Chapter 104: Chapter 102: With My Blade, I End Your Life!_1

"Blood..."

"The taste of blood..."

"Give me blood... Kill... Kill you... Eat you... Hahaha..."

A Crawler can produce human sounds.

Even though it can only repeat two or three phrases, its vocabulary is pitifully meager.

Yet, its manic tone is enough to make the students’ fear ratchet up a notch.

"Steady, don’t let the formation break!"

Ye Hanjun bellowed, rolling on the spot.

Surprisingly, the crawler, with its incredible explosive power, lunged and missed him completely.

However, it didn’t show any signs of hesitation or momentary stupor.

Its hind legs pushed off the ground, triggering the ’Bounce’ skill, followed by the ’Hook Claw’ skill, aimed straight at Ye Hanjun’s face.

"Bang!!"

Fluttering sand predicted the crawler’s movement trajectory once again.

The consolidated sand shield fully absorbed the damage from the ’Hook Claw’, bursting outwards like shattered porcelain.

Buying a breather, Ye Hanjun knelt with one knee on the ground, straining to control his breathing.

Then, his upright back abruptly softened, bending backwards at a surreal angle, a right angle.

"Rip——"

The crawler pounced, and yet again, missed its aim.

The Bloodsucking Dagger swept across its abdomen, jarring Ye Hanjun’s wrist to a painful extent, but it could only leave a cut about ten centimeters long and two or three centimeters deep.

This chilled Ye Hanjun’s gaze even more.

A dangerous aura seeped out of him, growing increasingly dense and heavy.

The crawler that had fallen to the ground merely let out a pain-stricken wail.

There was clearly a bleeding effect, but there wasn’t much black Corpse Race blood flowing out of its abdominal wound, which was gradually healing at a slow pace.

"Be careful, they have already feasted on blood. As long as the food inside their bodies hasn’t been completely consumed, they practically have double the life force and regeneration speed."

"Don’t prolong the fight, activate your abilities as much as possible, do not hesitate to use any enhancement drugs. I won’t have any energy left to help you while I deal with this one."

Ye Hanjun’s voice was as steady as ever.

At this stage, under the premise that some trump cards shouldn’t be prematurely revealed.

To tackle this crawler with Huazhu, they must be flawless to have a chance at success.

This was a challenging feat.

But...

Hasn’t it always been this way from childhood...isn’t that right?

At the age of ten, he could contend with various abyss species using Clay Body technique, using merely a mortal body.

At fifteen, at the peak state before Active Awakening, as long as he had a handy weapon, the chances of slaying a Clay Body were eight or nine out of ten.

Now, his weakened body was merely a handicap.

But his sense of perception had multiplied tenfold, a hundredfold. The world had never before appeared so captivating in his eyes.

Merely a ’crawler’...

A cruel smile crept up on Ye Hanjun’s lips.

If a student were to glimpse him at this moment, they would inevitably wonder, who exactly is the "beast" dedicated to killing here?

"Bang!"

Seizing the opportunity, Ye Hanjun tossed out a bottle full of saturated cricket fat.

The crawler didn’t have the slightest intention to dodge.

It possessed agile moves, potent healing, and strong vitality. Upon encountering prey, its only choice was to pounce and kill.

However, as a low-ranking Nether Fond Spirit, it still couldn’t escape the most common weakness of the Corpse Race.

Sunlight, fire, these two elements for it, were akin to critical strikes.

The crawler didn’t notice anything amiss with the saturated fat Ye Hanjun threw out, and ignored it.

But when Ye Hanjun brandished his torch, skimming past it, the crawler’s fat was ignited.

Boom!

Instantly, the flame rose.

The crawler let out a piercing scream of utter torment, its frenzied attack temporarily halted.

"Huazhu!"

At his command, the Desert Witch stopped shaping the sand into a shield, instead forming a sand fist.

She operated the sand fist, ruthlessly smashing it onto the crawler’s head, once, twice, three times...

Ye Hanjun licked his lips, his grip on the dagger tightening.

No good! This will not work!

—Their power is still not enough!

If Huazhu – at any chance – had a single explosive sand magic skill of 85 runes or more, they could have taken advantage of this opportunity to inflict heavy damage or even kill the crawler.

At the very least, if she mastered sand-based control spells, such as ’Sand Snake’s Bind’ or ’Quicksand Trap.’

They could have trapped the crawler, rendering it unable to move for a short time, and the subsequent attacks could have been continuously connected.

Unfortunately...they had nothing.

Considering these deficiencies, Huazhu’s skills were only marginally effective against such fiercely undaunted, straightforward monsters.

"In that case..."

Ye Hanjun didn’t hesitate. Instead of retreating, he advanced towards the crawler using his frail body.

"Master Han!"

Su Mei, who had activated her protective armor and was in the process of mounting the Pink Ostrich, sense something and turned her gaze towards him.

Master Han’s strength was unquestioned.

But a Patron confronting a Fond Spirit head-on was still a major taboo for survival.

The Crawler... it was nothing like the Red-eye Meat-eating Rabbit!

Even an equal level Red-eye Meat-eating Rabbit, two or three of them put together, would not be equivalent to a single crawler!

"Tap tap tap——"

The sound of military boots kicking against the rugged rocky ground echoed as Ye Hanjun, holding a torch in one hand and a dagger in the other, advanced with an expressionless face.

It seemed as if nothing in this world could waver his heart and spirit anymore.

That indifference, that ruthlessness, was overflowing from the abundance within his flesh, blood, and soul.

"DIE!!!"

The crawler, half its body engulfed in flames, was completely enraged.

