The situation was becoming increasingly critical, and Xia Lin and his team were gradually finding themselves overwhelmed.

Li Yuan reacted a beat too slow and was accidentally hit by the beast, falling to the ground.

The beast pressed its advantage, baring its ferocious fangs, and lunged at Li Yuan's neck!

Xia Lin and Huang Mingya were entangled by another strange beast, and Yuan Qi was not capable enough.

They didn't even have time to save Li Yuan.

Everyone's face turned pale instantly.

"Li Yuan!"

In the nick of time, Ling Luo pressed her palm down on Yuan Qi, used the force to leap forward, and kicked the beast that was pouncing on Li Yuan to the ground!

For a moment, everyone was stunned, and then they all breathed a sigh of relief.

The viewers in the live stream initially thought Yuan Qi was doomed, and they all turned their faces away, unable to bear watching the scene of his neck being bitten off by the strange beast.

But this also made them even angrier.

Qi Lingluo dragged them down.

So when Ling Luo made his move, they lowered their heads and typed in the live chat, ready to give Ling Luo a good scolding.

As a result, when he looked up, he saw that Ling Luo was actually fighting with the strange beast that had attacked Li Yuan earlier.

Many people were stunned.

"Li Yuan is alright? What happened?"

"I don't know. I was just about to criticize that loser and didn't look at the screen."

"I didn't see it either, what's going on?"

While the audience was chatting, Yuan Qi also joined the battle.

However, Yuan Qi's level one three-star strength was far inferior to that of the two alien beasts, and he simply couldn't handle them.

At that moment, Ling Luo flashed over and helped him dodge the attack from the strange beast.

The audience's jaws dropped as they watched Ling Luo and his group of five battle the two alien beasts on the screen.

"Holy crap, such fast dodging and attack speed! This speed is almost catching up with Xia Lin's. Is this good-for-nothing really that strong?!"

"Yes! Did you notice? The beasts can't get close to her at all; she successfully dodges their attacks every single time!"

"These two beasts are at least level one, five stars! Xia Lin and the others were at a disadvantage when fighting them, which is enough to show that these two beasts have very strong attack power! But this useless girl doesn't seem to be at a disadvantage at all! So, she is indeed very powerful."

With this discovery, they no longer believed that Ling Luo's strength was just a misunderstanding.

However, after realizing what had happened, they not only didn't come to like Ling Luo, but they even criticized her more harshly.

"She's impressive, but it's also true that she was just watching the show! If she had helped from the beginning, Li Yuan wouldn't have been in danger at all! She put her teammate in danger just to show off and highlight her own role. Is that something a human would do?"

"Exactly! I hate her even more for playing with other people's lives like that!"

"Me too, disgusting!"

That would be a great injustice to Ling Luo.

She wasn't watching a show, nor was she showing off.

She was trying to understand the limits of Xia Lin and the others.

In her view, the significance of real combat lies in constantly challenging one's own limits amidst danger and the unknown, thereby honing and improving personal strength.

Therefore, while grades are important, it is even more important to unleash one's personal potential and create unlimited possibilities for oneself than academic performance.

Only by constantly surpassing one's personal limits can one grow faster and more solidly.

Only in this way can you avoid being at a disadvantage when facing opponents of the same level, or even challenge opponents of a higher level!

This is similar to Xia Lin and his group dealing with these two strange beasts.

Although the two are of similar level, the beast, due to its living environment, has been constantly fighting for its life and death, continuously raising its own limit, so in terms of strength, it is much stronger than Xia Lin and the others.

But these two strange beasts, like the strange plant before, could be killed by her with a single sword strike if they were to actually fight.

It did not serve any purpose of training her at all.

But for Xia Lin and the others, it was a good opportunity to hone their skills.

If she easily helped them kill the two strange beasts, they would have missed this opportunity for training.

So, after understanding their limits and knowing that the four of them couldn't defeat them, she joined them.

She didn't use spiritual power, but instead controlled her strength within a certain range, keeping them in a state where they wouldn't be harmed by the alien beasts, but would still need to fight with all their might to avoid being at a disadvantage.

Ten minutes later.

Xia Lin and the others were running out of energy. Fearing that they would be killed by the beasts if they continued to deplete their energy like this, they used all their strength to deliver the final blow to the two beasts and kill them!

Having exhausted all their energy, they couldn't even stand properly and collapsed to the ground.

