Chapter 265: Ruin Expedition (29)

*rumble*

Lee Shen did not need anyone to dictate him that the scorpion giant in en route. He descended to the ground and began to pick up the deceased monsters to his spatial ring.

Lee was abnormally quick and he only took about three seconds to collect more than 250 Glass Scorpion corpses. He did not leave the frozen, burnt and crumbled parts of the scorpion and swept the grassland clean.

As Gillian saw this, he ordered the students to retreat while asking the fire affinity students to create a firewall. The fierce flames restricted the movements of the scorpions.

When the giant Glass Scorpion had come up to participate in the battle, the party had left with the wind. The burnt aroma of scorpions was stagnant in the air and disrupted the monsters' senses. With an angry growl, the giant expressed its resentment to whoever halved the population.

Unfortunately, this was not the end. The fatigued students did not receive any care or pamper from their professor. The students finally concluded that the professor was serious about the situation.

The thirteen students got a window of 3 minutes when a pack of Iron Foxes surrounded them.

[These kids probably have one giant pit of misfortune.]

Hudson was right. Iron Foxes had a tough exterior which was decorated with the fur of elemental resistance. The peculiar brown colour indicated that they were resistant to both fire and ice affinities!

Not only that they were resistant, but their attacks were deep and grave due to the teeth made of organic metal!

The students jumped up on their feet as they saw the pack. They powered up and readied themselves for the battle when Felrian took a step back in horror.

The remaining students were a second late to see the scale of the pack. In front of 300 Iron Foxes, these kids were nothing but a meal.

"Retreat!"

The students had already lost their will to take the pack head-on when Gillian shouted. Hearing the leader's voice, the students were about to turn around and flee when a thunderous voice was heard.

"HALT!!"

Lee Shen sounded powerful and his voice startled the Iron Foxes. They had failed to detect the faint heat signature of Lee Shen which was one with the coldness. The sweat and warmth of the students caught the beasts' senses quickly and firmly.

The pack eyed Lee Shen with interest. They could tell that this being is very powerful from it's levitating figure.

When the fox pack affirmed their victory, the students then saw a familiar magic circle establishing in the air.

'Summoning.'

The students recalled the instance when professor Ganga was defeated speechless. Their morale that migrated overseas came back with twice vigour as the students equipped themselves.

But...

They did not expect the Perrafin and the Split-jaw Hyena to come out. Their hope of thoroughly defeating the pack of 300 Iron Foxes was affirmed by the display of Snow Wyvern's prowess.

"I don't want cowards as my students. You either die courageously or live long enough to become the manifestation of courage itself!"

When the duo emerged from the spatial tear, the foxes had a peculiar expression. It was neither anger nor fear, but a barbaric grin after seeing a worthy opponent.

The foxes were slightly smaller than the hyena. With the assistance of the Perrafin, the foxes could barely pose a threat to the duo.

But Lee Shen's commands were unbreakable.

'Fend them off but don't kill them. Let the students take care of the beasts. Act as moral and mental support.'

The Perrafin was feeling an indescribable sensation upon seeing the feast. But Lee Shen's words dampened her heart and her face was blank and devoid of the previous expression.

Fero did not express his disagreement like how Perrafin growled. But he did convey his wish to have a bite or two of these delicious foxes.

'Okay, but only those that are killed by the students.'

The beasts held their ground and Fero displayed his fangs in agreement with Lee Shen's words.

The quadrupled duo stepped forth and their aura began to leak. The Perrafin produced faint crackling of lightning from its mouth and it made the foxes take a step back in perplexion

This the pack of foxes failed to notice the hyena's fur turning darker.

*whish*

Zona shot a fierce fireball and it flew past the beasts. The unexpected fireball packing a lot of punch blew four foxes away.

Following that, a barrage of attacks came down on the foxes. Though their resistance is good, the stacked effect of good and purer Mana with enhanced elemental affinity was more than they could tolerate.

Within minutes, several foxes fell under the slashes and strikes. The remaining beasts nimbly retreated to the depths of the jungle.

The Iron Foxes, unfortunately, were not enough strong to create a beast core. This all the dead bodies were acquired by Lee for the sake of feeding two gluttons.

Additionally, Hudson notified that the meat of Iron Foxes we're unparalleled in deliciousness.

The smell of blood and flesh attracted much larger predators and even the Perrafin was forced to retreat. A group of giant Four-arm Gorillas chased the party for almost half an hour.

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6 AM.

5,975,800 Essence harvested.

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Lee had sitting under a tree when the notification came up. Lee raised his head and saw the panel before swiping it away. He then wiped the sweat from his forehead which drenched his left palm.

Next to him were the students. They were also lying on the ground with their chests rising up and down at a visible rate. The entire session of being chased around like a deer was over one and a half hours and proved highly tiring yet beneficial and refreshing.

Lee was not tired like the students as he had quite unusual stat values. The Perrafin and Fero were also at peace when compared to the drumming hearts of the students.

[Just letting you know that the Perrafin does not have a name of her own.]