Chapter 1485 - 1465: Fire Cloud Bird Siege

In the next hour, Jiang En had the team members get acquainted with each other, explained some rules of the hunting team, and finally divided the 38 members into four groups.

Yang Xiao led 8 people, Xing Zhe, Jiang Hao, and Lv Ling each led 10 people, while Jiang En, as the leader, was responsible for the entire team's actions.

The next morning, Yang Xiao and others gathered at the academy entrance.

The academy hosts many similar hunting teams daily, going out to hunt. Besides high-level teams led by Emperor-Level Evolvers like Jiang En, there are low-level teams led by students at the Empire Level Advanced realm, whose activity range doesn't exceed 50 kilometers around the academy. In case of danger, they would immediately retreat to the academy.

Because Wuji Academy exerts a strong deterrent force, usually within a range of about thirty kilometers from Wuji Academy, Demon Beasts of the Emperor Level are rarely seen,

making the area relatively safe.

Many people regularly lead teams into the wild outside Wuji Island to hunt, recruiting hunting team members long-term for substantial commission income.

For instance, the Jiang En Hunting Team is quite famous within the academy.

Having five Emperor Level Transcendent Experts as guards ensures very high safety, but of course, the fees are quite high, charging ten thousand Crystal Disks for a seven-day hunt.

As Yang Xiao and the others gathered outside Wuji Academy, five other teams were gathering nearby, including the Chu Tian team.

The Chu Tian team also had over forty people, including five Emperor-Level Evolvers.

The two teams were close to each other. Xing Zhe glanced at Chu Tian's team and muttered,

"Hey, wasn't Chu Tian supposed to depart three days later? Why did they leave early? Also, isn't that Chi Long? Since when did Chi Long join Chu Tian's team?"

With curiosity, Xing Zhe walked over to Chu Tian's team and stood in front of Chi Long,

"Wow, is this Brother Chi Long? When did you join Chu Tian's group? Aren't you leading your own team?"

Chi Long chuckled and replied,

"I urgently need the Crystal Core of an Emperor-Level Saber-Toothed Tiger, so I specially joined Chu Tian's team this time, hoping to get lucky and hunt a Saber-Toothed Tiger.

By the way, Brother Xing Zhe, if your team hunts an Emperor-Level Saber-Toothed Tiger, let me know. I'll offer a high price for the Crystal Core."

Xing Zhe smiled, nodded, and returned to his team.

Jiang En had already counted his team, and everyone had checked their equipment and personal items.

"Alright, we're setting off now. I'll lead with Jiang Hao at the front, Yang Xiao and Lv Ling will be on the sides, and Xing Zhe will be at the back. Keep your formation, don't fall behind, never run off on your own, and if attacked by Demon Beasts, don't panic—stick together. Understood?"

"Understood!"

"Alright, let's go!"

Everyone took off into the air, flying into the distance.

Chu Tian saw Yang Xiao and the others flying away and quickly set off, following closely behind.

According to the pre-arranged plan, Jiang En was to lead the hunting team to a valley 50 kilometers away from Wuji Academy, then proceed on foot through the forest, advancing to a place 100 kilometers away.

The entire team would encounter various unknown Demon Beasts along the way, fighting them as they proceeded, and then return to Wuji Academy.

Fifty kilometers is a matter of minutes for these evolvers of Empire Level Realm or higher, and in the blink of an eye, they arrived.

As the group was about to descend,

suddenly, with a "boom," dozens of giant, red-feathered monsters flew out of the forest below.

These monster birds spread their wings, measuring at least 100 meters.

Dozens of monster birds charged towards the Jiang En Hunting Team like a fiery cloud.

Jiang En, at the forefront, shouted loudly,

"Everyone, hold on! We are under attack by Fire Cloud Birds. These Fire Cloud Birds are at the Empire Level Advanced realm with strong attack capabilities,

everyone contract into a circle. Four Emperor-Level Evolvers each defend one direction, I'll maneuver in the center."

Yang Xiao and others immediately shrank into a circle according to the pre-arranged formation.

Yang Xiao, Xing Zhe, Jiang Hao, and Lv Ling each occupied a position in the circle from east to west to south to north, while Jiang En stood above the circle.

As dozens of Fire Cloud Birds charged forward, from 100 meters away came a sharp whistling sound, hundreds of Fiery Feather Arrows shooting towards Yang Xiao and the others.

"Everyone combine to form a Defense Light Screen!"

Jiang En shouted, thrusting his hands to unfold a Defense Light Screen in front of him.

Yang Xiao and the others each activated their Defense Light Screens, with over forty defense light screens linking together to form a giant defense light screen circle.

The Fire Cloud Birds' Fiery Feather Arrows shot over instantaneously, hitting the defense light screen circle.

"Boom, boom, boom...."

Massive explosions echoed, fire and sparks flying everywhere. Yang Xiao felt the defense light screen circle in front tremble slightly but faced no significant danger.

With five Emperor-Level Evolvers as the pillars of the entire defense light circle, the defensive capabilities were greatly enhanced, and dealing with attacks from Demon Beasts at the Empire Level realm was not a problem.

The first round of attack ended quickly, without any damages to the defense light screen circle.

Jiang En shouted,

"Do not relax. These Fire Cloud Birds have denser attacks left. Hold on, and no one slack off. When the Fire Cloud Birds fly in to spray flame directly, that's their most powerful attack. Once we withstand the final wave, listen to my command to kill these Fire Cloud Birds immediately.

It's quite lucky today to encounter a batch of Fire Birds right off the bat, Yang Xiao, we owe this to your fortune."

Yang Xiao replied with a slightly exasperated smile,

"Is encountering Fire Cloud Birds considered a good thing?"

Beside him, an Empire Level realm student immediately said,

"Brother Yang, we're not out here for leisure; we want to fight more Demon Beasts, plus the Crystal Core from these Fire Cloud Birds is quite valuable."

According to hunting team regulations, the spoils from hunting Demon Beasts could be split fifty-fifty between Yang Xiao's team leaders and the accompanying team members.

If lucky, hunting a large number and high quality of Demon Beasts, the value of these Demon Beasts' Crystal Cores and some special organs could exceed the team's commission.

This is one reason why the hunting team business is booming.

Amid the conversation, a dense whistling sound was heard from the sky, thousands of Fiery Feather Arrows shooting, filling the sky with flames, looking exceptionally beautiful.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

The dense Fiery Feather Arrows hit the defense light screen circle, flames scattering everywhere. Yang Xiao felt the team almost surrounded by flames.

"Attention, the Fire Cloud Birds are flying in! Direct flame-spray attacks begin!"

Jiang En shouted loudly.

Yang Xiao felt that the sky in front was completely engulfed in flames, the Red Flame was like waves, encircling the entire hunting team.

The surrounding air instantly surged, becoming suffocating.