Beast Taming Patrol

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As for the total number of kills by the team...

With just three battles, their team's total kill count had already surpassed two thousand, doubling the completion of the mission.

Had it not been for a mission requirement of at least seven battles, they could have declared their mission accomplished by now.

As for the additional task of killing a leader-class monster.

Even up to now, Lin Su still didn't have much confidence, he could only wait and see if such an opportunity would arise.

Glancing at the instructors who had been silent on the side of the team for four days, Lin Su smiled.

"Let's go!"
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All team members responded simultaneously and quickly had their pets take their positions in the battle formation they had used in previous fights.

The 19th Combat Team's battle formation had been fine-tuned over the course of these battles and was now as solid as a barrel, capable of preventing any elite-class beasts from breaking through.

Under the watchful eyes of other combat units, everyone quickly walked up the combat pathway, heading towards the frontier battle line.

"Captain, have you noticed something off about the instructors today?" Walking down the corridor, Zhang Xiaoyu suddenly nudged Lin Su's shoulder and spoke in a low voice.

Because of the respect Lin Su had earned over these three days, even the original members of Xing Yun's squad were now addressing him as "Captain."

"What's off?" Lin Su also lowered his voice, glancing subtly at the instructors surrounding them, "I feel it's pretty much the same as before."

"I ran into Instructor Zhao Yue this morning, and she seemed to have cried; her eyes were red," Zhang Xiaoyu whispered with a hint of worry, "So I keep feeling... did something happen?"

Lin Su frowned slightly, "Really?"

Zhao Yue was one of the ten instructors of the 19th Combat Team and a spirited female instructor. In Lin Su's impression, although she was female, she had a very strong character.

"Is it possible that Instructor Zhao had something personal happen to her, so she's in a bad mood?" Lin Su whispered, "After all, the other instructors don't seem to have any issues, right?"

"That might be." Zhang Xiaoyu scratched his head embarrassedly, "Maybe I'm overthinking it, but I always feel... is there a problem within the reserve camp?"

"What do you mean by that?" Lin Su looked at Zhang Xiaoyu curiously.

"The reserve camp has a 5% death rate..." Zhang Xiaoyu kept his voice at its lowest, "Our team hasn't had any casualties so far because of the protection of your two pets and my Su Qing's powers, but I'm not sure the other teams are as optimistic..."

Upon hearing this, Lin Su silently paused for a moment.

This issue had crossed his mind before, but there was not much he could do.

With his strength, protecting Team 19 was already commendable.

"Let's not dwell on this for now." After a moment of silence, Lin Su let out a light sigh and shook his head, "We'll focus on managing ourselves, trying to prevent new casualties in Team 19 by the time the mission is completed."

"Yes!" Zhang Xiaoyu nodded firmly, "I won't tell anyone about this!"

He understood that such news, if shared with other team members, wouldn't be beneficial; it might instead instill panic, which would not help the current situation.

Seeing the Guardian Light Screen they were about to cross, Lin Su's expression became more solemn.

Zhang Xiaoyu's words had made him especially alert.

The battlefield is full of rapid changes, and if he let his guard down due to the ease of the previous three battles, danger could occur at any moment.

He nearly forgot—the reserve camp had a 5% death rate!

Although that death rate might not affect him, having spent a few days with the other members of Team 19, Lin Su had developed some affection for them. He didn't want anything to happen to them.

The biting cold and the pungent scent of blood once again assaulted their senses. Compared to the nausea and retching of the previous days, the members of the squad only furrowed their brows slightly, quickly adapting to the sensation.

Following that, under the guidance of the Heart Connection Deer Spirit, they quickly arrived at their designated combat positions, facing the surging sea of beasts that were crashing towards them, they remained unfazed.

Fertile Soil Blessing... Prosperity... Kill the enemy!

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The sound of booming continued incessantly at different locations within the beast tide—it was the powerful force created by the explosion of the frozen bodies of beasts thrown by telekinetic and powerfully built earth-type pets, triggered by Qiuqiu's Snow Explosion.

In the three days of research, Qiuqiu had become even more efficient in using Snow Explosion. It had even gained rich experience in how to detonate to produce the greatest force and inflict maximum damage, so much so that each explosion took the lives of numerous beasts.

Explosion, is an art!

Meanwhile, in the outer region of Team 19's combat area, a shadow swiftly moved beneath the shadows of countless beasts' feet, occasionally throwing out a knife that accurately hit the vital parts of the beasts. His Flying Knife Skill, which had reached a proficiency of Level III, never failed to claim the life of a beast with each launch.

And always following behind it was an elite monarch-class monster chasing it frantically.

Locked by Evil Mockery and corrupted by Dark Poison, the doomed monarch-class monster could never touch its target, only capable of uselessly expressing its rage and recklessly discharging skills, involuntarily killing other beasts within the tide, aiding the shadow in accumulating kills until it collapsed, dying with eyes wide open from the outbreak of the Dark Poison.

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