135: Chapter 135 Is that a spacetime rift?

"beast kings blood?! "

Li Murou exclaimed from the side:

"Isn't this the S-Rank material sold in the military mall for 100 military merit points? And you even need luck for it to refresh! "

Chen Xi was also a bit surprised.

He had been worrying about how to save up enough military merit points to make cards for Ye Fei, never expecting that someone would deliver exactly what he needed just as he was worrying about it.

But what puzzled him even more was:

"This thing... did you exchange it at the military department? It's worth 100 military merit points, and you're just giving it to us? "

At this moment, Wang Shan from Ji Qing's team pushed up his glasses, feeling a bit embarrassed, and stepped forward:

"Um... Captain Chen, this was actually something I 'extracted' from deep in the forest just now. "

"Extracted? "

Chen Xi looked at him.

Wang Shan explained:

"My profession is [Apothecary]. But I took an elective in a very obscure auxiliary-type life skill called [Fierce Beast Material Extraction]. "

"This technique can use specific alchemy arrays to forcibly extract and convert the energy essence contained within the corpses of dead fierce beasts. It's just that the success rate is extremely low, and the process is very dangerous, requiring fresh, high-tier corpses. "

"We were lucky just now and encountered the corpse of a Third-Tier Fierce Beast that had just died. I gave it a try, never expecting to actually extract this drop of S-Rank beast kings blood. "

Speaking of this, Lei Gang smiled bitterly:

"It was precisely because we were greedy for this material that we lingered there for too long. The smell of blood attracted this group of Shadow Poison Spiders, and we almost lost our lives. "

Chen Xi suddenly realized.

So that was it!

In this world, besides combat professions, life professions are equally not to be underestimated.

It's just that because the glory of combat professions is too bright, many people overlook the capabilities of these support personnel.

"This is good stuff. "

Chen Xi looked at the beast kings blood in his hand, feeling overjoyed.

With this, the materials for creating the exclusive core card for Ye Fei as a [Beast Tamer] were only missing one last S-Rank material—the [stone of origin]!

The progress bar instantly filled up by half!

"Since that's the case, I won't stand on ceremony. "

Chen Xi didn't pretend to be modest and accepted the box directly.

For him right now, increasing his teammates' strength was the top priority.

"I'll remember this favor. If you need any help in the Southern District in the future, just ask. "

Lei Gang, Ji Qing, and the others were overjoyed upon hearing this.

Being able to obtain a promise from this future big shot made giving away this S-Rank material totally worth it!

After exchanging a few more pleasantries and adding each other's contact information, Ji Qing and the others left first.

As for Chen Xi, he took his excited teammates and continued to advance into the depths of the Black Swamp Forest.

With an S-Rank material as a foundation, Chen Xi was in an exceptionally good mood.

He glanced at the sky; it was already approaching evening.

Theoretically speaking.

The best course of action would be to evacuate the Black Swamp Forest at this time.

Wait until dawn tomorrow to come back and see where the remaining beasts were.

But Chen Xi was unsure about the situation here.

He was worried that after a night passed...

…a whole bunch more fierce beasts might emerge.

Plus, he had now mastered the strategy for killing Shadow Poison Spiders.

He pondered for a moment and decided to seize the momentum to go a bit deeper inside.

Chen Xi looked at the three beautiful figures behind him:

"Let's keep going! Let's strive to finish off the remaining poison spiders! "

The group was high-spirited.

Although the Black Swamp Forest was dangerous, with Ye Fei's reconnaissance and Chen Xi's shameless tactics, these Third-Tier Fierce Beasts were simply moving experience packs.

Soon, they discovered another group of clustered Shadow Poison Spiders.

"Same old rules. "

Chen Xi snapped his fingers.

The process was exceptionally smooth:

Ye Fei located the Spider King's position.

Chen Xi threw out a [A Ball of Fire] card to taunt and group the monsters.

Li Murou used [Sorrowful Elegy] for crowd control and freezing.

Su Xiaoxiao used [Sword of Apocalypse] to clear the field.

...

Rumble—!

