54: Chapter 54 The Aura of Taunt Activated! Now that Lin Fan is surrounded by demonic beasts, you still call him a traitor?

"Lin Fan has defected! He doesn't want to be human anymore! Everyone, attack!"

This sudden shout sounded exceptionally jarring in the vast wilderness.

Several thousand freshmen who were preparing to form a defensive formation froze in unison.

A huge question mark appeared in everyone's mind.

Defected? To do what? To become a beast?

Upon hearing this, Lin Fan immediately looked in the direction of the voice.

Sure enough, he locked onto an old acquaintance! Li Hao!

This guy was standing at the very back of the formation, looking righteous and indignant.

His finger trembled as he pointed at Lin Fan's back, the malice in his eyes practically overflowing.

Lin Fan couldn't be bothered to say anything more.

This guy was practically a gift of entertainment delivered to his doorstep.

"Since you say I've defected, hurry up and come hit me."

Lin Fan finished speaking to Li Hao.

He immediately focused his mind.

Taunt Aura, Activate!

Hum—!

An invisible ripple instantly spread out from Lin Fan as the center.

The beast horde, which had previously been hesitant and probing, instantly had their eyes turn bright red!

It was the red of losing one's sanity!

It was the red of seeing a sworn enemy!

Within a ten-meter radius, the aggro of all the beasts instantly locked onto Lin Fan.

"Roar—!!"

Dozens of beasts let out a simultaneous roar, the sound waves causing the pebbles on the ground to jump.

They abandoned their original charging formation and lunged at Lin Fan like madmen.

At the same time, Li Hao, who was standing in the freshmen formation, suddenly stiffened.

His eyes also turned incomparably crimson in an instant.

Sanity? What was that?

Now, there was only one thought in his mind—kill Lin Fan! Tear him apart! Bite him to death!

"Lin Fan! You've defected! I will destroy you in the name of justice!"

Li Hao roared, flames clutched in his hands!

It was his A-Grade Talent [Flame]!

Then, like a mad bull, he broke away from the freshmen formation and charged toward Lin Fan in the center of the beast tide.

"What the f*ck?! Has Li Hao gone crazy?"

"That's a beast tide! Why is he charging in? Is he trying to save classmate Lin Fan?"

"But wasn't he the one who just yelled that classmate Lin Fan defected??"

The surrounding students were dumbfounded.

They watched helplessly as Li Hao charged into the pile of beasts without a second thought.

In an instant, Li Hao joined the crowd of beasts attacking Lin Fan.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

A dense sound of impacts rang out.

Lin Fan stood in place, hands in his pockets, even closing his eyes.

Comfortable! So comfortable!

The attacks of hundreds of beasts fell like raindrops.

Iron-Armored Rhino horns ramming, Wind Blade Wolf biting, hooves stomping...

Every attack turned into a warm current, nourishing his entire body.

Notifications of his Defense experience points increasing kept ringing in his ears.

[Ding! Received Iron-Armored Rhino charge! Defense +10!]

[Ding! Received Wind Blade Wolf bite! Defense +8!]

[Ding! Received A-Grade Talent martial artist punch! Defense +5!]

[Ding! Received mixed doubles attack! Defense +15!]

Lin Fan only felt refreshed.

This kind of all-encompassing massage was a hundred times better than anything in a club!

"Harder! Yes! Right there! Hit my waist again! Strengthen my kidneys, thx."

Lin Fan was even giving instructions.

However, Li Hao, who had charged in, wasn't so lucky.

He had just rushed in front of Lin Fan and thrown a punch.

Before he could even be happy, he was sent flying by a rampaging Iron-Armored Rhino nearby.

"Pfft—!"

Li Hao spat out a mouthful of blood.

His entire body drew a graceful parabola in the air.

But as soon as he landed, before he could even scream, he was bitten on the butt by a Wind Blade Wolf.

"Ah—!!"

A shrill scream pierced the sky.

Even so, the red light in Li Hao's eyes did not fade.

Under the effect of the Taunt Aura, he didn't feel pain at all, crawling up to go after Lin Fan again.

As a result, he was stomped into the ground by a rhino again.

This scene left everyone watching from afar dumbfounded.

"Is... is this that perverted Taunt skill that racked up over ten thousand points in the graduation exam!"

Someone finally realized, swallowing hard, their voice trembling.

"It must be it! To think it can attract so many beasts!"

"And it can attract people too!"

"Too terrifying... is this forced Taunt?"

"Should we help him now?" a kind-hearted girl asked timidly.

The boy next to her rolled his eyes.

"Help him? How? Should we go up and beat him too?"

"Look at his expression, full of enjoyment, he's practically in heaven!"

"I feel like not interfering is actually helping him; look at his relaxed expression, it's just like he's getting a massage!"

Everyone looked at Lin Fan, who was wearing an intoxicated expression in the center of the storm, and a sense of absurdity arose in their hearts.

Is this something a human would do?

The adjutant nearby, Instructor Chen Feng, was also dumbfounded.

Although he knew that this kid Lin Fan was a masochist who loved being beaten, he never imagined that he would dare to withstand the attacks of a group of beasts all by himself!

Furthermore, as more beasts entered the range of the Taunt Aura, more beasts attacked Lin Fan.

Soon, hundreds of beasts were hard-controlled by Lin Fan alone!

This was practically one person surrounding an entire division!

"Just how high... is this kid's Defense?" Instructor Chen Feng muttered to himself, feeling his worldview collapsing.

Just then, "Whoosh—!"

A figure flew backward out of the beast horde.

It was Li Hao.

He had been sent flying by a grumpy Iron-Armored Rhino.

The rhino, finding him in the way, had simply given him a horn.

Li Hao fell heavily to the ground, rolling several times before stopping.

As he left the range of the Taunt Aura, the red light in his eyes gradually faded.

Sanity reoccupied the high ground.

"Hiss—! Pain, pain, pain!"

Li Hao clutched his butt, wincing in pain.

He looked around, completely bewildered.

"Who am I! Where am I! What am I doing!"

As he spoke, a nosebleed had already started flowing, dripping down his chin onto the ground.

What just happened?

He only remembered being very angry when he saw Lin Fan, and then... and then there was no then.

Wait!

In the next second, Li Hao noticed Lin Fan being besieged by the beasts.

The dense pack of beasts had almost submerged Lin Fan.

But he still stood tall, even humming a little tune.

Li Hao ignored the pain in his body, his face immediately showing great joy.

"Attack! Now we can wipe out both the beasts and the traitor Lin Fan in one fell swoop!"

He pointed in Lin Fan's direction, roaring excitedly.

However, he was met with dead silence.

Everyone looked at him as if he were an idiot.

After Li Hao finished yelling that, he had expected a chorus of agreement.

Instead, he found the surroundings terrifyingly quiet.

Thousands of eyes were staring straight at him.

The looks in their eyes were full of the kindness one reserves for the mentally challenged.

"Before, you said classmate Lin Fan was protecting the beasts, so he was a traitor. What about now?"

Someone in the crowd asked quietly.

This sentence instantly ignited everyone's desire to roast him.

"Yeah! Now that Lin Fan is being besieged by beasts, hundreds of them, are you still saying he's a traitor??"

"What kind of traitor uses his own body to feed the beasts? This spirit of sacrifice is a bit too great, isn't it!"