Chapter 462 - 290: Let the Poison Fly for a While

Zou Feng just didn’t understand why Zhu Hongyun was targeting him.

’Is it because she’s close with the Purple Cloud Association, so she’s taking up their grudge?’

’Or does she just not like the look of me?’

But one thing was certain: Zhu Hongyun hadn’t planned to screw him over beforehand.

After all, even now, her name had yet to appear on the List of Gods.

However, that might not be the case in a little while...

"I refuse!"

"Your arrangements are unreasonable. I do practice a Body Refining Skill, but my main specializations are Poison Skills and Poison Techniques. I should be on the offensive," Zou Feng shot back, holding his ground.

Although this was Zou Feng’s first time participating in a large-scale boss battle for a monthly exam, he wasn’t completely in the dark about how it worked.

In this type of team battle, while the tank who soaks up damage is important, they tend to get the short end of the stick in the final scoring.

It was just like team sports in his past life. Scoring goals and getting points was always the top priority, and those were the positions that most easily created superstars.

Thus, Zou Feng knew very well that if he wanted to break into the top three on the scoreboard, he had to be in a DPS role.

Besides, the risk of dying or being seriously injured was naturally higher for the tank.

"You..."

Zhu Hongyun’s expression darkened instantly. "Zou Feng, are you really going to defy me?"

Zou Feng shrugged. "What, if your orders are unreasonable, people aren’t allowed to defy them? There’s no rule about that in the monthly exam!"

"Besides, you can be the team commander. You think no one else can?"

His words caused an immediate uproar.

The disciples all began to size up Zou Feng, murmuring among themselves.

"So that’s Zou Feng? Wait, did he say he’s a Poison Cultivator, and that he’s the head Spirit Chef at the Dining Hall?"

"He’s even wilder than the rumors say... Offending the Purple Cloud Association wasn’t enough, now he has to add the Tianxiang Association to the list..."

"But I feel like Zhu Hongyun is the one deliberately giving him a hard time."

Disciples were forbidden from fighting amongst themselves during the monthly exam’s team boss battle.

Thus, even though Zhu Hongyun’s face was so livid it looked like thunder, she could only grit her teeth and bear it for now.

"Zhu Hongyun, we’re running out of time... Let’s just handle the other assignments first..." a disciple familiar with her whispered from the side.

Arguing like this would get them nowhere. If the assignments weren’t properly made soon, it would end up affecting Zhu Hongyun’s score as commander.

"Zou Feng. Fine. You’re... very good!" In the end, Zhu Hongyun just shot Zou Feng a sinister smile.

Zou Feng waved a hand dismissively. "Enough. Your threats are useless on me. How about this: after the monthly exam, we’ll go to the Dao Discussion Platform. We’ll determine who’s superior, and we’ll decide matters of life and death."

Zhu Hongyun’s name wasn’t in the top one hundred of the Outer Sect’s potential rankings, so Zou Feng wasn’t intimidated in the slightest.

’Besides, she’s just an Outer Disciple. Even as a member of the Tianxiang Association, how many resources could she really mobilize?’

As for Zou Feng’s proposal to meet on the Dao Discussion Platform, Zhu Hongyun just let out a cold snort and ignored him.

Zou Feng then went back to standing with the main offensive group.

Someone beside him immediately whispered, "You’ve got guts, Brother Zou! But you’d better be careful from now on. Those beauties from the Tianxiang Association really know how to hold a grudge..."

Zou Feng nodded. "True enough."

He had just checked the List of Gods, and sure enough, Zhu Hongyun’s name was on it.

’Tsk. How petty can a person be? She already wants to kill me over this?’

’Too bad for her. She’s just asking to be killed.’

It was only because this was Zou Feng’s first time participating in this kind of monthly exam, and he was genuinely unfamiliar with it.

Otherwise, he really would have tried to see if he could just snatch the commander position for himself.

The dispute between Zhu Hongyun and Zou Feng was just a minor hiccup; it didn’t affect the overall mission assignments.

After all, the monthly exam was no child’s play. A single misstep could lead to an incredibly high casualty rate.

Occasionally, there were even tragic instances of entire teams getting wiped out.

It was precisely because the attrition rate for Outer Disciples was so high that the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect basically accepted anyone who applied.

Either way, it was a process of raising them like Gu—survival of the fittest—or they were just cannon fodder for campaigns in the Outer Realm.

RUMBLE RUMBLE RUMBLE...

Amidst the earth-shaking rumble, a giant monster that looked like a hundred-meter-long centipede burst out of the ground not far away.

The Hundred-legged Ancestor of Biyou Palace would look like a baby centipede next to this monster.

"Attention, everyone! This is an insectoid Alien Race with obvious poisonous characteristics! Those who know detoxification skills and those who brought Antitoxic Pills, prepare yourselves!"

"Judging by its shell, it must be incredibly tough and extremely difficult to damage..."

"Everyone, prepare for a long fight!"

Zhu Hongyun’s voice, enhanced by a Skill, carried clearly to everyone’s ears.

No one ever knew what kind of large-scale Alien Race would appear in the monthly exam until it fully revealed itself.

Once it appeared, the commander needed to use their experience to make a preliminary assessment of its general characteristics and methods, then immediately arrange the team’s formation accordingly.

However, when it came to this kind of poisonous creature, there was no way Zhu Hongyun could be more familiar with it than Zou Feng.

Thus, in a short amount of time, Zou Feng had already gathered more extensive and comprehensive information than she had.

Zou Feng could tell at a glance that this creature’s venom wasn’t particularly potent.

Its most powerful Poison Gland had likely been removed.

’The proctors who arranged the monthly exam must have done it to lower the difficulty.’

’Otherwise, if this thing’s most powerful Poison Gland had been left intact, none of the other disciples here—besides me—would have even stood a chance.’

"Kill!"

With a sharp cry from Zhu Hongyun, the monthly exam’s team boss battle officially began.

Hundreds of Skill-based attacks burst forth, a dazzling display of light. Like a meteor shower streaking across the sky, they rained down relentlessly on the giant centipede.