41: Thanks to nature for its gifts! Xia Zhaoyue

[The second stage is set in a boundless forest, inhabited by all kinds of Vicious Beasts!

Behind you is a deadly poisonous mist, slowly advancing forward.]

[To pass the second stage, you must reach the core of the forest in the shortest possible time.

The best way is to unite with others and move forward together!]

[A passerby, who holds a grudge against you due to some friction in the first stage, approaches.

"Friend, would you like to join our team?"]

[Mission: Act as the main force and kill over a thousand Vicious Beasts!]

[Reward: One upgrade point, one skill point, and a significant increase in basic attributes!]

"A thousand..."

Shen Pan's face darkened.

Even if he killed all the official members of the New World Society in Tianhai City,

he probably wouldn't finish it!

Unless he was willing to act like the members of the Martial Administration Bureau,

searching every remote corner and sewer for invading exotic beasts.

Just as he walked toward a deserted park,

a familiar voice came from a distance.

"Are you Classmate Shen Pan?"

"Big boss, carry me!"

Guo Lei from First High ran over with a look of joy on his face.

Shen Pan looked at the System plot and blinked.

There really are teammates?

It matches up; everything matches up!

The System's spoilers were accurate as always!

Provided it was from his own perspective.

"Who are you?"

Shen Pan held a light blue longsword and pointed it at the newcomer.

???

Guo Lei's footsteps halted, and he pointed at his own face in a daze:

"No, big boss, I'm Guo Lei from First High!"

"I'm the teammate who fought alongside you, Classmate Shen Pan, in the entrance exam and the Three-City Exchange Meet!"

What?

He's actually an ultimate Prodigy who can fight side-by-side with him!

Legendary—no.

He has Mythical potential!

Now Shen Pan was completely at ease.

"Oh, I remember now."

Back in the Orc Secret Realm,

many of the low-level Orc Materials were too smelly, too dirty, and not worth much.

He disliked contaminating his Storage Pouch, so he didn't pick any of them up.

He let the others collect them.

So when the records were made outside,

it led that Martial Administration Bureau staff member to think they were distributing based on contribution.

Let alone outsiders.

Shen Pan's gaze was slightly dissatisfied:

"We're all brothers; wouldn't it have been better if you said that earlier?"

It's much more convenient to just expose your own problem directly.

It saves him from having to guess!

He didn't have many enemies.

Since it was someone holding a grudge against him for past events,

then this Guo Lei's identity was obvious!

"How was I supposed to know your memory was so bad, Classmate Shen Pan!

We clearly met several times."

Guo Lei grumbled while walking toward Shen Pan without stopping.

The moment Guo Lei was five meters away from Shen Pan,

both of them broke into uncontrollable smiles.

"At this distance, you can't run!" x2

Eh?

Guo Lei was stunned, his hand movement to pull something out slowing down by a beat.

Why was Shen Pan copying him?

"Fight side-by-side with me?

A piece of trash like you isn't worthy!"

Slash!

A deep blue Mo Dao swept across Guo Lei's neck.

But Guo Lei did not die from it.

"You!"

Weren't we just chatting nicely!

Where did he slip up?

"Hmph! As expected of a Mythical Rank Profession."

The "Guo Lei" with only a head left revealed a ferocious gaze:

"However, this Clone of mine was long ago coated in powder that attracts exotic beasts.

Now, the exotic beasts in the surrounding blocks have already caught the scent; you won't get far!"

It didn't matter if he hadn't successfully smeared the Beast-Attracting Powder on Shen Pan.

As long as the other exotic beasts were drawn over, it was a success!

Shen Pan, who was about to blow up the headless corpse, paused.

A light of hope and joy lit up in his eyes.

"You even brought Beast-Attracting Powder?"

Just as "Guo Lei" was about to dissipate this Clone,

he suddenly heard those words.

Then... he watched in shock as Shen Pan pulled a bag of powder from the headless corpse.

After a brief identification, Shen Pan scattered it directly into the air.

He even actively created air currents and strong winds,

allowing the Beast-Attracting Powder to disperse even further!

