As the leader of this operation, Chang Jiantao naturally did his homework thoroughly.
Various information about the Nightfire Spider had been preemptively investigated and clarified.
Nightfire Spider, F-Class spider-type magical beast.
Doesn't eat live food, only consumes various corpses or fruits separated from the parent body.
This magical beast is very small, about the size of a glass marble.
Coupled with its natural jungle camouflage, they are very good at stealth.
They only come out to forage at night.
And only during feeding does it emit a pentagram-shaped nightfire glow.
So it's very clear now, a bunch of Nightfire Spiders are right in their sight.
However, the glow of the Nightfire Spider is very faint, not able to illuminate the surroundings, only able to illuminate itself.
The situation over there is somewhat blurred due to lack of light, making it hard to see.
Only two figures can be seen, slowly walking this way.
"But why are these Nightfire Spiders following them?"
Chang Jiantao expressed confusion.
This question equally troubled the other students.
Those who were unresponsive were the Gatekeeper uncle and the Earth Listening Beast.
The Earth Listening Beast can indeed hear things happening at a very far distance, so it already knew about this situation, but since it wasn't something rare, it didn't actively tell the Summoner.
"..."
And the Gatekeeper uncle remained silent.
In fact, this phenomenon occurs quite often.
Nightfire Spiders don't recognize live food, only eating corpses, so when they find a magical beast corpse, they greedily latch onto it to enjoy a feast.
Thus whenever there's a glow from Nightfire Spiders appearing outside the south gate, it means someone is returning with prey.
Moreover... it's large prey.
So large that it cannot fit into storage space.
But the issue is, today there was only one new student who went out through the south gate.
(Could it be a teacher went out through another gate and then circled to the south gate?)
The Gatekeeper uncle felt this was a reasonable explanation, otherwise, it must be some upper-grade student.
However, when the figure gradually approached and its true form was revealed...
It was a cripple and a straw man, dragging a massive lizard magical beast.
"How, how could it be him?!"
Fu Erdai was the first to exclaim.
Similarly, everyone else was shocked by this scene.
Luckily, among them, someone recognized this magical beast.
"Damn! This is a D-Class magical beast, Mushroom Lizard!"
"D-Class?! Doesn't that rank several classes above our summoning beasts!"
"Such a large creature, what level must it be!"
"This magical beast is motionless, is it dead?"
"Impossible, right? Did he kill it all by himself?!"
Stupefied, they were completely stupefied.
Even the Gatekeeper uncle couldn't quite believe the scene he was seeing.
His eyesight was naturally better than these students, and he could tell at a glance that this Mushroom Lizard should be around LV4 in grade.
But... for a new student to have already taken down a LV4 D-Class magical beast solo before school even officially started, does this make sense?
The Gatekeeper uncle felt it had been nearly ten years since he'd encountered a situation like this.
Even if there were previous occurrences, none could compare to what's in front of him.
After all, that was a D-Class magical beast, which is quite hard to find even in the southern forest.
And besides, looking at that guy and his summoning beast, they didn't even appear to have gone through a life and death fight.
Not a single injury visible on their bodies, just a lame leg.
The key is, this guy was originally lame...
Thinking of this, the Gatekeeper uncle couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly.
Yes, he was also a cripple.
And looking at that summoning beast, a straw man that seemed weak.
If this Mushroom Lizard was really taken down by him and his summoning beast, isn't that outrageous?
After their astonishment, the new students were all at a loss for words.
We were still secretly trying to sneak out over the wall, and this guy already dragged a magical beast corpse back?
The group watched silently as Li Pu approached.
Especially his composed demeanor, made people forget to step up and lend a hand.
Only Chang Jiantao's focus was different, his gaze constantly fixed on those Nightfire Spiders.
"What are you all standing here doing in the middle of the night."
"You're not waiting to welcome me, are you."
Li Pu walked into the school gate, temporarily relieved as he put down the lizard forepaw he was dragging.
"Where did this old dog come from, it's so ugly."
"And its ears are dragging on the ground, aren't they dirty."
The next second, his gaze fell upon the Earth Listening Beast.
[Woof...]
Such a rude remark made the Earth Listening Beast immediately growl with bared teeth.
"Do you eat this thing?"
However, Li Pu reached out and pulled out a small piece of lizard tail from the storage space.
Earlier, due to improper dragging, the Mushroom Lizard's tail was broken a bit by him.
[Woof woof!]
The Earth Listening Beast's eyes lit up as it suddenly stood up, tail wagging wildly.
It loves eating lizard tails most.
Gatekeeper uncle: "..."
"Student, did you hunt this Mushroom Lizard?"
After examining the massive corpse, the Gatekeeper uncle asked Li Pu.
"Of course not, this was something I picked up."
Li Pu hurriedly denied it, he had already decided to develop quietly, not wanting to be too ostentatious.
"So is it or isn't it, don't deny while nodding!"
The Gatekeeper uncle was confused by him.
"It's really not."
Li Pu continued nodding.
[Grass!]
The straw man nodded in agreement: Ben Cao can testify!
"..., forget it then."
Even the Gatekeeper uncle didn't bother to pursue it, as it had nothing to do with his duties.
Whatever the truth was, he didn't need to verify it.
"I need to check the state of the magical beast, you need to register it."
He strictly followed the rules and handed a brief form to Li Pu.
"Alright."
Li Pu took the form and requested: "If it turns out there's still life in it, please help finish it off."
"..."
Upon hearing this, the new students backed off several steps.
Turns out this big lizard might not be completely dead?
And seriously, he's calling the Gatekeeper uncle like he's some fish market vendor to finish it off?
Of course, Li Pu said this just in case.
The appearance of Nightfire Spiders was already the best proof.
Moreover, even if this Mushroom Lizard had anything left, being dragged all the way like that surely left it completely dead.
Since the check required some instruments, the Gatekeeper uncle needed to take the Mushroom Lizard away.
He casually lifted it onto his shoulder, much easier than Li Pu and the straw man combined.
As for Li Pu, he was instructed to wait in place.
Unexpectedly, once the Gatekeeper uncle left, all the students who were standing obediently in a row immediately gathered around.
Initially, everyone was curious about Li Pu's experience, but Chang Jiantao's words changed the focus.
"Classmate, your name is Li Pu, right? Could you sell me one of those Nightfire Spiders?"
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