Truly An Unpredictable Man

After another round of playful banter, Su Ming and his group finally accepted a subjugation mission.

The mission difficulty was C-rank, and the target was a Blade Fiend located in an abandoned factory in Huaming District.

It was a brutal Phantasmal Demon with limbs made entirely of blades, capable of tearing apart the human body with ease.

Not only were its limbs composed of blades, but its body was also as sharp and hard as a steel blade. Even a full-strength strike from an average Hunter might only produce a burst of sparks, without causing any real damage.

Coupled with the astonishing regenerative ability inherent to the Phantasmal Demon race, allowing them to quickly recover from injuries, the Blade Fiend was considered an extremely difficult target to subjugate among lower-level Phantasmal Demons. It possessed high attack and defense, and was also very fast. Many people were unwilling to subjugate such a difficult and dangerous Phantasmal Demon.

Thanks to this, before the Spirit Fiend Abyss entrance was detected, this Blade Fiend had been living freely in that abandoned factory, in a state of being un-subjugated.

Only now, to cope with the imminent threat, did the Base City side want to clear out as many of these Phantasmal Demons remaining in Huaming District as possible, those that had previously gone un-subjugated, lest they cause trouble at crucial moments, perhaps during the construction of defensive lines, resulting in losses of personnel, resources, and even time.

Thus, the mission to subjugate the Blade Fiend was posted, waiting for a "fated one" to accept it.

And Su Ming and his companions were the "fated ones" it had been waiting for.

Immediately, the six of them boarded an off-road vehicle provided by the military for professional Hunters and drove towards the factory.

The factory's location wasn't remote, nor was it far from the academy's residential area. With the off-road vehicle, the group arrived at their destination in about half an hour.

"This is the place, right?"

Lei Hao sat in the driver's seat, steering the off-road vehicle in front of a deserted factory.

"T-this is the place?"

"I'm suddenly a little nervous..."

Yao Beibei and Jiang Wanyu couldn't help but grab An Zijin's hands on either side, their pretty faces filled with nervousness.

They couldn't help it.

Although the place seemed to have been abandoned not long ago, for some reason, bloodstains could be seen everywhere, and there were even some very obvious signs of battle, making the place seem like an ancient battlefield, with even the air filled with a bloody smell.

Such an environment was already somewhat damaging to girls, not to mention that Yao Beibei and Jiang Wanyu were on their first mission. Even if they had seemed confident and assertive before, they couldn't help but feel nervous at this moment.

On the other hand, An Zijin's cute face was full of calmness. She closely followed behind Su Ming, as if doing so would give her immense courage, looking relaxed.

Su Ming naturally didn't know what the girls behind him were thinking. He simply looked at the scene and said thoughtfully.

"It seems like there was a massacre here."

This was obvious.

"According to the information, this place hasn't been abandoned for long. There wasn't even a plan to abandon it. It was only abandoned because the Blade Fiend suddenly broke into this place and hunted down the people working here as prey."

Ye Bai checked the information on his phone, his expression somewhat heavy.

"An entire factory of people were killed?" Su Ming muttered, "Then it's not hard to understand why this Blade Fiend is hiding here and hasn't come out."

The location wasn't remote, and the factory wasn't small. There must have been many people working here.

Now that the Blade Fiend had hunted down so many people, obtaining a large amount of food at once, it wasn't surprising that it would take this place as its base and slowly devour and digest the large amount of blood food it had obtained.

Otherwise, with the Phantasmal Demons' brutality and bloodlust, they would never stay in one place when lacking blood food.

"The people above probably know this too, so they didn't increase the priority of this mission and send people to subjugate it directly, right?"

Lei Hao carried his beloved greatsword and jumped out of the off-road vehicle, looking carefree.

"Anyway, it will obediently stay here and slowly digest the blood food it has obtained. It's not impossible to leave it alone for a while before it finishes digesting the blood food and leaves this place."

Ye Bai put away his phone.

Seeing Su Ming, Lei Hao, and Ye Bai standing in front of the abandoned factory, discussing freely without the slightest hint of nervousness, Yao Beibei and Jiang Wanyu couldn't help but look at each other.

"Aren't the seniors nervous?"

Jiang Wanyu couldn't help but ask.

Hearing this, Su Ming and the others exchanged glances and smiled in unison.

"Don't underestimate us, junior." Lei Hao laughed heartily, "Although we're not top or elite students in the academy, we've been doing this for a year. We've been on countless missions to subjugate Phantasmal Demons. Why would we be nervous?"

"You could say we're used to it, right?" Ye Bai spread his hands, self-possessed, "We were just as nervous as you at the beginning. If it weren't for the seniors who brought us along at that time, we might not have dared to set foot in the Phantasmal Demons' territory at all."

