After Xu Feng came out of school, he did not go home directly, but drove to the City Defense Office.

The top 100 students from Songtao University have been decided, and most of them have the strength of second-level apostles. For Xu Feng, it is not too difficult to get into the top three.

The top 100 schools will not give any rewards, but the school still gives generous rewards to the top three students who can represent Songtao University in the college league.

The first place prize is 100,000 and a spiritual-grade equipment. The second place prize is 50,000 and a high-quality ordinary equipment. The third place prize is only 50,000 and no equipment, but it's better than nothing.

Songtao City, City Defense Office

Xu Feng came to the office and found that except for one person on duty, all the other people in the combat department were not there.

"Brother Chao, where are they?" Xu Feng glanced at the office and asked Zhang Chao who was on duty reading a newspaper.

"Xiao Feng, you're back?" Zhang Chao looked up at Xu Feng, waved lazily and said, "Today, a special envoy from the headquarters came to investigate the secret realm of the Dry Bone Temple. The other combatants went to the secret realm to clear the customs."

"Are you working so hard?" Xu Feng asked in surprise, eyes wide open.

The Combat Department is the department with the heaviest tasks in the City Defense Bureau. If all combat personnel are not on a mission, most of them will rest in the office and will not take the initiative to go to the secret realm to improve their level.

As a result, after a few days' absence, everyone in the combat department began to take the initiative to challenge the secret realm and improve their levels by passing levels, which made Xu Feng feel a little uncomfortable.

"The special envoy is here, so everyone needs to perform well, otherwise it will be a disgrace to our Songtao City, right?" Zhang Chao laughed.

Xu Feng immediately understood and started laughing.

Just then, a rapid phone call suddenly rang in the office. Zhang Chao shrugged his shoulders and answered the phone.

"Hey, City Defense Office!"

"What, a man-eating tree? And bats as big as humans? Are you sure?"

"Okay, I've recorded it. I'll send someone there soon. You stay on guard outside and don't let ordinary people get in by mistake..."

"The apostles want to come in? Let them die, don't stop them. Okay, okay, we'll be there soon!"

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Zhang Chao put down the phone and a serious look appeared on his face.

"Brother Chao, what's going on?" Xu Feng came over curiously.

"A worker is missing from the forest farm. We found a big tree that can prey on animals. The helmet and work clothes of the missing worker are hanging on the tree. It is suspected that the tree ate them..." Zhang Chao said, "In addition, mutant animals were found around the tree, including bats as big as humans and mice bigger than cats..."

"Is it about to start?" Xu Feng muttered to himself. After a moment's silence, he said to Zhang Chao, "It just so happens that I have nothing to do right now. Let's go over and take a look."

"Okay, if you want, go over and take a look. Just be careful." Zhang Chao nodded.

For something like this, Zhang Chao originally wanted to call a combat team to go take a look, but since Xu Feng was willing to go over on his own initiative, it saved Zhang Chao the trouble of making the phone call.

Xu Feng left the City Defense Office and headed towards the forest farm, feeling a little heavy-hearted along the way.

"There are indeed several entrances to secret realms near the forest farm. Maybe they are mutated creatures that escaped from the secret realm, or maybe they were affected by the secret realm and mutated..." Xu Feng said in his heart.

There is no way to completely ban this kind of thing. As more and more secret realms appear, this kind of thing will become more and more frequent.

Soon, Xu Feng drove to the forest farm. Upon learning that Xu Feng was from the City Defense Office, the staff of the forest farm took him deep into a forest.

At this time, police station staff had already set up a cordon around the area, reminding ordinary people to be careful and not to get close.

Xu Feng stood outside the cordon and looked inside. He saw a ten-meter-high tree inside the cordon. The branches were full of messy things, including torn clothes, boots, helmets, and many animal furs.

A dark red bat the size of an adult was squatting on a branch of the tree, its eyes slightly closed, as if it was sleeping.

At this time, there were already several apostles from the secret realm who were observing the big tree from afar, especially the dark red bat squatting on the tree, which looked very ferocious and scary.

Xu Feng felt that the bat seemed to be guarding something, but after looking carefully for a long time, he found nothing.

At this moment, an apostle from the secret realm began to try to approach the big tree, but his eyes were always fixed on the huge dark red bat squatting on the tree.

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"Dick, be careful, I feel that bat is difficult to deal with!" a companion whispered.

"Don't worry, that bat is only at the peak level one. I feel this tree is a bit strange and want to take a closer look. Have you noticed those things hanging on this tree?" Dick waved his hand and said.

"It is said that that tree will eat people..." said the companion a little worriedly.

Dick was just about to speak when the dark red bat that had been squatting on the tree suddenly opened its eyes. A strange light shone from its gray eyes. Dick, who was getting closer to the tree, suddenly felt creepy. Staring into the bat's eyes, it felt like the god of death was staring at him.

The next moment, the huge bat suddenly stood up, spread its fleshy wings, let out a sharp hiss at Dick, then jumped down from the tree and pounced on Dick.

"Shadow!" Dick let out a low roar, and a handful of gray smoke rose from where he was standing. By the time the huge dark red bat pounced over, there was nothing left in the gray smoke.

Xu Feng smiled slightly. It seemed that the apostles who dared to come here to explore the secret realm were all very capable and confident in their own abilities.

At this time, the secret realm apostle named Dick had used the gray smoke to jump into the shade of a tree. The next moment, a rapier suddenly emerged from the shadow and stabbed towards the dark red bat.

Puff~ The sword hit the bat's wing, but it was like defeating leather, making a dull sound, and even failed to break the defense of the flesh wing, and slid to the side.

Feeling the attack, the dark red bat swung its body violently, and a bone spur sticking out from its wings blocked Dick's sword like a sharp blade.

"Huh?"

The toughness of the dark red bat's body was beyond Dick's expectations. He couldn't help but let out a sigh. The next moment, a large amount of gray smoke emerged from under the shade of the tree and enveloped the bat.

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(End of this chapter)