Crisis

The two high-level commander-class fennec foxes died instantly, and the large group of low and medium-level commander-class monsters charging forward suddenly slowed down. At this moment, Zhang Yue rushed out holding a blade in one hand and a shield in the other, charging directly into the herd and drawing the attention of most of the commander-class monsters.

"Squeak, squeak~~~~" The white-haired giant fox roared in anger, its gaze fixed on Su You filled with icy killing intent.

To monsters, humans are a common enemy, and this detestable human had actually killed its two favorite concubines—it was absolutely unforgivable!

The white-haired giant fox instantly transformed into a white blur. Its tail, which was nearly as long as its entire body, whipped around rapidly, sweeping toward Su You and filling the surrounding air with swirling sand.

Su You moved like a gentle breeze, easily dodging the white-haired giant fox's attack. He pressed forward, wielding his two longswords in succession; the sword light flowed like water, continuous and unending, leaving a trail of wounds on the white-haired giant fox's body.

The white-haired giant fox's eyes widened in fury. Ignoring the pain, it used its two front claws to collide head-on with the incoming swords. With two soft pfft sounds, the white-haired giant fox's front claws were pierced by the blades, leaving behind traces of blood.

Su You's sword momentum stalled for a split second. Seizing this opportunity, the white-haired giant fox lashed out with its tail again, sweeping horizontally toward him.

Su You's figure remained elegant and fluid, easily evading the sweep and swapping positions with the white-haired giant fox.

The white-haired giant fox looked back at Su You with bitter hatred. Although it was furious, it immediately bolted toward the Red Willow Forest, where caves led directly underground. As long as it could hide beneath the earth, it would have no reason to fear this detestable human.

"Trying to escape?" Su You sneered. Five strands of dark energy surged into his legs, and he instantly transformed into a streak of light, charging toward the fleeing white-haired giant fox.

Relying on his force-exertion techniques, Su You's explosive speed was now comparable to a high-level Wargod. One sword strike pierced like lightning into the weakest point behind the white-haired giant fox, while the other sword directly impaled one of its hind legs.

Su You twisted both hands simultaneously. The white-haired giant fox's forward momentum came to an abrupt halt, and its entire body collapsed onto the ground, twitching and trembling incessantly as a barely audible squeaking sound escaped its throat.

Su You pulled out his longswords and slashed across its throat. Not far away, the fennec fox pack paused, all of them staring at the corpse of their leader.

"Squeak, squeak~~~" Countless fennec foxes shrieked as they scrambled to flee toward the Red Willow Forest. Zhang Yue took the opportunity to slash the throats of several fennec foxes with her combat blade. Soon, not a single fennec fox remained in their line of sight.

Zhang Yue walked over and glanced at the white-haired giant fox lying on the ground, then shifted her gaze to linger for a moment on the longsword in Su You's right hand.

"Uh." The smile on Su You's face collapsed. "This monster didn't have any weaknesses on its back, so I had no choice but to..."

Zhang Yue nodded and said earnestly, "I understand."

Su You breathed a sigh of relief. The two of them immediately crouched down to begin dissecting the monster carcass and collecting its materials.

Back at the Elite Training Camp, because the monsters hunted were used to calculate points, top-ranked students—even those with the strength to hunt lord-level monsters—would never do so.

After all, once you accumulated two lord-level monster kills, your combat record title would be promoted to Wargod-level, at which point you would be forced to leave the training camp early.

However, this month of life-and-death adventure was different; the training camp did not calculate points here. Top-ranked students would choose to hunt lord-level monsters during this month to earn extra money.

You see, as long as you don't request an official assessment, simply selling monster materials does not trigger a combat record evaluation. Students high on the Black Dragon Ranking could still remain in the training camp by maintaining their high-level commander combat record.

Near the Red Willow Forest, Su You and Zhang Yue quickly dissected the monster carcasses, both of them clearly in high spirits.

Fennec foxes were a rare species even before the Great Nirvana, and they remained highly valuable afterward. The materials from this low-level lord-class fennec fox could sell for at least 3 billion Huaxia Currency, comparable to an average medium-level lord.

As for the commander-class ones, the price was much lower; those two high-level commander-class fennec foxes together would only fetch 500 to 600 million.

During the previous melee, Zhang Yue had also killed fifteen commander-class fennec foxes, though only three were medium-level commanders and the rest were low-level; combined, they were worth another 500 to 600 million.

After collecting the materials, the two quickly left the Red Willow Forest and vanished into the desert night.

On the other side, above the oasis where Su You and his group had arrived, a passenger aircraft slowly descended. As the cabin door opened, individual figures jumped out, led by Beiyuan Gang and his two companions.

Twenty figures jumped out from the cabin one after another; they were mercenaries sent by the Demon Blade Legion to complete this mission. Among them, Beiyuan Gang was a medium-level Wargod, Clark and Franz were both low-level Wargods, and the other seventeen all possessed the strength of high-level commanders.

After the twenty figures jumped out, the passenger aircraft ascended once more, turning into a streak of light and disappearing into the horizon.

Once the aircraft had left, Beiyuan Gang spoke up: "You all know the target of this mission very well. Our most important task right now is to locate the target's position."

"However, the Sahara Desert covers over nine million square kilometers. For a group of our size to go out and search is like looking for a needle in a haystack. Therefore, we must wait for the rabbit to hit the stump; as long as the target hasn't died at the hands of monsters, she will definitely return here before the 28th."

"Wait a minute." Clark frowned and said, "By the 28th, the Elite Training Camp will also send people to pick up this batch of students. How are we supposed to make a move then?"

Beiyuan Gang waved his hand and explained, "We aren't just going to sit here and wait. We will spread out to form a perimeter. I have already arranged for satellite surveillance of this area. As soon as the target enters this range, we will be able to detect her in advance and eliminate her."

Over half an hour later, the twenty figures dispersed, spreading out in four directions.

Time passed, and the adventure of the Elite Training Camp students in the Sahara Desert had been going on for over twenty days. Su You and Zhang Yue had experienced battle after battle.

In most cases, they were the ones actively hunting monsters, so the risk was actually not that high. However, there were two occasions where monsters discovered their tracks and hunted them down, both of which were quite dangerous.

The first time was when they ran into an ant swarm. Fortunately, they were not in the center of the swarm, and after a desperate flight, they managed to avoid being caught by the main army.

The second time, they were targeted by a flock of avian monsters known as Sand Eagles. They had no way to escape the creatures' line of sight, so in desperation, the two had to find a sand cave to burrow underground, only managing to shake off the Sand Eagles by using this method.

Nevertheless, their harvest over these twenty-plus days had been quite substantial, with a total of five low-level lord-class monsters killed, yielding materials worth nearly 10 billion Huaxia Currency.