“Where’s Teacher Hai?” Jiang Xiao sat up, the wooden blade in his hand still skewering three Ape-Ghosts. A steady stream of star power and lingering life force flowed from the blade, pouring into Jiang Xiao’s body.

“He led that Ape-Ghost King toward the supply point. We also launched our signal flare. The Guardian Team should be on their way and might already have joined up with Teacher Hai,” Han Jiangxue said, gripping Jiang Xiao’s shoulders and pulling him to his feet.

Ahead, Li Weiyi was already holding up his shield, a long, heavy hammer in his right hand, emitting a faint green glow as he fended off several attacking Ape-Ghosts.

Li Weiyi was supposed to be at the forefront, but the swift warrior Xia Yan had taken the lead, not only entering the combat zone on the left but also already killing an Ape-Ghost!

*Whoosh!*

Xia Yan swung her greatsword in a beautiful arc from top to bottom.

A fiery red arc of flame erupted from the steel blade, sweeping away the leaves scattered on the ground, cutting through everything in its path with incredible precision before striking an Ape-Ghost in the distance.

“Roar! Roar!”

“Roar!” One after another, the Ape-Ghosts beat their chests, and upon realizing that the enemy had reinforcements, they successively activated their "Rampage" star technique.

Jiang Xiao was stunned. Throughout the entire chase, these Ape-Ghosts hadn't used Rampage even once.

Keep in mind, there were more than ten Ape-Ghosts, and none of them had activated Rampage!

What was going on?

Did they also adhere to some power-up principle?

Jiang Xiao suddenly felt insulted. Even though he had killed several Ape-Ghosts, they hadn't taken him seriously at all?

This kind of insult was really... awesome!

If these Ape-Ghosts had really activated Rampage, it would have been a completely different situation for Jiang Xiao.

Han Jiangxue waved her hand, and layers of shattered space appeared on the left.

She reached forward with both hands, aimed at two Rampaging, chest-beating Ape-Ghosts, and unleashed a torrent of Barren Wind...

With two "swoosh" sounds, the two massive Ape-Ghosts were sent flying, unable to gain any leverage in the air. All their strength was useless, and they could only roar and flail, but to no avail, as they ultimately crashed into Han Jiangxue's Shattered Space.

Meanwhile, explosive flames raged as Li Weiyi put away his shield and stomped his foot, sending the surrounding Ape-Ghosts flying.

Not far to his left, Xia Yan stood on the corpse of an Ape-Ghost, once again swinging her blade and slashing down hard at the Ape-Ghost that Li Weiyi had blasted away, unleashing a scorching arc of flame...

Offense,

This was true offense!

Look at them,

Jiang Xiao, look at yourself!

Jiang Xiao asked himself honestly, even going crazy and roasting himself.

Speaking of which, should he consider an offensive star technique?

In a team, Jiang Xiao was indispensable, capable of playing a huge role and even qualitatively improving the entire team.

However, once Jiang Xiao was alone, his weaknesses were exposed. He didn't have a standard offensive star technique and relied entirely on basic skills, occasionally using a poisonous milk and relying on tricks.

Maybe he really should consider choosing an offensive star technique?

Forget it, he would think about these things later.

To make himself seem more useful, Jiang Xiao extended his left hand and tapped his fingertips in the air, quickly casting Daybreak on the three of them.

"Fall back! 2-1-1!" Han Jiangxue shouted.

Li Weiyi quickly retreated from the exploding flames, falling back to Han Jiangxue's side.

Xia Yan also didn't bother with the Ape-Ghost corpse under her feet and quickly retreated because she noticed that the remaining Ape-Ghosts had activated Rampage.

This meant that the battle had turned into a life-or-death struggle.

At least the Ape-Ghosts had no chance of escaping, as their minds were completely muddled, filled only with bloodlust and slaughter.

If anyone were to flee, it would only be Xia Yan's team.

"Eight Ape-Ghosts, all Rampaging, not easy to deal with," Li Weiyi said, raising his black shield and holding it in front of the team.

"2-2 then," Xia Yan suddenly said. "Little Pi, follow me, and we'll take them down one by one."

Han Jiangxue frowned slightly and said, "The best way is for the two of you to hold the front, stall the Ape-Ghosts, and once the two Ape-Ghosts in my Shattered Space are dead, I can eliminate two more."

"Trust my judgment, Little Pi can do it," Xia Yan said.

