Chapter 261: The Hunt Begins!

"Big Brother, just as you predicted, that Ling Feng has also joined the beast-hunting competition!"He Zhonglei’s voice was incredibly cold, filled with boundless rage.

Ever since they encountered Ling Feng, the two brothers had been plagued by misfortune, and now they were even regarded as a laughingstock by the entire West Courtyard.

If it weren’t for their birth within the Imperial Court Martial, others would probably be pointing directly at their noses and openly mocking them.

Even so, they could still feel the strange looks from others, as if they were being treated as idiots.

As A-class Disciples, being repeatedly shown up by a little Yellow Character Disciple, this humiliation, how could they just swallow it down?

"Hmph, you little brat, you’ve embarrassed me time and again, you’d better hope I don’t encounter you. Outside, you have Goo Tengfeng shielding you, but inside, hmph!"

He Zhongjie’s eyes flickered with a cold killing intent; he had been pampered from a young age, never having experienced such enormous shame and humiliation.

"Big Brother, with you taking action, that kid wouldn’t survive even with nine lives!" He Zhonglei said with a cold laugh.

"Hmph..." He Zhongjie let out a cold snort and then shifted his gaze away.

Inside the Heavenly Position Mountain Range, where demons roamed, a "careless" death, who would know exactly how it happened?

Ling Feng’s perception was extremely sharp, especially after condensing the Slaughter Sword Intent; his sensitivity to killing intent had skyrocketed by several orders of magnitude.

Any killing intent could not escape his detection.

Not to mention, the killing intent coming from the He brothers was directed at him.

"Hmph!" Ling Feng’s lips curled into a smirk that was not quite a smile. If he didn’t encounter them inside, then so be it, but if he did...

You want to kill me? Well, I want to kill you too!

The Slaughter Sword Intent, it just needed to be irrigated with fresh blood!

After a while, the last group of competitors arrived belatedly.

According to the usual rules, the competing students would enter the Heavenly Position Mountain Range according to the four levels of Heavenly Earth Xuanhuang, each with their own designated hunting area.

Generally speaking, high-level students were not allowed to hunt demonic beasts in the low-level students’ areas, but low-level students who believed they were strong enough could venture into high-level students’ territory to hunt.

Of course, that was normally speaking. Once inside the Heavenly Position Mountain Range, it didn’t matter where you were; however, for A-class Disciples, only the Demon Cores of Third Rank high-level beasts counted toward the score, so even if they stayed in the area of low-level demon beasts, it was pointless.

As for some naive students who thought they could just hide a bunch of Demon Cores in their Spirit Storage Rings beforehand and then use them to deceive the appraisers, they were simply looking for a dead end.

For a seasoned appraiser, it was of course possible to accurately determine the freshly collected Demon Cores within three days.

Such instances of playing dirty happen every year, but once discovered, they are often expelled from the Heavenly Position Academy.

Soon, all the students entered into the Heavenly Position Mountain Range in batches, and Ling Feng spotted Ye Nanfeng among the crowd. According to their agreement, if Ling Feng entered the A-class Disciples’ area, he could fire a signal flare to meet with Ye Nanfeng, and then they could join forces.

"It’s our turn!" Leng Jianfeng saw that the competitors ahead had already entered and cleared his throat, loudly saying, "During these three days, you all better stay alert, don’t you damn well get yourselves killed, got it?"

"Yes, Instructor!" the East Courtyard students shouted in unison.

"Also, it is permitted for students to plunder Demon Cores from one another, so if you encounter this situation, fight if you can win, but don’t stubbornly fight to the death if you cannot," Leng Jianfeng continued with a grave reminder.

"Understood!"

"All right, off you go! A bunch of little rascals!" Leng Jianfeng casually patted the shoulder of a student next to him, sighing inwardly.

In the past, there would always be three or five unfortunate souls among his students who died in there each time; he hoped there would be no such unlucky ones this time around.

Ling Feng touched his nose and gave Leng Jianfeng a meaningful look; the big-bearded man might seem menacing, but he was actually a typical "sharp tongue, soft heart." ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs, ᴘʟᴇᴀsᴇ ᴠɪsɪᴛ NovᴇlFɪre.nᴇt

Then, the forty-six Yellow Character Disciples from the East Courtyard also entered the Heavenly Position Mountain Range.

This also meant that a bloody beast-hunting competition had officially begun.

"Big brother, we’re heading out first!"

After entering the Heavenly Position Mountain Range, a group delved deep into the dense forest, where Jiang Xiaofan and Ouyang Jing set off towards the southwest to fend for themselves.

Next, Zhou Kai and He Yiming also greeted Ling Feng before turning to leave.

Yang Jun and Feng Mo continued to stay and move with Ling Feng.

At this time, Qin Wanwan quickly approached, crinkling her cute nose at Ling Feng and challenged, "Stinky Ling Feng, dare to make a bet with me?"

Ling Feng raised an eyebrow and smiled, his lips curling into a disdainful smirk.

Among the Yellow Character Disciples of the East Courtyard, only Lee Bufan could pose any competition for him.

"Hmph! If I make you give me all the Demon Cores you’ve collected in the end, does that mean you’ve certainly lost?" Qin Wanwan grinned.

"You..." Ling Feng’s expression froze; he had actually forgotten about this!

"Humph, now you know this lady’s prowess," Qin Wanwan stuck out her tongue at Ling Feng, "Scared, huh? Psh, this lady wouldn’t kick someone when they’re down."

This mischievous young lady cast Ling Feng a teasing glance before waving towards Lio Yunfei and pouting, "Cousin, let’s go!"

Lio Yunfei smiled as he walked past Ling Feng, chuckling, "Brother Ling, my cousin has a sharp tongue; don’t take it to heart!"

"Get moving! Blabbermouth!" Qin Wanwan sharply kicked Lio Yunfei on the leg, leaving him no choice but to grimace and follow behind her.

Being her cousin was certainly not an easy task...

"Alas, roses always come with thorns!" Feng Mo sighed as he watched Qin Wanwan’s retreating figure.

"Enough with being so melancholic," Yang Jun nudged Feng Mo, then looked seriously at Ling Feng, "Brother Feen, which way should we go?"

"We’ll head straight to the Xuan Character Disciples’ area," Ling Feng replied with a raised eyebrow and a smile, startling both Feng Mo and Yang Jun.

"Brother Feen is just Brother Feen!"

Feng Mo gave Ling Feng a thumbs up but saw that Ling Feng and Yang Jun had already floated away. He hastened into a run to catch up.

Meanwhile, Lee Bufan, who had entered the Heavenly Position Mountain Range just after Ling Feng and the others, glanced in Ling Feng’s direction, thinking to himself: Heading straight for the High-level students’ area, huh? Then I’ll go straight to slay the weakest Fifth-rank Demon Beast. With that one Demon Core, it should suffice!