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However, at this moment, Xiang Beifei seemed to think of something. He punched his right fist into his left palm and said from a distance, "I know how to deal with the snow monster now. You four, gather over here and follow my command."

Li Zimu and Xi Keyao, along with the other two, were invigorated and immediately ran towards Xiang Beifei, waiting for his command. Only Long Guocheng looked at Xiang Beifei with a sullen expression, still feeling very reluctant in his heart.

"Li Zimu, use your Chaotic Stone Piercing Sky at the southwest corner to create an eighteen zhang long wall of stone as a defensive barrier," Xiang Beifei ordered.

"My stones will be frozen," said Li Zimu.

"Let them freeze!"

"Okay."

Li Zimu's body surged with a powerful aura, the invisible energy once again spreading out and then converging around him. His gaze flashed with a breath of air, and the entire aura suddenly shook as if he had transformed from a genteel scholar to a sharp and spirited soldier.

Poetry Realm: Chaotic Stone Piercing Sky, towering waves crashing against the shore, rolling up thousands of piles of snow!

Whoosh! Whoosh!

The air around was being distorted, with huge stones appearing out of nowhere, crashing down towards the southwest direction.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The massive stones made a series of dull sounds as they quickly piled up into a tall defensive wall.

"Next I need ice crystals that can reflect light," Xiang Beifei called out again.

"No problem."

Li Zimu waved his hand again, and hundreds of zhang of ice wove through the air, materializing in midair.

"Xi Keyao, give your Cauldron Power enhancement to Ma Ziqian, and Ma Ziqian, make a blitz attack from the left!" Xiang Beifei shouted.

"Okay."

Xi Keyao immediately displayed a small green cauldron; the cauldron was as clear as jade, carving out a trailing image in the air as it quickly landed on Ma Ziqian.

Ma Ziqian's spirit was lifted; he felt as if a powerful force had increased his speed by twenty percent!

Swish!

Ma Ziqian stepped on the wall that Li Zimu had created, used it to gain momentum, and then quickly dashed out.

"Long Guocheng, use your light to start from the southwest corner's ice crystal. Learn to focus light into a line and let it reflect around Ma Ziqian's side. The ice made by Li Zimu can refract the light, making Ma Ziqian's movements undetectable to the snow monster!" Xiang Beifei commanded once more.

Long Guocheng snorted coldly. His body suddenly lit up with a dazzling flash, which quickly condensed into a beam of light that shot towards the ice crystal beside Ma Ziqian.

However, as the beam shot out, he remembered how Xiang Beifei had remained still earlier, and anger filled his heart.

If they obeyed the command and killed the snow monster, whose merit would it be?

If nothing went wrong, Ye Changfeng would surely praise Xiang Beifei again, leaving them four completely out of the picture, while the greatest merit would still go to Xiang Beifei!

This made the proud Long Guocheng very uncomfortable.

Why should he exhaust himself in battle, while Xiang Beifei, barely lifting a finger and just moving his lips, could reap all the glory?

With these thoughts, his beam of light didn't shoot out as Xiang Beifei had directed, pausing for a moment and failing to keep up with Ma Ziqian's movement in time.

At this very moment, Ma Ziqian had already charged at the snow monster, but without Long Guocheng's cover, the snow monster spotted him again, and several freezing bombs instantly appeared where Ma Ziqian was revealed, exploding with a roar!

Ma Ziqian's face turned pale. No matter how fast he was, it was difficult to react to this sudden change because under normal circumstances, he wouldn't have attacked in such an exposed manner.

Perhaps it was because the recent victory over the Triangular Thunder Krait had instilled confidence in Xiang Beifei, so he didn't overthink. Therefore, when Long Guocheng failed to coordinate properly, Ma Ziqian found himself right at the center of the explosion!

"Long Guocheng, what are you doing!" Ma Ziqian wasn't foolish; he quickly realized the issue and turned to shout at Long Guocheng.

But it was already too late; the ripple from the freezing bomb quickly engulfed him!

Long Guocheng's face also changed slightly, so preoccupied with resisting Xiang Beifei's command that he had forgotten the consequences of his actions. Without the calculating abilities of Xiang Beifei, he was completely clueless as to why Xiang Beifei had given those orders.

"Dammit!"

Although Long Guocheng was arrogant, he was not the kind to disregard his teammates. He immediately rushed toward Ma Ziqian, trying to rescue him.

However, just then, Xiang Beifei coldly shouted, "Xi Keyao, move the Cauldron Power three inches to the left of Ma Ziqian!"

"Oh, okay... okay!"

Xi Keyao had been intently watching Ma Ziqian, and since she had invested her "Cauldron Power" into him, she was well aware of every move he made. Hearing Xiang Beifei's words, a large cauldron instantly materialized from within Ma Ziqian, and the "Cauldron Power" was unleashed again, booming towards the snowy ground!

Bang!

Accompanied by an enraged scream, Xi Keyao's cauldron now bore the image of a snow monster!

"Got it!" exclaimed Xi Keyao with surprise.

However, Ma Ziqian had already been encased in frost, turned into an ice sculpture!

Whoosh!

A sharp edge flashed through the air as Li Zimu's stones transformed into pointed blades that smashed onto Ma Ziqian's ice sculpture, shattering the ice that enveloped him.

