Chapter 98 - Hunting Time (1/2)

As soon as 10 o'clock arrived, all teams moved out. Those who made an alliance went somewhere together, those who decided to move alone tried to go away from others, there was obviously those who followed other teams that they thought to be good targets, and since Krune's group had only three members, they had immediately become some of those teams targets that were being pursued. The rules only said that you can't attack anyone during the first two hours; it says nothing about not following potential targets.

Krune and his team, obviously, noticed them straight away, but that was also good, it meant that those contestants weren't confident in a fair five vs. five battles, which also means that they are the real prey in the story. His group had purposely lowered their speed so that the contestants behind them could follow, and at the same time, it wasn't so slow to not make their enemies think that they are being lured instead.

In the end, it was an alliance of two teams of five people each. And judging by their appearance, they were obviously from Ragne Planet. They kept following Krune's group until the two hours were over. Krune and the others also had a plan in mind. It didn't involve their pursues though, but the other groups. They made sure to open as much distance as possible from any other group that might intervene during their hunt. Of course, a few would still be able to follow since the first group coming for them wasn't all that fast. They are probably intending to do the oriole play.

Thanks to Krune's powerful soul, no team was able to hide from Krune's Divine Sense, by playing the right movements, Krune and his group were able to lure the closest team behind them anywhere they wanted.

As soon as the two hours were up, their enemies immediately attacked. They surrounded their group and used a small battle formation to guarantee that they couldn't escape. It was then that someone came forward and said.

”Just give us your black token and you can leave to try your luck again, it's up to you whether we make a move or not.”

Ao and Arlan heard that and couldn't help but smile. Krune, on the other hand, just sighed.

”They couldn't even notice that we guided them here. I wonder from where that confidence comes from.”

The enemy group heard that and immediately looked around with their Divine Sense, but there was nothing to be found.

Ao shook his head while Arlan simply burst in laugh.

”Wrong! Wrong! We indeed lured you into a trap, but it doesn't mean that we have reinforcements. Simply put, the three of us are more than enough to beat all of you.”

One of the enemies just snorted after hearing that.

”He! Sure you did! So why don't you show us how exactly you want to deal with us?”

Right after he said that all the enemies around Krune's group attacked together. Since their targets were in the mood to provoke them, there is no need to hold back. As long as they get Krune's black token or force their leader to use the blue token, the victory is theirs. Of course, if they don't do any of the two options, they don't mind forcing their hand.

But just as they moved, their faces changed as if they had seen a ghost. Right in front of them, Krune, Ao, and Arlan suddenly disappeared! No! It's not that they disappeared; they could still feel Krune's group presence with their Divine Senses. It's just that they were too fast for any of them to be able to follow their movements.

”Support formation, don't let them get close!”

Noticing that they had hit a steel wall, both leaders of each team immediately changed their formation so that they could give support to anyone of their teams. Since there are only three of them, they can still tire them out until they have no more Spiritual Energy to battle. At that time, they will be able to launch a counter-attack or at the very least force them to flee.

Ao and Arlan appeared close to one of their enemies each and immediately launched an attack. But thanks to the support formation, their companions were able to counter-attack at the same time. Several skills rained down on Ao and Arlan. But surprisingly, they didn't retreat; they didn't even defend at all and simply charged forward.

”Are they planning to suicide?”

That was the thought of everyone, once they saw that, they could only call such action suicide. But of course, they forgot a very important detail, Krune was still there! Just as the attacks were about to hit Ao and Arlan, several Hexagonal Shields appeared around both of them. They attached together creating small barriers that deflected the attacks away. Such a thing was only possible due to the trust that Ao and Arlan put on him. They simply didn't think that Krune could miss those attacks even for an instant.

”Crescent Searing Sword!”

”Vacuum Blade!”

”Swish!”

Right after that, two enemy cultivators fell; there was simply no time to help them anymore. They couldn't understand. How those small shields had enough power to defend against all their attacks? Once more, the secret was behind the elements of each shield! Krune made sure to use the elements of the right shields against their enemies' attacks.

But that was of little concern at the moment, that's because everyone noticed over a hundred Blazing Wind Blades raining down from above. At everyone's cultivation level and superior combat prowess, Krune's Blazing Wind Blades weren't that dangerous anymore. Of Course, that is in the case you have to deal with only a few Blazing Wind Blades. But each one of the remaining eight enemies had more than ten of those blades to deal with! They obviously could take care of them in normal times, but that wasn't the case at the moment.

Ao and Arlan took the chance that their attention was focused on the blazing wind blades, and used the breach in the enemies' defenses, and in a flash, they got rid of another four cultivators. This battle had started just a few seconds ago, but then ten vs. three situations had already become a four vs. three now! Noticing that the outcome wasn't good, the two leaders of the two teams immediately used their movement techniques to try to flee. It was too bad that Krune was already expecting that. As soon as they moved away from their positions, they feel inside two gigantic Water Prisons that Krune had prepared beforehand.

In normal situations, they would have definitely noticed those water prisons and avoided them in time. But Ao, Arlan, and Krune's coordination were perfect! The moment that the two leaders tried to flee, Ao and Arlan had sent attacks over. They had to divert their attention to those two attacks right when they entered inside the water prison range. The end result was both of them being trapped inside, not to mention that Krune's Water Prisons aren't something that cultivators at their level can easily deal with.