29: An elephant in a pile of ants

After leaving the mission hall, Yu Xiu headed straight for the forest, his destination this time being deeper into Wu Mountain.

However, he didn't know that as he left the Genius Training Camp, a pair of eyes had been watching him from the shadows.

"Courting death!"

Yu Xiu walked into the forest, and after only about five hundred meters, he immediately sensed someone hidden in a nearby tree.

Immediately after, a cold arrow flew swiftly towards him.

Yu Xiu snorted coldly, his eyes fixed on the arrow, and his Psychic Talent activated, causing the cold arrow to briefly halt in mid-air before returning along its original path.

Thump!

The next moment, a person wrapped in leaves fell from that tree.

The cold arrow was now embedded in the person's glabella, and Yu Xiu merely glanced at it indifferently, ignoring the look of horror frozen on their face.

Chirp, chirp, chirp!

Just then, birds in the nearby trees scattered, clearly indicating that the ambushing individuals were fleeing.

"You attacked me and think you can leave?"

Yu Xiu sneered, waving his hand to pluck dozens of leaves from the air using his Psychic Talent, then waved again.

The leaves shot out like sharp blades towards the fleeing individuals.

In just a few seconds.

Seven or eight more people, covered in leaves, fell from the surrounding trees.

They all shared a common feature: a bloodline at their necks.

Yu Xiu scanned the area, and seeing no more ambushing individuals, his gaze slowly moved away.

"It seems these Pre-selection class students are also unscrupulous, thinking of ambushing official students here."

From the way these people hid themselves, they were clearly experienced.

This suggests that many official members of the Genius Training Camp must have suffered.

However, none of this concerned Yu Xiu.

He found the direction leading deeper into Wu Mountain and continued to walk unhurriedly.

Along the way.

Whenever Yu Xiu encountered a Vicious Beast, he would raise his hand to kill it, then cut off its left ear.

As for the other parts of the Vicious Beast, Yu Xiu didn't bother with them.

After all, his backpack had limited space; if he tried to collect everything, he probably wouldn't be able to carry much.

His purpose for this trip was the Hunting List, so only the left ear was necessary.

"It's these Pre-selection class students again."

At this moment, a group of students, numbering about several dozen, approached Yu Xiu.

From the way they looked at him, Yu Xiu guessed they had ill intentions.

"Tsk tsk tsk, still a fat sheep!"

Seeing Yu Xiu's martial arts uniform, the leading student licked his chapped lips, a playful expression on his face.

"Kid, I'll give you a chance: leave your watch and take off your martial arts uniform, and I'll let you go."

Yu Xiu glanced at them, not even bothering to speak, and raised his hand to use his Psychic Talent, causing leaves to fly instantly.

Ever since he started using his Psychic Talent, Yu Xiu had truly grown fond of it.

It was just a pity that his Mind Power Master Rank was still too low; he couldn't kill everyone present with just one leaf.

He could only rely on sheer numbers for indiscriminate killing, but even so, it was incredibly satisfying.

This feeling of killing with a flick of a finger was both time-saving and effortless.

"He's a Mind Power Master!"

"Everyone, charge at him! No matter how powerful he is, he's just one person. With so many of us, how many can he kill by controlling leaves?"

"All of you, charge! Otherwise, you'll all die!"

Faced with the leading student's threat, the dozens of people could only brace themselves and charge forward.

But this behavior was no different from courting death.

Although Yu Xiu's Mind Power Master Rank was low, his strength was formidable, and the intensity of his Mental Energy was not proportional to his Mind Power Master Rank.

While others at his Rank might only be able to control a few leaves, Yu Xiu could easily control dozens, or even hundreds.

Despite such high-intensity consumption, Yu Xiu felt no strain at all.

Thump! Thump!

As leaves sliced across the necks of these students, the sound of people falling to the ground was incessant.

Seeing this scene, Yu Xiu couldn't help but sigh, "It's true that people are easier to kill; you just need to slice their necks. Vicious Beasts, on the other hand, are truly thick-skinned and tough."

"This method of killing is really satisfying. I'll go to the supermarket later and ask if I can have hundreds of blades made that are like leaves. That way, Vicious Beasts can also be easily killed."

While Yu Xiu was pondering, more than a dozen of the charging crowd had already fallen, all with bloodlines appearing on their necks.

"Run!"

Someone in the crowd shouted, and the charging formation immediately fell into disarray.

Furthermore, Yu Xiu's method of killing people by merely standing still and controlling leaves had already terrified these individuals.

They looked at the calm Yu Xiu not far away as if they were seeing a devil.

"If you don't want to die, get out of the way!"

Yu Xiu saw the leading student had already fled, and with a cold shout, he kicked out a stone at incredible speed.

Even though the leading student was desperately running, he was still much slower compared to the stone.

He felt a sharp pain in the back of his head, his vision blurred, and he stumbled forward.

He slid for a distance.

Then he collapsed and didn't get up again.

"Yu Xiu, that's enough."

At this moment, two men dressed as instructors jumped down from a tree. They approached Yu Xiu, their faces filled with resentment and dissatisfaction.

"What, do you want to stand up for them?" Yu Xiu asked coldly.

"Tsk, whether these rookies live or die has nothing to do with us. It's just that you've killed so many people, and so many Vicious Beasts, in less than an hour."

The instructor pouted, "Others kill Vicious Beasts and at least take the bodies, but you just kill them and don't bury them."

"This area is our responsibility, and if you keep killing like this, our workload will be too great."

The other instructor beside him also looked at Yu Xiu with resentment and added, "Why is it so hard for us to earn some points?"

"If we weren't strong enough, we wouldn't be doing this."

"I promise you," Yu Xiu said expressionlessly, "As long as they don't provoke me on the rest of the journey, I won't kill anyone else."

"However, I can't promise about Vicious Beasts; the Hunting List is open, you should understand."

After saying that, Yu Xiu said no more and continued deeper into Wu Mountain.

Hearing this.

The two looked at each other.

"Brother Lin, what should we do? Yu Xiu is too strong. He's like an elephant in an ant colony. If those rookies provoke him, he can kill a whole group with a raise of his hand."

"And, as we just saw, this guy doesn't act like a student at all. He kills without batting an eye; his killing intent is very strong."

Brother Lin pouted helplessly, "Why don't you go and intimidate him with force?"

"Are you kidding? That guy is a Great Grandmaster, and I'm only a Seven-Star Grandmaster."

"Intimidate him?"

"Do I have too much life to spare?"

Brother Lin sneered, "Then why are you still blabbering here? If you can't stop him, then just follow behind and bury the bodies!"

"I don't want to lose a month's worth of points for this."

"That's the only way."