15: Chapter 15 The Feud Between Zhao Lei and Lin Mo

Lin Mo stepped forward and crouched down to examine the corpse of the Corrupt Walker.

After confirming it had completely stopped breathing, he carefully pried open the Corrupt Walker's skull with a dagger.

He quickly found a grey-white soul crystal inside the Corrupt Walker's cranium.

The soul crystal was of slightly better quality than he had expected.

"The quality of the soul crystal is not bad." Lin Mo handed the soul crystal to Lu Mengmeng for safekeeping.

Then, he began to observe the corpse while taking notes.

Finally, his gaze landed on the Corrupt Walker's long, thin tail.

"The hardness and sharpness of this tail must be one of this Corrupt Walker's means of attack."

After finishing his notes, Lin Mo stood up.

"Let's continue forward. This monster was likely just a stray."

"Also, if we encounter another Corrupt Walker, be careful of its tail stinger. That thing carries an infectious virus, so try to keep your distance when killing it."

"Easy peasy! If we meet another one, I'll just strangle it to death!"

Lu Mengmeng nimbly stuffed the soul crystal into her storage soul guidance device, her eyes sparkling.

It seemed that killing an exotic beast for the first time made her somewhat excited.

"Boss, do you think there will be even stronger monsters deep in these ruins? I still have two innate Soul Skills I haven't used yet!"

Lin Mo tapped her on the helmet, annoyed.

"Take this seriously! You can never be careless, no matter the situation."

"Ow, I know." Lu Mengmeng pouted in dissatisfaction.

The three of them continued to move forward.

And just shortly after the three of them had left.

Four figures appeared in front of the Corrupt Walker's corpse.

"The fatal wound was left by Lu Mengmeng's Devil Vine."

Vice Squad Leader's expression turned gloomy as he saw the several puncture wounds on the Corrupt Walker's corpse.

"Lin Mo is really lucky to have managed to latch onto Lu Mengmeng," Wang Hao said with a sour tone.

"Exactly. If it weren't for Lu Mengmeng, he and that fool Niu Dachun would have been eaten by this monster," Lv Dagen chimed in.

Vice Squad Leader waved his hand. "Enough nonsense. All of you, follow me. Even if we can't kill Lin Mo, we must find a way to cripple him!"

"That's right, cripple him. Otherwise, I won't be able to swallow the anger from yesterday."

Song Wennuan looked indignant.

Yesterday, he and Lv Dagen had completely lost face in front of the entire class.

"By the way, Brother Vice Squad Leader, what kind of grudge do you have with this Lin Mo? Why do you hate him so much?"

Wang Hao asked the question he was most curious about.

Logically speaking, besides having slightly better grades, Lin Mo was just a broke loser with no redeeming qualities.

And in this world where exotic beasts ran rampant and strength was everything, good grades were useless.

Regarding Wang Hao's question, Lv Dagen and Song Wennuan were also very curious and looked at Vice Squad Leader with gossiping expressions.

Vice Squad Leader glanced at the three of them and gritted his teeth. "It has nothing to do with you, so stop prying."

Actually, just thinking about this made Vice Squad Leader angry.

"Why are you dawdling?" He turned back and glared at the three of them. "Any later, and they'll be gone without a trace."

Startled by his gaze, the three of them quickly silenced themselves and followed closely.

Walking in front, Vice Squad Leader clenched his fists until his knuckles turned white.

Images from his childhood uncontrollably flashed through his mind.

In class, Lin Mo could always easily solve problems that he had racked his brain over for ages without understanding.

At the sports meet, when Lin Mo crossed the finish line, the cheers from all the girls in the school almost blew the roof off.

And the girl he secretly liked had his photo pasted in her notebook.

And his pocket money that was often swindled away by Lin Mo.

Even Qin Ran's gaze always lingered on him.

"You little bastard, how dare you?"

He hissed in a low voice, his tone filled with a venom he hadn't even realized himself. "A trash Martial Soul, and you're worthy of suppressing me for so many years?"

