248: First shrinking circle

“How dare you attack me?”

A burly man patted a young man's face in front of him, speaking mockingly.

“Didn’t you use your brains to look before you acted? You still fell for such a standard trap.”

“Tsk, tsk, tsk.”

The burly man laughed happily, pointing at the girl next to him, who also had a smile on her face: “What, do you want to be a hero saving the beauty, and then have her pledge herself to you?”

“What a dream!”

The burly man laughed, then violently smashed the long spear in his hand onto the chest of the young man at his feet, sending him flying.

“I really didn’t expect that in this day and age, someone would still be fooled by such a simple honey trap.”

The burly man shook his head, then turned to look at the girl next to him: “Keep up the good work.”

“Don’t worry!”

The girl also laughed, and then the five people, led by the burly man, hid again, leaving only the girl outside.

The place they were in was similar to a forest.

And the method they used was to have the girl hide behind a large rock, and then use her voice to lure people over.

They used people's curiosity to trick them into entering this encirclement.

Of course, if anyone tried to attack her, she also had defensive equipment protecting her.

Moreover, the place she was in was within the range of a Scene Card; as long as someone got close, they would directly enter the Scene Card's range.

And once they entered the Scene Card's range, it meant their hunt was about to begin.

The girl didn't hesitate, letting out a charming laugh before hiding behind the rock again.

The remaining five people were hidden around, and if they saw someone approaching, they would notify the girl to make a sound.

It was a very simple trap, but it had caught many people.

Whether it was people who were curious and wanted to see what was happening, or people who wanted to directly eliminate the person making the sound to reduce the number of people present.

As long as they entered this Scene Card, they could only become their prey.

“Speaking of which, I’m ranked thirty-first on the Bei Mang Academy fourth-year leaderboard. With a few of you guys who are also ranked in the top one hundred on the leaderboard, he actually said we used underhanded tactics?”

The leading burly man scoffed with a laugh: “As if they could beat us in a head-on confrontation.”

“Besides, this isn’t an arena battle; they can only blame themselves for being too naive.”

“I’m also teaching them a lesson, lest they die on the Ten Thousand Races Battlefield later, since you won’t die here anyway.”

The burly man spread his hands, a grim smile appearing on his face: “Speaking of which, they should thank us, shouldn’t they?”

“Naturally, this can be considered a life-saving grace for us.” A long-haired man with a goatee said, looking into the scope of his sniper rifle in the distance, while agreeing with the burly man.

“Hey, hey, boss, someone’s coming.”

But as soon as he finished speaking, he saw a group of people through his sniper scope, so he quickly told everyone.

Everyone instantly became serious; after all, the Students of the Four Top Academies still had some real skills.

“Five people, and they’re on horseback?”

The burly man also saw the approaching people at this moment, and couldn't help but burst into laughter when he saw their mounts.

“Three on horseback, one riding a tiger, how interesting.”

“Tell her to start calling.”

“Alright!”

As soon as the burly man finished speaking, the girl's voice from inside the rock rang out.

“Did you hear anything?”

Zhao Gongming, sitting on the black tiger, couldn't help but frown after hearing the faint, indistinct sound, and turned to ask Nezha next to him.

“It seems to be coming from that direction.”

Nezha, hearing Zhao Gongming's words, also held his breath and listened for a while, then pointed to the rock in the distance and said.

“So, there’s someone there?”

Jiang Yuan looked at the rock with some curiosity, but didn't see anything strange about it.

“We’ll know if there’s someone there by trying.”

“Brother, get ready!”

Nezha said, and the golden bracelet on his wrist suddenly disappeared, then reappeared in Nezha’s hand.

“Go!”

With a shout from Nezha, the Qiankun Circle suddenly smashed towards the rock that was suspected of having made a sound earlier.

“Is it a disguise or an illusion? We’ll find out now.”

As Nezha spoke, Zhao Gongming also raised the huge, roughly ten-meter-long lightning spear in his hand, ready to throw it at any moment.

“Boom!”

The Qiankun Circle fell, and the rock suddenly shattered. At the same time, the white-clothed girl behind the rock also revealed her figure.

The moment he saw the white-clothed girl, Zhao Gongming directly threw the lightning spear in his hand.

