Young Master Jin's lips curled into a meaningful smile.
Not far away, Wang Qing was also present. Hearing Young Master Jin's whisper, he quickly came closer.
"Young Master Jin, have you found Zhao Mu? Let's hurry over and take him down!"
Wang Qing's eyes were filled with ferocity and eagerness.
Young Master Jin, however, merely smiled faintly.
"Marching at night is a big taboo, especially for a hastily assembled team like ours. Not only will we fail to catch Zhao Mu, but we might also fall into disarray ourselves first."
These youths couldn't even be considered scattered soldiers. If there were too many people, there was a high probability they would start fighting among themselves.
In the middle of the night, the forest was pitch black. Coupled with panic, who could distinguish friend from foe?
Wang Qing asked somewhat fawningly, "Then, what do you mean?"
Young Master Jin closed his eyes: "Don't mind him! However," he said with a hint of meaning, "if he can truly take down a five-person team by himself, then he is indeed a very formidable opponent."
Young Master Jin had no intention of risking a rescue. Moreover, that small team had also lost their way, making it impossible for Young Master Jin to lead people to search for them all over the mountains.
On the contrary, Zhao Mu, in the darkness, watched them hiding beneath the big tree and secretly chuckled.
He observed his surroundings; every blade of grass and every tree in his vision was clearly visible.
Near the big tree, there were several dry rocks, located behind the big tree where the few people were hiding.
Zhao Mu quickly made a decision in his heart. He drew his bow to its full extent, and this arrow was actually aimed at a large bluestone!
"Clang!!"
Sparks suddenly lit up in the night. The ground was covered in fallen leaves, which could ignite with just a spark in the sultry summer.
With a "whoosh," a string of fire lit up behind the big tree.
The dry fallen leaves and dead branches were too easy to burn. What started as a small flame quickly turned into a raging inferno with crackling sounds!
The dark forest became brightly lit, with the firelight and smoke particularly dazzling.
The four individuals, ignoring their temporarily unconscious companion, were hiding behind the big tree, contemplating a strategy.
Suddenly, they felt a burst of light reflecting from behind them, and the huge shadow of the tree completely enveloped them.
Immediately after, the temperature sharply rose!
Two fire snakes rapidly spread along the fallen leaves on the ground. The flames soared into the sky, burning the backsides of the four crowded individuals.
"Ahhh! Fire, it's on fire!"
A Shield and Sword Wielder screamed in fright and jumped up.
As his head emerged, an arrow Zhao Mu had already prepared directly hit his back, knocking him to the ground.
Unless necessary, Zhao Mu did not intend to kill anyone here; he only needed to incapacitate them.
Meanwhile, in the Monitoring Room, Xu Zhixiong's facial muscles twitched as he watched this scene.
"Setting the mountain on fire? This kid is truly ruthless. One misstep and many people on the mountain could be burned to death."
Although he said that, he had no intention of stopping it.
If they felt their lives were in danger, they could forfeit and have the giant eagle take them away.
If they died here due to insufficient strength, that was also their own choice.
The battlefield has always been this cruel and full of surprises.
No matter what methods are used, whoever remains until the end is the winner!
With flames soaring into the sky, the commotion here naturally attracted the attention of many hidden hunters.
Zhao Mu was unhurried. He still stood in the darkness, waiting for the others to run out of the sea of fire.
The fire had grown fierce, even the tree they were hiding behind was ignited. If they didn't leave the tree, the only outcome would be to be burned alive.
The few people had no choice but to use the Shield and Sword Wielder's shield to block the sides as much as possible while running towards the outside of the fire circle.
Zhao Mu calmly shot an arrow, taking down another Spearman.
At this point, only two members of the five-person team remained capable of fighting.
They looked in the direction from which the arrow had come and finally saw the figure of a tall youth in the darkness beyond the swirling firelight.
"Damn it, let's fight him to the death!!"
The two were terrified to the extreme, yet paradoxically, they were no longer afraid, because their fear had reached its peak and transformed into rage!
The remaining two, one wielding a shield and sword, and the other a long spear, charged wildly towards Zhao Mu!
One was Combat Level 3, the other Combat Level 4. With spirit energy protecting their bodies, they charged past the flames towards Zhao Mu.
If Zhao Mu were to draw his bow and nock another arrow at this moment, he could at most shoot one more arrow before the other person would close in.
But Zhao Mu didn't use an arrow. Instead, he looked at the two charging at him with ferocious expressions and calmly took the heavy, domineering heavenly halberd from his back!
As soon as the halberd was drawn, the two immediately realized that the person they had encountered was indeed Zhao Mu!
When Zhao Mu chose his weapon, his selection of the heavenly halberd, which almost no one dared to use, had drawn much ridicule.
However, thinking of Zhao Mu carrying it and still moving freely through the jungle, the two felt a shiver in their hearts.
But it was too late now, and thinking more was useless. Zhao Mu's Archery was too strong; within a hundred paces, he could hit whatever he aimed at. They couldn't escape, they could only fight head-on!
"Ahhh!!"
The two rushed towards Zhao Mu from left and right. Zhao Mu gripped the halberd with both hands, his palm sliding lightly along the shaft.
Blue spirit energy spread from his palm, quickly enveloping the entire weapon!
The azure spirit energy did not manifest around Zhao Mu's body; it merely covered his hands and feet, with the rest infused into the heavenly halberd.
The two Trial Participants did not yet understand what this meant and attacked with roars.
Fighting against multiple opponents is not easy. If one cannot quickly take down one of them, they will face a prolonged, distracted battle.
The Seven Kills Battle Method includes techniques for fighting against multiple opponents.
In such situations, one either uses footwork to ensure there is always only one enemy in front of them.
Or, one uses absolute power to quickly deal with the weaker opponent.
Zhao Mu's feet moved with the wind, and he sidestepped the direction of their combined attack, then swung the heavenly halberd in his hand, bringing it down with full force on the Spearman to his left!
The Spearman's attack missed. He quickly raised his long spear with both hands to block!
"Clang!!"
The heavy halberd blade smashed hard onto the alloy spear shaft. The immense shock caused the Spearman's hands to lose their grip on the spear, sending both him and his spear flying backward!
Seeing this, the Shield and Sword Wielder attacked from the side, shield in his left hand, Long Saber in his right. The shield blocked his upper body, and the Long Saber menacingly stabbed towards Zhao Mu's waist.
"Get lost!"
Zhao Mu roared, and with a backhand sweep of the heavenly halberd from below, he directly knocked the Shield and Sword Wielder's round shield flying.
Following the momentum, the heavenly halberd struck his waist with a backhand blow, sending him flying four to five meters away like a sack!
The Spearman looked at his trembling hands, which were now covered in blood.
"I, a Combat Level 4 Spirit Energy User, couldn't even match him!"
He couldn't accept this fact.
At this point, the two were on either side of Zhao Mu. Zhao Mu didn't hesitate; holding the heavenly halberd in his right hand, he drew a gleaming Flying Knife from the knife pouch at his waist with his left.
A flash of azure cold light covered the blade, and in a split second, it shot towards the Spearman!
"Pfft!"
The Flying Knife directly pierced the Spearman's lower abdomen, almost the entire blade sinking in.
This strike bypassed his internal organs, so he wouldn't die, but the blood groove on it would cause continuous bleeding.
However, if he dared to move again, his life might truly not be saved.
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