Chapter 40 Huawen Team (3k)
Night had completely fallen, and the cool evening breeze blew around everyone by the bonfire, trying to ease their tension. Su Jiu sat alone on an old tree stump not far away, took a sip of egg liquid, and closed her eyes to cultivate.
“Sister Qianyu, are there really powerful monsters?” The girl who spoke was from Bai Qianyu’s dormitory, the one who had said Su Jiu went to the “nightclub.”
As she asked, several more girls gathered around, all from their dormitory.
“Yes…”
Glancing at Su Jiu, who was sitting cross-legged alone, Bai Qianyu pursed her lips, pushed the dry grass into the fire with a burning stick, and then, under their nervous faces, looked up and smiled, “But with Sister Jiu here, we’ll be fine.”
“Sister Jiu?”
Several girls unconsciously thought they had misheard, but following Bai Qianyu’s gaze, they understood that their pillar of strength deeply admired Su Jiu, whom they used to look down upon.
“Crack!”
The grass stems crackled as they burned. As some girls plucked up the courage to sing to ease the atmosphere, they seemed less nervous.
Another gust of wind blew past, and the wind seemed to have picked up a bit?
Some people seemed to have noticed something and were about to go and investigate.
“It’s here already?”
Su Jiu, who was sitting cross-legged, felt a slight movement in her heart. She opened her eyes, drew her dagger, and shouted loudly, “Everyone get back!”
A golden light suddenly flickered in the distance through the grass stalks. The crowd froze for a moment and instinctively stepped back as instructed.
Seeing the speed of the golden light, Su Jiu no longer concealed herself. Her body moved, and her vertical pupils streaked a light blue in the darkness. She unleashed a charged slash, a blue light flashed quickly, like lightning in the night sky, illuminating the distant surroundings.
The golden light in the distance suddenly brightened, and a huge body wriggled out – it was a strange python with flesh wings. The golden light emanated from its eyes.
But as the strange python rushed out, the blue light struck. In an instant, frost bloomed, and a surge of frost qi appeared. The golden light instantly vanished, and the strange python let out a hissing shriek that immediately stopped, falling silent.
Then came a loud thud as the strange python’s massive body crashed to the ground. Its swollen belly hinted at something.
“Wind Demon Python, Intermediate Stage Warrior Class. It stirs up strange winds when it moves. Looking at its bulging belly, it might be…” With a flash of blue light, Su Jiu lowered her head and walked towards the Wind Demon Python with a grim expression.
Immediately, to everyone’s surprise, she plunged her dagger in fiercely. With a “sizzle,” she sliced open the tough scales. Inside, there were scenes that required censorship: scattered limbs, undigested human hands…
“Pythons don’t tear their prey apart…”
Suppressing the nausea, Su Jiu used her dagger to pierce the python’s digestive membrane and lifted out a piece of clothing. A school badge was vaguely attached to the clothing, bearing the word “Zhi Yuan.”
“Those people probably encountered something much more terrifying. We can’t stay here any longer. We have to go back tomorrow.”
Su Jiu’s brows furrowed slightly. These were clearly just two bodies. It was impossible for so many of them to be afraid of a mere Wind Demon Python with such general aggression…
Casually wiping her dagger clean, she sent a message to Liu Hong, requesting a retreat. These students were simply unable to survive in such a dangerous place.
The crowd was stunned into silence by the sight of the ten-meter-long giant python corpse; they seemed to still be in shock.
Then, a girl next to Bai Qianyu, her dorm mate, suddenly seemed to recall something. Her pupils contracted sharply, and she suddenly pointed at Su Jiu, stammering with a choked cry, “You… you are the Frost Sword Warrior?!”
Her voice startled everyone else. Another girl beside her took out her phone and frantically compared the video with Su Jiu’s back, stammering, “The exact same moves… Su… Su Jiu is a Dragon Hunter?”
“Isn’t Su Jiu just a student?”
“You don’t know that? Excellent Dragon Hunters can be trained from a young age.”
“From now on, I’ll follow Sister Su Jiu.”
Suddenly, the surrounding chatter erupted. They looked at the small figure, feeling even more fortunate that they had stayed. Being with the Frost Sword Warrior was much safer than wandering around with the idiotic Xiao Yun.
Some people, seeing the dead Wind Demon Python with frost still emanating from its body, had the idea of selling its scales for money and also took out knives to try and pry them off.
But no matter how hard they tried, they could only leave scratches on the scales. Su Jiu glanced at them and with a few more cuts, scraped off 10-centimeter-long scales, letting them collect them.
Although Su Jiu was short on money, she really couldn’t be bothered with things worth a hundred dollars. She glanced at her slightly worn fine steel dagger and then lowered her head to stroke the still sleeping E Huo.
When they returned, she would get this glutton a magic crystal. Daggers wore down even fighting Warrior Class opponents, let alone clashing with a Priest, who was Su Jiu’s imagined enemy.
Snakes could usually transform into long swords or whips, so E Huo should be similar, right?
The next day, just as dawn was breaking.
