Chapter 23
"Awoooo ...
The three-headed hellhound was in so much pain that its face twisted, its body convulsed, and it rolled back and forth.
Countless sand, stones, and mud splashed into waves. Even the originally lush trees on both sides of the stream were knocked over by it. Two nearby giant trees with a diameter as thick as a water tank were whipped directly off the ground by its tail!
Whoosh–—
The huge tree trunks shattered!
The fire that the trio had originally lit was also extinguished by the tail. What was left behind was a gap that was exposed by the collapsed trees, which was getting bigger and bigger...
The silvery white moonlight fell from the sky, shining clearly on the three-headed hellhound.
Bai Xia and Pan Mu hurriedly pulled Ye Wenya back. The black cat followed closely with its tail wagging. The trio and the cat walked to a place about 30 meters away from the three-headed hellhound, stood on a high place, and then slowly came to a halt, carefully observing this level 7 beast.
"My God! The physical strength of this level 7 mutated beast is too strong! No wonder it was said that at least SS-level beastmen and beasts were needed to subdue this guy. Just a random collision with this three-headed hellhound can bend and deform ordinary steel and concrete. I am afraid that only those super-strong S-level metals can withstand the impact of this guy!" Bai Xia took in the formerly beautiful like a paradise place becoming a mess at once. He was shocked and his mouth gaped wide open, almost unable to close.
"High-level mutated beasts are naturally powerful, otherwise why would a lot of manpower and material resources need to be used every time to surround and suppress them?"
Pan Mu observed the three-headed hellhound with a serious face, howling in pain at this time, and asked with lingering fear: "Classmate Ye, what potion did you use on it? Why does it look different from before?..."
Earlier, the tiger-tailed blue ox beasts and other mutated beasts all fainted instantly, but the level 7 three-headed hellhound in front of him looked like it was trembling with pain all over its body and had lost its combat effectiveness directly.
"Perception potion... a potion I saw in an ancient book that could enhance the user's five senses by hundreds of times."
Ye Wenya considered the words and explained: "This potion was originally used to deal with those prisoners with thick skin and tough flesh as well as particularly strong mental and physical strength... It only takes a small wound to make the other party sweat on the forehead. This reduced the combat power... This three-headed hellhound is already injured. That’s why, its situation looks particularly bad..."
"The more it struggles, the more pain it will feel... It will probably be so painful that it will lose its strength in a short time."
As Ye Wenya spoke slowly, Bai Xia and Pan Mu turned their heads to look at her. Their eyes were wide open. Even the black cat squatting on the ground looked up. The top of his head was cold to his tailbone.
"Gulp..."
Bai Xia swallowed his saliva. His throat was dry, while his eyes were full of horror toward the ancient people.
Were the ancients devils, to be able develop such a tormenting potion?
No, no, no, no...
He had never heard of this potion in the past. It must have been lost for a long time... The person who could dig out this long-lost potion from so many ancient books must be the devil!
Ye Wenya, who had no idea that she had been regarded as a devil, took in the scene in front of her calmly.
In fact, what she didn't say was.
This perception potion was originally developed only for ordinary people who wanted to become magic apprentices; to enhance their five senses, improve their perception of magic elements, and maximize the possibility of becoming a magician's magic apprentice.
But in the later period, humans and dragons fought. The dragons always wanted to rule the world again and eliminate other races. This deformation perception potion was developed by pharmacists.
It could turn the powerful dragons who were not afraid of magic and had great fighting spirit into a princess and the pea.
Even with strong anti-magic ability and powerful physical defense, the slightest touch could be instantly magnified hundreds of times. An ordinary stone under the girl's feet had become sharp blades under her tender white feet. Even every breath of air she breathed felt like someone was scraping her lungs with glass shards.
This was good stuff when used to fight against high-level dragons. Only needed a small dose to make the ferocious three-headed hellhound in front of her fall to the ground in pain.
Want to get up and fight? No way!
As for those paralysis potions...
Ye Wenya, who wanted to catch a sturdy, muscular, hoofed mutated beast as a new magic pet, was reluctant to waste it...
She was waiting for the new magic pet to carry magic plants weighing tens of thousands of pounds for her to refine potions!
…………
On the open ground over there, the ferocious and terrifying three-headed hellhound was already dying of pain. Even the wound that seemed to stop bleeding was now bleeding from its own rubbing. The bright red blood flowed down the wound. The three-headed hellhound was breathing in more than breathing out. It laid on the ground motionless with only its chest slightly rising and falling, indicating that it was alive.
