I'm a Professional at Snatching Kills

The wilderness is fraught with danger, but also opportunities abound.

Perhaps due to the presence of exotic beasts, the soil here can nurture all sorts of special medicinal herbs, which are invaluable to humans.

For instance, the Phoenix Tail Grass that Lu Chong needs to cultivate the Golden Cicada Robe primarily originates from the wilderness and is difficult to obtain through artificial cultivation.

Therefore, bounty hunter martial artists, military reconnaissance scouts, and others frequently venture into the wilderness, hunting and clearing out exotic beasts while searching for precious medicinal materials.

Both exotic beasts and medicinal materials are scarce resources in the human world.

"Look quickly, it's a Level 1 medicinal herb, the Scorching Sun Flower."

Along the way, a student's eyes suddenly lit up as he pointed to a very delicate three-leaf red flower and exclaimed.

As he spoke, he bent down to grab the red flower. This type of low-level medicinal herb isn't particularly valuable, but it's still worth a few hundred yuan.

The key is that collecting medicinal herbs can also earn military merit.

But just as the student's hand neared the fiery red petals, a dark shadow suddenly darted out from within, heading straight for his neck.

"Careful!" a nearby student shouted.

But the dark shadow was too fast; the student reaching for the herb had no time to react.

At that moment, a streak of dark light suddenly shot through the air from a distance, precisely striking the dark shadow and sending it flying.

The one who made the move was Lu Chong, who was more than ten meters away. He had been holding two pebbles, which proved useful at this moment.

The students breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the dark shadow that had been knocked down, their faces filled with surprise.

"It's a Third-Stage Black Mosquito! One bite could take half our lives. That was close!"

What was killed by the pebbles was indeed a mosquito.

However, this mosquito was much larger than the ones Lu Chong had seen in his previous life, with a blood-sucking proboscis as long as a little finger.

"Thank you, classmate Lu Chong." The student who was about to pick the flower turned pale with fright. If Lu Chong hadn't acted in time, he would have been sent back for emergency treatment.

"You're welcome."

Lu Chong walked over, chuckled, and picked the Scorching Sun Flower from the ground, handing it to a soldier who had caught up.

Both the Scorching Sun Flower and the Black Mosquito were military merits, so he naturally wouldn't let them go.

The student didn't mind and continued to thank Lu Chong repeatedly.

The students continued their journey, but they became much more cautious.

They realized that this was the wilderness, and deadly dangers could emerge at any moment.

From behind, instructor Liu Ziqiang quietly put away his pistol. If Lu Chong hadn't acted, he would have intervened to stop the Black Mosquito.

These battle-hardened soldiers knew best that in the wilderness, any creature could harbor deadly danger.

Even a low-level Third-Stage Black Mosquito like that could ambush and take the life of a high-level Martial Disciple.

This wasn't an exercise; it was real combat. No one would announce their arrival in advance.

Through systematic searching and sweeping, the students delved deeper into the wilderness, encountering more and more medicinal herbs, as well as various hard-to-detect Level 1 insects.

These insects, which usually only appeared in textbooks, would always show up in unexpected ways and then launch surprise attacks to kill.

Fortunately, the students' learning and adaptation abilities were quite good. They quickly combined theory with practice, found their rhythm, and stopped falling into traps.

However, what made them feel frustrated was that almost more than half of the emerging insects and exotic beasts were snatched up by Lu Chong first.

Only for medicinal herbs that other students discovered first did Lu Chong refrain from snatching them.

"This is all military merit. When it comes to getting the kill, I'm a professional."

Lu Chong didn't feel embarrassed. They were in a competitive relationship, and as long as the instructor didn't object, it meant he tacitly approved of him taking the kills.

Moreover, most of these pampered students didn't care about this little bit of money. Instead, they were quite unaccustomed to such bloody scenes and preferred Lu Chong to take them.

"This kid really isn't afraid of blood," the squad leader said to Liu Ziqiang from the back of the team, muttering with some surprise.

Liu Ziqiang said indifferently, "It's just killing a few low-level bugs, swatting a few mosquitoes. What's there to be afraid of?"

"Only when he can see his own comrades' blood and remain unfazed will he be truly brave," Liu Ziqiang said meaningfully.

The squad leader recalled his own first experience seeing a comrade's arm bitten off, his first time having a chunk of flesh torn away by an exotic beast, and nodded in agreement.

Unknowingly, it was already noon, and they had successfully swept through forty li outside the fortress. With another ten li to go, they could successfully turn back.

Although the journey had been without major incident, the students were already showing signs of fatigue.

Having to maintain a constant state of alertness in such a place placed immense psychological pressure on them.

The thought of returning to the fortress soon made the students' taut nerves relax considerably. This was truly not a life for humans.

But just as they were about to turn back, Lu Chong's nose twitched. He suddenly turned his head and looked at a towering tree more than ten meters away.

Upon seeing it, Lu Chong couldn't help but be startled.

He saw a snake resembling tree bark coiled around the brown trunk of the tree. Its flat head was hidden among the drooping branches, staring at a student passing below, less than two meters away.

Hiss!

At that moment, the snake's head moved. From stillness to motion, it was like a spring, incredibly fast.

"Not good!"

Lu Chong and the instructor behind him reacted almost simultaneously. One threw a pebble, the other drew his gun and fired.

Bang!

The pebble hit the snake's head, and the bullet struck the snake's vital spot.

However, this snake was no ordinary low-level insect. It was a Withered Wood Snake that had reached the eighth segment, possessing a much more tenacious vitality.

Despite the pain, it merely writhed its body before descending faster. It opened its gaping maw and bit down on the student's forearm.

The student, stunned by fear, managed to react in time to use his arm to shield his head.

But that was all. He had long forgotten the Martial Skills he had learned, leaving only instinctual reactions.

With that bite, the student immediately cried out in agony, frantically shaking his arm in terror, trying to fling the long snake away.

Just then, Lu Chong arrived first, unleashing his Eagle Claw Technique and fiercely gripping the snake's vital spot.

His five fingers dug directly into the snake's body, drawing blood.

With a sudden heave, Lu Chong lifted the Withered Wood Snake, tearing a chunk of flesh from the student's arm in the process.

With its vital spot seized, the Withered Wood Snake shrieked in pain. Its two-meter-long body whipped and coiled towards Lu Chong like a whip.

"I've indulged you enough."

Lu Chong hardened his heart. His other hand formed a claw, and he grabbed the whipping snake's tail without hesitation.

Then, with a sudden surge of strength, he forcefully tore the long snake in half, splattering blood mist everywhere.

The scene was incredibly gory, terrifying the surrounding students into scattering and fleeing.

"Good heavens, this kid is more ferocious than an Exotic Beast," the class monitor muttered, dumbfounded.

"What are you standing around for? Go save him!" Liu Ziqiang shouted after glancing at Lu Chong, who was covered in blood.

.You are reading Global Cataclysm: My Martial Arts Cultivate Automatically by Yunyou Shuhai.