Outside the thick grass.
"Roar!!" With a beastly roar, two Steel Lions charged into the Demon Snake horde, thud thud thud! Four Tier Five Demon Snakes were stomped brutally, left barely alive.
The two Yellow-striped Tigers opened their bloody jaws, biting down on two Tier Six Demon Snake heads with lightning speed—crack, their skulls shattered on the spot. Two Tier Six Demon Snakes, dead!
The leading Black-striped Cheetah leaped like a phantom, its speed absolutely insane.
[Swift Shadow Trace, speed increased fourfold]
Whoosh whoosh! The Black-striped Cheetah moved so fast it was invisible to the naked eye, the team only caught a flicker of shadow darting past.
"Roar!" A Tier Seven beginner Demon Snake had its weak point bitten through, letting out a dying hiss, eventually unable to escape fate's end.
"Hahaha! Bring it on!"
The Black-striped Cheetah let out a delighted laugh, flashing by like a shadow, charging another Tier Seven Demon Snake, weaving S-shaped paths to quickly dodge the Tier Fives and Sixes.
"Hiss!" The other beginner Tier Seven Demon Snake failed to dodge and died in the Black-striped Cheetah's jaws again.
"Kill! This mission's in the bag; where'd the White Fox go?"
"Still in the grass, the White Fox is too chicken; he really is just hiding there."
"A Tier Five can't do shit—as long as he doesn't hold us back, we're good!"
This Hunting Team joked around while slaying Demon Snakes, but their words dripped with disdain for the White Fox.
Watching the Cheetah Hunting Team having a blast outside, Cheng Bingxi spoke up, "Something's off! I can smell Tier Eight Demon Snake stench."
"These Tier Sevens are just bait; there are at least four Tier Eights lying in wait for us here!"
As an SSS-ranked Summoned Beast, the Two-tailed White Fox picked up on tiny shifts in the air, and Xiao Ye immediately confirmed the presence of Tier Eights.
"Roar!!" Suddenly, from the dense ancient trees and tall grass, four gigantic, fierce-aura'd King Cobra burst out!
[Lost in the Illusion Realm, Spiritual Type Innate Skill, traps enemies in illusions, area attack]
After all four Eye Demon Snake Kings used their Skills, both Steel Lions and Yellow-striped Tigers instantly fell into an illusion. In their eyes, the environment looked the same, but all their companions now appeared as Tier Seven Demon Snakes.
"Roar!" "Roar!"
The Steel Lions and Yellow-striped Tigers started brawling each other.
The Black-striped Cheetah, who didn't get caught in the illusion, was surrounded by four Tier Eight Eye Demon Snake Kings!
*Damn, this just got ugly!* The captain and vice-captain inside the Black-striped Cheetah's mind were frantic.
*What freaked him out even more was that he actually saw a Two-tailed White Fox lazily strolling out of the grass, looking super classy, casual in every move.*
*Fuck! He really is just deadweight!*
The Black-striped Cheetah cursed to himself and then roared, "White Fox, get the hell out of here!"
Bang! In a flash, the Black-striped Cheetah was struck by the tail of a Tier Eight Eye Demon Snake King, slammed viciously into the ground, leaving a small crater.
Tier Eight far outclassed Tier Seven—waaay higher strength. Even the peak Tier Seven Black-striped Cheetah was getting crushed.
[Divine Charm, throws the enemy's mind into confusion, area attack]
Activate, full power!
A spiritual wave rippled out from the Two-tailed Holy White Fox, and in a blink, all Demon Snakes, Eye Demon Snake Kings, Lions, and Tigers on the scene were hit.
"Bzzz!"
The whole battle froze, like someone hit pause. Except for the Black-striped Cheetah, every Demon Beast and Summoned Beast stopped moving.
The Two-tailed White Fox strode over elegantly, reaching into the pit and tugging the Black-striped Cheetah out, saying,
"Captain, you all right?"
"I'm good. Wait, are you Tier Seven?" The Black-striped Cheetah was stunned, then rushed the Tier Eight Eye Demon Snake King.
Bang! The cheetah's paw landed on the Tier Eight Demon Beast, but it only managed to break the skin a little.
"That body's tough as hell?"
*While the Black-striped Cheetah was helpless against the Tier Eights, the Two-tailed White Fox sprang into action. Sonic-booming past the sound barrier, it aimed straight for the Demon Snake's weak point.*
[Absolute True Damage, physical attacks ignore all enemy defenses and deal 100% true damage]
"Shssshssshssshssshss!"
Four slicing, ripping sounds rang out, and the Tier Eight Eye Demon Snake Kings were slashed clean in half by the White Fox's razor claws.
At the weak spot—right at the seven-inch node.
Four Tier Eight Eye Demon Snake Kings, dead!
"Holy shit, that's badass?!" the Black-striped Cheetah cried out—in shock that he couldn't break through a Tier Eight Demon Snake's defense, but the White Fox just shredded through it.
The Steel Lions and Yellow-striped Tigers snapped out of it, so shocked by what they saw they couldn't utter a word.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
The Two-tailed White Fox's wild power exploded, and after a series of thunderous blows, every single Demon Snake on scene was dead.
Against the Tier Sevens, the White Fox only needed physical strength—didn't even have to use Talent Skills.
As for Tier Fives and Sixes, they weren't even worth mentioning in front of the White Fox.
"That's gotta be a Tier Seven White Fox. Who told me he was Tier Five? I'm gonna fight 'em!"
"Damn it, this SSS-level Tier Seven just manhandled all us Tier Sevens single-handedly."
"Uh, looks like we're the deadweight now!"
"If only the White Fox could stay with the Cheetah Hunting Team!"
"Yeah, we should get a new captain. With the White Fox leading us, who cares about some top Hunting Award?"
Watching the Two-tailed White Fox's graceful combat, the Cheetah Hunting Team members became mere bystanders, and their attitude flipped instantly—they even started plotting to make the White Fox their captain.
The Black-striped Cheetah, "·····"
*Are you seriously discussing replacing the captain right in front of me? Is this even okay?*
Four Tier Eight Crystal Cores, three Tier Seven Crystal Cores, ten Tier Six Crystal Cores, and twenty Tier Five Crystal Cores.
The Two-tailed White Fox, with a haul like that, happily counted the bloody Crystal Cores dug from the Demon Snake corpses at his feet.
"I'm taking these Crystal Cores, that cool with everyone?" the White Fox asked.
"No problem, of course not!"
"Yeah boss, they're all yours!"
"Honestly, you totally earned 'em by yourself, none of us could complain!"
The five Summoned Beasts in the Hunting Team all voiced their agreement.
Now, in the eyes of all the Cheetah Hunting Team's Summoned Beasts, the Two-tailed White Fox was a super prodigy who could kill Demon Beasts above his level, a real boss, and the new captain who could lead them to glory!
"Ah, help!"
A clear, pleasant girl's cry for help came from afar.
Xiao Ye's face instantly changed. That was Nangong Siyao calling for help!
Swoosh—the Two-tailed White Fox's expression turned grim, shooting toward the source of the voice.
A moment later, he arrived at the outskirts of Demon Snake Forest a few kilometers away.
Nangong Siyao was being wrapped up by a snake-like Demon Beast with two little round horns on its head; its stinking snake head was looming right over her.
"Ah!" Nangong Siyao was completely panicked, her pretty face drained of color, eyes wide in terror as she stared at the Demon Beast snake head inches away.
Jiao!
Tier Eight Demon Flood Dragon! Son of the current Grandmaster Realm Demon Beast King Jiao!
Born of noble blood, with the innate power to command Demon Snakes!
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