"What should we do now? Should we kill it directly?"
Bai Xia stared at the three-headed hellhound covered with blood-colored long hair, feeling the violent aura emanating from its body, and lowered his voice, and said: "Using the perception potion only amplified the five senses of the mutated beast, but it can't suppress its power... If we get close at this time, will we be whipped away by its tail?"
The power of the level 7 mutated beast was formidable. They could get several ribs broken by any movement of the tail.
"No, wait here... This beast won't live long." Ye Wenya shook her head. The three-headed hellhound struggled too hard. If it could stay and wait until the effect of the potion wore off, it might survive...
But now, looking at those wounds that was deep to the point of seeing the bones, it seemed that blood loss would soon kill it.
"..."
The black cat squatted at the side, eyeing Ye Wenya with a complicated expression.
In just one day, Ye Wenya's image in Xiao Chen's mind had been turned upside down countless times.
Such a powerful pharmacist was regarded as a loser by others. Don't know if those guys would feel embarrassed when they see this scene.
"In that case, let's wait here until it dies. Killing a level 7 mutated beast can earn 1,000 points. It's a pity to just give up and leave." Pan Mu had recovered at this moment. He put his mood in order and directed Bai Xia to pick up the luggage tents that were blown away by the tails of the three hellhounds and prepare to rebuild them.
"Quite a pity."
Bai Xia came back to his senses and returned to normal profession with a few words. His eyes were shining, "Tsk tsk! Such a big level 7 mutated beast, it's a pity to waste it here. On normal days, we are in school and level 7 mutated beast meat is truly hard to come by!"
Level 7 mutated beasts that required mechas or SS-level beastmen to defeat have always been in short supply in the market.
"No matter how high the level of the mutated beast is, you don't eat mutated beast meat." Pan Mu ruthlessly interrupted Bai Xia and urged his younger cousin brother to clean up the battlefield quickly. Now this place was so messy that it was impossible to live. After they pack their luggage, they have to find a new place to live.
The originally ferocious hellhound, just as Ye Wenya said, died soon after. Pan Mu dug out a red beast crystal core from the hellhound's head and handed it to Ye Wenya.
The last blow to the hellhound was not given by any of the trio, but the system determined that the level 7 beast was indeed killed by them, so each person equally increased 333 points.
Ye Wenya looked down at the score ranking in her hand and nodded with satisfaction.
"Name: Ye Wenya
Gender: Female
Age: 20
Exam number: NO: 020625
Exam score: 1012
Team members: 1.2 grade Mecha Department Pan Mu (NO: 020318, score: 621)
2.2 grade Mecha Department Bai Xia (NO: 020373, score: 577)
School team score ranking: 41 (total score: 2210)
Grade team score ranking: 1 (total score: 2210)"
With the addition of 1000 points, the original team total ranking of 87 directly soared to 41st!
This was probably the most humiliating death of a three-headed hellhound on the planet K-0218.
"With the corpse of this level 7 beast, no other beasts will dare to disturb us tonight." Bai Xia wiped the dust off his cheeks. Not caring about Pan Mu's tone at all, he was in high spirits.
High-level beasts have an instinct to suppress low-level beasts, so every time they encounter the scent of high-level beasts, the lower-level beasts would choose to take a detour.
"Let us help you pick up these herbs." After Pan Mu and Bai Xia finished their simple cleaning, they saw Ye Wenya lowering her head and holding a torch, constantly searching for the magic plants that were scattered on the ground due to the impact. They were about to step forward to help.
"No, let me do it... Some of the herbs here can no longer be used, while many of the remaining ones have to be processed first, otherwise they can no longer be preserved." Ye Wenya stared at the damaged magic plants with a pained expression as she tried to pick out the ones with good quality. If she had known earlier, she should have used a different potion.
Seeing Ye Wenya's grief-stricken expression like someone had dug out her heart, Bai Xia scratched his head and immediately said considerately, "Don't worry, Classmate Ye, Old Pan and I will definitely bring you more medicinal herbs tomorrow! By then, there will be twice as many as here today! No... triple!"
Raising three fair fingers, Bai Xia waved them in front of Ye Wenya and solemnly stated.
"Triple? Really!" Ye Wenya raised her head with her eyes lit up instantly. Even the smile on her face became particularly sincere, there was no sight of the miserable expression of heartache any longer.
"Meow~!" The black cat held a magic plant found in a stone pile in the distance, gently placed it next to Ye Wenya, and shook its tail, looking well-behaved and sensible.
