Your Acting Skills Are Truly Terrible

The Beast Zone in the forest outside the city.

"Ah, these next two months are probably going to be pure misery." Lin Hao walked deep into the Dense Forest. Since Jiang Tianhai had assigned him this mission on short notice that morning, he had made no preparations at all. "I should find somewhere to settle down first. I wonder what the highest-level Fierce Beast in this Fierce Beast Forest is like."

Lin Hao walked for an entire afternoon. Along the way, he was attacked several times by ordinary-grade Fierce Beasts, but he sent them packing with just two punches. Finally, as evening approached, Lin Hao found a cave with a small stream nearby. He immediately decided to make this place his base. But just as Lin Hao arrived before the cave, a sudden sense of dread rose in his heart. At the same time, the system, which had been silent for a long while, suddenly spoke and automatically displayed a system panel.

"Ding. Warning, warning. Detected that the host is about to face danger."

"Ding. Detected 10 Silver Grade Ghost Leopards near the host."

"Ding. Danger level: Level Three."

Lin Hao froze. This was the first time the system had issued him a warning since he obtained it. Without hesitation, Black Lightning instantly covered his entire body. At the same time, ten leopards the size of cars emerged from the darkness before him. Their jet-black fur was like evil ghosts lurking in the night, their claws over ten centimeters long resembled Death's scythes, and their amber-like eyes were fixed tightly upon Lin Hao.

The system sent another message. "Ding. Ghost Leopard, early Silver Grade. Skills: Shadow Ghost Step, Sky-Rending Claw."

Lin Hao did not act rashly. This was the first time he had faced a life-and-death crisis, forcing him to treat it with caution. Suddenly, a fierce gust of wind struck from behind him. Without even turning his head, Lin Hao instantly activated Thunder Prison Instant Space Flash. At the very instant the Ghost Leopard launched its sneak attack, he twisted aside and evaded the blow. At the same time, the Black Lightning in his right palm struck the Ghost Leopard's flank.

The Ghost Leopard flew backward nearly ten meters as if it had been struck by an iron hammer. Seeing that their sneak attack had failed, the other Ghost Leopards directly chose to surround him head-on.

After that brief exchange, Lin Hao had already judged the Ghost Leopards' approximate speed. Thunder Prison Instant Space Flash activated repeatedly, and using only his physical strength, he knocked those Ghost Leopards to the ground. The Ghost Leopards cried out in pain and no longer dared to attack easily, but neither did they retreat.

Lin Hao would not give them a chance to catch their breath. Endless Thunder Prison activated, and a dense barrage of lightning swept down like the sky collapsing, instantly killing all ten Ghost Leopards. Even after seeing that they were dead, Lin Hao cautiously took out his dagger and thoughtfully gave every Ghost Leopard an extra stab. He also collected their Beast Cores.

Whew, looks like dinner is taken care of tonight. Did I poke a leopard nest? After storing away the Ghost Leopard corpses as well, Lin Hao entered the cave. The cave was not large, but it was enough for him to sleep in alone.

Hehe, the assessment required twenty Silver-grade beast cores, and on the very first night, I collected ten. Lin Hao was extremely satisfied with his results.

On a tree a hundred meters outside the cave, someone said, "Isn't the Chief's mission for Lin Hao a little too easy?"

"It's not that it's too easy. Lin Hao is just too monstrous. Ten Silver Grade Ghost Leopards, and he killed them all so easily."

"Yeah. It's only the first day of the assessment. Who knows what he'll be like after two months?"

And so, Lin Hao's "happy" journey through the Fierce Beast Forest began. Every day, aside from dealing with Fierce Beasts, Lin Hao had to guard against the instructors' sneak attacks. Meanwhile, the Beast Cores in his spatial storage increased day by day. Eventually, even Lin Hao himself became too lazy to count how many he had. The five instructors were utterly numb. They had personally witnessed how Lin Hao killed beasts and harvested their cores. Forget the Silver Grade Fierce Beast missions—even the Gold rank mission had been completed on Lin Hao's fifteenth day in the forest.

