48: Not one of them can escape.

It was raining heavily in Pengcheng, but the No Mans Land was bright with sunshine.

Rob them?

Hearing Lu Yuan's words, Jiang Tianxia was eager to try, while the expressions of the team members varied.

"Isn't that inappropriate? Robbery is a criminal act," Fan Shuiyao hesitated.

She was a law-abiding person, just like the Li Jinxue team Lu Yuan had encountered before.

She had killed Ferocious Beasts, but never people.

"Criminal act?" Lu Yuan laughed.

"This is the No Mans Land, a lawless place. Besides, isn't their robbery a crime?"

Lu Yuan retorted.

"I agree with Lu Yuan's proposal. Evil people need evil people to deal with them. Who agrees and who objects!" Jiang Tianxia said.

"I'll listen to the Captain!"

"Me too!"

The team members quickly reached a consensus, choosing to rob the robbers alongside Lu Yuan.

The ground was uneven, and a nearby swamp reeked.

The two groups of people were in a tense confrontation, and a xuan gang realm two-star Practitioner smiled smugly.

"Hand over your valuables, or die!"

Song Wentao shouted sternly.

However, before he finished speaking, a voice that sounded quite friendly but whose words were very arrogant rang out.

"Um... robbery," Yin Zeyao, a Qi Refining Realm Peak Practitioner who had awakened the Wind Attribute, stammered.

The people being robbed: "???"

The robbers: "???"

"A Qi Refining Realm dares to rob me?!"

Song Wentao's eyes flashed fiercely, and he suddenly felt a dazzling light.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—

Four gleaming spears accurately shot toward Song Wentao's limbs. A large amount of blood flowed out, and his screams pierced the sky!

"Hand over your valuables, or die!" Lu Yuan slowly walked over, glancing at Yin Zeyao, who was inexperienced in robbing for the first time.

"When dealing with a Practitioner stronger than you, you must first display strength greater than theirs. That's how you create deterrence. Understand?"

Lu Yuan imparted his experience, with the heavenly punishment soldiers standing by behind him.

Yin Zeyao scratched his head.

"Understood, Brother Yuan."

With Song Wentao, the strongest among them, losing his ability to fight, the robbery went very smoothly.

However, this group of Practitioners didn't have anything good; it was all worthless junk, and they didn't even have storage rings.

"Do we need to hand anything over?" the people who were originally being robbed asked cautiously.

"You don't need to."

Lu Yuan waved his hand, signaling them to leave quickly.

"That was so exciting!" Jiang Tianxia, robbing for the first time, had a face flushed with excitement, and the team members also looked thoughtful.

"Brother Yuan, wasn't this your first time?" Yin Zeyao asked.

Lu Yuan looked at Yin Zeyao and showed a meaningful smile.

This smile made Jiang Tianxia's scalp tingle and gave her goosebumps.

After the small interlude, everyone continued their journey to find the Cloud-Treading Beast.

"Beyond this low mountain is a valley, and a large number of Cloud-Treading Beasts live inside it," Fan Shuiyao said, pointing at the map.

Roar—

The bear's roar was deafening!

A muscular Giant Bear, five meters tall, blocked everyone's path.

The Giant Bear was radiating flames and instantly shot out multiple fireballs!

"A Xuan Gang Realm Peak Scarlet Flame Sky Bear!" Fan Shuiyao's expression tightened, and she immediately began directing her teammates in battle.

"Captain, you take the main attack. Chi Canhong, defend. Yin Zeyao, harass from the air. Remember to be careful of the Scarlet Flame Sky Bear's fireball attacks. Its Spirit Skill range does not exceed 20 meters..."

Fan Shuiyao issued command after command in an orderly manner.

Lu Yuan observed from the side.

It was clear that Fan Shuiyao was very calm, and this seven-person team cooperated quite well.

Three Xuan Gang Realm One-Star Practitioners and four Qi Refining Realm Peak Practitioners fought back and forth against the Xuan Gang Realm Peak Scarlet Flame Sky Bear!

"Brother Lu Yuan, you don't need to intervene. This is a good opportunity for us to gain experience," Fan Shuiyao turned and said to Lu Yuan.

"Mhm."