Wang Hao and the others didn't hear clearly what he was saying.

Assuming he was just cursing Lin Mo, they quickly chimed in.

"Brother Vice Squad Leader, why be angry? You have an S-rank Tool Martial Soul; you'll definitely be a big shot in the future. How can a piece of trash compare to you!"

Vice Squad Leader took a deep breath, suppressing his surging emotions.

He cast his gaze toward the direction where Lin Mo and the others had left; the ruins there were shadowy, like a giant open mouth.

"The area ahead is a monster-dense zone. Find a way to lure some monsters over there. By then, Lin Mo will be dead or crippled!"

"Alright, Brother Vice Squad Leader. I'm best at luring monsters."

In a ruin three kilometers away.

"Soul Skill: Great Sumeru Pot!"

"Bang!"

"Awoo!"

Three gaunt, humanoid monsters were flattened by a single pot smash from Da Chun.

They had no power to fight back.

"Da Chun, you're awesome!" Lu Mengmeng clapped and cheered.

Then, with eyes shining, she looked at Lin Mo. "Boss, how did you think of helping Da Chun awaken this Soul Skill? It's just too perfect for his Martial Soul!"

Currently, besides her four innate Soul Skills, she hadn't awakened any other Soul Skills yet.

It was mainly because her father wouldn't allow her to awaken them randomly on her own.

He said she had to wait until she got into Martial Soul Academy, then find a Martial Soul master to help plan her awakening.

Seeing that Niu Dachun, with a D-rank Martial Soul, could have such a matching and practical Soul Skill, she started feeling restless toward Lin Mo again.

"Basic operation, don't be surprised!"

Lin Mo chuckled.

After being warned by Father Lu, he wouldn't get involved in Lu Mengmeng's Soul Skill awakening matters anymore.

Lest he be hunted down and chased by Father Lu again.

He stepped forward and crouched in front of a zombie.

"These humanoid monsters really are zombies!"

He recognized the three humanoid monsters that had been smashed to death by Da Chun at a glance.

He used his dagger to pick out a slightly lower-quality first-order soul crystal from the zombie's brain.

"No wonder everyone says this secret realm has a high production rate of ordinary soul crystals; even level four or five zombies can have soul crystals dug out of them!"

Although the quality of this soul crystal was a bit poor, it was still a first-order soul crystal.

"It's getting late. Let's train around here. Once everyone collects fifty soul crystals, we'll head back."

"Come earlier tomorrow, and then we'll consider going further."

"Alright!"

Niu Dachun and Lu Mengmeng immediately took action.

They each headed in a different direction and started killing.

As for Lin Mo, he wasn't in a hurry to train.

He casually found a spot to sit down and began studying the notes he had just recorded.

"Currently, it's confirmed that the Wasteland Secret Realm is a world that has experienced a zombie apocalypse, but whether it is illusory or real remains to be investigated."

"Perhaps I need to wait until I get into Martial Soul Academy to access knowledge regarding secret realms..."

Just as Lin Mo was deep in thought, under a collapsed wall not far away.

Four heads were secretly observing him.

"Bastard, he doesn't even forget to read and study while in the secret realm..."

Seeing Lin Mo looking so serious while reading, Vice Squad Leader felt incredibly stifled.

Just based on this drive to study hard, it was no wonder this bastard's grades were at the top of the class every year; comparing people really makes one angry.

"Brother Vice Squad Leader, good opportunity. This Lin Mo is actually alone."

"Hmph, very good."

Vice Squad Leader sneered.

He took a test tube filled with red liquid from his pocket and handed it to Lv Dagen.

"Go over there and use this to lure some monsters."

"Th-this, what is this?" Lv Dagen asked, confused as he took the test tube.

"Blood. I heard some news that the monsters here are extremely sensitive to blood."

Hearing this, Lv Dagen's eyes immediately lit up. "Heh, alright, I'll go right now!"