67: Chapter 67: Does anyone have a different kind of XP? That's really something!

"Nonsense!"

Instructor Chen Feng's face darkened as he strode forward, directly blocking Lin Fan's path.

"Do you even know what kind of place that is?"

"That's the core area! It starts with Level 3 Monsters! There might even be Level 4 or Level 5 Monsters lurking there!"

"In your current state, going in there is just asking for death!"

Instructor Chen Feng was truly anxious.

Although Lin Fan's Defense was monstrous, he was, after all, just a freshman.

Although that battle just now looked easy, it was based on the fact that over a thousand people were sharing the firepower, and Lin Fan hadn't truly delved deep into the enemy ranks for too long.

The core area is a completely different concept.

Once surrounded by high-level monsters, even an iron man would be hammered into a pancake.

"Get on the bus immediately! That's an order!"

Lin Fan disdainfully brushed off Instructor Chen Feng's hand, taking the opportunity to pat down his wrinkled sleeve.

"Instructor, don't be so rough. I'm a wounded man. I just exhausted my mana bar for everyone's sake. If you keep getting handsy with me, I'll just lie on the ground and extort you."

The freshmen on the bus poked their heads out of the windows one by one, looking like a nest of frightened quails.

Murong Yan was so anxious she almost jumped out of the window.

With her long, slender white legs stuck on the window frame, she shouted, disregarding her image.

"Lin Fan! Are you crazy! Come up here! If you dare to go in there and die, I... I'll tear down that crappy house of yours!"

Xia Wanqiu also gripped the window frame tightly with both hands, her knuckles turning white.

"Lin Fan... stop messing around. Let's go back. If you're short on experience, I'll train with you later, okay? You can fight however you want, just don't go to that kind of place..."

Several students nearby also joined in to persuade him.

"Brother Fan! Don't be impulsive! That place is really no place for humans!"

"Yeah, as long as the green hills remain, there's no need to worry about firewood—let's retreat first!"

Listening to these words, Lin Fan felt incredibly annoyed.

Why couldn't these people understand?

Was that dangerous? To him, that was a buffet! A full-course banquet!

He was just about to open his mouth to teach these mere mortals a lesson when suddenly, the ground shook violently.

An aura, several times more terrifying than the trash-mob monsters from just moments ago, erupted from the mist deep within the Crimson Gobi.

"ROAR!!!"

Accompanied by a heart-stopping roar, a dozen huge black shadows crashed through the rocks on the Gobi beach.

As the dust settled, everyone's face instantly turned deathly pale.

It was no longer a swarming herd of hundreds of low-level monsters.

This time, there were only a dozen.

But the oppressive aura radiating from these dozen monsters made everyone's heart skip a beat!

Leading them was a Two-Headed Demon Lion as tall as a two-story building!

Its entire body was burning with black flames!

The aura of a high-level Level 4 monster was released without reservation, and the surrounding air was distorted by the intense heat.

And behind it were nothing but high-level Level 3 monsters!

The Iron-Armored Rhino King, the Bloodthirsty Wind Wolf leader, the Venomous Wolf Spider... This was simply an elite monster squad!

"Level... Level 4 high-level..."

A student driver on the bus trembled, almost ripping the steering wheel off.

They could fight the group of Level 2 and 3 monsters earlier by relying on their numbers, but now that this high-level Level 4 monster had appeared, it was a complete dimensional strike!

Let alone fighting, the mere aura alone made many freshmen, who had felt pretty badass just a moment ago, tremble.

"Drive... drive quickly!"

Someone shouted.

The panic spread through the convoy like a plague.

The students sitting in the driver's seats instinctively wanted to slam on the gas.

All talk of camaraderie and collective honor was thrown to the back of their minds in the face of life and death.

"Don't close the door! I haven't gotten on yet!"

A few slow students were still under the bus, squeezing toward the door, crying for their parents.

But some buses had already started, and some people even wanted to force the doors shut.

Human nature could not withstand even the slightest test at this moment.

Instructor Chen Feng watched this scene and instantly flew into a rage.

"Everyone stop the damn vehicles! This is supposed to be military training, but it's certainly not the kind of military training for liberal arts students! If anyone dares to abandon the team and run away, I swear I'll shoot them dead!"

He roared, and the aura of a Level 5 Martial King erupted from his body!

It forcefully suppressed those drivers who wanted to flee.

"Everyone calm the hell down, your instructor is still alive!"

Instructor Chen Feng panted, his chest heaving violently.

His current state was actually not good either.

The aftereffects of activating [Blood Demon] caused him severe pain throughout his body.

But he couldn't retreat.

He was the instructor!

If he let this group of students die here, he would never be able to hold his head up for the rest of his life!

"ROAR!"

The Two-Headed Demon Lion saw the crowd and cruel light flickered in its four scarlet eyes.

It ignored Lin Fan, who was standing at the very front.

In its eyes, this little shrimp, who only radiated the aura of a Level 1 Martial Apprentice, wasn't even qualified to be a snack between its teeth.

He wasn't even worth wasting a single second of its attention.

Its target was the "food" behind, full of vitality, and the human who radiated a Level 5 aura but was clearly extremely weak.

The Demon Lion roared, and with the dozen peak Level 3 monsters behind it, it directly ignored Lin Fan and charged toward the convoy.

Thump, thump, thump!

The earth rumbled!

The shadow of death instantly enveloped everyone.

"Get on the bus! Quickly!"

Instructor Chen Feng shouted immediately.

The remaining scattered students who hadn't gotten on the bus turned pale and scrambled toward the armored vehicles!

"Let me on! Damn it!"

"Move faster in front! Damn it, we're going to die!"

"I'm pushing! I'm pushing!"

"Damn it! What the hell are you poking me with!"

Meanwhile, Lin Fan stood rooted to the spot, looking dazed.

He let the kicked-up dust hit his face.

He was stunned.

He looked at the monster herd that roared past him without even glancing at him, then looked at himself.

A feeling of being deeply insulted welled up in his heart.

"Who are you looking down on? Are you beasts blind or what?"

"I'm a living person standing right here, are you treating me like air?"

Lin Fan was unhappy.

Extremely unhappy.

Think about it: he, Lin Fan, the top freshman of Magic City Ability University, the future God of Defense.

And he was ignored by a bunch of beasts?

This was a huge provocation to his professional standards!

"Fine, you're ignoring me, right? You're forcing me to use my ultimate move, right?"

He took a deep breath.

Even though his mental energy was bottoming out, he didn't hesitate to squeeze out the last bit of pathetic mental energy in his mind.

Hum!

An invisible ripple spread out instantly, centered on Lin Fan.

[Taunt Aura], activate!

Although he hadn't recovered much mental energy, even if it was only enough to keep it active for one minute... it was enough.

The Two-Headed Demon Lion, which had already charged tens of meters out and was about to slam into an armored vehicle, suddenly slammed on the brakes!

The immense inertia plowed two deep furrows into the ground.

Its four eyes, which had originally been fixed on the convoy, instantly became bloodshot.

And not just it.

The dozen elite monsters following behind it all seemed as if they were possessed, turning in unison.

Every gaze, in that instant, was locked tightly onto the young man standing in place with a cocky look on his face.

That hatred.

That rage.

It was as if Lin Fan had just slept with their wives right in front of them!

Of course, Lin Fan wasn't that twisted.

After all, he'd heard of people having heteromorphic girl fetishes, but he'd never heard of anyone having a pure monster fetish!