Chapter 24 Hunter and Prey
In a clearing among dense trees,
ten figures were crossing and flashing, attacking each other. Every once in a while, a young man would be beaten to the point of vomiting blood and fainting, then falling to the ground unconscious. After only seven or eight minutes, five young men who were obviously freshmen were knocked to the ground and lay prone on the ground. Around them, the other five were leisurely reaching into their arms and groping to take out the black crystal cards hidden by the freshmen.
"Haha, fellow juniors, why didn't you just give us the fire energy card honestly? You have to take a beating to feel comfortable, right?"
In the clearing, a young man in black looked at the three extra fire energies on the crystal card in his hand and smiled at the people on the ground.
"Don't look at us like that. We were also robbed by seniors last year, so we came to rob you this year. Haha, if you want revenge in the future, we are always waiting for your challenge, but the premise is that you have enough fire energy."
The young man in black saw the unconvinced eyes of the crowd, waved the crystal card in his hand, and laughed.
"Let's go, Lin Qi, there is no point in talking to these freshmen. We still have to find other targets."
The other seniors saw Lin Qi still laughing at the freshmen and spoke with some dissatisfaction. They can participate in the fire energy hunting competition with conditions. If they don't take advantage of this opportunity to rob more fire energy from the freshmen, they will have to work to pay off their debts when they return to the inner courtyard.
"No need to look for us, seniors, we are here."
A faint voice echoed on the branches above. The seniors who were about to leave looked up and saw a child standing on a branch, smiling at them. There was also a person standing on each branch around the open space. A total of five people surrounded them in a pentagon.
"The average strength is about two-star master fighters. The four of you, each choose an opponent, and fight quickly to avoid other teams noticing the movement." Xiao Yun only used his soul power to scan and sensed the cultivation level of the seniors below. He gave instructions to Fang Wen and others.
"!" Lin Qi and others were shocked. The freshmen who were supposed to hide like mice appeared in front of them in a swaggering manner. It was already very abnormal. Now one of the children can accurately tell their cultivation level. Doesn't this show that he is much stronger than them?
"Okay, Captain." The four nodded slightly and looked at each other. Their heroic aura suddenly surged out. Four different colored fighting spirit armors also covered their bodies. Then they moved and appeared in the open space as fast as lightning. They each chose an opponent to fight.
"Damn, how can these freshmen be so strong? Everyone's aura is almost catching up with me, and the most terrifying one hasn't made a move yet." Seeing Fang Wen and others entangled with his companions, Lin Qi, who had mocked the freshmen before, swallowed hard and quickly condensed the fighting spirit armor. At the same time, fighting spirit gathered on his palms, obviously preparing for some killing moves.
"Oh? You're not going to hand over the fire card? Then I'll take action." Xiao Yun did not take out his weapon, but looked at the nervous Lin Qi below, and the fighting spirit in his body began to circulate, and the aura around him suddenly rose.
Huh! !
"Go to hell!" Seeing Xiao Yun's rising momentum, Lin Qi finally couldn't hold back and took the lead in attacking.
A cyan ball of light condensed in Lin Qi's palm, and then shot out, hitting Xiao Yun above. The ball of light went straight through Xiao Yun's body, and its power did not decrease. It directly pierced all the branches above, and finally exploded in mid-air, causing circles of energy ripples.
"Is this dead?" Xiao Yun saw a big hole on his chest. Through the hole, Lin Qi could even see the blue sky behind him.
"What are you talking about? Senior, am I fine?" A short black shadow suddenly appeared in front of him. Lin Qi's pupils shrank slightly, and he watched with a fierce fighting spirit as a fist was thrown straight at his chest. The fierce force in it actually caused a sharp sonic boom in the air.
"What a powerful force." Feeling the power and speed of the black shadow's punch, Lin Qi was shocked and hoped that the fighting spirit armor on his body could block this punch for him.
When the fist touched the Dou Qi armor, Lin Qi finally felt how terrifying the power of Xiao Yun's fist was. The powerful force made his heart stop beating, and he spat out a mouthful of blood. His body suddenly shot out and hit the tree trunk heavily.
Lin Qi felt dizzy, as if his head was about to explode under the powerful force. He looked down and was shocked to find that the Dou Qi armor he had just summoned was completely shattered by the opponent's attack.
His body was curled up like a shrimp. Before he could look up to see the situation of other teammates on the field, he heard several muffled sounds, like the sound of heavy objects hitting the ground.
Then, Lin Qi's four companions crawled to his side with blood on their faces and huddled together under the tree trunk.
"Seniors, don't huddle like that. Hurry up and hand over the fire energy cards." Xiao Yun walked slowly in front of them and said with a smile.
Hearing this, the old students shuddered, and then hurriedly raised their heads with a little trembling, looking at Xiao Yun in front of them and the four people behind him, and asked with a little fear in their eyes: "What do you want the fire card for?"
"Of course, I will do the same thing as you did before. Why? Do you want me to take it myself?" The arm was raised, and a long spear with a whole body of fire stabbed into the ground next to Lin Qi's head. The long spear stabbed with a sharp force, scraping his face and causing great pain.
Looking at the long spear so close, Lin Qi swallowed hard, and very sincerely, with trembling hands, he took out a light blue crystal card from the ring and handed it to Xiao Yun.
He took the light blue Fire Crystal Card with a smile, and when he saw the number on it was as high as fifty, Xiao Yun's smile became even wider.
"Tsk tsk, you robbed a lot of people, senior, what a pity, now I, the prey, have taken it back!" Xiao Yun said softly, and Lin Qi, who was lying on the ground, heard his words, and his face, which was originally pale due to injuries, turned as black as the bottom of a pot.
"Boss, we are rich this time, this group of old students has more than ten days of fire energy than last time." Fang Wen and others followed suit, snatching the Fire Crystal Cards from the other four people, and then transferred the fire energy on them to their own cards, shouting in surprise.
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In another part of the open space, five freshmen with bruised faces and noses were lying on the ground, staring at the actions of Xiao Yun and others in amazement. It was not until now that they realized that Xiao Yun had robbed the seniors.
"Good job!" Seeing the seniors who had just robbed them being defeated cleanly by Xiao Yun and his five companions, and their fire energy was also taken away, the freshmen felt that the beatings they had received before were no longer painful, and their mood became cheerful.
People are like this, they will be unhappy when they encounter bad things, but when they find that others are worse off than themselves, they feel much more balanced in their hearts.
"You guys, your injuries are not serious, right?"
Xiao Yun walked up to the five freshmen and asked.
"It's okay, it's okay. These senior students were very measured in their attacks. It's just some flesh wounds."
"That's fine. Next, we will look for other senior student teams to defeat. You have been robbed once, so you can go to the end of the forest without worry."
"But I remind you, don't think that you have passed the level by reaching the end of the forest. There is a strongest team guarding there, and they will not let us pass easily. So, I hope you can meet at the end, and then we can pass the level together after defeating other senior student teams."
Xiao Yun left a few bottles of healing pills, explained the situation to the five people on the ground, and left with Fang Wen and others. As for whether the five people would listen to him, that was not his concern.
Whatever the result, Xiao Yun could accept it.
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