Xiao Chen now realized that the woman in front of him was fine in other aspects, but when it came to herbs, she was almost obsessed.
It was just like those mecha warriors. When they saw a good mecha, it was like they were fixed to the spot. It was understandable.
...
The trio and the cat cleaned up the mess and set up a new fire. They planned to stay here for the night and go up the stream tomorrow to find a new place to take shelter.
However, at this moment.
In the dark jungle not far away, four red torches were looming. Four black figures were dragged long by the fire...
Swish-swish-swish—
The swishing sound was accompanied by the rustling sound of leaves. The four figures on the opposite side quickly approached the light of the fire. The four people were wearing military combat uniforms, holding weapons and torches in their hands, and stared at the three of them with surprise.
Especially the girl among the four people, her face was full of surprise.
Su Wanqiu looked at Ye Wenya in shock, "Class, Classmate Ye...you, you, how come you are here? I clearly remember that you were seriously injured during the day...how come you recovered so quickly?..."
She clearly remembered that Ye Wenya lost too much blood in the morning, fell to the ground, took in more air than exhaled, and was about to die. But, but...she looked energetic now, even more energetic than the four of them?
"Are you disappointed that I recovered quickly?" Ye Wenya glanced at Su Wanqiu coldly. She had no good feelings for the girl in front of her who looked soft, sweet, and very cute.
No matter how bad the original owner's grades were or how arrogant and annoying her personality was, was this girl who looked pure, innocent, cute and shy really innocent?
Even if Su Wanqiu didn't do it herself, this matter was caused by her from beginning to end. Although she looked guilty and innocent at the moment, it couldn't change the fact that Su Wanqiu wanted to be a mistress and poach her boyfriend in front of her face.
If she was truly a good girl, she wouldn't have got entangled when the original owner and Fang Shaoyuan hadn't yet dissolved their engaged relationship.
Those so-called true love and inability to help themselves were just ugly cover ups for the two. "No, no, no, Ye, Classmate Ye, you misunderstood... How can I think so?"
Su Wanqiu's cheeks flushed with anxiety. Though her voice went quieter, it was extremely flustered. She waved her hands and said, "We were very worried when we saw Classmate Ye injured earlier and even left enough food for Classmate Ye in the camp to replenish the nutrition after blood loss... So how can we think that Classmate Ye are in trouble?"
"Enough food?"
Ye Wenya sneered and casually responded, "Are you talking about the pile of rotten animal corpses in the camp? I didn't expect Classmate Su to have such a heavy taste. Looking so clean and beautiful, but preferences are quite special."
"I, I, I didn't... I, I don't know..." Su Wanqiu stuttered.
She twisted her fingers and lowered her eyes, tears rolling in her eyes. Her aggrieved but pretending to be strong behavior immediately made the trio around her feel pity.
Fang Shaoyuan's cold voice came from the side as he protected Su Wanqiu behind him, "Ye Wenya, don't go too far. I was the one who gave the order to kick you out of the team before. If you have any problems, just come to me. Don't aim it at Wanqiu. This matter has nothing to do with her. I have never liked you from the beginning to the end. You should have self-awareness."
The black cat squatting on the side shook his ears after hearing these words and swung his tail irritably. For a long time, he had no intention of stepping forward to recognize his relatives. Instead, he even took two steps back to draw a clear line with this stupid nephew.
Fang Shaoyuan had clearly been engaged for so many years and didn't know the ability of his fiancée. He even chose another woman who was obviously not as good as Ye Wenya... Xiao Chen felt that this nephew with a bad brain and bad eyesight had simply lost the face of the entire family.
There was something indescribable in the dark blue cat pupils. God blesses his stupid nephew who could touch the tiger's whiskers every day and be alive and kicking...
When Xiao Chen recalled the perception potion that Ye Wenya gave to the three-headed hellhound ten minutes or so ago, he felt that if his nephew continued like this, who knows how he’ll die. However, since his nephew had been courting death for so many years and Ye Wenya didn't do anything to him, nothing serious will happen in the future...
The black cat had never considered giving his nephew any advice. Instead, he wanted him to suffer and learn from his mistakes. He shook his tail and half-crouched in the same place again.
It was just...
The black cat turned over and moved his butt, feeling a little irk...
Xiao Chen had no idea that Ye Wenya was no longer the same as before. She might kill someone if she got angry.
Fortunately, Ye Wenya was not really that cruel and would freely kill people. She looked at Fang Shaoyuan coldly and uttered in a hostile tone, "It's good that you don't like me. It just so happens that I have never liked you... Let's cancel the engagement after we go back. I am really unlucky to be your fiancée."
