47: Chapter 47 An Encounter with Su Wanning

As the blood mist dissipated, the three No. 2 High School students stood stunned on the spot, their eyes wide open and mouths agape, enough to fit an egg.

A First-tier Eight-star Iron-Backed Wolf, just like that, exploded into a mist of blood?

They didn't even see clearly how the newcomer had attacked!

"Th-this... what level of expert is this?"

The student who had been saved sat paralyzed on the ground, looking like someone who had just survived a disaster, and said with a trembling voice.

"I... I don't know. At least a Five-star Martial Artist, right? And a Martial Artist who has Cultivated a powerful Martial Skill."

The student who was a Seven-star Martial Apprentice swallowed hard, his throat dry as he spoke.

They were only Martial Apprentices, not even Martial Artists yet, so they had no idea how strong a Breakthrough to Martial Artist really was.

Han Ming walked out from behind a tree, brushing the dust off his hands.

Upon seeing him, the three students were stunned for a moment, then their eyes widened.

"H-Han Ming?"

The Seven-star Martial Apprentice student was the first to recognize Han Ming.

Then he exclaimed in disbelief: "How is this possible? Aren't you just an Eight-star Martial Apprentice? How did you explode a First-tier Eight-star Iron-Backed Wolf with a single finger?"

Although Han Ming was from No. 3 High School, he had placed fourth in the No. 3 High School grand competition, which had caught the attention of many people, Huo Jianhua being one of them.

"Nothing is impossible. Have you seen a girl wearing a white training suit with a ponytail? She's from No. 3 High School, named Li Xuewei."

Han Ming ignored their shock and waved his hand, asking.

The three exchanged glances and shook their heads in unison.

"We didn't notice. We've been in this area ever since we came in."

Hearing this, Han Ming nodded without asking further, his figure flashing as he disappeared into the dense forest.

The three students stood where they were, looking at each other.

"Such fast movement technique... Is this really a student from No. 3 High School?"

"Yeah! Looking at this guy's strength, he's not weaker than our No. 2 High School's Liu Qingqing. Why haven't we heard of him before?"

"He's hiding his strength, obviously. You know the Blood Demon Alliance and Destiny Sect people are eyeing us like tigers. Without some background, who would dare expose their talent? Isn't that just courting death?"

"That's true..."

After leaving, Han Ming continued to search southward.

Along the way, he encountered several other groups of students hunting exotic beasts, but there was no sign of Li Xuewei.

Time passed bit by bit, and the scores on his positioning bracelet kept jumping.

He didn't deliberately hunt exotic beasts, but he had dealt with quite a few Second-tier exotic beasts along the way. By the afternoon, his score had accumulated to over eight hundred, and his ranking had surged to ninth place.

As for who was ahead of him, he didn't know; the bracelet didn't have the function to view the leaderboard.

After walking for another half hour, intense sounds of fighting came from ahead.

Han Ming slowed his pace and approached quietly.

On a rocky beach, a white figure was battling a giant mantis.

The mantis was taller than a person, covered in dark green carapace, its two forearms like sickles, flashing with cold light as it swung them.

Its speed was extremely fast, and every attack carried a piercing sound of breaking air.

First-tier Peak, Bloodthirsty Mantis.

And the one fighting it was none other than Su Wanning.

At this moment, Su Wanning had completely lost her usual cold school beauty appearance.

Her white training suit had been slashed by the sickles, revealing bloody wounds underneath.

There was a wound on her left arm deep enough to see the bone, and fresh blood dripped down her wrist.

But she gritted her teeth, gripping the short blade in her hand tightly, her eyes full of stubbornness.

The Bloodthirsty Mantis was not having an easy time either. One of its sickle legs had been severed, and the other had split open, with green body fluid constantly oozing from the wounds. There were several deep knife marks on its carapace; it had clearly suffered quite a bit.

"Go to hell!"

Su Wanning let out a low shout and, taking advantage of the Bloodthirsty Mantis's breathing gap, lunged forward! She unleashed her Wind Shadow Step at full power, her figure like a white crane skimming the water, instantly closing in on the mantis's side!

The Bloodthirsty Mantis sensed danger and swept its remaining sickle leg horizontally!

Su Wanning was prepared, ducking to avoid it, and slashed upward with the short blade in her hand!

"Puff!"

The blade sliced across the mantis's neck, and green body fluid gushed out.

The Bloodthirsty Mantis let out a piercing screech, its body convulsed violently a few times, and then it collapsed to the ground with a thud.

Su Wanning staggered back a few steps and collapsed onto the ground.

She gasped for breath, every part of her body aching.

But she didn't rush to treat her wounds, instead staring fixedly at the mantis on the ground, only exhaling a long sigh of relief after confirming it had completely stopped moving.

"Phew... finally dead."

She looked down at her wounds; the injury on her left arm was the most serious, deep enough to see bone—a little deeper and this arm would have been ruined. Although the other wounds on her body weren't deep, she had lost a lot of blood and now felt weak all over.

