With the death of the Crimson Ridge Demon, there were only a few Crimson Ridge Demons left under its command, and even if there were any stragglers, they had already fled to distant seas.
After some more time, no matter how the Monster Gathering Instrument operated, the sea remained calm, and no more sea monsters appeared.
"Are you an Ice System Mage or a Water System Mage? Even if you were a pure Ice System Mage, you wouldn't have such destructive power," Ai Jiangtu couldn't help but say as he returned to the highest point of the island.
"Of course, I'm Water System, it's just that my Innate Talent is a little bit stronger," Jiang Yuan replied with a smile.
This answer made Ai Jiangtu's words catch in his throat.
"Old Jiang, Old Jiang, that was so exhilarating just now! Why did the sea monsters get wiped out so quickly? It would have been great if another wave had come!" Mo Fan also walked over, continuously exclaiming words like 'so exhilarating' and 'I want more'.
Standing in front of Jiang Yuan, Mo Fan said, "Next time, you be the support in the back, give me buffs, and let me have a blast!"
"Alright, next time I'll make sure you have a blast."
Jiang Yuan readily agreed, recalling how leisurely and comfortable it was to be a support in the last voting ceremony.
Everyone chatted briefly, then began to clean up the sea monster corpses on the island.
During this time, Jiang Yuan received a message from Nine Nether Queen.
Liu Xian had already brought her people to Feiniao City and was currently negotiating with the property owners.
Most of the properties here were in the hands of Lin Junxian from the Lin family.
Fortunately, Lin Junxian came to Feiniao City by himself; those old folks from the Lin family didn't think highly of him and were waiting for him to fail so they could take over the properties.
Now, Lin Junxian was indeed on the verge of failure, and he had been trying to save himself, but with little success.
Even so, he didn't want the properties in his hands to be snatched away by those old folks.
Liu Xian's appearance with a large sum of money gave Lin Junxian a lifeline.
Without much thought, he sold all the properties in his hands to Liu Xian, using the funds to start over in another city!
From then on, the properties in Feiniao City belonged to Liu Xian, and also to Jiang Yuan.
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On the distant coastline, a ship slowly revealed its hull, heading towards the rocky island.
On the ship.
Zhao Manyan stood at the bow, enjoying the sea breeze.
Suddenly, a cold wind swept through, making him shrink his neck.
"Hiss, why did it suddenly get cold here?" Zhao Manyan looked around in confusion.
When his gaze fell upon the sandy beach of the rocky island, hundreds of dazzling lights reflected into his pupils; he blinked his eyes to relieve the sudden discomfort.
"That's the rocky island ahead. Are you sure your companions have already wiped out the sea monsters there?" asked Captain Zhao Xian from behind Zhao Manyan.
He was a person specially assigned by the mayor to help Zhao Manyan support Jiang Yuan and the others in monster extermination.
If the monster extermination was successful, this ship would also be the one to take Jiang Yuan and the others to Japan.
"Of course, you'll know when you see it later," Zhao Manyan said confidently.
The ship drew closer and closer to the rocky island.
The people on the ship saw more and more clearly: hundreds of damaged ice sculptures filled the entire beach, and many ice sculptures were even floating in the sea.
"No, are they that fast?" Zhao Manyan's eyes widened.
How long had he been separated from Jiang Yuan and the others?
Looking at this, it seemed they had wiped out all the sea monsters in the surrounding waters!
"This is?!" Zhao Xian was so shocked he couldn't speak.
If his decades of mage experience were correct, then the thousands of ice sculptures in front of him were all sea monster corpses!
He quickly told the helmsman to dock the ship.
Zhao Manyan was the first to jump off the ship, heading straight for Jiang Yuan and the others.
Jiang Yuan and the others had already noticed a ship approaching.
As soon as Zhao Manyan came over, Mo Fan said, "Lao Zhao, you're finally here. That ship must be the one you negotiated for, right? Perfect, we've already wiped out the sea monsters here. Let that ship take us to Japan."
"You guys are too fast! Whose ice magic is this? All those sea monsters turned into ice sculptures, it's simply invincible!" Zhao Manyan looked at Mu Ningxue and Mu Tingying.
In his impression, only these two had very strong Ice System magic.
"Alright, Lao Zhao, take your eyes off my big wife!" Mo Fan grabbed Zhao Manyan, turned his head towards Jiang Yuan, and said, "These ice sculptures are all Jiang Yuan's masterpiece."
"Ah? Jiang Yuan, you also awakened Ice System?" Zhao Manyan was dumbfounded.
"You idiot, have you forgotten that Jiang Yuan's Innate Talent allows him to control the form of water? Ice is also a form of water!" Mo Fan said.
Only then did Zhao Manyan realize.
At this moment, Zhao Xian approached with his crew members.
"These sea monsters, you all killed them?" Zhao Xian asked in an incredulous tone.
Seeing everyone nod in unison, his expression changed, unsure of what he should say at this moment.
A moment later, Zhao Xian said, "As we discussed before, as long as you can help eliminate these sea monsters, I will send you to Japan. I will first confirm the situation of the sea monster population here, please wait."
With that, Zhao Xian began to confirm the situation of the surrounding sea monster population.
Holding the various real-time detection data reported by the crew, he took out his communicator and dialed the mayor's number.
"Mayor, I'm reporting to you… Okay, okay…"
After the report, Zhao Xian smiled and said to everyone, "The mayor already knows the situation here and will send someone to verify it again. Please return to Feiniao City with me first. Once the mayor's side completes the verification, I can send you to Japan at any time."
Everyone looked at Jiang Yuan.
Jiang Yuan nodded: "Then let's return to Feiniao City first."
He wasn't worried that the mayor would go back on his word, after all, these sea monsters had left the entire Feiniao City helpless for several years, and the mayor wouldn't risk offending them.
Moreover, it wasn't really a secret that the National College Team would train incognito at first, people just didn't know where it would start.
If the mayor wasn't stupid, seeing them so young and as a team, he would immediately associate them with the recently formed China National Team.
Thus, he would be even less likely to offend them.
The facts were indeed as Jiang Yuan had expected.
Soon after everyone returned to Feiniao City with Zhao Xian, the mayor even paid a special visit.
Although his words didn't directly reveal everyone's identity, his tone implied that he already knew they were part of the China National Team.
In the end, it only took a few hours for Feiniao City to confirm that the sea monsters in the surrounding waters had been completely wiped out.
When this news was released, Lin Junxian had already sold all his properties; hearing this news, he didn't even notice his phone falling to the ground.
On the other side, Zhao Xian also carried Jiang Yuan and the others, embarking on the journey to Japan.
Waves rolled, and the ship soared.
The China National Team was about to embark on their first training country!