33: Chapter 33 Night Raid, Night Shadow Leopard!
Lin Fan stood up and looked at Teacher Zhou in the distance.
Teacher Zhou was still leaning against the tree with a blade of grass in his mouth, looking like it had nothing to do with him.
But Lin Fan noticed that his gaze had been fixed on him the whole time.
Their eyes met.
Teacher Zhou suddenly smiled.
He spat out the grass in his mouth and nodded at Lin Fan.
Lin Fan didn't speak and withdrew his gaze.
Chen Menger caught her breath and looked up at Lin Fan.
"Lin Fan... just now... thank you."
Lin Fan waved his hand.
"Don't thank me, thank Xu Ziyan. If he hadn't begged me, I would still be watching the show."
Chen Menger was stunned for a moment and looked at Xu Ziyan.
Xu Ziyan blushed and scratched his head.
"That... I just felt that Lin Fan would definitely have a way..."
Liu Xiaoman slowly stood up and walked in front of Lin Fan.
She kept her head down and was silent for several seconds.
Then she spoke.
"Lin Fan... I'm sorry."
Lin Fan looked at her.
"Sorry for what?"
Liu Xiaoman bit her lip.
"I shouldn't have ignored what you said... I almost harmed everyone..."
Lin Fan nodded.
"It's enough that you know you were wrong."
He turned around and looked at the forest ahead.
"Let's go, collect the bodies of those Grey Hyena Hounds, and then find a place to camp. It's getting dark."
Liu Xiaoman stood frozen, watching his back.
Xu Ziyan climbed up and trotted along, holding the Snow Spirit Fox.
"Lin Fan, Lin Fan! You were so cool just now! How did you think of commanding like that?"
Lin Fan put his hands in his pockets and didn't even look back.
"I thought about it with my brain."
Xu Ziyan: "..."
Sun Wei also stood up, holding his bandaged forearm, and silently followed.
Chen Menger and Liu Xiaoman cleaned up the battlefield and then stepped forward to follow.
Behind them, Teacher Zhou had his hands in his pockets and slowly followed at the end.
He looked at that lazy back in front of him, a smile on his lips.
"Interesting."
The group followed Lin Fan for about twenty minutes and finally stopped in front of a cliff.
The terrain here was slightly higher, backed by the cliff, with a wide view. There were no dense bushes within a hundred meters, so it was not easy to be ambushed.
"Let's stay here."
Then the group simply cleared a flat piece of ground, made a fire, and sat around it.
Lin Fan quickly assigned the night watch duties.
Chen Menger and Sun Wei for the first half of the night, Liu Xiaoman and Xu Ziyan for the second half, and he himself would sleep in the middle to provide support at any time.
No one had any objections.
After the battle during the day, everyone tacitly accepted Lin Fan's command.
Xu Ziyan curled up by the fire holding the Snow Spirit Fox and fell asleep quickly.
Sun Wei leaned against the cliff and closed his eyes to rest, while Chen Menger and Liu Xiaoman each adjusted their states, preparing for their shifts.
Lin Fan leaned against a rock and closed his eyes.
The night wind blew through the forest, making a rustling sound. Occasionally, low beast roars came from the distance, but they were far away and posed no threat.
I don't know how long it had been, but a rustling sound came.
Lin Fan suddenly opened his eyes.
Sleeping soundly in this environment was just asking for death, so he was only resting his eyes, always maintaining a degree of alertness.
He sat up and looked in the direction of Chen Menger and Sun Wei.
The two were still on guard, but they clearly hadn't noticed anything.
Chen Menger was nodding off with her head down, and Sun Wei was leaning against the cliff, breathing evenly.
Lin Fan didn't speak and waited quietly.
Thirty meters.
Twenty meters.
Ten meters.
In the darkness, a black shadow approached the camp silently.
Its footsteps were extremely light, and there was almost no sound when it stepped on the fallen leaves.
Five meters.
Lin Fan moved.
He raised his left hand, cyan light emerged, and fine scales instantly covered his entire left hand.
Snake Shadow Thrust!
His left hand lunged out suddenly, aiming straight for that black shadow!
