Hunting Exotic Beasts

At this moment, Feng Shuangshuang and Lu Qingchan entered the restaurant.

Suddenly, Feng Shuangshuang stopped and said, "Wait? Isn't that Chen Lie's cousin? And who's that person having dinner with?"

Lu Qingchan looked up and, sure enough, saw a beautiful girl with a high ponytail and fish whiskers opposite Chen Lie. Her breath caught in her throat.

Feng Shuangshuang walked up and greeted Chen Lie, "Cousin!"

"It's Shuangshuang." Chen Lie looked up at Feng Shuangshuang.

Feng Shuangshuang's expression remained unchanged, but she couldn't help but secretly grumble to herself.

That brat really knows how to play the part. In front of his elders, he can still respectfully call me "Sister Shuangshuang," but in normal circumstances, he always calls me by my full name.

However, Feng Shuangshuang had long lost all authority in front of Chen Lie and could only silently endure it.

"Hmm? Cousin? Chen Lie is your cousin?" Ruan Liusu glanced at Feng Shuangshuang and asked in confusion.

Feng Shuangshuang nodded: "You are----"

"My name is Ruan Liusu, from Sunan Province, and I'm friends with Chen Lie!"

Ruan Liusu paused for a moment, then introduced herself to Feng Shuangshuang.

Sunan Province? It seems to be a province in the southeastern part of Blue Star. Provinces in the southeast are almost all top-ranked in Blue Star arts on Earth. How did Chen Lie come to know it?

Feng Shuangshuang, though puzzled, didn't ask further. Instead, she introduced herself, "My name is Feng Shuangshuang, and I'm from East River Province."

"Oh, is this your friend? Would you like to sit down and have some dinner together?"

Ruan Liusu glanced at Lu Qingchan behind Feng Shuangshuang.

No, that's not necessary.

Lu Qingchan's heart skipped a beat, and she quickly replied.

She recognized the clothes Ruan Liusu was wearing; they were the standard uniform of the Sunan Province Genius Group.

It is obvious that Ruan Liusu is a martial arts genius from the Sunan Province Genius Group, a person who is far more outstanding than himself.

Standing in front of Chen Lie, she couldn't help but compare herself to Ruan Liusu, and then felt inferior to her.

"We just arrived, are you almost done eating? We'll just find somewhere to eat," Feng Shuangshuang said.

As she spoke, she waved to Chen Lie and then went to the restaurant window to get her food.

After finishing their meal, Ruan Liusu and Chen Lie left the Shelter restaurant together and waved goodbye.

The following day, Dormitory Building where East River Province students were staying, more than one hundred Special Enrollment Student from East River Province were divided into two groups and lined up neatly.

The two groups were led by Song Yixuan and Wang Dongting, and Luo Zhixun and Tang Jiu'er, respectively.

Including the members of the Genius Group, a total of 130 Special Enrollment Student will leave the Shelter to hunt Exotic Beast.

Before leaving, Chen Lie instructed Feng Shuangshuang and Lu Qingchan: "You two are only responsible for tracking the task completion rate."

Once the mission is halfway complete, I will personally take the two of you out of the Shelter to fight the Exotic Beast.

Feng Shuangshuang and Lu Qingchan both nodded and said "Mm".

Chen Lie led his group to the entrance and exit of the Shelter, where they saw many other Special Enrollment Student from other provinces also leaving the Shelter.

At that moment, a staff member from the Shelter's entrance approached Chen Lie and asked, "Is this your first time leaving the Shelter since you've just arrived in this new province?"

"Yes!" Chen Lie nodded.

"Register your province, then each person can come and collect a Exotic Beast Radar."

Luo Zhixun stepped forward and asked, "What is the Exotic Beast Radar?"

"Advanced instruments for detecting Exotic Beast, worn on the wrist, can detect Exotic Beast within a two-kilometer radius."

Tier 1 Exotic Beast are represented by white dots, Tier 2 Exotic Beast by blue dots, and Tier 3 Exotic Beast by red dots.

"The Exotic Beast Radar can also record the number of Exotic Beast killed in real time," the staff member explained.

"I see."

Luo Zhixun nodded.

