The five-person team hadn't originally been willing to act. With their numerical superiority, they didn't need to risk venturing out at night.
They only needed to wait until dawn tomorrow, then push towards the mountain peak as they had today, and they could easily crush other Trial Participants.
However, someone always needed to be on guard at night, and with the battle lines tightened, a large number of Trial Participants would be active between the foot and halfway up the mountain, so they had no choice but to go out and keep watch.
Visibility was poor at night, so they patrolled using the faint natural light, and unknowingly wandered far.
"What should we do? We seem to be a bit lost."
A Shield and Sword Wielder said with some annoyance, "I knew we shouldn't have run so far."
A Spearman scratched his head, "I also saw two people running over and thought I could get a few more tokens, hehe."
The Shield and Sword Wielder sighed, "Now we've lost the people and the way. Let's slowly find our way back. It's very dangerous outside after dark, don't linger."
No sooner had he finished speaking than a sharp whistling sound suddenly emerged from the woods – the piercing sound of an arrow tearing through the air!
Several people's expressions changed simultaneously. They didn't care about anything else and quickly activated their Protective Spiritual Power!
Four people glowed with faint blue Spiritual Power, exceptionally conspicuous in the dark night.
But when they turned their heads, they found that the Archer in the middle of their team had been shot directly in the forehead and had already fainted.
The several people were greatly alarmed. The Archer was right in the middle of the team, protected by them.
For the opponent to pass through two Shield and Sword Wielders and accurately hit his forehead, what kind of powerful Archery must that be!
"Archery: Basic skill, proficiency 92."
Zhao Mu secretly recited in his heart.
100 represents the limit of human ability without using Spiritual Power.
And reaching 92 can be called a super Marksman, unparalleled in the Xuanfeng Empire military!
Zhao Mu was already proficient in Archery, with an initial proficiency of 78.
And for today's battle, he had specially Cultivated Archery diligently for two days, raising his proficiency to 92.
Because arrows are small in size and light in weight, it's easy to wrap them with Spiritual Power, and they can kill enemies from a greater distance than Flying Knives.
But even without Spiritual Power, relying solely on strength and accuracy, his arrows could cause extremely high damage.
After one strike, Zhao Mu's body vanished behind the big tree like a phantom.
In the cover of night, he moved slowly, crouching.
The other four members of the five-person team immediately panicked. Everything was dark, they couldn't see anything clearly, and they had no idea when the opponent would release another cold arrow from the shadows.
The four stood back-to-back, staring intently ahead.
However, the Spiritual Power glowing on these four people made them living targets in the dark night.
Zhao Mu curled his lips, not rushing to attack again.
He squatted down in a different direction, staring at them through the gaps in the bushes, like a very patient fierce tiger.
"What do we do? We can't determine his position!"
A Shield and Sword Wielder nervously held his round shield in front of him, Spiritual Power enveloping his entire body.
"We're exposed and the enemy is hidden, and we don't know how many opponents there are. The battlefield is disadvantageous to us, let's retreat!"
A Spearman said with a somewhat hurried tone.
"Where do we retreat to? We can't find our way now."
"Either we charge forward. There are four of us. As long as he attacks once more, he'll be exposed. The other three can swarm him, and we can definitely take him down!"
"Good, let's do that!"
The several people were very decisive, unwilling to be constrained, and decided to find the hidden Archer.
But they didn't know that Zhao Mu had already changed his position after firing an arrow.
His movements were light and agile. These people, whose senses were disturbed by their nervous heartbeats, couldn't detect him at all, and could only chase in the direction the arrow had come from.
Zhao Mu drew his bow and strung an arrow, his movements slow and powerful.
By the time that group arrived at his previous location, a Long Spearman's neck happened to be exposed in Zhao Mu's line of sight.
Zhao Mu stood up, calm and unhurried as if shooting at a target, and the arrow in his hand suddenly launched!
The arrow's wind caught the Long Spearman's attention, but by the time his eyes registered it, only a cold glint was closing in!
"Ah..."
His scream of terror was only half-uttered when the arrow heavily struck his neck!
His body suddenly twisted, and he fell onto another Spearman.
"He's there!"
The injured man clutched his neck. Because of the Spiritual Power protecting his body, his neck merely twisted, not enough to break his bones.
The several people quickly turned around, but Zhao Mu had already hidden himself in the darkness, his deeds concealed.
The injured man's neck was throbbing with pain, making it difficult for him to exert any combat power at this point.
"Rustle, rustle."
Zhao Mu moved nimbly through the woods. If not for the fallen leaves on the ground, he would truly be undetectable like a ghost.
But even so, his speed was too fast, and there were many trees in the forest.
These few people couldn't distinguish between trees and a person.
Their eyes darted back and forth, already dazzled.
"Clang!"
Another arrow came from a distance, striking a Shield and Sword Wielder's knee!
He cried out in pain and fell to his knees, his face turning pale.
"This is bad, that guy can actually see us in the dark, the situation is unfavorable!"
"But what can we do? We can't find our way back."
"Conceal yourselves, quickly conceal yourselves!"
The Spearman with the neck injury shouted a reminder. In their panic, the lack of coordination among these temporarily formed Trial Participants was directly exposed.
The four of them hurriedly hid behind a large tree.
At this point, none of them dared to show their heads, unable to escape or fight.
"Don't be nervous, don't be nervous! He's only one person, and we have four. He only dares to attack from a distance, but his arrows must be limited."
"We can't go back, what should we do? Are we just going to keep stalling like this? Wuwuwu."
Someone with an unstable mind had already started to whimper.
"Find Young Master Jin, and have him bring people to save us!"
A more rational Shield and Sword Wielder gritted his teeth, "Just say we found Zhao Mu!"
Although he wasn't sure if that person was Zhao Mu, he knew that Golden Elephant City was looking for Zhao Mu.
Only by saying so would he be willing to appear in the dark of night to save them.
So someone quickly sent a message to Golden Elephant City using their electronic wristband.
Three kilometers away from this location, in a dry depression on the back of a mountain, Golden Elephant City's Large Corps was gathered.
He sat on a fallen dead tree, strategizing for the next move in his mind.
The Large Corps of fifty people, most of them resting here, had sent out three five-person teams to patrol the surroundings, ensuring they wouldn't be attacked tonight.
They would wait until dawn tomorrow before launching an attack on other Trial Participants.
Just then, the electronic wristband vibrated slightly, and Young Master Jin looked down.
"Oh? So you've found Zhao Mu?"
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