At this distance, being spotted was perfectly normal.

Among Miles Sherman’s team, perhaps no one besides Zoe Pierce could completely conceal their presence with spiritual power.

And the man before them, Holden Hayes, was an S-Class Alpha.

As Holden Hayes finished speaking, the expressions of those behind him immediately grew tense.

Chase Shaw and his teammates stopped hiding and emerged from behind the giant boulders on either side.

The two teams found themselves face to face.

The moment they appeared, Holden Hayes’s group recognized Chase Shaw and the others.

Their already tense expressions turned grim as they scanned Miles Sherman’s team: four S-Class Alphas and one A-level. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

It was clear their whole team was here.

The early morning sun cast a comfortable warmth, but Holden Hayes and his teammates felt none of it, only a deep chill.

No matter how they looked at it, there was no escape.

Erin Xavier was S-Class with speed-based spiritual power; no one could outrun him.

Since there was no escape, Holden Hayes exhaled slowly and said in a heavy voice, "I didn’t expect we’d be settling the score with you so soon."

He hadn’t expected Miles Sherman’s team to be so quick.

Miles Sherman watched him steadily. "We were bound to run into each other eventually."

Erin Xavier’s gaze darted around, flicking past the one with the buzz cut and the two who’d escaped yesterday. It finally settled on Brian Payne. Erin smiled. "You must be the guy who makes people’s spiritual power collapse faster."

Brian Payne’s eyes went cold, and his brows furrowed slightly.

In stark contrast to his tense readiness, Erin Xavier’s smile seemed almost careless.

’He was a little curious whose speed was greater—the rate at which that guy made people collapse, or his own.’

Chase Shaw kicked things off, his Gravity Control pressing down directly on Holden Hayes.

A muffled grunt escaped Holden, but surprisingly, he didn’t collapse to the ground like others would have. His jaw merely tightened before he instantly charged at Chase Shaw.

A satisfied smile appeared in Chase Shaw’s gray eyes.

Don’t be fooled by Holden Hayes’s average Alpha build; no one would have guessed his spiritual power was strength-based.

Most Alphas would be completely overwhelmed by Chase Shaw’s spiritual power, but Holden Hayes was clearly handling it with ease, still having the strength to throw a punch at him.

Chase Shaw dodged to the side, evading Holden Hayes’s fist.

The others each targeted a different Alpha, leaving Zoe Pierce. She turned her gaze to the Omegas, who stood silently to the side.

These Omegas were clearly more vigilant than the last one. When they saw Zoe Pierce approach, every one of them shot her hostile looks.

Four against one.

Zoe Pierce felt a rare twinge of nervousness, but then Nathan Lockwood’s words from the training room echoed in her mind.

’You’ve already surpassed 99% of Omegas. They’ve had almost no combat training; their strength and stamina can’t compare to yours. Right now, you could even win a fight against an untrained Beta.’

’And don’t forget, you have Perception!’

Zoe Pierce’s gaze hardened, her lovely face turning serious.

The other Omegas didn’t understand why Zoe Pierce was suddenly coming toward them. Already on edge, they were stunned when she charged without warning.

Zoe Pierce snatched one of their hands and pressed the elimination button before the girl could even react.

Then she immediately lunged for another girl’s Intelligent Brain.

The two remaining Omegas saw what happened in the blink of an eye and instantly realized what Zoe Pierce was doing.

Their first instinct was to run.

The two Omegas scattered like frightened birds, letting out a shriek.

The shriek was piercing enough to draw the attention of the Alphas who were locked in a clash of spiritual power.

One look and they saw their home base was being raided—two of their Omegas had already been eliminated.

The two who were left were scrambling back toward them.

At first, they thought an Alpha from Miles Sherman’s team was dishonorably eliminating their Omegas, but a closer look revealed the truth.

The person chasing one of their Omegas was clearly an Omega herself. She wore the Federal Military Academy training uniform, her long hair tied in a high ponytail, as she pursued one of their own.

Her movements were clearly faster and more focused, her target being the arm that wore the Intelligent Brain—the key to elimination.

After catching up to the other Omega, she grabbed the back of the girl’s training uniform. As the Omega recoiled, she shoved forward forcefully.

The Omega couldn’t react in time, stumbling forward and catching herself with her hands on the ground.

The Intelligent Brain on her wrist was exposed. Seizing the opportunity, the Omega from the Federal Military Academy pressed the button again.

It all happened so fast. In the blink of an eye, Zoe Pierce had already eliminated three Omegas.

Erin Xavier, who had watched the entire sequence, couldn’t help but let out an appreciative whistle.

’This side of Zoe... she’s actually pretty badass.’

’Taking them out with such clean, decisive moves.’

At that moment, only one Omega remained—the one from Holden Hayes’s team.

When Brian Payne saw this, he was stunned for a moment, then genuine panic set in.

He immediately broke away from his standoff with Erin Xavier, intending to eliminate Zoe Pierce first. He even yelled at the other Alphas, "What are you all standing around for? Are you just going to wait for the Federal Military Academy to eliminate all our Omegas?"

He understood what Zoe Pierce was doing far better than the others.

But the outcome wasn’t something he could change with a single shout. Erin Xavier put out a hand to stop him, a smirk playing on his lips. "This is an Omega affair. It wouldn’t be right for us Alphas to interfere, would it?"

The other Alphas were in a similar bind.

Chase Shaw and Holden Hayes were locked in a heated battle, but the others were being completely dominated by Miles Sherman and Nathan Lockwood.

Even Ethan Grant, whose spirit sea hadn’t fully recovered, had joined the fray, taking on one of the Alphas.

Nathan Lockwood even had the leisure to spare a glance at Zoe Pierce, analyzing the moves she was using.

’Her training wasn’t exactly systematic. Most of her moves were ones Nathan and the others had broken down and adapted for her. Some came from Miles, some from Chase...’

’Some of her movements still lacked power.’

’But compared to other Omegas, Zoe was on a completely different level—she was crushing them.’

’After all, most Omegas at the academy had no formal training. It was an achievement for them just to keep up with their teams.’

Meanwhile, Ethan Grant was also floored by Zoe Pierce.

’In just two short days, he felt like the Zoe Pierce before him wasn’t the same person he used to know at all.’

’It was as if the person he’d known before had been a fake.’

The Omega from the First Military Academy, now at the center of the storm, realized she was the last one left. Knowing she couldn’t escape, a flash of regret crossed her eyes.

’If I’d known this would happen, I should have teamed up with Monica Pence when it was just us against her. We should have eliminated this Federal Military Academy Omega together.’

’Instead of facing her all by myself.’

’But it was too late to realize that now.’

Zoe Pierce was already running toward her from Monica Pence’s side.