Chen Lie went to the window and began registering his information.

The information registration was completed in a short while.

One hundred and thirty students admitted through Special Enrollment Student in East River Province were each given a Exotic Beast Radar.

Chen Lie also put the Exotic Beast Radar on his wrist and saw that there were several white dots representing Tier 1 Exotic Beast on the screen, but no blue dots representing Tier 2 Exotic Beast or red dots representing Tier 3 Exotic Beast.

Just as they were about to leave the Shelter, Cloud River Province and West River Province's Special Enrollment Student also arrived at the Shelter's entrance and exit.

Upon seeing Chen Lie, Ji Lingxuan, who was leading the team, immediately waved and greeted him, "Chen Lie, are you also getting ready for a mission?"

"Yes!"

Ji Lingxuan said, "The overall strength of the Special Enrollment Student in our province is stronger. If you need any help, you can let me know."

"Okay, if there's any need, I won't hesitate." Chen Lie nodded.

After responding, Ji Lingxuan went inside to register her information.

Shen Miaowei stepped forward and nodded slightly to Chen Lie: "Mr. Chen Lie!"

Chen Lie greeted Shen Miaowei and said a few words.

Then, he said to the group of Special Enrollment Student from East River Province, "Everyone, come out of the Shelter with me. Today is our first time at the Military Training Ground, so don't separate into two groups!"

Chen Lie led the way, followed by the other two groups, as they left the Shelter.

As soon as Chen Lie stepped out of the Shelter, he saw a warning sign.

The warning sign reads, "The Shelter is Relative Safe Zone. Special Enrollment Student with Blood Qi Value below 4000 should exercise caution and stay at least 10 kilometers away from the Shelter."

Before long, all the Special Enrollment Student from East River Province emerged from the Shelter.

Apart from the members of the Genius Group, all the other Special Enrollment Student students were carrying a Ray Gun.

"Everyone, follow Captain Chen Lie's instructions and proceed slowly forward."

Luo Zhixun gave a brief instruction to the Special Enrollment Student in her group, and then followed Chen Lie forward.

After walking for about ten minutes, the group finally walked out of the Relative Safe Zone.

At that moment, Wei Ranran suddenly shouted from behind, "There's Exotic Beast there!"

Everyone looked ahead and saw a huge, wolf-like or leopard-like Exotic Beast baring its fangs and roaring as it charged toward them.

"It's Tier 1 Exotic Beast! Genius Training Camp trainees, evacuate! The rest of you, prepare for battle!"

Chen Lie immediately ordered the weaker trainees from the Genius Training Camp to spread out, allowing those at the Blood-Qi Extreme Realm and those with Qi and Blood Qi Value exceeding 2,000 to go forward, while he himself was responsible for holding the line to prevent any casualties.

Luo Zhixun and Tang Jiu'er flew forward and engaged in a fierce battle with the Exotic Beast.

Luo Zhixun, standing directly in front of the Exotic Beast, instantly unleashed a set of S-Rank Martial Art, the Prajna Palm.

With a wave of her hand, a red light flashed, Myriad Jun Great Strength descended continuously.

Myriad Jun Great Strength erupted, with continuous booming sounds.

The Exotic Beast's skin was instantly torn open.

"Roar!"

Driven by pain, the Exotic Beast went berserk, unleashing a deafening roar that echoed for ten kilometers around before Exotic Beast toward Luo Zhixun.

The Exotic Beast lunged at Luo Zhixun, Luo Zhixun dodged instantly, causing the Exotic Beast to miss its target.

With a loud thud, the ground, slammed down by the Exotic Beast's immense force, instantly formed a deep crater.

The Exotic Beast didn't pounce on Luo Zhixun; instead, it turned around, roared again, and charged at Luo Zhixun.

Because of the intense battle with the Exotic Beast, Luo Zhixun's stamina was rapidly depleted. In just two minutes, she felt exhausted.

At this moment, Tang Jiu'er and the five members with over 2,000 kilocalories of Blood Qi Value each stepped forward to fight off the Exotic Beast and help relieve the pressure on Luo Zhixun.

