Subclass

In Donghai City, inside a spacious lounge, someone was reporting the situation in the Mutant Jungle to Dragon Abyss.

“Captain, there was just news—our three people were all killed by Cecilia.”

“Weren’t they told to report back first if they found anything? How could those idiots possibly beat that slutty woman with their lousy skills? Useless morons!”

Dragon Abyss cursed coldly, his shadowy eyes filled with icy hostility.

“They tried to escape, but that woman moved too fast. They didn’t even have a chance to make a report.”

Upon hearing this, Dragon Abyss’s expression immediately went cold.

These last few days, he’d been discussing with several other team captains. In a few days, they were planning to regroup for another expedition into the depths of the Mutant Jungle. Now, during this critical moment, Cecilia, who had been quiet for so long, suddenly reappeared and started killing again. It made him feel as if he had swallowed ten flies.

Clearly, just like the last two times, Cecilia was planning to interfere in this world-class boss event again.

After contemplating for a long while, spinning a lighter in his palm, Dragon Abyss finally gave an order with a stony face a few minutes later:

“That slutty woman should still be red-named right now. Send more of our elite members over, try your best to knock off a few pieces of her gear. Even if her set is missing just one piece, it’s ruined. Then, when she revives later, kill her at the city gate!”

“Yes, sir!”

Soon after Dragon Abyss issued this order, more than a dozen players with heavy dark circles under their eyes—clearly hardcore net addicts—put on their VR helmets, lay back in their professional e-sports chairs, and logged into the game.

Meanwhile, in the game world, Chen Zixuan was leading Gu Yanxi through the dense, overgrown forest, struggling every step of the way.

Chen Zixuan was relatively fine, but the one really having trouble was Gu Yanxi. Having lived in the city her whole life, she’d only ever seen such roadless, wild forests on TV. Walking through it was extremely difficult for her.

However, in order not to slow down Cecilia, even though she had given up countless times in her heart, Gu Yanxi still clenched her teeth and steadfastly kept up with Chen Zixuan’s pace.

A few minutes later, their view suddenly opened up, and they found themselves facing a stony riverbank and a small, quietly flowing creek.

“There’s water! I’m going to wash my face!”

Cleanliness was always second nature to girls. The instant she saw the creek, Gu Yanxi’s spirits lifted, and she immediately wanted to dash over.

However, before she had even taken the first step, Chen Zixuan, quick-eyed and quick-handed, grabbed hold of her.

“Take a good look over there first, then decide,” he said, signaling to the front right with his eyes.

Gu Yanxi followed Chen Zixuan’s gaze and spotted, about forty or fifty meters away, a group of massive crocodiles lounging lazily on the rocks by the riverside, sunbathing. Their backs were covered in plate-like armor studded with bone spikes—just a glance was enough to tell they were not to be trifled with.

Having experienced the monster siege, Gu Yanxi could be considered someone who had seen big situations. The surprise on her face lasted only a moment before she regained her composure.

She glanced at Chen Zixuan, then at the huge group of crocodiles tens of meters away, pursed her lips, and widened her eyes, asking, “You want to fight those?”

“Yeah, they give a lot of experience. Want to try?”

Chen Zixuan nodded seriously.

Last time, because he acted rashly, he panicked and swung his sword too slowly. That was how he’d gotten surrounded by three Sawtooth Crocodiles and had no choice but to die, granting his first death.

This time, after carefully reflecting on the lessons learned, Chen Zixuan would not repeat such rookie mistakes.

He planned to use the same method as last time: lure the Sawtooth Crocodiles over one by one and take them down individually. Now that he had reached level 10, and with Gu Yanxi’s healing as backup, he was in a much better position than when he had fought alone.

Gu Yanxi was a bit hesitant—she was actually very afraid of reptiles. Even a gecko in real life would make her short of breath, let alone the intimidating sight of dozens of crocodiles.

She was just an ordinary high school girl, the type who struggled even to open a bottle cap—not some dark-skinned elf or Spartan warrior.

However, seeing the calm, silver-haired girl at her side, Gu Yanxi inexplicably felt a powerful sense of security.

Back during that wave of tens of thousands of monsters, it was this girl standing beside her, barely 1.6 meters tall and slender, who shielded them with an indestructible barrier.

It felt as though there was nothing Cecilia couldn’t do.

She had survived through tens of thousands of monsters—so, compared to that, what were a few dozen crocodiles?

The fear that had been creeping up in her heart faded away. Looking at Chen Zixuan, Gu Yanxi nodded firmly, “I’ll follow your lead!”

After forming a party, Chen Zixuan fell into thought once again.

“How can we lure them over?”

Examining the lazy crocodile herd in the distance, the silver-haired girl twirled a strand of hair around her finger, muttering softly.

No matter how he thought about it, there were no good solutions. Either wait for one Sawtooth Crocodile to wander away from the group on its own, or take the risk and lure one out himself.

Obviously, neither method was ideal—the first depended on luck, and the second was too dangerous. The Sawtooth Crocodiles were too close together; make one wrong move and he might lure the whole pack at once.

Just as Chen Zixuan was wavering, Gu Yanxi suddenly spoke up, “You want to lure the monsters, right? I think I have a way.”

“What way?”

As soon as Gu Yanxi spoke, Chen Zixuan asked urgently.

“Hmm… I’m not sure how to put it. Do you have any Monster Blood?”

Gu Yanxi frowned in deep thought for a while, unsure how to explain, and decided that demonstrating was easier.

Monster Blood was a very low-level, common crafting material—almost every monster had a high chance of dropping it, and Chen Zixuan had more than a hundred in his backpack, just never found anywhere to recycle them.

When Gu Yanxi asked, he took out a handful of reddish-brown, blocky items—about seven or eight in all—and asked, “Is this enough? If not, I have more.”

“No, no, two will do.”

Being able to help Cecilia made Gu Yanxi genuinely happy—it proved she wasn’t just a useless burden leeching off the group.

After she took two Monster Blood from Chen Zixuan, she bent down and started searching around in the nearby woods.

In less than thirty seconds, a joyful cry of “Found it!” burst forth, and Gu Yanxi’s pale, slender fingers held up a low-growing plant with oval leaves.

“What’s that?”

Chen Zixuan stepped up to have a look, but to him it seemed like an ordinary weed—he couldn’t see how it could possibly lure monsters.

“Eh? You can’t see it? On my end, I can. It’s called All-Cure Herb—it’s a crafting material too.”

After hearing Gu Yanxi’s answer, Chen Zixuan thoughtfully lowered his head.

No matter how he looked, he couldn’t see the plant’s name, yet Gu Yanxi could identify it at a glance. And thinking back to how she’d asked for Monster Blood before, could it be that Gu Yanxi’s subclass was Apothecary?

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