Ling Luo tossed each of them a packet of nutritional supplement: "Drink some to replenish your energy."

To prevent other beasts from smelling the blood and coming after her, she quickly gathered up the beast corpses and took out the odor-removing powder she had developed before setting off from her storage bag. She sprinkled some around to remove the bloody smell.

The four of them, all grown men, were slumped on the ground, while Xia Lin, a girl, was doing all the work. They felt a little embarrassed.

But they really had no strength left.

During the battle just now, they realized that Ling Luo's strength was almost catching up with Xia Lin's.

They assumed that Ling Luo still had the strength to clean up the mess because, in addition to her great strength, she joined the battle a few minutes later, thus avoiding exhausting her strength like they had.

Thinking of all this, they finished the nutrient solution, and after regaining some strength, they couldn't help but say, "You're so strong, you don't need us to take care of you at all..."

When they received Ye Xingxue's instructions, they were still making a solemn promise in their hearts to protect her.

result……

It's only the first day, and Ling Luo has already protected them twice.

"You're only finding out now?" Ling Luo said indifferently, pursing her lips.

"Uh..." Xia Lin was even more embarrassed: "But why did His Highness the Crown Prince say—"

Huang Mingya paused for a moment: "I think we misunderstood His Highness the Crown Prince's meaning. His Highness was just being polite in a very ordinary way; we were just prejudiced."

They simply assumed that Ling Luo was weak and needed their protection.

If they had placed Ling Luo on an equal footing with them from the beginning, they wouldn't have misunderstood Ye Xingxue's meaning.

Xia Lin and Yuan Qi were both stunned for a moment.

It seems that's indeed the case.

At this point, the viewers in the live stream also realized what was happening.

"Holy crap, it seems that's really the case. What His Highness said earlier was clearly just a polite remark. We misunderstood His Highness!"

"So, our Crown Prince hasn't changed?"

"Yes, nothing has changed! That's exactly what my boyfriend told my teammates when I first entered the Beast Zone for real combat!"

"Yes, yes, my boyfriend is too!"

"His Highness the Crown Prince has a special status, which is why we misunderstood him. Waaah, our Crown Prince hasn't changed! We were wrong, we shouldn't have doubted our hero! We were wrong, let's go to His Highness's live stream and apologize to him!"

"Okay, go apologize!"

Ling Luo and his group had no idea what the viewers in the live stream were thinking.

Ling Luo suddenly stared at Xia Lin and the others.

She suddenly realized a very serious problem.

They're already struggling to deal with these level seven beasts, yet the school teachers are letting them train here for a month without any worries... Could it be...?

Xia Lin noticed that she looked rather pale and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Could it be that most of the beasts in this low-level beast area are of this level?"

"You mean the two we just killed?"

"Um."

"No, these two are of medium to high quality."

"Above average?" Ling Luo's face fell, but she still held onto a sliver of hope: "What's the highest level?"

"No more than Level 2, Five Stars".

Ling Luo: "..."

Level 2, 5 stars. Is it any different from those two strange beasts from before?

For her, wouldn't two sword strikes be enough to finish her off?

Seeing her increasingly pale face, Xia Lin assumed she was also frightened by the strength of the beasts they encountered, and quickly reassured her, "But don't worry, the chances of encountering two beasts this strong at once are probably not many. Level two beasts are even rarer; we might not even encounter one. So, you don't need to worry—"

Ling Luo: "..."

Thank you, but she wasn't comforted.

Before she set off, she thought there would be beasts of similar or even higher strength to her here, so she could have a good and enjoyable battle with them.

But at such a low level, she could wipe out a whole area with a wave of her hand and a sweep of sword energy. What's the point of fighting?

Moreover, if she really did that, she would be wasting the opportunity for Xia Lin and the others to hone their skills.

Depriving others of their opportunity to hone their skills and hindering their growth and development will incur divine retribution.

so……

From now on, she'll have to be a sparring partner, just like before?

Back when she was in the cultivation world, whenever her disciples were going down the mountain for training, her junior uncle would neglect his duties and dump the disciples who were going down the mountain for training on her, making her his sparring partner.

Now that she's finally ended those days, why is she coming back?!

Her face grew increasingly pale, and everyone else became worried: "Are you alright?"

Ling Luo covered her face and waved her hand: "Leave me alone, I want to be alone."