Chapter 260: Taking a day off~~~

The blue-eyed young man's voice trailed off.

The nine figures behind him fanned out.

Their positioning appeared casual.

In reality, they had perfectly sealed off every possible angle for the Haicheng Team to break through.

"Allow me to introduce myself. I am Courbet."

"We were second in the first stage, but that ranking no longer matters."

Courbet chuckled. "After all, once you're dead, we'll be number one."

Han Cheng sneered, "You certainly have a lot of nerve..."

"Of course!"

Courbet waved his hand.

Behind him,

a team member charged low across the ground, two short blades crossing to slash at the outside of Han Cheng's knees!

Another team member raised a hand,

flicking out several cold-glinting chains that wove into a net in mid-air, sealing off the space above Han Cheng!

"You're asking for it..."

Han Cheng was extremely confident. Without retreating a single step, he met the two attacks head-on and swung his blade!

But in the next second,

he realized something was wrong!

His entire blade suddenly became incredibly heavy!

No!

It wasn't the weight of the blade...

His entire body was being pressed down by an invisible force!

The purple blade light that should have shattered the chains deviated from its original trajectory, cutting diagonally into the ground and kicking up a spray of gravel. However, this allowed the chains to strike!

"Clang!"

The chains lashed across Han Cheng's chest, instantly sending him flying three or four meters!

"Captain Han!"

Ding Shouchang cried out in alarm. He immediately crouched down and touched the ground with both hands!

In the next second, walls of earth rose up!

They blocked the dual-blade man's further assault!

This was the S-rank elemental Talent [Earth Gathering]! It integrated offense and defense, making it a top-tier S-rank ability!

But the volume of the earth walls was limited.

The dual-blade man had already circled to the side, his blades crossing as he slashed toward Song Xingmian!

"Boom!!!"

Zhang Lieyang caught the strike with both palms, and the shockwave from the air burst knocked both of them back!

"Is this... gravity?!"

Han Cheng stood up from the pile of rubble and wiped the bloody foam from the corner of his mouth, his gaze locked onto the figure in the white shirt!

"What gravity?"

Song Xingmian asked immediately!

Han Cheng gritted his teeth, his voice hoarse. "Just now when I swung my blade, I sensed through my Perception... that the entire blade suddenly grew heavy... it was dragged down at least three inches by an invisible force..."

The faces of the Huaxia group changed drastically upon hearing this.

Opposite them, Courbet laughed. "A very accurate guess. Yes, it is indeed..."

"Gravity Field!"

He raised his other hand, fingers pointing down, and pressed lightly against the air.

"Hum!!!"

With this press, the entire rocky beach shook violently.

A terrifying power instantly surged through the bodies of the Huaxia team members present, as if a great mountain were pressing down on them.

He Yu let out a muffled groan and fell to one knee, his teeth clenched tight.

He Xun was the same, instantly dropping to one knee, unable to move an inch.

It must be noted that within the Huaxia team, except for the twins with support abilities,

everyone else's constitution had been more or less enhanced...

But under this level of Gravity Field, it was clearly meaningless.

Even Ding Shouchang was forced to bend over, supporting himself on the earth wall while gasping for air.

"Area-of-effect pressure?"

"What the hell rank is this Talent?"

"What on earth was this guy doing when the apocalypse descended?!"

Song Xingmian could feel her spine being compressed vertebra by vertebra. The sharp pain from her knees caused sweat to bead on her forehead, and after holding on for only three seconds, she was on the verge of collapsing!

The Federation side was quite relaxed, long since accustomed to such scenes!

"Captain Courbet's Gravity Field... every time I see it with my own eyes, it's miraculous..."

"Once he gets the reward, this Gravity Field will likely stack to the point of crushing flesh!"

"By then, never mind regional rankings, the entire Federation Highway will have to answer to us!"

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Taking a day off. I finished work far too late tonight and couldn't finish the draft. My apologies.