At 8:00 AM on the seventh day, with only six hours left until the end of the competition.
"Qilin Military Academy Squad Four, plus sixty points."
"Sir Huang!?"
"Sir Huang!!!"
After killing six mutated killer bees with his overflowing mental power, Huang Yan collapsed limply to the ground. Blood flowed simultaneously from his nose and ears, and his face instantly turned deathly pale...
Wang Tianwei made a prompt decision.
"Withdraw!! Teacher, our Huang Yan is withdrawing!!"
Jian Jingyu reached out and covered Huang Yan's twitching mouth as he tried to object.
"Yes! We are making the decision for him! Sir Huang withdraws!"
Zhang Lyra shouted at the nearest drone camera,
"Teacher Fu! Please have the hospital prepare mental stability potions and nutrient solutions in advance!"
Wang Tianwei also leaned in and added,
"If all else fails, find Dr. Todd! Both Sir Huang and Feng Yi have his contact information! Feng Yi, are you watching? Send Dr. Todd's contact information to the two teachers!"
"These kids!!"
Chao Hao and Fu Manli immediately sprang into action. Before long, Feng Yi's video call came through!
"Teacher Chao! Dr. Todd has already contacted me and said he is coming over right away! I'll send his contact to you..."
Before leaving, Huang Yan didn't forget to leave behind his paintballs and cold weapons.
"Just lay low for six hours... hide... pfft!"
As he spoke, blood spurted from his mouth! Wang Tianwei was startled.
"Rest assured, rest assured! Sir Huang, you need to go now!! We'll be fine!"
Huang Yan wanted to do one last scan, but his mental power had hit rock bottom... He soon rolled his eyes back and fainted.
The three of them watched helplessly as the safety personnel carried Huang Yan back to the aircraft, and then watched the aircraft ascend and depart.
"Will Sir Huang be alright?"
Zhang Lyra asked, filled with worry.
"He'll be fine, Dr. Todd is there!
Besides, even with his mental power running rampant, Sir Huang could hold on for another two days! The bleeding wasn't as heavy as last time either..."
Wang Tianwei clenched her palms, comforting the other two.
"...Just six hours! In six hours, we'll go out and find him!"
"Yeah!"
Dividing the paintballs Huang Yan left behind equally into three portions, the trio changed into the more concealing dark green uniforms of Valk and adjusted their formation.
Goldfish took the lead to keep a lookout, Wang Tianwei was in the middle, and Zhang Lyra brought up the rear!
"Let's go, we need to find a more hidden spot..."
Jian Jingyu expanded her mental power. Wang Tianwei and Little Bear stopped talking. The three moved with greater caution, though their faces showed little sign of nervousness.
The recent broadcast of Qilin's points addition caused some unease among the Santorini team, currently ranked third.
"Qilin is a bit ridiculous... One squad is almost catching up to the combined points of our two squads?"
"Are you kidding? Are we sure they had three squads eliminated? Did we hear it wrong?"
"...Ignore them for now. Let's continue looking for our school's main force and guard against the First Military Academy and Valk!"
"Yes!"
With two hours left until the end of the first match.
"First Military Academy Squad One, plus thirty points."
Just as the broadcast ended, Pearl, the commander of Valk's Squad Three, suddenly halted her scouting.
"Stop. Directly to our right, two thousand meters away. Three people, two A-ranks."
"Two A-ranks? Shall we go take a look?"
Yuna raised an eyebrow.
As long as it wasn't the main force of another military academy, she felt their side had a fighting chance!
The mecha mechanic, Guanggu Chun, argued,
"The match ends in two hours. Valk's total score is currently ranked second. It's best we don't cause any unnecessary complications."
"Guanggu, this timid nature of yours doesn't suit someone from Valk!"
Yuna had already swapped her rifle for a paintball gun, resting it on her shoulder.
"We have three S-ranks on our team, and you're afraid of losing to two A-ranks? Our only A-rank hasn't even spoken, and you're chickening out before her?"
"No stepping on others to elevate yourself."
Aviva looked straight at their captain, Pearl.
"Captain, you decide."
"Let's go take a look."
"Captain!?"
Guanggu Chun didn't understand. There was no need to take this risk now, was there?
"There are also two star beasts over there."
Pearl finally revealed her discovery.
"Let's go see. If the situation is right, we'll take them all down. At the very least, we need to get the points."
"...Yes."
Jian Jingyu was a step late in detecting the presence of people, but by then it was too late. The opposing four were flanking them!
"Sister Zebra! Someone is coming!"
"Run!"
Hearing this, Wang Tianwei prepared to sprint, but she saw Jian Jingyu draw her long blade.
"Too late... they are already here."
Upon seeing three people wearing Valk's dark green uniforms, Pearl's right eyelid twitched violently.
"I don't recall our main squad having two A-ranks."
...Tsk! The opponent only had two squads left; they wouldn't be easily fooled!
Wang Tianwei simply took off her hat to prevent it from obstructing her vision during the impending fight.
"Ah, it's you guys!"
Wasn't this the squad that looked down their noses at them on the first day in the camp!? Now that her side was standing on higher ground, she could finally see their faces clearly!
That red-haired girl holding the paintball gun should be the assaulter...
Yuna looked at the crumpled uniforms on them.
"You guys actually managed to eliminate a Valk squad!?"
Jian Jingyu found her words grating. What did she mean by 'you guys'!?
"Which squad are you talking about?"
They had eliminated two squads, after all! They had only stripped one set of uniforms! She wondered if the 'third eye' drawn on that freckled face had been washed off yet...
"Heh! You're the only S-rank assaulter? How about we have a little match?"
Yuna estimated the distance between them, put away her paintball gun, drew her twin blades, and charged forward!
She was determined to teach Qilin a lesson today!
Pearl, sensing the two star beasts getting closer, used her mental power to attack the three opponents.
"Attack together! Finish this quickly, they are heading our way."
Enduring the piercing pain in her head, Wang Tianwei dodged the attack from the enemy's mecha mechanic!
What was heading their way?
Wait, where was that squad captain looking?
...She hadn't joined the fray, clearly wanting to conserve her strength!
If another squad was coming, they probably wouldn't have chosen to fight... So it could only be star beasts!!
In a flash, Wang Tianwei figured everything out!
She immediately thought about what could increase their chances of winning if star beasts were approaching.
Yuna was in the heat of her fight with Jian Jingyu when her foot suddenly landed on something soft!
What was this texture!? Such a strong smell of blood!!!
Looking closely, it was actually the corpse of a mutated beast!!
She had stepped right on the corpse's wound! Now her entire foot was covered in blood!
Seeing this, Zhang Lyra immediately understood what Wang Tianwei was trying to do. She quickly retracted the corpse from the ground into her spatial button, and then unexpectedly made it appear anywhere!
Aviva was already no match for Zhang Lyra, and after being tripped twice by the dead star beast, her temper flared!
She fired a barrage from her paintball gun. Wang Tianwei and Zhang Lyra immediately released the corpse of a mutated wild boar to use as a shield, consuming 8 of the enemy's paintballs, while the two of them remained completely clean!
Only Pearl realized that the star beasts were rushing over even faster!
"They want to use the smell of blood to attract the star beasts! Hurry!"
