Chapter 78 Senior Xiao Shi had already given him the green light.
Most combat students are strong-willed and straightforward; someone like Meng Hanhai, with his exceptional sperm count, is truly rare.
This minor personnel adjustment went largely unchallenged by everyone present, except for Meng Hanhai.
However, although things didn't go exactly as he planned, at least he managed to place Jin Liu, whom he disliked the most, at the end to cover the rear, and he also successfully gained leadership, so he felt that he had gained quite a bit.
If, under his leadership, these 20 people can successfully reach the third level, then his status as the chief disciple of the Ten Directions Academy's beginner class will be secure.
Meng Hanhai and Ni Zhiyong scouted ahead. Ni Zhiyong was very excited; he was a student recruited in the previous cohort.
He himself didn't have much ability. The reason he was recruited was entirely due to his unique combination of contracted plant and spirit beast, the snake-head vine.
At that time, Professor Zhou Muhe, the head of the Planting Department, immediately took a liking to the snake-head vine and, despite opposition, recruited it into the Planting Department.
Unfortunately, apart from the snake-head vine, it did not show any other special features. After studying its snake-head vine for a period of time, Zhou Muhe found that it could neither be transplanted nor planted in large quantities, and eventually lost interest.
Ni Zhiyong gradually became an inconspicuous nobody in the planting department. If it weren't for the special rules of this competition, he would have had no chance to stand out.
Now, Meng Hanhai, the leader of the combat-oriented freshmen, has actually recognized his talent and arranged for him to be the vanguard by his side. You can imagine how excited Ni Zhiyong is.
He decided that even if it meant his snake-head vine was severely damaged, he would protect Meng Hanhai and, in doing so, everyone else as well.
Ni Zhiyong was even secretly hoping that more and fiercer monsters would come!
If he manages to protect these 20 elite students from the beginner class this time, he will become famous throughout the Ten Directions Academy.
The group walked through the dense forest, with many branches extending out on both sides. Lele, who was in the middle, activated the Heavenly Thunder and Earthly Fire Soul-Severing Umbrella.
This umbrella has four settings. When the fourth setting is activated, it will unleash the weakest attack, making it ideal for clearing a path and cutting away branches that are blocking the way, without harming the trees on either side.
With this magical artifact clearing the way, the two forwards saved a lot of effort.
Meng Hanhai was particularly good at winning people over, and he would turn to Lele from time to time and smile, saying, "Thank you for helping to clear the roadblocks, Senior Sister Lele."
"You're welcome. We're all teammates, it's only right! Also, we're not familiar with each other, so please call me Senior Sister Pan," Pan Duole said casually.
“But that’s what I heard Sixth Junior Brother Jin call you before,” Meng Hanhai said innocently.
“I already knew Jin Liu before I enrolled in school,” Pan Duole said.
"Oh, I'm sorry! I'll be more careful next time." Meng Hanhai apologized sincerely, but when he turned his head, his eyes were filled with gloom.
A girl from the weapon-refining department, with no background, originally thought that he would be attracted by his charm like other girls just by beckoning her with his finger. Unexpectedly, she turned out to be completely unmoved by his charm!
Hmph! I was originally thinking that she was pretty enough to win over a few senior brothers in the combat department, but now it seems that's impossible.
If we encounter danger later, I'll push her out to shield me from the knife; how dare she be so ungrateful!
The fathead fish that was hanging around Ah Chen's neck suddenly woke up.
When it first arrived at the Misty Heavenly Realm, it absorbed too much spiritual energy, loosening its bottleneck and preparing to advance to the next level.
After Achen entered Shifang Academy, it found the surrounding environment to be safe, so it nestled against his chest and fell into a deep sleep.
Divine beasts often complete their breakthroughs while they are asleep. However, after a successful breakthrough, they will be subject to a heavenly tribulation. As long as they survive the heavenly tribulation, they can be considered to have secured their position in the new tier.
Unexpectedly, after entering this spiritual realm, the slumbering creature was forced to break through another level by the rich spiritual energy here, and then it woke up.
If it weren't in the Spirit Realm, where the Heavenly Dao was obscured, it would have attracted two heavenly tribulations at once!
As a cub of a divine beast, the fathead fish has an exceptionally strong sense of human good and evil. It had just awakened from its slumber when it sensed Meng Hanhai's malice.
"Aunt Lele, you need to be careful of that Meng Hanhai. He harbors deep malice towards you," Fathead Fish quickly transmitted to Lele.
