The Cheetah Hunting Team sprang into action, launching attacks on the Demon Snake horde in every direction.
The Tier Eight Demon Snakes had incredible defensive power, so they set their sights on the Tier Seven and below Demon Snakes.
In less than a minute, the two-hundred-strong Demon Snake horde had been pretty much wiped out by the Cheetah Hunting Team. Blood was splattered everywhere, and Crystal Cores with a metallic scent formed piles under the White Fox's feet.
The Tier Eight Demon Flood Dragon, pinned to the ground, looked on in despair. It stared helplessly as its subordinates were slaughtered, its whole body trembling with rage.
About ten Tier Eight Demon Snakes lay pressed to the earth. Watching their companions get killed, their hearts shook with terror, afraid the next one would be themselves.
"Roar!!"
The Tier Eight Demon Flood Dragon went into Burst Seed mode, letting out a furious roar, and activated its Innate Skill against the Cheetah Hunting Team,
[Power of Water Vortex, allows one to control the surrounding water molecules, forming a water-vapor tornado for group attacks]
A high-temperature water-vapor tornado formed and rushed straight at the Cheetah Hunting Team.
The surrounding air twisted and buzzed from the impact of the water-vapor tornado.
Bam! The Tier Eight Demon Flood Dragon collapsed weakly to the ground. It had forced itself to use its blood essence to cast this move, but in the end, its essence was suppressed by the Divine Pressure.
"Damn it, seriously, why the hell are there still Divine Dragons in this world!" the Tier Eight Demon Flood Dragon lowered its once-proud head and roared in humiliation, lying flat on the ground.
Xiao Ye said, "It's time to end this."
[Water Elemental Mastery, as the name implies, gives you absolute control over the water element; you are the king of water]
An invisible shockwave spread out from the Golden Divine Dragon's body.
"Freeze," the Golden Divine Dragon said calmly.
Before the words had even fully left its lips, the water-vapor tornado unleashed by the Tier Eight Demon Snake instantly froze into ice. The high temperature around them plummeted, a chilling cold filling the air.
"What!?" The Tier Eight Demon Flood Dragon was so shocked its eyeballs nearly popped out. *Its Talent Skill attack had actually been neutralized effortlessly by the Golden Divine Dragon?*
This time, the Golden Divine Dragon thought silently, "Boil."
Another invisible shockwave radiated outward.
The water element in the whole area seemed to find its master—including the water inside the Demon Beasts!
The blood temperature in the bodies of the Demon Flood Dragon and the dozen-plus Tier Eight Demon Snakes rose rapidly!
"Ahhh!" "Roarrr!"
Their skin turned completely red, and they flailed desperately on the ground, letting out pitiful wails.
"Extract," the Golden Divine Dragon thought again, as another invisible shockwave exploded outward.
Before the stunned eyes of the Cheetah Hunting Team, they watched the blood inside the Demon Flood Dragon and Demon Snake bodies forcibly drawn out through their scales!
Because of the extreme heat, the blood became steaming hot, hissing as it vaporized into the air.
It was like ghostly wails, sending chills down the spines of the Cheetah Hunting Team.
"So that's a Divine Dragon? Some kind of water-controlling power, huh!"
"Does he even have a rival left in Demon Snake Forest?"
The Cheetah Hunting Team was completely stunned.
Moments later, all the Demon Snakes on the scene were dead.
That Demon Flood Dragon had also died in utter humiliation, drained into a dried-up husk!
"Hahaha! We're rich! We're so damn rich!"
The Holy White Fox looked at the trove of Crystal Cores gathered at its feet, its face beaming with joy.
Sixteen Tier Eight Crystal Cores, twenty Tier Seven Cores, thirty-four Tier Six Cores, over fifty Tier Five Cores, and more than a hundred Tier Four Cores!
Stuffed into a backpack, it made one heavy, bulging sack.
After tidying up their loot, the group climbed into their SUV, packed everything up, and headed back to the Youth Training Camp.
Under the apartment building at the Youth Training Camp,
The day's training had just ended, and the trainees stood assembled, waiting for the instructor to announce dismissal.
