As the sky gradually turned bright, Lin Yun arrived at the meetup point.

 The person in front of him had blue eyes and long hair. He was Song Junming.

 Lin Yun did not decide on whether or not he should greet Song Junming, but Song Junming was already smiling apologetically and extending his right hand. “Junior Lin Yun, I’m very sorry about what happened that day. I didn’t expect that your Spirit would be in such a wounded state from the previous injuries. Because of that, the Spiritual Attack meant to inflict a little headache ended up sending you to the hospital.”

 Wounded Spiritual State? Lin Yun instantly understood. His Spiritual Strength had yet to reach Level 1 at that time, so it appeared as if he was in an injured state.

 Lin Yun saw Song Junming’s gentle smile and felt good about this easy-going man. He extended his right hand as well and shook hands with Song Junming.

 Lin Yun then asked, “Senior Song, are you perhaps the team leader for this trial?”

 Song Junming nodded slightly and said with a smile, “That’s right. According to the College’s rules, all first-years must be led by a senior in the Year 1 trials. I will be your team leader.”

 After he said that, he suddenly frowned and looked at Lin Yun before saying slowly, “However, it seems like the school sabotaged this random draw and placed all the people who hold grudges against you into this team.”

“What?” Lin Yun hurriedly asked.

 “That’s right. I can be counted as part of that group. Apart from me, Dongfang Ruoxue and Li Tian are also in this team. The last person is called Ren Ming. I heard that he’s an admirer of Dongfang Ruoxue.” Song Junming explained and looked at Lin Yun with a worried expression.

 Lin Yun was stunned before he made sense of everything. Guo Yun was probably behind this. He clenched his fists and said coldly, “Anything can happen during the trial period. If they try to start a fight, I’ll show them that I’m not someone to be trifled with.”

 Soon, Dongfang Ruoxue and the rest arrived. They immediately stared angrily at Lin Yun upon arrival,

 “All here?” Song Junming glanced around and said loudly, “Our goal for this task is to go deep into the Blue Sea Forest and each obtain a Blue Frog’s egg. Before we leave, I want to emphasize one thing.”

 Song Junming looked at the group and said loudly, “Even though the Blue Sea Forest is relatively safe, there are countless people who lose their lives in this forest every year. I hope that you can set your grudges aside for now and work together.”

 After that, he said with a serious expression, “If anyone attempts to seek retaliation or revenge during this period, don’t blame me for reporting him to the school, resulting in expulsion!”

 Under Song Junming’s stern glance, Dongfang Ruoxue and the rest dialed back on the hostility in their glances. Lin Yun nodded to himself and felt much closer to Song Junming.

 Then, under Song Junming’s leadership, the five of them got into a diamond formation and headed off for the Blue Sea Forest.

 Lin Yun was at the back of the squad. He felt a strong sense of disdain as he watched Li Tian wiggle his butt around in the blue tracksuit.

 “Be careful!”

 Song Junming suddenly raised his hand, and a small object flew from his hand at lightning speed. It pinned a creature to a nearby tree, causing branches to sway and leaves to fall.

 Everyone saw a metal needle around three inches in length pinning a thumb-sized red mosquito to the tree. It was still struggling before its death.

 “Blood-sucking Poisonous Mosquito!”

 Lin Yun exhaled deeply and felt a strong sense of fear. He knew from the information on Skynet that he would fall into a deep coma if stung by a Poisonous Mosquito. At the same time, his body would emit a unique scent that would attract other Poisonous Mosquitoes to him. Although one or two of them were not lethal, a swarm of them could suck a whole mature bull dry.

Song Junming said in a low voice, “Poisonous Mosquitoes should not be active during this season. Could this mean that someone disturbed their hibernation?”

 Lin Yun suddenly saw a creature and pointed at it. “Big Blue Toad!”

 “Trash Lin, you dare to scold me? I’ll beat you up!” Li Tian suddenly turned around angrily. However, he realized that he was mistaken when he saw everyone looking in the direction Lin Yun pointed at.

 A huge blue frog was under a dying tree. It was the size of a goat and had brown wave patterns over its body. This frog’s eyes were closed as it faced everyone.

 “This looks like the Blue Frog that should only exist deep inside the Blue Sea Forest. Is it asleep?” Dongfang Ruoxue cautiously asked.

