63: Chapter 63: Reporting Positions, an Unsolvable Combination

Central Region, Westward.

The strongest S-class Esper of Niliu Academy—Wu Hang, was currently leading his team toward the next spawn point of a Challenge Beast.

However, along the way, they encountered bad news.

“Stolen?” Wu Hang’s gaze froze.

“It didn’t specify which side did the stealing, but it’s unlikely to be Shangguan and the others; it’s mostly likely the Zhenyan System or the Shengyuan System...”

“Pfft... They can’t even protect their own things; this bunch is really regressing. The opponent was just a freshman.” Along the way, he even mocked those who had been robbed.

“Boss Wu, we’re almost there,” someone in the team reminded him.

Seeing this, Wu Hang retracted his panel and nodded. “Good, keep moving. After killing this one, we can reach the central urban area.”

“Yes!”

...

An hour later, the Niliu Academy team set off again, heading toward the next Challenge Beast location.

Chen Xing followed them in the shadows, reporting their positions in real-time to Su He, Li Baxian, and the others.

The map actually had coordinates, with (0, 0, 0) starting from the black Challenge Beast marker in the Central Region.

“They’re far from Su He but very close to you. Be careful, though looking at their path, their target shouldn’t be the same as yours,” Chen Xing said to Li Baxian.

“Alright, I’ll move away immediately after the kill. You be careful too; since you just stole from them once, they’ll definitely be on guard against you. Don’t take any more risks,” Li Baxian nodded.

“I’m only responsible for reporting positions and then randomly tossing a Battle Technique over. Whether I can steal it or not depends entirely on luck; I won’t worry about the rest. If I still manage to steal it like that, then they deserve it,” Chen Xing grinned.

“You...” Li Baxian’s lips twitched. This was too petty; it was simply a disastrous blow to the enemy.

From start to finish, Chen Xing maintained a distance of one to two thousand meters from the Niliu Academy team, ensuring he could retreat at any time.

This made Shangguan Xu’s group very impatient; they wanted to drive him away but couldn’t.

“He’s like a piece of dog-skin plaster; we can’t shake him off at all!” Chang Qinian unconsciously clenched his fists.

“The enemy is in the dark while we are in the light, and they can communicate with each other. The three of us joined forces, yet we’ve become the disadvantaged group?” Shangguan Xu laughed in anger as he spoke.

“Li Baxian? I almost forgot about him. That ability is indeed very strong in this place,” Chu Li’s eyes flickered.

Naturally, they wouldn’t forget that in the previous competition, when Li Baxian was still a sophomore, he had spent a year of painstaking research to develop a Magnetic Field Connection.

One had to know that ordinary communicators were very difficult to use here because harsh environments like rainforests and volcanoes along the way would likely interfere with signals.

But Li Baxian was different. He was an S-class, and the purity and hardness of his metal element power were far higher than average, allowing him to communicate regardless of the terrain.

In the previous competition, Li Baxian used this ability to split up with Su He, farming points along two different routes, making their efficiency much faster than anyone else’s.

At that time, Chu Li was still a freshman, her cultivation having just barely stepped one foot into the Divine Sea Realm, so she couldn’t do much.

Now, she was once again experiencing how disgusting this ability was.

“Too shameless!” Thinking of this, Chang Qinian couldn’t help but curse under his breath.

Li Baxian’s communication method was already a bit beyond the norm, and Chen Xing’s high-mobility intelligence gathering could also be considered beyond the norm—after all, he still had to bring back the information.

But the key was that these two had now merged together.

Chen Xing didn’t need to bring the information back; as long as he saw something, he just had to report it truthfully through the communicator, and he could even observe the opponent’s position in real-time.

These two abnormal things combined directly became an almost unsolvable method.

“I’m not fast enough to catch him. Do you two have any good ideas?” Shangguan Xu also felt helpless and had no choice but to ask for their opinions.

“What can I do? Unless he’s willing to stop and duel me one-on-one, how can I kill him?” Chang Qinian snorted coldly.

“If Sister were here... she could drive him away. It’s a pity I’m not Wind or Lightning type, otherwise my speed wouldn’t necessarily be weaker than his,” Chu Li pondered.

“Then there’s no other way. While we’re fighting, Old Chang, you go hold the edge of the battlefield. If he gets close, hit him. If he dares to bypass you and come in, we’ll collectively switch our attack target,” Shangguan Xu’s gaze sharpened.

“I don’t believe that with the power of dozens of people attacking him at once, he’ll still dare to keep advancing.”

“Fine,” Chang Qinian nodded helplessly.

An hour later, they arrived at a new Challenge Beast spawn point, which was a snowy plain.

And what they were hunting this time was the legendary Frost Giant, with a body comparable to a tall building—a true overlord of the ice plains.

“The Challenge Beast at this point is a Frost Giant. With the terrain advantage and my interference, they shouldn’t be able to finish it off so quickly,” Chen Xing reported truthfully from behind.

“Good, then we’ll keep farming,” Li Baxian replied.

This was the difference between having information and not. The Niliu Academy people had to take precautions against Chen Xing, while they didn’t have to.

The only way others could judge positions was by looking at the map; if a Challenge Beast was cleared, they could know which people were at that point.

But that was it; they could only guess where the people who killed the Challenge Beast would go next, they couldn’t know directly unless a new notification appeared.

The Tianhe System’s only current opponent was Niliu Academy. With Chen Xing watching and reporting positions in real-time, they felt much more at ease.

“I’ll go check out other points.” Thinking of this, Chen Xing decided to look for other teams.

“Where is Wu Hang?” He rubbed his chin, thinking seriously.

“Li Baxian landed in the Northern Region and didn’t encounter Wu Hang. Su He is in the Southern Region and didn’t encounter him either. I haven’t seen him in the Eastern Region, so that means he landed in the Western Region.”

“Going west, I might be able to find his location!” Thinking of this, he left immediately.

As for the Niliu Academy crowd here, they still thought Chen Xing was hiding somewhere and would jump out at any moment, so their nerves were tight, not daring to be the least bit careless.

By the time they realized, Chen Xing had already run far away.

...

It was now the afternoon of the second day, and the sky was getting late.

The spectator seats were made of special Materials, making them very comfortable whether sitting or lying down. There was even a type of gemstone that could clear away fatigue, allowing the audience to maintain their passion for watching the match.

Furthermore, there were robots for real-time delivery; if you wanted to eat something, you just bought it. With special gemstones masking it, the aroma of food would not disturb the audience in other seats.

At the same time, the sky over the competition grounds changed with time, gradually turning dark.

Central Region, Western position.

Wu Hang had led his people to pick off another batch of Challenge Beasts. Along the way, they even encountered a team from Zhenyan Academy and scattered them in passing.

By this point, although some people from Zhenyan Academy were still alive, their chances of winning were slim, and their presence was very low.

After traveling for less than an hour, Chen Xing discovered them and immediately reported the position:

“Wu Hang discovered. They are preparing to attack the city in the Central Region. The Challenge Beast marker inside is... black-red?”