Silently upgraded, indestructible for 100 million layers!

Five days passed in the blink of an eye.

Over the past ten days, Jiang Lan has figured out some of Wei Chong's tactics.

At first, he couldn't see Wei Chong's punch trajectory at all, but now, he can probably dodge two or three out of ten punches.

There has been progress.

Unfortunately, once Wei Chong realized he could keep up, he would speed up as well.

Each acceleration was small, but it always managed to hit his limit.

This means he can only dodge two or three punches at a time; he can't dodge even one more.

As for a counterattack?

Over the course of ten days, he hadn't landed a single punch on Wei Chong.

As the final day of training ended, Wei Chongdao said:

"Don't die during the cleanup, come back and keep training."

After saying that, he turned around and pushed the door open to leave.

Jiang Lan leaned against the wall, panting, staring at Wei Chong's disappearing figure.

I like to fill cups.

Just you wait, one day I'll make you fly!

Of course, Jiang Lan only thought about it in his heart; if he were to say it, he would never dare to.

If I really told them, we might have to do extra practice.

If you don't even try to find it, isn't that just plain stupid?

Jiang Lan wasn't stupid enough to deliberately make herself uncomfortable.

……

The next day, at 8:00 AM.

Jiang Lan packed her things and prepared to leave.

Upon reaching the door, he turned to Shen Qingqiu behind him and said:

"Auntie, I'm leaving now. Don't worry about me, I'll be back in three days."

Shen Qingqiu nodded, then looked at his backpack and said:

"Have you brought everything?"

"Um."

"Where's the communicator?"

"Um."

"A signal flare?"

"Um……"

Shen Qingqiu then said with satisfaction, "Alright, go ahead, be careful."

Jiang Lan forced a smile and pushed open the door to leave.

The place where he lived was considered part of the college's residential area, and the bus stop was not far away.

By the time Jiang Lan got on the bus, it was almost time.

He located Zhao Xuan and Lin Wan.

"Hey brother, come on in and have a seat."

Jiang Lan sat next to Zhao Xuan as the bus slowly started moving.

After listening to Zhao Xuan ramble on and on, the bus finally stopped at the military assembly point.

As everyone got off the bus, they saw a large row of gray-green tents.

Next to the tent were a dozen or so military green off-road and armored personnel carriers.

Many soldiers in military uniforms were carrying supplies back and forth.

By now, almost everyone has arrived.

Jiang Lan glanced around and saw at least a hundred people, dressed in various training uniforms, gathered in twos and threes.

Zhao Xuan pointed to the group of people wearing black training uniforms beside him and said:

"That group of people are from Tian Shu."

Jiang Lan looked in the direction he was pointing.

There were about thirty of them, all wearing black training uniforms, and some of them looked quite strong.

Jiang Lan roughly sensed that it was in the early to middle stages of the blood transfusion.

"And over there," Zhao Xuan pointed in another direction, "the gray training uniforms belong to Zhenwu."

Jiang Lan glanced at them. There were fewer people from Zhenwu than from Tianchu, but there were still a few with quite strong auras.

The specially admitted students from the three universities all came together.

Since it was a joint operation, the atmosphere wasn't exactly tense, but everyone was still subtly competing with each other.

We all come from the same college, and nobody wants their college to be inferior to the others, right?

"Alright, stop looking around," Lin Wan said. "It's about to start."

Sure enough, not long after, a middle-aged man in military uniform walked up to an armored vehicle in front of the camp and stood there.

The noisy crowd quickly quieted down.

The middle-aged officer glanced around at everyone present and began to speak:

"I am Chen Chongwu, the commander-in-chief of this operation. Without further ado, let's get straight to the rules."

"The operation area is in the middle to deep layers of the northern wilderness. Teams are divided into three groups according to their strength: Team A is in the deep layer, Team B is in the middle layer, and Team C is on the outer perimeter."

"Each team consists of three to five people, with a three-day time limit. Hunting is based on points, and the specific exchange ratio will be in your notification letter."

The middle-aged officer paused, his tone becoming more serious.

"I want to emphasize one key point: when encountering a fifth-tier ferocious beast, regardless of which team you are on, you must retreat immediately and fire a signal flare if you know you are no match for it. Do not linger in battle."

"This time, there has been an unusually large gathering of fourth-tier ferocious beasts in the deep northern layers, with a density three to four times higher than in previous years. Everyone must be vigilant."

"Violation of the withdrawal regulations will result in the cancellation of all points, and other penalties will be imposed separately."

After explaining the rules, the middle-aged officer waved his hand.

"Assemble in teams."

The crowd began to move, with teams A, B, and C converging in different directions.

Jiang Lan followed Zhao Xuan and Lin Wan to Team B.

Team B has about thirty people, divided into seven smaller teams.

Jiang Lan scanned the group and found that most of them were at the early stage of the Blood Exchange Realm, a few were at the middle stage of the Blood Exchange Realm, and there were quite a few at the peak of the Qi Condensation Realm, including many people from the Heavenly Pivot and the Town Martial Realm.

Although the document states that peak-level Qi Condensation cultivators are normally assigned to Class C teams, it's not a problem to skip levels if there's a strong person leading them.

Jiang Lan can easily handle two people.

Zhao Xuan leaned closer and whispered:

"Team B is located in the middle level area, with most of the fourth-tier ferocious beasts. With the strength of the three of us, it shouldn't be a big problem."

Jiang Lan nodded.

He can handle a fourth-tier ferocious beast all by himself now.

The efficiency will only be higher if three people work together.

Moments later, the military vehicles started moving.

The members of Team B boarded the vehicles in batches, and Jiang Lan and two others sat in the back seat of an SUV.

The vehicle traveled north along the dirt road, and after about forty minutes, it gradually entered the edge of the middle-level area.

The roadside vegetation grew denser, the trees grew taller, and the light gradually dimmed.

"Attention all teams in Team B: Deploy your forces upon arrival at the drop zone and regroup in three days."

The military's instructions came through the communicator.

The vehicles stopped one after another, and the teams jumped off and dispersed in different directions.

Jiang Lan and the other two were the last to get off the bus.

Zhao Xuan stretched his neck and looked at the dense forest ahead:

"Brother, which way do we go?"

"Let's take a look ahead first," Jiang Lan said. "The deeper we go, the more fourth-tier cultivators we should find. If we get tired, we can just turn back."

Zhao Xuan nodded repeatedly, having no objection to Jiang Lan's plan.

Lin Wan, though silent, had already drawn her long sword from her waist, the blade gleaming coldly in the sliver of sunlight.

The three of them stepped into the dense forest.

The fallen leaves rustled underfoot.

Jiang Lan stopped shortly after walking a short distance, her ears twitching slightly.

He caught a heavy breathing sound in the distance ahead.

The breathing sound was clearly not coming from any other team.

A person can't breathe that loudly.

Therefore, it is most likely a ferocious beast.

He gestured to the two people beside him, then lowered his voice and said:

"About 300 meters ahead, there should be a fourth-tier ferocious beast. Be careful."