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Chapter 316 Teleportation Ambush, A New Phase of Bloodbath!
Chapter 316 Teleportation Ambush, A New Phase of Bloodbath!
After a while, Ark had basically recovered its combat strength, and the soul fatigue caused by continuous battles also subsided.
He put away the portable magic array with satisfaction, and after a moment's thought, he hurried towards the depths of the dense forest in the southeast direction.
Based on the identifier on the personal terminal, there should be a newly deployed transmission node in that direction.
"Click, click."
As the skeleton army marched forward, the stench of blood and the heavy smell of decay filled the air.
There were still many uneaten flesh and bones on the ground, indicating that this place had recently been a battlefield where fighting and bloodshed had taken place.
Fangzhou carefully searched around, trying not to make too much noise, so as not to attract some powerful monsters and increase unnecessary battles.
"Found it!"
After wandering around for about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, and turning past another rather large tree, Fangzhou's eyes suddenly lit up.
He peeked out from behind a vine-covered stone wall, and finally, a complete stone altar came into view.
Fangzhou first observed the environment around the altar, and after confirming that there was nothing unusual, he quickly walked over.
This is a small directional teleportation array, consisting of only two layers of stone steps.
Around the upper circular platform, a circle of Dragonxia language runes was engraved.
At the center of the rune circle is a triangular pattern, which is a rune array symbolizing the power of space.
Ark approached the altar, carefully observing the runes and patterns on it, confirming that it was a valid teleportation node.
He was secretly delighted, knowing that he was not far from his next destination.
A mottled white stone pillar stands in the center of the stone steps, with a basin burning with the flame of civilization at its top.
The mottled marks covering the stone pillars testify to the long years this altar has endured.
Fangzhou was already familiar with this type of small directional teleportation array from his previous military academy lessons, so it was not unfamiliar to him.
He channeled his spiritual energy into the basin of the teleportation array, and the flames instantly surged, engulfing his spiritual energy.
Then a faint stream of energy flowed down to the rune array below, illuminating all the runes around the stone platform.
This process was completed in an instant.
"call out!"
A frameless portal radiating a soft glow suddenly appeared.
Fang Zhou steadied himself, stepped into the doorway, and disappeared.
After a slight dizziness subsided, when he opened his eyes again, he found himself on another huge teleportation altar.
But before Fangzhou could react, a sharp, tearing sound came from the air.
A chill ran through Fang Zhou, and he immediately activated the [Bone Shield] skill contained within the [Bone Shield Crystal]. Then, he urgently activated the Bone Wings skill, rapidly flapping his wings and launching himself backward.
"boom---"
Then, a huge rock slammed into his shield.
Fortunately, the skeletal shield blocked the attack for a moment, and the Ark narrowly escaped the boulder's attack range.
However, before he could even react, Ark saw a disheveled, foul-smelling humanoid monster wielding a huge spiked club and smashing it towards him.
Fangzhou quickly moved backward twice to dodge the attack.
"Splash—"
The massive spiked club shattered the broken stone pillar, sending fragments flying everywhere.
While dodging, Ark quickly surveyed its surroundings.
The area where the teleportation altar was located appeared to be the ruins of an abandoned city.
All around were ruins and rubble, and the air was filled with a pungent smell of decay.
"call"
There was no chance for the Ark to react; the sound of stones piercing the air came again from the far distance.
Ark immediately dodged, while simultaneously directing his skeleton army to deploy in defense.
The skeletons quickly assembled, forming a solid defensive line around him.
The ark steadied itself and looked up at the sky.
A massive, muscular monster stood on a high platform of ruins, constantly hurling boulders at itself.
The spectators were stunned. They never expected the city ruins where the recruit competition was held to be like this. These monsters were too ferocious.
According to the main light screen, within ten seconds of being teleported into the city ruins, more than a dozen seed students were caught off guard and instantly killed because they were teleported near monsters.
In addition to showing the situation of the Ark on the main screen, it also displayed various scenes of people being killed by monsters after entering, which made the spectators cheer with excitement.
There's nothing more satisfying than watching a master get thrashed.
