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Her nerves were on edge, and all the muscles in her body were ready to explode at any moment.

Yin Chen walked in the middle, with several crystal-clear ice spikes hovering beside him, spinning silently, ready to target enemies at any moment.

Chen Guan paused for a moment.

"To the left, thirty meters away."

His voice wasn't loud, but it was exceptionally clear in the silent wasteland.

Before the words were even finished, Hong Yuan had already moved.

The ground beneath her feet exploded, and she shot towards the waist-high bushes like a cannonball.

"mine!"

boom!

The giant axe cleaved down with immense force, blasting the bushes and the surrounding soil and rocks away.

Amidst the rising dust, a dark figure darted out nimbly, dodging a fatal blow.

It was a black fox spirit with three tails. It wasn't very big, but it was incredibly fast.

On its forehead, a single eye gleamed with a cunning light.

Tier 3, Three-Tailed Ghost Fox.

"Trying to run away?"

Yin Chen snorted coldly, and the ice spikes he had prepared shot through the air, blocking all of the fox demon's escape routes.

Click!

The fox demon's limbs were instantly frozen to the ground, unable to move. It let out a shrill scream, and a mental shock shot out from the single eye on its forehead, heading straight for the nearest red kite.

Hongyuan paused, clearly affected.

Just then, a dark figure silently cut into the battlefield.

Chen Guan had somehow appeared behind the fox demon. Instead of using the scythe blade, he reversed the handle and used the heavy end to tap the fox demon on the back of the neck with a light but firm blow.

thump.

A muffled thud.

The three-tailed fox's scream abruptly stopped, its body went limp, and it collapsed to the ground, completely losing consciousness.

The entire process, from discovery to subjugation, took no more than ten seconds.

Hong Yuan shook her head, recovering from the mental shock. Looking at the unconscious fox demon on the ground, she felt somewhat embarrassed: "I..."

"Too inefficient."

Black Crow's cold voice came from behind, interrupting her.

He walked over to the fox demon, nudged it with his toe to confirm that it was only unconscious, and then looked up at the three of them.

"It took twelve seconds from target detection to control, five of which were wasted on pointless destruction and unnecessary personal displays."

His gaze fell on Hong Yuan, devoid of any emotion: "Your first attack stirred up dust that obstructed your teammates' vision. If the fox demon hadn't fled but instead chosen to counterattack from the dust, you would be injured now."

He then looked at Yin Chen: "The ice spikes only controlled the limbs, but didn't limit its mental attacks, so they're not up to standard."

Finally, his gaze settled on the coffin.

"You're alright."

After saying that, he ignored the fox demon on the ground, tossed a red ball to Yin Chen, and then raised his hand, pointing to a low hill to the east.

His voice made Yin Chen and Hong Yuan's hearts sink. Being evaluated like that was naturally unbearable.

"See that valley? Intelligence indicates there's a nest of black rock lizards there, and the target number is over thirty."

"Time limit: one hour."

Black Crow lowered his hand, turned around, and faced away from them, as well as from the valley that exuded an ominous aura.

"Now, begin your performance."

Yin Chen's face fell. He used the capture ball given to him by the black crow to capture the fox demon on the ground, and then resignedly followed the two who had already gone ahead.

The entrance to the valley is like a hideous scar, stretching across the scarlet wasteland.

The wind blew out of the valley, carrying with it the pungent smell of burning and the fishy stench unique to the lair of monsters.

Hong Yuan's breathing became noticeably heavier. She gripped her giant axe tightly with both hands, assuming a standard charging stance, her muscles taut beneath her combat suit.

"Thirty black rock lizards, captured alive, within one hour." Yin Chen repeated the mission objective, his voice no longer carrying the previous composure.

A few wisps of icy blue aura swirled around his fingertips as his gaze shifted between the valley entrance and the surrounding mountain walls, trying to find the best spot to cast his spell.

Capturing them alive, especially a group of monsters, is far more difficult than killing them directly.

Black Rock Lizards are thick-skinned and incredibly strong. Although they are only third-tier demonic beasts, when they travel in groups, even fourth-tier ability users have to temporarily avoid their attacks.

Using brute force to attack them is likely to result in them being accidentally killed, and using mental control is countered by their high level of mental resistance.

Based on Yin Chen's self-understanding, he could not control 30 Black Rock Lizards at the same time.

Even if he cuts them in half, he still can't control 15.

"How do we fight?" Hong Yuan looked at Chen Guan, her voice low. In the previous cooperation, she had habitually handed over the command.

Yin Chen's gaze also fell upon them.

Chen Guan did not answer immediately; his gaze swept across the entire valley's terrain.

The entrance is narrow, but the interior is spacious, with several caves of varying sizes on both sides of the mountain wall, which should be the habitat of the black rock lizard.

A typical urn-shaped trap.

Several plans flashed through Chen Guan's mind before being rejected: a direct assault was too inefficient, and luring them in one by one was too slow.

He needs the most efficient solution.

"Red Kite," Chen Guan said.

"exist!"

"Five minutes later, go in from the front. Make as much noise as possible to attract all the lizards' attention to you, but don't go all out, just keep them occupied."

Hong Yuan paused for a moment, then grinned, revealing a set of white teeth: "This is something I'm good at."

Chen Guan turned his gaze to Yin Chen: "Your task is the most important. There are seven cave entrances in the valley, three on the east side of the mountain wall and four on the west side. I need you to seal six of them with ice walls within thirty seconds of Hong Yuan rushing in, leaving only the deepest one on the west side as an opening."

Yin Chen instantly released his spiritual power to sense the location Chen Guan had indicated.

He quickly understood Chen Guan's intention: this was a trap.

"No problem." Yin Chen nodded. This was a test of his mental control, but it was still within his capabilities.

It's better than letting him control thirty Tier 3 units at the same time.

"And you?" he asked the most crucial question: what role did Chen Guan play in this operation?

"I'll take care of cleaning up."

After Chen Guan finished speaking, he took a few steps back, instantly suppressing his aura to the extreme.

Despite carrying a large black coffin, which should have been particularly eye-catching, in Yin Chen's perception, the coffin had now become a stone.

If he closed his eyes, he wouldn't even know there was someone else there.

How eerie...

Such a conspicuous person actually has the talent of an assassin.

Black Crow stood on a distant high ground, arms crossed, coldly observing everything.

He neither interfered nor offered any advice.

On the battlefield, the commander's decisions are everything.

He wanted to see just how far this student from Tsinghua University could go.

Five minutes later.

"Time's up." Yin Chen's voice rang out in the team channel.

Hong Yuan moved, transforming into a crimson meteor. Her giant axe left a trail of sparks on the ground as she charged into the valley with unstoppable momentum.

boom!

She cleaved the ground at the mouth of the valley with her axe, and the hard rock instantly cracked, sending shards of rock flying everywhere.