Fang Shaoyuan frowned, not knowing what tricks this woman was playing. He responded in a frigid tone, "I don't care what tricks you are playing, this engagement must be canceled. Now that things have become like this, I don't want everyone to look bad. After this assessment, let's find a chance to talk it out... But there are far more mutated beasts near the water source than in the jungle. Why are you here? Did you also hear what happened just now? Are you here to investigate the noise?"
Bai Xia, who had been staying nearby, had long been displeased with the four people in front of him. He restrained his usual laughing expression and rolled his eyes, "Is the exam opened by your family? Why can't we be here?"
"Speaking of which, Fang Shaoyuan, Cao Mo, Lu Kun... I didn't expect that you decent people in school would abandon your injured companions in the actual combat assessment!"
Bai Xia coldly remarked, "I feel sad for your future teammates."
During lunch, when Bai Xia and Song Jiale were chatting, they had already known about Ye Wenya being abandoned by her companions. When they thought about what happened to him and Pan Mu, they had no good feelings for such people who would abandon their companions on the battlefield.
"Oh! Look who it is? How dare you talk nonsense here? It turns out that it's the famous 'rat poo' in our mecha department..." The short-haired young man Lu Kun sneered and raised his eyebrows. He didn't take Bai Xia seriously at all. Instead, he challenged him casually: "Before you say that, there must be someone willing to partner with you!"
"Oh, I forgot... Don't you have a powerful elder cousin brother? Anyway, your elder cousin brother will agree to team up with you wherever you go..."
Laughing, Lu Kun stretched out his hand to gesture to Bai Xia and Ye Wenya before turning to look at Pan Mu with a sigh on his face: "But Pan Mu, you are really hard-working... Not only do you have to take care of the burden Bai Xia, you also picked up another one... I wonder if you be scared to the point of peeing your pants later if you encounter a level 4 mutated beast? Hehehehe! "
"Pan Mu, you can barely rank in the top 100 every time you take an exam in the Mecha Department. Why don't you just give up these two baggage and join our team this time?"
Another round-faced young man in combat uniform, Cao Mo, stood beside Lu Kun with a smile, and directly provoked Ye Wenya's group: "Our team hunted four level 5 beasts, five level 4 beasts, and some other low-level beasts in the daytime, earning a total of nearly 1,500 points. We rank 68th in the school and first in the grade. Our team currently short one person, why don't you come and try it?"
Cao Mo smiled, but there was sarcasm in his eyes.
Except for Su Wanqiu, the pharmacist, the remaining trio in their team were all A-level physiques. What’s more, Fang Shaoyuan's beast form was the Gale Silver Wolf, which was much more powerful than the beast form of ordinary A-level beastmen! Pan Mu was just a B-class beastman. Even though he excelled in mecha combat classes and was far better than ordinary A-class beastmans, but now on this deserted planet...
Ha, being good at mecha combat classes was nothing!
"Thank you for your invitation, but I like the current team more and have no plans to change the team members. You should go recruit people from other places... We need to rest." Pan Mu rejected Cao Mo's proposal with a cold face. If he hadn't been well-educated, he would have waved his fist and beaten them when he saw the sarcastic and mocking expressions of Lu Kun and Cao Mo.
"Oh, really? That's such a pity."
Lu Kun faked some pity and shrugged, "We admire Classmate Pan's ability... It’s just, you know that each group has a maximum of 5 people. We already have 4 people in our group and can only add one more team member at most."
Bai Xia stood at the side, curling his lips in disdain, and didn't expose the disgusting deeds of Lu Kun and Cao Mo. He only treated the two people next to him as mad dogs barking.
What first place in the grade?
Don't these two guys know that the first place in the grade had changed hands?
Bai Xia straightened his chest calmly and said with a mocking face: "How long has it been since you last looked at the score rankings? You don't even have 2000 points and dare to say that you are the first in the grade? Are you here to make fun of me?"
"What? 2000 points?" Cao Mo's face changed. He immediately looked down to check the score rankings on the military neuralink...
Fang Shaoyuan and Lu Kun naturally did the same thing. Even Su Wanqiu, who looked soft and cute, also looked down at the score rankings with a serious expression.
On the [Year 3019 Imperial Royal Military Academy Actual Combat Assessment Overall Ranking] table, there was a series of names ranked. On this ranking, the total score of each group, the names of the group members, and the specific information and score values of each person were clearly displayed.