Su Wanning gritted her teeth, a porcelain bottle suddenly appearing in her hand. She poured out a Medicinal Pill the size of a longan and swallowed it; the wounds on her body began to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Han Ming, watching this scene from not far away, was also stunned. He hadn't expected this young girl to have a storage space; it seemed Su Beichen was quite good to his daughter!

This was worth at least tens of millions.

However, thinking that Su Beichen had gifted him a Profound Rank Low Grade Martial Skill just because he had helped Su Wanning once, he felt relieved.

And it seemed the Medicinal Pill she had just taken was not simple; in less than two minutes, the wounds on her body were mostly healed.

As expected, to dare to risk her life against an exotic beast of comparable strength, she did have some reliance.

He shook his head and turned to leave.

"Han Ming!"

Su Wanning's voice suddenly came from behind him.

Han Ming paused, turning around somewhat helplessly; he hadn't expected Su Wanning to have discovered him.

Su Wanning had already stood up from the ground. Although most of her wounds had healed, her clothes were still tattered, revealing large patches of snow-white skin.

She seemed to realize this too, a blush appearing on her face, and she covered herself unnaturally with her hands.

"Are you... planning to just leave like this?"

Su Wanning stared at Han Ming's eyes with an unfriendly gaze and demanded.

"Hehe... am I not still going to hunt exotic beasts? By the way, how did you discover me?"

Han Ming glanced at Su Wanning, who was revealing a bit of her charms, and awkwardly rubbed his nose to change the subject.

"Hmph, do you take me for an idiot? Before healing in the wilderness, wouldn't I check the surroundings to see if it was safe?"

Su Wanning gave Han Ming an attractive eye-roll.

She also knew Han Ming was changing the subject, and she tactfully didn't bring up the fact that he had just seen her body.

While speaking, she took a piece of clothing from her spatial ring and put it on.

"Hehe... right, you're the best, vigilant enough. Well, if there's nothing else, I'll be going!"

Seeing that she wasn't pressing the issue, Han Ming secretly breathed a sigh of relief and flattered her a little.

"Wait, do you dislike me that much?"

Seeing that Han Ming really intended to leave, Su Wanning bit her lip and called out, feeling a bit upset inside.

In the past, Han Ming couldn't wait to stick to her every day, but now, he didn't even know how to show concern when she was injured, and was even eager to leave quickly.

Ever since Han Ming saved her that day, his shadow had constantly appeared in her mind.

Sometimes it was his annoying appearance when he used to pester her, other times it was the way he stood in front of her and knocked down those thugs.

Sometimes it was him reaching out to ask her for money, wanting to distance himself from her.

She couldn't tell which one was the real Han Ming anymore.

She didn't know what was wrong with her heart either; before, she wished Han Ming would stay far away from her, but now that he wasn't bothering her anymore, she felt a little disappointed.

And if this bastard had seen her body before, she would definitely have been furious and would have had to gouge his eyes out.

But now, why was it that she wasn't angry or embarrassed, but instead felt a little shy and happy?

Could I have actually fallen for this guy?

"Pah, pah, pah, how is that possible? This guy was clearly so annoying before."

Thinking of this, Su Wanning spat a few times in her mind and shook her head.

But this guy has really changed a lot lately! Not only is he handsome, but his talent isn't bad either—he's already an Eight-star Martial Apprentice. Being with him might actually be quite nice.

Another voice said in her heart.

"How could that be? You're the school beauty; who knows how many people would love to be with you often! I really do have things to do."

Han Ming didn't know Su Wanning was thinking so much, so he quickly explained.

He didn't want to offend this woman; after all, he had received one million and a Profound Rank Low Grade Martial Skill because of her.

"Hmph, you're good at talking."

Hearing Han Ming praise her, Su Wanning felt very pleased, the corners of her mouth curling up slightly.

"Are you... going to find Li Xuewei?"

However, thinking about how he often went to find Li Xuewei at school and the rumors in school, she quickly put away her smile and asked tentatively.

"Yeah, have you seen her?"

Han Ming didn't deny it and nodded.

Su Wanning felt a pang of jealousy; it really was for Li Xuewei, but she still told him Li Xuewei's location.

"In the afternoon, I saw her near that bamboo forest to the south."

"Thanks." Han Ming turned to leave.

"Wait!" Su Wanning called out, hesitating for a moment, "Aren't you... aren't you going to ask about my condition?"

Han Ming looked back at her: "Aren't you doing fine? You've got the Medicinal Pill ready, you're not going to die."

Su Wanning was choked speechless.

Why is this person so infuriating?

"I..."

She wanted to say something else, but Han Ming had already activated Wind Shadow Step and quickly entered the forest.

Su Wanning stomped her foot in anger, wanting to chase after him, but her injuries hadn't fully healed, and she couldn't keep up with Han Ming's speed, so she could only watch helplessly as he disappeared into the forest.

"Stinky Han Ming! Damn Han Ming!"

She cursed through gritted teeth, but her eyes felt a bit sore.