The Global Supremacy Tournament had already been going on for nearly two hours.
In the Jiangzhong City military district, inside Wei Ying's office, they were currently using the video service provided by the Genesis Company to lock onto the positions of three Huaxia squads.
"General, the situation of the Shanhe Squad is: Lu Dachuan has found the Imprisoned One, but during the fight over the Redemption Card, they lost two members. Currently, only three remain."
"The Red Squad is in worse shape. The Imprisoned One was found and killed by someone else before they arrived. Their team hadn't even fully assembled yet, and two members encountered other teams and were killed. The captain, Zuo Qing, was surrounded and killed by three people. Now only two members of the Red Squad are left."
Wei Ying nodded, "What about Fire God?"
"Fire God hasn't lost any members for now, but... they still haven't found Jiang Kai, and we haven't spotted Jiang Kai in the video either."
Wei Ying frowned and said, "Jiang Kai hasn't died and logged out, which means he's still alive. But he's the Imprisoned One in Fire God's squad, making his situation extremely dangerous. If Yuan Zhu and the others still can't find him, then even if no other team finds him, he'll be killed by wild beasts."
At that moment, Su Lanlan suddenly frowned and said, "General, this place looks strange."
"Strange? How so?", Wei Ying looked at Su Lanlan puzzled.
Su Lanlan picked up the tablet in her hand, walked over to Wei Ying, and placed the tablet on the general's desk.
"General, it's this place! There are four Redemption Cards floating here!"
"Hm?", Wei Ying narrowed his eyes, scanned the screen's image, and immediately said, "Someone deliberately placed them there to bait others. If I'm not wrong, at least one squad must be lying in ambush nearby."
"However, since I can think of this, other captains should also be able to. So it probably won't be very effective."
Wei Ying's words were spot on.
Jiang Kai's bait tactic had already lasted for an hour and a half. He had only managed to kill one greedy fool, and the number of Redemption Cards had been fixed at four for a long time.
"Oh, right, earlier some equipment captured a King-level beast, along with a few Commander-level beasts. Judging by their path, they're highly likely to pass through this location."
Before he finished speaking, the screen started to shake rhythmically.
Lu Jun smiled slightly, "Speak of the devil, and he appears. The beasts are really here!"
"That King-level BOSS isn't one we've seen before. It's either from another country's territory or from a high-level map."
Su Lanlan said, "Even if it's one we've defeated before, with only these Tier 2 teams in the shared region, they wouldn't be able to kill it. If they see it, all they can do is run."
"Hey, those Redemption Cards just floated up into the trees and disappeared… Those people were hiding in the branches above!"
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Jiang Kai was panicking right now.
The violent and rhythmic tremors around him already told him that the beasts were very close.
He had no choice but to put away the Redemption Cards.
Forget being the Imprisoned One, even if he wasn't, encountering a full-health Commander-level BOSS was enough to be fatal. Not to mention, he was currently hiding in a tree and couldn't even move.
A single shot from the God of Hell's Decree wouldn't be enough to kill a Commander-level BOSS.
Jiang Kai felt the tremors growing stronger, and it seemed more than one was coming.
'Damn it, I'm just one card short! Can't one more person show up?'
Jiang Kai also knew that fishing with Redemption Cards felt like hiding silver here despite claiming otherwise. But the key was, he had no other options.
'Zhuzi, Nuannuan, Old Hu, Yuan Zhu, do none of you care about your captain? Why haven't you come to save me yet!', Jiang Kai was nearly in tears.
In the dense forest not far away, a large number of trees collapsed, and several massive beasts had already appeared within Jiang Kai's field of vision.
These creatures were unlike any he'd seen before. Their entire bodies were made of hard rock, with vines entwined between the stones. Several of them were around thirty meters tall, and one even reached an exaggerated fifty meters.
Twenty meters taller than the Fishman Lord.
'King-level?', Jiang Kai's heartbeat quickened uncontrollably, 'That big?'
Those giant rock creatures held thick tree trunks in their hands, using them to smash aside the trees blocking their path.
Jiang Kai knew nothing about these monsters, but judging by their composition, they were likely of earth and wood attributes. Moreover, they seemed different from ordinary biological wild monsters. Since they were made of stone and vines, they lacked mouths, noses, and ears, only a pair of gemstone eyes.
