18: Chapter 18: A Bountiful Looting Experience! This is called F-rank? That's cheating!

Xia Wanqiu was completely stunned.

She looked at the Iron-Armored Violent Bear lying on the ground, already cold.

Then she looked at Lin Fan, who was sitting on the bear's head, gesturing with a small knife.

This was a Level 2 intermediate Lord-class beast!

An Iron-Armored Violent Bear with monstrous Defense and terrifying strength!

Just like that... it died?

It was beaten to death by Lin Fan, who had an F-Rank Talent, using the most unpretentious, wild punches?

"Class monitor, why are you spacing out? Come and loot it!"

Lin Fan turned around and waved, his expression as casual as if he were strolling through a vegetable market.

"This bear skin is great material for making armor. Although I beat it up a bit, it can still fetch a good price. And these bear paws, tsk tsk, look at this thickness. Steamed or braised, they'd be a delicacy!"

Xia Wanqiu came back to her senses and ran over, her little face flushed.

She squatted down beside Lin Fan, looking at the young man's muscular upper body, which was covered in sweat from the recent intense activity.

The muscle lines were well-defined but not exaggerated; every muscle seemed to contain explosive power.

And...

The terrifying wounds inflicted by the Iron-Armored Violent Bear earlier didn't even leave a scar now!

His skin was as smooth and clean as jade, even better than a girl's!

Xia Wanqiu felt her heart rate accelerate, and her throat felt dry.

This was just... too much.

"Why are you just staring? Reach in."

Lin Fan urged her.

Xia Wanqiu was startled and quickly reached into the pool of blood under the Iron-Armored Violent Bear to start looting the spoils.

Although she was the daughter of a wealthy family, in this martial arts world, processing beast materials was a basic skill, so she wasn't squeamish.

Before long.

Several items were pulled out.

An earthy-yellow crystal core, the size of a fist, radiated a rich earth elemental fluctuation.

[Level 2 Earth-Type Beast Core]: Contains pure energy, starting market price is 300,000!

A skill book that emitted a faint glow.

[Skill Book: Wild Charge]: C-Grade martial skill. Uses body weight and inertia to launch a charge, causing knockback and stun effects.

There was also a pair of bracers made of an unknown material—it actually dropped from the Iron-Armored Violent Bear's stomach?

[Black Iron Bracers (Blue)]: Increases Strength by 15, increases Defense by 20.

Equipment quality is divided into White, Green, Blue, Purple, Gold, and Red.

"We're rich, we're rich!"

Lin Fan's eyes were shining.

This luck was simply incredible!

The probability of low-level beasts dropping equipment was lower than winning the lottery, yet they actually encountered it!

"Take all of these," Xia Wanqiu pushed everything toward Lin Fan. "You killed it, I... I only cast a few Healing Spells."

"That won't do. We split it fifty-fifty."

Lin Fan waved his hand and stuffed the beast core directly into his pocket.

"This thing belongs to me; I happen to need the money. You take the skill book and the bracers; I have no use for them anyway."

Wild Charge?

His current fighting style was just standing there and taking hits; why would he need a charge?

The bit of Defense added by the bracers wasn't as reliable as him taking a few more beatings.

Xia Wanqiu wanted to decline, but one look from Lin Fan stopped her.

"Take it! Any more nonsense and I won't let you join my team next time!"

Xia Wanqiu felt a sweetness in her heart and had to obediently accept it.

Lin Fan couldn't wait to open his system panel.

The harvest from this battle was huge!

[Host: Lin Fan]

[Talent: F-Rank [Tenacity]]

[Hidden · God-Level · Unique Talent: Saiyan-level Undying Divine Body]

[Defense Level: LV18 (2450 / 30000)]

[Strength: 10 (Level 1 Martial Apprentice level)]

[Defense: 1280 (Superman level)]

[Mental Power: 100 (Recovers naturally over time, can also be recovered with medicine)]

[Speed: 10 (Level 1 Martial Apprentice level)]

[Passive Skills: 1, [Thorn Armor LV1], 2, [Pain Conversion LV1]]

[Skill: Taunt Aura (Active / God-Level)]

[Resistances: Fire Resistance lv2, Mental Resistance lv1, Shock Resistance lv1]

Looking at this magnificent panel, Lin Fan grinned from ear to ear.

Defense 1280!

What kind of concept was this?

An ordinary Level 1 Martial Apprentice usually has a Defense between 10 ~ 100.

A Level 2 Martial Artist is between 100 ~ 500.

A Level 3 Martial Master is only 500 ~ 1500.

A Level 4 Grandmaster's average Defense is between 1500 ~ 5000!

And Lin Fan.

His current Defense is 1280!

He was already close to touching the Defense Level of a Level 4 Grandmaster!

"I'm invincible! Right now, even if I stood there and let that grandson Li Hao beat me for a day, I probably wouldn't feel a thing!"

Lin Fan was in a great mood.

"Ding!"

Just then, both of their wristbands vibrated at the same time.

A light screen popped up.

[Killed Level 2 Lord Iron-Armored Violent Bear! Points +1000!]

[Current team ranking updated!]

[Full Jianghai City results are as follows]

[1st Place: Lin Fan Team — Points: 1150! (Chengnan No. 3 High School)]

[2nd Place: Hong Ze Team — Points: 780! (Tianxing No. 1 High School)]

[3rd Place: Yang Dexiao Team — Points: 750! (Hengshui No. 4 High School)]

[3rd Place: Chen Zhen Team — Points: 670! (Tianxing No. 1 High School)]

Lin Fan glanced at it.

"Huh, I'm first? The second place only has 780 points?"

"We're really first?!"

Xia Wanqiu looked at the virtual panel that popped up, her whole person becoming excited.

Her original goal was just to strive for the top thirty in the city!

As a result, thanks to Lin Fan, they were now first in the entire city!

"Lin Fan! You're too awesome!"

Xia Wanqiu looked at Lin Fan, her heart rate accelerating.

Her eyes shining with brilliance.

"Just average, average. If it were nationwide, it probably wouldn't be this high."

Lin Fan grinned.

"All packed up? Let's keep going!"

Everyone else around was also stunned.

They were dumbfounded looking at the data above.

"Holy crap! Lin Fan is first?!"

"Out of all high schools in Jianghai City, Lin Fan is the only one from our Chengnan No. 3 High School to make the top ten?!"

"What about Li Hao?! Where is Li Hao, the most awesome guy in our school?!"

"Let me see... his ranking is just at the limit of what's displayed, 99th place, 350 points."

"Because that idiot kicked Su Xue out of the team, the points were divided!"

Li Hao was also furious when he saw it.

"Damn! I lost 350 points! I have an A-Grade Talent, how could I not get into a good martial arts academy?!"

He felt a sense of crisis. "No! I have to go kill beasts too!"

Then he glared at Lin Fan with resentment. "That lunatic must have reached his physical limit after beating an Iron-Armored Violent Bear! Just wait for my points to skyrocket! And Xia Wanqiu! I will make you regret this!"

Meanwhile, outside, the points on the New Star Trial leaderboard suddenly changed.

A name that no one expected occupied the first place on the city-level leaderboard!

[1st Place: Lin Fan Team — Points: 1150! (Chengnan No. 3 High School)]