CHAPTER 193: CHAPTER 192: DEVOUR! DEVOUR IT ALL!

"I’ll find a hidden spot to observe the battle situation. Zhang Yun, you’re in charge of protecting me. Qi Qian, you..."

Han Li paused, "You run fast, so if anyone gets injured, remember to get them out immediately."

"Sure~" Qian Qi readily agreed. If a speed-type student doesn’t have a highly sharp and destructive weapon in hand, it’s hard to execute the "unstoppable speed" attack style. So they’re usually scouts and rescuers.

Qian Qi came to this instance for the Concentration Fruit, so there’s no need to consider gaining extra points by killing Magic Beasts or fighting for the C position.

She just felt that since she had already made a move against the Black Bee Bear earlier, she couldn’t waste such a good opportunity! Lure the Flying Surveillance Ball over, kill some Magic Beasts to earn extra points for her teammates, she couldn’t let other teams take advantage for nothing!

Take it all!

Take it all!

Qian Qi’s face grew more and more excited.

After arranging the battle strategy, the five of them immediately headed towards where the Black Bee Bears were located. Just as Qian Qi said, the five Black Bee Bears were limping along, moving very slowly. Because the bones in their lower limbs were shattered, they howled in pain with every step they took.

"It seems they’re really badly hurt," Han Li said delightedly, "But we must not let our guard down; Black Bee Bears have strong explosive power, and their fists’ gravity is enough to smash you into a meat pancake, so absolutely avoid close contact!"

"OK." Xu Jinghong found a good spot and gestured to Sheng Qing.

Sheng Qing turned and headed for a big tree. In the blink of an eye, two slightly longer Energy Darts condensed in her slender palms. Unlike Qian Qi’s monkey-like climbing, she gently leaped and drove the darts into the tree, climbing up smoothly and efficiently akin to rock climbing.

With a toss of her waist-length, waterfall-like black hair, the cold beauty stabilized herself securely. In the blink of an eye, an impressive Black Sniper materialized in her hands and was set in front of her. With a "bang," the recoil made Sheng Qing’s shoulder move slightly, and the head of the Black Bee Bear she aimed at exploded with a "pop," splattering brain matter everywhere.

As if accustomed to it, she casually brushed her hair behind her ear, looking coldly at Xu Jinghong, signaling him to proceed as Han Li had instructed.

[Elegant,] the system admired, [Truly elegant!]

[Look at you!] the system turned to Qian Qi in frustration, [Climbing trees like a monkey and even blowing out the Magic Beast’s teeth! Too crude, not elegant at all!]

"I only know how to do it this way. How can I be elegant?" Qian Qi pouted, retorting. "If you’re able, teach me the key moves to trigger shooting skills!"

System: ...

[It’s fine, I still like Qian Qi’s crudeness.] The system quickly changed its tone, [Qian Qi crude a thousand times, I treat Qian Qi like my first love~]

Qian Qi: ?

Are you deliberately being cheeky?

Beside her, the Black Bee Bear noticed Sheng Qing and immediately roared, charging towards the tree Sheng Qing was on. Although its hind legs were limping, with its forelimbs landing, it could still build up considerable speed on three legs.

"Xu, use Flame Interference!"

Xu Jinghong immediately hurled four aggressively attacking Flame Balls. The flame balls exploded in front of the Black Bee Bear, and the explosion’s power and the raised dust obstructed the bear’s vision and speed. Sheng Qing, from the tree, threw the Three-clawed Hook Rope towards the opposite tree, then leaped and swung away.

Once steady, Sheng Qing set up the Black Sniper, took aim at the closest Black Bee Bear to Xu Jinghong, and shot, taking out its head again.

Xu Jinghong seized the opportunity to retreat quickly, putting distance between himself and the Black Bee Bears, and continued to interfere with Flame Balls again, while the angry Black Bee Bear pounded the ground with its fists, the tremor and cracks instantly affecting Xu Jinghong, causing him to stumble and fall into a crack.

Han Li quietly thought this was bad and immediately used Spiritual Interference on the two Black Bee Bears ahead, "Qi Qian, save Xu!"

Qian Qi immediately responded with a "Yes," bolted towards Xu Jinghong, pulled him out of the ground fissure, picked him up around the waist, and ran towards safety.

Being carried like a princess, Xu Jinghong: ...

Wait, why does this cursed sense of familiarity feel so strong?!

Sheng Qing took advantage of Han Li’s mental interference, set up her Black Sniper to shoot continuously at two Black Bee Bears. But who would have thought the Black Bee Bear behind seemed to sense something, it slammed its fists against a nearby tree, lifted the massive trunk high, and hurled it toward Sheng Qing.

Sheng Qing’s expression tensed, and she immediately put down her Black Sniper and started to run to dodge. But the thick tree trunk was being thrown at great speed, directly aiming at her waist, with such speed and force of impact, it was sure to hit.

At such a critical moment, Sheng Qing bent her knees and leaned back to her side, her face narrowly brushed the tree trunk’s bottom as she slid forward, her right leg drawing half a circle to stabilize her body, but the second tree coming was already upon her.

Taking a deep breath, she raised the body of the Black Sniper in preparation to take the blow head-on when she saw a figure swiftly fly by, followed by the large tree coming at her disappearing with that figure.

Sheng Qing: ?

The shadow was so fast that Sheng Qing almost couldn’t tell whether someone had carried away the trunk or if someone had been hit by it. The Black Bee Bear in front was now only ten meters away, and Sheng Qing condensed two Energy Darts in her hand and attacked the Black Bee Bear’s eye sockets. Meanwhile, the now-safe Xu Jinghong also launched Flame Balls, obstructing their speed while dealing secondary damage.

The Black Bee Bear fell to the ground, and Sheng Qing raised the Black Sniper to make sure they were truly dead with two more shots.

"Nicely done." Seeing all five Black Bee Bears dead, Han Li breathed a sigh of relief and ran over with Zhang Yun to Xu Jinghong and Sheng Qing.

Sheng Qing didn’t respond much. She turned her head to glance and saw Qian Qi jogging over with "elegant" small steps, showering her and Xu Jinghong with exaggerated praise, "Sheng Qing, Little Hong, you guys are amazing!"

Sheng Qing silently glanced at the moved tree trunk by Qian Qi, realizing that trunk charged directly at her, but Qian Qi had approached from the side. Under the influence of the trunk’s high speed, it would have been impossible for a student without Defense power or Strength to hug it and move it without getting hurt...

She...

Definitely hid her strength like herself.

She moved her pink lips slightly, but ultimately swallowed her doubts, her voice calm, "Thank you."

Thank you for helping deal with the trunk’s attack just now; otherwise, even with the Black Sniper’s recoil, she would have suffered some external injuries and faced the siege of two Black Bee Bears.

Qian Qi snorted, shaking her hand generously, "No need to thank me; a few compliments don’t cost a thing!"