Slaughter, Battle Intent Tempering!

The blazing midday sun shone down upon the earth, reflecting off the dilapidated, poorly maintained highway as the thirteen members of the War Eagle Squad continued forward along the road.

Their destination was a county town in the distance.

It would take roughly three days on foot. After that had been explained, there was no sound within the squad apart from the scrape of combat boots against asphalt as they walked.

"Roar!"

Second by second, time passed, and the sky gradually darkened. Finally, amid the dead silence, a roar rang out, followed by several more.

The thirteen members of the squad instantly went on alert.

"It's a group of Purple Cloud Cats."

Li Xun looked ahead, his expression immediately relaxing. "There aren't many of them either. Seventeen in total, and no Beast General level among them."

"Miss Vinina, that one between H-class and G-class will be your first battle since entering the Wilderness Zone!"

At the same time, he solemnly reminded her:

"Don't let your guard down. Although Miss Vinina performed well in the Martial Artist practical examination, the monsters in the Wilderness Zone are far fiercer and more cunning than those raised in the military district."

"Alright!"

Vinina raised her spear, nodded slightly, and then moved toward the front.

At the same time, under a signal from the War Eagle Squad captain, the other members of the War Eagle Squad spread out, weapons in hand, and approached the monsters.

The group of Purple Cloud Cats seemingly regarded Vinina and the others as prey as well. When they saw Vinina and nine War Eagle Squad Soldiers step out, they hesitated briefly, but ultimately failed to suppress their beastly instincts and charged forward with shrill roars.

And because Vinina was walking at the very front, nine of the seventeen Purple Cloud Cats lunged straight at her!

But clearly, things would not develop that way.

The nine Soldiers moved at once, rushing out with howls as low shouts rose one after another:

"Beast, I'm your opponent!"

"Die!"

"Ha!"

In an instant, all seventeen Purple Cloud Cats, aside from the one designated as Vinina's opponent, were intercepted. On Vinina's side, her spear thrust out repeatedly, forcing back the Purple Cloud Cats pouncing toward her.

It was not that this was all she could do.

Though she had only briefly studied the Spear Technique of Annihilation and had yet to even enter the first level, her physical fitness was outstanding even among Intermediate Warrior level fighters. Against this speed-focused Purple Cloud Cat that was between H-class and G-class, Vinina could have almost completely overwhelmed it. Logically, she should have been able to end the battle quickly; there should not have been a stalemate.

Yet it had happened.

The reason naturally lay with Vinina herself.

From the moment the battle began, she had used the method from the Battle Formation Master Inheritance to guide battle intent. Immediately, the battle intent of those nine Soldiers crashed into her mind, and intense pain surged through her head.

Only then did Vinina understand what the so-called Battle Intent Tempering recorded in the Battle Formation Master Inheritance actually was.

It was just forcefully cramming it in!

The more it was crammed in, the more it was tempered, wasn't it?

And that was only the first step. Next, she had to relax her will, abandon her instinctive resistance, and allow that seemingly intangible yet actually violent and surging battle intent to scour her will and her body.

"Fuck!"

Vinina could not help cursing under her breath.

But now that things had come to this, how could she retreat?

"Die for your big sister!"

Suppressing the stabbing pain in her mind, Vinina let out a fierce roar and charged forward. Her spear tip flashed with cold light as it stabbed directly toward the Purple Cloud Cat. But Purple Cloud Cats were exceptionally agile monsters. With a twist of its body, it dodged the incoming spear tip. Yet Vinina seemed to have anticipated this. She released the shaft, gripped its front end in reverse, and smashed it down.

Right onto its skull!

Under nearly 4,000 kilograms of force, even the hardest skull was smashed apart!

For a moment, Li Xun, Justin Noble, and the War Eagle Squad Soldiers who had already finished their battles all fell silent.

With physical fitness close to the Advanced Warrior level, killing a speed-type monster between H-class and G-class had looked surprisingly difficult.

"Cut the young lady some slack."

Li Xun shook his head slightly, somewhat helplessly, but on second thought, it was not so bad.

At the very least, despite being born into such a prominent family, the girl still had the courage to apply to enter the Wilderness Zone.

She could clearly have controlled enormous wealth, signing documents and issuing orders from home every day, letting countless Martial Artists serve her without having to face any danger to her life.

That alone was enough to earn admiration.

Moreover, she did not lack talent. What she lacked was merely experience in combat and slaughter, something that could be accumulated over time.

"Let's go. Keep moving."

The important materials from the monster corpses were collected by the War Eagle Squad Soldiers. If not for the pain in her head, Vinina would have wanted to watch and learn, but that pain left her unable to muster any energy, so she let it go.

Fortunately, with the battle over, the battle intent produced by the Soldiers diminished considerably, and the stabbing pain weakened as well, allowing Vinina to relax somewhat.

But once they resumed their journey, she deliberately relaxed her will and gave up resisting the scouring battle intent.

Whoosh!

Violent and ferocious intent howled toward Vinina's will, making her steps falter as an unnatural flush appeared on her beautiful face.

"Miss Vinina?"

Li Xun was the first to notice that something was wrong with Vinina and immediately asked.

"I'm fine. Keep moving."

Biting down on her red lips with pearly teeth, Vinina answered coldly. But perhaps feeling that the battle intent was not strong enough, she also dangled a tempting promise before the members of the War Eagle Squad.

That was, if their performance during this trip allowed her to return from the Wilderness Zone satisfied, she would submit a transfer application in the name of the Polenas Family and have their squad reassigned from military district guards to the Polenas Family's private forces.

Whoosh!

Instantly, they erupted with excitement!

To the Soldiers of the War Eagle Squad, the Polenas Family was undoubtedly a colossal force. Being transferred out of the military guards and into the Polenas Family's private forces was like a cannon-fodder mercenary from humble origins suddenly becoming an elite special forces soldier of a great nation.

Not only would their salary and benefits improve, but their social standing would rise as well.

One could imagine how excited these Soldiers were.

Their battle intent naturally surged even more fiercely!

Vinina felt that deeply.

In her perception, the battle intent supplied by those ten Soldiers was even more fervent than during the monster battle. When it slammed into her, it directly exceeded the limit she could bear, and her previously steady steps suddenly staggered.

It was overflowing.

There was no helping it. Her capacity was only so great; anything beyond what it could hold naturally could not fit inside.