Finally, he left half of it as a lure.

Although the powder could only attract low-to-mid-tier exotic beasts and had limited effectiveness,

it was just right for Shen Pan!

"Roar!!!"

As the roars of beasts rose one after another, the corners of Shen Pan's mouth curled slightly.

"Good luck; someone actually took the initiative to help me lure mobs!"

With the help of the exotic beasts invading Tianhai City,

combined with some cannon fodder from the New World Society,

the mission to kill a thousand would be completed very soon!

???

"Guo Lei," who was gradually dissipating into a wisp of blue smoke, was filled with confusion.

Is this young man crazy?

Playing like this will attract nearly a thousand exotic beasts at the very least!

And among them, there will be mid-tier exotic beasts comparable to Tier 4 or even Tier 5.

No matter how strong the opponent is, he won't be able to kill them all!

"Heh, he just defeated a Level 44 Rare Rank Profession,

and he's already become this arrogant!"

"As expected of the inferior human race..."

He would come over with his Main Body in a while, and once Shen Pan's spiritual power was exhausted and he showed signs of fatigue,

he would kill him!

Several kilometers away from the park.

Zhang Ju, who had left the Zhang Family in advance, slowly stood up.

"Bluffing!"

"An Epic Rank powerhouse of the Corpse Clan is about to descend.

You'd better pray you can die at my hands!!"

"However, a Corpse Puppet of a Mythical Rank Profession should be even more valuable."

That way, he could still sell it to the powerhouses of the Corpse Clan

in exchange for a ticket to the Corpse Soul Realm once again!

In his mind, Zhang Ju had already thought about how he would torment Shen Pan later.

Shen Pan had killed his cheap son and brainless wife.

That was fine.

He wasn't the kind of petty person

who would seek revenge for two pieces of trash.

But as it happened,

Shen Pan had exposed their collusion with the alien races,

causing the entire Zhang Family to be suspected!

This made Zhang Ju, who really did have ties to the alien races, exceptionally panicked.

He was deathly afraid of being exposed along with them.

After passing the Martial Administration Bureau's investigation for the first time,

he was forced to move into the shadows,

abandoning the territory he had managed for many years,

and abandoning the mission assigned to him by the big shots of the Corpse Clan!

"You made me lose my precious ticket, so I'll use your body to pay me back!"

At the thought that he could go to the Corpse Soul Realm, which had developed for tens of thousands of years

and possessed ten Legendary powerhouses,

Zhang Ju felt that the corpse spots on his body had faded quite a bit!

..."Priest Barn, what do you mean!"

"The human powerhouses have all left the city area.

You're actually making me wait when there's such a good opportunity!?"

Another priest, who had already half-transformed into a dragon, looked at his teammate with a face full of killing intent.

But Barn turned a deaf ear.

He was solely focused on letting some cannon fodder with impure Bloodlines, who were not under his command,

advance toward the park coordinates provided by the Son of God.

"If you want to fight, then fight; anyway, I'm not going out to seek death.

Do you really think that for this prematurely opened third Spiritual Qi recovery,

Great Xia doesn't have a way to deal with it?"

Barn looked at his teammate, who was still unconvinced and wanted to force a Breakthrough.

He sneered:

"Don't blame me for not warning you.

Who knows, maybe that Great Xia Sword Immortal has already snuck into Tianhai City by now!"

Antarctica.

A woman with long silver hair and a graceful figure was resting with her eyes closed.

In her arms was an iron rod full of lumps and rust, looking like a piece of junk.

Ding! Ding!

An anonymous message arrived: "2/4!"

In an instant, a sharp Sword Intent that almost cut the sky in half shot straight into the clouds.

Some of the rust on the junk iron rod in her arms peeled away,

revealing a sword blade full of cracks.

The golden Power of the King's Path flowed slowly.

The silver-white woman stood up.

Her cold eyes swept over the dimensional rift ahead, which was constantly expanding,

yet no alien powerhouses dared to show their faces.

She spoke as elegantly as an orchid:

"One strike!"