NO.1 ——Total score: 3872 (ranking NO: 1 in 4th grade)——Zhou Kai (4th grade Mecha Department, NO: 040213, score: 1101), Jiang Mu (4th grade Mecha Department, NO: 040413, score: 1024), Bao Guangtong (4th grade Mecha Department, NO:
040113, score: 932), Cheng Mingliang (4th grade Command Department, NO: ...), Fan Xiasheng (4th grade Pharmacy Department, NO: ...)
NO.2——Total score: 3645 (ranking NO: 2 in 4th grade)——Fan Lei (4th grade Mecha Department, NO: ...), Wu Hao (4th grade Mecha Department, NO: ...) ...
NO.3——Total score: 3311 (ranking NO: 3 in 4th grade)——
……
NO.41——Total score: 2210 (ranking NO: 2 in 2nd grade) NO:
1)——Ye Wenya (2nd year Pharmacy Department, NO: 020625, points: 1012), Pan Mu (2nd year Mecha Department, NO: 020318, points: 621), Bai Xia (2nd year Mecha Department, NO: 020373, points: 577)
……
NO.73——Total points: 1489 (2nd year ranking NO: 2)——Fang Shaoyuan (2nd year Mecha Department, NO: 020102, points: 612), Cao Mo (2nd year Mecha Department, NO: 020331, points: 472), Lu Kun (2nd year Mecha Department, NO: 020261 Points: 321), Su Wanqiu (2nd year pharmacy department, NO: 020612, points: 84)
...
Fang Shaoyuan and the others clearly recognised the words on the ranking list of total points for the actual combat assessment, but for a moment they couldn’t understand what it meant...
What was written on this ranking list? Ye Wenya’s group were actually ranked 41st? And the four of them were ranked behind the trio, falling from the original 68th to 73rd?
Feeling that his throat was dry as if it was a long-dried land, Fang Shaoyuan opened his mouth and could hardly speak. The disbelief in his eyes couldn’t be hidden at all.
His eyes were fixed on Ye Wenya's group, while his expression was particularly ugly. Hunting mutated beasts to earn points sounded very simple. However, hunting mutated beasts wasn’t about moving some lips! It required real skills!
But the trio on the opposite side consisted of two with B physique and one with D physique. They couldn't even beat a level 5 mutated beast, so how could they rush to the 41st place in the overall ranking? !
"What's going on?! You cheated!" Cao Mo was the most impulsive, gritting his teeth and rushing up to grab Bai Xia's collar to interrogate. There were three beastmen with A-level physique on his side, plus a pharmacist with A-level mental power. Why couldn’t they compare with the three trash on the other side?
"Calm down, the school regulations do not allow students to fight privately during the assessment. It will be bad if it get captured by the supervision system." Despite having an ugly expression, Fang Shaoyuan grabbed Cao Mo and pointed at the military neuralink in his hand.
"Then what to do? Are we just going to let this group of trash hang over our head?!" Cao Mo indignantly pointed at Bai Xia and the other two.
"Hey, Surnamed Cao, who are you calling trash? You have lower ranking points than us and you dare to call us trash... I think you are the trash!" Bai Xia was not a person who liked to suffer losses. Seeing Cao Mo pointing at his nose and scolding him, he immediately glared and counterattacked with sharp words.
"Bai Xia, don't be so arrogant! In a place like a military academy, you can't be rampant just because you have money at home! The school speaks based on real ability! To get 2200 points, you must kill at least 11 level 5 beasts, or 27 level 4 beasts, 105 level 3 beasts... No matter which one, you two B-level beastmen and a D-level physique can't accomplish it!" Fang Shaoyuan stood beside Cao Mo and glanced at Bai Xia coldly.
"Elder Brother Fang is right! Guys like you who cheat in exams, we must report you to the instructor!" Cao Mo shook his sleeves fiercely with a ferocious expression.
"You doubt the judgment of the military intelligent brain?" Pan Mu asked in confusion.
"Hacker technology is so powerful these days. You must have used something to trick the intelligent brain!" Cao Mo said confidently: "If the intelligent brain can detect everyone 100%, there will be no spies in the army!"
"That's right!" Lu Kun nodded beside him.
However, at this moment, Su Wanqiu, who had been silently standing by, opened her mouth wide, pointed at a nearby huge black shadow in the black shadow of the tree, and stretched out her hand to tug Fang Shaoyuan's sleeve.
"You, you...guys look at what that is? ...Is it, is it a mutated beast?"
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