The Hunter and Sorcerer's Code

Inside the abandoned factory, Su Ming and his group of six had completely wrapped up the battle and were now holding a post-mortem.

Su Ming, Lei Hao, and Ye Bai were giving An Zijin, Yao Beibei, and Jiang Wanyu an after-action review.

The results of the review, of course, weren't going to be pretty.

No way around it.

"Jiang, you almost lost your life back there, you know?" Lei Hao said to Jiang Wanyu, hefting his greatsword. "The opponent was a Phantasmal Demon, a brutal, bloodthirsty creature. How could you just zone out like that?"

Lei Hao's expression was quite serious.

The situation Jiang Wanyu had faced was just too dangerous. If he hadn't intervened in time, she might have died under the Blade Fiend's blade.

With a life at stake, even the usually carefree Lei Hao couldn't help but turn serious.

"I'm sorry."

Jiang Wanyu knew she had made a mistake and lowered her head, looking distressed.

Just now, she had indeed been intimidated by the Blade Fiend's ferocity, causing her entire body to freeze up. She almost became the Blade Fiend's meal.

Just thinking about the consequences sent a shiver of fear through Jiang Wanyu.

"Yao, your performance wasn't quite right either," Ye Bai said, turning to Yao Beibei with a serious expression. "Even though you knocked the Blade Fiend away, you also panicked, lost your composure, and just stood there. If things had gone wrong, that could have been fatal too."

Ye Bai's words filled Yao Beibei's face with shame.

If Jiang Wanyu had been frightened on the spot, Yao Beibei was frightened after the fact.

Her hammer strike, though powerful, was more of an instinctive reaction than a well-executed move. If Yao Beibei didn't have such unique senses, she might not have even been able to swing that hammer before the Blade Fiend pounced on her.

So, Yao Beibei's performance seemed good on the surface, but in reality, her response wasn't much better than Jiang Wanyu's.

Jiang Wanyu at least mustered the courage to stab the Blade Fiend once, but Yao Beibei hadn't been able to react proactively at all, relying entirely on subconscious, instinctive reactions to attack.

This led to Yao Beibei losing her will to fight after she came to her senses.

If her hammer strike hadn't been so powerful, preventing the Blade Fiend from launching another attack for a while, and if there hadn't been only one enemy, the Blade Fiend, with no other enemies around, Yao Beibei might have been in danger.

In light of this, neither Jiang Wanyu nor Yao Beibei performed well in this subjugation battle.

"You must remember that our enemy is the Phantasmal Demon, which is brutal, bloodthirsty, and sees us as delicious food and a source of evolution. The slightest negligence, the slightest exposure of a flaw, will lead to a tragic end."

Lei Hao's expression was more serious and earnest than ever before, his gaze sweeping over Yao Beibei and Jiang Wanyu.

"Especially for us Hunters who fight on the front lines, unlike Sorcerers who possess Spiritual Arts that can restrain Phantasmal Demons and inflict fatal damage, we have to engage in close combat with those dangerous human enemies. Even if we have the most advantageous position, we can't relax or be careless, let alone when the enemy is still alive and kicking."

This was the principle that Hunters must keep in mind when facing Phantasmal Demons.

"It's difficult for us Hunters to have an advantage against Phantasmal Demons."

"Even if we have the upper hand in strength, even if we suppress the Phantasmal Demon to the most miserable state, seemingly having a great chance of winning, in reality, we are always at risk of encountering life-threatening danger."

"Without effective means of harming Phantasmal Demons, even if they are beaten black and blue by us, with their regenerative abilities, those injuries will be healed in the blink of an eye."

"On the other hand, we keep fighting, consuming stamina, consuming energy, and the injuries we suffer won't heal immediately. If we are careless, even a seven-star Hunter can die at the hands of a lower Phantasmal Demon."

"Therefore, the first principle of Hunters fighting Phantasmal Demons is to never expose a flaw under any circumstances, to never stop attacking no matter how great the advantage, and to never think that victory is assured."

Lei Hao stated the most important combat principles.

"Never expose a flaw under any circumstances."

"Never stop attacking no matter how great the advantage."

Jiang Wanyu and Yao Beibei murmured in low voices.

"This is a realization that every Hunter needs to have," Ye Bai said from the side. "In the absence of Sorcerers, if Hunters want to kill a Phantasmal Demon that can constantly regenerate and recover, they can only attack desperately, inflict damage desperately, and bleed the Phantasmal Demon as much as possible, until its blood runs out."

Because blood is the source of the Phantasmal Demon's power, once it loses too much blood, its power will weaken at a visible rate, until it is bloodless and dies.

Therefore, it is very troublesome for Hunters to subjugate Phantasmal Demons alone. Even the highest-ranked seven-star Hunters would not fight a lower Phantasmal Demon without preparation.

"Many high-level Hunters can inflict effective damage on Phantasmal Demons through special weapons, props, and so on, but you don't have that condition yet. In that case, you must remember the necessary knowledge for Hunters to fight Phantasmal Demons."

Ye Bai's earnest persuasion made Yao Beibei couldn't help but glance at Jiang Wanyu.

"Special weapons..."

Jiang Wanyu also touched her chest for some reason, her expression strange.

Lei Hao and Ye Bai continued to impart the key points and experiences that Hunters needed to keep in mind during combat to Jiang Wanyu and Yao Beibei, making the two girls' expressions become serious.

Su Ming watched this scene and nodded slightly imperceptibly.

