5: Chapter 5 The Green Dragon Society's Scoundrels, Slashed in One Blow

"What?"

Yang He and Dong Cheng were both stunned.

"Impossible, you must have seen wrong."

"I saw it too!" another girl in their team named Chen Jing said seriously, "Those were definitely Sabertooth Tiger teeth!"

"I was wondering at the time how he managed to get Sabertooth Tiger teeth all by himself!"

"Besides Sabertooth Tiger teeth, I also saw Blood-Tusk Wild Boar teeth, Phantom Cat tails, and other things..."

"This..." Yang He and Dong Cheng's expressions both turned very ugly.

"Impossible, he doesn't have a Supernatural Ability, how could he possibly slay these mutated beasts!"

Ultimately, Yang He shook his head; no matter what, he couldn't believe those three Sabertooth Tigers were killed by Jiang Ling.

"Don't forget, before Awakening his talent, Jiang Ling was originally the strongest student in our First High School!"

Zhao Nan said, "Even without a Supernatural Ability, his strength should not be underestimated."

"Hmph, I just don't believe it!"

Yang He stubbornly held onto his opinion.

"Three Sabertooth Tigers—even for Teacher Jin, taking them down alone wouldn't be easy. He's only Level 5, what would he kill them with?"

"These were definitely hunted by someone else, and he just picked them up!"

Teacher Jin was the young man leading their group.

A teacher from the training class with Level 15 strength!

The three Sabertooth Tigers were all Level 6; even for a Level 15 Martial Artist to face three at once, it would take some effort.

"A student who just reached his third year of high school, without a good Supernatural Ability, hunting three Sabertooth Tigers alone is indeed quite impossible."

Teacher Jin also shook his head and spoke.

"Alright, let's not waste time arguing about this here."

"You've paid your fees, so I need to lead you to find more prey and increase your actual combat experience as much as possible."

"Okay!"

The group nodded.

They had been out for half the day but had only encountered one mutated beast, and they barely had a chance to act.

So, they continued walking forward.

Before long, they saw another pile of corpses on the ground.

"It's Phantom Cats!"

"There are actually four Phantom Cats."

"Their tails have been taken."

As Yang He and the others looked at the Phantom Cat corpses on the ground, their expressions became erratic.

Chen Jing had just said she saw Phantom Cat tails in Jiang Ling's backpack.

It couldn't be that Jiang Ling's luck was so good that he just scavenged everything, right?

"Hmph!"

"This must have also been hunted by others, and he just picked up the leftovers."

Yang He still refused to admit that Jiang Ling had hunted them.

So they continued forward.

Soon, they saw the corpses of Silver-Sand Wolves and Blood-Tusk Wild Boars.

"It's not possible that someone would hunt so many mutated beasts just for fun and not take any Materials away, right?"

Zhao Nan crouched down to examine the Blood-Tusk Wild Boar corpse.

"The wounds on this Blood-Tusk Wild Boar have traces of being scorched by a Lightning Ability. Jiang Ling's ability seems to be Weak Electricity!"

Yang He and Dong Cheng's expressions became extremely unsightly.

If these mutated beasts were all killed by Jiang Ling, then if they kept calling Jiang Ling trash, what did that make them?

Jiang Ling hunted all the way, and his spoils of war grew more and more until his backpack slowly couldn't hold them anymore.

He could only gather these spoils and hide them in some bushes, planning to pick them up when he returned.

By evening, Jiang Ling had reached Level 8, but he hadn't reached his goal of Level 10.

At first, he had thought things were too simple.

He thought he just needed to keep hunting mutated beasts.

But the number of mutated beasts wasn't infinite, and finding them also took a lot of time.

Furthermore, after reaching Level 8, when Jiang Ling hunted Level 5 or Level 6 mutated beasts, the System's doubling effect for leveling up was significantly smaller.

Killing a Level 5 mutated beast didn't even provide a 1% increase.

He had to hunt mutated beasts of Level 8 or higher for the effect to be noticeable.

And to find mutated beasts of Level 8 or higher, he needed to go deeper into the Secret Realm!

The Secret Realm at night would be extremely dangerous, so the students who came for the trial were all heading toward the entrance under the leadership of their teachers.

Jiang Ling didn't want to take risks either; he gathered his spoils and followed the crowd toward the entrance.

Because Jiang Ling had hunted too many mutated beasts, a single backpack couldn't fit all the spoils.

He could only use some vines to bundle the spoils together, eventually creating a quite exaggeratedly large bundle.

Jiang Ling carried this large bundle of spoils, which was taller than himself, and walked toward the entrance.

On the way, other students in the trial saw this scene and were instantly dumbfounded.

"Did this kid hunt so many mutated beasts by himself?"

"Our team of eight people only hunted five or six today!"

"Maybe he got lucky and scavenged them. Looking at him, he's just a high school student; how could he hunt so many mutated beasts on his own?"

"He's carrying so many spoils alone, isn't he afraid of someone stealing them?"

"Inside the Secret Realm, it's not just mutated beasts that are dangerous, but also ill-intentioned people!"

"He's alone without a protector or a teacher; he's an easy target!"

...

While everyone was discussing, three men with ill intentions blocked Jiang Ling's path.

"Hehe..."

"Kid, those things you're carrying on your back, why do they look so familiar to me?"

"They look exactly like the ones we lost!"

"To think you'd dare steal from the Azure Dragon Society!"

"You've certainly got some nerve!"

"Put those things down now, and we might just let you live!"

...

"He's been targeted by the Azure Dragon Society!"

"I told you, for a high school student to carry so many spoils is just asking for trouble!"

"The Azure Dragon Society is notorious for robbing the weak in the Secret Realm. Now that they've targeted him, this kid is in trouble!"

...

The crowd watched from the side, but no one stepped forward to help.

This was the rule of the Secret Realm: survival of the fittest.

Jiang Ling looked at the three ill-intentioned young men with an indifferent expression. He said nothing, simply placing the bundle of spoils on the ground and drawing his long saber.

"Hmm?"

"This kid actually dares to draw his blade against us?"

"Haha... young people these days are getting more and more arrogant!"

"Even our Azure Dragon Society's name doesn't scare them anymore!"

"It seems we need to set an example!"

"To teach these little brats a lesson!"

...

The three members of the Azure Dragon Society didn't take Jiang Ling seriously.

A high school student without a protector clearly had no background and couldn't be very strong. Forget all three of them; even just one of them stepping out could crush him.

"Kid, we're in a good mood today and don't want to kill anyone!"

"We just want an arm and a leg. Tell us, which arm and which leg do you want to lose?"

"We can accommodate you!"

A burly fellow was the first to step forward. He didn't take out a weapon, instead cracking his knuckles with a playful, mocking smile on his face.

Jiang Ling looked at the man, his eyes devoid of any emotion.

He gripped his long saber, took a soft breath, and suddenly lunged forward like a cheetah, his blade delivering a precise horizontal slash.

Slash!

The burly man's head separated from his body, rolling on the ground as a fountain of blood erupted from his neck.

"Ding! Combat has caused the leveling effect to double. Realm increased by 4%!"