The most experienced one amongst them got close to the body and touched the bloody fur with one hand before saying, “This is a Flaming Cloud Beast. Its defenses are very high, but its attacks aren’t all that strong. The blood hasn’t dried yet and is still warm, so it must have just died. It would appear that the howl we heard earlier was from this.”
The sword youth looked around himself before looking at the direction of Jian Chen’s footprints. “Come, let’s go follow those footsteps and see who exactly killed this Flaming Cloud Beast. If their strength is good enough, we can add them to our group so we can easily hunt more beasts. But if they’re weaker than us…”A small smile started to creep up on his face.
Hearing this, the other 4 youths all thought of the same thing, their faces revealing evil smiles. Soon after, the 5 of them immediately chased after Tie Ta and Jian Chen.
At the moment, Jian Chen and Tie Ta were cautiously walking within the forest. In order to protect themselves from magical beasts as well as a few of the swamps on the ground, the two of them were not advancing very quickly.
At that moment, Jian Chen’s ears detected something. Holding his hand up to stop Tie Ta, he said, “Be careful, there’s some people coming from behind us.”
Tie Ta immediately stopped moving and turned around in curiosity.
In the blink of an eye, the people who had been following Jian Chen came into view. There was a total of 5 people, but Jian Chen couldn’t see their faces since it was covered by the shade, but he could tell that they were strong from the amount of Saint Force they were emitting from their weapons.
When the 5 saw Jian Chen and Tie Ta, they let loose happy smiles to each other, as if they had mutually agreed on something. Increasing their speeds, the 5 of them quickly reached and surrounded Jian Chen and Tie Ta.
Seeing this development, both Tie Ta and Jian Chen felt a bad premonition within themselves.
“Dear students, might I ask what you’re doing?” Jian Chen asked.
One of the youths brandished his sword with an evil smile, “You’re asking us what we are doing?”
“Hand over your space belts obediently. We definitely don’t want to embarrass you, but if you don’t comply…hahaha…” The sledgehammer wielding student sneered at them.
Tie Ta’s face grew angry as he heard the demand, “You want us to hand over the space belts? Hmph, don’t even think about it.” Tie Ta understood what was going on now; this was a roadside robbery.
Jian Chen patted the space belt on him gently with a smile, “The space belts with all our monster cores are inside, if you have the skill, come and get it then.”
Although they knew that all 5 of them were Saints, neither Jian Chen nor Tie Ta felt a hint of fear.
“Hmph, since it came down to this, then don’t blame us for this. Everyone, attack together.” Immediately the 5 of them rushed forward to attack the two, but their attacks were not aimed at fatal areas. The 5 clearly understood that they were still all students stealing was one thing, and so was fighting, but they were not allowed to fatally threaten the opposing party’s lives.