Death Train: SSS-level talent right from the start!

Within the blood mist, countless dark figures were moving rapidly.

They surged from the direction where Han Wei's team had disappeared, limbs on the ground, moving at an astonishing speed, their dark red eyes merging into one in the mist.

Chen Ye's gaze quickly swept over the approaching silhouettes, and he could make out several larger figures in the darkness. Those were all elite-level tree spirits.

"Perfect timing! Killing monsters directly is much more efficient than chopping down trees. I was just worried about not having enough points."

As soon as he finished speaking, he pushed off the ground with his right leg, and his whole body sprang out from the edge of the circle, like a cannonball, and met the tree demon charging at the front.

The Demon-Slaying Halberd spun halfway through the air, its shaft whistling as it pierced the tree demon's head.

With 65 base strength points plus the 10 strength points from the Demon-Slaying Halberd, a normal strike with 75 strength points pierced the tree demon's head.

Dark red blood gushed from the crack, the tree spirit's body suddenly sank down, its limbs digging four furrows in the ground before crashing to the ground.

Chen Ye did not linger.

He pulled the Demon-Slaying Halberd from the tree demon's head, slammed his right foot into the ground, and turned to face the next tree demon.

The spear tip drew a silvery-white arc, piercing the neck of the second tree demon from the side, passing through its entire neck, and exiting from the other side.

His speed was astonishing.

Every shot, every sweep, every thrust precisely hit a monster's vital point.

Ordinary tree spirits couldn't withstand a single blow from his spear, while elite tree demons could only withstand two at most. Dark red blood continuously splattered from the tip and shaft of his spear, leaving intermittent streaks of blood on the ground.

With his current attributes, there's not much difference between elite monsters and normal monsters for him.

Gu Qing and Zhao Hai also rushed out.

Behind them, Su Jin's white blade waves kept flashing in the darkness.

Each white arc of light sliced ​​through the blood mist, precisely striking the monsters that had broken through Chen Ye and his companions' first line of defense and were attempting to enter the circular formation's range.

Her attack range is long enough that she can cover a large area in front of her without moving.

Wen Ning's shadow spikes continuously pierced the ground around the circular array, pinning the ordinary tree spirits that rushed close to the ground.

Jiang Ning fired one blue arrow after another, accurately hitting the vital points of each tree demon that broke through the defense line.

Wang Ze's gravity field covered an area of ​​about ten meters in front of the circular array.

The monsters that rushed into the area slowed down drastically, as if wading through a quagmire, giving the attackers more time to deal damage.

The circular formation was as stable as an iron barrel.

Meanwhile, Chen Ye's harvest continued ahead.

He didn't know how many monsters he had killed; the kill points on the system panel were jumping rapidly, but he didn't stop to look.

His body weaved through the waves of monsters, the Demon-Slaying Halberd in his hand flipping, sweeping, and thrusting, each movement crisp and clean.

About ten meters to Zhao Hai's right, crimson flames on his silvery-white metallic right arm kept flashing and extinguishing, each flash accompanied by the explosion of a tree demon's head.

His fighting style was more direct and violent than Chen Ye's; every punch was delivered with all his might, each punch carrying the force to smash the monster to pieces.

Gu Qinghuan was on the far left, with six throwing knives rapidly weaving around her, forming a continuously rotating silver net of blades. Any monster that entered this area was cut into several pieces within three seconds.

The horde of monsters ahead began to thin out under the continued onslaught of the three.

From layers upon layers of dark shadows to a few sparse ones, and from sparse to scattered.

The ground was covered with dark red liquid and broken limbs, and the air was thick with the stench of blood.

Chen Ye stopped in his tracks, his Demon-Slaying Halberd planted firmly on the ground.

He glanced at the gradually quieting darkness ahead, then turned around and looked in the direction of the circular formation.

The campfire was still burning, the formation was intact, and everyone was still standing.

Chen Ye withdrew his gaze and summoned the system panel.

[Trial Setting: Blood Mist Forest]

[Trial Difficulty: ★★]

[Kill Points: 3560]

Survival Points: 0

Countdown: 30:39:48

Killing monsters directly is more than twice as efficient as chopping trees during the day.

He closed the panel; the crimson mist was still thick, but no monsters were emerging.

"It seems there are no more monsters."

Zhao Hai strode over, the silvery-white metallic sheen on his right arm slowly fading from his shoulder to his fingertips, the crimson flames completely extinguished.

"It's not that it's gone."

Gu Qinghuan's voice came from the left, and six silver-white throwing knives hovered around her, trembling slightly.

Her gaze remained fixed on the churning blood mist ahead: "Those monsters are still there. They're just not charging at us anymore."

"Can you sense them?"

Chen Ye looked at Gu Qinghuan.

Gu Qinghuan nodded slightly: "Yes, the blood mist can block vision, but it can't block mental perception. Those monsters have already retreated more than a hundred meters away."

Chen Ye withdrew his gaze and looked back at the darkness shrouded in blood mist.

He couldn't see those dark red eyes, but he could sense that Gu Qinghuan was telling the truth, and the feeling of being watched still lingered.

"It seems they realized they couldn't take us down, so they gave up."

Chen Ye wished for more, as these were all points.

"Judging from tonight's events, we need to be careful on the last night tomorrow. The two-star trial won't end so easily; there should be a boss-level monster."

Gu Qinghuan withdrew her gaze, and the vibration frequency of the six throwing knives gradually decreased, and the light on the blades also subsided.

With a flick of her wrist, all the throwing knives vanished, stored away in her storage space.

Chen Ye also knew that the two-star trial would not end so easily. The Mirror Lord appeared on the last day of Mirror City, and there was a high probability that a BOSS-level monster would appear on the last day of Blood Mist Forest as well.

"Let's pick up the dropped items first, so we don't waste them."

Chen Ye put the Demon-Slaying Halberd back into his storage space and bent down to pick up a short sword that glowed with a pale green light from the ground.

Zhao Hai and Gu Qinghuan also began cleaning up the battlefield.

The ground was covered with dark red liquid and scattered monster limbs.

Occasionally, you can see a faint green glow embedded in fallen leaves or soil; those are items dropped by monsters.

They found a total of seven green-quality weapons, but no skill books, no items, no silver treasure chests, and no treasure chest keys.

"They're all green-quality weapons, and now everyone has one, so they're not very valuable."

Zhao Hai straightened up and put the last weapon he had found back into his storage space.

"It's not bad to keep them to exchange for potions in Infinite City. Our train is definitely not the last one, and there will always be low-level passengers who need them."

Chen Ye already had more than a dozen green-quality weapons lying in his storage space. He could exchange them for potions if he went to Infinite City again.

The three turned and walked towards the campfire.

The campfire in the center of the camp was still burning, the flames licking the dry branches and crackling.

The circular formation had dispersed, and Zhou Yating and Qin Zhaoyang sat down next to Wen Ning.

Chen Ye walked to the campfire but didn't sit down immediately. His gaze lingered for a moment in the direction Han Wei's team had left before returning to his own. "Those monsters shouldn't be coming back. They've already retreated. That's it for tonight. We'll continue cutting down trees at dawn."

Lei Xing looked up, shifting his gaze from the fire to Chen Ye's face: "You mean, those things just disappeared like that?"

"They didn't retreat, they just stopped. They didn't continue the attack. It seems like something is directing these monsters."

Gu Qinghuan's mental perception covered the surrounding area, and she could sense any unusual movements from the monsters immediately.