Han Jiangxue almost laughed in exasperation and said, "How long has he been learning from you?"

Xia Yan dragged her steel blade, looking ready to charge, and said, "He's always like this. No one knows his true strength until the critical moment. Just from what I saw, his fundamentals are too solid."

Han Jiangxue was taken aback and said, "Are you serious?"

Xia Yan nodded and said, "Blow those Ape-Ghosts away as quickly as possible so that we face as few as possible."

At this moment, Jiang Xiao also stood up, stepping on the Ape-Ghost on the wooden blade and pulling off the three pieces of monkey meat.

No one would have imagined that Jiang Xiao's star power had already recovered to seventy or eighty percent.

The total amount of star power provided by these three Ape-Ghosts really made Jiang Xiao feel comfortable.

Jiang Xiao didn't dare to show off because the team didn't know that his Yearning halo had been upgraded to gold quality.

However, as the battle unfolded, the team should notice the difference in this Yearning halo.

*Whoosh! Whoosh!*

Han Jiangxue kept blowing away the incoming Ape-Ghosts and asked, "Little Pi?"

Jiang Xiao twirled his blade, dragging the blade with both hands in almost the same motion as Xia Yan, and shouted, "Let's get 'em!"

Xia Yan smiled approvingly and ran forward with her long legs, saying, "Speak properly, stop using that Beijing accent."

Jiang Xiao quickly followed, responding loudly, "Let's beat those sons of bitches to death!"

Xia Yan sprang to her feet, leaping high into the air, holding the giant blade behind her head with both hands, laughing and scolding, "I told you to speak in Bei Jiang dialect!"

Jiang Xiao rushed forward quickly, watching as one Ape-Ghost after another was blown away by Han Jiangxue. Finally, only one Ape-Ghost was left roaring and running toward them. Jiang Xiao shouted, "Why are you dawdling? Why do you care what I say?"

Xia Yan was finally satisfied!

She leaped high into the air and slashed down with her blade, and the scorching arc of flame shot out directly. Even though she was in the air, the Yearning halo at her ankles still flickered, so within the blazing arc of flame, there was also a trace of purple light.

The violent Ape-Ghost was not to be trifled with either. It could easily dodge this arc of flame, but suddenly, its forward momentum faltered, and it flew into the air, crashing head-on into the fiery red arc.

This was an assist from Han Jiangxue.

*Rumble!*

The arc of flame hit the Ape-Ghost head-on, and it curled up, its huge arms raised in front of its face, trying to resist the damage caused by the flame.

Its massive body was directly blasted down, and the Ape-Ghost's body flipped and landed hard on the ground. Before it could get up, a wooden giant blade stabbed straight down, not only piercing the Ape-Ghost through but also blasting a pit in the ground.

At the same time, Xia Yan landed steadily, holding the blade horizontally to her side, and stood up again with a light roll to dissipate the force.

Han Jiangxue admired the teamwork of her two teammates. While she continued to blow away the Ape-Ghosts rushing in from afar, she calculated the time. After a few minutes, she opened Shattered Space again and dragged out two Ape-Ghosts.

Barren Wind rose again, and two more Ape-Ghosts were thrown into Shattered Space, flailing and helpless.

Li Weiyi, who was supposed to be holding the front, had become idle. On the surface, he was standing beside Han Jiangxue, protecting her, but in reality, he was just spectating...

At this moment, Li Weiyi also admired in his heart how quickly this new recruit was growing.

Keep in mind, Jiang Xiao was just a 16-year-old kid who was supposed to be safely and steadily growing in his first year of high school but was forcibly dragged into his third year and made to participate in the trial mission with them.

But look at Jiang Xiao now!

Not only could he fight alongside Xia Yan, but earlier, when the rest of the team wasn't around, he was able to withstand so many Ape-Ghosts and survive.

Putting aside his strength, Jiang Xiao's mental fortitude and spiritual will alone were outstanding among his peers.

Jiang Xiao and Xia Yan cooperated fairly well, and with Han Jiangxue's crowd control, they consistently faced only one Ape-Ghost.

Han Jiangxue's Barren Wind and Shattered Space became the ultimate weapons, and the frenzied Ape-Ghosts were finally wiped out with everyone's concerted effort.

Everyone quickly collected the Ape-Ghost star beads and ran south without a word.

To the children's relief, they hadn't even returned to the supply point when they ran into the searching guardians.

Seeing the Chinese soldiers,

The children felt reassured.

This battle had finally come to an end.