Gao Wu: Oh no! Young Master Zhen is a cultivator!

The armored lizard sensed the intruder, suddenly raised its head, and charged at Lin Ran with all its might.

Lin Ran neither dodged nor avoided the impact. Just as the armored lizard was about to collide with him, he took a half-step to the side and delivered a punch.

Bang!

The armored lizard's powerful defenses were useless against Lin Ran; its skull shattered on the spot, turning into a pile of light dust.

"Still not awakened? Is this even human?" Zhao Meng's lips twitched.

He had been sent flying by a tail lash from the armored lizard in a solo scene last time, but now he saw Lin Ran smashing the thing to death with his bare hands.

At the same time, the other two armored lizards rushed towards Lin Ran.

Qin Wuyai and Zhao Meng made their moves simultaneously, keeping one of them occupied.

Although their attacks weren't enough to cause much damage to the armored lizard, they were more than enough to draw its attention.

Lin Ran used the same method to deal with the second armored lizard, then turned around and joined Qin Wuyai and Zhao Meng's battle, quickly taking down the last one.

"Brother Ran, killing an armored lizard with your bare hands is much harder than sending a Qi Opening Realm martial artist flying with a single punch!" Zhao Meng sized up Lin Ran: "Are you the legendary Hammer King?"

"Hehe, I'm just strong." Lin Ran remained unfazed.

The three opened the supply crate, each picked up a few weapons, and returned the way they came.

There are a total of seventeen weapons, including swords, spears, halberds, and knives, with a complete range of types.

Back at the assembly point, Liu Ming distributed weapons according to the formation.

Each person in the front row receives one first, and the rest are distributed according to their cultivation level and talent.

Weapons like longswords, spears, and halberds have already been chosen by the front row; what remains are types that the group is not very good at.

Bai Ruolin took a short sword, while Chu Xining chose a long sword.

When it was Sun Jinghuan and Lin Haozhe's turn, all that was left was the axe.

However, as they are in the back row, they may not necessarily need to use weapons.

At that moment, the electronic notification sounded again: "The second wave of rats is expected to arrive in thirty seconds."

This time, the noise coming from deep within the mine was much louder than before.

The ground began to tremble even before the rats appeared.

In the blink of an eye, a gray tide swept across the sky, more than ten times larger than the first wave.

Zhao Meng gripped his longsword tightly and took a deep breath: "Brother Ran, let's see who kills the most?"

"Childish!" Lin Ran twirled his knife, a disdainful smirk on his lips.

"Ranged team, attack."

Liu Ming gave the order, and the elemental awakeners in the back row took the lead in attacking.

Bai Ruolin waved her hands repeatedly, sending wind blades piercing the air and slicing three clawed rats in half at the waist. With the remaining force, she also sliced ​​off half of the head of a fourth rat.

Chu Xining conjured an ice spike in her left hand and hurled it with all her might, hitting the Claw Rat's eye socket precisely and embedding it into its skull.

Sun Jinghuan unleashed a series of fiery blades, instantly engulfing a large number of Claw Rats in flames.

This environment did allow him to make a brief appearance.

With the suppressive fire from the rear, the rat swarm's momentum was halted.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, the front-line soldiers unleashed their power, their blades flashing as they slashed and killed any slivers of clawed rats that managed to slip through the defenses.

Lin Ran said it was childish, but his hands were anything but slow.

After more than ten minutes, when the last clawed rat was killed by Zheng Hong with a single shot, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

This time, many front-line team members were injured, but most of them were minor injuries and did not affect their combat effectiveness.

"Hehe..." Zhao Meng raised an eyebrow at Lin Ran: "I killed eighteen, how about that?"

"Oh." Lin Ran said calmly, "I didn't count them carefully, but I think I killed about thirty."

"How much?" Zhao Meng's smile froze on his face. "Impossible, I don't believe it!"

Lin Ran shrugged: "Whatever you want."

An electronic notification sounded at the opportune moment: "The medical supplies and weapons supply point has been refreshed 2,500 meters to the southwest."

Liu Ming directly named Zhao Meng, Qin Wuyai, and Lin Ran, "You three should go and get the supplies."

"no problem."

The three turned into the southwest mine tunnel, at the end of which was a half-collapsed mine chamber. A supply box stood in the center of the chamber, and next to it lay a toad that was as big as a domestic pig.

