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Situ Ming pondered for a moment and nodded: "Okay, that's the most reasonable way."

With the approval of the two top officials, the others naturally had nothing to say.

However, everyone looked at Chen Guan with an indescribable strangeness in their eyes.

What's this? Being rejected because he was too strong, and then exiled?

"Do you have any questions?" Li Yan asked Chen Guan as a final question.

"No problem, I'll follow your instructions."

Chen Guan answered decisively.

He couldn't be happier. Following the main group meant worrying about the consequences, and judging from Li Yan's attitude, these were all easy targets. Now, acting alone would allow him to level up his monsters for free, so why not?

"very good."

Li Yan nodded in satisfaction, then turned to Situ Ming and said, "Dean, I'm leaving them in your care. Be careful."

"rest assured."

After a brief handover, Li Yan nodded at Chen Guan.

"I'm gone."

After saying that, he turned around and strode towards the area shrouded in thick purple mist deeper into the floating island, in the opposite direction from the main force.

Chen Guanchong and An Changqing waved goodbye, then immediately followed Li Yan.

The two figures, one large and one small, quickly disappeared from everyone's sight.

Chen Guan followed three steps behind Li Yan, neither too close nor too far.

This former teacher, now a general, walked silently, his mountain-like back itself a source of invisible pressure.

This feeling made him somewhat uncomfortable; Li Yan's current strength should be above that of Principal Ren Ping.

After walking for about ten more minutes, the terrain suddenly opened up.

A massive cliff appeared before them, with a bottomless purple abyss below. Unidentified currents surged up from below, emitting a ghostly wail.

Across the cliff was an even larger floating island, topped with strange crystal spires that emitted an ominous red light.

Connecting the two is a broken stone bridge made up of countless floating stones of varying sizes.

The stones are far apart, with the smallest gap being seven or eight meters and the largest even being tens of meters apart, and they float up and down in a slow, irregular trajectory.

"This is area number two."

Li Yan stopped at the edge of the cliff, his gaze sweeping over the floating boulders.

"What does the teacher mean?"

Chen Guan followed his gaze.

"The Void Beasts here are mostly adults, and they don't travel in packs. Each one is an independent top-tier hunter." Li Yan pointed to the opposite side. "Our goal is to cross here and reach the signal tower on the other side."

"On these rocks dwells something called the Void Hunter."

"They can briefly travel between reality and the void, making them difficult to attack with physical attacks; they are natural assassins."

As soon as he finished speaking, the air in front of him, about the size of a basketball court, twisted without warning.

A mantis-shaped creature, over three meters long and entirely black, seemingly formed from shadows, appeared out of thin air.

It has no eyes, its head is a smooth curved surface, its two forelimbs are gleaming bone blades, and its slender body is covered with purple patterns.

The moment it appeared, it locked onto Chen Guan and Li Yan.

"Heh heh, this thing is interesting, it's like a low-end version of the Phase Spider."

Baal's voice echoed in Chen Guan's mind.

Chen Guan's eyes lit up.

"Awoo."

The leopard was faster than him. It sensed a threat from the depths of its bloodline, and a low warning came from its throat. Purple arcs of electricity danced in its fur, and it was ready to pounce.

The Void Hunter seemed to sense the leopard's hostility. It let out a silent roar, its form blurred again, and it vanished from the spot.

The next second, it appeared behind the leopard, its bone blade leaving a dark afterimage as it slashed straight at the back of the leopard's neck.

Leopard reacted even faster, noticing the moment the opponent disappeared. With a nimble sidestep, it dodged the fatal blow and simultaneously unleashed a condensed purple bolt of lightning from its mouth.

laugh.

The lightning bolt pierced through the afterimage left by the stalker and struck the distant rock wall, leaving a charred crater.

And that lurking hunter once again merged into the void and disappeared.

"it's useless."

Li Yan stood aside with his arms crossed, showing no intention of making a move.

"It won't stay in the real world for more than a second. No matter how fast you are or how strong your attack is, it's all for nothing if you can't hit it."

The leopard seemed a little anxious. It could sense the enemy's location, but the enemy was slippery, making it feel powerless as if its claws were hitting the water's surface.

Although it can prevent its opponent from hitting it, this situation where neither can target the other makes it feel anxious.

"Quiet."

Chen Guan gently patted Leopard's head reassuringly.

He looked up, his gaze falling on the boulder that bobbed up and down, and then on the spot where the hunter had disappeared.

"Brute force won't work."

Chen Guan muttered to himself.

He raised his eyes, his gaze sweeping over the floating boulders, his spiritual power spreading quietly like invisible ripples.

The speed of physical attacks cannot keep up with its speed of traversing the void.

But what about the spirit?

"Baal, you said it's like a low-end version of the Phase Spider, with the same weaknesses?" Chen Guan asked in his mind.

"Heh heh, more or less. These creatures that rely on their talents to traverse dimensions can hide physically, but they can't think straight."

Baal didn't take it seriously. This level of opponent posed no challenge to Chen Guan, and he wasn't even in the mood to watch the show.

Chen Guan had a plan in mind.

This event is also recorded when he recruited Leopard.

He closed his eyes, and a wave, imperceptible to ordinary people, spread rapidly from the coffin, like a drop of water falling into a still lake.

The leopard sensed something, stopped its growling, tensed all its muscles, purple arcs of electricity gathered in its fur but did not erupt, and its golden vertical pupils stared intently at every inch of space in front of it, waiting for its master's signal.

Time passed by, second by second.

The Void Hunter was extremely patient, lurking in the crevices of the void, waiting for the perfect opportunity to assassinate.

In its perception, the two humans stood still. The taller one was like an unshakeable mountain, while the smaller one had its eyes closed, as if it had given up resisting.

An excellent opportunity.

Its target is the prey that has its eyes closed and looks the most vulnerable.

Silent and still, the air distorted.

A dark shadow materialized out of thin air less than a meter behind Chen Guan.

Two bone blades, gleaming with a cold light, moved without a sound, like the scythe of death, slashing towards the back of Chen Guan's neck.

Li Yan's eyes suddenly sharpened, and lightning flashed across his muscular arms, but he forcibly suppressed it.

He believed in Chen Guan.

The moment the bone blade was about to touch the skin.

"Now."

Chen Guan's voice exploded in Leopard's mind.

Almost simultaneously, the solidified body of the Void Hunter suddenly stiffened.

In its world, the prey is not ambushed; instead, it turns around the moment it appears, a strange smile on its face.

The next second, thousands upon thousands of ancient coffins appeared from all directions, each with the same smile, reaching out to it.

The boundless illusion swallowed it up within a fraction of a second of its entry into reality.

The spirit was briefly dragged into the abyss.