Chapter 264: Ruin Expedition (28)
[You and the remaining students should sleep too. Though it is not toote, the early bird gets the best worm.]
Lee repeated the words and the students nodded. But their hunger was a problem.
"From tomorrow onwards, we will hunt and eat. If you don''t hunt, you don''t eat. Plus, it will also help you to familiarise with the surroundings.
We will not use a tent anymore and will sleep outdoors. It will help to sharpen your senses and survival skills.
When they wake, let them know of this change too."
Lee slowly slid into his bedding and closed his eyes. At a nce, he was asleep. But in actuality, he was enquiring about the Spirit Stones, the Lurnd and many other topics.
After 10 minutes, Lee Shen felt sluggish and fell asleep. The students had also fallen asleep by that time and D lowered the brightness in the inside of the tent.
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*ding*
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<strong>3 AM.</strong>
<strong>5,975,790 Essence harvested.</strong>
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The soft and dull notification bell woke Lee Shen up with grace. The slumber of almost 8 hours had given him plenty of peace and bliss.
Rubbing his eyes with his index finger and thumb, he nced around and saw the students in slumber.
[I would advise waking them up now.]
Lee Shen stood up and stored the futon. Using the Water attributed Mana, he quickly cleansed himself.
*p p*
The Sound attributed Mana amplified the mere pping to the banging of two humongous drums. The sound made the 13 students jolt up with astonishment. A few of them even lost their desire to sleep after hearing such deafening noise.
"Time to sleep is over. So get ready to move out."
Lee Shen talked in a in tone. No matter who heard it, it was unable to derive any emotion or expression from his voice.
After walking out of the tent, he held the cover of the tent to its side which indicated them to exit. The students did not utter anything against and promptly moved out.
The students who assimted the Spirit Stones were confused and enquired. Their perplexed expressions faded away as they heard the reason behind the change in the professor''s attitude.
The tent went inside the spatial ring and the 13 students stood at the middle of nowhere. Around them was pitch ck jungle with spooky outlines of nt life. The sight was frightening and many were faintly shaking.
Lee Shen did not materialise anything for illumination. Seeing that professor Lee was hesitant to create illumination, the fire affinity students conjured mes with their Mana.
"What?"
Someone who was yet to breakthrough muttered to himself as he saw the stable and energised mes in the student''s hand. It had a particr aesthetic beauty which made them stare at it for a dozen of seconds.
But the eeriness of reality pulled them back to their senses.
The students who conjured could tell a major advancement in their ability and affinity. Through the breakthrough, their Mana pool was erged and it was sufficient surprise for them.
But the integration with Spirit Stones made their elemental affinity to pick up efficiency, strength and intensity.
"Good."
Lee had a prideful smirk on his face as he epted Hudson''s appreciation. He said as he stood there staring at the unflinching me.
He then skimmed through the faces under the fire''s illumination.
"From here on, you will actively attack and increase yourbat experience. Your enemy could be monsters or cultivators, so be on alert.
I will stay out of the fight and umte the loot. Be it beast cores or artefacts of cultivators, we will share them among ourselves at the end of the day.
Act ordingly and show me the results of your resolve."
Lee Shen then asked the students to select a leader. He did not forget to mention that one person could only be a leader for one day. After that, the person would have to step down and let another take the lead.
Gillian was selected unanimously and he was happy about it. Without any dy, Gillian took on the role of a leader and led the team.
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It was almost 6 in the morning when the daylight began to spread over the horizon. The refreshing warmth was mind-soothing for Lee, but not for the students.
The 13 students were tired and could feel pain all over their body. Yet, their eyes disyed a reddish hue of anger.
Under the leadership of Gillian, the students unknowingly walked towards the ss Scorpion underground nest. The scouting scorpions alerted the main force and the cave mouth began to outpour numerous adult ss Scorpions.
Somehow, the intimidating stingers and pincers were ineffective in scaring the students. They did not retreat at this sight but stood strong with their conviction that they can beat this horde.
Without hesitation, the students charged forward with their elemental affinities. Fire and Ice rampaged the grasnd as the sound of shattering ss resonated in the air.
[Quite a spectacle.]
Hudson could onlyment at the scene below as Lee Shen levitated in the air. He was at the sidelines and observed the activities of the students and the monster horde.
Lee was able to assume that the new enhancement has enabled the students to charge ahead fearlessly. He could see that their belief was not baseless.
Within a minute, the grasnd was decorated with ice and wind reflecting the beauty of fiery mes. Lee was surprised to see the vigour with which each attack shot forward at the ss Scorpion horde.
Lee Shen heard blissful exmations as a few students found that many adult scorpions have materialised a beast core. Though they were unknown of these beasts'' affinity, this revtion made them sow more damage.
Those with swords and weapons yed their role with perfection. The weapons with Mana enhancement in agility and strength did not feel any resistance as they cur through the crystalline exterior of these scorpions.
Rivalling the melee proficiency, the elements surrounded the monsters and kept them from escaping out of the grasnd. The chilly ice wall hindered the spreading of fire.
*rumble*