Chapter 256: Chapter 189: The Shock from Fang Xiu (2)

Spiritual Power surged, and bolts of thunder instantly struck down from the sky.

RUMBLE!

A series of deafening crashes echoed in everyone’s ears.

Countless bolts of black thunder rained down from the sky, striking the Celestial Net Illusionary Serpent Lions with unerring precision.

The snake heads, in the midst of spitting their silk, were instantly cut off by Fang Xiu’s thunder.

Everyone stared, dumbfounded, at the scene before them.

"That’s... all it took?"

Fan Gang stared at the Demon Beasts whose attacks had been cut short, completely stunned.

"What are you all staring at? Charge!"

Seeing that everyone was still frozen in place, Jian Ying hurriedly shouted.

"Huh? Right, charge!"

Fan Gang finally snapped out of it.

After undergoing Beastification, his speed was incredible. In just a few quick flashes, he appeared before the Celestial Net Illusionary Serpent Lions and swiped down with his clawed hands.

The others also unleashed their own Skills.

Fang Xiu watched the Celestial Net Illusionary Serpent Lions, their skills interrupted, and gave a faint smile.

He clenched a fist, and the dark clouds above roiled as a dense barrage of black lightning rained down.

BOOM!

BOOM!!

BOOM!!!

Bolts of black thunder, each more thunderous than the last, fell from the sky, crashing down upon the Celestial Net Illusionary Serpent Lions.

Each bolt of black thunder claimed the life of a Celestial Net Illusionary Serpent Lion.

Fang Xiu’s Netherworld Thunder Fall was no ordinary Skill. It was a Forbidden Curse.

If not for his fear of attracting unwanted attention, Fang Xiu would have unleashed a full bombardment. Had he done so, not a single Celestial Net Illusionary Serpent Lion would have survived the first volley of thunder.

Even so, Fang Xiu’s Thunder Power left Jian Ying and the others utterly shocked.

They never imagined that Fang Xiu, at just Level 27, could be this powerful. His Skill could instantly kill a Celestial Net Illusionary Serpent Lion.

"Everyone, we should get going. This battle will likely attract other Demon Beasts."

Fang Xiu reminded them, seeing that they were all still standing there, stunned.

"Ah! Right, let’s go!"

Jian Ying nodded, and the other Awakened snapped out of it as well.

Although they had come out to hunt Demon Beasts, the current situation didn’t seem suitable for continued fighting.

Some of them had already been injured in the battle against the Celestial Net Illusionary Serpent Lions.

If they encountered more Demon Beasts, it was likely they would struggle to cope.

Fang Xiu was right. A battle this intense was bound to attract the attention of other nearby Demon Beasts.

To be on the safe side, it was best to retreat as soon as possible.

The group quickly collected the loot dropped by the Celestial Net Illusionary Serpent Lions.

Playing it safe, they didn’t take the time to butcher the carcasses of the Celestial Net Illusionary Serpent Lions.

Fortunately, even though these were Level 40+ Demon Beasts, as Ordinary Demon Beasts, their bodies didn’t yield any valuable materials anyway.

「Not long after Fang Xiu and his group left.」

"ROAR!"

A roar echoed through the area.

Immediately after, countless Demon Beasts were drawn to the location.

Seeing the corpses of the Celestial Net Illusionary Serpent Lions, they pounced and began to tear into them without the slightest hesitation.

A chunk of flesh was ripped off and swallowed whole.

Then they continued to gorge themselves.

If Fang Xiu and the others were still here, they would have undoubtedly recognized the beast before them: a Celestial Vermilion Thunder Wolf, a Level 50 Demon Beast.

It was far stronger than the Celestial Net Illusionary Serpent Lions from before.

By now, Fang Xiu and his group had returned to the rendezvous point.

"Sister Jian, Brother Fan, you’re back! How’d it go? Did you have a good haul?"

They had just returned when a tall, slender man with a dark complexion ran up to them.

"A good haul? Yeah, it was a haul alright. Over a hundred Celestial Net Illusionary Serpent Lions. How would you like a haul like that?"

Jian Ying and Fan Gang hadn’t even opened their mouths to speak.

A towering Awakened beside them barked in anger.

"What do you mean, over a hundred? Du Wan, what are you talking about?"

The dark-skinned man froze, asking in return.

"You didn’t know? If I’d known, I would’ve dragged your ass over there to feel the pressure of over a hundred Celestial Net Illusionary Serpent Lions for yourself."

Du Wan said, his face contorted with rage.

But the dark-skinned man was still bewildered. "What are you talking about? I scouted the area. The number of Celestial Net Illusionary Serpent Lions shouldn’t have exceeded twenty."

"Well, your scouting was wrong."