In fact, the three of them had already expected this.

After all, Jiang Wanyu and Yao Beibei were fighting Phantasmal Demons for the first time, and their knowledge of the Phantasmal Demons' ferocity and characteristics was limited to theoretical knowledge, without much practical experience.

It was normal for them to make mistakes that Hunters shouldn't make.

For example, Lei Hao, don't look at him talking eloquently now. In fact, when he was a freshman on his first mission to subjugate Phantasmal Demons, Lei Hao's performance was even worse than these two junior sisters.

At least, Yao Beibei and Jiang Wanyu, one has amazing strength and the other has great speed, and their skills are very extraordinary. They have obviously been trained and have shown extraordinary qualities.

Lei Hao was different. Born in a small family, he didn't have the good qualities of Yao Beibei and Jiang Wanyu. He made frequent mistakes when he first subjugated Phantasmal Demons. If it weren't for the senior students guarding him, he might have been gone.

Yao Beibei and Jiang Wanyu didn't know that before leaving for Huaming District, Su Ming and the other two had discussed how to guide them during their mission.

Finally, the three decided to let the junior girls have a go at it first, while they kept a watchful eye from the sidelines, educating them when they faced difficulties.

This way, the junior girls could truly remember the experience of subduing Phantasmal Demons.

Otherwise, Su Ming and the others could have told them all the key principles before even entering the abandoned factory, instead of waiting until now.

Of course...

"Your abilities and qualities are already very solid."

Su Ming spoke after Lei Hao and Ye Bai had finished their pep talks.

"Junior Yao's strength is astonishing, and if I'm not mistaken, your senses are very sharp as well. As long as you steady your mentality and hesitate less when you strike, being more decisive, you should quickly become a qualified Hunter."

"Junior Jiang is the same. Your speed is outstanding, and you are very skilled with your weapons. As long as you stay calm, it will probably be difficult for Phantasmal Demons like Blade Fiends to even get close to you."

"You don't lack qualities, you don't lack abilities, you just lack a bit of mentality and experience. Don't think that you can easily deal with Phantasmal Demons just by training your body without training your mind, okay?"

Su Ming analyzed the strengths and weaknesses of both junior girls.

"We... we understand."

Jiang Wanyu and Yao Beibei finally looked like they had learned something.

"What about me? Brother Su Ming!"

An Zijin, who had been listening quietly, asked a little anxiously.

"You?"

Su Ming glanced at An Zijin.

Actually, among the three, the one whose performance surprised Su Ming the most wasn't Yao Beibei, with her monstrous strength and keen intuition, nor Jiang Wanyu, with her extreme speed and superb skills, but this seemingly cute girl next door.

Yao Beibei and Jiang Wanyu were both born Hunters, and their families must have had elders guiding them, training them from a young age, so it was not surprising that they had such qualities.

But what about An Zijin?

Her Spiritual Constitution was only detected recently, and she had only been enrolled for less than a month, yet she was able to use Spiritual Arts so smoothly and quickly, without any hesitation or delay. Both her technique and skill didn't resemble that of a Sorcerer newbie.

Not to mention, the Spiritual Art that this girl used was Sequence Thirteen.

It wouldn't be surprising for a Sorcerer newbie like her, who had just enrolled for less than a month, to learn a few basic Spiritual Arts below Sequence Ten, but to start with the thirteen styles, which barely ranked in the mid-range of low-level Spiritual Arts, was truly a bit too talented.

You should know that at the same age, at the same time, Ye Bai was still working hard to learn one style, and only Su Ming, relying on the Spiritual Power boosted by opening packages, could barely use a few high-sequence Spiritual Arts.

If he didn't count the influence of the packages, Su Ming felt that his ability was definitely not as good as An Zijin's.

Moreover, Su Ming had a feeling.

(I'm afraid that the thirteen styles are not the highest sequence Spiritual Art that this girl can use, right?)

But An Zijin wasn't without flaws.

"Your control over the spell is still too low." Su Ming said very directly, "The power of the thirteen styles is already not low in itself, and you injected too much Spiritual Power in order to increase the power, which caused the power of the [Roaring Bullet] to lose control. It not only blew away the enemy, but also shattered Ye Bai's [Gray Binding]. If I hadn't made the final blow, the seriously injured Blade Fiend might have escaped after losing its restraints. In that case, the mission would have failed."

"This..." An Zijin was speechless.

"When we Sorcerers fight, we also need to constantly cooperate with the Hunter at the front, constantly think about the situation, and use the most suitable Spiritual Art at the most suitable time, instead of just releasing powerful Spiritual Arts to cause damage." Su Ming said, "Hunters have the principle of constantly attacking without negligence, and we Sorcerers also have the principle of not stopping thinking and not ignoring the influence of the environment and any factors."

"Sometimes, low-sequence Spiritual Arts may be more useful than high-sequence Spiritual Arts."

"The power of the spell cannot determine everything. How to use it, when to use it, that is something that every Sorcerer must think about."

Hearing this, An Zijin fell into thought.

However, there was one thing Su Ming didn't say.

That is, such a principle is useless for those who cultivate both Hunter and Sorcerer.

For professionals who possess both combat skills and Spiritual Arts, as long as they rush up to fight in close combat and then release high-powered Spiritual Arts, they can often solve everything.

Therefore, Su Ming wanted to become a professional who cultivated both Hunter and Sorcerer no matter what.

He was already preparing for it.

He believed that the day was not far away.

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