277: Hunting, plundering

After some understanding, Tang Ping also learned about the situation of the other nine people, and continued to arrange: "Wen Qingyu, use your Wind Spirit Bird to guard the surroundings and observe the situation at all times; Yan Junqi, you hide in the shadows, responsible for supporting others at critical moments, preventing everyone from encountering danger and being eliminated. As for Han Dong, you and I will deal with the Pollution Beasts."

"The rest of you, according to your respective Talent attributes, fulfill your roles. Han Dong and I are the main force. Those of you who can fight are responsible for distracting the enemy, and those whose Talents lean towards support should protect yourselves as much as possible."

"Alright, everyone get ready, we'll wait here!"

At this moment, Han Dong frowned and couldn't help but ask, "Aren't we going to look for Pollution Beasts?"

A ball of emerald spiritual light was hidden in Tang Ping's hand: "Soon, those Pollution Beasts will come to us. These Pollution Beasts are basically plant-type. Han Dong, your Talent is fire, so be ready to attack."

The other students were puzzled, but they also began to carry out their duties. The support users hid behind trees or rocks, while the attackers concealed themselves in the grass.

Wen Qingyu's A-Rank Talent allowed him to summon a Wind Spirit Bird. This was a wind spirit, formless yet tangible, extremely fast, and possessed its own consciousness. It could travel far from its master, making it suitable for reconnaissance, but it also had considerable offensive power.

Before long, Wen Qingyu was startled and spoke into his Guardian Bracelet: "Everyone, pay attention, a Level Three Burden Grass Beast is coming!"

Level Three. Everyone immediately tensed up. Among those present, except for the three A-rank Talent Holders, the rest were basically new to second level, still a long way from Level Three. It was almost impossible to deal with a Level Three Burden Grass Beast alone. Fortunately, they had many people now. Although everyone was nervous, they were also slightly excited to face their first prey.

Soon, a rustling sound came from a patch of grass. From beneath the grass, a flat head suddenly rose. Its head was covered in weeds, and its emerald-red pupils stared hungrily at Tang Ping, as if there was something on him that it desperately wanted to obtain.

The small ball of emerald spiritual light in Tang Ping's palm instantly dissipated and vanished as he clenched his hand.

"Roar!" The Burden Grass Beast roared, sensing the disappearance of the plant essence, and became exceptionally furious. Its strong body stood up, reaching the height of an adult man, and it charged at Tang Ping.

Before Tang Ping could speak, Han Dong's flames had already surged forward. He glanced at the other party, said nothing more, and prepared to kill this Burden Grass Beast first.

The chilling spiritual light gathered in his eyes also slowly faded away.

However, Tang Ping did not immediately make a move; instead, he watched Han Dong struggle alone.

This Level Three Burden Grass Beast was very strong, already close to the peak of Level Three. It was a Pollution Beast of this level that Tang Ping had deliberately lured. Searching for them one by one was too troublesome, and most were level one or two. It was better to directly seek out and kill high-level Pollution Beasts to obtain more hunting points.

However, Han Dong's impulsiveness caused the accumulated flames, which would have severely injured the Burden Grass Beast after one of Tang Ping's mental freezing attacks, to only scorch its back for a moment before being extinguished by dense, wet grass leaves.

Although the Burden Grass Beast still sustained some injuries, for the tenacious Burden Grass Beast, these injuries were completely insignificant.

"What are you doing? Hurry up and come support me!" Han Dong was anxious; this Burden Grass Beast in front of him was far stronger than he had imagined!

Moreover, the grass on the Burden Grass Beast's back actually had a counteractive effect against fire. With the continuous growth of grass, his Talent's advantage over the Burden Grass Beast was no longer so obvious.

But what angered and shocked him even more was that the others still weren't helping him.

"Roar!" The Burden Grass Beast headbutted Han Dong, sending him flying. Han Dong felt his chest churn, a burning pain, and a sweetness in his throat before he spat out a mouthful of blood!

The others appeared in front of Han Dong.

At the very front was Tang Ping.

"You, why didn't you attack just now!" Han Dong roared.

Tang Ping's gaze was indifferent. He flicked a speck of green light into the other's body, then the extreme cold power in his hand spread: "This is a lesson for you. Next time you act on your own, you can leave the team."

A violent burst of cold air erupted, and a layer of ice crystals rapidly condensed on the ground. The ice crystals quickly climbed onto the Burden Grass Beast, soon freezing its limbs and spreading up its body.

The Burden Grass Beast struggled, and the ice crystals on its limbs quickly shattered. But before it could react, its limbs, which had fallen to the ground, were again covered by ice crystals. As the Burden Grass Beast's struggles gradually slowed, the covering ice crystals also grew thicker and thicker. This process took less than ten seconds, and the Burden Grass Beast was already unable to move.

Tang Ping extended his hand, and a long spear appeared. Before the spear was even wielded, a powerful cold aura was already closing in on the Burden Grass Beast.

He thrust the spear! Half of the spear plunged into the Burden Grass Beast's head! The surging coldness inside erupted within the Burden Grass Beast's head, instantly freezing its brain.

The struggling Burden Grass Beast stopped. At this point, half of its body was already encased in ice.

Han Dong stood stunned, his lips frozen purple: "Is this, is this an S-rank Talent?"

The numbers on the Guardian Bracelet soared rapidly, quickly breaking through one hundred, and finally stopping at 649. Han Dong's bracelet also showed over a hundred hunting points.

This Burden Grass Beast was already close to the peak of Level Three, so the hunting points would also be higher.

"Let's go. I hope next time, you can follow orders."

Tang Ping led the team to another location, repeating the same trick.

This time, everyone cooperated in an orderly fashion.

Initially, Tang Ping lured only mid-to-late stage Level Three Pollution Beasts. These Pollution Beasts were not the strongest of their level, making them suitable for team cohesion.

Current Pollution Beasts are different from humans. Wild Pollution Beasts rarely awaken Talents, but this doesn't mean they aren't strong. On the contrary, Pollution Beasts born in the heavily contaminated world of today are incredibly powerful. Ordinary Talent Users can hardly contend with Pollution Beasts of the same level.

Only C-rank Talent Users can barely contend with weaker Pollution Beasts of the same level.

Some powerful Pollution Beasts, even without awakening Talents, can still contend with A-rank Talent Holders of the same level, or even surpass them!

However, Pollution Beasts are not incapable of awakening Talents. And once they awaken a Talent, it is at least B-rank. It's just that Pollution Beasts capable of awakening Talents are one in ten thousand, and are generally very difficult to encounter.

As time passed, a mere four or five days went by, and the group led by Tang Ping from Seventh High School, Starlight Safe Zone, had already integrated very well.

"Hurry up, this peak Level Three Split Tree Demon will fall soon!" Wen Qingyu's eyes gleamed with excitement. This Split Tree Demon could be said to be an extremely powerful type of Pollution Beast, especially since it could summon tree monsters. If they could kill this Split Tree Demon, they could get at least two thousand hunting points!

Wen Qingyu looked at Tang Ping, who was sitting cross-legged on a dead tree in the distance, his eyes filled with admiration.

"He really came out of the slums?"

"Hahaha, not bad, not bad, it's actually a Split Tree Demon. Thank you for wearing it down to this point, young master will gladly accept."

Five people walked out of the forest.

One S-rank, four A-ranks!