Practical Combat Training (4)

Su You and the other five nodded in unison. The Basic Training Camp had arranged one month of practical combat training for them, but they had also set a final practical examination task.

If they failed to complete the practical examination task, they would have to continue with practical training the following month. If they failed to complete it for three consecutive months, they would have no choice but to leave the Basic Training Camp.

However, under normal circumstances, the examination tasks arranged by the Basic Training Camp were not considered difficult. Unless someone was completely terrified of combat, most people could pass on their first attempt as long as no accidents occurred.

The task for Su You and his team this time was to jointly kill a low-level commander-level monster. Among the examination tasks for new students in previous years, this was already considered to be on the higher end of the difficulty spectrum.

However, for their team, as long as they coordinated well, this task was actually not that difficult.

City 0125 was similar to a prefecture-level city in Huaxia Country. Even in the suburbs, there were quite a few commander-level monsters, and the commander-level monsters here were actually easier to hunt than those in small counties.

In small counties, because there were fewer commander-level monsters, they were generally accompanied by hundreds of soldier-level monsters.

But in this City 0125, a typical commander-level monster was only surrounded by a dozen or so soldier-level monsters.

Some commander-level monsters that did not like living in groups had only two or three soldier-level followers; these were the most suitable targets for Su You's squad.

"You will take turns keeping watch. Starting tomorrow, I will select some small monster groups for you to face as opponents. With your strength, if you want to kill a commander-level monster, you must learn how to coordinate."

After Xing Huaiguo finished speaking, he walked to the side and leaned against the wall to rest. The others also began to rest, either lying down or leaning against something.

Starting the next day, Su You and the other five began to fight against various small monster groups according to Xing Huaiguo's requirements.

At first, Xing Huaiguo chose small groups with only a dozen or so soldier-level monsters, but they still caused quite a bit of trouble for the five people other than Su You.

Their joint combat not only failed to become stronger, but they actually interfered with each other significantly.

As for Su You, with his Micro-level mastery in footwork, let alone a dozen, even a hundred monsters—provided they weren't small creatures like rat or ant swarms—would find it difficult to pose a threat to him.

However, with repeated coordination and various pointers from Xing Huaiguo, the tacit understanding between them gradually improved.

Although they were still far from the level of squads that had been fighting in the wilderness for years, they had at least reached the standard of an average team.

More than ten days later, a fierce battle was breaking out on a street not far from the residential building where Su You and his team were staying.

The two sides in the conflict were six humans on one side and a herd of Mangniu on the other. There were about seventy or eighty of them, and the strongest one looked very close to a mid-level commander.

However, that commander-level Mangniu had already fallen to the ground. Not far away stood a middle-aged man who was constantly monitoring the battle between the six and the soldier-level Mangniu; this was Su You's squad.

The six members of the squad were charging through the herd in a triangular formation. Su You took the lead, charging at the very front of the team. His footwork was unpredictable, and his two long swords thrust out in succession; every time he struck, a Mangniu fell.

Behind Su You, on his left and right, were Duoniya and Elena. Both of them were still intermediate warriors, but since the monsters charging from the front were already being handled by Su You, they only needed to be responsible for one side, so the pressure was not too great.

Behind them were Dai Xueyang, Colin, and Garava. Among them, Dai Xueyang and Garava, both advanced warriors, were responsible for the sides, while Colin also only needed to cover one side.

"Shing!"

Elena held her shield in her left hand and swiped twice from the side, repelling two Mangniu, while her right-hand long sword thrust out, killing one instantly. However, three more Mangniu attacked at the same time.

Elena was in that moment where her old strength had faded and her new strength had yet to arise; how could she possibly defend in time? It looked as if she was about to be rammed directly by the three Mangniu.

Xing Huaiguo, not far away, was just about to intervene when he saw Su You's figure suddenly drift backward. His right-hand long sword slashed directly from top to bottom onto the neck of the leftmost Mangniu.

Then, his entire body flipped in mid-air, and his left-hand Baihong Sword delivered another slash, striking the neck of the middle Mangniu.

However, there was no one to stop the Mangniu on the far right. In the blink of an eye, it had charged right in front of Elena, the two horns on its head emitting a chilling, heart-stopping glint.

Xing Huaiguo quickly flashed over, but unexpectedly, Su You used the force of that slash to flip in mid-air again. After his waist and hips had already exerted force for the first strike, they suddenly erupted with a second burst of power.

Su You's right-hand long sword carried his body, slashing toward the third Mangniu with speed and power far exceeding his own baseline.

"Puchi!"

The Mangniu's head was severed from its body and landed on the ground. The momentum of its charge was greatly reduced, and although it still collided with Elena, it only knocked her back a few steps, and she did not suffer any real injury.

Xing Huaiguo, who was standing to the side, had returned to his original position without anyone noticing. He looked at Su You with eyes full of gratification. With his experience, he could naturally see that Su You's body mechanics had made a breakthrough. Combined with the sword techniques Su You practiced, he even knew Su You's power-output level clearly.

Seeing Elena, who had been knocked back a few steps, looking a bit dazed, Su You spoke up: "Don't lose focus."

After saying this, he thrust his sword out quickly, hitting a Mangniu right in the eye, then flashed to the front position to continue blocking the Mangniu's attacks.

Elena's face flushed, and she quickly stepped forward to stabilize the formation.

A few minutes later, only a few of the seventy or eighty Mangniu remained. After letting out a low roar, they did not continue to attack but turned and fled at high speed.

Su You and the others did not intercept them, nor did they even collect the materials from the Mangniu carcasses. They quickly left the street; if they didn't leave now, other monster groups that heard the commotion would soon surround them.

Moreover, the most valuable materials on a Mangniu were the pair of horns, which were not only difficult to cut off but also took up a lot of space. Furthermore, the materials from seventy or eighty soldier-level monsters of varying strength were only worth five or six hundred thousand, which was pitifully small when divided among six people.

As for the pair of horns from the commander-level one, the total value was over ten million, but that was Xing Huaiguo's trophy and had nothing to do with them.

In the days that followed, Su You and the other five spent their days fighting in City 0125, and every night after returning, they had to follow Xing Huaiguo to learn lessons on how to deal with unexpected situations.

After all, some situations could not be simulated in practical training and could only be encountered in real combat, such as ambushes by other warrior teams or encountering beast tides.

However, although the practical training was busy, Su You still did not forget his daily video calls with Tang Yongqing and He Yourong every night. He even used the dangers of the wilderness to elicit quite a bit of concern from He Yourong, further warming up their relationship.

Time passed, and soon it was September 28th, the day Su You and the other five would face their examination.