23: You've gained a lot. What about you, junior?

As the last Blazing Fire Crow in the sky was slain by Jiang Hao, the Strange Beasts on the ground snapped out of their 'brain-congested, hot-headed' state.

Although most Low-rank Strange Beasts were like the Honey Badger in his previous life, only charging blindly toward humans, they could still feel fear.

Watching Jiang Hao smash them one by one, the Strange Beasts' eyes instantly cleared up.

Some lucky surviving Third-rank Strange Beasts had already fled.

After all, Jiang Hao had used all his Source Energy to unleash Saber Qi to kill the Blazing Fire Crows; fighting the Strange Beasts relied entirely on Basic Attacks with his spirit weapon or bare-handed smashing. Occasionally, he used Movement Martial Skills to dodge attacks from above.

This resulted in slower efficiency, and hundreds of the more than two thousand Strange Beasts that had gathered scattered and fled.

Jiang Hao pulled out something resembling a mattress and immediately collapsed onto it. Surrounding him were patches of 'leeks' who had fallen into a deep sleep.

"A rich haul in one go!" Jiang Hao comfortably stretched his limbs while looking at the points in his system panel.

[points: 4040]

A First-rank Strange Beast only gave 1 Point, while the flock of third-rank Blazing Fire Crows contributed at least 1,400 points.

Counting those killed by Fireballs or those who ran away, Jiang Hao hadn't actually killed that many Strange Beasts.

However, this Beast-Luring Powder really worked. It seemed he shouldn't use it carelessly anymore.

Otherwise, if a major Strange Beast Riot was triggered, many Ordinary Martial Artists in the battlefield wouldn't be able to escape.

Liu Da jogged over with his two Younger Brothers, looking at the 'corpse-lying' Jiang Hao and nervously asking:

"Young Master Jiang, are you alright? Do we need to go out and find a Healing-type Martial Artist to check on you?"

Jiang Hao opened his eyes and waved his hand:

"I'm fine, I just exhausted my Source Energy. I'll go back to the Camp to lie down for a while. You prioritize processing the Materials from the Third-rank Strange Beasts. We can worry about the first and Second Ranks tomorrow."

During the chaotic battle just now, aside from the Source Energy used to maintain his Yuan Power shield and Movement Martial Skills, Jiang Hao used Flying Firmament Void-Breaking Slash to kill the Blazing Fire Crows whenever he had Source Energy.

And to conserve Source Energy, he had no choice but to use the spirit weapon's effect of mobilizing surrounding Source Energy.

His Mental Energy was also constantly being depleted. Relying on the spirit weapon's enhancement, he finally managed to eliminate all those scattered dead crows in the sky.

Now, Jiang Hao was truly exhausted, only having enough Source Energy and Mental Energy left to unleash ten more Feixiao Sky-Breaking Slashes.

Therefore, Jiang Hao just wanted to sleep now!

"The Strange Beasts shouldn't come back to this area for a while."

"As expected of Young Master Jiang, suppressing a Beast Tide all by yourself! You are simply Invincible!" Hou Si immediately offered flattery.

Jiang Hao rolled his eyes speechlessly: "Alright, stop exaggerating. It was just a small Strange Beast Riot; it's miles away from a real Beast Tide."

Yunxiao Prefecture had experienced an Intermediate Beast Tide before.

Hundreds of millions of Low-rank Strange Beasts, nearly a million Intermediate Strange Beasts, and hundreds of High-rank Strange Beasts commanding from the rear. That power seemed capable of shattering the entire Yunxiao Prefecture!

Unfortunately, under the Military's Ultra-long-range Strike using Source Energy Weapons, the Intermediate and Low-rank Strange Beasts were instantly wiped out, and the High-rank Strange Beasts were scattered, fleeing with their heads in their hands.

Finally, a nameless Saint Rank Expert passing by solved the entire problem with a single strike.

Thinking back to that news story, could that Saint-rank Martial Artist have been Elder Li?

Jiang Hao fumbled around on the 'mattress' a few times and then pressed a button. Four Turbine-like devices extended from the bottom of the 'mattress'.

Then the 'mattress' slowly floated up, about three meters off the ground.

"I'm heading back first. You guys should come back soon too."

Liu Da and the other two gaped as they watched the 'mattress' slowly carry Jiang Hao toward the Camp.

