37: Chapter 37: What's the use of being able to fight? Do you have a strategy for skipping class?

"Flame Explosion!"

"Boom!"

Southeast cliff-top intersection.

Within the dense jungle, as a Pioneer waved the magic staff in his hand, the flashing fire instantly engulfed the Lizardman Warriors who had just rushed over from the direction of the watchtower.

The massive explosion shook the ground and also triggered even more intense warning bells from the direction of the core area.

"Hurry up and finish these guys off. Besides us, those bastards from the Black Snake Pioneer Squad are also eyeing that kid named Chu Hong. As long as we can snatch the golden-quality source energy longsword in his hands, we can make a windfall right away, and it might even be possible to directly relocate our office to a high-tier base city!"

A burly man with a completely bald head, clad in bronze armor and wielding a greatsword, urged loudly.

At the same time, he waved the greatsword in his hand.

With a "crack", a fierce sword Qi was slashed out from the greatsword in his hand.

Instantly cutting a Lizardman Warrior, who was just preparing to throw a spear more than a dozen meters away, into two halves.

Surging source energy churned across his body. The five members of the Pioneer Squad present, named "Wolf Hunter", had source energy levels of at least Stage Four for even the lowest among them.

As for the captain speaking at this moment, he shockingly possessed the terrifying level of Stage Eight source energy.

"Boom!"

Another magic spell, cast by a Pioneer on the mage path within the team, blasted onto the top of the towering guard post.

In an instant, the Lizardmen on this cliff top were completely cleared out.

The Wolf Hunter captain quickly walked to the edge of the cliff.

Looking down, his brows instantly furrowed.

"Nobody?"

As the well-known "cell position" of the [Thunder-Horned Lizardman Tribe] to this day.

This spawn point at the river valley entrance, although it was the number one position of the core area.

In itself, it was also a number one position that required intense combat to break through.

Pioneers spawning on both the northern and southern cliff tops could also use the jungle to detour around the Lizardman Warriors at the watchtower, sacrificing time and speed to descend the mountain from the corners of the cliffs via rappelling.

"Captain, could it be that they are in the river?"

As these words fell, a female Pioneer in the Wolf Hunter Pioneer Squad whose role was clearly an archer had a light blue glow ignite within her eyes.

Her gaze intently swept across the turbulent river below.

"No, nobody was found in the river. Either they have items that can shield against detection, or they didn't cross the river at all..."

Everyone's sight swept over the bridge entrance location.

They didn't even see a trace of anything resembling an outbreak of combat, and the patrolling Lizardman Warriors were still patrolling along the riverbank.

The battle on the opposite cliff face was also mostly concluded by this time.

At this moment, separated by the huge river valley, standing atop the cliffs on both sides, the two sides could even gaze at each other from afar.

"Humph! Those two kids are definitely hiding somewhere, most likely right beneath our feet. Down the mountain! Find them out!"

Meanwhile, on the opposite side of the cliff.

Having looted the high-value treasure chest at the top of the guard post, the full five-member team of the Black Snake Pioneer Squad immediately made the same decision as the Wolf Hunter side.

Enter the core area and search for Chu Hong and Wang Suming!

"Captain, there is not a single sound from the core area right now. That kid must have just come in, discovered that we followed him in, and immediately ran from the spawn point towards the evacuation point!"

"They must be on the riverbank trail at the foot of the cliff belonging to those Wolf Hunter guys!"

The Black Snake captain nodded, a look of ruthlessness and determination flashing in his other bare single eye.

"Let's go! Down the mountain!"

Several people quickly took out ropes and completed the setup.

They began rappelling down the cliff below.

This was a relatively secluded location whose angle would not be discovered by the patrolling Lizardmen of the core area. It was almost universally recognized by the major Pioneer Squads of Huangshan Base City as a "safe route".

However.

Just as they had rappelled halfway down, a sharp screech caused the hair of everyone in the Black Snake Squad, who were right in the middle of the cliff, to instantly stand on end.

The Black Snake captain looked down, and his complexion abruptly changed.

"Not good! We've been discovered!"

He simply couldn't understand; they had acted fast enough, and the location they chose shouldn't have been discovered by the Lizardmen at all. What was going on today?

"Quick! Go back up!" Black Snake was covered in cold sweat as he roared hoarsely.

He also rapidly tugged on the rope, wanting to climb back up.

Source energy surged on his body.

However.

The sound of thunder below was even swifter and fiercer than their actions.

One of the bosses that should have been in the core area, [Thunder-Horned Lizardman Priest Casar], had actually appeared right beneath their feet at this moment, followed by several angry Lizardman Warriors behind him. Two of them were pointing right at those in mid-air, emitting excited Lizardman screeches.

"Crack!"

"Ah!!!"

Amidst a shrill, miserable scream, a Black Snake Pioneer Squad member had lightning snakes darting across his body and was instantly hit by Casar's attack, causing his rope to snap.

He plummeted straight down.

With a "bang", he smashed out a humanoid pit.

Even as a Stage Five Origin Awakening expert, falling from a height of more than a dozen meters left him heavily injured on the spot, with fresh blood gushing out from his mouth and nose.

A spear fiercely and directly pierced through his heart.

"Zhuzi!" The Black Snake captain was furious.

However.

Greeting him instead was lightning from below that instantly split into four streaks, exploding forth from the staff of the Lizardman Priest Casar.

"Careful! Dodge quickly!" The Black Snake captain tugged on the rope, his figure nimbly vaulting left and right on the cliff face, looking as if he were scaling walls and walking on eaves.

However.

He dodged it.

Within the team, however, two more figures were hit by the lightning magic.

One was suspended in mid-air by the rope, passing out on the spot.

The other plummeted straight down.

Below.

Fatty Wang Suming, even after turning into a Lizardman, still had a body shape and outline noticeably a circle fatter. Seeing that Pioneer fall down at this moment, he didn't hesitate at all.

Lifting the spear that had already killed one person, he charged forward.

Pierced through the heart with a single spear!

Hesitating for even one extra second more would be a disrespect to his boss Chu Hong, who brought him into the map!

Another person was dealt with.

Wang Suming excitedly looked at Chu Hong standing beside the Lizardman Priest.

Their gazes instantly exchanged.

Chu Hong then directly and fiercely hurled a spear in his hand towards the unconscious Pioneer swinging like a pendulum in mid-air over the cliff.

"Pfft!"

The spear pierced through that person's body, and the immense force even carried the corpse, pinning it directly onto the cliff face.

"Boss, I'll go chase those humans above and definitely avenge our clansmen! (Lizardman language)"

Chu Hong roared with a furious, ferocious expression, his figure also rapidly moving to charge up.

He was stopped by the Priest Casar.

The latter nodded approvingly at both Chu Hong and Wang Suming.

"I have seen the bravery and loyalty of both of you. However, going up like this is too slow..."

As he spoke, a flash of thunder suddenly bloomed beneath his feet, and a phantom of a magic array formed as Casar chanted under his breath.

Amidst a dazzling light.

Casar directly vanished on the spot.

Immediately afterward, intense sounds of lightning magic bombardment came from the cliff face above their heads.

Wang Suming excitedly beat the ground with the lizard tail behind him, his gaze looking toward Chu Hong.

In both of their eyes flashed malice known as "human traitors".

They simultaneously and abruptly pointed at the Wolf Hunter Squad on the opposite side of the riverbank, who were also currently rappelling down.

"The enemy is over there! Quick! Quickly report to the chieftain!"