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「In the jungle battlefield.」

Zhang Yuelun and his team were clearly a bit stunned.

To use their ultimate move right at the start, and then run away after using it? This was something they hadn’t expected. According to the Invincible Team’s usual tactics, Kong Kun should have been the first to make a move.

"Should we chase them?"

"If we don’t, they’ll get away!"

Li Ling and Zuo Qing both looked up in unison at Zhang Yuelun, who was hidden in the trees.

Doing so would expose Zhang Yuelun’s position, but in this situation, the enemy was clearly trying to stall for time. Did exposing his position even matter anymore?

"Chase them? Could there be a trap...?" Zhang Yuelun’s brows furrowed. He was also considering the problem. Chasing them... was risky.

But if they didn’t chase, this challenge match would basically be over before it began.

’Damn it!’

"Chase them!" Zhang Yuelun made up his mind.

Now that Fang Tangtang was exhausted, the Invincible Team’s fighting force was effectively down to just three people. Naturally, they couldn’t give up at a time like this.

"Kill them!"

"Finish them off!"

Li Ling and Zuo Qing had been holding back their frustration for a while now. Four Tier Three fighters taking a defensive stance against four members of a B-team—this wasn’t something they wanted to do in the first place.

And what was even more frustrating was...

...they had already lost a member.

Rage filled their hearts. They had to get revenge.

"Gao Neng is running while carrying Fang Tangtang; he can’t be that fast. Zuo Qing, you’re the fastest. Go cut them off!" Li Ling didn’t even bother asking for Zhang Yuelun’s opinion this time.

"Alright." Zuo Qing immediately sped up.

"Zuo Qing, be careful! There might be an ambush up ahead!" By the time Zhang Yuelun came down from the tree, Zuo Qing was already almost out of sight. He shouted anxiously.

"Don’t worry, Zhang Yuelun. Aside from Fang Tangtang’s Electromagnetic Cannon, no one on their team can one-shot me." This wasn’t exactly a boast from Zuo Qing.

As a Tier Three Mid Stage fighter, his speed and strength were both superior to the Invincible Team’s Kong Kun and Feng Qingqing.

As for Gao Neng...

As long as he watched out for a sneak attack from the Earth Dragon, it wouldn’t be a big problem.

"You’re not getting away!" Zuo Qing roared. His figure moved like lightning, and in less than two minutes, he caught up to Gao Neng’s group and successfully intercepted them.

"So fast? Is this the power of a Tier Three?" Kong Kun and Feng Qingqing’s expressions changed drastically. Both looked a little fearful.

"Hahaha, let’s see where you run now." Zuo Qing didn’t waste any time, directly choosing to attack the weakest link, Feng Qingqing, vowing to take her down.

"Zuo Qing, don’t attack just yet! Just hold them back!" Zhang Yuelun shouted from behind.

But it was too late.

Zuo Qing’s fist had already shot out.

And Feng Qingqing didn’t even try to dodge.

BOOM!

The punch landed squarely on Feng Qingqing’s stomach.

"Ah!" With a miserable cry, Feng Qingqing spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, which landed squarely on Zuo Qing’s face.

His vision was blocked.

Zuo Qing instinctively wanted to reach up and wipe away the blood covering his eyes.

But at that moment, Feng Qingqing grabbed both of Zuo Qing’s arms in a death grip. What’s more, her feet began to kick relentlessly at his groin as if her life depended on it.

Zuo Qing felt the chilling whoosh of air.

He clamped his legs together tightly.

At the same time, he drove his knee forcefully upward.

BAM!

Feng Qingqing took another knee to the stomach.

"Trying to tie me down?! Impossible!" Zuo Qing used all his strength to throw Feng Qingqing off, because he already sensed that something was wrong.

"Combat Technique: Cyan Snake Spitting Water!"

PTUI!

Another mouthful of blood sprayed onto Zuo Qing’s face.

Zuo Qing’s expression changed drastically. He couldn’t care about anything else. He instantly unleashed his full combat power, his battle armor transforming into sharp spikes as he temporarily abandoned all defense.

BOOM!

Spike after spike slammed into Feng Qingqing’s body.

Feng Qingqing’s body was once again hit by a powerful blow. Her battle armor on her shoulders and stomach was shattered by the impact of the spikes.

Tier Three versus Tier Two.

The energy and intensity were on completely different levels.

Several gashes were torn into Feng Qingqing’s body.

As for the unarmored parts of her thighs, they were directly pierced, leaving several bloody holes.

But Feng Qingqing still showed no intention of letting go. Her hands held Zuo Qing in a death grip, and instead of retreating, her legs moved forward, wrapping themselves stubbornly around the spikes.

"Are you trying to take me down with you?!" Zuo Qing yelled. He had already guessed what Feng Qingqing was trying to do, but he had exhausted all his options. What else could he do?

BOOM!

A massive force slammed into his head.

’I’m a little dizzy!’

Then, a cold sensation swept across his neck.

His head flew into the air.

But he couldn’t see how he had died. Not until his vision cleared again, and he saw Hua Youque also standing at the entrance to the training room.

"I’m dead?"

"Yeah, you’re dead... But why the fuck are you dead?!" Hua Youque was furious. "It’s only been a short while, and they’ve already used up their Electromagnetic Cannon. How could you still die?"

"It was three against one, and one of them clung to me like death even after being seriously injured. Have you ever seen tactics like that...?" Zuo Qing’s heart was filled with melancholy.