Thus, Lin Hao spent two happy months in the Fierce Beast Forest. On the final day, he even took a pleasant nap right in front of the five instructors. Their temples immediately throbbed with veins. Over these two months, they had no idea how many times they had fallen for Lin Hao's tricks, only to end up being surrounded by him alone.

"Whew, finally out. Not a single one of them could fight." The moment Lin Hao walked out of the forest, he let out a long breath. These two months had truly exhausted him, but his gains had been enormous.

In the darkness some distance away.

"Are we still going to fight?"

"Fight my ass! Do you think he didn't know we were following him?"

"These past two months have really opened my eyes. Silver Grade Ghost Leopards, Silver Grade Hellhounds, Gold rank Ironclad Rhinoceroses, Gold rank Kunpeng Giant Eagles. Everything that flew in the sky or crawled on the ground got dealt with by Lin Hao. I'm starting to wonder whether Lin Hao killed every Fierce Beast in the Fierce Beast Forest."

"We should report to the Chief as soon as possible. This time, we really found a treasure."

Lin Hao did not return directly to the academy. Instead, he went to Mountain City's trading hall. The trading hall was a place specially meant for Fierce Beast hunting squads to conduct transactions. There, one could buy Beast Cores, medicinal herbs, Fierce Beast meat, and anything else they wanted. The trading hall also purchased such items.

When Lin Hao piled up Fierce Beast corpses like a small mountain in the trading hall, the entire hall fell into deathly silence. Lin Hao had killed 732 Silver Grade Fierce Beasts alone. He did not sell the Gold rank ones, intending to take them back to the school for processing. Finally, beneath the dumbfounded gazes of everyone in the trading hall, Lin Hao happily accepted nearly 30 million Huaxia Currency.

Ah, this young master is finally rich. In high spirits, Lin Hao hurried back to the school, took a hot shower, and enjoyed another good sleep before heading to Jiang Weiwei's Office.

As soon as he reached the Office door, Lin Hao heard someone inside speaking. "Weiwei, do you think that brat Lin Hao has been suffering terribly in the Fierce Beast Forest? That's what he gets for bullying me. Borrowing Uncle Jiang's influence this time, I really gave Lin Hao a good lesson. You have no idea—after hearing what you said, I've been laughing myself awake in my dreams these past few days."

Lin Hao's face darkened after hearing that. He could figure out with his butt that the speaker was Su Xiaorui. Su Xiaorui had been busy handling the new students' military training recently and had not been hanging around in front of Lin Hao. Now that the military training had just ended, she immediately came hopping back out. After undergoing Jiang Tianhai's life-and-death training, Lin Hao could now handle a Gold rank beast as easily as turning his hand over. Without even knocking, he walked straight into Jiang Weiwei's Office.

"Beauty Su, then I really have to disappoint you. These past two months, I've been living far too comfortably." Lin Hao looked at Su Xiaorui teasingly.

When they saw who had arrived, both women's eyes lit up.

"Lin Hao, you're back!" Jiang Weiwei had not seen Lin Hao for two months, and she had actually become somewhat unaccustomed to it.

"Oh, Brother Lin Hao is back. I heard Uncle Jiang banished you to the Fierce Beast Forest. You must have suffered quite a lot these past two months, right?" Su Xiaorui no longer showed any trace of her earlier gloating. Her eyes brimmed with tears as she looked at Lin Hao. "Brother Lin Hao, you have no idea. When my Weiwei told me you had gone to the Fierce Beast Forest, I was so worried that I couldn't eat, couldn't sleep, and lay awake all night."

The corner of Lin Hao's mouth twitched. "Wasn't it when you were laughing yourself awake from dreams?" Lin Hao did not continue bickering with Su Xiaorui. Instead, he walked to Jiang Weiwei's side. "Weiwei, I've really suffered terribly these past two months. You have to compensate me properly!" As he spoke, Lin Hao imitated Su Xiaorui and forcibly squeezed two tears from his eyes.

The corners of Jiang Weiwei and Su Xiaorui's mouths twitched at the same time. "Your acting skills are truly terrible!"