"???"
Although the youth from Sakura Country wasn't fooled, he was still taken aback.
Chen Shu never played by the rules.
Hiss hiss!!
A giant wind blade streaked towards him, as if teleporting.
Boosted by the Master-grade Windstorm Potion, the wind blade’s speed was astonishingly fast!
The youth’s eyes widened in disbelief. He hadn't reacted at all and felt as if his body was about to split apart.
Bang!
The wind blade grazed past him, leaving the youth unharmed.
However, a terrifying crack appeared on the blue beetle beside him.
"Hm? A life-saving skill?"
Chen Shu was also slightly surprised. He hadn't expected the opponent to possess such a useful ability.
"Baga!"
Fine beads of cold sweat appeared on the youth’s forehead.
If his contracted spirit's skill hadn't activated, he would have been cleaved in two just now!
"Bani ma no ga!"
Chen Shu sneered, and his terrifying eighty-meter-long form charged forward, exuding an immense pressure.
"This..."
The youth's expression shifted, and he immediately summoned his other two contracted spirits.
He scrambled down from the tree and, at the same time, unleashed a resilient ice wall, blocking the impact of Little Yellow's charge.
At this moment, he fumbled for a communication device and babbled incoherently.
The youth spat out threats, "You must die today!"
Boom!
But just then, Little Yellow shattered the ice wall, its massive body barreling down.
"Why is there something this big!"
The youth found it utterly unbelievable and unacceptable.
His three contracted spirits attacked in unison, finally managing to hold back the rampaging slime.
"Aow aow aow!"
At this point, the husky stopped holding back and unleashed various elemental skills, like a Gatling gun, bombarding them.
In mere moments, the opponent's two contracted spirits were heavily wounded.
"Vvvvv~~"
At this moment, the blue beetle beside him glowed with skill energy once more.
Boom!
An incredibly resilient blue shield appeared, encircling them.
"When my reinforcements arrive, you'll be dead!"
The Sakura Countryman breathed a sigh of relief, hatred burning in his eyes. He silently lamented:
Why was there such a powerful beast tamer of the same level!
He was a graduate of a prestigious school, yet he was being utterly thrashed. It was simply unacceptable...
Boom boom boom!
Just then, the husky's clones flung various skills at the shield.
Although the shield was teetering, it still held!
"Hm, a bit tough?"
Chen Shu raised an eyebrow and stopped attacking, patiently waiting for something.
Time ticked by, second by second.
Both sides remained silent, with only the biting wind whistling.
Just then, the youth's expression brightened, and he couldn't help but laugh, shouting:
"I'm waiting for reinforcements, what are you waiting for?!"
At this moment, a dozen or so contracted spirits appeared behind him.
"I'm waiting for you to die!"
Chen Shu smiled faintly and patted the spatial rabbit's head.
Instantly, another spatial tunnel opened!
The youth's eyes widened, as if he finally understood, but it was too late!
A fiery pillar inexplicably appeared in front of him, incinerating his body completely!
"No!"
From a distance, four men witnessed this scene and their eyes instantly bulged with fury. They could only watch helplessly as their companion died.
"I'll kill you!"
One man roared, commanding his contracted spirit to charge up a skill.
"Wait! I have something to say!"
Chen Shu spoke calmly, "He wasn't killed by me!"
"Hm?"
Upon hearing this, the four men were taken aback, and they bellowed, "We saw you kill him with our own eyes!"
Chen Shu replied with a serious expression, "Don't be manipulated, there's another hidden reason!"
Seeing that he had successfully captured their attention,
Chen Shu cleared his throat and said,
"Actually, it was like this, he said..."
The four men turned to look, wanting to hear what Chen Shu had to say.
"He said: Light me up, to liven things up for Brother Hanfei..."
"???"
The four men were stunned, seemingly bewildered.
But in an instant, a faint whistling sound emerged.
The expressions of the four men froze as they saw their own bodies, with blood gushing from their necks.
Their heads fell to the ground, and the four of them died on the spot...
"Well done!"
Chen Shu nodded, revealing a husky appearing below the four men.
The four men, blinded by rage, hadn't noticed Chen Shu's subtle action.
He recalled his contracted spirits and, simultaneously, ingested an invisibility potion combined with a flight potion, heading straight ahead...
At this moment, on a vast expanse of snow, about a dozen people from Sakura Country were present.
Each person held a peculiar instrument, and they had even dug several large holes, seemingly searching for something.
In the center of the snow, a middle-aged man stood calmly.
"Sir, we haven't found anything!"
A man holding an instrument approached.
"Still nothing?"
The man nodded, waiting patiently.
Gradually, more people gathered, reporting their respective exploration findings.
"Nothing at all?"
The man frowned, muttering to himself, "Scattered traces again?"
One person cautiously said, "Sir, we've been searching for so long, could it be that there are no ruins at all!"
"Impossible!"
The man flatly denied it, saying, "They definitely exist. Otherwise, the higher-ups wouldn't have risked offending Hua Country!"
"Since there's nothing here, we'll proceed to the next location!"
The man commanded, "Have everyone return. You, collect your spoils and prepare to leave!"
At the same time, he took out a special instrument displaying a map.
His current location was marked by a yellow dot. He drew a red cross, indicating that there were no ruins here.
Besides them, there were four other yellow dots on the map.
Sakura Country had dispatched five teams for reconnaissance, each led by a strong expert. They had invested heavily for the sake of the ruins.
According to the information the higher-ups had received, ruins were expected to appear in the ice domain of the [Ice Fire Forest].
To be the first to enter, Sakura Country had no choice but to take the risk and come here.
Just as everyone was preparing to collect the nearby spoils,
The leading man's expression shifted slightly, and he immediately roared out:
"Who's nearby?!"