 Song Junming closed his eyes and approached it. Soon, he opened his eyes and said slowly, “My Spiritual Detection did not pick up any signs of life. It’s dead. Its eyes have been taken as well.”

 He flicked open the Blue Frog’s eyelids with the sword in his hand. As expected, there was a huge chunk of flesh missing. Plenty of blue blood flowed out onto the ground.

 “That’s too cruel. Who would do such a thing to the most gentle Blue Frog in the Blue Sea Forest?” Dongfang Ruoxue asked.

 Song Junming faced forward. It was as if he could see through the entire Blue Sea Forest. He said calmly, “The blood isn’t dry yet. It’s obviously a fresh death. If I’m not wrong, we have encountered some poachers. Everyone, be careful and stay alert.”

 Poachers!

 Lin Yun was stunned. The most dangerous things in this entire Blue Sea Forest were poachers. These poachers were all criminals who hunted not only animals but humans as well inside the forest. During their long careers, these poachers all had plenty of blood on their hands. Normal students would not be able to fight them off.

 Song Junming remained calm and said, “The appearance of poachers has made this trial very dangerous. Now, let me get your opinions. Should we head back? Or do we keep going?”

 “Of course we should head back. This is just a trial. Who’s going to joke with their lives?” The quiet Ren Ming suddenly spoke up and turned around.

 Dongfang Ruoxue suddenly shouted loudly, “No! We haven’t even finished the trial mission yet. How can we retreat?”

 “Why not?” Ren Ming had already gotten quite far. He was enraged. “I’m just a Year 1 freshman. It’s unfortunate enough that I got a Trial Mission usually meant for Year 3 students. There’s no way I’ll joke around with my life. Even though I love beautiful women, I love my own life more.”

 “Bam!”

 A loud gunshot was heard. Just as Ren Ming finished his sentence, his brain exploded into pieces like a watermelon.

 “Run after me!” Song Junming instantly shouted. Everyone quickly followed him deep into the forest.

 Li Tian panted heavily and asked loudly, “Senior Song, what’s going on? Why are we running deep into the forest?”

 Song Junming had a very serious expression. “I think that we’ve been targeted by poachers.”

 “Poachers!” Everyone was stunned.

 “That shot just now was definitely fired from over 500 meters away. If I’m not mistaken, they purposely left the Blue Frog as a trap for us to discover. The purpose was to attract our attention so that they could surround us.”

 Song Junming exhaled and continued, “Ren Ming’s retreat disturbed their plan to surround us. Hence, they hurriedly took that shot. Since they planned to surround us, their first step would be to cut off our retreat path. Therefore, it’s safer to run deeper into the forest.”

 Dongfang Ruoxue nodded. “We’re too big of a target when gathered together. How about we split up and regroup at the Hong Bo Ancient Tomb?”

 This suggestion was very reasonable. The four of them instantly split up and ran in different directions.

 After running for a few kilometers, Lin Yun slowed down and controlled his breathing. Soon, he blended into the Blue Sea Forest, as if he was a piece of leaf.

 “Thump, thump, thump!”

 His surroundings were completely silent. Lin Yun could hear his own heartbeat very clearly. A gentle breeze passed by and leaves rustled around him. He arched his back and tiptoed towards the Hong Bo Ancient Tomb. At the same time, he concentrated on his Spiritual Strength in preparation for any potential danger.

 Suddenly, he felt an alarming warning sign and quickly rolled forward.

 “Bam!”

 Accompanied by a loud gunshot, a bullet landed where Lin Yun was standing. If Lin Yun was not highly concentrated, he would surely suffer a headshot.

 “Bam, bam, bam!”

 Three consecutive gunshots were heard, and Lin Yun dodged them all. Lin Yun realized that he was exposed and ran forward at max speed. He felt helpless about his bad luck, as this poacher focused on him out of everyone there.

 “Eh? This kid looks like a fifteen-year-old student. How can he dodge my triple shot? Can it be that his Physical Strength has already reached Level 4?”

 In a thick bush in the distance, a one-eyed man holding a sniper rifle observed Lin Yun’s movements through his scope. He smiled and revealed his yellow teeth.

“This prey is rather interesting.”