As soon as Wang Mian's voice fell, over a dozen new recruits rushed forward immediately. Flames, frost, wild winds, lasers... all sorts of attacks swarmed in!
The atmosphere in the training ground was like a powder keg with a lit fuse, exploding instantly!!
Baili Pangpang shouted twice and started to charge towards the sky.
Lin Qiye grabbed him, didn't say a word, turned his head, and sprinted towards the outside of the training ground! He couldn't see Lin Xi Chen anywhere; it seemed she had slipped away before the recruits began their attack. After all, she had a knack for that sort of thing, given how much she detested chaotic, crowded places.
"Qi Ye! What are you doing? We have to go up there!"
"Are you trying to get us killed by going up there now?" Lin Qiye shouted as he ran. "If we go up now, do you have a weapon? Our weapons were confiscated when we entered the Training Camp, but the five members of the Masked Squad are fully armed right now! Are you going to fight them with your head?"
Baili Pangpang was stunned, subconsciously touching his clothes pocket, "Actually..."
"Besides, the Special Team is called the Special Team precisely because their combat power far exceeds everyone else's. Rushing forward blindly without knowing their Forbidden Ruin abilities and their preferred combat styles is just suicide!"
Lin Qiye looked back, and as if to confirm his thoughts, a sudden change occurred on the training stage!
A deep purple vortex suddenly bloomed in mid-air, blocking in front of the Masked Squad members, forcefully sucking away all the attacks!
The next moment, a giant pink hammer appeared out of thin air, two stories tall, whipping up a whistling gale, and forcefully knocked all the new recruits in mid-air flying!
By this time, most of the new recruits had realized things were going south, but it was already too late to turn around and leave.
Vortex flicked his finger gently, and that purple Vortex appeared above everyone's heads again.
"Running now? Too late!" Vortex smiled contemptuously.
The flames, frost, and other attacks that had been swept away by the purple Vortex earlier shot out, falling from the sky like raindrops, and a series of explosions erupted on the training stage!
Scorching flames and thick smoke billowed up. Baili Pangpang, following behind Lin Qiye, swallowed hard, breaking out in a cold sweat.
"Is... is this the combat power that should belong to the 'Lamp' realm? If they unleashed their full power, how strong would they be?"
"Otherwise, why would they be the Special Team?" Lin Qiye sighed. "It hasn't even been a minute since the start, and nearly half the people are already out... This is trouble."
Lin Qiye wasn't the only smart one. When he took the lead and rushed out with Baili Pangpang, many others reacted and also sprinted away, thus escaping disaster.
If it hadn't been for Lin Qiye setting a good example, the number of people eliminated would only be higher.
From within the billowing thick smoke, five figures cloaked in gray slowly walked out. Vortex looked down at the unconscious new recruits around him and grinned:
"A bunch of idiots... It looks like winning this farce is a sure thing."
"Don't jump to conclusions too soon." Wang Mian calmly watched the new recruits gradually disappearing in the distance, then turned his head to the man wearing a crescent moon Mask and said:
"Next, their target will definitely be the warehouse. Moon Ghost, you go block the door first, we'll flank from the perimeter."
"Alright."
Moon Ghost's figure flickered, and he disappeared from the spot....
Training Camp underground base.
The instructors sat in front of screens, each holding a stack of documents, shaking their heads slightly.
"Over ninety were eliminated in just one encounter. It seems we overestimated them."
"Ultimately, it's because [Mask] is too strong." Another instructor sighed. "Having a top-tier Team that once killed a 'Boundless' realm Mysteries come to hold down the fort is completely a dimensionality reduction strike for the new recruits."
"You can't put it that way. They also suppressed their power to the 'Lamp' realm, so it's not bullying, right?"
"But their experience and tacit understanding are things these new recruits can't even hope to match. Plus, they have three super high-risk Forbidden Ruins among them, and the Agent of that god."
"That's also true..."
"No need to be too pessimistic." Just as the instructors were discussing, Yuan Gang spoke slowly. "The new recruits seem to have suffered heavy losses, but in reality, the few who actually have a hope of contending with [Mask] have all escaped. Clearing out some of the guys who disrupt the rhythm might actually be a good thing for them."
The instructor next to him was stunned. "Chief, judging by what you mean... do you actually hope the new recruits can win?"
"No, with that guy there, they can't win." Yuan Gang shook his head. "I'm just... looking forward to seeing an exciting battle."
...
"Qi Ye, run slower! I can't keep up!"
Baili Pangpang was dragged along by Lin Qiye, running until he was drenched in sweat, barely able to catch his breath.
Lin Qiye raised an eyebrow and directly let go of his hand. "Then you'll have to leave your fate to the heavens; I'm heading out first!"
Seeing Lin Qiye abandon him so decisively, Baili Pangpang was stunned for a moment, then used all the strength he could muster to chase after him.
"No... no way! If I'm left alone, I'll definitely be caught! Qi Ye! Qi Ye! Wait for me!"
Finally, Baili Pangpang scrambled and crawled after Lin Qiye to the warehouse entrance, staring at the tightly shut door, and was suddenly stunned.
"Why is this door closed? Aren't we supposed to come and get weapons ourselves?!"
Lin Qiye's brow furrowed slightly. "They said let us come and get them, they didn't say they'd leave the door open for us to pick them up..."
"Then we have to break this door open?" Baili Pangpang stepped forward and knocked on it. "What kind of Materials is this? Seems pretty sturdy."
Lin Qiye walked around the warehouse once, his expression looking a bit grim.
He turned to look at Baili Pangpang. "What is your Forbidden Ruin?"
"Me? I don't have a Forbidden Ruin!" Baili Pangpang replied righteously.
Lin Qiye:...How on earth did this Fatty manage to sneak into the Night Watcher?
"This is trouble." Lin Qiye sighed. "My Forbidden Ruin doesn't have large-scale destruction capabilities; I can't open this door..."
Baili Pangpang scratched his head. "Oh, is that it? Actually, I..."
"Move aside."
Just as Baili Pangpang was preparing to say something, a cold, clear female voice came from behind. Baili Pangpang was stunned and turned to look.
He saw a tall woman standing behind him, her long hair as red as fire, naturally hanging down to her waist. Even the plain new recruit uniform couldn't hide her graceful figure beneath it.
She glanced at Baili Pangpang, snorted coldly, and walked straight to the warehouse door.
"You are..." Lin Qiye's eyes narrowed slightly.
He remembered this woman. This morning, when Baili Pangpang was causing trouble in the dormitory building across from them, she was standing on the balcony of the female dormitory, looking at everything with disdain, and later they even locked eyes.
Lin Qiye still remembered that aggressive gaze.
"Mo Li." She replied indifferently, extending her fair palms and gently placing them on the surface of the warehouse door.
The next moment, the entire warehouse began to shake violently!!