They traveled in silence, focusing solely on moving forward and ignoring any ferocious beasts they encountered. Su Yang, following behind, engaged in several battles, but fortunately, the beasts were not of high rank and could be killed without much effort.

Just as Su Yang was still chasing the traces left by the elemental reaction, the cloud radar suddenly reacted. The radar showed that there were 8 objects 100 meters ahead, 6 of which were constantly changing positions. Su Yang judged that they should be the same 6 people from before. They must have encountered two ferocious beasts fighting. So Su Yang slowly approached, went around to a higher place, and hid behind a rock to observe the situation below.

In the distance, there was a valley-like landscape, and the sounds of fighting came from the valley entrance. Upon closer inspection, it was indeed the six people who were fighting two ferocious beasts.

"What kind of ferocious beast is that? I've never seen it before," Su Yang asked Die'er.

“They are Mountain Beasts, cloud elementals, unpredictable in their temper, and fond of killing. Of these two, the larger one should be rank A, while the smaller one is probably only rank B.” After observing for a while, Die’er made a basic judgment.

"You could tell that? How did you do it?" Su Yang asked, somewhat surprised.

"Don't you think about how long I've lived? These are all skills accumulated from experience. You can do it too when you've seen more of the world," Die'er replied to Su Yang with some pride.

"Okay, let's observe and see what happens."

The mountain beasts were enormous, resembling brown bears, with the larger one boasting striking, blood-red wings. The Blood Squad was locked in fierce combat with one, but held the upper hand. The larger beast had been struck by several arrows, and one of its wings had been severed; it was now in a frenzy. The smaller beast was in even worse shape, both its claws severed, and it lay dying on the ground. The Blood Squad, on the other hand, remained intact. One wounded guard was receiving treatment, while the remaining guard, a vanguard, and a flying archer were attacking the larger beast, and a rogue was lurking in a corner, preparing to kill the smaller one.

With a mournful howl, the Stalker had succeeded. The Little Mountain Grimm had lost its life force. Sensing this, the Great Mountain Grimm seemed to regain its depleted strength. It roared angrily and charged at the Stalker with all its might, as if to avenge the Little Mountain Grimm by taking the Stalker's head. Just as it was charging towards the Stalker, blood gushed from the cut surfaces of its two wings. The power of the Cloud Element suddenly activated, and a pair of wings materialized behind it. With a powerful flap, it leaped high into the air and grabbed at the Archer with one claw. It turned out that it had pretended to attack the Stalker, but its real purpose was to kill the Archer.

Lin Anlan remained calm and dodged backward while drawing his bow and firing an arrow with all his might. A wave of fire swept out with the arrow, and the Mountain Beast, unable to dodge in time, took the hit head-on. A violent explosion occurred in the sky, and then an object fell from the sky and crashed heavily to the ground. The Mountain Beast was completely killed.

"This is the woman who shot me with that arrow." Su Yang exclaimed, "She looks very young, but she already possesses such terrifying strength."

"It seems the battle is over. There are at least three Rank 6 elementals in this group of adventurers, and the remaining three should all be Rank 5," Die'er commented after watching the battle.

Su Yang quietly left the rock and cautiously made his way towards the Blood Squad. He thought they were resting and wouldn't notice him, but as soon as he entered the nearby woods, an arrow shot out and landed on a tree next to him. Lin Anlan's voice followed: "Friend, we let you go earlier, but you still followed us. What is your purpose? Why don't you show yourself?"

Su Yang paused and considered for a while before finally deciding to leave. Not only was he unable to communicate normally, but misunderstandings might arise and lead to an unnecessary battle. Su Yang quietly retreated, leaving the woods and moving to the maximum range that the radar could detect.

Having not seen Su Yang for a long time, Zhang Wenbo grew anxious and raised his shield to rush into the woods, but Lin Anlan stopped him: "He hasn't shown himself for so long, he's probably already gone. There's no need to chase him anymore. Our formation is in disarray, let's treat the wounded first, and then set off." After saying that, she continued to keep watch on Su Yang's direction. She couldn't figure out Su Yang's intentions, so she could only remain vigilant. After the guard was healed, the group continued on their way.

