everywhere in Badlands, but there were only about seven or eight of these enraged ones.
In Lu Li's previous life when he had attempted this quest, it was a total disaster.
When countless players fought over seven or eight monsters, it resulted in everyone fighting each other. Random players would take up to days to finally obtain their quest item, and if they weren't careful, they would just become cannon fodder in the group battle.
There were no such issues for them right now. There was barely anyone in the Badlands and certainly no one to steal their monsters.
However, this didn't mean that it would be easy for them to obtain twenty of the quest items either.