Of course, most of the trainees survived and are now fleeing for their lives.
The lucky trainees, meanwhile, began to cautiously familiarize themselves with their surroundings, completely unaware that the ruins they faced were far more brutal than the previous jungle hunts, and that the Ark was now fraught with peril.
He glanced around and noticed that there were still quite a few monsters around.
These monsters seem to be in a state of slumber for some unknown reason.
Therefore, Fangzhou had few options and almost no room to maneuver.
Although they had just arrived at the ruins, Ark had already determined that the slumbering monsters around them seemed to be awakened by their auras.
Take, for example, this monster in front of us, wielding a spiked club and with a body like a withered tree.
Its neck became very long, making it appear very tall.
Even more terrifying, a huge eye took up half of the face.
It let out an unconscious roar, its blood-red eyes fixed on the ark, and it kept attacking the ark with a huge spiked club in its hand.
If it were just this one monster, that would be one thing, but in the distance, beside the ruins of a building, there was a tall, burly troll who was constantly lifting large rocks and throwing them at the ark.
When Ark was forced to dodge for the fourth time, it finally came to its senses.
Although these two monsters did not cooperate, they were actually more troublesome than those that did cooperate.
A series of attacks left him no chance to retaliate.
"It's time."
Fangzhou saw the monsters on the distant ruins hurling boulders again, and he used his wings to teleport once more.
The monster wielding the spiked club took a step forward and blocked the trajectory of the boulder.
"boom--"
The boulder struck the spiked club-wielding monster, twisting its body in agony.
Ark then launched a skeletal spear, sending the monster wielding a spiked club flying past Ark's body, spitting blood.
This gave Fangzhou a chance to fight back.
He quickly retrieved the Necromancer's Orb, looked at the monster lying on the ground, and swiftly fired another Bone Spear, instantly killing the monster with its remaining health.
Then, Fangzhou chose a spot that would block the slinger's view and crouched down.
The monster in the distance lost its target and, a minute later, relaxed on the high-rise building.
A layer of mist enveloped Fang Zhou's body, clearly indicating that the Heavenly Curtain Magic Bottle had been activated.
Only then did Fangzhou breathe a sigh of relief, and then he checked the instructions on his personal terminal:
"Sergeant Fang, you have arrived at the city ruins."
"This place was once a prosperous city-state in the mythical world. It fell during a demonic invasion, and the entire city was slaughtered by the demons, thus becoming a city of death."
The creatures within the city ruins have been infected by a mysterious curse, mutating into crazed monsters, making this place a forbidden zone.
"Team communication is now open. Survive here and earn as many points as possible to determine the final winner!"
In Fangzhou's view, most of the monsters he had hunted before had predictable moves, and that's the principle of countering their moves.
But the crazed monster doesn't show these signs, making it difficult to predict its next move; you can only deal with it by making split-second judgments and reactions.
The saying "a novice can beat a master with a flurry of punches" is quite fitting here.
Otherwise, Ark wouldn't have been unable to find an opportunity just now, and that monster would have seized the initiative, making it difficult to get rid of it.
Fangzhou glanced at the stone-throwing troll high above, but ultimately decided not to kill it.
One reason is that the monsters here are extremely disgusting, and his own methods are not enough to quickly deal with them.
On the other hand, the most direct and effective way to get the highest score is to hunt down students from other military academies.
As for the problems that were exposed, Fangzhou wasn't too worried.
He knew that although the other trainees wanted to kill him, they were also enemies, and it was unlikely that a large-scale alliance would emerge.
Just then, a message came through my personal terminal.
"Are you safe?" Bai Chan asked via voice communication.
"I'm fine," Fangzhou replied.
"Where do we meet?" Bai Xiaochun continued.
"You guys should find a place to meet up. Too many people want to kill me, and being with you would make me too conspicuous." Fang ultimately rejected the idea of meeting up.
"Okay, it's mainly because your portable concentration meditation array is too enviable."
"Many cadets from other military academies want to exchange information and find your location," Bai Xiaochun said.
"That's good, it saves me the trouble of looking for them one by one."