As the last bolt of thunder fell, that group of Shadow Poison Spiders, which hadn't even reacted yet, instantly turned into fly ash.

[System Prompt: Killed Shadow Poison Spider x13]

[Level increased to 27]

[Ding! Congratulations to Nirvana Battle Team, C-Rank Mission "Clear Black Swamp Forest" has been completed!]

[Please return to the Southern District military base to submit the mission and claim 100 military merit points.]

Seeing the green "Completed" text on her bracelet, Li Murou cheered and jumped up:

"Yeah! Done and dusted! We're the first ones to complete a C-Rank Mission, right? "

Su Xiaoxiao also revealed a hint of a relaxed smile:

"That should be it. This feeling... is much more satisfying than grinding a dungeon. "

Although Ye Fei didn't speak, the shock in her eyes couldn't be hidden no matter what.

The Wild Grass Team she was previously in had to struggle for their lives for half a day just to enter a normal dungeon.

But in this team, killing Third-Tier Fierce Beasts was as simple as mowing grass.

Is this the strength of a top-tier battle team?

"Alright, don't get too excited. "

Although Chen Xi was also happy, he always maintained a sense of vigilance.

After all, this was Outside the Border.

However, just as Chen Xi and the others were preparing to leave.

An extremely faint, yet prickling sensation of being watched suddenly came from above his head.

This feeling was different from the naked killing intent of fierce beasts; it was a kind of...

…gaze that carried a certain sense of scrutiny.

"Hm? "

Chen Xi's movements came to a sudden halt.

As a Miracle Card Maker with extremely high mental power, he was extremely sensitive to this kind of gaze.

He gripped an attack card in his hand without changing his expression, pretending to turn around nonchalantly, while his peripheral vision actually swept sharply toward an ancient towering tree to his rear.

Hidden by the dense branches and leaves, a bat, only the size of a palm and entirely a weird purple color, was hanging upside down on a branch.

It opened its small, scarlet eyes, staring fixedly at Chen Xi, its gaze revealing a hint of... human-like thought?

"That is... "

Chen Xi's heart tightened.

This was definitely not an ordinary fierce beast!

"Xiao Xiao! The ancient tree to the back left! That purple thing! Shoot it down! "

Chen Xi suddenly roared, and the card in his hand was instantly thrown out.

" [Wind Blade]! "

Su Xiaoxiao's reaction was also extremely fast, even though she didn't know what had happened.

But out of trust in her captain, she raised her hand and unleashed a Sword Prison.

"Zzzzt! "

The Wind Blade and the longsword simultaneously struck that ancient tree.

"Squeak—! "

That purple bat let out a sharp, strange cry. Its speed was incredibly fast.

At the moment the attack reached it, it flapped its wings, turned into a purple afterimage, and extremely flexibly dodged the fatal blow.

"Want to run?! "

Chen Xi snorted coldly:

"Mu Rou! Shoot it down! "

Li Murou was about to play her instrument, but she was stunned by the scene before her.

She saw that the bat didn't fly deeper into the forest, but instead rushed suddenly into mid-air.

Immediately after.

Hum—!

The air distorted for a moment.

A familiar purple rift tore open in mid-air without any warning.

That was exactly the — [space-time rift] that had appeared before at the school Trial Grounds and the military special training base!

The purple bat looked back at Chen Xi on the ground, its eyes seemingly carrying a hint of mockery, and then dove into the rift.

Subsequently, the rift closed rapidly and disappeared without a trace.

The forest returned to dead silence.

Only the four of them, Chen Xi and his team, remained standing on the spot, looking at each other, their shock beyond measure.

"That... was that a space-time rift? "

Su Xiaoxiao's voice was a bit dry:

"A bat... could actually open a rift itself to escape? "

"And what it just did... was it monitoring us? "

Li Murou only felt her scalp tingle:

"Fierce beasts... have they really grown brains? And they can freely traverse space? "

Chen Xi stared fixedly at the place where the rift had disappeared, his expression as gloomy as water.

"It seems... things are even more serious than we imagined. "

"This Outside the Border hides a great secret. "

"Let's go! Return to the base immediately! "