Qin Hao found the sight thoroughly painful to look at.
He pulled out his dagger and stabbed it viciously into the Vinewood Monkey's neck.
Just like that, another Vinewood Monkey's head fell.
He kept using the same tactic, and after about five minutes, Qin Hao finally assassinated the ten strongest Vinewood Monkeys.
By then, the Vinewood Monkeys around Mang Wu and the others had also reached a critical point.
At that moment, Qin Hao arrived in the shadows nearby.
He stabbed four Vinewood Monkeys in the neck in quick succession, and all four died with blissful expressions.
The Vinewood Monkeys below finally spotted Qin Hao.
Not only that, they also discovered that their companions had been killed.
The Vinewood Monkeys went mad, unleashing skills at Qin Hao in a frenzy.
Without exception, they were all control skills.
Unfortunately for them, Qin Hao had already hidden in the shadows and vanished. All their control skills hit empty air.
Qin Hao hurriedly revealed himself and used Ice Seal on several Vinewood Monkeys nearby.
Then he cast Time Acceleration on himself and killed eight Vinewood Monkeys in an instant.
By then, the other Vinewood Monkeys' skills had recovered, and they unleashed them at Qin Hao again.
Qin Hao hid himself once more, slipping into the shadows.
The Vinewood Monkeys' control skills missed again. Immediately afterward, Qin Hao reappeared and unleashed an Ice Cone.
He swiftly attacked again, killing another five Vinewood Monkeys.
He continued like this, and after about two minutes, Qin Hao finally killed the last Vinewood Monkey.
At that very moment, Mang Wu and the three other senior students who had passed out woke up again, just in time to see Qin Hao kill the last Vinewood Monkey.
Qin Hao immediately went over to Mang Wu and the others and freed them.
"Q-Qin Hao, classmate, y-you d-didn't see anything, did you?"
Mang Wu asked cautiously.
Of course Qin Hao had to lie. Otherwise, what if they couldn't take it and decided to kill themselves?
With that thought, Qin Hao said, "Brother Wu, I was almost controlled by those Vinewood Monkeys as soon as I got here. Luckily, I have Lightning-Type skills and was fast enough to dodge. Then I started fighting the whole bunch of them."
"I only noticed you were tied up here after the fight was over. How are you? Are you all right?"
"F-fine, we're fine. Thank you so much this time, classmate Qin Hao."
"Huh? Seniors, as far as I know, these Vinewood Monkeys are extremely lecherous. Are you really all right?"
Qin Hao asked.
The men hurriedly replied, "No, no, we're really fine!"
"Ah!"
At that moment, the senior girl who had been knocked unconscious also woke up and found her way there.
She saw that Mang Wu and the other senior boys were all naked, so she screamed and covered her eyes. Every now and then, a gap appeared between her fingers. It was hard to tell whether she was peeking.
Seeing this, Qin Hao thoughtfully handed the men several Charming Fox pelts.
For the rest of the journey, Mang Wu and the senior boys didn't say another word.
"Little Qin Hao, you're amazing! Not only are you strong, you can even make clothes."
The senior girl at his side praised him.
Clearly, everyone now saw Qin Hao in a new light.
Mang Wu and the three senior boys, however, might be left with an indelible shadow for the rest of their lives.
It couldn't be helped. Strictly speaking, the way to deal with these Vinewood Monkeys was actually very simple: a Martial Artist with a Fire-Type Ability.
Unfortunately, the only senior in the team who had awakened a Fire-Type Ability had been eaten by the mysterious monster in the cave.
That was why they had been captured alive by the Vinewood Monkeys even when fighting as a group.
Because of Qin Hao's outstanding performance, command of the entire team was handed over to him.
Everyone now followed his orders closely.
"All right, I think this spot is pretty good. Everyone, let's get to work."
After Qin Hao spoke, the group began chopping down trees according to his plan.
That was right. Qin Hao once again used his knowledge of Mortise-and-Tenon Structures to build everyone a log cabin.
This time, however, the cabin was built on the ground rather than in a large tree.
It was also enormous, covering nearly fifty square meters.
After the house was built, the group went out together to look for ingredients.
Since none of the others knew what wild vegetables looked like, the task of finding them fell to Qin Hao alone.
The others went to hunt monsters and bring them back for food.
Before everyone returned, Qin Hao secretly used his Fire-Type Ability to light the stove, then began making soup.
And so, Qin Hao once again led everyone into a happy life in the wilderness.
The senior girls and boys said that none of their previous missions had ever been as easy as this.
Aside from being violated by the damned Vinewood Monkeys at the start, they had lived very comfortably afterward.
They had a house to live in and food to eat. Most importantly, they could hunt monsters and obtain Monster Cores to increase their strength.
They stayed for half a month straight. Aside from Mang Wu, who failed to break through to Martial General, everyone achieved a breakthrough.
Qin Hao broke through to ninth-stage Martial Artist, while the other senior boys and girls broke through to fifth-stage Martial Master.
"All right, everyone. After resting and recuperating these past few days, we should be more or less recovered by now. Our strength has even improved quite a bit. Now, let's go to that cave and get revenge,"
Qin Hao said.
"Right! We have to kill that damned monster!"
Mang Wu said through gritted teeth.
To be honest, the monster in that cave was the root cause of everything that had happened to him at the Vinewood Monkeys' hands.
"After those two sonic attacks, we can tell that the monster in the cave is a sonic-type."
"That's right. And since its cry sounds like a toad's, we can tell that the monster inside should be a Bloodthirsty Sonic Toad!"
Qin Hao analyzed.
"Then, classmate Qin Hao, how are we supposed to kill that toad?"
"Right. That toad is in the cave. Outside, its sound waves spread out and aren't very lethal, but inside the cave, their killing power is a little too strong."
The group discussed what to do.
Qin Hao said, "Everyone, the most important part of a sonic attack is the sound. If we absorb its sound, won't it be rendered useless?"
And so, everyone began making sound-dampening material.
Over the past half month, they had killed a large number of monsters and accumulated plenty of monster pelts.
They stitched the pelts together into a giant bag, then stuffed it with a large quantity of leaves.
A simple piece of sound-dampening material was complete.
The group brought the leaves to the cave and spread the sound-dampening device across the entrance.
They pushed the device into the cave as they advanced, and sure enough, a terrifying sonic wave came attacking them again.
But weakened by the device, all they could hear was the Bloodthirsty Sonic Toad's cry, and all they could feel was the tremendous force pushing against the device.
The toad had just used its skill and needed time to recover afterward.
The group took advantage of that interval and finally reached the edge of the Spirit Pool.
They could go no farther with the device, because the space inside was too large for it to seal off.
After a few seconds, the Bloodthirsty Sonic Toad launched another sonic attack, but it was severely weakened by the device.
At the cave entrance, they had still been able to feel the pushing force. Now, they felt no force at all and heard nothing but the toad's cry.