133: Chapter 133 It's them!?

The moment they saw the person clearly, Su Xiaoxiao and Li Murou were stunned.

"Isn't this... that sophomore senior who hired external help during the Freshman Challenge Tournament? What was her name again... Ji Qing?"

"Yes, that's her!"

Li Murou also recognized her: "That Ji Qing with the [Spirit Caller] profession! Back in the Echo Gobi, she even helped that bastard Zhou Tianren surround and attack us, only to be one-shot by Sister Xiaoxiao."

Chen Xi shook his head: "No, she was just possessing that Spirit Caller at the time."

However, looking at Ji Qing's appearance, he also marveled: "Although it was possession, she took the full brunt of Xiao Xiao's damage back then."

"But looking at her current state, this person has recovered quite quickly. I didn't expect that in just a few days, she'd already be out here doing missions Outside the Border?"

It seems the resources available to Professionals who can advance to their sophomore year are indeed different.

Su Xiaoxiao looked at the crumbling defensive perimeter ahead and frowned: "But it looks like they are in a tough spot right now."

In the field, Ji Qing's team had clearly fallen into a desperate situation.

Those dozen or so Shadow Poison Spiders were working in perfect coordination, continuously spitting venom to compress their range of movement.

Li Murou looked at Chen Xi and asked tentatively: "Captain Chen... should we go help?"

This was a rather sensitive question.

After all, during the recent Freshman Challenge Tournament, both sides were mortal enemies.

Ji Qing had stood on Zhou Tianren's side back then.

Although it was a competition, they had still crossed paths in a bad way.

Chen Xi looked at those few young, despair-filled faces and was silent for a moment.

Indeed, he and Ji Qing had a grudge.

But that was within the school's rules, a difference in stance.

Although Ji Qing helped Zhou Tianren, she didn't use underhanded tactics like he did, and in the end, losing was simply due to inferior skills.

And now, this is Outside the Border.

It is a battlefield between humans and ferocious beasts.

In the face of right and wrong, this bit of personal grievance is nothing.

If they stood by and watched while their own kind were devoured by beasts, that... would be somewhat inhumane.

Besides... these Shadow Poison Spiders happen to be their mission targets, so they would have to be killed sooner or later.

Thinking of this, Chen Xi didn't hesitate at all and nodded decisively: "Help!"

"This group of Shadow Poison Spiders seems to be the same as the ones we just encountered; they should have a commander too."

Chen Xi turned to look at Ye Fei, who hadn't spoken, and said in a deep voice: "Ye Fei, it's up to you. Just like before, find their leader!"

Ye Fei nodded, took a deep breath, and closed her eyes.

A few seconds later, she opened her eyes abruptly and pointed her finger toward a giant rock on the right side of the battlefield: "There! It's hiding behind that rock, commanding!"

A sharp light flashed in Chen Xi's eyes, and he had already gripped a card in his hand: "Very well, get ready to move!"

Meanwhile, in the center of the battlefield.

"Damn it! Why are these beasts endless!"

The light on the magic staff in Ji Qing's hand was dim. She panted heavily, looking at the dense array of compound eyes surrounding her, and a deep sense of powerlessness welled up in her heart.

The captain of this team, a tall Berserker named Lei Gang, was also covered in blood, and the giant axe in his hand was swinging slower and slower.

"It's over... Captain, we aren't going to make it through this, are we!"

A Ranger named Liu Bo beside him shouted in despair: "I've run out of arrows!"

Another shield warrior named Zhang Kai, while holding up his shield, cursed angrily: "It's all Wang Shan's fault! If he hadn't insisted on coming to the Black Swamp Forest to find some S-rank material, beast kings blood, how could we have gone so deep into this hellhole! And poked a spider nest!"

The named Wang Shan, an Apothecary, was clutching his bleeding arm, his face pale as he defended himself: "I... I didn't expect there would be so many Shadow Poison Spiders here! The beast kings blood has been found, but... but we have to be alive to bring it back!"

"Shut up, all of you!"

Captain Lei Gang roared, interrupting the argument: "Arguing now is useless! Save your energy to break out!"

He looked at the slightly weaker part of the encirclement ahead and gritted his teeth: "With our strength, fighting head-on is certain death. Concentrate your fire! Force a path out in one direction! If one can escape, that's one! Let's try our luck!"

However, the ferocious beasts seemed to understand their intentions.

"Hiss——!"

The Spider King hidden in the shadows issued an order.

Seven or eight Shadow Poison Spiders directly in front opened their large mouths simultaneously, their green venom sacs bulging.

"Pfft, pfft, pfft!"

An overwhelming amount of venom sprayed over like raindrops, sealing off all escape routes.

"Not good! It's focused fire!"

Lei Gang was terrified and roared at the shield warrior in his team: "Zhang Kai! Raise your shield! Block it!"

Zhang Kai shouted angrily, his muscles bulging, and the tower shield in his hand glowed with an earthy yellow light, transforming into a huge light shield barrier, forcibly blocking it in front of the group.

"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle——"

The venom landed on the light shield, emitting a heart-stopping corrosive sound.

The brightness of the light shield dimmed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Captain... I can't hold it!"

Veins bulged on Zhang Kai's forehead, and his legs were trembling.

"Crack!"

The next second, the light shield shattered.

The Shadow Poison Spiders seized the opportunity, emitting excited hisses, and dozens of sharp claws reached out simultaneously, rushing forward like a tidal wave!

"It's over..."

Ji Qing looked at the hideous mouthparts mere inches away and closed her eyes in despair.

There was simply no way to break out.

Was she really going to die here today?

Just at this critical juncture.

A bizarre scene occurred.

"Squeak——!!!"

A sharp, urgent scream suddenly came from the side.

Those Shadow Poison Spiders, which had been baring their fangs and brandishing their claws, preparing to enjoy a gluttonous feast, suddenly stopped as if possessed.

Following that, they completely ignored Ji Qing and her group, who were right in front of them, as if these living people had suddenly turned into transparent air.

All the Shadow Poison Spiders turned in the same direction at the same time, their eight legs moving frantically as they crawled rapidly toward the right side of the battlefield!

"This... what is this?"

Ji Qing opened her eyes abruptly, looking at this scene in shock.

She looked in the direction the Shadow Poison Spiders were running.

She saw a ball of crimson fire, trailing a long tail of flames.

With an extremely arrogant posture, it cut through the dim forest, drifting straight toward that giant rock in the distance—the place where the spider commander was hiding.

"Fireball? No... is that a card?"

Ji Qing's pupils constricted; this scene, this familiar tactic...

The next second, she saw four figures leap down from the high canopy, against the light, like gods descending.

Among those three figures, she would never forget them for the rest of her life!

The man who always wore a faint smile and whose depth no one could fathom.

The terrifying mage with a cold expression, holding a lightning staff.

And the musician who looked harmless but was actually sickeningly good at crowd control.

"It's them?!"

Ji Qing's heart beat violently, and she was so excited she almost cried out.