Seeing that the six dots on the radar had begun to move, Su Yang slowly followed. Passing by the battlefield, he couldn't help but sigh at the ferocity of the battle, seeing the bloodstains all over the ground. The two mountain beasts, one large and one small, were dead without any complete corpses, but those people didn't take anything of value from them. This made Su Yang wonder: "Could it be that they really went for a great opportunity?"

Die'er then reminded him, "As far as I know, the Mountain Slaughter Beast only operates within the Ten Thousand Beast Valley. Su Yang, we should have already reached the heart of Wanji Mountain—the Ten Thousand Beast Valley. There are a large number of ferocious beasts here, and they are all quite powerful. It is even possible that an S-class ferocious beast will be born here. You must be careful."

Die'er's words sent a chill down Su Yang's spine. He said, "Then can we not go in or take a detour?"

Butterfly shook her head: "If we take a detour, we don't know when we'll get there, and besides, the stream where you're going to catch fish is also in this valley."

"..." Su Yang was silent for a while: "Then why didn't you say earlier that the place where you caught fish was so dangerous?"

"You didn't even ask."

......

Su Yang still entered the valley and continued to track the elemental reaction traces of the Blood Squad. Along the way, he encountered the Blood Squad fighting many times, with the ferocious beasts becoming stronger each time. However, Su Yang rarely encountered any ferocious beasts. Su Yang guessed two possibilities: one was that the Blood Squad had cleared the obstacles ahead, and the other was that they had been using elemental power to travel, and these ferocious beasts were attracted by the elemental reactions, triggering the battles. After thinking it over, Su Yang still felt that the latter was more likely.

As the number and intensity of battles continued to rise, the Blood Squad gradually felt exhausted. Although they had already reached the Crimson Storm level and could easily defeat A-level ferocious beasts, even the fiercest Crimson Storm level squad had to think twice before facing so many high-intensity battles against A-level ferocious beasts.

After slaying an A-rank goldenback ape, the Blood Squad was completely injured. The healers' healing speed was much slower than before, and they were all facing a state of depletion of elemental power. Lin Anlan hesitated. In the current state of the team, not to mention whether they could reach their destination, they didn't even know if they could get out of the Valley of Ten Thousand Beasts alive. She looked at her teammates and saw that they were all looking at her with firm eyes. In that instant, she felt the same sense of trust as before.

"Let's retreat, let's go back," Lin Anlan said to his team members.

"What?" Zhang Wenbo was the first to speak, his voice filled with disbelief: "Captain, we've already arrived here. According to intelligence, after passing the Valley of Ten Thousand Beasts and climbing Wan'an Peak, we'll reach our destination. How can we retreat now?"

"Wenbo, we might not even survive this Valley of Ten Thousand Beasts, let alone Wan'an Peak. I don't want any of you to die." Lin Anlan turned her head away.

“I disagree, and no one else will agree either. Becoming a top-tier Crimson Storm-level adventurer has always been our dream. If all else fails, we’ll use demonic transformation. I refuse to believe that the Valley of Ten Thousand Beasts can stop us.” Zhang Wenbo punched the tree trunk hard.

Lin Anlan looked at the other team members, who all shook their heads in disagreement with her decision. Taking a deep breath, she said, "Alright, let's not use elemental power for the rest of the journey. It's getting dark, so let's find a safe place to recover our physical and mental strength before setting off again."

So the Blood Squad members, supporting each other, left the scene of the battle under the cover of twilight, seeking a safe place to rest. Su Yang followed behind, and when he saw them stop moving on the radar, he said to Die'er, "They've stopped; they must be resting. Where should we rest? Is there a safe place in this valley?"

"That's simple. We'll find a dense forest and let the Sky-Splitting Tiger claim a territory. That way, even S-rank ferocious beasts will have to think twice." Die'er seemed indifferent, looking around as if the Valley of Ten Thousand Beasts was just a place for leisure.

"That makes sense!" Su Yang thought it was right. He often saw lions and tigers patrolling their territories in animal world programs, and he guessed that the operation of Little Orange marking its territory in this world should be the same. After releasing Little Orange, he told it to mark a territory that wasn't too big. After hearing this, Little Orange revealed its original Sky-Splitting Tiger form, let out a low growl, and then transformed back into its kitten form. Su Yang was dumbfounded: "It's finished already?"

Butterfly chuckled and said, "Otherwise, do you think it's going to go out for a stroll and pee everywhere? Hahahaha."

"All right...."

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