Fang Zhou smiled slightly, "The best way for you to unite is to hunt down other military academy cadets who are alone."
If you can avoid provoking the monsters here, then don't.
"Okay, I understand," Bai Chan said and then hung up the call.
Fangzhou regrouped and silently traversed the city ruins alone.
He knew Su Tiankuo's personality very well.
Su Tiankuo instructed the participating students to hunt monsters as much as possible, but he also mentioned that there were even monster leaders of the lower-ranking Black Iron level here.
The difference in strength between the Iron level and the Apprentice level is simply too great.
Even with all his current strength, Fang Zhou might not be able to defeat a mere Black Iron-level monster, so he must not be careless.
In this perilous place, Ark didn't even rush to release the pearl bird, Gugu.
Although the Pearl Bird's flight speed is faster than most Apprentice-level birds, it is far inferior to that of a Black Iron-level flying monster.
As the exploration progressed, Ark discovered some useful information.
He noticed that some monsters had relatively fixed activity ranges, which gave him the opportunity to devise tactics.
The fact that the ten military academies specifically chose this unique city ruin map as the stage for the final battle is clearly intentional.
If the previous stage of the jungle hunt was more focused on PvE human-demon hunting.
Therefore, this stage of survival in the ruins is obviously more focused on PvP player-versus-player combat.
Therefore, Ark decided to avoid these powerful monsters and focus on finding lone students in order to accumulate points more quickly.
As it turned out, Ark's judgment was correct.
Soon, the Ark suddenly heard the sound of wings flapping.
Then, a phantom flashed by, and Ark looked up to see a huge bird flying past.
The bird is covered with dense, red scales, and has a striking tuft of red feathers on its head.
In that fleeting glimpse, Ark could only glean this much information.
Suddenly, the giant bird let out a strange cry and swooped down.
Before the unfortunate student even knew what was happening, he was grabbed and killed by the giant bird's claws, and then his body was torn in half.
This scene wasn't just happening where the Ark could see it.
Within a short period of time, at least ten students were attacked, killed, or passively injured by monsters.
Including those who died from falls or being impaled by trees, the main light screen statistics show that at least ten students have died once.
The students of Guanzhe felt completely immersed in the experience, watching with great enthusiasm, wishing they could participate themselves.
Some people even gloated, looking for famous contestants to watch as they were brutally killed by monsters.
Moreover, the death count on the screen continues to increase, and it even shows that some people have been killed twice.
Despite the amazing qualities of the contestants, some people still grumbled and complained in secret.
The recruit competition is just too ridiculously designed, and the monsters in it are of such inconsistent levels.
There are monsters at the intermediate apprentice level, monsters at the lower apprentice level, and even monsters at the lower level of Black Iron.
Without seriously studying the monster encyclopedia course, it would be impossible to master the information on these bizarre monsters.
Fang Zhou was not in a hurry to find the monsters. He knew very well that this kind of recruit competition was a group teleportation.
Even if you kill a lot of monsters, it is considered a failure if you die more than three times.
The Ark needs to find a relatively safe place where no high-level monsters are patrolling.
Of course, this place must also have suitable monsters and hostile students to hunt.
Kaka-
While he was somewhat distracted, Fangzhou suddenly saw a tree branch in front of him break off out of thin air, and he was startled.
He secretly thought it was unjust. This was clearly an assassin using stealth.
In other words, the assassin trainees on the other side had already sensed his presence.
But he was still walking in his own direction, so there was only one possibility: he wanted to kill himself.
It can be basically confirmed that this is a powerful assassin, and definitely from another military academy, otherwise he wouldn't have such a strong desire to kill.
Fang continued forward slowly and calmly.
If people could see the two figures, they would notice that when they were about five yards apart, a cold glint flashed in the assassin's eyes as he slowly raised his dagger, preparing to unleash a certain skill.
A death ripple suddenly shot out in front of Fangzhou, as he activated the [Ripple Fork Ring].
At the same time, Ark activated its skeletal wings, revealing its form, and the necromancer orb in its hand was also quickly swung.