Everyone was slightly taken aback upon hearing this, and their gazes instinctively turned to Fang Ran.
Shen Heng also turned his gaze in that direction.
Based on his understanding of Yang Xu, he knew that Yang Xu had developed a strong dislike for them ever since the incident at headquarters.
While it wouldn't be to the point of wanting to kill them, I definitely wouldn't mind giving them a hard time.
So forget about saving Fang Ran; it would be good enough if they didn't kick him when he was down.
Under everyone's gaze, Fang Ran's face turned bright red.
"I was almost done killing that Calamity Beast Calamity Beast, but you stole it from me!"
As expected... Shen Heng lowered his eyes slightly, while Cao Mingyu and Zhou Xuan frowned and looked at Yang Xu.
Yang Xu laughed, "Hey, you can't say that. I only went to help because I saw you'd been fighting for ages and still hadn't killed the Calamity Beast. You can't take my kindness for granted!"
"I... I..." Fang Ran's face turned bright red, but she didn't know what to say.
Cao Mingyu wanted to stand up and say something, but Shen Heng stopped him by pressing his arm down.
He looked at Yang Xu, "Alright, you've finished showing your concern. If there's nothing else, you can go now, right?"
"This is nothing! I was just about to ask about your rankings!" Yang Xu said with a smile.
However, no one paid him any attention.
Seeing this, Yang Xu didn't mind and continued talking to himself.
"Oh, I remember now, your highest-ranked person is this guy named Zhou Xuan, right? What's his ranking again?"
Yang Xu pretended to be thinking.
"Oh, I remember now, it's twelfth place, seven places behind me!"
"Seven places short is seven places short, so what?" Cao Mingyu snorted coldly.
"What's wrong?" Yang Xu chuckled dismissively. "Heh, I thought you guys were all pretty amazing, but even the best of you didn't make the top ten!"
"So what? You're only fifth!" Cao Mingyu said coldly.
"Although I'm fifth, I've already obtained the right to use the advanced Origin Power room!" Yang Xu said with a smile.
"So what if I got it? I have one too!" Cao Mingyu said.
"Ha, how can mine be the same as yours? Yours is because you got it through your own abilities and a good rapport with Instructor Chang. I earned it through my own hard work!" Yang Xu laughed.
"You..."
Cao Mingyu slammed his hand on the table and tried to stand up, but Shen Heng stopped him.
"What? The twenty-ninth place, who only killed three Calamity Beast, has something to say?" Yang Xu looked at Shen Heng with disdain.
"I remember you were fifth, right?" Shen Heng looked at Yang Xu calmly.
"Yes, what's wrong?" Yang Xu frowned.
He didn't like that calm look in the other person's eyes, as if he wasn't even being noticed.
How did he manage to rank twenty-ninth?
Shen Heng calmly said, "You were able to get access to the advanced Origin Power Origin Power because Wu Hongxuan, Xiao Xiangtong, and Liu Jingchuan had already obtained access a couple of days ago. So, it was just a matter of time before you, being fifth, got the access!"
"Furthermore, if I remember correctly, you killed 52 Calamity Beast Calamity Beast, which is only two more than the sixth-ranked person."
"In other words, you might have just been lucky this time, encountering two extra Calamity Beast. Next time, this spot might not be yours."
"If you don't get access to the advanced Origin Power chamber next time, don't you feel like you've come all this way like an idiot?"
"You..." Yang Xu's expression turned somewhat unpleasant, "It's better than you not having done it even once!"
"Perhaps!" Shen Heng chuckled lightly. "If there's nothing else, may we go?"
Seeing Shen Heng calmly accept his sarcasm, Yang Xu's expression turned somewhat ugly, and he didn't know what to say for a moment.
He frowned and glanced at Shen Heng and the others, then snorted coldly and walked to the side with his tray.
Watching Yang Xu leave, Cao Mingyu snorted coldly.
"Brother Shen Heng, if you ask me, you're just too nice. You shouldn't give someone like him the time of day!"
"We shouldn't have given him the friendly look!" Shen Heng nodded.
"But fighting will result in points being deducted; if we don't fight, will we just argue?"
"Putting aside whether arguing would be pointless, there's really no point in arguing with someone like him!"
"So just deal with it and get away with it!"
"But he's such a despicable person!" Zhou Xuan said, looking displeased.
"Yes, and they even stole Fang Ran's Calamity Beast!" Cao Mingyu nodded from the side.
Speaking of this, Shen Heng glanced at Fang Ran, who had a somewhat bookish air about him.
"What does Fang Ran think? If needed, next time during the simulation, everyone can make some noise, then I'll gather everyone together and go find Yang Xu's location!"
"No, no, that would prevent everyone from killing the Calamity Beast and affect everyone's performance!" Fang Ran hurriedly waved his hand upon hearing this.
"What's there to be afraid of? It's just a simulation. If we don't want it, we don't have to!" Cao Mingyu said.
Zhou Xuan nodded in agreement.
Shen Heng remained silent, watching Fang Ran quietly and awaiting her decision.
"Um, really, really, it's not necessary. Besides, even if he doesn't try to take it, I'll still be in the twenties. It doesn't matter if I take one more. As long as I've actually fought Calamity Beast, that's enough!" Fang Ran firmly refused.
"Alright, but if he causes you trouble again next time, you must tell us!" Cao Mingyu said.
"Okay!" Fang Ran nodded, then looked at the three of them and said seriously:
"Um, thank you everyone!"
Everyone waved their hands.
Shen Heng glanced at Fang Ran, but didn't pay much attention.
Given the other person's personality, making this choice is normal. If it were Cao Mingyu, then...
Well, he probably won't call on a few people for help; instead, he'll be saving his strength to go and cause trouble for the other party himself.
Shen Heng shook his head, not thinking about it anymore, and then thought about the situation of this simulation.
This simulation.
The first place winner is Wu Hongxuan, who killed 98 Calamity Beast.
The second place went to Xiao Xiangtong, who killed 96 Calamity Beast.
Compared to those two, the third-place team is significantly behind them.
The third-place finisher only killed 72.
Just as the instructors had told him a couple of days ago... Shen Heng pondered for a moment, then turned his attention to his own situation.
Three were killed; ranked twenty-ninth.
The reason, of course, is that they encountered those Calamity Beast as soon as they entered.
To be honest, Shen Heng originally thought he was in last place, but who would have thought that there was someone else who ranked even lower than him.
That person...
Shen Heng turned his head to the side, where the round-faced Lü Wenrui was angrily talking to the people next to him.
"I told you, I didn't kill a single Calamity Beast because when I woke up I saw a bloody maw lunging at me!"
"You wait, in three days, I will definitely..."
Shen Heng slowly withdrew his gaze.
Compared to him, I seem to be relatively luckier.
but...
We need to think of a solution...
With only D-Class abilities, is there any way for me to carve out a piece of flesh from a bunch of A-Class and B-Class?