Chapter 66

With a cold expression, she raised her hand, pressed down on Xu Jintang's shoulder, and pulled him forcefully.

Xu Jintang was forcibly pulled back, performing a backflip and landing above Yu Wanyao.

She raised her palm, and ice-attribute power quickly gathered in her hand.

Yu Wanyao raised her hand again to activate her supernatural power, she forcefully slapped her palm back and pressed it down.

A powerful ice-attribute force was released from his palm, and the resulting energy surge stirred up a gust of wind.

Yu Wanyao's hair was disheveled by the force, and she frowned deeply, immediately raising her hand to activate her supernatural power to resist.

Their eyes met, and everything around them seemed to freeze at that moment.

The ice-attribute power they clashed with erupted with a bang.

The others who had just caught up quickly stopped and retreated outside the battle zone.

"Such powerful force! Everyone, step back and be careful not to get caught in the blast!"

The powerful surge of energy pushed Yu Wanyao back several steps. After she stopped and regained her footing, she looked at Xu Jintang with disbelief, "How could your power be so strong?"

Xu Jintang lowered her eyes and looked at her palm.

The extreme cold weather indeed greatly enhanced her ice attribute.

She withdrew her gaze, looked up at Yu Wanyao opposite her, and a smile appeared on her face. "Because, my special ability is actually..."

"I won't tell you." As soon as she finished speaking, Xu Jintang turned around quickly, crushed another Teleportation Inscription, and rushed hundreds of meters away in a flash.

Yu Wanyao and the others remained rooted to the spot.

By the time she came to her senses, Xu Jintang had already disappeared.

This time, Yu Wanyao wasn't as angry as before; instead, her emotions became complicated.

Teammates quickly surrounded him, "Squad leader, should we still chase them?"

"I'm not going to pursue it anymore." Yu Wanyao lowered her head, her expression gradually becoming serious.

Whether she was angry or resentful before, she felt that Xu Jintang's sneak attacks were just crooked tricks he came up with because of his own lack of strength.

But after she fought Xu Jintang herself last time, and again today, she truly realized that she was no match for Xu Jintang.

It wasn't that Xu Jintang was cunning, but rather that she lacked the strength to capture the other party and keep them there.

Her teammates were a little nervous when they saw Yu Wanyao keeping her head down and remaining silent.

Someone quickly spoke up to comfort her, "Squad leader, don't be angry. Actually, Xu Jintang... she's just... she's just..."

Yu Wanyao raised her head. "No need to comfort me. There's nothing shameful about admitting you're not as skilled as others."

No one around them expected that Squad Leader Yu would suddenly say such a thing.

As everyone knows, Squad Leader Yu is actually a very proud person. For her to personally admit that she is inferior to Xu Jintang, Xu Jintang's strength must be truly terrifying.

"However..." Yu Wanyao sneered, "I'd really like to know how someone with Xu Jintang's skills ended up in the support class."

She had lived for over ten years and had never heard of any auxiliary superpower reaching Xu Jintang's level.

Upon hearing this, the other teammates around him also began to complain.

"Yeah, what kind of auxiliary ability could unleash such a strong power surge just now?"

"Someone who couldn't even beat Squad Leader Yu is from the support squad? Is that even possible? That's impossible. Something must be wrong."

"Even if we lose this duel, it won't be a disgrace."

Yu Wanyao lowered her eyes, her gaze falling on her palm.

Having just fought Xu Jintang, she had actually sensed his supernatural abilities.

It's ice.

Moreover, it was ice, which had an absolute suppressive effect on her.

Forty minutes later, there were only three red markers remaining in the valley of Area A.

Xu Jintang stood on a hillside and looked at the nearest red light marker.

After that fight, Yu Wanyao definitely wouldn't waste any more time chasing her.

She can then go and loot other supplies.

Withdrawing her gaze, Xu Jintang swiftly moved and headed towards the red light marker in the east.

At this moment, at the red light marker in the east, Mu Guang's team and Xue Zhongqi's team unexpectedly met.

The two teams stood facing each other on either side, their posture tense and ready to fight at any moment.

"Squad Leader Mu, we clearly discovered these supplies first. There's always a proper order to things, right?" Xue Zhongqi said with a smile, breaking the deadlock.

Mu Guang cautiously sized him up. "You, Xue Zhongqi, think you can be concerned about first come, first served? If we had discovered these supplies first, you would have come and snatched them without a second thought. Don't try to morally blackmail me."

Having his thoughts exposed, Xue Zhongqi cleared his throat. "That's true. In that case, it's better for everyone to compete fairly."

Mu Guang raised his hand and summoned Xiaoshan Cauldron. He glanced at the people behind Xue Zhongqi, looking as if he was preparing for battle.

"Wait." Xue Zhongqi quickly raised his folding fan and gestured, "What I mean is, we don't need these supplies anymore, we'll give them to you."

Xue Zhongqi smiled and gestured to his teammates to retreat with his hands behind his back.

