Chapter 99

Especially since those who died under the Storm Eagle's wind blades all had rather gruesome deaths, not a single one left with an intact corpse.

The Storm Eagle's wind-type skills had a slightly terrifying cutting power.

Su Yang did not leave right away; instead, he forced himself to stare fixedly at those corpses.

He knew he would have to face it sooner or later anyway.

Since he'd have to face it sooner or later, better get used to it all at once!

A man has to be ruthless with himself!

Su Yang saw it, his face turned pale, his stomach churned, his body felt a slight twinge of discomfort, but he still persevered.

At least he didn't throw up.

He stayed at the scene for half an hour, until nightfall quietly descended, and Su Yang figured that was enough.

"Let's go!"

The Storm Eagle carried Su Yang flying toward the Thirteenth Mobile Brigade camp.

Inside the First Squad of the Thirteenth Mobile Brigade, several veterans chatted around a bonfire.

They started by talking about their respective hauls, then discussed the day's encounters, occasionally sharing any interesting things they'd run into.

Then, their topic shifted to Su Yang.

There was no helping it—Su Yang was a newcomer, and a young genius at that.

The moment he joined the First Squad, he defeated Sang Yue, his combat strength quite impressive.

Today was his first mission, and everyone was quite curious about his haul.

"How many beast crystals do you think Su Yang will get on his first day out?"

"Three Bronze-rank fierce beast crystals should be no problem!" Sang Yue replied. "Su Yang's no slouch; completing the baseline mission shouldn't be an issue!"

"Five!" Wu Yuqing said. "Su Yang's defense is strong; as long as he's careful, he won't get hurt easily. If he specializes in hunting close-combat fierce beasts, his advantage is huge."

"You really have a lot of faith in him!" a middle-aged beast tamer laughed. "I remember when I first arrived, the first time I dealt with fierce beasts, I only killed two. The veterans back then all comforted me, saying killing two fierce beasts of the same level on the first day was already excellent!"

Wu Yuqing shot the man a look: "Su Yang isn't just ordinarily excellent!"

"..."

"Su Yang's back!"

They quickly saw Su Yang stepping into the camp.

Su Yang's military uniform was still stained with blood; one look and you could tell he'd definitely had an intense battle.

The beast tamers chatting in the center of the camp all looked at the bulging, bloodstained pouch at his waist.

Wu Yuqing waved at Su Yang: "Su Yang, come here!"

"Mm!"

Su Yang walked toward the group.

As he walked, the pouch at his waist let out a clatter-clatter sound.

Everyone present knew that was the sound of a large number of beast crystals knocking together.

"Did you go hunt those Black-Iron-rank fierce beasts today?" Sang Yue asked with a smile. "But hunting Black-Iron-rank fierce beasts is fine too—three Black-Iron Top-Grade fierce beast crystals can count as one Bronze Low-Grade crystal. Kill fifteen Black-Iron Top-Grade fierce beasts, and today's mission is complete!"

"No, I went to the Crocodile Beach. Felt the place was pretty good, suited me well!"

"What!"

"No way?"

"The crystals in your pouch—are all of them from killing crocodiles?"

Everyone present was slightly taken aback.

No one expected Su Yang would dare go to Crocodile Beach to kill crocodiles on his very first day!

Su Yang nodded: "That's right!"

"How many did you kill?"

"Fifty or sixty, I guess!" Su Yang sat down on a small stool beside the bonfire. "Didn't count exactly, should be about that. Some of them weren't fully grown crocodiles either."

"Fifty or sixty? You must be bluffing!" Sang Yue exclaimed. "Those are Bronze-rank fierce beasts, the kind that move in packs! Did they line up and let you kill them? I've been in the First Squad for five years, and the most I ever killed in a single day was eight fierce beasts! And you got fifty or sixty on your first day?"