Du Wan was still furious.

"You..."

The dark-skinned man was starting to get angry too.

He was the one who had pinpointed the location of the Celestial Net Illusionary Serpent Lions, and he was sure there wouldn’t be that many.

He had originally planned on going himself.

But as luck would have it, he had been injured on his last excursion.

That’s why he’d passed the information to Fan Gang and the others.

But now, after they had gone and hunted the Celestial Net Illusionary Serpent Lions, they were blaming him.

It was starting to piss him off.

"Brother Fan, Sister Jian, you tell me. What’s all this about?"

The dark-skinned man said, looking toward Fan Gang and Jian Ying.

"Well... there really were over a hundred Celestial Net Illusionary Serpent Lions," Fan Gang said with a sigh.

"What?"

The dark-skinned man was stunned, finding it unbelievable.

’Was it really over a hundred Celestial Net Illusionary Serpent Lions?’

’Those are Level 40+ Demon Beasts!’

He could only assume Fan Gang and the others were joking, so he looked at Jian Ying with a hopeful expression.

"Yes. The numbers were a bit high, but we managed to resolve the situation in the end. That’s what matters."

Jian Ying’s words were a tacit confirmation.

"Impossible! My Perception couldn’t have been wrong!"

The dark-skinned man was dumbfounded.

He was the one who had found the location, deducing the numbers from tracks, claw marks, droppings, and so on.

Generally, his method wouldn’t be off by more than ten or so.

In other words, if he predicted twenty Celestial Net Illusionary Serpent Lions, the actual number should be within a range of twenty, plus or minus ten.

That meant between ten and thirty.

In the Demon Beast Battlefield, that was an acceptable margin of error.

So how could a number as absurd as over a hundred possibly appear?

"I believe his assessment was correct. There must be another factor at play here."

Just then, Fang Xiu spoke up.

Everyone paused, then asked, "What do you mean?"

They had all subconsciously begun to look to Fang Xiu for guidance.

"Who are you?"

The dark-skinned man saw that Fang Xiu was a new face.

He looked over, his curiosity piqued.

More importantly, the way the others looked at Fang Xiu struck him as odd.

There seemed to be a fervent, worshipful heat in their gazes.

Especially from Jian Ying and Fan Gang.

That was what made it truly strange.

"I forgot to introduce you. This is Fang Xiu, the new instructor."

Jian Ying introduced Fang Xiu to the dark-skinned man.

Then she turned to Fang Xiu and introduced the dark-skinned man. "This is You Xiao. You can call him Xiaohai. His ability is quite special. It’s Perception, which allows him to sense the traces of various Demon Beasts with ninety percent accuracy."

"You could consider it a form of Low Level precognition," Jian Ying added.

"Sister Jian, you didn’t have to add that part!"

You Xiao said with a resigned sigh.

Jian Ying ignored him and just looked at Fang Xiu, asking, "What did you mean by what you said just now?"

"I just find it strange. When you have a group of over a hundred Demon Beasts, even if there’s no boss, there should at least be an Elite Monster. Unless there’s something special about this Demon Beast Battlefield," Fang Xiu said simply.

"Exactly! Sister Jian, this young man is right!"

You Xiao, hearing this, quickly chimed in, "The rules are the same here in the Demon Beast Battlefield!"

"Yes, that’s a good point." Jian Ying nodded slightly. "We were in such a panic that we didn’t think of that."

She regarded Fang Xiu with even greater respect. He wasn’t just powerful; his calm analysis and fearlessness in the face of danger were the essential qualities of an excellent instructor.

"How strange."

Fan Gang and the others at his side also found it strange.

What Fang Xiu said made a lot of sense.

"Could someone be controlling them?"

Fang Xiu mentioned casually.

He didn’t really think there would be anyone in the Demon Beast Battlefield actively working against the Awakened.

But as soon as he said it, he saw a subtle shift in the expressions on the faces of Jian Ying and the others.

’Could there really be other people in this Demon Beast Battlefield?’

"Wait, that’s not right. Over a hundred Celestial Net Illusionary Serpent Lions... even with you there, Sister Jian, there’s no way you could’ve handled them, right? How did you all make it back in one piece?"

You Xiao suddenly realized, asking in astonishment.

"You want us to die?"

Du Wan snapped again.

"No, that’s not what I meant! It’s just..."

You Xiao tried to explain, but he was at a loss for words.

"It was Fang Xiu," Jian Ying explained. "He killed all the Celestial Net Illusionary Serpent Lions. He’s the reason we were saved."

"What?"

You Xiao was completely floored, saying with a look of utter disbelief, "You mean him? He killed a hundred Level 40 Celestial Net Illusionary Serpent Lions? How is that possible!!"

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