It wasn’t that he felt his death was particularly unjust.

He was ambushed, held in place by one person, and then killed by two others from behind. A death like that couldn’t really be considered unjust.

It was just that the Invincible Team’s tactics had truly been beyond his expectations.

The change in their behavior was too drastic!

When he saw the Invincible Team run, he instinctively believed they were trying to stall for time. Under those circumstances, he naturally didn’t think they had the will to fight him to the death.

’Since that was the case...’

’...when I attacked Feng Qingqing, she should have dodged, then tried to escape, while I would have relentlessly pursued and tied her down.’

’With that, how could I possibly have failed?’

’But what happened instead?’

Feng Qingqing not only didn’t run, she didn’t even try to dodge. She took his punch and kick head-on, and finally, even wrapped her body around his spikes.

’And because of that, I died?’

...

「In the jungle battlefield.」

When Li Ling and Zhang Yuelun arrived, they saw the exact moment Zuo Qing was beheaded by the Earth Dragon’s One Slash.

The scene was quite brutal.

As for Feng Qingqing, she was severely injured and pale, blood pouring from all over her body. She had clearly lost her ability to fight.

Then, they saw Kong Kun hoist Feng Qingqing onto his back.

And turn and run!

"Running again?! Do you really think you can get away?" Li Ling and Zhang Yuelun were speechless. Did they really think Tier Three fighters were a bunch of newbies? That they could run whenever they wanted?

They had lost two members now.

But the Invincible Team also had two exhausted members. In terms of true combat power, they still held the advantage.

Li Ling and Zhang Yuelun didn’t hesitate this time.

They immediately gave chase together.

At the same time, an Earth Dragon burst out of the ground, blocking their path and continuously swinging its two large scythes.

’Dammit, we’re going to get held up by this thing!’ Zhang Yuelun cursed inwardly. He wanted to let Li Ling chase ahead, but he was afraid Gao Neng and the others would pull the same trick again.

’If Li Ling charges ahead alone... and Kong Kun, despite his injuries, latches onto Li Ling and refuses to let go, how are we supposed to fight?’

Gao Neng was capable of fighting a Tier Three on his own.

Zhang Yuelun knew this very well. Therefore, sending one person to chase Gao Neng now seemed unwise. But if they didn’t split up, the enemy would just keep running for their lives.

’This is so fucking... ridiculous!’

Zhang Yuelun had been on the D-list for so long, but he had never fought such a frustrating battle.

"Zhang Yuelun, are we chasing or not? If we don’t, they’ll get away!" Li Ling was also incredibly frustrated. He remembered that they were the ones who held the absolute geographical advantage.

The central position.

They had set up traps in advance.

Logically speaking, fighting so conservatively should have made this battle foolproof.

So why had it turned out like this?

It felt like ever since Hua Youque was blasted to death by Fang Tangtang’s cannon, the whole script had gone off-rails, completely deviating from their plan.

It looked like both sides had suffered heavy losses.

But upon closer inspection, while the other team had two members who had lost their combat effectiveness, not a single one of them had actually died. Meanwhile, they had already lost two.

"How are we supposed to chase them? So we can lose another one?!" Zhang Yuelun was starting to get angry too.

"So what if we lose one more? If we don’t chase, we’ll definitely lose! Don’t forget, Gao Neng has Spiritual Power! If he decides to hide, we’ll never be able to find him!" Li Ling was so angry he was practically hopping mad. "This Earth Dragon can burrow underground. If it’s determined to stall us, we won’t be able to get rid of it quickly."

"We have to send one person!"

"I’ll go after them. You hold off the Earth Dragon!" Zhang Yuelun gritted his teeth and finally made a decision. He was a Tier Three Late Stage fighter; at this point, he had no choice but to go all out.

"Alright!" Li Ling slammed a palm at the Earth Dragon.

The Earth Dragon burrowed into the ground.

Zhang Yuelun took the opportunity to dash past it, speeding forward. At the same time, a huge Alloy Bow appeared in his hands.

SWOOSH!

An arrow shot out,

aimed straight for Kong Kun’s rapidly disappearing back.

BOOM!

Kong Kun dodged the arrow.

A half-meter deep crater appeared in the ground, and a scorching heat emanated from within it, as if the very earth and rock had been set ablaze.

"Wow, is that Zhang Yuelun’s combat technique: Blast Flame Arrow?" Gao Neng exclaimed as if he’d discovered a new continent, then continued to sprint madly.

But with both of them carrying someone on their backs, this cat-and-mouse pace didn’t last for long.

In no time at all, Gao Neng and Kong Kun were caught.

And right in front of them was another crater blasted by an arrow, with flames still burning inside. As the arrow landed, Zhang Yuelun descended from the sky like a Celestial God.

"A ranged attacker... are you sure you can stop the two of us?" Gao Neng stopped running and gently set Fang Tangtang down.

"You’ve left me no choice!" Zhang Yuelun gritted his teeth.

"Classmate Fang Tangtang, you’ve eaten so many Energy Pills. Can you run on your own now?" Gao Neng nodded slightly, then glanced at Fang Tangtang.

"Of course... I can!" Fang Tangtang pouted. She could indeed only fire one shot, but that didn’t mean she couldn’t walk.

"Kong Kun, take Fang Tangtang and Feng Qingqing and go."

"Okay!"

"You want to fight me alone?!" Watching Kong Kun quickly escape with Fang Tangtang and Feng Qingqing, Zhang Yuelun was once again stunned for a moment.