The Ascension of Contracted Spirits

Chapter 394 - 190: Master Han Steps Forward_3

"This indicates that, at least during the early and middle stages of the competition, they can only fight alone."

"The problem is, while they fight alone, the other students are forming teams."

"If Ye Hanjun is on his own and encounters three or five from Forest Park or red boys and girls from Beacon Tower, he might not even get the chance to regroup, and could be eliminated straight away."

"And the colleges that eliminate royal elites can gain substantial extra points."

"So... it’s not wrong to say that Lord Han is a conspicuous sword."

"However, this sword could slash the enemy, or it might hurt oneself, it does not represent absolute benefits..."

...

"Rustle rustle rustle rustle rustle~~~~"

Leaves are shaking, shadows are swaying.

Ye Hanjun steps on the red soil, despite wearing a pair of fine boots, he could still feel the astonishing heat from the soil.

This area is - a bit dangerous.

As far as he could see, there are highly dense red soil everywhere.

This soil is innately tainted with fire toxins, making it difficult for non-fire attribute Spirits to survive here.

And the plants growing here look lush and thriving.

Yet those concealed sharp edges, if not careful, could even hurt a second rank wild beast, not to mention the more fragile human body.

"Huazhu, be alert."

Ye Hanjun calls out the Sandstorm Witch, allowing her to use clamps or wind blades to cut through the blocking plants, creating a path to walk on.

At the same time, activating his fully-powered Super Spirituality, he easily surveys a circle with himself at the center and a radius of 1500 meters.

Then he confirms that, in the mudland to the east, there reside a nest of toxic ’Fire-line Snakes’, as slender as fingers, and in the bush to the south, a ’Flame-crowned Bear’ is in deep sleep.

The safest direction is to the west, but there are Viewing Flowers planted there.

If he heads that way, his active figure should be visible in the Beast Fighting Pavilion on the ground.

"Huazhu, let’s go north."

Ye Hanjun is unwilling to expose his field of vision carelessly.

Even if those people are just spectators without the possibility to interfere with the competition or break any rules.

Rustle rustle——"

A Fire-butterfly is startled awake, and the fallen scales transformed into hundreds of flaming arrows, covering a large area.

Sand whirls, wind Sprint forward, a shield appears above Ye Hanjun’s head, perfectly blocking all attacks.

After that, Huazhu floats up, appearing spectrally above the Fire-butterfly’s head, she pierces her screaming tail needle into its skull with unbeatable speed.

"Pluck!"

The Fire-butterfly of Rainbow Light Great Completion... killed in one blow!

Continuing their exploration, they draw close to a towering deep red tree, flames ignite suddenly on the treetop, and a flock of fist-sized, red bats fly out.

"Whoosh——"

Huazhu casts a spell, launching the skill ’Wind Pressure’.

The bats seem to hit an invisible barrier and continuously fall and explode.

This kind of Fond Spirit known as ’Self-destructing Bats’ always has short lives.

It’s fine if they don’t encounter any enemies, but once they do, it’s time for them to sacrifice themselves in defense of the nest.

"Boom boom boom! Rip——rip——"

After a series of explosions, both Ye Hanjun and Huazhu emerge without a scratch.

Under Ye Hanjun’s guidance, Huazhu cuts the tree, and very quickly collects about 500 milliliters of deep-red sap from the trunk.

——For the first round of competition, normal participants, without any superior equipment or healing medicine, are empty-handed.

There are only two ways to obtain supplies.

First, the fringes of the combat zone are said to hide several batches of resources. If one can find them, it could boost the team’s combat capabilities.

Second, they have to search, stock-up, and make things themselves.

Although it’s underground, the environment here is complex, with both wild Spirits and all kinds of Heavenly and Earthly Materials, allowing for various combinations.

For example, the tree sap Ye Hanjun just collected, though it burns your mouth, it could speed up wound healing.

They are not only testing the students’ combat power, but also their survival skills and the knowledge they have learned up to this point.

"Joe, be careful, don’t go into that patch of red soil, it feels dangerous to me."

"Pete, there are Blazing Mushrooms here, let’s collect some. If we encounter dangerous opponents, we could use them to strengthen our contract spirit..."

Faintly, human conversation can be heard.

Ye Hanjun raises a corner of his mouth, he goes straight without any intention of avoiding.