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In the deepest part of the Forest of Death.

Two figures met furtively, and they both came from different directions.

One of them was Cao Guangning.

“Mr. Xu, how’s the matter coming along?” he asked.

Even though they were under the shade of the trees, one could still see the victorious smirk on Xu Weicheng’s face.

“Not long from now, there’ll be a pack of black-ringed leopards who will bump into Su Hei and his team. Among the pack, their Leopard King is a superior-grade Savage beast,” Xu Weicheng revealed.

Cao Guangning was excited to hear that.

“Only a martial artist who’s in the Perfected Realm can take on a superior-grade Savage beast. If that’s the case… that fellow’s a dead man?” he asked Xu Weicheng for confirmation.

Xu Weicheng nodded. Cao Guangning was so excited that he could scarcely speak.

“Su Hei is monstrously talented?”

“I think news of his death will make an even bigger stir!” he thought.

After a while, Xu Weicheng broke the silence.

“Once we get rid of Su Hei, the only gifted martial artists for this batch will be Li Burou and Bai Tiantian, apart from you.”

“From what I know, Li Burou and Bai Tiantian’s career talents are remarkable. That being said, your Lightning Elemental power is also exceptional. When I aid you in getting the token, and you become a section leader of the City Defense Team, those two won’t be a threat to you at all.”

“Thank you, Mr. Xu. In the future, I’ll pass you half of whatever resources the City Defense Team gives me,” promised Cao Guangning.

He was no fool. Cao Guangning knew this was the time for him to show his loyalty to his teacher, so he hurriedly assured Xu Weicheng.

“Sounds good.”

Xu Weicheng nodded in satisfaction.

“There is a token hidden in the swamp woodland 30 miles from here. A beast is guarding it. It’s an earthworm that has just gotten a breakthrough to become a superior-grade Savage beast. If both of us join hands, we can easily take it down,” he added.

Cao Guangning did not expect Xu Weicheng could get his hands on such information. He felt a surge of happiness.

“So what are we waiting for? Let’s go! I don’t want others to get there before us!” said Cao Guangning.

Xu Weicheng smirked with disdain.

“Apart from us, who else dares initiate an attack on a superior-grade Savage beast? Not even Li Burou and Bai Tiantian would dare attempt that,” he said.

“But you do have a point. We should quickly get the token to prevent any problems from cropping up.”

Having reached an agreement, their figures disappeared into the shadow of the trees.



“It’s d-dead?”

Qin Feng stared at the large monitor. His chest was heaving up and down briskly.

That was a beginner-grade Spirit beast! It was as powerful as a Grandmaster!

Qin Feng could not believe that such a powerful beast could be beaten to death by a group of recruits!

He was shocked.

He was beyond astonished!

Everyone in the military camp was overcome by astonishment and they stared at the monitor with open-mouthed wonder.

Following that, everyone cried out in shock.

“Most of the martial artists in this group are only at the beginner level, yet they managed to kill a Spirit-level dire beast? Are my eyes playing tricks on me?”

“This… How is this even possible?”

“That youth called Su Hei can envelop his body with his elemental power. That is something that only Grandmasters can do!”

“He is so monstrously talented!”

No one present could imagine that a bunch of recruits could be so in tune with each other and have such good teamwork no less than that of the veterans in the City Defense Team. It was to the extent that they could kill a Spirit-level dire beast.

The most terrifying thing was that Su Hei had landed the fatal blow that rendered the wolf seriously injured.

“Captain, did you hear what we said?”

Qin Feng tapped the wireless intercom and asked.

Very soon, Xun Chengwu’s voice came through. However, his voice sounded urgent.

“We’ll talk more after I return to the military camp. We bumped into a pack of black-ringed leopards. These should be the ones that were chasing after Su Hei and his team.”

Shouts and wailing could be heard over the wireless intercom.

Qin Feng was not worried about Xun Chengwu. After all, the most powerful of the black-ringed leopards was the Leopard King, and it was merely a superior-grade Savage beast. Xun Chengwu’s team could deal with them easily.

Qin Feng cautioned, “Be careful. I will continue to keep an eye on Su Hei’s group’s movements.”



In the valley.

Chu Chen led his classmates in tearing the Eight-Eyed Blood Wolf’s flesh apart.

