This squad, also belonging to the Divine Wind Camp, was a genuine second-class squad named Wildfire.
The person standing at the very front is Lu Hen, the captain of the Wildfire Squad.
At this moment, he was staring at Wei Cangyue's back with extremely sinister eyes, as if he were looking at a corpse.
At this moment, a teammate next to him spoke up:
"At this rate, the Sharp Edge Squad should have no problem completing this mission. If we let them continue like this, I'm afraid we won't see the Sharp Edge Squad disband this month."
Lu Hen understood what his teammates were saying, and the gloom in his eyes deepened.
His teammate continued, "The plan is about to succeed, we absolutely can't afford to fail now. Captain Lu, I think we should use the same trick again, triggering another small beast horde to annihilate the Sharp Edge Squad!"
"No."
Lu Hen immediately rejected the suggestion.
"Why?"
"Didn't I say we should keep a low profile these past few years? There are people above us secretly investigating what happened five years ago."
Five years ago, Wildfire Squad and Sharp Edge Squad were both second-tier squads and were mortal enemies.
To wipe out their archenemy, the Wildfire Squad went to great lengths to create a small beast tide in the Outer Wilderness Zone.
They thought they had done everything perfectly, but their superiors still became suspicious and secretly sent people to investigate.
"But they still haven't found out it was us, have they? We can do what we did before, make a secret deal with the Church of Justice, and buy them the tools that trigger small beast tides."
"Shut up!"
Lu Hen shouted sharply and quickly looked around warily, afraid that his teammate's words had been overheard.
The teammate who had been reprimanded felt a pang of anxiety and quickly looked around. After scanning the area and finding nothing amiss, his heart finally settled back into his chest.
"Are you fucking an idiot?! How dare you spout nonsense in a place like this?! If you want to die, don't drag us down with you!"
Lu Hen and his teammates all looked at him with expressions of disapproval, as if he were looking at a terrible teammate, causing the player who had just spoken to lower his head even further.
It took Lu Hen a long while to calm down.
"The matter of cooperating with the Church of Justice is never to be mentioned again. As for the Sharp Edge Squad— "
At this point, Lu Hen's eyes, which seemed to be coated with poison, were filled with scheming and plotting.
"If I remember correctly, the Sharp Edge Squad also took on a mission to find the Crimson Abyss Bird. We just need to make a few moves here..."
Three days have passed.
Jiang Fan's blood and energy, as well as his Psychic Power, have been greatly enhanced.
In particular, his Qi and blood have reached a bottleneck at the High-Stage Third Rank.
In fact, his current points are enough for him to break through to the Early-Stage Fourth Rank.
However, a breakthrough to a higher realm would cause a great stir, so it absolutely cannot be done in front of the Sharp Edge Squad.
"See that giant depression ahead? That's the habitat of the Crimson Abyss Bird, the Ten Thousand Feathers Abyss."
Wei Cangyue, walking ahead, said that they had come to the Outer Wilderness Zone with a mission.
This is also a source of extra income for their Sharp Edge Squad.
Of course, they originally just accepted the mission casually; their main priority now is to complete the Divine Wind Camp's assessment targets as much as possible.
As for the mission, it would be even better if we could kill a few more monsters while obtaining the Crimson Abyss Bird.
Jiang Fan released his Psychic Power and "looked" into the depths of the giant depression.
The entrance to Ten Thousand Feathers Abyss is not large, but the further you go down, the more you will find that the entire abyss is narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, containing a hidden world within.
The entrance area is only a few feet in size, while the deepest part at the bottom is comparable in size to a city.
Wei Cangyue continued, "The 'Ten Thousand Feathers Abyss' refers not to its sheer number, but to the sheer variety of its species."
Jiang Fan nodded. When he used his Psychic Power to cover the area just now, he noticed that the steep cliff was covered with honeycomb-shaped bird nest-like holes of varying sizes.
The nest is divided into sections inhabited by various kinds of birds and monsters, each moving about in its own territory, clearly indicating that they have their own territorial awareness.
" The Crimson Abyss Bird sleeps during the day and goes out to forage at night. It's only just evening now, so let's ambush nearby first. Tang Fan, can you take a look at the exact location where the Crimson Abyss Bird is incubating its eggs?" Wei Cangyue said to Jiang Fan.
Upon hearing this, Bu Yingjun and the other two were all taken aback, and then they all looked at Jiang Fan.
"Is the magical artifact in your hand really that amazing? It can even pinpoint the exact location of the Crimson Abyss Bird's egg in such a complex environment as the Ten Thousand Feathers Abyss?"
Jiang Fan glanced at Wei Cangyue casually, signaling him to watch his words; could he really say something like that in public?
Knowing he was in the wrong, Wei Cangyue stared intently at his toes as he walked, as if there were beautiful, unadorned women on them who didn't like clothes.
Jiang Fan remained silent.
But an explanation is still needed.
"It's not as magical as Instructor Wei described; it can only pinpoint the approximate location. Don't get your hopes up too high; the margin of error is quite large, and it sometimes malfunctions."
After hearing Jiang Fan's explanation, the three were no longer surprised.
They asked, "What kind of magical artifact is so powerful?"
They were already surprised enough that the monsters nearby could be detected in advance, but to be able to pinpoint the exact location of the bird eggs?!
If such a heaven-defying magical artifact were to appear, wouldn't it cause a sensation throughout the entire Blue Star?
"But being able to pinpoint the general location is already incredibly impressive, Little Tang. This operation is counting on you."
"I'll try my best." As he said this, Jiang Fan seemed to remember something else.
"It's true that the Crimson Abyss Bird hunts at night, but most other bird-like demonic beasts hunt during the day, right? What if we suddenly attack and they attack us?"
"You don't need to worry about that. According to information provided by people who have returned from Ten Thousand Feathers Abyss before, the Ten Thousand Feathers Abyss monsters there are all mindful of their own business. As long as you don't invade their territory, they won't attack you."
"I see."
Then everyone waited where they were, waiting for nightfall to come.
During this period, Jiang Fan used the excuse of letting others go to find a secluded place to raise his strength to the Early-Stage Fourth Rank.
Soon, night fell.
Within his mental perception range, Jiang Fan clearly "saw" the Crimson Abyss Bird leaving their territory in flocks, flying off in all directions, presumably to hunt.
Only a dozen or so Crimson Abyss Bird remained to guard the territory and the eggs.
These bird eggs are crucial to their future, so they are quite cautious, circling and patrolling around the nest in shifts to prevent enemies from sneaking in.
"1, 2, 3... 12, a total of 12, 9 Three Star and 3 Four Star."
At this point, Bu Yingjun looked at Jiang Fan.
" Little Tang, can you quickly take care of those nine Three Star Crimson Abyss Bird?"
Jiang Fan nodded, and without saying a word, took out three arrows, nocked them on the string, and without even aiming, drew the bow and shot.
The next second, three arrows hurtled through the silent night sky like thunderbolts, carrying a series of swirling air currents as they pierced through the hearts of the three Three Star- star Crimson Abyss Bird.
hiss--
Although Bu Yingjun, Yi Tang, and Shen Xu had witnessed Jiang Fan's incredible archery skills more than once, they were still taken aback by what they saw before them.