The ninth day.
[Zheng Nansheng's team]
As the strongest team with virtually no weaknesses, Zheng Nansheng's team has already hunted down two fourth-tier monsters and seven mid-stage or higher third-tier monsters.
As the team leader, Zheng Nansheng is quick-witted, skilled in on-the-spot command, and able to bring out the full potential of each team member.
Li Bing'er is skilled at tracking scents and is also proficient in medicine, making her both an early mover and a backup plan.
Fu Xiao excels at rune critical strikes, his projections are precise, and he never misses.
Ma Wei is skilled in swordsmanship, quick-witted, has a strong sense of strategy, and is a great wingman.
Du Yu is skilled in setting up formations, and is proficient in trapping beasts, creating fog, and setting traps.
Although he is the youngest, his role in the team is crucial.
Having just finished a battle, the group began to rest.
Li Bing'er didn't expend much energy and was put in charge of guard duties.
The deeper they went into the forest, the higher the level of the monsters they encountered.
They can handle monsters below the mid-stage of the fourth rank without any problem, but they still have to go all out if they encounter a monster at the peak of the fourth rank.
The scent deep in the jungle grew stronger, making tracking increasingly difficult, but Li Bing'er felt that the scent nearby seemed to have lessened.
Either there are no monsters nearby, or the monsters here are extremely powerful, and ordinary monsters dare not approach.
She had a feeling of unease.
[Han He's Team]
Han He dragged his teammates around as they fled, barely managing to escape the monster's attack.
This is a cave, the entrance of which is covered by rotting vines that smell extremely foul.
The stronger the stench of the vines, the better they can mask the smell of blood on the body.
Only after hearing the monster's footsteps fade into the distance did Han He relax and check on his teammates.
Han He: Damn it! That little brat ran away again!
That's right, the mischievous and willful little immortal cultivator from the original work was assigned to Han He's team!
In just a few days, this little brat ran away three times!
He said he didn't want to be in the same group as those despicable, shameless, and cowardly demonic cultivators.
The first two times, Zhang San brought the little brat back.
One of the team members had his leg bitten off by a monster, so Han He had to treat his teammate's injury first.
Fortunately, it wasn't completely disconnected.
Han He took out a top-grade bone-healing pill and offered it to his teammate, who immediately pushed it away.
"Brother Han! I'm useless, my leg is broken again, don't waste the pills, I'll just go out."
Han He was already furious, and upon hearing this, he immediately cursed, "Bullshit! Are pills more important than legs?"
He pried open his teammate's mouth, giving him no chance to refuse, and fed him the pill.
His teammate nearly choked to death, but dared not be angry or speak out, and looked at Han He with gratitude.
The other two still looked shaken.
They had just encountered a demonic beast with a cultivation level of at least the fifth rank. It was truly fortunate that they escaped death.
Apart from Han He, the others were so terrified when they saw the monster that their legs went weak, and they even forgot to run away.
The three of them were initially dissatisfied with being assigned to Han He's group.
It's all because of the incident where Han Hyuk conceded defeat in the competition.
Weak and cowardly—that was their impression of Han He.
However, when the monster attacked and his teammate's leg was bitten off, Han He did not choose to run away immediately. Instead, he risked attacking a fifth-tier monster and saved his teammate.
If Han He had abandoned the three of them, they would already be inside the monster's belly.
Han He wouldn't be in such a disheveled state now.
They looked down on Han He, but they never expected that one day they would feel that they were not even as good as one of Han He's fingers.
Even the fourth-ranked person, whom no one cares about, is still a powerhouse that is unattainable for ordinary people.
After confirming that his teammate's broken leg was healing and that the other two teammates had calmed down considerably, Han He decided to go outside.
Zhang San stopped him, saying, "Brother Han! Where are you going? That monster outside might not be far away yet. It's too dangerous to go out now."
Han He said, "Go out and find that brat!"
The three teammates were shocked and tried their best to dissuade him: "Brother Han! There's no third time! That brat doesn't know what's good for him and looks down on us demonic cultivators! Why risk going to him?"
Han He said, "Zhang San, let me tell you, although I, Han He, am a coward, I am not a heartless and despicable person. I cannot do something like standing by and watching someone die!"
I don't care what that brat thinks, but I brought him in, and I'm going to get him out safe and sound!
"You all stay here and don't go out until I get back!"
Han He quickly disappeared into the jungle.
The last time he saw the little brat was before encountering the monster. His attention was entirely focused on his injured teammate, and he didn't notice that the little brat had disappeared again.
Without even knowing the direction, searching like this is almost like looking for a needle in a haystack.
[Spectator Stand]
When the fifth-tier peak Lingxiao demon beast appeared, even the Grand Elder Fu Jiuzhou couldn't sit still!
Everyone was in a panic, still shaken by the near-death escape that Han He's team had just made.
A cultivator inside shouted, "Quick! Let my son come out first! He's alone, it's too dangerous for him!"
The lone cultivator was named Jia Huo, and he came from a major immortal cultivation sect.
However, regardless of Jia Huo's identity, he had signed a life-or-death contract, and it was impossible for him to send a high-level cultivator to assist him without asking for help.
The peak fifth-tier Lingxiao Beast is still just a hair's breadth away from the Elder Hall's highest warning line.
If it is a Phoenix Winged Nether Tiger of the same cultivation level, the Elders' Hall can step in to resolve the crisis.
Jia Huo's father was still cursing when he was dragged out by the guards.
However, this demonic beast was too powerful, and the Elder Hall had already ordered all the high-level cultivators in the vicinity to be on alert.
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