The team members were divided into red and blue teams, with Lin Chen on the red team, while Zhou Ming led the blue team.

Wang Wei stood at the forefront of the team and said in a deep voice, "You have all received your equipment, and now both teams can enter the forest and look for favorable terrain. However, you should also be cautious, since this primitive forest has a complex landscape, not only with wild beasts but also with demons and wandering ghosts appearing.

You can only operate within the first and the second peaks; absolutely no entering the third peak, understood?"

"Understood!" A unified voice rang out from among the team members.

The members of both teams began to sort out their equipment.

"Lin Chen, I think you might as well just surrender now, 14 against 4, I'm really afraid of making you guys cry," Sun Peng said with a smug look on his face.

"Is that so? Well, let's see who makes whom cry in a while," Lin Chen replied with a light smile.

"Everyone brace yourselves, let's make this a quick fight and aim to end the battle before dark," Zhou Ming said provocatively, looking at Lin Chen with full confidence.

"Yes!"

His fourteen vigorously spirited, battle-ready subordinates followed him into the forest.

"Let's go too," Lin Chen said with a smile.

Lin Chen, along with his own three team members, also walked into the forest.

Watching the members of both teams enter the jungle, Lu Xiaofeng asked worriedly, "Xiaowei, don't you think this is unfair to Lin Chen's team?"

Wang Wei smiled lightly, "You're wrong, fighting in the jungle isn't about numbers; Lin Chen is smart, which I like."

"You mean there are still variables in this competition?" Lu Xiaofeng asked doubtfully, looking at Wang Wei.

"Haha, let's go watch the surveillance of the match; soon you'll know the answer," Wang Wei said with a smile as the two of them walked into the command vehicle.

In the jungle, the four of Lin Chen's team were proceeding single file.

"Keke, you have a good eye for choosing our team, which means choosing victory," Hao Lin said with a chuckle.

Sun Keke blushed, "Actually, I joined your team because my score was already the lowest, and even in the blue team, I'd definitely be eliminated. With your team, at least I can try, and though we're sure to lose, if by any chance I can take a few down, I could also earn some points."

"Hey, don't you start undermining our morale. Why would we lose? With Brother Chen's intelligence, Sister Qin's flame spells, and my earth spells, defeating them is a piece of cake," Hao Lin said confidently.

"You don't need to comfort me; I'll try my best not to drag everyone down," Sun Keke said softly.

Just then, Lin Chen suddenly stopped in his tracks and leaped to climb a tree.

"Lin Chen, with the jungle this dense, even if you climb the tree, you can't see them," Qin Mengfan said disdainfully.

"That's not necessarily true!"

Lin Chen smiled and continued to climb to the highest part of the tree.

From the treetop, Lin Chen looked in the direction of the blue team's march.

For an ordinary person, even with binoculars, one might not be able to see beyond a few hundred meters in the dense, lush jungle. But Lin Chen, with the help of the Tianyan Divine Eye, could see the movements of the blue team quite clearly.

As expected, just like Lin Chen had anticipated, once the blue team reached a certain position, they split into four groups and began to encircle from four different directions.

Zhou Ming had a good plan; with the red team being outnumbered, they would definitely focus on defense. His aim was very clear—to surround the four members of Lin Chen's team and then annihilate them together.

Lin Chen jumped down from the tree and said to the other three, "Let's head back."

"What?" Lin Chen's words stunned everyone.

"Lin Chen, we are only four people; heading back will definitely lead to a direct conflict with them, wouldn't that be suicidal?" Qin Mengfan frowned and said.

"Yeah, boss, we should outsmart them, not outfight them," Hao Lin also looked puzzled.

Lin Chen laughed lightly, "Who said I intend to outfight them? This is outsmarting them."

In the bushes, Qin Mengfan wore a doubtful expression, "Are you sure they're going to pass through here?"

"Yeah, they should be here soon," Lin Chen said confidently.

As expected, it wasn't more than three minutes before voices in conversation could be heard from not far away.

"Li Dongli, let's walk slowly," said a female student behind Li Dongli. "Zhou Ming told us to be careful and not stray too far from them."

"Don't worry, the Red Team will definitely run as far as they can. They won't appear in this area," Li Dongli said disdainfully, chewing on a piece of grass root.

"Speaking of which, Lin Chen is such an idiot. Four against fourteen, isn't this seeking death? Once we have them surrounded, I'm really looking forward to seeing him get thrashed," another chubby boy sneered.

"Haha, don't say that. He's a genius!" laughed Li Dongli.

"Genius? After today's events, I'm even more convinced he's a fool," the chubby boy guffawed unrestrainedly.

"Who are you calling a fool?" suddenly a cold voice asked.

"Lin Chen!" Li Dongli was first startled and then overjoyed upon seeing Lin Chen.

"Kid, didn't expect you'd come seeking your own death. Seems like our luck is good, finding such a big bargain," said Li Dongli as he was about to cast a spell.

But suddenly, he felt his foot sink, and one of his feet unexpectedly got trapped in quicksand.

Damn it, how can there be quicksand in the mountains!

Li Dongli immediately panicked. He wanted to ask the other two for help, but he soon realized that the other two were also caught in the quicksand almost at the same time.

At that moment, three figures darted out from the bushes. Hao Lin chuckled, "Li Dongli, how do you like the trap I set for you?"

"You bastard!" Li Dongli roared, but he was stuck deep in the quicksand and could not cast any spells.

"Each of you take one and finish them off quickly," Lin Chen said indifferently.

"On it!" Hao Lin's mouth twisted into a smirk as he approached the three people.

"You're too despicable, this isn't fair!" Li Dongli exclaimed.

"Be a man and fight us one on one," the chubby boy said, clearly unwilling to give up.

Hao Lin smiled coldly, "Sorry, we're busy and don't have the time to play with you."

"Flame Burst!"

"Earth Split!"

"Water Pillar!"

Accompanied by three attacks, the lights on the clothing of Li Dongli's three-person team that represented life went out instantly.

That also signified that they were out of the game.

"Hmph, don't be so smug. Zhou Ming will avenge us," Li Dongli said, unwilling to accept defeat.

"Don't worry, it won't be long before they become 'corpses' too," Lin Chen said with a light smile.

At that moment, Zhou Ming was leading his four-man squad onward when suddenly he heard the sound of magic from the jungle.

"Not good, it's coming from Li Dongli's team's direction. Let's move to support them immediately," Zhou Ming said, leading his team to quicken their pace towards Li Dongli's location.

But by the time they arrived at the site of the incident, Li Dongli and his team had already been escorted out of the forest by the supervisory staff.

"Dammit, they fell into Lin Chen's ambush," Zhou Ming frowned.

"Young Master Zhou, what should we do?" Sun Peng wiped the sweat from his face.

"Chase after them, they must be close by," Zhou Ming shouted angrily.

Meanwhile, Lin Chen, perched at the top of a tree, looked around and swiftly locked onto another target.

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