And Nezha didn't hesitate, drawing his bow and firing an arrow!

Zhentian Arrow!

Second arrow!

The first arrow was shot at Wang Boqing, but it didn't kill him.

The damage of the second arrow was even more terrifying.

Although they didn't know who the white-clothed girl was, it was right to kill upon sight.

This was the main theme of this Four School Joint Examination.

The white-clothed girl didn't expect that the opponent would attack her from such a far distance.

However, the Qiankun Circle hit the rock, and after the rock was shattered, the white-clothed girl also reacted.

Facing the lightning spear that followed closely, a purple-quality Skill Card appeared in the white-clothed girl's hand.

Frost Barrier!

The entire white-clothed girl was frozen, and then the lightning spear landed on the ice, but it didn't cause any damage to the white-clothed girl.

“Charge!”

The burly man reacted at this moment and quickly ordered the goatee next to him to attack.

Although the goatee's strength was not as good as that of the leading burly man, he was also a Student ranked in the top one hundred among the Four Top Academies.

Before the burly man spoke, the bullet from his sniper rifle was already shot towards Nezha.

Purple-quality Skill Card: Rose Bomb!

After using this skill, the bullet will transform into a rose shape, and hitting the opponent can cause explosion, bleeding, and penetration damage.

It was fired almost simultaneously with the Zhentian Arrow in Nezha's hand.

Just as the Rose Bomb bullet came flying, Nezha quickly reacted.

The purple-quality Huntian Ribbon skill, Turbulent Sea, could destroy flying attacks.

After being upgraded from blue to purple quality, the cooldown time of Turbulent Sea was greatly reduced, and the probability of causing confusion was higher.

However, it was a pity that this skill was being used for defense at the moment and could not cause a confusion effect.

Only when used as an attack, by wrapping the opponent within it, might it cause a confusion effect.

“Ding!”

With a crisp sound, the bullet from the goatee's hand, upon contact with the Huntian Ribbon, had no time to explode and was blocked by the Huntian Ribbon's skill effect, falling straight down from the sky.

The goatee, looking through his sniper scope, was stunned by this scene, then another purple card appeared in his hand.

Reload!

Fire!

Purple-quality Card: Shadow Leap!

The bullets released by this skill are silent and have a certain chance to pass through the opponent's defense when attacking.

At the same time, there is also a certain chance that they will directly pass through the opponent's body without causing damage.

And just as the goatee's second bullet was released, Nezha keenly locked onto the goatee's position.

At this time, the white-clothed girl used various defensive skills in an attempt to block the Zhentian Arrow's attack.

However, due to the Qiankun Bow skill, it ignored any obstacles between Nezha and the target.

It was strange to say that after the Qiankun Bow was upgraded from blue to purple quality, it still didn't add any skills, only the Qiankun skill increased the critical strike effect by ten percent.

A critical strike effect allows the attack to deal double damage.

If the Zhentian Arrow's third arrow triggered a critical strike effect.

Tsk tsk, that damage is unimaginable.

Even the Great Beam (Late Stage) who was holding the sword just now probably couldn't withstand the attack after a critical strike.

From the moment Nezha's Qiankun Circle launched an attack until the white-clothed girl disappeared from the field and was eliminated, only a short five seconds had passed.

This time was just enough for the leading burly man to rush out from his hiding place.

“Die!”

The burly man, seeing his girlfriend eliminated, instantly turned red-eyed, gripping a large spear and charging towards Nezha and the others.

However, the distance between them was still quite far, at least over a thousand meters.

Shi Ji pointed her Taia Sword, and Undead Enslavement and a large Bone Spirit Legion emerged from the ground, charging towards the opponents.

Nezha was even more at the forefront; the Huntian Ribbon once again blocked the goatee's attack, and at the same time, the third Zhentian Arrow shot over, exploding both the goatee and the large tree beneath him, then he charged towards the burly man.

It had been a long time since he encountered someone who used a long spear like him!

Nezha was delighted at the hunt; although the opponent used a large spear, known for its fierce and powerful nature.

But he could do it too.

The Fire Tipped Spear in his hand could not only be fierce and powerful, but also agile and sharp.

Zhao Gongming and Mu Qianshan also didn't hesitate; the two simultaneously moved forward, confronting the remaining two who charged down with the burly man.

