648: The Panic of the Blood Clan

In the sky.

Wang Chen was flying towards the nearest Blood Clan Earl.

Just then, his flying speed suddenly slowed.

"Disappeared?"

Wang Chen's face showed a hint of surprise when he discovered through the jade token that the aura of the nearest Blood Clan Earl had vanished.

"It seems he was hunted by someone else..."

"This aura feels a bit familiar."

He released his perception to probe into the distance, vaguely sensing the lingering essence of a sacred power.

"It seems to be Senior Chu, I'll go take a look."

Thinking to himself, Wang Chen continued forward.

Soon.

A scene of utter devastation appeared before his eyes.

"The battle was intense!"

"It seems the Blood Clan Earl who fought Senior Chu was very strong."

Observing the traces below, Wang Chen thought with some surprise.

Chu Youxiong's combat power in the Global Prodigy Competition was already comparable to that of an ordinary Blood Clan Marquis, so to have fought so fiercely with him indicates that his opponent's strength was quite formidable.

However...

"Where is he?"

His gaze swept over the Blood Clan Earl's shattered corpse, but Wang Chen did not see Chu Youxiong's figure at this moment.

"Could it be that my approach made him think I was an enemy, and he hid?"

He thought with some amusement, directly landing on the ground.

"This concealment method can even fool my perception; Senior Chu has many trump cards."

After scanning around, Wang Chen suddenly turned his head to look to his left.

Just ten meters away, the air rippled, and a disheveled figure emerged from it.

It was Chu Youxiong.

"Junior, you suddenly approached, you almost scared me to death."

Upon seeing Wang Chen, Chu Youxiong's taut nerves relaxed, and he directly sat down on the ground.

"Senior, why are you in such a sorry state?"

Wang Chen didn't mind Chu Youxiong's complaint; he stepped forward, noticed the other party's weakened aura, and couldn't help but frown.

"Your entire body's muscles are damaged; were you run over by a mountain?"

"No, it's the after-effects of a burst skill."

Hearing Wang Chen's words, Chu Youxiong scratched his head awkwardly, took out a bottle of recovery potion, and chugged it down.

“This…”

Wang Chen's mouth twitched, and he looked at Chu Youxiong with a strange expression.

Good heavens!

Carlos was also battered after using his burst skill; are you all... masochists?

He thought speechlessly, seeing Chu Youxiong's miserable state, he couldn't bring himself to ask.

"Senior, Chai Yue and Carlos are currently at the center of the area; you can go find them and meet up later."

After Chu Youxiong had recovered sufficiently, Wang Chen informed him of Chai Yue and Carlos's location, and at the same time...

"The Blood Clan participating in the competition can perceive each other's positions through these jade tokens, so it's best for everyone to act collectively."

Wang Chen also gave Chu Youxiong one of the jade tokens he had seized.

...

...

Time passed little by little.

The atmosphere in the "Contest" battlefield grew increasingly tense.

Especially for the Blood Clan, this was even more so.

With the jade tokens that could report positions, all the Blood Clan members initially believed they would have an absolute advantage in this contest, turning the entire battlefield into a hunting ground, with the Blue Star Awakeners as their prey to be chased and toyed with.

But...

Only four hours had passed since the contest began, and nearly one-third of the thousand red dots representing comrades on the jade tokens had vanished.

This meant that, excluding the ninety Marquis and ten Lords who had not yet descended upon the battlefield, the remaining number of Earls was already less than six hundred.

This terrifying loss directly scared all the remaining Blood Clan Earls.

"What exactly is going on?"

"Only four hours have passed, and we've already lost so many people?"

"Did those Blue Star Awakeners gather together with explosive luck as soon as they descended?"

In a certain area of the forest, a slender female Blood Clan member shouted angrily.

Upon closer inspection, one could see a hint of imperceptible fear in her eyes.

With the jade tokens that could report positions, they could easily form a numerical advantage over the Blue Star Human Race.

After descending onto the battlefield, it should have been a one-sided slaughter; all Blue Star Awakeners would become their prey and blood meal.

But now, the situation seemed to have reversed!

"The current situation is very unfavorable for us. Others aren't disappearing one by one; sometimes, even four or five gathered together die at the same time."

"I'm afraid those Blue Star Awakeners also have means to sense positions. Even with four of us gathered here, it's not safe enough!"

Beside the female Blood Clan member were three male Blood Clan members with cold temperaments. The leader among them said gravely:

"Suzanne, our hunting plan must be changed. We need to gather more people now, otherwise, if we encounter a large group of Blue Star Awakeners, our situation will be very dangerous!"

"Nelson, I know what you're saying."

Hearing this, Suzanne, the female Blood Clan member, nodded, but her expression remained extremely gloomy.

"The closest ones to us now are over a hundred miles away. If we go to meet them now, we might very likely run into Blue Star Awakeners on the way."

“And…”

As she spoke, Suzanne paused, then offered a guess that sent shivers down the spines of the other three Blood Clan members:

"Our means of confirming positions have probably been discovered by the Blue Star Awakeners."

"Our positions are likely already visible to them now."

“This…”

Hearing Suzanne's words, Nelson and the other two Blood Clan members' expressions immediately turned incredibly ugly.

Suzanne's guess, in their opinion, was very likely true.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain the large number of other comrades dying in a short period of time.

"Then what do we do now?"

Looking at Suzanne, Nelson asked somewhat frantically.

Among the four of them, Suzanne was the strongest and had the most noble Bloodline.

She came from the Rudolph Clan, the first Blood Clan, and was a direct Bloodline of Lord Alvos. After they had met up, she had always been regarded as their backbone.

“Disperse!”

After thinking for a moment, Suzanne proposed:

"The Blue Star Awakeners can confirm our positions, but we know nothing of theirs."

"At this time, gathering together is a blatant target."

"They will definitely prioritize attacking those who are gathered together."

"As long as we disperse, our targets will be smaller, and the chances of them targeting us will be greatly reduced."

Hearing her words, Nelson and the three other Blood Clan members all nodded.

Under the current circumstances, this was indeed the best strategy.

However, once they dispersed, their chances of encountering danger would also greatly increase, and at the same time...

"Then where do we meet up?"

"We can't just keep acting alone, can we? If we can't gather together and consolidate our strength, sooner or later we'll be hunted down one by one by the Blue Star Awakeners."

Nelson was silent for a moment before his gaze fell on Suzanne again.