Lu Yuan acted as a spectator.

It is very common for the Five Great Top Academies to form teams, as there is strength in numbers, and Practitioners of different attributes, when coordinated properly, often achieve an effect greater than the sum of their parts.

Jiang Tianxia's team had only recently been formed, so their coordination wasn't perfect, but even so, they were doing quite well.

After an hour of fierce fighting, the Xuan Gang Realm Peak Scarlet Flame Sky Bear crashed to the ground!

"Whoa, we actually managed to take down a Ferocious Beast of this realm!"

Chi Canhong, an Earth Attribute Practitioner who had just broken through to the Xuan Gang Realm, spoke with excitement.

In the past, this was something he wouldn't even dare to imagine!

"Lu Yuan, our team's strength is alright, isn't it?" Jiang Tianxia looked smug. She had contributed the most to hunting the Scarlet Flame Sky Bear.

Unfortunately, the Spirit Tool she held wasn't suitable. If it were, the battle could have ended within 40 minutes!

"Not bad."

Lu Yuan said.

"Brother Yuan, we are no match for you in a one-on-one fight, but if we all surround and attack you..." Yin Zeyao gradually got carried away.

"Surround and attack? How embarrassing! Lu Yuan is the same age as us. Only winning against him in a one-on-one fight counts as impressive!"

Jiang Tianxia said irritably.

"Who could possibly win against Brother Yuan in a one-on-one fight? Maybe only the Captain has a slight chance. Besides, teamwork itself is a form of combat," Yin Zeyao muttered.

He remembered that Lu Yuan had neither formed nor joined a team at Pengcheng University.

"Alright, alright, stop talking about pointless things here. It's almost dark," Fan Shuiyao said, looking at Lu Yuan and noticing he wasn't angry about Yin Zeyao's comments.

Hunting Ferocious Beasts at night is not advisable due to factors like visibility, and the Cloud-Treading Beast is famously fast.

Following Fan Shuiyao's logic, it was best to hunt the Cloud-Treading Beasts during the day.

The No Mans Land outside Red Leaf City was spring-like all year round. After dealing with the Scarlet Flame Sky Bear, everyone arrived outside a valley.

The valley was inhabited by a large number of Ferocious Beasts that resembled neither sheep nor cattle.

They had two pairs of fleshy wings on their backs, which they occasionally flapped to drive away Goshawks, and sometimes they opened their large mouths full of sharp teeth to yawn.

"These are Cloud-Treading Beasts. They cannot fly but are extremely fast." Fan Shuiyao looked at the Cloud-Treading Beasts in the valley. There were at least two or three hundred of them.

Their cultivation realms were generally Profound Gang Realm Three-Star or Four-Star.

"That's too many. We can't defeat them," Yin Zeyao whispered.

Two or three hundred Xuan Gang Realm Cloud-Treading Beasts, and their team only had seven people.

Even counting Lu Yuan, they only had four Xuan Gang Realm Practitioners. How could they fight against a herd of Cloud-Treading Beasts?

"We'll have to stay here for a few more days," Fan Shuiyao formulated a plan.

Xuan Gang Realm Ferocious Beasts are semi-sentient—they have intelligence, but it is not high.

Fan Shuiyao's plan was for Yin Zeyao, who has the Wind Attribute, to first lure a batch of Cloud-Treading Beasts, defeat them, and then lure another batch.

This was the most reliable and safest method!

"No need for such trouble," Lu Yuan said.

"Brother Lu Yuan, what do you mean?"

Fan Shuiyao and the team members looked at Lu Yuan.

"Since I took payment, I must deliver. I'll handle these two or three hundred Cloud-Treading Beasts. Do you need as many Cloud-Treading Beast skulls as possible for refining the high-grade spirit tool?"

Lu Yuan asked Jiang Tianxia.

"Exactly. The skull of this type of Ferocious Beast is very hard and suitable for melting into the sword body," Jiang Tianxia said.

Hearing this, Lu Yuan stood up, and the storage ring he wore flashed with a dazzling light.

Clatter—

Nine thousand members of the Puppet Corps descended out of thin air and charged into the valley under the leadership of the seven great calamities.

"Then not a single one of them will escape!"