34: Chapter 34 Are you stupid? Then shoot a few more!

"It is toying with you." Lin Fan's voice rang out lazily, "Don't panic. Where are your Sensing Threads?"

Liu Xiaoman froze.

Sensing Threads?

She had been too nervous just now and completely forgot about this skill.

She took a deep breath and closed her eyes.

Her right hand's five fingers spread slightly, and five slender purple threads extended from her fingertips, drifting gently in the surrounding air.

Sensing Threads—hard to see with the naked eye, yet capable of perceiving every subtle vibration.

In the darkness, one thread trembled slightly.

Front left!

Liu Xiaoman snapped her eyes open, waved her right hand, and a spiderweb shot out!

The Night Shadow Leopard had just appeared from the shadows and collided head-on with that web!

"Hit!" Xu Ziyan shouted excitedly.

But the next second, the Night Shadow Leopard swung its sharp claws, tearing a hole in the web. It slipped through the gap and vanished into the darkness once more.

"Its claws can tear the web..." Liu Xiaoman's face turned pale.

"Are you an idiot? Then shoot a few more." Lin Fan leaned against a tree, his tone still lazy.

Liu Xiaoman gritted her teeth.

She waved her right hand repeatedly. One spiderweb after another shot out, covering every corner of the surroundings.

The Night Shadow Leopard dodged left and right in the darkness, but the webs became increasingly dense, and its space for movement grew smaller and smaller.

A Sensing Thread trembled violently.

Directly in front!

Liu Xiaoman did not hesitate; she swung her right hand fiercely, and a giant spiderweb with a diameter of three meters shot out.

The Night Shadow Leopard had just appeared from the shadows when it was covered squarely by that web.

It struggled desperately, its sharp claws tearing frantically at the spiderweb. But this time, Liu Xiaoman did not give it a chance.

She clenched the five fingers of her right hand, and the threads at her fingertips tightened. The spiderweb constricted instantly, wrapping the Night Shadow Leopard into a cocoon.

The Night Shadow Leopard struggled frantically inside the cocoon, emitting low roars, but the more it struggled, the tighter it became bound.

Liu Xiaoman did not stop.

She waved her right hand repeatedly, shooting out one spiderweb after another to reinforce the restraint.

One layer.

Two layers.

Three layers.

Until that Night Shadow Leopard was wrapped into a large cocoon two meters in diameter, completely unable to move.

Liu Xiaoman lowered her right hand, her body swaying, and she nearly fell over.

Chen Menger rushed over to support her.

"Are you okay?"

Liu Xiaoman shook her head, gasping for breath.

She looked at the Night Shadow Leopard wrapped into a ball and froze for several seconds.

Then she murmured,

"I... I won?"

Xu Ziyan was the first to jump up.

"Holy crap! Liu Xiaoman, you're awesome! You beat a level 16 Night Shadow Leopard all by yourself!"

Chen Menger also widened her eyes, filled with pleasant surprise.

Sun Wei nodded silently, his eyes filled with admiration.

Lin Fan leaned against the tree with his hands in his pockets, the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

"Not bad, my words weren't wasted."

Liu Xiaoman turned around and looked at him.

"Lin Fan... thank you."

Lin Fan waved his hand.

"Don't thank me; you were the one who fought. I just moved my mouth."

Liu Xiaoman smiled, completely devoid of her previous arrogance and unruliness.

She walked to the large cocoon, crouched down, and examined it carefully.

"The claws and eyes of this Night Shadow Leopard are both good Materials."

Sun Wei leaned in, looking curious.

"How much can it sell for?"

Liu Xiaoman thought for a moment.

"The claws can be used as weapon Materials, and the eyes can be used as medicine. If the quality is good, a pair of claws plus a pair of eyes can probably sell for twenty or thirty thousand."

Sun Wei gasped.

"Twenty or thirty thousand? For just this lousy leopard?"

Liu Xiaoman nodded and waved her right hand; the threads at her fingertips trembled slightly.

The large cocoon was lifted into the air, suspended in front of her.

