Universe Infinite Canteen-Chapter 645 Battle with the Tiger Essence

Ma Lu spoke with ease, but accomplishing his goal was not so simple.

One very real problem was if Hero Group got the box and immediately returned to Xindu, choosing to open it at the school, then it would be very difficult for Hou De to snatch the box back.

This was because, with Hero Group's manpower and influence in Xindu, Hou De had no chance of winning when fighting on foreign territory.

Ma Lu's solution to this problem was very straightforward and crude.

——He affixed another Secret Charm to the box.

Now the box had two Secret Charms, requiring two people to open it.

As long as Hero didn't tear off another charm, Ma Lu wouldn't tear off this one. Even if Hero Group took the box back to Xindu, they'd have to obediently bring it back.

At worst, they could just keep stalling. After all, he wasn't the one in a hurry for the box's contents. Moreover, Ma Lu had an advantage: each day they stalled, the students' strength grew by leaps and bounds.

How about the weakest talent on the whiteboard account? With the assistance of the academy management system, Ma Lu could swiftly nurture it into a Max Level Six God Equipment account.

Dragging this out for two more months, Principal Ma could lead an army of forty straight into Xindu, striking directly at the heart.

This week, Hou De didn't challenge other schools, because after defeating Heroic Concealment last time, Ma Lu had earned a large sum of education points and temporarily didn't have such a high demand for them.

Moreover, Hou De was finally on the right track, allowing Ma Lu to finally put more effort into his main business.

Additionally, now that the students of Hou De mastered more High-level Talismans, the demand for talisman-making materials also increased.

Ordinary materials were easy to handle; purchasing them directly from the Talisman Master Association was enough. But for High-level Talismans, some rare and precious materials not commonly found in the market were required.

These types of materials were scarce in circulation and needed to be purchased with Song Stones gathered from the catastrophe belt, or through bartering.

Previously, Qiutong had used an item called the Thunder Tangerine Branch to cast Hand Palm Thunder, which Hou De didn't have. It was obtained through bartering the Transforming Sakura Leaf, which Ma Lu had left behind from his previous venture into the catastrophe belt.

Hou De had only started clearing the catastrophe belt recently. Their performance was valiant, but because of their thin resources, there was much they lacked.

Ma Lu planned to save more for Hou De after clearing the catastrophe belt this time.

After all, those fruit trees wouldn't die from a bit of pruning. Who knows, they might even grow better in the Desktop Farm.

This week, Cao Youyi sprinted ahead to report two more catastrophe belts for clearance, and with the Principal Statue providing another, Ma Lu had to carefully plan time and transportation to cover all three sites.

He first set out to clear the catastrophe belt provided by the Principal Statue because it refreshed every week. If not cleared this week, it would disappear, whereas, for the other two outside, missing this week and waiting another wouldn't be a major issue.

The catastrophe belt was located on the back mountain of Shouyang Mountain.

The monsters within were mostly Mountain Spirits, with some resembling rocks that could tuck themselves into a ball and roll down like falling rocks from the mountaintop.

Others transformed from carp in the streams, suddenly protruding their heads from the water and shooting Water Arrows to strike unsuspecting victims.

There was also a Monkey Monster, which was the toughest to deal with.

There were nearly a hundred of them, gathering into troops and hiding in the trees, hurling fist-sized Stones at people.

Their moves were nimble, leaping from one tree to another. When out of stones, they would run where no one was around to pick up more to continue their assault, never coming down from the trees in front of others.

However, for the students of Hou De now, these Monkey Monsters were not difficult to handle. Without Ma Lu's command, someone had already taken out a Thunder Strike Talisman to fight them.

Forked lightning fell from the sky, and any struck Monkey Monster immediately stiffened, plummeting from the trees like dumplings, pattering to the ground.

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The Monkey Monsters were half-dead from the fall and couldn't get up for a long time, just going over and delivering another blow was enough to finish them off.

It goes without saying that Hou De's students had improved tremendously; not only did they have more talismans at their disposal, but also, thanks to Li Zhengwei's military training methods, their discipline had improved.

In addition to practicing Yangjia Gully's Baji Fist, which enhanced their explosive power and flexibility, even close encounters with monsters no longer rattled them.

Even under the debuffs from Weight Training and being surrounded, they still managed to take down the Monkey Monster troop with startling yet unharmed success.

Until the final Lord boss appeared, Ma Lu had hardly lifted a finger.

But the starring Lord turned out to be a Tiger Spirit, which taught Hou De's students a solid lesson upon its appearance.

It possessed strength and speed far beyond that of a regular tiger, which was just one aspect. Most students had used protective talismans before the boss fight anyway.

A student hit directly in the chest by the swipe of the Tiger Spirit's tail was sent flying, but protected by the Stone Armor Talisman; he landed without much harm.

However, the Tiger Spirit then revealed its trump card. Its amber eyes locked directly onto a student, who felt his consciousness blur, losing track of the situation.

To the others, he suddenly turned to punch a classmate and even took out a talisman intending to use it.

But before he could act, he was pressed to the ground by those around him. A Heart-clearing Talisman promptly placed on his forehead restored his consciousness.

Yet before anyone could breathe easy, the Tiger Spirit let out a roar, the stunned Hou De crowd reeled with dizziness.

Taking advantage of the chaos, the Tiger Spirit pounced on someone. Although it couldn't break through the protective talisman, it bit the person and dragged them down the mountain.

In a critical moment, Principal Ma acted promptly, summoning two earth Puppets to entangle the Tiger Spirit before rushing in himself.

A Hand Palm Thunder landed on the big tiger's backside, and the Tiger Spirit was stunned on the spot. Ma Lu followed up with four consecutive Hand Palm Thunder attacks, delivering a thunderous finale.

The Tiger Spirit Lord was instantly dispatched.

Ma Lu picked up the dropped Song Stone and dug up the Smart Green Plum that appeared in the clearing, stuffing it into his Collection Bag.

He felt this Green Plum tree hardly lived up to its name—if it were truly smart, it wouldn't have been caught so easily.

Without time to rest, Ma Lu led his students straight to the second catastrophe belt, which wasn't too far from Ping City, but lacking an airport, they had to take a train there.

When they arrived, it was quite late. Ma Lu didn't expect the local people to be waiting at the station for them, offering free midnight snacks.

It must be said that after the battle with Heroic Concealment, Hou De's fame had indeed grown considerably; at least the locals had heard of them, with some people even coming from their homes just to catch a glimpse of Principal Ma.