The giant centipede's upper body reared high.
The old man on its back licked his blood-stained lips.
It looked like he had just drunk human blood before arriving.
The old man's grey-blue eyes glowed eerily as he stared at Fang Xin.
He slapped the centipede beneath him, “Kill him!”
The nearly ten-meter-long centipede opened its mouth, letting out a sharp sound.
It lunged and bit down in Fang Xin's direction.
Tian Junhui and the others, without hesitation, threw out their Smart Connect Devices, piecing them together to form a hemispherical barrier.
It protected them within.
“Hold the barrier! Call for backup!” Tian Junhui's words were slurred, and dark, black blood still trickled from his mouth.
The few team members in front of him also sent out calls for support.
The centipede opened its gaping maw and bit down on the barrier.
The barrier let out a tremendous sonic boom.
The old woman held a human-skin drum in her hand, and as her wrist swayed, the drum also emitted a strange, dizzying sound. Her mouth, full of yellow teeth, was nauseating, and the old woman's voice was hoarse, like fingernails scraping metal.
“If you don't open the barrier, all your teammates will die!”
The barrier's light visibly weakened.
Tian Junhui remained calm and said, “Xiao Chang! Mental Talent counters Witchcraft System Talent! Attack her!”
A young man beside him, even before Tian Junhui spoke, had already fixed his eyes on the old woman and launched a mental attack, nearly transparent mental blades flying towards the old woman's head.
But unexpectedly, the old woman pulled out a strange scarf from somewhere and covered her head, blocking all mental attacks.
The old woman chuckled sinisterly, “Old man, attack from beneath the barrier!”
Hearing this, the old man stood up, stomped his foot, and the centipede beneath him plunged directly into the ground.
Tian Junhui's expression changed drastically, and he quickly shouted, “Wapian’er!”
He saw a young man with an honest, simple face beside him pressing his hands to the ground.
Visibly, the ground instantly became as hard as iron.
The giant centipede's head pushed upwards.
It directly lifted a large section of the ground.
The barrier was directly above the ground.
The centipede's head pushed hard upwards.
It was about to throw the barrier, along with the people inside, into the sky and then smash it to pieces.
Tian Junhui's face was grim, he tried to calm himself, and raised his wrist to glance at his watch. Several small blue dots were rapidly converging towards their location.
“Fang Xin, don't be afraid, backup will arrive soon, you… huh? Where's Fang Xin?”
Tian Junhui's words were slurred, dark blood flowed from his mouth, but when he spoke, his gaze shifted, and he realized Fang Xin was gone.
The other team members also looked at each other in dismay.
When they were picked up by the centipede, Fang Xin was standing at the very back.
They had been focused on the enemy's attack and hadn't noticed, but now Fang Xin was gone.
Their expressions became solemn.
During the barrier's descent.
Suddenly, a gunshot rang out in front of the old man with Beast Taming Talent in the distance.
The old man's head was directly hit by a flash of fire that appeared a meter away.
It exploded like a watermelon on the spot, splattering red and white matter all over the old woman next to him.
The old woman shrieked in fright, “If you don't dare to take off your invisibility cloak, your whole family…”
The curse hadn't been fully uttered.
Fang Xin, wearing an invisibility cloak, had already reached the old woman and twisted his waist.
He threw a punch!
The old woman's jaw was dislocated, half her teeth flew out, and her body followed, flying away.
Fang Xin possessed Strength Talent, making him incredibly powerful.
The main reason Strength Talent was disdained by many Awakened was its sheer brutality.
In close-quarters combat, Strength Talent was absolutely king.
Once hit, a single punch could blow up a body.
Therefore, some Awakened would specifically train their physique so that when a Strength Talent user approached, they could at least leave a complete corpse.
Under Fang Xin's punch, the old woman flew horizontally like tumbleweed in the wind.
Fang Xin was no benevolent individual; fearing the old woman wouldn't die completely, he flashed forward and delivered another punch, directly smashing the old woman's head into the wall.
“Who are you cursing to have their whole family die? My parents died long ago! Your broken curse is useless against me!” Fang Xin grumbled a lot, feeling still angry, and kicked the old woman twice more.
All of this happened too quickly.
So fast that by the time the old man and old woman died, the two opposing sides only just reacted.
The giant centipede over there roared sharply, seemingly stimulated by something, twisting wildly in place and damaging many walls.
Fang Xin, wearing his invisibility cloak, rapidly approached the enemy team.
One punch, one cute little target.
Every punch landed and every punch was a critical hit.
Each punch aimed for a vital spot.
In an instant, the other few enemies were all swept away by Fang Xin.
As the enemies fell one by one, an almost imperceptible blood-red glow overflow out from their bodies, instantly merging into Fang Xin's body.
All of this happened too quickly, so much so that no one noticed any anomalies.
The moment the Beast Taming Talent old man's blood-red glow merged into Fang Xin's body, Fang Xin instantly felt a strange sensation, as if he had integrated the opponent's Beast Taming Talent, and his own Beast Taming Talent had been enhanced.
Fang Xin casually picked up the two old people's treasures and space rings, checked them, and found quite a few miscellaneous items inside their two space rings.
The bank card in his pajama pocket flashed continuously like a strobe light.
He took it out to look.
Just that old couple, both of them were on the wanted list, so one was worth 450 points, and the other 350 points, adding up to a total of 800 points, all given to Fang Xin.
