Chapter 76: I Have A Favor To Ask Of You

  After Su Ming's injury was fully recovered, he moved his lower body and just as he got up, he felt a gaze with hidden killing intent staring at him. At this time, he subconsciously retreated three steps. When he saw Xiao Ling staring at him, Su Ming's whole body trembled.

  "You're awake." Su Ming tried his best to calm himself down and appear more composed.

  Xiao Ling's expressionless face nodded: "Does what you said last night count?"

  "What did I say last night?" Su Ming was somewhat taken aback by Xiao Ling's change and for a moment didn't know what Xiao Ling was saying.

  "You're giving me directions and making me your deputy?" Xiao Ling said, her brow furrowed slightly, although the expression was less cold than yesterday.

  "This is it, I'm sure it's okay, I guarantee that the task will be completed within two days." Su Ming let out a sigh of relief, and a faint smile appeared on his face. Fortunately, Xiao Ling didn't continue to fight with him desperately, or else he really wouldn't have known what to do.

  The rest of the team saw Su Ming and Xiao Ling working together, a stone in their hearts was finally put down, and a smile appeared on their faces. With these two cooperating, their days became easier, and they were also confident in completing their tasks. Even Mu Tian didn't mind that his deputy captain position had been taken by Su Ming.

  Under Su Ming's lead, the crowd was no longer troubled by the swampy terrain, and their walking speed gradually increased. However, as they went deeper into the swamp, the more numerous the swamps became, making the road increasingly difficult to walk. But Su Ming still managed to find a relatively dry path from among the many swamps, although it took them a very long time to do so.

  Everyone knows that without Su Ming, they would not be able to find their target and might even get stuck in the swamp.

  Although they only killed one fourth-order demon beast in a day, no one complained, and even Xiao Ling had some admiration for Su Ming. Even if Su Ming had been to the swamp before, he couldn't have avoided these swamps so easily and still found the most suitable task target for them.

  After resting for a night, the team set out again and this time found a mid-fourth-order demon beast in just one morning. Under the cooperation of Su Ming and Xiao Ling, the mid-fourth-order demon beast was easily killed. After completing two tasks, everyone's face showed a smile, but Su Ming had a heavy expression.

  "Why are you frowning? Don't you know where the Starlight Sable is?" Mu Tian asked, furrowing his brow.

  Su Ming shook his head and didn't speak. Earlier, he had learned from the little demon that the Mortal Realm team was lying in wait on the only path to the Starlight Musk Deer's territory. For the past few days, they hadn't been doing any tasks, but were instead waiting for something. As for what they were waiting for, it didn't take much thought to figure it out.

  "What's wrong? Why are you frowning?" Mu Tian asked with some concern.

  Su Ming's image in their minds has been deified, and it seems that there is nothing Su Ming doesn't know in this swamp. At this moment, Su Ming's brow furrowed, making them worry that something might have gone wrong with the task.

  "The Fang Xinjing squad has already taken a step ahead of us." Su Ming hesitated for a moment, but still decided to tell them the truth.

  "What? They're one step ahead of us? How is that possible, did their team also have an expert like you?" Mu Tian said with a surprised expression.

  "I don't know about that, I just have a premonition that they will ambush us on our way to Xing Guang Chong." Su Ming said with some depression.

  "They're quite bold, actually daring to ambush us. It seems they've been underestimating us." Mu Tian clenched his fist and sneered.

  "I've been wanting to take them in for a long time."

  "This time, I must let them see the difference between the mortal world and the pre-heavenly realm."

  "Su Ming, are you certain?" Xiao Ling narrowed her eyes, a hint of an unusual expression on her face.

  Su Ming nodded: "My premonition you are not unaware of, has always been very spiritual, and I feel that the ambush of the Fang Xinjing team this time has a murderous aura."

  "Is there a killing aura? What does it mean?" Mu Tian was stunned for a moment, asking inquiringly.

  "You're stupid, they want our lives." A congenital realm teenager said with a curl of his lip.

  As soon as he finished speaking, the entire Xiantian Boundary team was stunned, including himself.

  "How is this possible? Are they daring to ignore the orders of the Western City Prefecture?" Mu Tian asked back.

  "What do you think we relied on to complete the first two tasks this time?" Su Ming said with a hint of bitter smile.

  "What about Captain Xiao's command, your guidance and everyone's unity?" Mu Tian thought for a moment before speaking up.

  "Now that you know, do you think Team Van Heart can complete the task ahead of us?" Su Ming asked.

  Su Ming finished speaking, and everyone looked at each other in surprise, their faces quickly revealing a knowing expression.

  "You mean they knew they couldn't complete the task, so they gave up and blocked us from completing it too?" Mu Tian guessed.

  "It's more or less what I meant, mainly how they found the Starlight Ferret, that's the part worth thinking about." Su Ming said with a nod, trying to steer their thoughts in one direction.

  "Maybe there's someone like you in their team too?" a congenital realm youth spoke up.

  "Since we know they'll intercept us halfway, what's there to worry about? We'll just have a battle with them later. Can't we, who are at the Pre-Heaven level, defeat someone at the Mortal Heart level?"

  "Let's wipe them out and see if they're still arrogant."

  Su Ming looked at the martial artists with high emotions and sighed in his heart. Originally, he wanted to persuade these people not to fight against the Mortal Realm team as much as possible, but unexpectedly, it didn't work out and instead became a catalyst. It seems that a bloody battle is unavoidable now.

  Su Ming walked up to Xiao Ling's side, beckoned him over with a wave of his hand, and led him aside before speaking in a low voice: "Can I ask you for something?"

  "What's going on? Are you going to ask me for something?" Xiao Ling asked in confusion.

  Su Ming nodded.

  "Speak," Xiao Ling said in a low voice.

  "Later on, if you encounter ordinary players, don't kill them, just injure them." Su Ming said with a slight smile.

  "Why? I don't understand what you mean." Xiao Ling showed a puzzled expression and asked.

  "Don't you think this mission is a bit fishy? Don't you think the things that happened at the Wu Zhe training camp were intentionally arranged by Zhou Changlao? Don't you think it's strange that the Fang Xinjing team can arrive before us?" Su Ming asked with a serious expression.

  "Are you saying that Xicheng Prefecture wants the two of us to kill each other?" Xiao Ling's eyebrows furrowed slightly, a hint of anger on her face.

  Su Ming nodded silently.

  "I won't make the first move, but what about the safety of my teammates? You should know that the number of people in the Fang Xin team is three times ours. Although we are all congenital cultivators, not everyone can withstand the attack of three Fang Xin realm masters. I don't want to see my teammates get hurt." Xiao Ling said with displeasure.