They were no match for the other side, either in terms of numbers or combat strength.

At this time, it's certainly not advisable to act recklessly.

Sensing the other side's intention to retreat, Mu Guang smiled slightly, "Xue Zhongqi, you guys had a lot of fun playing with sneak attacks before. Today, let me avenge your sneak attack!"

His expression turned cold, and he immediately made his move, shouting, "The Cauldron's Resonance!"

A powerful sonic attack emanated from Xiaoshan Cauldron and spread outwards.

Xue Zhongqi's expression changed drastically, and he turned around quickly, shouting, "Run!"

At that moment, a blur of motion rushed directly towards the supplies sandwiched between the two teams.

A flash of white light, and the supplies on the spot were immediately taken away.

Immediately afterwards, the red glowing markers surrounding the area slowly disappeared.

"Oh no! Someone's stealing our supplies!" Someone quickly realized what was happening and shouted.

As Xu Jintang collected the supplies, he immediately turned around, raised his hand, and activated his mental power, causing the Domain Slow to spread rapidly in all directions.

Those who were about to rush up to stop her were immediately slowed down.

Taking advantage of the situation, Xu Jintang jumped onto a nearby tree, spun around a few times, and fled the scene, disappearing from sight in no time.

Upon seeing this, Xue Zhongqi's eyes lit up. "Let's go! This is a good deal!"

Xu Jintang's outburst left the siege team members completely bewildered.

Some people wanted to chase after Xu Jintang, while others wanted to stop Xue Zhongqi. Both sides hesitated until Xu Jintang and Xue Zhongqi's team disappeared from sight, at which point everyone came to their senses.

Mu Guang was stunned for a long time before turning to look at his teammates, "Was that Xu Jintang just now?"

"Ah, yes." The team member nodded awkwardly.

The incident happened so suddenly that Mu Guang's attention was still entirely on Xue Zhongqi, and he didn't have time to react and stop Xu Jintang.

When she came to her senses and tried to stop Xu Jintang, Xu Jintang had already run far away.

Even if she wanted to catch up with Xue Zhongqi again, it would be too late.

Mu Guang sighed helplessly, "I was careless. I should have been more wary of Xu Jintang."

"Squad leader, the two remaining red markers are gone!" The team member suddenly realized something was wrong.

Mu Guang looked up into the distance.

Before coming to find this supply, there should be three more red lights remaining.

But now they've all disappeared at the same time.

"It must be that Xu Jintang and his men split into three groups and took the supplies from the other two locations simultaneously."

Mu Guang calmed himself down and regained his composure. "Let's go back and meet up with Squad Leader Yu and the others."

At this moment, at the entrance to the valley in Area A, the four auxiliary teams reunited.

Yan Yuting's face was filled with undisguised joy, "Our team was incredibly lucky. We found two supply points, and apart from the monsters, we didn't encounter Yu Wanyao and Mu Guang at all."

Cao Xing'an straightened his back and cleared his throat. "We didn't encounter any, but we did find one supply point."

Xu Jintang nodded, "That's right."

She turned to Xue Zhongqi, "Where's your team?"

"We found two in total, but you just stole the supplies from the second location, so let's count it as one," Xue Zhongqi replied.

Xu Jintang calculated the total, "So, including the supplies we obtained earlier, we've obtained supplies from six different locations in total, which is a pretty good result."

"Let's go back to the main city." Xu Jintang led the team to begin their return journey.

When we got back to the main city, the sun was already almost setting.

Xu Jintang and the others gathered the acquired supplies together and began to tally the quantities.

In no time, Yan Yuting had finished tallying the supplies. "The supplies include portable fire starters, specially made heating fuel, and cold-resistant nutrient solutions. The regular nutrient solutions from before were all frozen solid, so this new batch will be perfect for everyone."

Xu Jintang, resting his chin on his hand, replied, "Okay, distribute the fire starters to everyone first, and store the remaining supplies in the warehouse."

Yan Yuting nodded, "Yes, we took supplies from six different locations today, which is more than enough."

The sun slowly set outside the window, and night fell.

After receiving the specially made heating fuel, Xu Jintang bent over and started the stove.

Warm flames flickered in the stove, and a sense of warmth slowly spread outwards.

Xu Jintang stretched out his hands and leaned against the stove to warm himself.

She closed her eyes and sighed, "Comfortable."

Not long after, Xue Zhongqi brought Qin Shuxue and a few others over for a visit.

After the stove was lit, the whole room became warm, and everyone closed their eyes, leaning against one side to enjoy this cozy moment.

"I'm a little curious, does anyone have any dreams they really aspire to?" Yan Yuting leaned against the fireplace and suddenly started the conversation.

Xue Zhongqi leaned back lazily. "My dream is to be a carefree young man who only needs to eat and drink every day."

Xu Jintang glanced at him hesitantly, "Then why are you taking the Leikedasi exam?"

"My family allowed it," Xue Zhongqi helplessly, shrugging.