Published: February 13, 2025
The team leader of the ten-person squad was regretting his decisions at this moment. He never expected the opponent's strength to be so formidable.
Not only that, but he also realized that the opponent had an excellent grasp of various details in battle and on the battlefield. This not only allowed them to unleash their combat power but even improve it further.
However, given the current situation, he knew that pondering these thoughts was useless. He had to stand up and face the woman who should be the strongest among them, so that his companions could stabilize from the surprise attack and then counterattack.
Yes, even now, this leader still believed they could win this battle.
Although they had lost some members, he felt that the remaining ones were still enough to take down the opponent… as long as they could launch a counterattack.
Unfortunately, his thoughts came to a sudden halt before the massive embroidered ribbon that enlarged before his eyes.
The squad leader had tried very hard; energy flames were erupting from his weapon. This was his unique ability. Because the flames were a direct transformation of energy, or rather, combustion, their power was greater, which made his attack capacity far exceed his fuleira level.
This was another source of confidence for him in stealing the kills.
Those who commit bad deeds either believe that others cannot discover their actions or that they are strong enough to escape retribution and punishment.
Yet when his unique trait was entangled in those seemingly soft but viciously lethal embroidered ribbons, the leader realized that committing bad deeds required a very important premise: one must accurately assess the situation.
Sometimes, lacking insight could cost one their life.
After unleashing his strongest attack, the leader was still knocked away directly by Liang Chuyin from the sky. When he staggered to his feet, he found his body was gradually becoming cold. From his experience, this was a sign of massive blood loss.
He looked down and saw that the battle armor he had spent a lot of money on was now completely ruined. On his body, there were six small wounds. Although these wounds seemed minor, and visually did not meet the standard for being deadly, he could feel that the opponent's power had already entered his body through these wounds and was still destroying his internal organs at this moment.
The squad leader began to tremble, affected by both the cold and his rage.
He noticed that the woman who had just knocked him down was no longer looking at him but was attacking another standing member.
Is this… a sign of disrespect?
The squad leader felt his emotions explode. He roared and gathered his final strength to swing his weapon, but unfortunately, before that power could reach the weapon, it had already torn open the wounds on his body, causing a torrent of blood mixed with flesh to spray out.
When everything finally settled a few seconds later, this leader was still standing, but his weapon had already fallen, and although his eyes were open, they had lost the breath of life.
The death of the squad leader robbed the others of the courage to resist, and they all began to flee. Unfortunately, with the Yama Tree present, they didn't even have the right to escape.
After the four had looted the scene, only eight corpses remained. The two who were still alive but severely injured were howling in despair as they were killed by a passing squad a minute later, earning points from their bodies.
It wasn’t that Liang Chuyin and the others didn’t want to take the kills; it was just that each of them had already taken two lives, and if they took another, their positions would be transferred to other newcomers every hour. They were not willing to expose themselves so soon.
Since the stealing of kills happened before the hunt had ended, it was considered a continuation of the hunt. Once the battle here concluded, the final tally from the Dark Side would come. Ye Zhongming guessed one thing correctly: the Star-Eye Clan secured first place overall, but in terms of individual scores, Xia Bai was surpassed by Liang Chuyin, making his bet a loss.