Bai Lili and the others passed the first round smoothly. It wasn’t that it was effortless—rather, they were completely at ease. Bai Lili and her team ate well and slept well. If she hadn’t known they were here for the competition, she would have thought they were on vacation. The Thunder Wolf at the entrance even brought them food. Life couldn’t have been more comfortable.
As for the second round, they had to choose to fight a magical beast, which posed no difficulty for Bai Lili’s group. (Here, the author had a brain fart and wrote the order wrong, so the second round is skipped. That’s the author for you.)
When Bai Lili and the others came out, they saw two blackened figures from their own academy—more accurately, people charred by lightning. Bai Lili roughly guessed that the one who had provoked that Thunder Wolf was Long Chen. ‘What a troublemaker,’ she thought. ‘Don’t call him the protagonist; I’d rather call him a jinx.’
She silently complained, ‘Is this guy a walking calamity? How can he start such huge trouble? Good thing the Thunder Wolf only struck them once and didn’t chase them down. Otherwise, even the organizers wouldn’t have been able to protect them—and they might have gotten a good slap too.’
Seeing Long Chen’s miserable state, Bai Lili felt she had forgotten something, but she couldn’t recall what it was. ‘Xuan Long: How can you be so selfish?’
Then the host announced the results of this round. Surviving the first round wasn’t hard, and quite a few people passed. However, very few had hunted magical beasts. That might have been due to the Thunder Wolf’s actions in the ancient forest—after all, with that towering lightning bolt, it was better to play it safe if you didn’t understand the situation.
Bai Lili’s team scored the highest: a perfect 10 points.
Seeing Long Chen’s miserable state, the four of them felt that getting close to him would bring bad luck. So they found a spot farthest from Long Chen to prevent his misfortune from spreading to them.
Now it was the third round, designed to test each team’s strength in a big showdown. The organizers also knew about the first round’s incident, but when questioned, they simply pretended to be dead and refused to answer.
Some gave up asking, not wanting to make trouble for themselves. Bai Lili didn’t care much about the third round. This kind of free-for-all was just about grouping up and hurting others. While eliminating other teams earned points, Bai Lili couldn’t be bothered. Those points were optional.
What mattered most was keeping an eye on Long Chen’s team. That guy had no other skills, but he was exceptionally good at causing disasters. And that Lin Shuran was in his team too. It gave Bai Lili a headache.
Before she could think more, Bai Lili and her team were taken to the third venue. The venue was spacious—a wild forest with plenty of room to hide. Bai Lili didn’t want to fight others. Fighting people was the most exhausting.
Lilith stood beside Bai Lili and asked, “In this match, do we take the initiative, or…?”
Bai Lili waved her hand and said, “Let’s see. If they insist on fighting, we’ll fight.”
‘With absolute strength, why should I fear their edge? They should be the ones afraid,’ Bai Lili thought.
Su Ruo and Qing Hanyin nodded in agreement. The three of them were Level 4 psychics, and with Bai Lili’s form, they didn’t need to avoid anyone’s provocation.
Bai Lili looked around. She felt this match wouldn’t last long. Everyone was either hunting to eliminate others or hiding to avoid detection. She remembered this match had a time limit—about four hours.
It was like a battle royale game. Bai Lili couldn’t help but wonder if the organizers had played similar games. But for her team, this match didn’t seem too hard. ‘We’ll just slaughter them left and right,’ she thought. ‘I’ll do the cheering, and the other three will do the killing.’
As for trump cards, it was better to save them for the end. The earlier you use them, the more people will guard against you. You might even become the target of everyone.
Bai Lili’s team picked a random direction and moved forward. They walked and stopped, rarely encountering anyone. It was an unusually smooth progress. In the distance, they heard sounds of many battles, but the frequency didn’t match the number of participating teams. Bai Lili was a bit puzzled.
Lilith quickly noticed and said, “It seems someone formed a huge team to quickly sweep out other teams.”
Bai Lili, Qing Hanyin, and Su Ruo nodded, agreeing with Lilith’s reasoning. Then Lilith wrapped her arm around Bai Lili’s neck and whispered in her ear, “Lili, I’ll protect you.”
This made Bai Lili’s ears turn red. She turned her head away and said, “Who… who asked you to protect me?”
Su Ruo and Qing Hanyin saw this sneaky cat being so bold, so they stepped in to separate her from Bai Lili. Lilith didn’t resist much. She had a huge advantage now and was completely fearless. ‘With such good cards, how could I lose?’ Lilith thought.
When the distant battle ended, Qing Hanyin sensed that the opponents seemed to be heading their way. Su Ruo and Lilith also felt their hostile intent. Since they were coming with ill intentions, there was no need to hide.
When Bai Lili saw the approaching team clearly, the leader was Long Chen. Looking at the number of people, it was about four teams combined. Bai Lili didn’t know how Long Chen had convinced the others, but coming after three Level 4 psychics was a bit foolish.
Bai Lili’s ears twitched. From far away, she heard Long Chen talking with the other three teams. He was saying, “I know a team with three Level 4 psychics. Let’s take them out first, then we’ll compete fairly. How about that?”
But everyone there was no fool. The question of who would strike first became a problem. Long Chen seemed to see their hesitation and added, “How about we all go together?”
The three team leaders nodded. Bai Lili and her team watched Long Chen’s performance from a distance. ‘Gotta hand it to him—he’s good at winning people over,’ she thought.
Qing Hanyin sensed their levels with her perception and said seriously, “There are five Level 4 psychics on the other side. That Lin Shuran is also a Level 4 psychic. If I’m not mistaken, her ability must be related to charm.”
Lilith chimed in beside Bai Lili, “Indeed. If it were just Long Chen, he probably couldn’t have formed a four-team alliance so quickly.”
Bai Lili looked at Long Chen and felt like giving him a red nose and a colorful afro. It would suit him perfectly. ‘What gives this guy such confidence?’ she wondered.
Then Long Chen seemed to spot Bai Lili’s group. He waved at the people behind him, urging them to go eliminate Bai Lili’s team first.
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