Su Jiu, who had been on night watch outside the camp, slightly opened her eyes. She saw that an outerwear with the scent of gardenia was covering her. She smiled slightly, took off the clothes, and slowly got up, chuckling, “Little White, this girl…”
She opened her phone again and found that Liu Hong had already ordered a retreat. She then shouted to the students inside the tent, “Retreat! We’re heading back to where we came from today.”
Soon, all the students were ready. They looked at Su Jiu with great admiration.
Along with admiration, there was also some speechlessness. Last night, they had posted on their social media to brag to their friends about their choice, but none of them believed that Su Jiu was the Frost Sword Warrior.
During the march, a student suddenly asked, “Class Leader Su Jiu, what is that?”
Su Jiu looked up and saw a white light flash on a distant mountainside, its speed even faster than the Wind Demon Python.
“That’s a Spirit Seeker Fox, a very cute and good monster,” Su Jiu said after a glance, withdrawing her gaze and smiling, “This one should be an Initial Stage Warrior Class.”
Everyone was astonished. Bai Qianyu, next to Su Jiu, opened her phone and showed them the picture, saying, “Although many monsters harbor malice towards humans, a small portion are friendly towards humans.”
“The Spirit Seeker Fox is one of them. Although small, it is quite strong, especially its speed, which is as fast as lightning, far exceeding the ordinary. However, it has a gentle temperament. There are specialized agencies in the country that sell them as beast pets. It’s said that they can transform into fans.”
Bai Qianyu pointed at the flashing white light and said with a soft smile, “Moreover, this beast is spiritual and kind-hearted. It will actively help lost people in distress. If you are ever lost and trapped in the wild in the future, you might be rescued by this little cutie and have your life saved.”
The girls who already liked cute creatures couldn’t help but feel fond of it upon hearing this, and they all moved closer to where the Spirit Seeker Fox was.
The flashing white light had stopped, revealing its true form. It looked like a small fox, only palm-sized, with fine white light patterns shimmering all over its body, soft and agile.
A girl even directly asked, looking a bit pathetic, “Class Leader Su Jiu, the weapon I will be learning to use in the future is a fan. Can I make a contract with it?”
“It depends on you. It likes to eat sour berries. Why don’t you feed it some sour things?” Su Jiu glanced at the sky and found it was still early, so she let them play with it.
The girl cheered, “Thank you, Class Leader. I’ll try.”
Saying that, she carefully took out some apple cider vinegar for weight loss from her backpack and walked towards the Spirit Seeker Fox.
After initial caution and familiarization, the person and the fox gradually became friendly.
Seeing this, Su Jiu alsowanted to feed and play with it. She picked up a strawberry-flavored lollipop to tease it, and for a while, the little fox received everyone’s affection.
Even the boys who had no intention of playing with it were smiling and taking pictures with their phones, thinking that Su Jiu, the Frost Sword Warrior, was also very gentle.
The Spirit Seeker Fox turned into a white light, weaving through the dense forest, running and stopping. A few female classmates chased after it, and their emotions of being scared by monsters earlier seemed to have completely relaxed.
Su Jiu didn’t stop them either. It was rare for monsters to come out to forage at this time of day.
After walking for an unknown amount of time, they saw a young man lying on a huge rock in the distance. He was wearing the uniform of a school from a neighboring city and looked like he had been attacked by a monster, seeming to be on the verge of death.
The girls were slightly startled and all moved closer to Su Jiu. Then, they suddenly saw a flash of white light, and the Spirit Seeker Fox appeared. After carefully observing for a moment, it approached the person lying on the huge rock.
The small Spirit Seeker Fox walked forward, grabbed the person’s collar with its mouth, and shook its neck forcefully, dragging the person away. It was indeed small but quite strong.
But at this moment, the male student in the uniform, who had looked like he was on the verge of death, suddenly reached out and grabbed its neck, then sat up.
The Spirit Seeker Fox let out a scream and struggled desperately, but the young man laughed heartily, “The method introduced by the Vice Class Leader really works. Without it, I wouldn’t have been able to catch this thing that moves as fast as an Intermediate Stage Warrior. 20 points, easily obtained.”
The female student who wanted to make a contract stepped forward and questioned, “What are you doing?”
The male student in the uniform turned around and said nonchalantly, “What’s it to you?”
Immediately, others stepped forward indignantly, saying, “The little fox thought you were in danger and kindly came to save you, but you deliberately pretended to be in distress to kill it?”
“This little thing played the fool itself, who can it blame for being tricked?” the young man said indifferently. “Instead, you guys from Huayang, your training is to kill monsters. Learn from our Huawen City, learn how to kill monsters and protect your homes, don’t always be at the bottom every year.”
Then, he increased the force in his hands, pinching hard. The Spirit Seeker Fox’s eyes bulged as if they were about to burst. The next moment, it spat blood. The student then casually threw it away. It could only twitch on the ground, undoubtedly dead.
Then he smiled and took out his phone to take a picture, looking at the points displayed and making a “V” sign.
Su Jiu looked at her classmates beside her who were indignantly indignant and turned her head to Bai Qianyu expressionlessly, saying, “Little White, it seems you can test the techniques I taught you in advance. Someone’s itching for a beating.”
