Fennec Fox

The Demon Blade Legion, one of the top three mercenary organizations in the world, is led by a Japanese man from before the Great Nirvana.

During the Great Nirvana, because Japan was an island nation that had previously overfished, the mutated monsters in the sea gathered in massive armies to besiege the Japanese islands.

With monsters from the ocean, sky, and land attacking in unison, the Japanese people had no choice but to flee, eventually ending up in Nassau Base City. Today, with only a few million people left, they are a small ethnic group on the world stage.

However, despite their small population, their strength is quite formidable. They possess one powerhouse who has surpassed the War God Rank—the leader of the Demon Blade Legion—and five other experts at the War God Rank, ensuring they still hold a place in the world.

In a spacious hall within Nassau Base City, thirteen chairs surround a long silver table. At this moment, only four figures occupy these thirteen seats.

At the head of the table sits a man with an oriental face and a sharp, piercing aura. He is the leader of the Demon Blade organization and currently the strongest man in Japan, Abe Qinghai.

"Heh, fifty billion," Abe Qinghai chuckled. "Beiyuan, Franz, Clark, I leave this mission to the three of you. Beiyuan will lead, and the two of you will assist. You must complete this mission."

A yellow-skinned man below straightened his back and shouted loudly, "Hai!"

"Understood."

"Understood," two brown-skinned men also shouted in unison.

Abe Qinghai continued to instruct, "Alright, the three of you, go and prepare!"

Beiyuan and the others acknowledged the order and left the hall.

As soon as they stepped outside, Clark spoke up, "The target for this mission is only a War General Rank. Franz and I could easily handle it. Is it really necessary to send all three of us?"

He and Franz are both Low-level War Gods, so dealing with a War General Rank is extremely simple. Beiyuan Gang is even a Mid-level War God; wouldn't this be using a sledgehammer to crack a nut?

Franz said casually, "It's fifty billion! I suspect the leader is worried about the inherent dangers of the Sahara Desert, or perhaps he's considering that some top-ranked students might step in to interfere. Their strength is not to be underestimated!"

Clark nodded, barely accepting this explanation, though he still felt a slight sense of doubt in his heart.

More than a hundred kilometers from their starting point, on a flat area of a sand dune, Su You and Zhang Yue are hiding in a tent specifically designed to block the sun.

The temperature during the day in the desert is extremely high, and even the monsters generally do not like to come out during the day. Therefore, most adventurers here choose to rest during the day and move at night; this not only reduces consumption but also makes it easier to track the monsters.

It is worth noting that most monsters in the Sahara Desert are small in size, prefer to live in groups, and generally live beneath the sand, making them very difficult to discover. If adventurers are even slightly careless, they could be ambushed by monsters.

On the other hand, because many monsters hide underground, adventurers might inadvertently wander into the territory of high-level monsters if they are not careful.

It is precisely because of these two reasons that the Sahara Desert has surpassed the Australian Continent and the Amazon Forest to become the most dangerous of the world's three forbidden zones.

At dusk, Su You and Zhang Yue packed up their tent and traveled rapidly across the endless desert.

Along the way, they saw many Beast Soldier Rank monsters crawling out from underground, but these Beast Soldier Rank monsters did not stir any desire in them to strike. The two moved at high speed and did not alert them at all.

Two days later, behind a sand dune, Su You and Zhang Yue were looking out at the Red Willow Forest in the distance.

Su You leaned close to Zhang Yue's ear and said, "This Red Willow Forest is the habitat of the Fennec Fox pack. Their hearing is very keen; they hide underground during the day and only come out to be active at night."

Zhang Yue moved to the left without changing her expression and whispered, "The leader of this pack of Fennec Foxes should be a Low-level Lord. Are you confident about this?"

Su You shook his head. "It is easy to defeat a Lord-level monster, but killing one is too difficult. Although the Fennec Fox has average attack power, it is very fast and can burrow into the ground. I only have a twenty or thirty percent chance of success."

Over the past two days, they had found five Low-level monster Lords, but they had not yet succeeded in hunting a single one.

Every monster Lord is extremely intelligent. Once they see that the situation is unfavorable, they let the monsters in the pack intercept the attackers while the Lord-level monster flees directly, making it impossible to pursue.

Su You and Zhang Yue hid behind the sand dune and waited patiently. More than an hour later, the sky slowly darkened. After a while, monsters with cute, drooping ears began to crawl out from holes in the ground of the Red Willow Forest.

They were indeed Fennec Foxes. This type of monster had the same name before the Great Nirvana and looked very cute, but after the mutations of the Great Nirvana, these Fennec Foxes became much more ferocious, and their size increased several times over.

Among current fox-type monsters, the Fennec Fox can also be ranked in the top five.

Su You whispered in Zhang Yue's ear, "Get ready. Once that Low-level Lord Fennec Fox comes out, we will create some noise to lure them out."

The two waited for a few more minutes before seeing a giant fox with pure white fur crawl out from the sand. It was over five meters long and nearly two meters tall—a completely different species from the Fennec Fox before the Great Nirvana.

"I will kill those two High-level Beast General Fennec Foxes first. You will be facing the siege, so be careful," Su You instructed.

There are two High-level Beast General Fennec Foxes in the pack in the distance. He must eliminate them both before he can engage the Lord, otherwise, Zhang Yue would likely not last long against the siege of two High-level Beast General monsters and a large group of low-to-mid-level Beast Generals.

Zhang Yue nodded and handed him a throwing knife.

After taking it, Su You flashed out immediately. With a horizontal swing, the throwing knife whistled through the air with a sonic boom, striking straight at one of the High-level Beast General monsters.

A white shadow flashed instantly, and with a flick of its tail, it actually knocked the throwing knife away.

However, Su You was not surprised at all. His horizontal swing was just to attract the attention of the pack; he never expected to kill a High-level Beast General with just one throwing knife.

"Squeak, squeak!" A piercing shriek resounded through the sky, and the entire Fennec Fox pack erupted into a frenzy.

The white-haired giant fox pushed off with its hind legs and charged toward the distance. Behind it, the two High-level Beast Generals and a large number of Mid-level Beast General monsters also rushed toward Su You.

Su You did not hesitate and ran toward the side, but his speed was only slightly faster than the two High-level Beast General Fennec Foxes and was no match for the white-haired giant fox.

A gust of wind struck from behind as the white-haired giant fox quickly caught up to Su You. A massive claw swiped directly at Su You's head from behind.

Su You wore a smile, his body swaying in a strange manner to dodge the giant fox's claw. He then kicked off the back of the white-haired giant fox, using the momentum to surge backward, right into the path of the two incoming High-level Beast General monsters.

Five consecutive bursts of hidden energy surged into his arms, and the speed of the long swords in Su You's hands skyrocketed. Before the two High-level Beast General Fennec Foxes could react, the long swords had already reached their throats.

"Puchi!" Two sounds rang out almost simultaneously. The heads of the two High-level Beast General Fennec Foxes were severed from their bodies and sent flying. Blood sprayed wildly as their bodies continued to charge forward due to inertia.