For the other five-person team, Tian Junhui's team had previously dealt 37% of the damage, and Fang Xin had dealt 63% of the damage, for a total of 1100 points, Fang Xin took 693 points.
Now Fang Xin's total points had reached 3063.
He immediately grinned from ear to ear.
This was equivalent to over 30 million in cash.
In the distance.
A team of people was rapidly approaching.
The emblem on their chests had a character 'Lu' representing the Sixth Division.
They saw Tian Junhui and the others with dark blood at the corners of their mouths, then saw a pile of corpses on the ground, and in the middle of the corpses stood Fang Xin, wearing pajamas, grinning foolishly.
Everyone immediately took up a fighting stance, facing Fang Xin.
Tian Junhui quickly grabbed the Battalion Commander's arm, and although his words were still a bit slurred, they were at least clear enough to understand.
“Captain Zhang, he's a new cadet from the Ninth Division!”
Captain Zhang froze, looking at the corpses on the ground, then at Fang Xin.
“You mean, this new cadet from the Ninth Division killed a Level 4 Beast Tamer?”
“And a Level 3 Witchcraft Master, as well as a five-person team!”
The entire team Captain Zhang brought was dumbfounded, staring at this new cadet from the Ninth Division wearing pajamas.
This was too heaven-defying!
They only knew that the monster room in the Ninth Division was full of geniuses and prodigies, but for a new cadet who hadn't even officially enrolled yet to kill a Level 4 Beast Tamer, a Level 3 Witchcraft Master, and a five-person team, wasn't that a bit too much!
“Is he Level 4?” Captain Zhang asked, his throat tight and dry.
One must know, at this age, there had only been two individuals with Level 4 combat power in the entire history of Long Country.
Fang Xin put the card in his pocket.
He turned to look at Captain Zhang, “It's not as impressive as you think. I just reached Level 3. I was able to kill them all thanks to treasures!”
Captain Zhang smacked his lips, “Level 3 is already heaven-defying, okay? Even in the Ninth Division, you'd be an outstanding one!”
Fang Xin pointed at the large centipede that was still twisting and rolling.
“How do we deal with this?”
“The Beast Tamer was killed by you, so this centipede is now your spoils of war. How to deal with it is entirely up to you!”
Before Fang Xin could speak, a voice came.
“You have Beast Taming Talent, do you want to subdue it?”
A white-haired figure appeared out of thin air, stepping on spatial stairs to reach Fang Xin, finally stopping thirty centimeters off the ground, hands in his pockets as always.
“Instructor Zhuge!” All the team members saluted.
Zhuge Heng merely hummed in response.
When Fang Xin was in danger earlier, the white-haired figure had appeared above Lan City, but as soon as he appeared, he saw Fang Xin had already killed the old couple and a team, and Instructor Zhuge's lips curled up wildly.
As if he had found a treasure.
Fang Xin turned his head, knowing that this white-haired figure was omnipresent, so Fang Xin had played it safe just now and hadn't used his Slaughter Talent.
Hearing the white-haired figure's words, Fang Xin looked at the giant centipede and shook his head, “Too ugly! No thanks!”
Thinking of the majestic Qilin mentioned in the diary he acquired, what was this centipede compared to that!
“This is a Level 4 Mud Dragon Centipede! And its potential isn't low! It can at least accompany you to Level 10!” Zhuge Heng reminded him again.
“Can I exchange it for something else?”
Zhuge Heng nodded, “You can, if you really don't want it, you can go to the Ten Thousand Beasts Palace and exchange it for something similar.”
As he spoke, Zhuge Heng snapped his fingers, and the centipede vanished from where it stood.
The few members of the Sixth Division looked at Fang Xin with envy.
This white-haired figure was known as the strongest genius of the end of the century in the Ninth Division. To receive his protection, one's future was immeasurable.
“Oh, I almost forgot, your Beast Taming Talent hasn't fully Awakened yet. I'll take you to the Ten Thousand Beasts Palace to awaken it first!”
Snap!
After the snap.
The scenery before them shifted.
They appeared on a mountain peak, and the next second the scenery twisted and changed again.
After this repeated three times.
The two appeared in a luxurious bedroom.
On the huge bed slept a man with a big beard, long hair, and a lot of chest hair.
He was embracing two stunning beauties of different styles.
The three seemed to have gone through several battles.
They were now sleeping soundly.
Zhuge Heng sat on a chair and poured himself a cup of tea.
He leisurely sipped his tea.
Rolling black mist rose from beneath the large bed.
A huge black shadow emerged from under the bed.
It resembled a giant python.
Upon closer inspection, it was a large 'Hui' (a mythical creature) with a bulge already on its forehead.
It was just one step away from transforming into a Flood Dragon.
The large 'Hui' opened its gaping maw and lunged at Zhuge Heng.
Zhuge Heng turned his head, tilting it slightly downwards.
His sunglasses slid down slightly due to inertia, revealing his eyes that emitted dazzling lightning.
“Scram!”
Intense apprehension flickered in the fierce 'Hui's' eyes. It immediately retreated to the bedside and nudged the big-bearded man on the bed with its head.
The man woke up, looking at Zhuge Heng leisurely drinking tea.
He immediately sobered up, speaking helplessly and angrily.
“Palace Master Shang! Not sleeping in the middle of the night, what are you doing here at my place?”
Zhuge Heng rotated the teacup lid, stirring the tea leaves, and took a sip.
“I only heard that Palace Master Shang's Beast Taming Talent is extraordinary, but I didn't expect his skill in managing people to be excellent too!”