"Now it's our turn to bring you along." Su Ming reached out and touched An Zijin's little head, saying, "You just follow behind us, watch carefully, learn carefully, and don't act on your own, understand?"

"Understood, Brother Su Ming." An Zijin obediently replied.

Yao Beibei and Jiang Wanyu also nodded repeatedly, and the way they looked at Su Ming and the others changed somewhat.

Before this, Su Ming and the others were just an enemy and two weirdos in the eyes of these two girls. They weren't famous figures in the academy, so the girls hadn't felt the majesty of Su Ming and the others as seniors.

It wasn't until this moment that the girls felt the reliability of Su Ming and the others as seniors.

This eased the nervousness in Yao Beibei and Jiang Wanyu's hearts a lot.

"Then let's prepare to start the raid!"

Lei Hao seemed to be preparing to enter a dungeon to fight monsters, lifting his greatsword and walking directly towards the abandoned factory.

"Su Ming, we'll be in the back."

Ye Bai called out to Su Ming.

"Okay."

Su Ming naturally had no objections.

An Zijin, Yao Beibei, and Jiang Wanyu were all newcomers, so their safety had to be taken into consideration to avoid any accidents.

Therefore, with Lei Hao leading the way, Su Ming and Ye Bai would cover the rear, protecting the three junior sisters in the middle.

"Zijin, you stay in the middle with us."

"That's right, we'll protect you."

Yao Beibei and Jiang Wanyu sandwiched An Zijin between them for protection.

"I'll just follow Brother Su Ming!"

An Zijin protested, but Yao Beibei and Jiang Wanyu forcibly held her in place. She could only tearfully resign herself to her fate, like a calf about to be sold.

The group of six officially entered the abandoned factory, beginning their first mission in Huaming District.

At the same time, in a room on the top floor of the dormitory building in the academy district, a beautiful girl was on the phone.

"Is that so?" Xu Qianqian murmured, "He's started, huh?"

"Yes, Miss," a respectful voice came from the other end of the phone, saying, "Your friend has just embarked on his first mission. Do you require us to continue tracking him and reporting the latest information to you?"

"Mm," Xu Qianqian responded faintly, "Tell the people over there not to let anyone disturb him. Just keep an eye on the situation in Huaming District and around me, and find those rats who attacked me before."

Xu Qianqian would naturally not forget her previous experience, nor would she let the other party think they could take this opportunity to harm her again.

Therefore, Xu Qianqian had already made arrangements for people to respond and investigate at any time.

Just now, she was listening to the investigation report and "incidentally" paying attention to Su Ming's movements.

The reporter on the other end of the phone was one of Xu Qianqian's confidants.

"Yes, Miss," the reporter said respectfully, "I will restrain the others and prevent them from disturbing Young Master Su."

Among his subordinates, there were indeed many restless individuals.

Their loyalty to Xu Qianqian was beyond doubt.

As confidants cultivated by the Xu Family specifically for Xu Qianqian, these people had been instilled with the idea of Xu Qianqian being their top priority since childhood, and they would never have any disloyal intentions.

However, sometimes, being too loyal might cause problems.

At least, after the news of Xu Qianqian being scolded by Su Ming on the train yesterday reached the ears of these people, many of them immediately became filled with murderous intent, vowing to tear Su Ming into pieces.

If Xu Qianqian hadn't been suppressing them, would the dignified Xu Family ignore their beloved daughter being publicly berated?

Absolutely not.

Su Ming didn't know that he had already entered the sights of many people in the Xu Family.

Moreover, it wasn't just these subordinates who were loyal to Xu Qianqian.

"As for my side, I will do my best to restrain them," the reporter said in a low voice, "But Miss, your siblings seem to have some ideas about Young Master Su as well."

A hint of coldness flashed in Xu Qianqian's eyes.

"Don't worry," Xu Qianqian said faintly, "They wouldn't dare to mess around openly."

In other words, there was a possibility of them messing around in secret.

But there was nothing she could do about that.

After all, Xu Qianqian's siblings might have already done things in secret.

For example, the attack that caused her serious injuries.

"Keep an eye on Su Ming's situation at all times. If you find anyone from our side trying to do anything to him, report it to me immediately," Xu Qianqian instructed, "Be careful. That guy is cautious and careful. Don't get discovered."

"Yes," the reporter immediately responded.

After the call was ended, Xu Qianqian put down her phone.

The first thing that came to her mind was not the upcoming Huaming District battle, nor the power struggles within the family, but Su Ming.

"I never thought that one day, I would be scolded so unceremoniously by a man."

Xu Qianqian murmured softly and suddenly smiled.

"He's truly an unfathomable man."

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