Humans could obtain many benefits from the bodies of dire beasts. The fur and bones of Savage dire beasts could be used to create weapons that martial artists used. In addition, if a martial artist ate the dire beast’s flesh, they could increase their Qi, blood, and vitality.

Dire beasts that were at the Savage level were the most commonly hunted because they were less powerful. Thus, the materials gotten from them were not rare and valuable.

Dire beasts in the Spirit level were different as their fur, bones, and flesh was more effective than that of those in the Savage level. Hence, they were widely sought after by martial artists.

However, it was much more difficult to hunt Spirit-level beasts as they were so powerful, so their materials were much rarer.

The bones of a Spirit beginner-level beast could fetch an exorbitant amount of 1 million dollars. It was obvious how valuable it was.

On the other side, under the shade of the tree.

Li Hua’s injuries stopped bleeding after the treatment that Wang Dong gave her.

With a swipe of its paws, the Eight-Eyed Blood Wolf slashed Li Hua’s belly open, leaving her with a huge bleeding gash in her abdomen.

Luckily, Li Hua reacted quickly and retreated by more than 10 centimeters. Otherwise, her body would have been split into two, and she would already be dead.

“How are you feeling? Can you move?” asked Su Hei.

He stared at her with concern etched over his features.

Su Hei and Wang Dong had not cultivated any cultivation techniques related to healing, so they were not able to completely heal her wound.

“Don’t worry. I’ll survive,” Li Hua said.

She sounded nonchalant.

Seeing that, Jiang Jinyu quickly looked toward Su Hei. She changed the topic and said, “To be honest, you looked kinda cool earlier when you delivered that fatal punch to the beast.”

Jiang Jinyu wanted to change everyone’s focus, for fear that Li Hua would feel uncomfortable when she looked at the wound in her abdomen.

Su Hei understood what she was trying to do.

He smiled and teased, “That’s for sure! No matter what, I’m the most handsome man in school. None of the girls in high school can resist my charms!”

Su Hei was not tooting his own horn. He had gotten acknowledgment from the entire school for being the most handsome man.

When she heard that, Jiang Jinyu gave an involuntary roll of her eyes.

“Give you an inch and you’ll take a yard. Li Hua and I are in the same high school as you, but why haven’t we fallen for your charms?” asked Jiang Jinyu.

“Well, that’s because I showed mercy on you two. If you guys also fall for me, I’ll have two lesser friends,” Su Hei casually said. Seeing the skeptical look on Jiang Jinyu’s face, Su Hei wanted to extend his hand and display his charm.

Suddenly, someone standing beside the dire beast’s corpse shouted.

“Class President, I found a token in the Eight-Eyed Blood Wolf’s tummy!”

Su Hei froze before quickly striding over to the beast’s corpse.



In a dire beast’s lair in the Forest of Death.

A youth in white clasped his hands behind his back. He was easily dodging attacks from the dire beast’s many legs. That dire beast was in the shape of a spider.

That youth was Li Burou.

Back in the martial arts academy, he was in an elite class. Needless to say, he was a talented student too.

Li Burou was not merely a student from Elite Class A, he was the class president of Class A. Naturally, he was the most outstanding student in the class.

Most importantly, he was a Mentalist!

Therefore, everyone paid close attention to Li Burou’s performance in the recruitment examination.



“Li Burou has entered the Moon Spider’s lair!”

“He is engaged in a battle with the Moon Spider!”

“They fought for such a long time, but the Moon Spider can’t even land a single scratch on him!”

“Li Burou can easily handle this superior-grade Savage Moon Spider!”

“If you compare this fellow and Su Hei, who do you think has more monstrous talent?”

“Obviously, it’ll be Su Hei. The Eight-Eyed Blood Wolf that he killed was a beginner-grade Spirit dire beast. How can a Moon Spider compare to it?”

“But Su Hei had his team’s help. Li Burou is fighting alone.”

In the military camp, everyone started to argue.

Nobody noticed that Li Burou narrowed his eyes.

A cold glint flashed across his eyes. It was as sharp as knives. The exhausted Moon Spider was unable to block his attack, and it could only helplessly watch as the transparent sword pierced its head.

In the end, it perished.

Li Burou approached it and took out the assessment token embedded below the Moon Spider. He beamed.

“I should be the first to get the token, right?” he thought.