Ma Ziqian flashed back, still gasping for air and shaking with leftover terror!

Long Guocheng had intended to rescue Ma Ziqian, but upon seeing him break free, he stood there, stunned.

"He's alright? They caught the snow monster without my help?"

Long Guocheng felt a mix of emotions for a moment.

After a while, Ma Ziqian thought back to the situation; the ice created by the Meridian Opening stage desolate beast was no joke. That biting cold ability, five more seconds and he probably would have suffered frostbite, losing the ability to move!

Fortunately, it was Li Zimu who reacted promptly, using a stone blade to shatter the ice.

Ma Ziqian glared at Long Guocheng angrily, demanding, "Long Guocheng, what were you doing? If you had covered me just now, given the situation, I wouldn't have been frozen at all! Were you trying to kill me?"

He was an SR-level Awakener, and in that kind of situation, it was easy for him to see clearly what was happening. If Long Guocheng had been covering him, he definitely wouldn't have been frozen.

"I—" Long Guocheng clenched his teeth.

Xiang Beifei had already walked over calmly, staring at Long Guocheng.

"Give me an explanation," he said.

Long Guocheng clenched his fists tighter, feeling increasingly irritated, and retorted, "I just don't accept it! Facing the late Qi-Controlling stage Triangular Thunder Krait, it was one thing for you to issue orders, but why didn't you take action against the early Meridian Opening stage snow monster? If we are a team, are you only good for talking?"

"You think I only rely on talking?"

Xiang Beifei's expression remained calm, but he turned to look at the large cauldron. Xi Keyao's cauldron was teetering, on the brink of shattering.

"I can't hold it anymore," Xi Keyao exclaimed, "It's too strong, I can't trap it with the cauldron image!"

Bang!

As she spoke, the cauldron Xi Keyao had conjured was already smashed by the snow monster, disappearing into the snowstorm, and soon countless icy projectiles came smashing from all directions!n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

Xiang Beifei appeared unconcerned, simply watching Long Guocheng indifferently, and then his figure flashed backward sharply—

Whoom!

A wave of energy emanated from Xiang Beifei's body, and the snowflakes in the air suddenly seemed to freeze, hovering motionless.

Then they saw flames burst forth from Xiang Beifei's body, like a burning shadow ripping through the air, and his fist smashed towards a pile of snow nearby!

Boom!

The pile of snow instantly evaporated, revealing the snow monster, which had a look of shock on its face, trying to dodge, but for some reason, it was too late to react.

Xiang Beifei's fist smashed directly into its head, accompanied by a piercing scream, the snow monster's body exploded violently, leaving only a Beast Pill floating in mid-air.

Long Guocheng's pupils shrank!

The early Meridian Opening stage snow monster, which had played them round and round, was—was just killed by Xiang Beifei like that?

Does that... does that mean Xiang Beifei had the strength of the Meridian Opening stage?

He was tremendously shaken, and for a long time, he couldn't accept this reality.

Xiang Beifei reached out and grabbed the snow monster's Beast Pill, turned around, tossed the desolate beast's inner core in the air, caught it, and staring at Long Guocheng, he asked coldly, "Do you think Mr. Ye hunted this kind of desolate beast for me to deal with?"

Long Guocheng's face turned red.

He had no way to retort!

It turned out that it wasn't that Xiang Beifei didn't want to take action, but that once he did, the snow monster would be killed instantly!

Clean and ruthless, simple and brutal!

This seemingly strong Meridian Opening stage snow monster was no match for Xiang Beifei!

"Or do you think that it demeans you, an arrogant SR Awakener, to follow the command of an N-level Awakener?" Xiang Beifei asked again.

Long Guocheng clenched his fists.

That was indeed what he thought in his heart, but right now he couldn't voice it because he simply couldn't defeat this person he had always looked down upon.

"If you don't have the ability, you'd better just obediently follow the commands of someone who does!"

Xiang Beifei spoke very calmly, but his gaze was cold, "This is training, not a real pioneering operation! If during a real operation, you cause the death of your teammates due to jealousy or dissatisfaction, refusing to cooperate, no matter if you are an SR Awakener, I'll take care of you before you get more teammates killed!"

Xiang Beifei's words were simple as if he were stating an obvious fact.

Yet such an ordinary statement made Long Guocheng's heart tremble.

He was stunned by Xiang Beifei's composed demeanor!

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Not far away, Ye Changfeng watched Xiang Beifei and couldn't help briefly pausing before letting out a wry smile to himself, "This kid, after being with Elder Luo for so long, has picked up his temper as well."

High-level Awakeners all have a sense of pride, particularly SR-level ones like Long Guocheng.

Just like that SSR who disobeyed orders on the battlefield causing the frontline defense to collapse, and Luo Laoda, in his fury, directly executed him! Xiang Beifei was warning Long Guocheng in the same way.

Ye Changfeng sighed inwardly but remained silent, as this was Xiang Beifei's team, and he needed to deal with the team's internal conflicts himself.

A commanding captain needed not only to know his teammates' abilities but also to deter unruly members and address any conflicts among them.

Xiang Beifei had always been reluctant to take on the role of a team commander because he was very aware that some people wouldn't simply obey and would always cause trouble. But since he had taken on the role, the team would have to follow his way.

Ye Changfeng would not interfere.