Because of the melee earlier, large swathes of trees in the forest had been broken. Since the 'mattress' also had an Auto-pilot function, there was no need to worry about it flipping over halfway through the flight... On the other side, Liu Yang, who was preparing to take over the Night Watch from Gao Longtao, was already dressed and waiting outside.

"That's strange, why hasn't Senior Schoolmate Gao arrived yet? Did he go somewhere to relieve himself?"

Liu Yang didn't think too much about it, opened his Light Screen, found a casual stress-relieving game, and started playing.

Two hours later, Wang Lei, who was preparing for the shift change, also arrived.

"How was it for these two hours? No problems?" Wang Lei casually asked Liu Yang, who was playing a game, and then looked at Gao Longtao's Tent:

"Senior Schoolmate Gao is fine, right? I saw his expression wasn't quite right during the day, as if something was bothering him."

Because the five people weren't very familiar with each other, and there was Xu Muwan, a girl.

So the five of them found a spot near a Water Pond and set up Camp separately. The five Tents were spaced more than ten meters apart.

"Huh? Ah!? Senior Schoolmate Gao!!!"

Liu Yang suddenly realized that he hadn't seen Senior Schoolmate Gao return in the past two hours.

He checked his Tent, and it looked empty.

So the two immediately called out to the other two Companions.

Xu Muwan sat to the side, her hair loose, hugging a Greatsword, and looking thoroughly displeased.

She had clearly been dreaming of having hundreds of millions of Fans.

High-Rank Martial Artists were begging to be her Bodyguards.

Even the legendary Saint Rank Expert appeared, saying she had hidden talent that hadn't been unearthed, and was willing to accept her as a Disciple!

Just as Xu Muwan dreamed of achieving a High-rank Breakthrough and Prodigies from various Prefectures were confessing their love to her, she was suddenly woken up by that Idiot Liu Yang.

Xu Muwan, suffering from Morning Temper, thought resentfully: "Senior Schoolmate Gao is so powerful, how could he possibly be dead! He must have secretly gone out alone to Hunt Strange Beasts, trying to Outcompete us!"

Xu Muwan hated two types of people most in her life: those who liked Internal Competition, and those who prevented her from engaging in Internal Competition!

At this moment, Liu Yang, who had thoroughly checked the surroundings and even jumped into the small Water Pond to look, returned with a look of utter dejection.

"What should we do? Senior Schoolmate Gao really isn't nearby! Did he perhaps think we were too weak and went off to Hunt Strange Beasts by himself?" Liu Yang showed a pessimistic expression.

Although they were all Third-rank Martial Artists, Xu Muwan's Realm of Third-Tier Peak was the highest among the five, and she was also one of the few practical combat girls in the school.

Wu Jun still remembered that this girl, who was in the Same Grade, participated in the Yunxiao Martial Arts School Freshman Competition.

She chased her opponent with a Greatsword, hacking wildly as if they were sworn enemies, forcing the opponent to surrender.

When fighting, she was completely different from her quiet and cute appearance.

This also attracted some Old Perverts who liked the Contrast Moe.

As for Gao Longtao, he came from the Gao Family, had learned several High-rank Martial Skills, and possessed excellent Combat Experience and Awareness. His talent was the strongest among the five!

Seeing the 'Morale was Unstable', Wang Lei immediately comforted everyone:

"Although Senior Schoolmate Gao can't be found, his phone is unreachable, and he didn't take his Luggage. But looking on the bright side, maybe he was injured and sent out of the battlefield by someone?"

You really know how to comfort people... The three of them looked up at the sky speechlessly.

"Although Senior Schoolmate Gao is 'gone', it doesn't matter! I, Xu Muwan, can still suppress all enemies!"

Or perhaps.

"Even without Senior Schoolmate Gao, I can still lead everyone to Hunt Strange Beasts!"

Although she really wanted to shout this out loud, thinking that she still had to return to school and didn't want to expose her slight case of Chuunibyou, she could only nod silently:

"Senior Schoolmate Gao must have a deep meaning behind his actions. Next, we won't sleep yet; we'll search the surrounding few kilometers one last time. If we can't find him, we'll forget it and ask the school teachers tomorrow."

Liu Yang said spiritlessly:

"But, Sister Xu, did you forget that group of Old Hunters said they were coming in to settle Scores with us this morning?"

Everyone froze. With Senior Schoolmate Gao, the walking Taunt Minion, gone, the four of them felt a bit cowardly!

So.

Senior Schoolmate Gao, where are you???