At that moment, Yi Luren had regained his usual confidence. He had become the core of the Contractor team, and all the Youth Training Camp Contractors revolved around him.
"Xiao Ye could never shine like me, right? The missions handled by Tier Seven Hunting Teams are deadly as hell. I bet he pissed his pants the second he saw them!"
Yi Luren could just picture Xiao Ye in his low Realm, falling behind the pace of the Tier Seven Hunting Team, getting looked down on and chewed out by their captain.
The repeater, Jing Ran, looked at the swaggering Yi Luren and the chubby girl next to him and saw a trace of Xiao Ye in them.
"The Beast-Eared Girl gets her training tomorrow, dismissed!" the Bald Instructor waved.
Just at that moment, the Cheetah Hunting Team and Xiao Ye's trio arrived outside the apartment building, lining up neatly and waiting for the Bald Instructor to inspect them.
The Youth Training Camp Contractors didn't hurry off. They stopped, wide-eyed and curious, wanting to see what a Tier Seven Hunting Team was like.
[Cheetah Hunting Team] was the most elite at Tier Seven and had won the monthly excellence award twelve times in a row! Super famous.
The captain of the Cheetah Hunting Team reported to the Bald Instructor.
"Xiao Ye and his group did great."
"Reporting, Instructor, Xiao Ye and his team aren't fit to be members of our Hunting Team."
When the Cheetah Team captain said that, the Bald Instructor's expression darkened. An SSS-level Summoned Beast doing badly enough to get kicked out? He said,
"Are you serious?"
The captain nodded and said, "Reporting, Instructor, I'm dead serious—no kidding!"
The team members all chimed in, "That's right!"
"Agreed!"
"I think so too!"
"The captain's finally woken up!"
Seeing the team captain and members all agree, the instructor's face looked even worse.
"Heh, SSS-level doesn't mean shit—still unwanted, not even as good as me, Yi Luren!"
Yi Luren, watching from the side, smiled so wide his face looked like a blooming chrysanthemum; he couldn't have been happier.
The Youth Training Camp Contractors took in the scene with a mix of emotions.
Xiao Ye and Cheng Bingxi might be SSS-level, but as far as the strongest Tier Seven Hunting Team was concerned, they were garbage. Otherwise, why would they be getting kicked out?!
The Bald Instructor glared coldly at the team captain, "You're sure you want to kick Xiao Ye and Bingxi out of your team? This counts as disobeying orders!"
The team captain looked stunned, explaining, "Reporting, Instructor, Xiao Ye isn't fit to be a team member—he's fit to be our captain!"
"I'm reporting this to you now and will make it official—I'm applying to have Xiao Ye and Cheng Bingxi take over as captains of the Cheetah Hunting Team!"
"What?" The Bald Instructor was dumbfounded. So they weren't getting kicked out—they were being promoted to captain?!
The team's vice-captain said, "That's right! Xiao Ye and the others are totally the most suitable as our captains!"
The team members spoke up too, "Exactly! As fellow Tier Sevens, we only deserve to be their sidekicks!"
"Yeah! The Two-tailed White Fox is absurdly badass, I freaking love it!"
"Agreed! With him here, we're definitely going to be the strongest Tier Eight and Tier Nine Hunting Team ever!"
The Bald Instructor's face twitched. *Was this madness? The entire strongest Tier Seven Hunting Team was asking for two high schoolers who hadn't even graduated yet to lead them?*
The wild grin on Yi Luren's face froze in place, like a flower mid-bloom caught in the cold. *Why did he feel like... yeah, a clown!*
He admitted he'd just been talking way too loud.
The Youth Training Camp Contractors watching were utterly shocked. *Holy shit! The strongest Hunting Team captain personally asked to step down for Xiao Ye?*
Just a moment ago, they were feeling bad for him—what a joke! Xiao Ye and Bingxi were an elite duo anywhere, always the center of attention!
Sorry, it was our bad for being so shallow!
(The story gets even crazier from here—add it to your reading list!)