45: Chapter 45: A Sudden Increase in Strength, the Four-Person Team

Heading east the entire way.

Li Fan rushed forward at full speed for over an hour.

However, he still hadn't seen the oasis Shen Xuner had mentioned.

Never mind not finding the oasis, he was sweating profusely from the heat.

As an Awakened One, ordinary heat shouldn't affect him this much.

But unfortunately, the temperature in this desert was truly extraordinary. If an ordinary person were here, they would probably faint from the heat in just a few minutes.

But why didn't he feel this hot yesterday?

Could it be that the desert temperature also changes constantly?

He wasn't sure.

But that wasn't important.

What was more urgent now was finding that oasis.

"Did I take the wrong direction?"

"Or is she playing a trick on me?"

Li Fan rushed forward for another ten minutes before stopping, frowning and muttering to himself.

If the direction was wrong or if he was tricked, he would truly end up looking like a clown.

He gritted his teeth.

Li Fan decided to keep moving forward a bit more.

Since he had already come this far, perhaps the oasis was just ahead.

In the blink of an eye,

another hour passed.

"There it is!"

Luckily, Li Fan gazed into the distance and indeed saw what looked like a vast and boundless oasis!

Without hesitation, Li Fan immediately advanced at full speed.

Finally,

after Li Fan plunged into a clear spring, he let out a long-awaited sigh of relief.

"Refreshing!"

The environment inside that desert was truly not fit for human habitation!

After enjoying the coolness of the clear spring for a short while, Li Fan began to survey the oasis swamp.

At first glance, the environment looked somewhat similar to the Amazon rainforest from Li Fan's previous life.

It was devoid of vitality while carrying a trace of oppressive gloom.

Li Fan didn't feel much about such an environment.

As usual, after finding an open space near the water source, he began setting up camp.

He planned to start a five-day training session here.

And why five days?

It was because Zhu Tianzheng had messaged him.

In five days, he needed to rush back to school to help test the new equipment Zhu Tianzheng had developed.

Therefore,

during these five days, he had to dedicate himself entirely to cultivation.

He wanted to see just what level his strength could reach in five days!

Soon,

the tent and other gear were set up.

Next up was entering the tense and exciting phase of hunting ferocious beasts.

...

Day one.

Li Fan didn't dare to be arrogant; he used the Annihilation Eye for instant kills almost the entire time.

The efficiency was quite fast.

In just one day, he had already killed nearly fifty giant snakes.

However, there was one drawback.

Among these fifty giant snakes, not a single one had a combat power reaching the Transcendent Rank.

The highest level was just a Rank 90 snake.

This was normal, though.

After all, the maximum combat power in this secret realm was only Transcendent Rank ferocious beasts.

That was basically comparable to a Beast King.

And how many Beast Kings could there be?

But regardless, even without Transcendent Rank beasts, the current ferocious beasts were enough for Li Fan to fill his belly.

He absorbed all fifty-plus beast cores.

It took Li Fan nearly a full day.

But the result was good.

It directly caused Li Fan's level to soar from Level 21 to Level 35!

Li Fan was quite satisfied with this result.

Because it was unavoidable, the higher the level, the harder it became to advance.

"I need to change my approach. Absorbing the beast cores is taking too long."

Li Fan glanced roughly at the time and frowned.

He only had five days left.

Currently, just hunting the ferocious beasts and absorbing the beast cores had already consumed two days.

After a rough plan,

for the next three days, he planned to dedicate everything to hunting ferocious beasts and honing the Jidao Fist.

...

Two days passed in the blink of an eye.

Only the last day remained before he had to leave the secret realm.

At this moment, Li Fan was standing on a giant vine, holding a large piece of blood-stained rabbit-like ferocious beast meat suspended by a thin rope above the swamp below.

Li Fan was luring the giant snakes below to appear.

Not far away, a four-person team had already set their sights on Li Fan.

"It looks like he's alone?"

"He's quite bold! Daring to come to this place alone, and even daring to actively lure out giant snakes? He must not value his life!"

"I remember the swamp below is a snake nest, right? There are at least dozens of giant snakes inside, if not hundreds. If he lures them out so actively, he's probably going to become a meal for the giant snakes."

"Isn't that obvious?! Did you forget how Old Fifth died?"

The four people discussed in low voices.

They undoubtedly found Li Fan's move extremely foolish.

Because they were previously a five-person team.

Unfortunately, the youngest, Old Fifth, had tried the exact same maneuver as Li Fan—a young bull unafraid of a tiger—and ended up being swallowed by the giant snakes.

Every time Old Fifth was mentioned, the faces of the remaining few showed undeniable distress.

Of course,

what they didn't know was that Li Fan had basically cleared out the giant snake nest in the swamp below these past few days.

Now, there probably wouldn't be more than ten giant snakes left below.

Moreover, because Li Fan had killed too many in the last two days, these giant snakes rarely showed themselves anymore.

Otherwise, Li Fan wouldn't have resorted to this fishing method to lure them out.

"Boss, should we go and warn him?"

At this moment, someone in the team frowned and spoke, his gaze fixed on the Middle-aged Man standing in the center.

The Middle-aged Man hesitated for a moment, then shook his head.

"Forget it. Everyone has their own fate. We just need to look after ourselves."

"Let's go."

He turned and was about to leave.

The remaining three exchanged glances and could only reluctantly follow, preparing to depart.

But just as they were about to leave,

one of them couldn't help but look back at Li Fan, freezing on the spot.

"Boss!"

"Maybe we should still warn him."

"If Old Fifth had received a warning back then, perhaps..."

"I don't want to see something like this happen again."

As soon as these words were spoken,

the Middle-aged Man and the other two also stopped.

"You..."

"Boss, Old Fourth is right. I also think it's necessary to give a warning."

"Yeah, anyway, there are four of us. We can't possibly be afraid of him alone. Even if he turns on us ungratefully, so what?"

The Middle-aged Man was about to say something, but the other two also spoke up.

Looking at their expressions,

the Middle-aged Man softened his heart for a moment.

He knew.

The other three still hadn't recovered from the guilt over Old Fifth's death.

In fact, wasn't he the same?

He took a deep breath.

The Middle-aged Man nodded.

"Fine, let's just do a good deed."

"But remember, after we warn him, we leave immediately."

"We haven't seen this person's true face. Whether he is human or ghost, or how strong he is, we still don't know."

"Our own safety comes first!"

"Also, I will be the only one to step forward later. You all stay here and don't move."