Lele is Achen's aunt. It is Achen's contracted divine beast, so it also calls Lele "aunt".
Hearing the fathead fish's telepathic message, Lele was pleasantly surprised. She hadn't expected the fathead fish to wake up at this crucial moment.
With it protecting Achen by her side, she didn't have to worry about anything along the way. At crucial moments, the fathead fish would release its divine beast pressure, and those demonic beasts would definitely be so frightened that they would prostrate themselves on the ground.
But what's up with this Meng Hanhai? She and he had just met, and had no past grudges or recent conflicts, so why did he harbor ill will towards her?
Is this guy mentally ill?
After reminding Lele, Fathead Fish went to remind Achen to be careful of Meng Hanhai.
In fact, Xiao Shi had been secretly following A Chen, but as the tower spirit of Shi Fang Academy, he would not easily interfere with the academy's grand competition.
Achen needs to gradually learn about the wickedness of human nature; this is an essential part of a child's growth.
When Xiao Shi discovered the presence of the fathead fish, he couldn't help but yell in A Chen's ear, "Cheating! This is serious cheating! You actually brought a mythical beast cub into the trial grounds with you!"
"How did I cheat? Have you forgotten that the rule of this competition is—there are no rules."
As long as the system cannot detect that my fathead fish is of a higher grade, it is not considered cheating.
Moreover, from the beginning until now, I haven't asked it to help me in the slightest. Right now, it's just reminding me that someone in the group has malicious intentions.
"Tell me, how is this cheating?" Ah Chen retorted confidently.
"Okay, you're right! Anyway, I'm definitely not going to give you even the slightest hint, otherwise it wouldn't be fair to the others!" Xiao Shi muttered.
Ah Chen smiled and said: "Senior Xiao Shi has probably forgotten that he gave him the green light a long time ago."
If he hadn't helped find Senior Yan Kaige's notes, how could he have learned to draw talismans in the void so quickly?
Before Ah Chen's smile had faded, he heard a loud rumbling sound from not far away. Having experienced the beast tide on Green Algae Star before, he immediately realized what was happening.
"Horse pack! Everyone, find a place to hide!" Ah Chen shouted to everyone after setting up a soundproof barrier.
Upon hearing this, Leng Qiuchan quickly took out several earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a type of talisman used for escaping) talismans and said, "Let's run!"
"No! I've heard that this Spirit Realm exists solely for trials. If we run away when we encounter monsters, even more terrifying monsters await us!" said a senior student.
"Since we can't run away, let's fight! Killing one won't be a loss, killing two will even make us a profit!" Nie Xiaoxiao said lazily.
The word "fear" was never in her dictionary, especially since this was a trial. When they entered the trial square, everyone was given protective buffs by the instructors.
Once the attack exceeds the trainee's tolerance limit, the trainee will be ejected, which at most means that the level has been failed.
Then you'll have a headache and body aches, which will subside after ten days or half a month, and you won't actually die or get hurt.
“Let’s set a trap! I brought a mid-level beast-trapping formation, which can trap at least ten fifth-tier demonic beasts.”
"This is only the first level. There shouldn't be any higher-level demonic beasts here, right?" Meng Hanhai said.
Although he was also reluctant to use the intermediate-level Beast Trapping Formation, he was the leader now. If he didn't take the lead in showing sincerity, others would definitely be reluctant to use their own good items.
Since the horde of monsters was coming head-on, and Meng Hanhai was going to use the Beast Trapping Formation, Achen felt that the original formation was no longer meaningful.
He leaped straight up and climbed onto a towering ancient tree that several people couldn't encircle.
Seeing him like this, Nie Xiaoxiao did not hesitate to cast a vine to wrap around the branch and climb up the tree with him.
Seeing this, Leng Qiuchan followed Nie Xiaoxiao and climbed up the tree.
Seeing this, Ni Zhiyong, who was in front, mocked, "Captain Meng already said there's an intermediate-level beast-trapping formation, how can you still be so cowardly? You actually want to hide in the trees!"
Before he finished speaking, Lele and Jinliu climbed up another big tree and looked down at them from above.
Lin Zixia and Cui Yanyan, both from the Puppet Master class, also climbed a large tree and released two puppets to guard the area below.
"Senior Brother Ni, I admire your courage. Now that you've taken the lead, I'm sure you'll be at the forefront when we fight the monsters later!" Nie Xiaoxiao said with a smile, leaning against a tree branch.
Ni Zhi was furious, his face flushed red. He clenched his fists tightly, determined to kill a few more monsters later to show these cowards!
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