The shadow was startled, its figure retreated violently, and at the same time, it let out a low roar.
It was a pitch-black leopard-shaped Armor Beast, one size larger than an ordinary leopard, with eyes glowing with a ghostly green light in the darkness.
Its claws gleamed with a cold light under the moonlight; it looked troublesome at first glance.
Chen Menger was awakened by the roar and stood up abruptly.
"Something's wrong!"
Sun Wei also woke up, his arms instantly undergoing Armorization, blocking in front of everyone.
Xu Ziyan jumped up from the ground holding the Snow Spirit Fox, his face full of panic.
"What's wrong, what's wrong?!"
Purple light flashed on Liu Xiaoman's right hand, a launcher instantly formed, aimed at the black leopard.
The five people instantly entered a combat state.
The black leopard stared at them, making a low threatening sound in its throat, but did not attack rashly.
It was assessing the situation.
Lin Fan scanned with his left eye.
【Race】: Night Shadow Leopard
【Aptitude】: Mortal Spirit High-Grade
【Rank】: 16
【Attribute】: Dark
【Skills】: Shadow Assault, Stealth
【Current Status】: Hungry, vigilant, assessing the strength of the prey.
【Evaluation】: Nocturnal predator, skilled in stealth and surprise attacks, extremely fast. Its frontal combat ability is also not weak; it is one of the more dangerous Armor Beasts in the Elementary Secret Realm.
Just as everyone was on high alert, the Night Shadow Leopard moved.
Its figure flashed and disappeared into the darkness.
Shadow Assault!
Everyone's nerves tensed instantly.
Liu Xiaoman raised her right hand, pointing the launcher at the darkness, but couldn't capture the target at all.
Chen Menger bent her legs slightly, ready to move at any time.
Sun Wei protected his front with his arms, defending passively.
Xu Ziyan also hurriedly performed Armorization, wisps of cold air emerging from his palms.
Lin Fan stood where he was, his left eye slightly heating up, the vague trajectory in the darkness clearly visible.
It was circling behind.
Target—Liu Xiaoman.
Lin Fan suddenly spoke.
"Don't move."
Everyone was stunned.
Liu Xiaoman looked at him and said anxiously.
"Lin Fan! It's coming!"
Lin Fan ignored her and looked at the Night Shadow Leopard prowling in the darkness.
"Rank 16, Mortal Spirit High-Grade, skills are only Shadow Assault and Stealth."
He paused.
"Just right for a one-on-one."
Liu Xiaoman widened her eyes.
"One-on-one? With whom?"
Lin Fan looked at her.
"With you."
Liu Xiaoman was stunned.
"Me? I'm only Rank 14..."
Lin Fan interrupted her.
"You are Rank 14, it is Rank 16. Your Armor Spirit is Profound Spirit Low-Grade, it is Mortal Spirit High-Grade. You can win."
He pointed into the darkness.
"What did you come to the Secret Realm for? Isn't it to train your combat ability? If you run every time you encounter something stronger than you, what kind of training is that?"
Liu Xiaoman opened her mouth, unable to speak.
Lin Fan stepped back.
"This Night Shadow Leopard is yours. None of us will intervene."
Xu Ziyan was anxious.
"Lin Fan, she..."
Lin Fan glanced at him and then looked at Liu Xiaoman.
"What, are you afraid?"
Liu Xiaoman stared at him, silent for three seconds.
Then she gritted her teeth.
"I dare."
She turned around, raised her right hand, and aimed the launcher at the darkness.
The Night Shadow Leopard appeared from the shadows, let out a low roar, and pounced.
So fast!
Liu Xiaoman couldn't aim in time, waved her right hand, and shot a spider web randomly.
The web didn't cover the Night Shadow Leopard but caught on the tree trunk next to it.
The Night Shadow Leopard missed, and the moment it landed, it hid back into the darkness.
"Damn it!"
Liu Xiaoman took two steps back, leaned against the cliff, waved her right hand repeatedly, and shot two spider webs randomly into the darkness.
The sound of the Night Shadow Leopard came from all directions, now left, now right, making it impossible to determine its position.