The other, weaker members of the Genius Group also joined in, attacking the Exotic Beast. Among the evacuated Genius Training Camp students, some also used Ray Gun to attack.

Looking ahead, they saw dozens of people ganging up on a Exotic Beast.

After nearly an hour of attack, the Exotic Beast finally died under the combined assault of Luo Zhixun and Tang Jiu'er, collapsing to the ground.

The first Exotic Beast was successfully hunted down, and the Special Enrollment Student who had been besieging the beast all showed joy on their faces, but their physical strength was severely depleted.

Especially Luo Zhixun and Tang Jiu'er, who were facing the main force of the Exotic Beast head-on, were starting to feel their strength waning.

"Finally, the hunt was successful; a Exotic Beast was hunted down."

"But this Exotic Beast is too difficult to hunt! Dozens of people worked together, and it still took half an hour," Tang Jiu'er said.

Luo Zhixun also felt heavy-hearted. Hunting a single Exotic Beast had taken so much effort; completing the military training mission would likely be difficult.

"Look! There's another Exotic Beast, even bigger than the last one!"

At this moment, Jiang Mingyue, from Luo Zhixun's group, pointed ahead and shouted.

A Exotic Beast, nearly ten meters long and covered in scales, appeared in the distance.

Chen Lie said, "Your group should rest for a bit and try to recover your strength. This time, let Wang Dongting and Song Yixuan practice."

A Exotic Beast resembling an alligator snapping turtle roared as it charged toward East River Province.

Wang Dongting's expression shifted, and he said to the team members behind him, "Don't be nervous, everyone. This Exotic Beast looks slow, but if we're agile, we can wear it down!"

Wang Dongting spoke, he leaped up, jumping dozens of meters in a single bound, instantly closing in on the Exotic Beast.

"Extreme Yang True Martial Fist!"

Wang Dongting's blood surged, and he instantly unleashed several punches at the alligator snapping turtle.

The fist, imbued with Myriad Jun Great Strength, struck the Exotic Beast Exotic Beast, yet it showed no reaction whatsoever and continued to move forward.

"How can this Exotic Beast have such strong defense?"

Someone exclaimed in surprise.

The wolf-like, leopard-like Exotic Beast that Luo Zhixun had struck a few times had at least broken its surface flesh, but this alligator snapping turtle was completely unharmed after being hit by Wang Dongting's punches.

A trainee from a nearby Genius Training Camp shot the Exotic Beast beast with Ray Gun, but it didn't leave any mark on the beast's body.

"We can't break through this Exotic Beast's defenses at all!"

Song Yixuan stepped forward and struck the Exotic Beast with a light, agile palm strike.

At this moment, many Genius Group with high Blood Qi Value surrounded the Exotic Beast and began to attack it.

After Song Yixuan finished performing her palm technique, she took two steps back, strategically retreating like the others.

Chen Lie, seeing this, immediately said, "Song Yixuan, don't slack off!"

Song Yixuan stuck out her tongue and said helplessly, "With a big team leader like you supervising here, how could I dare to slack off?"

After speaking, Song Yixuan once again confronted the Exotic Beast, this time using her palm technique with much more seriousness than before.

"Everyone, focus your attacks on the Exotic Beast's head. I refuse to believe this Exotic Beast truly possesses a body of steel," Wang Dongting urged.

The situation was the same as before: dozens of people were besieging a Exotic Beast, and they were all focusing on the Exotic Beast's head.

Because the Exotic Beast moved slowly, the group attacked steadily for nearly half an hour. Finally, Wang Dongting broke through the Exotic Beast's defense with a single punch, and the alligator turtle's skull was dented.

Amidst the Exotic Beast's roars, everyone fiercely attacked the parts of Exotic Beast defenses that had been breached.

Finally, the second Exotic Beast was hunted down.

The members of Wang Dongting's group all breathed a sigh of relief.

"Are these Exotic Beast really that hard to kill? At this rate, we can only hunt five or six Exotic Beast a day at most, which is far from enough to complete the military training mission of hunting 360 beasts."

"Perhaps our technique is too clumsy; it should be fine in a couple of days."

