CHAPTER 717: CHAPTER 717: COORDINATED COMBAT

"Damn it!"

Thinking of being deceived, Ji You was so agitated that she almost hopped with anger. However, being naturally cautious about the unknown, discovering the deception was fortunately not too late.

In about 2 minutes, the long-eared rabbit group would charge over. Xuzhou and Zhang Ye hadn’t returned to the team at the agreed time, which could only mean that they were blocked by the Star Beast Group.

Where exactly?

Ji You needed to figure out a way to bring them back.

So, Ji You turned to Shen Changqing and the others and said, "Teammates! Remember, this is neither a test nor a mere assessment! Don’t try to outdo yourselves or compete for glory; caution is the top priority! Later, pair up in twos for combat cooperation, decide the pairs among yourselves!"

"The main force must not scatter; we must stay together and cooperate."

"Most of us are not wearing armor or in Mechas right now, so don’t get injured!" Getting hurt by a Star Beast, even a minor scratch, might lead to an X toxin infection, at best resulting in amputation or organ replacement, or at worst, death...

This is no joke.

"While I’m away from the team, everyone must follow Shen Changqing’s commands, and no one is allowed to act independently."

After speaking, Ji You said to Chu Jiaojiao, "Jiaojiao, you come with me! We’ll go bring Little Zhouzhou and Zhang Ye back."

Xuzhou and Zhang Ye were sent out by Ji You, and she guessed that they couldn’t be far from the residence.

Chu Jiaojiao hopped over: "Okay!"

As Ji You had predicted, when she opened the door and had just stepped out a few steps with Chu Jiaojiao, they saw that 500 meters from the residence, Xuzhou and Zhang Ye were battling with a huge long-eared rabbit, with several other students also struggling against the long-eared rabbit group.

Ji You frowned:

That’s a level 3 long-eared rabbit.

Very dangerous.

Ji You was skilled in long-range sniping; at this distance, if she had a sniper rifle, or perhaps a bow and arrow—

Unfortunately, she only had an energy machete in her hands.

But!

Ji You bent down, casually picked up a stone, squinted her eyes, and shouted loudly, "Xuzhou!"

"Behind you!"

Swoosh—

Ji You forcefully threw the stone over.

A slight breaking sound in the air, coupled with Ji You’s warning, made Xuzhou jump back a few meters. Seeing its opponent retreating, the level 3 long-eared rabbit bared its teeth and pounced fiercely towards Xuzhou!

At that moment, Zhang Ye immediately dashed over, his Energy Sword swishing through the air, stabbing the long-eared rabbit in the abdomen.

Ji You shouted, "Retreat!"

The long-eared rabbit squealed in pain, becoming more ferocious. Xuzhou and Zhang Ye had timely retreated a dozen meters.

Swoosh—

Ji You’s second stone, once again precisely hitting the continually bleeding abdomen of the level 3 long-eared rabbit.

"Chirp!"

"Chirp!"

"Chirp!"

Wounded upon wounded!

But! Neither Zhang Ye’s sword strike nor the ordinary stones thrown by Ji You could kill the level 3 long-eared rabbit in one hit; it was tough-skinned, with astounding regenerative ability. At this moment, both its speed and attack power hadn’t weakened at all.

Fortunately, the brief distraction gave Xuzhou and Zhang Ye a chance to break away from it!

Xuzhou and Zhang Ye hastily retreated, running toward Ji You and Chu Jiaojiao.

Covering for the two, Ji You and Chu Jiaojiao watched as they were about to reunite when suddenly—

A gust of wind struck!

Ji You reacted swiftly, immediately raising her hand to block the sudden attack with the back of her machete!

"Crack~"

Chu Jiaojiao backed up with a strike, directly severing the sneaky long-eared rabbit.

Level 1.

Staring at the corpse of the long-eared rabbit, Chu Jiaojiao said solemnly, "Ji You, I’ve got your back."

Ji You nodded forcefully: "Okay!"

Ji You then focused on the level 3 long-eared rabbit, continuously throwing stones to distract the ferocious creature, giving Xuzhou and Zhang Ye more time to escape.

Ji You and Chu Jiaojiao cooperated along the way, resolved 3 Level 1 long-eared rabbits, and smoothly connected with Xuzhou and Zhang Ye.

Ji You didn’t talk nonsense and directly ordered: "Retreat to the vicinity of our residence, and fight centered around our residence!"

Xuzhou and Zhang Ye nodded vigorously.

Crash~~

The Level 3 long-eared rabbit held a grudge, seeing Xuzhou and Zhang Ye escaping, it not only didn’t give up, but also chased after them relentlessly, and even glaring fiercely at Ji You with its blood-red eyes.

Zhang Ye, who had slashed it with a knife, was very hateful, but Ji You, who kept hitting its abdominal wound with stones, was obviously more hateful.

The Level 3 long-eared rabbit didn’t possess intelligence, but driven by animal instincts, it was in pain, constantly squeaking—

Especially since several stones had directly pierced into its flesh within the abdominal wound, they couldn’t be pulled out at all, causing unbearable pain, and thus it hated Ji you even more.

The ferocious Level 3 long-eared rabbit launched an attack, its first move wasn’t towards Zhang Ye or Xuzhou, but instead it turned its head, its fangs biting towards Ji You—

Zhang Ye: "Be careful!"

Ji You didn’t even blink, dodged nothing, pulled out his machete, and fiercely swung it down:

"You picked the wrong person!"

Bang! Bang! Bang!

"I’m no pushover!" Ji You said coldly, his Big Chopper smashing down violently!

One hit!

Two hits!

Three hits!

...

Bang! Bang! Bang!

With these few blows, the long-eared rabbit saw stars, its head as hard as iron, crack~

Crack~

Crack~

Continuous cracks...

"Shiiing—"

From behind, Chu Jiaojiao slashed at its large head with a knife!

Splat—

Blood flowed profusely—

The Level 3 long-eared rabbit fell to the ground, convulsing all over, Ji you leapt up and dealt another blow!

Splat—

The long-eared rabbit completely stopped moving.

Ji You didn’t even glance at this pitiful Level 3 Star Beast, tossed it into the Space Button, and immediately said: "Run!"

At this moment, Xuzhou and Zhang Ye had just cleared a Level 1 long-eared rabbit blocking their path and ran towards the residence with Ji You and Chu Jiaojiao.

Just a few meters out, they bumped into Zhong Qing and Ren An’s group, but this group was not in good condition, instead very disheveled, especially Ren An, whose abdomen had a gash, bleeding profusely...

Behind them, 5 or 6 long-eared rabbits were relentlessly chasing.

Ji You furrowed his brow: one of them was Level 2.

Two students supported Ren An, and Zhong Qing, with a face full of shame, looked at Ji You and said, "Ji... Ji You, we need help..."

Ji You waved his hand: "Double the rewards!"

Zhong Qing nodded vigorously: "Okay!"

Once again facing Ji You and the others, especially when making eye contact with Ji You, Ren An’s face flushed red and white, biting his lip hard...

Ji You glanced at him and plainly said: "Save this one, add 50 points on top!"

Ren An: "..."

Ren An’s face suddenly turned pale.

Zhong Qing quickly nodded: "Okay."

At this time, the 5 chasing long-eared rabbits had also arrived, these long-eared rabbits ferocious and fearless, charging straight at the students...

Ji You, Chu Jiaojiao, Xuzhou, and Zhang Ye formed a formation, attacked the most threatening Level 2 Star Beast, leaving the other Level 1 ones for Zhong Qing’s team.

Soon, the four of them killed the Level 2 long-eared rabbit and immediately turned towards the others.