She carefully observed the Night Shadow Leopard's claws.

Sharp, intact, and without defects. Although its eyes were closed, she could see through the thin eyelids that they were well preserved.

"The quality is good." She nodded.

She clenched the five fingers of her right hand, and the threads tightened. The Night Shadow Leopard let out a low moan as it was strangled, then finally breathed its last.

Liu Xiaoman flipped her left hand and removed a silver ring from her finger.

The ring was plain and unadorned, but there was a faint flow of spiritual power on its surface.

Storage Ring.

She focused her mind on the corpse of the Night Shadow Leopard.

A silver light flashed, and the Night Shadow Leopard, which had been wrapped into a ball, vanished from where it was.

Lin Fan leaned against the tree with his hands in his pockets, watching this scene.

On the ring finger of his left hand, he also wore an identical silver ring.

This was something he had gritted his teeth and spent fifty thousand yuan to buy before entering the Secret Realm.

The Storage Ring was essential for an Armor Beast Master, and everyone in the squad had one.

Although expensive, without it, no matter how good the Materials obtained in the Secret Realm were, they couldn't be taken out.

But now, seeing that Night Shadow Leopard being stored inside, he felt the money was well spent.

Liu Xiaoman stood up and looked at the group.

"We encountered this Night Shadow Leopard together. Although I was the one who fought it, I couldn't have focused on the one-on-one fight without you all guarding the perimeter."

She paused.

"Therefore, we will split its Materials equally."

Xu Ziyan froze.

"Split equally? But you fought it all by yourself..."

Liu Xiaoman shook her head.

"Without Lin Fan's command, I would have panicked long ago. Without you all by my side, I wouldn't have been able to give it my all. This is a team gain."

She looked at Lin Fan.

"What do you think?"

Lin Fan shrugged.

"I have no objections. If we split it, we split it."

Liu Xiaoman nodded.

"Then it's settled. Once we go out and sell it, the five of us will split the money equally."

Chen Menger smiled.

"Doesn't that mean I'm getting several thousand for free?"

Sun Wei also rarely showed a hint of a smile.

Xu Ziyan scratched his head and chuckled.

"Following Lin Fan, there's definitely meat to eat."

Lin Fan glanced at him.

"Less flattery. Go, pick up some more firewood; the fire is about to go out."

Xu Ziyan trotted off happily.

The night grew darker, and the campfire flared up again.

The five of them sat around the fire, and the atmosphere was much more relaxed than before.

Liu Xiaoman hugged her knees, watching the dancing flames, and suddenly said,

"Lin Fan, what's the plan for tomorrow?"

Lin Fan leaned against a rock, his eyes closed.

"Tomorrow, we head deeper. Today we only encountered level 3 or 4 Grey Hyena Hounds and a level 16 Night Shadow Leopard; we should be able to run into stronger ones tomorrow."

He paused.

"But remember, don't act on your own again. Listen to commands, and we can all get out alive."

Liu Xiaoman nodded.

"I'll listen to you."

Chen Menger and Sun Wei also nodded silently.

In the distance, Teacher Zhou leaned against a tree, watching this scene.

He spat out the grass in his mouth and chuckled softly.

"It's only the first day, and he's already got these people completely obedient. This kid... he's got something."

The next morning, just as the sky was beginning to brighten, Lin Fan woke up.

In the distance, Teacher Zhou was still leaning against the tree; it was unknown whether he was actually asleep or just pretending.

Lin Fan ignored him and walked to the edge of the camp, looking toward the distant forest.

Further in, the trees were denser, and one could faintly hear some low beast roars.

He turned and walked back to the camp, waking the others up.

"Get up, pack up, and let's move out."

Xu Ziyan sat up, rubbing his eyes, looking confused.

"So early..."

Lin Fan glanced at him.

"Sleep any longer and it'll be dark."

Xu Ziyan immediately shut his mouth, climbed up, and started packing.

Ten minutes later, the five of them were packed and continued their journey deeper into the Secret Realm.