The members of Wang Dongting and Song Yixuan's team were also severely exhausted from hunting the alligator snapping turtle.

At that moment, a black shadow with incredible speed suddenly appeared and rushed towards the Special Enrollment Student from East River Province.

"There's another Exotic Beast. I recognize this Exotic Beast; it looks like Giant Strength Ape."

The Giant Strength Ape is not only incredibly strong but also extremely fast, making it very difficult to deal with.

"What should we do? We just hunted down two Exotic Beast, and we've used up a lot of our strength."

Amidst the discussions among the Special Enrollment Student from East River Province, Chen Lie summoned Luo Zhixun, Tang Jiu'er, Wang Dongting, and a group of people with Blood Qi Value of over 2,000 calories.

"Hunting Exotic Beast requires speed, accuracy, and ruthlessness. You must target the weakest points on Exotic Beast bodies and wear Exotic Beast down. Who can outlast Exotic Beast on their own?"

I'll demonstrate the method of hunting Exotic Beast for you. Watch carefully!

After Chen Lie finished speaking, he rushed towards the Giant Strength Ape that was charging towards him.

The Giant Strength Ape, standing nearly seven meters tall, walked upright. Upon seeing Chen Lie, it let out a cry and slammed a heavy punch at Chen Lie.

Chen Lie leaped up, dodging the Giant Strength Ape's punch. Looking back, he saw that the ground, spanning dozens of square meters, was riddled with cracks from the Giant Strength Ape's blow.

A loud "boom" rang out.

Amidst the crowd, Liu Wanwan couldn't help but ask, "Captain, can you handle such a powerful and fast Exotic Beast all by yourself?"

The Giant Strength Ape missed its punch, then began pounding its chest with both arms, roaring to the sky, and lunged at Chen Lie again.

Chen Lie leaped upwards, delivering a punch with a force of nearly 20,000 jin (approximately 10,000 tons) that slammed heavily into the Giant Strength Ape's face.

The Giant Strength Ape roared in fury, its massive arms slamming down on Chen Lie repeatedly.

After dodging all attacks, Chen Lie jumped onto the Giant Strength Ape's shoulder and threw a punch.

"Boom!"

A loud crash was heard, Giant Strength Ape fell to the ground.

Chen Lie punched through the neck of the Giant Strength Ape.

The members of the Genius Group were shocked.

Tang Jiu'er exclaimed in surprise, "It took us so long to deal with just one Exotic Beast, while Chen Lie took it down in less than half a minute Exotic Beast! Is there really such a big difference between him and us now?"

Wang Dongting and Luo Zhixun were also shocked, but Song Yixuan remained calm and composed, as if it were the natural course of things.

Chen Lie successfully hunted down a Exotic Beast and returned to the group.

"Did you all see that clearly? When hunting Exotic Beast, you must strike at their vital points and end the battle quickly. You also need to choose your targets carefully. Take that alligator turtle from earlier, for example. Its defense was astonishing, even stronger than that of a typical Tier 2 Exotic Beast. Choosing such Exotic Beast as your target would be asking for trouble."

"Captain Chen, aren't you making it sound a bit too easy? We don't have your kind of strength," said a member of the Genius Group.

Chen Liedao, "While hunting Exotic Beast is related to strength, it's not that much. Rather, it's more about hunting techniques and experience."

To be honest, with so many of you working together, your strength is no less than mine, yet you still expended so much effort. Why?

This is naturally due to your clumsy methods of hunting Exotic Beast.

Luo Zhixun then asked, "Captain, your skills in hunting Exotic Beast are so superb, do you have prior experience?"

In front of so many people, Luo Zhixun naturally couldn't call Chen Lie by his name directly in order to maintain his authority, so she addressed him as "Captain".

"I do have experience, but I won't go into details about where that experience comes from."

Next, I will provide you with systematic training to ensure that you can successfully hunt the Exotic Beast without any casualties.

After Chen Lie finished speaking, he let the group of Special Enrollment Student students rest for a while.

After resting, Chen Lie ordered everyone to advance two kilometers.

Lu Qingying raised her hand and said, "Captain Chen, this Relative Safe Zone if we step back a little. If we move forward two kilometers, the density of the Exotic Beast will increase exponentially. Wouldn't that be too unsafe?"

