87: Chapter 87 The Spirit Realm Exploration Team is Rescued

"Boss, do you think we can find those three people? I hope we don't end up finding nothing but three piles of gnawed-up bones instead of living people."

The captain, sitting on his flying spirit beast, looked down at the swamp below and replied to his team member without turning his head.

"Although the danger level of the Spirit Realm is about what you said, we are, after all, a federal exploration team. Plus, two of the three people dragged into this are transfer students."

"The remaining one is a local genius from Chang City. In this situation, we must do what we have to do. Even if there are only a few gnawed bones left, we still have to bring them back."

At this point, the captain sighed: "After all, the families want an explanation. Bringing them back alive would be best, but in a place like the Spirit Realm… tsk, three high school students."

The captain fell silent at this, clearly not believing that three high school students could survive in an elementary Spirit Realm.

After a few minutes of silence, the captain turned to the team member at the end of the formation, "How is the data collection going? Read it to me."

At the end of the formation, the team member holding a pen and paper looked up, "Almost done."

"Daytime, Swamp Spirit Realm. Mostly water-element spirit beasts, followed by wood and earth elements. There are rare gold-element spirit beasts. These four elements should be all that exists in this Swamp Spirit Realm."

"As for the Spirit Realm exit, we already found it while searching for the survivors. It's to the west of our current position."

"However, regarding the Beast King… whether there are two Beast Kings or three, it's currently unknown."

The moment the words fell, a team member immediately wailed.

"Oh, come on, bookworm, stop saying such unlucky things. Dual Beast Kings? Triple Beast Kings? If we encounter either of those situations you mentioned, we might as well just wait for death."

"Next time, don't record it until you've actually seen the Beast King. Just fill it in when we get out. Saying these things inside the Spirit Realm is too unlucky."

As soon as these words were spoken, they immediately won the nod of approval from all the team members, including the captain. Seeing this, the recording team member scratched his head.

"Alright, I'll be careful next time."

"Screech!"

Just then, the white eagle beneath the captain let out a harsh, long screech.

"Found them?" The Third Team captain raised an eyebrow, "Looks like these three young people are lucky enough to have survived."

"White Shadow, let's go. Pick them up, then evacuate."

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"Screech!"

An eagle's screech?!

The running Sha Jin Wolf immediately stopped, suddenly losing its forward momentum. This caused Cui Yan, who was surfing behind it, to lose her momentum as well, and she plunged headfirst into the muddy water. As for her surfboard, it was just a piece of rotten driftwood.

However, Cui Yan didn't care about that. She immediately got up and, like Qin Ding, looked up at the white figure swooping down.

"It's the rescue team! We held out until the rescue!"

"Woo?"

[Boss, are we rescued?]

Looking at the Commander Rank spirit beast swooping down at high speed, Qin Ding nodded.

"I suppose so."

[Spirit Beast: Sky-Plunging White Eagle]

[Aptitude: Excellent]

[Element: Wind]

[Level: 40 (Commander Rank)]

[Abilities: Wind Element Control (Proficient), Sky-Plunging Claws, Sharp Eyes, Riding the Wind]

[Bloodline: Eagle (100%)]

[Evolution Path (Eagle): Must reach level 51]

[Aptitude Enhancement: ...]

[Description: A spirit beast that is extremely fast when traveling with the wind. In this state, if a kill strike lands, it can easily crush the skull of a spirit beast of the same rank. It possesses excellent cultivation value.]

From discovering the other party to them landing, the entire process took no more than ten seconds.

At this moment, Qin Ding noticed that there were a few flying spirit beasts in the sky that hadn't come down. Were they on guard duty?

The Sky-Plunging White Eagle, with a wingspan of nearly ten meters, hovered in the air in front of the two. A young man stood on its back; judging from his appearance, he shouldn't be much older than him.

"Hello, my name is Tu Shan. I am the captain of the Third Team of the Chang City Spirit Realm Exploration Team, and I am also here to rescue you… Hmm?"

"One man and one woman… that's not right. Why is one missing? Where is the other one?"

Tu Shan, who only knew from the sky that his spirit beast had found the targets, paused for a moment when he landed and realized there were only two people.

It couldn't be that unlucky, right? The other one didn't land in the same spot as these two?

That's not right. When a Spirit Realm appears, it forcibly sucks in suitable targets; all three of them should have landed in the same spot.

"Where is the other one?"

Hearing the question, Cui Yan stepped forward to explain.

"We were separated by a level 21 crocodile."

Hearing this, Tu Shan slapped his forehead hard, "Level 21? Oh, crap. The thing I least wanted to see has happened."

"Sigh, now is not the time to talk about this. The urgent priority is to get you out first."

Tu Shan didn't waste any time. Almost the instant he finished speaking, a gentle breeze lifted Qin Ding and Cui Yan up and quickly placed them on the back of the Sky-Plunging White Eagle.

As for the Earth Dog, it was grabbed by the Sky-Plunging White Eagle. It looked as if it had been buckled into a seatbelt, one leg firmly clamped by the eagle's talons.

By the time Da Hei came to its senses, it realized it had already been lifted into the air by one leg.

"Woo?"

[How did I get grabbed?]

After taking off, when the other team members realized there were only two people, they just raised their eyebrows; they didn't say anything or ask questions.

Having often traveled in Spirit Realms, they knew the current situation all too well. There were only two possibilities.

Either one died on the way, or they were separated by a spirit beast.

Without any unnecessary chatter or procedures, after taking off, Tu Shan and his team immediately began the full escort, heading at full speed toward the location of the Spirit Realm rift.

Sitting on the eagle's back, Qin Ding reached out his hand and realized he didn't feel a single wisp of wind. He pondered inwardly.

"We are flying at high speed in the air, yet not a single bit of wind is blowing on me… Is this Element Control?"

At this moment, Tu Shan suddenly spoke.

"I haven't asked yet. The one who got separated, was it Xiang Tian or Qin Ding?"

Qin Ding: ...

Cui Yan slowly widened her eyes. She never expected that she would encounter the same thing a second time!

The first time was absurd enough just because it was the person himself.

And this second time, it was actually a federal official!

"No way. You don't know about the person the Chang City authorities posted a notice about? As the captain of the Chang City Spirit Realm Exploration Team, you don't know about Qin Ding, whom the Chang City authorities posted about?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the air instantly went quiet. Tu Shan's expression was slightly awkward as he looked around at his team members.

"Who reads federal news anyway… do you guys read it?"

"No."

They all shook their heads in denial.