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"Lion Mastiff King, a second-tier ferocious beast."

Su Ming looked at the Lion Mastiff King, his eyes narrowing slightly.

Although the Lion Mastiff is a first-tier ferocious beast, a very few individuals can break through the limits and grow into the king of the Lion Mastiff pack.

The strength of this lion mastiff king in front of us has clearly reached the early stage of the second tier.

In Xin Menghan's team, only Xin Menghan herself is capable of fighting him.

"roar!"

Just as Su Ming was sizing up the Lion Mastiff King, the Lion Mastiff King had already rushed to the front of the group, its fierce eyes filled with a desire for the flesh and blood of human martial artists, and it launched an attack the next second.

"Beast, look at the knife!"

Upon seeing this, Xin Menghan let out a soft shout, her blood and qi surging, and she charged out with her long sword, blocking the Lion Mastiff King.

The Lion Mastiff King is a second-tier ferocious beast with formidable strength. Xin Menghan must keep it far enough away from the team, otherwise, if her battle with the Lion Mastiff King affects Fang Mo and the other first-tier martial artists, there will definitely be casualties.

"Awooo—!"

Seeing Xin Menghan leave the group to block the Lion Mastiff King, the fear in the eyes of the remaining 6 Lion Mastiffs disappeared, and they charged at Fang Mo and the others again.

Without Xin Menghan, a second-tier martial artist, to share most of the pressure, Fang Mo and his two companions, all of whom were late-stage first-tier martial artists, were besieged by lion-mastiff hounds that outnumbered them by two, greatly increasing their pressure.

Moreover, all three of them needed to be careful to protect Su Ming. After several exchanges, Fang Mo was the first to reveal a weakness.

"Fang Mo, watch out on your right!" Guan Shan shouted.

One of the two mastiffs fighting Fang Mo suddenly leaped out from his blind spot during a gap in Fang Mo's frontal attack, its blood-red maw aimed straight at his calf.

"not good!"

By the time Fang Mo realized it, it was too late to completely dodge.

At the critical moment, Su Ming, who was positioned to Fang Mo's side and behind, made a move.

He thrust out his black iron spear with all his might. The D-level martial art "Diamond Spear Technique" made his spear strike perfectly. The black iron spear, amplified by 2.5 times the power, pierced the shoulder blade of the lion mastiff with speed and force.

With 7 points of health and a 2.5x increase in combat power, Su Ming's shot had the power of 175 calories, exceeding the standard of 100 calories of combat power for a first-tier martial artist.

boom!

A muffled thud was heard, and Su Ming's right hand, which was holding the gun, trembled. A tremendous force struck him, causing him to involuntarily take half a step back.

The Lion Mastiff is, after all, a ferocious beast at the late stage of the first tier, capable of rivaling a martial artist at the late stage of the first tier.

A martial artist in the late stage of the first tier generally has more than 70 calories of Qi and Blood, and can easily break through 700 calories of Qi and Blood when their combat power explodes.

Although Su Ming could unleash strength comparable to a newly promoted first-tier martial artist without using his special abilities, there was still a significant gap between him and a late-stage first-tier martial artist.

However, although Su Ming's attack failed to repel the lion mastiff, it successfully slowed it down for a moment, allowing Fang Mo to narrowly avoid the sneak attack.

Thanks!

Fang Mo broke out in a cold sweat. She swept her spear back, forcing the groaning lion-mastiff to retreat. She thanked Su Ming with lingering fear, while a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes. She then engaged the two lion-mastiffs in battle again.

"My current strength is still somewhat weak if I don't use my special abilities."

"However, with my current mental strength of 30 Hz, if I were to unleash the full power of the 'Ice Crown Crown' ability, I should be able to fight against the second-tier ferocious beast 'Lion Mastiff Dog King'."

Su Ming stood with his pistol at the ready, observing the battle around him, constantly calculating in his mind.

"Heavenly Scale Blade Technique!"

After a short while, Xin Menghan let out a soft shout and unleashed her swordsmanship, finally severely injuring the Lion Mastiff King with a single blow, leaving a wound more than a meter long and deep enough to expose the bone.

"Awoo!"

The lion mastiff king let out a painful roar and dared not linger any longer.

"Hmph, where do you think you're going?!"

However, Xin Menghan did not give it a chance to escape. She used the Tianlin Sword Technique once again and completely killed the Lion Mastiff King.

"Awoo!"

After the Lion Mastiff King died, the six Lion Mastiffs that were still fighting Fang Mo and the other two suddenly let out a mournful howl and scattered and fled with their tails between their legs.

"Phew~"

"It's finally over."

Seeing this, Fang Mo and the others did not give chase, but instead gripped their weapons tightly, their heavy breathing rising and falling.

Even Xin Menghan, a second-tier martial artist, was experiencing rapid chest heaving at this moment.

Clearly, the battle they just fought had taken a toll on them.

"Let's clean up the battlefield together, and then go back."

After resting for a while, Xin Menghan addressed the group.

Upon hearing this, Fang Mo and the others all nodded in agreement.

Although their time inside Cave 3 was shorter than ever before, they encountered not only a pack of Lion Mastiffs but also the Lion Mastiff King.

The materials from killing a Tier 2 Lion Mastiff King and ten Tier 1 late-stage Lion Mastiffs are worth no less than what they used to get from entering Cave 3.

The group quickly cleaned up the battlefield, skillfully separating the fur, teeth, and claws from the lion mastiff. They also used a special container to collect the remaining blood from the lion mastiff's body.

Fifteen minutes later, Su Ming's backpack was stuffed full, and he was taller than everyone else from exhaustion.

Even so, it was still impossible to fit all the materials inside.

In the end, they used the pelt plucked from the Lion Mastiff King to make a makeshift animal skin bag, then packed the remaining materials into it, which Guan Shan carried on his back as they headed towards the entrance of the cave.

……

"Brother Xiong, isn't that the team of those girls from the Extreme Martial Arts Gym? Did they finish their hunting mission so quickly today?"

Just as Xin Menghan's team approached the entrance to the underground passage, a sharp-eyed member of Cheng Xiong's team, who had just emerged from the passage, pointed in the direction of Xin Menghan's team, who was heading this way, and exclaimed to Cheng Xiong.

"Hmph, it really is them. They really got incredibly lucky, actually killing a lion mastiff king!"

Upon hearing this, Cheng Xiong looked up and focused his gaze on the lion mastiff king's fur on Guan Shan's back. He snorted coldly, his tone laced with sourness.

"Let's go!"

Thinking that Xin Menghan might show off her gains in front of him later, Cheng Xiong led his team in another direction before Xin Menghan and the others got close.

Xin Menghan had already noticed Cheng Xiong and his group at the entrance of the passage. Seeing that they were deliberately avoiding her team, she smiled but didn't say anything.

Carrying their spoils from the underground cave, the group passed through the cave passages and returned to Earth.

After stuffing all the materials from the ferocious beast into the trunk, Xin Menghan drove everyone back to Linjiang City.

"Su Ming, you've had a very fruitful trip today. This is your reward."

After disposing of all the ferocious beast materials, Xin Menghan transferred 20000 credits to Su Ming.

"20000 credits, Coach Xin, isn't that a bit too much?"

Su Ming looked at the credits that had been credited to his account with a surprised expression.

Generally, porters only receive 5% of the team's harvest per trip, while better teams might give them an extra 1%.

According to Su Ming's estimate, the beast materials harvested this time will only amount to about 20 credits at most. 2 credits already accounts for one-tenth of the harvest.