Rose's hammer was intimidating, but the recruits were no pushovers either.
Just as the hammer was about to strike them, several beams of light suddenly burst forth, colliding with the giant hammer and firmly holding back its base!
A deafening explosion came from where the two collided, and a gust of wind swept through!
The two forces were locked in a stalemate, and for a time they were evenly matched.
Just then, the other four masked members moved, running rapidly westward, and the encirclement was shrinking rapidly.
"Run!!"
Standing at the very back, Lin Qiye suddenly let out a low roar, ignoring the chaotic battlefield ahead, and turned to run south!
Molly and Baili Pangpang were still focused on the battle in front of them. When they heard Lin Qiye's shout, they were stunned at first, then they reacted and followed Lin Qiye to break through to the south!
"Captain, several people have turned around and run south!" Tianping was slightly taken aback when he saw this.
Wang Mian hesitated only slightly before saying, "Let's get these dozens of new recruits out of the game first. Vortex, hold them off in the south for now."
"Copy that!"
Vortex abruptly changed direction and chased after the three people breaking through to the south.
At this moment, other recruits also realized what was happening and tried to break out in other directions like Lin Qiye did. Unfortunately, the encirclement had already been completely formed, and they were eliminated by the other members of the Masked team as soon as they got halfway there.
Without pausing, Lin Qiye rushed straight into the warehouse, which was already half collapsed, with Baili Pangpang and Molly following closely behind.
Vortex's figure flickered, and he quickly arrived at the warehouse entrance, closing in on them with astonishing speed.
Whoosh—!
The moment Vortex entered the warehouse, a cart slid abruptly toward him!
Vortex was stunned for a moment and instinctively dodged the cart. But the next moment, a round object gently dropped from above, landing precisely into the cart.
Vortex looked up and saw Lin Qiye standing on the rafters, smiling slightly.
Then, he turned and jumped onto a nearby weapons rack, running away quickly.
Vortex looked down and, using the faint light from outside the door, saw clearly what was in the cart.
It was a whole cart filled with neatly arranged dynamite packs.
And on top of the dynamite packs was a bomb with only two seconds left on the countdown!
Vortex's pupils shrank instantly!
Boom—!!!
Blinding flames mixed with billowing smoke blew the remaining half of the warehouse away, and the buzzing explosion echoed throughout the entire training base!
As the entire truckload of explosives detonated, all the other grenades, detonators, and gunpowder in the warehouse also exploded, creating a spectacular secondary explosion!
The members of the Masked Squad, who had just eliminated dozens of new recruits, all changed their expressions at the same time!
Flames rose like pillars, and thick smoke billowed.
The four members of the Masked Squad rushed to the warehouse ruins, their faces grave.
Amidst the flames, a disheveled figure staggered out of the ruins, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
The disheveled Vortex coughed violently a few times, then plopped down on the ground, cursing as it spoke:
"Damn it, that kid's got a real blackheart! If I hadn't reacted quickly and opened my Devouring Vortex in time, I'd probably be dead by now!"
He touched the mask on his face; it was scorched beyond recognition, with fine cracks all over it, and it looked as if it would split open if he applied any more force.
"Thank goodness... thank goodness, the mask is still on, nothing went wrong!"
"Vortex, you were too careless," Libra sighed.
"This... how can you blame me!" Vortex said weakly.
The Moon Demon shrugged and said, "I was just about to warn you that the Seraph's agent is not easy to deal with. I didn't expect that even with such a meticulously planned scheme, he would still break through."
Wang Mian silently watched the direction where Lin Qiye and the other two had left, his eyes flashing.
"As expected of an agent, truly extraordinary."
"..." Vortex scratched his head. "Captain? Are you praising yourself?"
"..."
Lin Qiye glanced back at the warehouse engulfed in flames and calmly spoke:
"We're safe now, they didn't catch up."
Baili Pangpang was panting heavily. "Qiye, you were so ruthless. Did he get blown up?"
"If that's all, he won't be able to join the special team." Lin Qiye shook his head, somewhat regretfully. "Unfortunately, it seems we still couldn't blow off his mask this time, otherwise we would have won."
"Isn't it a bit much to just abandon the others like this?" Molly asked Lin Qiye, carrying her katana.
"They couldn't have escaped in the first place," Lin Qiye said calmly. "They were too big a target. The reason we were able to break through was because there were only three of us, while the Masked Men chose to attack the majority of us over the forty-odd people."
"If we manage to break through with a larger number of our men, they will inevitably turn their main force around to intercept us, at which point we will be unable to leave."
"Ultimately, we simply exploited the difference in value between ourselves and them, forcing the Masked Squad to make a choice. If we had stubbornly tried to break through with the others, none of us would have escaped."
Molly remained silent.
"So what do we do next?" Baili Pangpang asked.
"As things stand now, the stupid recruits should all be out of the game. The remaining recruits have mostly split into small groups, scattered throughout the training camp, trying to find an opportunity to take down the Masked Squad."
Lin Qiye squatted down and used a twig to write and draw on the ground.
"As of now, there are about one hundred new recruits still on the field. If we remove those who have lost their fighting spirit and are hiding in the corner waiting for the battle to end, the actual combat strength should be about ninety people.
"Whether attacked head-on or by surprise, taking down the Masked Squad would require at least ten people working together. Let's assume these ninety people have been divided into four to eight groups, scattered throughout the school…"
Lin Qiye drew a simple map of the training camp on the ground, highlighting several areas.
"If I were the Masked Squad, I would definitely take advantage of the time to defeat these small groups one by one. If I'm not mistaken, what follows should be a time-consuming stronghold battle and a war of attrition!"
"If a stronghold battle were to be waged, there wouldn't be many places in the training camp where an ambush could be set up: the canteen, classrooms, dormitories, tactical research room..."
"I'm guessing the Masked Squad will head to the dormitory next."
Lin Qiye drew a five-pointed star at the location of the dormitory building.
"Why?" Baili Pangpang couldn't understand.
"Of all these locations, the dormitory building has the largest area, the most ambush points, and the highest level of concealment!"
"I bet there's more than one group of new recruits lying in ambush there!"
"As for the Masked Squad... considering that dragging it out for too long would deplete their mental energy due to the endless battles, they would definitely choose the toughest challenge from the start!Therefore, they will most likely go directly to attack the dormitory building!"
A glint flashed in Lin Qiye's eyes. He suddenly looked up and saw that Baili Pangpang and Molly were both looking at him with strange eyes.
"What's wrong? Is there something wrong with my reasoning?" Lin Qiye asked, puzzled.
Baili Pangpang and Molly looked at Lin Qiye and slowly spoke:
"Pervert..."