One Month Later

"Wuwuwu! How can we escape?"

"Stop crying, let's shake off these strange beasts first!"

"I can't run anymore, we've been running around here for a day and a night..."

"Just hold on a little longer, maybe we'll find a way soon!"

"..."

Below, the sounds of crying and shouting rose and fell among the crowd.

They were all students who hadn't yet entered a Martial Arts University.

They had never experienced actual combat during their high school years, nor had they ever confronted alien beasts head-on.

Suddenly finding themselves in this environment, many had already had their psychological defenses collapse.

Let alone whether they could deal with these strange beasts, before even entering combat, most people had lost any thought of resistance, with only the desire to escape remaining in their hearts.

"Why don't we stop running and fight these strange beasts!"

Someone made this suggestion, but was immediately rebuked by others.

"Fight them how?"

"That Level 2 Exotic Beast we just encountered already cost us two classmates their lives. Do you want more people to die here?"

The person who made the suggestion was choked up and said gloomily.

"I told you long ago not to come, not to come!"

"You insisted on coming, and even insisted on dragging me along!"

"Now look, we're trapped here just like Xixi and the others!"

Another person, hearing that they were still blaming each other at this point, became annoyed.

"Everyone stop arguing!"

"You who are crying, pull yourselves together! Your crying is meaningless right now, and complaining won't help either!"

The most important thing now is to shake off these strange beasts behind us, and then find a way out of Hengduan Ridge!

"Otherwise, we can all just die here!"

This angry outburst was indeed effective. After the scolding, the crowd became much quieter, with only the sounds of hurried running.

'Roar!'

A roar from a strange beast came from several meters behind them.

The faces of the group of young men and women changed drastically.

"Oh no, they're catching up!"

"What do we do?"

Running now would be like exposing their backs to the strange beasts, which was very dangerous!

So, the group quickly stopped, turned around, and looked warily at the monstrous beast.

A boy at the front gritted his teeth.

"Everyone, don't be afraid, stay steady! It's just a Level 2 Exotic Beast, we've killed them before, and there are so many of us, we can definitely wear them down!"

"Wuwuwu, but if we wear them down, we'll die too!"

"..."

The boy at the front, seeing this group of useless people only knew how to cry, became furious.

"It's like this, and you're still crying and whimpering. If we don't act, are we just going to wait here to die?"

"We..."

He stopped speaking mid-sentence, turning to stare blankly at the sky.

Hearing him trail off, the others looked over.

Seeing him staring fixedly at the sky, they immediately followed his gaze.

They saw a figure floating in the air above and to their right, appearing extremely strange.

Everyone trembled.

After a moment of fear, a thought simultaneously arose in their hearts.

This is... a Level 6 Grandmaster!

Floating in the air was something only a Level 6 Grandmaster could do.

That's right! It's a Level 6 Grandmaster!

The crowd then became ecstatic!

Now they were saved!

Jiang Fan, floating in the air, sensed that this group had noticed him and couldn't help but sigh.

With a wave of his hand, a blade formed from Qi flew out, instantly decapitating several alien beasts.

Blood splattered everywhere!

Honestly, he really didn't want to save these people!

He had just witnessed their performance, and calling them a disorganized mob wouldn't be an exaggeration.

Facing strange beasts without even the courage to fight, how could they be worthy of the title of warriors?

Moreover, he had told those few people yesterday to leave quickly.

But instead of leaving, their group had only grown larger.

What was the point of saving people like this?

However, this was happening right before his eyes, and he ultimately couldn't bring himself to leave.

After all, these flowers in a greenhouse, who had never seen such a scene, could be forgiven for being scared silly.

Thus, Jiang Fan decided to help them deal with the strange beasts and, at the same time, give them one last warning!

Seeing Jiang Fan resolve several Level 2 Exotic Beasts with a wave of his hand, the crowd below rejoiced as if they had been granted a new life.

At the same time, their conviction deepened!

This person must be a Grandmaster, absolutely!

Being able to manipulate Heaven and Earth Energy to kill alien beasts from a distance was only possible after unlocking the second layer of the human body's Gene Lock.

Combined with his flight just now, there was no doubt!

"Thank you, senior..."

The leading young man was the quickest to react, hastily cupping his hands on behalf of everyone to express their gratitude.

But as soon as he uttered a few words, he saw Jiang Fan turn around in mid-air with a dark expression.

"I told you to leave quickly yesterday, why didn't you leave?"

Jiang Fan said, his gaze fixed on the pretty girls in the crowd.

The pretty girls recognized Jiang Fan immediately.

Combining that with what happened yesterday, she instantly understood everything.

This young man they had sat with on the train... was actually...

"You... you..."

The pretty girl, called Xixi, was momentarily speechless.

While others were shocked by Jiang Fan's youth, someone in the crowd suddenly recalled and said softly.

"He looks like that person from Jiang City we met on the train!"

This sentence was like a bombshell, exploding in everyone's hearts.

This...

How was that possible?

Seeing Xixi unable to speak for a long time, the leading young man, ignoring the hushed discussions around him, quickly nudged Xixi, signaling her to answer Jiang Fan's question quickly.

Xixi suddenly came to her senses and stammered.

"We... we were going to leave yesterday!"

"But it got foggy, we lost our way, and walked deeper and deeper..."

"Then... today we met them again..."

Her weak voice made Jiang Fan pause.

So that was it!

Hengduan Ridge was densely forested and often shrouded in mist.

It not only affected people's vision but also interfered with their senses.

No wonder they couldn't get out.

It seemed it wasn't entirely their fault!

Jiang Fan nodded, his figure suddenly rising dozens of meters. The entire terrain of Hengduan Ridge instantly spread out before his eyes.

A moment later, he descended and said calmly to the crowd.

"You go in that direction, keep walking! Don't look back!"

"You'll be out of Hengduan Ridge in less than an hour!"

Jiang Fan said, pointing into the distance.

After speaking, he floated away, leaving everyone standing there in shock.

Everyone, still shaken, looked in the direction Jiang Fan had flown.

"He's a Level 6 Grandmaster! Why is he so young?"

"Xixi, did he really say he was from Jiang City on the train? How is that possible?"

"Yeah, he's too young, looks like he's not much older than us!"

"Exactly..."

As they spoke, everyone suddenly thought of the same question and said in shock.

"Could he be that freak from the Jiang City college entrance examination this year, the one from the legends?"

In an instant, everyone was terrified!

"This is too scary!"

These were just minor incidents during Jiang Fan's cultivation and didn't affect his overall training rhythm.

After leaving this place, he continued to search for Exotic Beasts to hunt.

At night, he returned to the mountaintop to cultivate.

Thus, day and night alternated, and every few days, he would return to Xiao City to replenish food and rest.

A month passed in the blink of an eye!

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