69novels Chapter 369, Region 58
Chapter 369, Region 58
Shen Yiyi nodded, revealing a tired but relieved smile.
Ye Yao turned to the cave entrance and looked at the team members who were gradually joining her.
"Lin Ying, Zhou Mo, and Chen Yan, you did a good job."
The tasks are now being redistributed: Chen Yan's team will be responsible for frontal containment, Lin Ying will be responsible for reconnaissance and flank harassment, and Zhou Mo will provide remote support.
Yiyi needs to recover. Next, follow me to form the core assassination unit.
She looked at her teammates, a cold glint in her purple eyes: "Although the Blood Wolf Guild's main force has been wiped out, they still have other teams in the region. They might retaliate. We need to seize the initiative before they can organize themselves."
"How do we do it?" Lin Ying asked.
Ye Yao's lips curled into a cold smile: "Actively hunt them down. Find the coordinates of their remaining teams and eliminate them one by one."
She looked into the depths of the dark, dense forest, her voice as cold as the winter wind:
"Let everyone know what price anyone who touches Ye Yao will have to pay."
The Shadow Dance will continue to perform the art of death in this forest.
This time, however, she did not dance alone.
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The gale, like a million lost giant beasts, crashes and roars endlessly through the crimson canyon.
Chen Shan's feet stomped heavily on the cracked rocks, feeling the fine sound of wind and sand hitting his plate armor.
Visibility was poor; beyond fifty meters was a hazy, yellowish blur. But in addition to the sound of the wind, one could hear faint yet clear metallic clanging, skill explosions, and short screams.
The survival elimination round in Zone 58, Gale Canyon, has officially begun.
"Landed and immediately eliminated?" Chen Shan wiped the sand off his mask, grinned, and his voice was still loud in the wind. "No, when we land, we're going to be hammers! The kind that crack the hardest nuts!"
Behind him, seven figures quickly approached and steadied themselves in the strong wind.
Li Xiang, the shield guard, lived up to his name. He silently placed his nearly one-man-high shield on the ground, making a dull "thud," instantly providing the team with their first psychological and physical foothold.
The sorcerer Zhang Wei and the fire mage Wang Li stood back to back, their robes fluttering in the wind, their short staffs and flaming gems beginning to glow faintly.
Like a nimble cat, the wandering knight Sun Qian leaped onto a high, wind-eroded rock in a few bounds, knelt on it, and scanned the surroundings with her sharp eyes that pierced through the sandstorm.
Pastor Dr. Zhao and Paladin Qian Cheng stood to Chen Shan's left and right, respectively. One held a holy book that glowed faintly, while the other leaned on his longsword, both with calm expressions.
Finally, there is Situ Zhen.
Unlike other mages, he was not on guard. He simply straightened the brim of his magistrate's hat, which had been blown askew by the wind, walked to Chen Shan's side, and casually tapped Chen Shan's leg armor with the end of his staff.
The two exchanged a glance, and a tacit understanding was instantly formed.
"Situ, expand your mental field to its maximum range and find areas with a high density of 'living things,' whether they're monsters or humans," Chen Shan ordered in a deep voice. He then turned to the others, his voice piercing the wind, "Sun Qian, keep your eyes peeled! Li Xiang, form a double-arrow formation with me! Zhang Wei, Wang Li, prepare your spells, and focus fire on Situ or my instructions! Dr. Zhao, Qian Cheng, pay attention to the team's status and handle any emergencies!"
"Yes!" came the unanimous reply.
Situ Zhen had already closed his eyes, and his invisible spiritual power spread outwards from him like mercury.
"At 11 o'clock, about 320 meters away, there are two large life forms with violent energy reactions. They are wild monsters, estimated to be level 52 or higher." Situ Zhen spoke steadily. "At 2 o'clock, about 470 meters away, there are multiple life forms gathered with intense energy clashes. It is a battle between players. One side has five people, and the other side... is a big guy with an energy level of around 54."
"Monsters and players are all in one line." Chen Shan said almost without pausing. "Take out the weakest first, then pick off the easy targets. Target: monsters at 11 o'clock. Full speed ahead! Sun Qian, move forward 50 meters to scout and provide early warning. Everyone else, triangular assault formation, follow me!"
The team moved instantly. Without hesitation, without doubt, as one unified entity. Chen Shan and Li Xiang charged forward side-by-side, their heavy plate armor pounding the ground with an unusually rapid rhythm. Situ Zhen followed closely to Chen Shan's left rear, arcane light beginning to gather on her staff. Sun Qian's figure flickered a few times among the stone pillars on the flank, disappearing into the sandstorm ahead.
In less than two minutes, the target came into view.
Those were two giant lizards, each over four meters long and covered in thick sandstone armor—"Sandstorm Lizards." They were tearing apart the remains of an unknown animal. Sensing the approaching threat, they immediately raised their ugly heads, hissing menacingly, and gripped the ground with their powerful hind legs, sending sand and gravel flying.
"Li Xiang, your left one!" Chen Shan roared, not slowing down but accelerating again, crashing straight into the lizard on the right like a cannonball!
"Roar!" Enraged, the lizard opened its mouth full of sharp teeth and spat out a highly compressed sand bullet, while its thick tail swept across with a whooshing sound.
Chen Shan did not dodge or evade at all.
"Bang!" The sand bullet slammed solidly into his raised shield, exploding into a cloud of yellowish dust. The immense impact caused him to sway slightly, but that was all. Almost simultaneously, a dark golden halo, resembling cracks in a tortoise shell, appeared on the surface of his shield—the passive effect of the [Undying Barrier] talent had been triggered, reflecting a portion of the damage!
"Sizzle!" The lizard hissed in pain as its mouth, which was spitting sand bullets, was shattered by the invisible recoil, oozing dark green blood. Chen Shan had already stepped forward using the impact, narrowly dodging the sweeping tail. His right fist, brimming with power and glowing with an earthy yellow light, slammed a [Shock Strike] into the lizard's relatively vulnerable lower jaw.
"Crack!" A sickening sound of bone breaking. The lizard was momentarily stunned.
"Situ!"
"Locked up!" Situ Zhen's voice rang out almost simultaneously. In the delicate moment when Chen Shan struck the lizard and his old power was exhausted while new power had not yet arisen, several arcane chains flashing with purple light appeared out of thin air, precisely wrapping around the lizard's limbs and neck, and tightening suddenly! Fixing it in place.
"Focus fire!" Chen Shan pulled back half a step.
Wang Li, already prepared, raised the Flame Gem high, and three blazing white fireballs shot out in a triangular formation, almost simultaneously striking the jaw wound on the Viper Lizard that Chen Shan had smashed open. Zhang Wei's Frost Arrow followed closely behind, not for damage, but for the instantaneous alternation between extreme low and high temperatures.
"Boom—Crack!" Amidst the clash of ice and fire, the lizard's carapace shattered, its flesh charred, and its wailing abruptly ceased as its massive body crashed to the ground.
On the other side, Li Xiang also steadily withstood all the attacks from the other griffin with his shield. His shield-blocking skills were superb, completely neutralizing the griffin's charges and bites. The moment Chen Shan finished the battle, Sun Qian's armor-piercing arrow, Zhang Wei's second ice spear, Wang Li's finishing fireball, and Qian Cheng's holy light slash arrived simultaneously, engulfing him.