Chapter 23: Turning the Tide, Nangong Siyao Captured

Outside the dense thickets, the roars of beasts filled the air.

"Roar!!" With a fierce roar, two Steel Lions charged into the swarm of demon snakes, crushing four fifth-rank snakes underfoot, leaving them battered and near death.

The two Yellow-Striped Tigers opened their massive jaws, swiftly biting down on the heads of two sixth-rank snakes, shattering them with a crunch. The two sixth-rank snakes were finished!

Leading the charge was the Black-Striped Leopard, moving like a phantom, its speed incredibly swift.

**[Shadow Phantom: Speed increased fourfold]**

Whoosh! The Black-Striped Leopard moved too quickly to be seen, the onlookers only glimpsing a shadow flickering by.

"Roar!" A seventh-rank snake's vital spot was bitten through, emitting a death cry before succumbing to its fate.

"Hahaha! More!"

The Black-Striped Leopard laughed heartily, a shadow flashing once more as it charged at another seventh-rank snake, weaving through the fifth and sixth-rank snakes with an S-shaped maneuver.

"Hiss!" The seventh-rank snake, unable to evade in time, fell to the Black-Striped Leopard's jaws.

"Kill! This mission is in the bag, but what's that White Fox doing?"

"It's hiding in the bushes, too cowardly. Really, it's just been staying hidden."

"As long as it doesn't drag us down, it doesn't matter!"

The hunting team could afford to banter while slaying snakes, but their words dripped with disdain and scorn for the White Fox.

Watching the Leopard Hunting Team revel in their slaughter, Cheng Bingxi spoke up, "Something's wrong! I smell the stench of an eighth-rank snake."

"These seventh-ranks are just bait; there are at least four eighth-ranks lying in ambush!"

As an SSS-ranked template summoned beast, the Two-Tailed White Fox detected subtle differences in the air, allowing Xiao Ye to confirm the presence of eighth-ranks.

"Roar!!" Suddenly, from the dense trees and thickets, four powerful King Cobras emerged, exuding formidable auras!

**[Illusory Confusion: A mental skill that traps enemies in an illusion, affecting groups]**

After the four King Cobra Kings used their skill, the two Steel Lions and two Yellow-Striped Tigers were trapped in illusions. To them, the surroundings hadn't changed, but they saw each other as seventh-rank snakes.

"Roar!" "Roar!"

The Steel Lions and Yellow-Striped Tigers began fighting each other.

The Black-Striped Leopard, unaffected by the illusion, found itself surrounded by the four eighth-rank King Cobra Kings!

"Damn it, this is trouble!" In the Black-Striped Leopard's mind, the captain and vice-captain were anxious.

Their anxiety grew when they saw a Two-Tailed White Fox casually strolling out from the thicket, moving with an elegant grace.

Damn it! It's a burden!

The Black-Striped Leopard cursed inwardly, shouting, "White Fox, get out of here!"

Bang! The Black-Striped Leopard was struck by a King Cobra King's tail, slamming into the ground, creating a small crater.

Eighth-ranks were vastly stronger than seventh-ranks, and even the peak seventh-rank Black-Striped Leopard was overpowered.

**[Godly Charm: Confuses enemies' minds, affecting groups]**

Full power!

A mental wave emanated from the Two-Tailed Sacred White Fox, affecting all present, including the snakes, King Cobra Kings, Lions, and Tigers.

"Buzz!"

It was as if someone had pressed pause; all beasts and summoned creatures, except the Black-Striped Leopard, froze in place.

The Two-Tailed White Fox elegantly stepped forward, pulling the Black-Striped Leopard from the crater, asking, "Captain, are you okay?"

"No problem, you're at the seventh rank?" The Black-Striped Leopard was stunned, then charged at the eighth-rank King Cobra Kings.

Bang! The Leopard's kick barely scratched an eighth-rank beast.

"Such tough hides?"

As the Black-Striped Leopard struggled with the eighth-ranks, the Two-Tailed White Fox moved, breaking the sound barrier as it targeted the snakes' vital spots.

**[Absolute True Damage: Physical attacks ignore enemy defenses, dealing 100% true damage]**

"Slash! Slash! Slash! Slash!"

Four slicing sounds echoed as the White Fox's sharp claws severed the King Cobra Kings into pieces.

Target: the vital spot.

Four eighth-rank King Cobra Kings, defeated!

"Wow, so powerful!?" The Black-Striped Leopard exclaimed, having struggled to break through the eighth-ranks' defenses, while the White Fox easily shattered them.

The Steel Lions and Yellow-Striped Tigers awoke, speechless at the sight.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The Two-Tailed White Fox unleashed its powerful strength, and in a series of sounds, all the demon snakes fell dead.

Against the seventh ranks, the White Fox only needed physical strength, without using its innate skills.

As for the fifth and sixth ranks, they were nothing before the White Fox.

"This is clearly a seventh-rank White Fox, who said it was fifth-rank? I'll fight them!"

"Damn, this SSS-ranked seventh-rank alone crushed us all."

"Uh, it seems we were the burden!"

"If only the White Fox would stay in the Leopard Hunting Team!"

"Yeah, we should change captains. With the White Fox leading, what does any award matter?"

Watching the Two-Tailed White Fox's elegant combat, the Leopard Hunting Team members became onlookers, their attitude shifting dramatically, even discussing keeping the White Fox as the captain.

Black-Striped Leopard: "..."

Is it really appropriate to discuss changing captains in front of the current captain?

Four eighth-rank cores, three seventh-rank cores, ten sixth-rank cores, twenty fifth-rank cores.

The Two-Tailed White Fox, feeling satisfied, counted the bloodied cores extracted from the snakes.

"Is it okay if I take these cores?" The White Fox asked.

"No problem, of course not!"

"Yeah, big brother, you keep them!"

"These are all your spoils, we have no objections!"

The Hunting Team's summoned beasts eagerly agreed.

To them, the Two-Tailed White Fox was a prodigy capable of defeating beasts beyond its rank! It was a big brother! A new leader to guide them to glory!

"Help!"

A clear and melodious voice cried out from afar.

Xiao Ye's expression changed; it was Nangong Siyao's cry for help!

The Two-Tailed White Fox, its face serious, darted towards the sound.

Soon, it reached the outskirts of the Demon Snake Forest, kilometers away.

Nangong Siyao was entangled by a serpent-like beast with small round horns on its head, its foul-smelling head poised above hers.

"Ah!" Nangong Siyao was terrified, her face drained of color, her beautiful eyes wide with fear as she stared at the serpent's head.

A Jiao!

An eighth-rank demon Jiao! The son of the current Grandmaster-level Beast King Jiao!

With noble blood, it naturally controlled demon snakes!