There's no need to mention Mu Qianshan's side; with his Jiang Lou Mid Stage strength, with the help of Undead Enslavement, he was able to fight the Late Stage opponent to a draw.

Naturally, there was even less to say about Zhao Gongming's side.

Both sides were of the same strength, but the Late Stage Zhao Gongming easily blocked the opponent's attack, then with a backhand Steel Whip, he blasted the opponent apart.

The fierce attack caused the opponent to be unable to resist at all; the purple defensive equipment on his body just flickered once before he was knocked out of the Four School Joint Examination battlefield.

With another person eliminated, the burly man's small team of six now had only three people left, including him.

And the remaining person had already fallen into Shi Ji's illusion Skill Card.

He was easily killed by Shi Ji's first-level Bone Spirit Soul Nail.

Nezha, Zhao Gongming, and Shi Ji.

Although in terms of one-on-one combat strength, Shi Ji was the weakest, she also possessed an invincible strength at her level in one-on-one combat.

Of course, this one-on-one did not include Shi Ji's Undead Enslavement and Undead Bone Sea.

Otherwise, if Shi Ji was given enough time, she might not necessarily be the weakest.

However, the three of them had never fought amongst themselves, so it was unclear what their specific combat strength rankings were.

That being said, both Nezha and Zhao Gongming possessed large-area damage skills.

The true combat strength ranking of the three could only be determined after an internal fight.

However, now was clearly not the time for an internal fight.

The burly man looked around him with some fear; at this moment, he clearly saw the bored expression on Nezha's face.

His several attacks just now were effortlessly resolved by Nezha, as if he were just a child, and all his offensive intentions were exposed before Nezha, an adult.

After blocking the opponent's two or three attacks, Nezha also showed a bored expression, then directly ended the opponent with a single spear thrust.

The defensive equipment on the burly man's body also flickered once; the Autumn Frost's skill effect, which ignored the opponent's defensive equipment, combined with the penetration effect added after upgrading to a purple-quality card.

This made the defensive equipment, which was already like a thin sheet in front of the Fire Tipped Spear, even more vulnerable.

Under Nezha's attack, only the effect of flickering light remained.

Watching the burly man in front of him vanish into a phantom, Nezha then threw his Fire Tipped Spear, piercing through the chest of the last person who was preparing to escape.

Mu Qianshan pursed his lips; at this moment, he wished for an opponent of Jiang Lou Mid Stage to appear, so he could also demonstrate his barely peerless combat strength at that level.

Unfortunately, no one would give him this opportunity.

There was indeed a pair of people nearby, and they were indeed of Jiang Lou Mid Stage strength.

Those who were planning to reap the benefits of others' struggles, seeing Jiang Yuan and the others effortlessly, or rather, casually, deal with their opponents who were also Late Stage, quickly lowered their heads, trying not to be discovered by the other party.

“A battle where you can’t get spoils of war, it’s really annoying!”

Jiang Yuan looked at the empty field, where even the blood had disappeared, and couldn't help but shake his head.

When he could get spoils of war before, his luck was bad.

Now that he finally had Zhao Gongming, he had good luck, but he hadn't gotten any spoils of war this time.

He wondered if there would be any airdrops or something here?

Otherwise, Zhao Gongming's luck always felt somewhat useless.

When would he get to loot a corpse and see what Zhao Gongming's accumulated luck could get him?

No, the upper limit for looting corpses was too low; Secret Treasure Light Clusters were better.

However, obtaining Secret Treasure Light Clusters was a rare occurrence, and Jiang Yuan couldn't do anything about that.

“Tsk tsk, truly decisive in killing.”

On the stage, looking at the six figures that reappeared in the field, Jin Lingyu also pushed up his glasses with a smile, looking at Jiang Yuan and the others on the screen.

Just hearing a sound, they directly launched an attack.

And it was a girl's voice.

This guy wasn't the type to cherish and pity women either.

However…

“Is the time almost up?”

“Hmm, three minutes left.”

Yu Chengtian nodded; he was also paying attention to the geniuses from his school.

“I'm really looking forward to your expressions when you see this circle.” Jin Lingyu looked at the people on the screen, his smile genuine and beautiful.