It violently tore into its own flesh with sharp claws, as if in madness, it ripped off all the flesh enflamed by the fire.

"Whoosh -"

Under the bright moonlight and on the silver-grey ground, a large splash of black blood spray.

Because it actively discarded its flesh, before its body tissues fully regenerated, the coordination, including the speed and explosive power, of the crawler’s limbs were no longer as flawlessly as before.

It lay on the ground, catching its breath, it was enraged to see the "food" charging towards it.

"Die!!"

The crawler sprang up immediately, its sharp claws aimed directly at Ye Hanjun’s crown.

Because he noticed the desert witch following close behind him, Ye Hanjun held his breath and just slightly sidestepped to avoid critical parts.

"Bang!"

Huazhu’s ’Gathering Sand into Shield’ skill, always reliable, perfectly blocked the crawler’s angry attack.

In such a perfect collaboration, Ye Hanjun showed no joy, but he sped up a bit, aimed at a certain direction and fiercely swung his dagger.

"Whizz -"

At first glance, there was nothing in the direction of his stabbing, causing utter confusion.

At the same time, a crimson tongue extended from the crawler’s mouth.

’Tongue Tip Piercing’. This is a powerful skill with a strength value of 70, more threatening than the claws.

It was faster and targeted Ye Hanjun’s eye socket.

If it hits, the terrifying explosive power could instantly shatter the eyeball, then mangle the brain, and finally bust a big hole from the back of the head.

"Hiss -"

The bloodsucking dagger made a hit.

Ye Hanjun anticipated the anticipation of the crawler; he took the lead, and the Crawler’s ’Tongue Tip Piercing’ fell on his dagger.

A scene that could be recorded in the famous battles of Canghai Pavilion occurred.

Because the bloodsucking dagger was sturdy enough and sharp enough.

The faster the crawler’s tongue moved, the harder it would rebound on it.

Its tongue was split in two along the edge of the dagger, right from the center line.

Like a dissected python, the half meter long crimson tongue became two pieces. With the nerves cut off, it swung limply to both sides.

"Whoosh!"

Ye Hanjun’s attack didn’t stop.

Before the Crawler could scream out in pain, the bloodsucking dagger whirled spectacularly in his hand, and when it struck down, the forked tongue was entirely severed.

When the crawler came to its senses, its face twisted, and was about to scream.

A bottle filled with saturated animal fat was thrown into its gaping mouth. A torch that was poked in immediately after, triggered a violent explosion.

"Boom!!"

A loud noise, a big hole was blown into the crawler’s head.

This sudden change startled the four people in a bitter battle.

The other two crawlers also had to pause their charge, turning their heads to perceive what had happened to their big brother with their unique perception.

In full view, black fluid covered Ye Hanjun from top to bottom.

He moved step by step and stood in front of the crawler that was twitching.

The blade in his hand lifted up, fell down.

The crawler with only half its head left, its exposed corpse crystal in its head, now appeared in his hand.

"Dead...dead..."

The crawler’s trembling claw stretched towards Ye Hanjun, but it fell on the ground helplessly when it was still an inch away.

The flesh buds that appeared on every damaged part of its body were like they had lost all their vitality and couldn’t wriggle or grow anymore.

The crawler that achieved Clay Body...was completely dead!

Ye Hanjun turned his head and silently glanced at the other two Crawlers with minor achievements in the Clay Body.

At the same time, Su Mei, Zhao Li, Huang Dengshan, and Zhang Wu, who were in the same direction, also saw his eyes that were as cold as dagger sheaths.

"Blood..."

"Give me blood!!"

The crawlers never knew what fear is.

The fall of a creature stronger than them, for them, didn’t have any meaning.

They always craved fresh human blood, from beginning to end.

"Swish -"

Huazhu, who was finally free, joined the fray.

Even though the crawler in Clay Body had reached the High Achievement phase and it was difficult to cause substantial lethal damage to it, there was still room to exploit with those in the Small Achievement phase. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

Because of her intervention, the four students and four creatures who were under great pressure finally got a breather.

At this time, Huang Dengshan released the athlete’s exclusive Active Ability ’Adrenaline’, twice in a row, to gain the explosive power needed for a brief escape.

Zhang Wu didn’t use the soldier’s Active Ability ’Hard Support’, probably because the defensive powerhouse Iron Wolf hadn’t reached its limit yet, and unreasonably triggering the ability wouldn’t attain its expected effect.

Su Mei, when she was riding a Pink Ostrich, used ’Damage reduction shotgun’ secretly, together with ’Protective armor’ she blocked the damage for her teammates.

Zhao Li...was probably the most helpless one among them.

As a scout, she was forced to fight head-on.

Her Contracted Spirit - the Broom Ghost’s psychic attack ability couldn’t do much to the crawler.

Although, the crawlers also had a hard time hurting the Broom ghost.

But Zhao Li had to use her own protective talisman to ensure that during the intense fight, she wouldn’t be afraid of a fatal attack to her real body.

It was her most expensive life-saving tool, even she probably didn’t expect that it would be depleted by the third day of the trial.

...

After a brief analysis of the situation in the field, and being sure that the Six Squad had withstood this unexpected test, Ye Hanjun’s breathing gradually steadied.

He re-lit a torch once again, held the bloodsucking dagger in his other hand, and step by step, he entered the battlefield.

His arrival greatly encouraged the four students.

The fear was immediately replaced by high fighting spirit.

Working together, it took them five minutes.

One crawler died from Huazhu’s ’Tail Sting.’

Another died under Ye Hanjun’s knife as always.

Starting from today...

The Gate of Life and Death...

There was going to be another new sparring partner.