Its entire body is dark green, and its back is covered with dense, fist-sized crystalline warts.

"A Tier 3 Mineral Crystal Toad!" Zhao Meng stopped in his tracks at the entrance of the mine chamber, gasping for breath. "How are we supposed to play like this? None of the three of us even have an elemental affinities."

"What's the panic? It's only Tier 3, leave it to me!" Lin Ran walked towards the mineral crystal toad, carrying his longsword.

"That's tier three..."

Before Zhao Meng could finish speaking, Lin Ran had already made his move.

The mineral toad sensed the intruder and its throat swelled as it prepared to spew venom.

Just as it opened its mouth, Lin Ran turned to the side, the venom grazing his shoulder and splattering onto the rock wall behind him with a hissing sound.

Without stopping, he took two steps to get close to the mineral crystal toad and plunged his knife into the toad's lower jaw.

The knife tip pierced through the mouth and penetrated into the brain from the base of the skull.

Before the mineral crystal toad could even utter a hiss, its limbs twitched a few times and then it stopped moving.

Zhao Meng opened his mouth and stood there, speechless for a long time.

Qin Wuyai's gaze lingered on Lin Ran for a moment before shifting to the supply box.

"No, Ran-ge, how did you do that?" Zhao Meng finally found his voice.

Lin Ran shrugged: "Didn't you see it all?"

"But you really don't seem to be using any superpowers?"

"I don't have any superpowers to begin with."

"You...you, an ordinary person, single-handedly killed a Tier 3 mutated beast?"

"It's not exactly ordinary, after all, I was born with superhuman strength."

"Alright then." Zhao Meng's tone carried a sense of relief, as if he had given up thinking.

The three packed up the medical supplies and weapons from the supply crate and took them back to the settlement.

Several injured people recovered immediately after receiving medication.

Everyone was equipped with weapons, although some people's weapons were not very handy, but it was better than being empty-handed.

A notification sounded: "The third wave of rats is expected to arrive in twenty seconds."

Shortly afterward, the ground began to shake.

This wave of rats included second-tier clawed rats, which were a whole size larger than first-tier rats, and their speed and strength were far superior to those of first-tier rats.

A dozen or so second-tier clawed rats mingled with hundreds of first-tier rats, pouring in from the surrounding mine entrances at the same time.

Faced with mutated creatures of a higher level than themselves, the pressure on the front row instantly soared.

Zheng Hong was pounced on by two second-tier claw rats at the same time. He crossed his arms to block, but the claws tore open his sleeves, leaving several bloody marks on his skin.

Zhao Meng used his speed to maneuver through the swarm of rats, but the rats were too dense, and his stamina was being depleted very quickly.

Qin Wuyai darted through the swarm of rats, his rapier precisely piercing the vital point of a second-tier clawed rat.

However, second-tier mutated creatures have much higher vitality than first-tier creatures and are not so easy to kill.

Lin Ran remained calm and continued to kill one enemy with a single slash.

Occasionally, a fish that manages to slip through his net will rush past him, only to be cleaved in two by his backhand slash.

With the back row firing at full power, Bai Ruolin's wind blades and Chu Xining's ice spikes were unlikely to inflict fatal damage on the second-tier Claw Rats, so they could only target the first-tier Claw Rats.

However, the flames in Sun Jinghuan's hands remained as powerful as ever.

Anyone struck by the Flame Blade, even a second-tier Claw Rat, will immediately lose its fighting ability.

The third wave of rats lasted for nearly twenty minutes. When the last Tier 2 Claw Rat was killed by Lin Ran with a single strike, the entire arena fell into a brief silence.

This time, more people were injured than before, and the injuries were more severe.

Zheng Hong had injuries to both arms and his ribs were broken by a second-tier clawed rat, making it difficult for him to move.

Five or six students in the front row had bloody wounds on their bodies, some so deep that the bone was visible.

In other words, the virtual rehearsal will not reproduce 100% of the pain.

Otherwise, these people would probably be screaming in agony.

"Zero deaths in the third wave!"

Liu Ming's tone was filled with excitement: "This is the first time our class has achieved this result. Keep it up, everyone, just one last push!"

A notification sounded: "The medical supplies and weapons supply point 1,500 meters to the east has been refreshed."

Before Liu Ming could speak, Lin Ran, Qin Wuyai, and Zhao Meng had already stood up.