Lu Qingchan smiled and nodded when she saw Chen Lie's gaze sweep over her.

She's not stubborn. Chen Lie is now the Three-Province Martial Champion. Even if there's a huge grudge, she should bow her head and admit defeat when necessary.

During military training, Chen Lie's will is an ironclad rule; if Chen Lie goes against her, no one can save her.

Apart from the four Genius Group members who have reached the Blood-Qi Extreme Realm, Chen Lie has the ability to cause anyone else to die in the fight against the Exotic Beast.

Chen Lie glanced at Lu Qingying and said, "Don't worry, with me here, no one will be in danger."

As soon as he released the trace of the aura of a Starry Sky Behemoth that he had cultivated from his Dragon Tendon Flood Dragon Bone, low-level Exotic Beast within a radius of 500 meters would instinctively avoid him.

Fourth-tier Exotic Beast are unlikely to be affected by the image of Dragon Tendon Flood Dragon Bone. However, there are probably no fourth-tier Exotic Beast in this Military Training Ground, unless the Frontline Army are not well-guarded and a fourth-tier Exotic Beast sneaks in.

"Everyone, trust the captain, listen to the captain, and advance two kilometers!"

Luo Zhixun addressed the team members.

After all the Special Enrollment Student lined up neatly, they began to move away from the Shelter, advancing two kilometers forward.

About twenty minutes later, Chen Lie led the Special Enrollment Student from East River Province to a place three kilometers away from the Shelter.

There were more visibly larger Exotic Beast of Exotic Beast Meat here than at the edge of the Relative Safe Zone. The Exotic Beast Radar on Chen Lie's wrist detected many white dots representing Tier 1 Exotic Beast in the surrounding area.

In this same place, students admitted through Special Enrollment Student from other provinces are also forming teams to hunt Exotic Beast.

The increase in the number of Exotic Beast in the surrounding area means that the Special Enrollment Student may face the danger of being attacked by multiple Exotic Beast at the same time.

As soon as the students Special Enrollment Student from East River Province arrived, a Giant Lion Exotic Beast approached them.

Chen Lie immediately ordered Wang Dongting and Song Yixuan's group to intercept them.

For almost the entire day, Chen Lie taught a dozen or so highly skilled Special Enrollment Student from East River Province how to accurately and concisely hunt Exotic Beast.

A person who can reach this level in martial arts in East River Province is naturally not stupid. Under Chen Lie's guidance, he gradually mastered the essence of hunting Exotic Beast.

Either group, with two members at the Qi Ultimate Realm and five members with over 2,000 Blood Qi Value working together, can hunt down a Exotic Beast in just over ten minutes.

Hunting Exotic Beast is extremely physically demanding. Every two Exotic Beast a group kills, they must rest for at least half an hour before another group takes over and protects the resting group from attacks by the Exotic Beast.

Throughout the day, under Chen Lie's hands-on guidance, both groups hunted down nine Exotic Beast. In addition, Chen Lie hunted down five Exotic Beast on his own for demonstration purposes, bringing the total number of Exotic Beast hunted on the first day in East River Province to 24.

The number of kills can be described as a remarkable achievement.

In the end, both groups were completely exhausted and had no energy left.

One member couldn't help but say, "I can't take it anymore, I'm exhausted. Hunting these Exotic Beast is too strenuous, I can't fight them anymore."

"We can't stay here any longer if we're out of energy. We need to get back to the Shelter immediately. These Exotic Beast are appearing frequently here; it's too dangerous. We can't stay here any longer."

Luo Zhixun found Chen Lie and said, "Captain, many people are too weak to continue. Should we go back to the Shelter?"

"Let's rest here for a while before going back to the Shelter," Chen Lie said.

"Rest here? But there are too many Exotic Beast here, isn't it unsafe?" Luo Zhixun frowned.

"Don't worry about that, just rest here!"

As Chen Lie spoke, he no longer concealed the Dragon Tendon Flood Dragon Bone he had cultivated, and a trace of the aura of a Starry Sky Behemoth spread out in all directions.