'They might not have a sense of smell…', Jiang Kai mused.
Soon, the wild monster army arrived in front of the tree where Jiang Kai was hiding.
Seeing that the King-level rock giant was about to swing the tree trunk it held, Jiang Kai was already prepared to activate the Wheel of Fate, or even die and log out.
BOOM!
The King-level rock giant's tree trunk collided with the tree Jiang Kai clung to. That already-ravaged tree trunk finally gave in and snapped.
The next moment, the King-level rock giant threw away the broken tree and grabbed the base of the tree Jiang Kai was on with one hand, uprooting it entirely.
Jiang Kai, along with the tree, was held in the rock giant's hand…
The rock giant didn't seem to notice Jiang Kai and used its new 'weapon' to continue clearing trees, heading toward the center of the public area.
Jiang Kai didn't expect to survive such a disaster, and even become a weapon for a King-level BOSS.
Now, Jiang Kai just wanted to stay alive. After experiencing several 'skyward and underground' rides clinging to the tree, he realized that if the rock giant threw away the tree, he might be able to escape.
'Cut the trunk with the God of Hell's Decree!', Jiang Kai narrowed his eyes slightly.
However, just then, the King-level rock giant and the Commander-level giants suddenly started rushing in one direction.
Amid the intense shaking, Jiang Kai scanned the surroundings carefully but found nothing unusual.
It wasn't until the rock giants circled around a low mountain that Jiang Kai discovered: in a valley ahead, two teams were fighting.
'This position, the rock giants shouldn't be able to see them. And they have no hearing or smell. So how did they find these people?'
The two teams heard the commotion and turned their heads, only to see these massive creatures already in front of them.
"It's—it's the King-level Stone Crystal Giants! They can track prey through ground vibrations! Run!", a brown-skinned man shouted.
The others also realized the danger, stopped fighting, and turned to flee.
One Stone Crystal Giant crouched down slowly and slammed a punch into the ground.
Suddenly, the terrain over a hundred meters away rose sharply.
In the blink of an eye, a huge, well-shaped stone wall rose up across the valley, blocking the escape route of both teams.
At that moment, Jiang Kai finally understood.
The Stone Crystal Giants track enemies based on ground vibrations.
No wonder they didn't discover Jiang Kai. He had been hiding in a tree the entire time, never touching the ground.
'I can't let the Stone Crystal Giant throw away this tree! If I fall to the ground, they'll definitely discover me!', Jiang Kai's eyes widened.
The two squads' retreat was cut off by the stone wall. Their only option was to force their way through the front.
"Charge! Even if only one escapes, it's worth it! Stay off the ground and strike midair," someone shouted as the first person charged forward.
The King-level Stone Crystal Giant swung the tree in its hand violently toward that person.
"I'll fight you to the end!", That man, holding two sharp blades, leapt high and rushed over.
A Tier 3 combat class's strike couldn't possibly hurt a King-level BOSS. So that person's real target was the tree trunk in the Stone Crystal Giant's hand.
Jiang Kai narrowed his eyes slightly.
That guy was faking an attack, he really wanted to break the tree and escape during the chaos.
However, Jiang Kai would never allow that. If the Stone Crystal Giant abandoned the tree, he'd be discovered immediately.
The Stone Crystal Giant's sensory perception was strong. It used the slightest ground tremor to determine that man's location and swung the giant tree toward him.
"Whether I escape or not depends on this hit!", The attacker's eyes widened as he swung with all his might at the giant tree.
At that moment, a black shadow shot out from the branches halfway up the tree and pierced straight through that man's face.
The leaves had been swaying as the Stone Crystal Giant swung the giant tree. Amid the rustling leaves, someone from South America vaguely saw, hidden among the dense leaves, something was there.
"There—there's someone? What's going on!"
"Someone's using the King-level BOSS to sneak into the final zone?"
"Did you see that? Someone's cheating!"
Unfortunately, severely injured as he was, no one else could hear what he was saying.
When he fell to the ground, the King-level BOSS lifted its foot and stomped on him hard.
When the BOSS lifted its foot again, the man had already turned into a pile of mush, leaving behind only a floating Redemption Card.
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