77: Chapter 77 only needs one more round to level up!

“Phew...”

Instructor Lei Zhan stopped in his tracks, panting heavily.

It wasn't out of exhaustion, but because his breathing was unsteady.

Just as the Shadow Bat King stopped,

pairs of crimson eyes suddenly lit up in the surrounding dark caves.

They were densely packed!

Terrifying auras surged from all directions, making it hard to breathe.

“Hiss...”

Instructor Lei Zhan gasped.

“There are at least twenty Level 5 Monsters...”

“And this is just a single pack of Shadow Bat Kings...”

Instructor Lei Zhan's knuckles turned white as he gripped his battle saber.

The intelligence was wrong!

Severely wrong!

Their previous investigations showed that while this area was dangerous, it shouldn't have been terrifying to this extent.

“The number of monsters in this Crimson Gobi might be far greater than what we previously investigated...”

Instructor Lei Zhan's heart sank.

If all these monsters went berserk and charged at the human Defense line...

the consequences would be unimaginable!

Just as Instructor Lei Zhan was feeling heavy-hearted, pondering how to retreat safely with Lin Fan and Li Laishi,

an extremely untimely voice suddenly came from beside him.

“Ah... so good!”

Lin Fan jumped down from the Thunder Prison Mad Bull with his hands on his hips, taking a deep, intoxicated breath.

“With the natural recovery during this time, my mental power has also recovered to half.”

Lin Fan glanced at his attribute panel, a satisfied smile appearing on his face.

“Go wait to the side, Little Bull. I'll ride you back when we head home.”

He patted the Thunder Prison Mad Bull.

The Thunder Prison Mad Bull was very dissatisfied.

After all, it was also a Level 5 Monster!

Although it couldn't compare to the Shadow Bat King, it didn't want to lose face in front of the Shadow Bat King pack!

“Moo—!”

It let out a low moo, but what greeted it was only Lin Fan's slap.

It still tucked its tail and found a corner, sitting there obediently like an aggrieved little wife.

It was waiting—waiting for Lin Fan to be bitten to death, or for Lin Fan to bite the Shadow Bat Kings to death.

Then, Lin Fan turned his head and grinned at the solemn Instructor Lei Zhan.

“Although keeping the Taunt Aura active against Level 5 Monsters drains more mana,”

“keeping it on for ten or twenty minutes should be no problem!”

Instructor Lei Zhan froze for a moment.

Before he could react to what Lin Fan meant,

that Shadow Bat King had already opened its bloody, gaping maw.

It wanted to eat the annoying two-legged beast in its mouth first, and then slowly deal with the two snacks that had delivered themselves to its door.

Instructor Li Laishi had already woken up by now.

Looking at the fangs right in front of him and smelling the nauseating stench, his eyes were filled with despair.

“No... no! I haven't even taken a wife yet!”

It was over!

This time, he was really going to turn into bat poop!

At this critical juncture,

Lin Fan moved.

He didn't rush forward to save him.

Instead, he stood in place, sinking his energy into his dantian.

Suddenly exerting his power,

an invisible wave instantly rippled outward in all directions with him at the center!

Divine-grade skill, Taunt Aura!

Activate!

Buzz!

The air seemed to freeze at this instant.

An extremely mocking mental wave instantly covered the entire valley.

Those Shadow Bat Kings who were originally watching from their caves, preparing to enjoy the show,

suddenly stiffened.

Even the Shadow Bat King that was about to bite down froze mid-air.

Its eyes, which had been filled with brutality and appetite, underwent a bizarre change.

Confusion.

Perplexity.

And then...

heaven-shaking rage!

It turned its head, glaring intently at the tiny human below.

In its perception,

that human named Lin Fan was no longer a piece of meat.

He was the killer of its father!

The thief of its wife!

“Screech—!!!”

An extremely ear-piercing screech echoed through the skies.

The Shadow Bat King Leader directly spat out Li Laishi.

Feeding?

Right now, it only wanted to tear Lin Fan to pieces and bite him to death!

Not just it.

All of the twenty-plus Level 5 Shadow Bat Kings in the surrounding caves rushed out of the dark caverns like they had gone mad.

They formed a dense black mass, blotting out the sky.

All of their targets were only one: Lin Fan!

Instructor Lei Zhan's nerves had been tightly strung.

The moment the Shadow Bat King's movement stalled, his pupils contracted sharply.

An opportunity!

Only now could he save Li Laishi!

As a battle-hardened Martial Saint, Instructor Lei Zhan's bodily reflexes were faster than his brain!

“Die!”

Instructor Lei Zhan let out a low shout.

The Alloy Battle Saber in his hand flew out instantly!

This strike...

gathered all the power of lightning in his body!

The battle saber turned into a bolt of blue lightning, tearing through the air and producing a piercing sonic boom.

Pfft—!

The blade sliced with absolute precision through the base of the Shadow Bat King Leader's wing.

Blood spurted out!

The Shadow Bat King Leader, still in a state of confusion and rage, didn't have time to mount any Defense at all.

A massive wing was sliced right off!

Its body instantly lost balance, and it fell screaming from the sky.

And the moment the battle saber flew out,

Instructor Lei Zhan moved right behind it.

Enveloped in lightning, he seemed to teleport.

In the blink of an eye, he rushed into mid-air and caught Li Laishi, who had been flung away.

“Hang in there!”

Instructor Lei Zhan landed, his movements seamless.

He quickly pulled out a first-aid bandage from his chest pocket and skillfully bound the bone-deep wound on Li Laishi's shoulder.

Blood instantly dyed the bandage red.

At the same time, whistling sounds echoed around them!

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—!

It was the Shadow Bat Kings! All of them rushed out of the caverns, flying toward Lin Fan!

They completely ignored Instructor Lei Zhan and Li Laishi.

“In-Instructor Lei...”

Li Laishi's face was pale, his breath weak as a thread.

He opened his eyes and looked at the familiar dark face before him, his expression filled with extreme anxiety.

“Quick... save Lin Fan...!”

“His life is more... more important than mine...”

Those were over twenty Level 5 Monsters!

For a Level 1 Martial Apprentice like Lin Fan, there probably wouldn't even be ashes left!

If someone really had to die among the three of them, Li Laishi would most want it to be himself.

After all, Instructor Lei Zhan was a Level 6 Martial Saint.

Lin Fan was the National Top Scorer, the most promising freshman martial artist.

As for him, he was just an ordinary martial artist who had been stuck at Level 4 Grandmaster for many years.

Hearing Li Laishi's words, Instructor Lei Zhan did not stop his hands.

As he tied the knot, he frowned and spoke.

“That kid... can at least hold out for a few seconds. Don't worry about him.”

“He's a brat who can withstand a punch from me.”

Hearing this, Li Laishi's eyes instantly widened, and he almost choked on his breath.

“Wi-Withstand a punch from you?!”