Chapter 166: Chapter 76 Nightfall (1st update of the day) Chapter 166: Chapter 76 Nightfall (1st update of the day) Mu Fan suddenly appeared in front of the delicate-looking boy, his right hand’s webbing open, pressing the other’s neck and slamming it hard against the stone wall!
The huge echo left no doubt about the force of the impact.
This telekinetic boy’s brain must not have been damaged.
Kaito’s alloy crossbow in hand once again quietly turned back.
He had severely underestimated this person’s combat power, and fortunately, he hadn’t released a hint of killing intent just now.
The alloy crossbow was quietly moved behind his back.
Having been hit hard, the delicate-looking boy let out a muffled grunt, blood flowing from the corner of his mouth, Mu Fan’s forceful impact directly choked the neck, the move was too vicious!
“Now do you still want my backpack?” asked Mu Fan, word by word.
But the delicate-looking boy tightly closed his eyes and remained silent.
That’s when Mu Fan felt an unusual stickiness on his fingers, twisting his hand on the other’s neck, a large patch of ulceration unexpectedly appeared at the covered location on the back of the neck by the combat uniform.
What his fingers had pressed against was the ulcerated surface!
Looking at the shape of the wound, it strongly resembled an infection from an injury inflicted by a fierce beast’s claw, and the affected area was already quite large.
No wonder he asked for the medicine in the backpack, Mu Fan finally realized it all and loosened his grip.
The other fell down along the stone wall, sitting on the ground, looking up at Mu Fan.
“Here you go.”
Mu Fan took out a bottle of emergency spray and a standard antibacterial medicine from the backpack and tossed them over.
Assessing his own wound’s healing condition, he probably needed one more standard dose of the antibacterial medicine, or even none at all.
As for the emergency spray, it was barely effective for him, but for the other boy, it could be life-saving.
If there was any factor that made up Mu Fan’s decision to give him the medicine, it was that the boy hadn’t shown the slightest intent to kill from beginning to end, even when he brandished the dagger outward, he never aimed for his vitals.
Surprised, the delicate-looking boy finally showed a flicker in his eyes.
“I’m Flash…
Thank you.”
“Mu Fan.” Seeing the other’s reaction, Mu Fan’s cold face also showed a hint of a smile.
High in the sky.
Someone in the academy district noticed the commotion here.
“This newcomer to the base is so strong!
Contestant number 4919 has been defeated in such a short time.”
“Have you found out the information on this contestant?”
“… No, his face is covered with blood stains, unable to verify.
However…”
“However, what?”
“This contestant is very likely to be number 1578, because in the Jilan Arena, he had used similar moves at the end, though they are not recorded in the Federation’s complete book of fighting skills.”
“1578?
That byes-getter?
No wonder, his evaluation score is raised by another 10 points.”
“It’s already at 70 points…”
“We at the Pulan Military Academy must snatch resources from certain people’s hands!”
The certain people he mentioned, those present understood, were probably from the two major colleges of the Capital Star.
“Good, contestant number 1578, Mu Fan, current evaluation score of 80 points, now the third prospective target for the academy.”
This kind of thing was happening in the observation rooms of the major colleges.
Every appearing contestant was put on a high-priority watchlist.
Now it was time for the real show to begin.
Once the list was drawn up and the final competition ended, that would probably be when the Five Great Colleges truly battled it out in blood!
These were elites forged in a trial of life and death!
This year, the conditions set by various colleges had been released.
On the upper deck of the warship.
Officer: “Colonel, communication frequency with the outside world has increased by 340% since the final competition began.”
The Colonel scoffed, “A bunch of cowards who won’t hunt until they see their prey.”
Without saying more, this year was the first time the military tried this pilot experiment, and they relied on the colleges to train them properly.
…
It was now 19:00, and it was getting dark as the sky started to turn gloomy.
Under the canopy of the rainforest, it was much darker than the outside world.
Mu Fan sat quietly resting after replenishing his fluids.
Because he was now well ahead of the military’s elimination zone by a straight-line distance of five areas, no fifth person had appeared on this platform until now.
Flash was resting against the wall, recovering; with Mu Fan’s medicine, his condition had improved visibly.
The other two seemed prepared to stay the night there.
Such a perfect opportunity to heal couldn’t be missed.
He pulled out his electronic map—it was already 8:00 PM, and the sky had turned dark and gloomy.
The wind finally lost its scorching breath, now carrying a slight chill as it brushed against his skin.
Night had fallen!
Mu Fan stood up, and simultaneously, the other three cast their gazes in his direction.
What was he going to do?
Standing at the edge of the platform, a rose-like blood color flashed in the depths of Mu Fan’s eyes.
The night was as if devoid of substance.
Blood-colored Vision was already activated.
The wind gently lifted his cloak.
With his back to the three companions and a faint smile on his lips, Mu Fan watched the stars begin to appear in the sky.
His left arm had healed to sixty percent!
Drawing in a deep breath, the night air felt so refreshing.
It was time to start moving again.
Turning around to pick up his backpack, Mu Fan was preparing to leave when—
“Where are you going?”
Mu Fan turned to see Kaito gripping the Alloy Crossbow.
“Leaving to continue the journey.”
“It’s difficult to travel at night…” Flash spoke up.
Without any light in the unknown rainforest terrain, marching at night was exponentially more challenging.
Plus, there was the added danger of fierce beasts that could appear anywhere, prompting him to voice a warning.
“It’s fine.”
Glancing back with not a bit of reluctance in his eyes, Mu Fan leaped down.
When night arrived, some candidates who hadn’t made sufficient progress during the day found themselves dangerously close to the elimination zones and began to press on.
But they soon realized their grave mistake.
The electronic map of each candidate only displayed their own location; they were oblivious to how many people had set out at that moment or how many were trapped.
One candidate vaguely remembered that there was a leaf-covered flat ground ahead from the daytime, but after stumbling forward in the darkness for just a few steps, the ground beneath his feet suddenly gave way.
His left foot had sunk in.
Swamp!
Just as his leg was about to be swallowed up, he threw his backpack forward, arresting the sinking motion with the surface area of his pack.
It took him a full twenty minutes to crawl out of the swamp.
Feeling the thick layer of mud on his leg, his heart was filled with terror.
He regretted not having traveled further during the daytime.
Elsewhere, another candidate was walking along the riverbank when he stumbled on the rocky ground and fell hard.
Grasping the uneven stones in his hand, panic filled the candidate’s eyes.
He couldn’t just be eliminated like this!
He was carrying the hopes of his entire family, and he was so close to the end!
Gritting his teeth, he stood up and cautiously moved forward, guided by the stones.
Three hours later.
Inside the warship, many in the academy’s section had already fallen asleep, but the military area was still brightly lit.
“Report, Commander, the biological energy of grade 20 creatures has begun to increase.”
“By how much?”
“A 59% increase in the last 8 hours.”
“What about those above grade 25?”
“None detected.”
“Then ignore it.
We’ve already reached 27 eliminations.
Deploy the next rescue team.”
“Yes, Commander!”
Under the night sky, shadows began to stir quietly in the dense jungle.
Silently, without a sound, unknown to all.
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