Zhang Shan felt the man before him was somewhat terrifying.

He was in real combat every single day—what exactly did he do before coming here?

“I…” Zhang Shan said somewhat awkwardly, “Then let me introduce myself too. My name is Zhang Shan. I learned some Sanda and grappling. I served in the military for three years, and after being discharged I became a chef.”

“Chef?” Everyone was stunned after hearing this.

Zhang Shan’s temperament truly didn’t match that of a chef. His physique was very tall and large, his whole body covered in strong muscles. If someone said he was a fitness instructor, people would believe it, but he was actually a chef?

Qi Xia nodded slightly. No wonder the Zhang Shan from last time had insisted on taking the bear paw… so it was professional instinct?

“What about you?”

The two simultaneously turned their heads to look at the dark, slender girl—Li Xiangling.

This girl had wheat-colored skin and very delicate features.

What was most eye-catching were undoubtedly her eyes. Qi Xia seemed able to see a bright light shining from within them.

She wore ordinary athletic clothes and sat with an extremely upright posture.

Seeing everyone looking at her, Li Xiangling stood up with a “whoosh.” Her every movement was full of power, and when she moved it was like a gust of wind sweeping past.

“My name is Li Xiangling. I grew up in a martial arts family and have practiced Liuhe Spear since childhood for twenty years now.” She gave everyone a cupped-fist salute. “Pleased to meet you all.”

“Liuhe Spear?” Qiao Jiajin showed an expression of astonishment. “You mean the Liuhe Spear with ‘essence, qi, and spirit as the three internal harmonies’ and ‘waist, hands, and eyes as the three external harmonies’?”

“Exactly, exactly!” Li Xiangling looked very pleased. “Have you studied Liuhe Spear?”

“Yes, I was going to practice it, but ‘long spears’ weren’t very practical for me, so I gave it up in the end.” Qiao Jiajin said.

“Now that it’s not wartime, of course long spears aren’t practical. We practice martial arts to strengthen our bodies and discipline ourselves.” Li Xiangling said with a smile. “If you like, I can teach you a set of spear techniques when we have the chance.”

“Mm, sure.” Qiao Jiajin nodded.

After hearing this, Qi Xia slowly raised his eyebrows. No wonder this girl’s essence, qi, and spirit appeared far stronger than ordinary people—she was a traditional martial arts practitioner with extremely solid fundamentals.

Although traditional martial arts no longer emphasized killing, having practiced martial arts for twenty years, her flexibility, coordination, reaction ability, and physical condition should all be top-notch.

“Looking at it this way… this team really isn’t bad.” Qi Xia nodded. “Strength, technique, and agility—we have it all.”

“Qi Xia… you’re still being too optimistic.” Yun Yao said. “The other side has ‘Echo’ users. Moreover, they’ve had ample time to prepare. Perhaps the Extreme Path members we face tomorrow will all be ‘Echo’ users skilled in combat.”

“Really?” Lin Qin on the side thought for a moment and said, “I feel they’ll have difficulty finding other accomplices.”

Yun Yao was startled and turned back to look at Lin Qin. “How do you know?”

“Just guessing.” Lin Qin said. “How many people did you meet today? What were their respective abilities?”

After hearing this, Yun Yao recalled and said, “I only know one person’s ability—Jiang Ruoxue, whose ‘Echo’ is ‘Causality.'”

Qi Xia added, “There’s also Xiao Xiao, ‘Frame-Up.'”

After saying this, he looked at Lin Qin meaningfully. Lin Qin understood and nodded.

She had met both Xiao Xiao and Jiang Ruoxue before, but it seemed only Xiao Xiao was suited to participate in ‘Tiger’ category games.

If Jiang Ruoxue entered the field, even if her ‘Causality’ was extremely powerful, she couldn’t possibly fight against Zhang Shan.

If she were carelessly injured, she might even suffer backlash from ‘Causality’ itself.

After all, she would think she was ‘injured’ and therefore ‘would die.’

Yun Yao continued, “As for the third person, judging by his performance, he seems to have joined Extreme Path not long ago.”

After speaking, she turned to look at Qi Xia. “Qi Xia, you fought with him. Did you see clearly what his ability was?”

“Speaking of his ability… it was really strange.” Qi Xia answered.

“How strange?” Lin Qin asked.

“He can conjure stones out of thin air.” Qi Xia said. “But the shape of the stones seems to be at his whim.”

After hearing this, Lin Qin nodded and said, “His name is ‘Original Object.'”

“‘Original Object’?” Yun Yao’s brows furrowed. “How do you know?”

Han Yimo interjected from the side, “The three of us were in front of the display screen at the time and happened to see the ‘Echoes’ of those three people.”

“Original Object…” Qi Xia silently repeated these two words, feeling he still had no clue.

Lin Qin continued, “I think ‘Original Object’ and ‘Frame-Up’ may participate in tomorrow’s match, but ‘Causality’ won’t. That means at most they’ll find one helper.”

“Really?” Yun Yao looked at Lin Qin with some skepticism. “How do you know again?”

“Guessing again.” Lin Qin said. “I feel Extreme Path members won’t have very good relations with others, so they won’t have many ‘reserves’ either.”

“That makes sense when you put it that way…” Yun Yao nodded meaningfully.

Everyone fell into silence.

“But there’s also good news.” Yun Yao’s tone shifted. “The ‘Extreme Path’ members are all a bunch of lunatics who like to show off individual ability, so they won’t consider team cooperation at all. That’s our biggest advantage!”

After speaking, she looked at Zhang Shan, Qiao Jiajin, and Li Xiangling.

The atmosphere was a bit awkward.

These three people barely knew each other before—how much better could their cooperation be than Extreme Path’s?

Qiao Jiajin laughed foolishly and said, “So we need to cooperate? Haha…”

This man had once single-handedly taken down thirty-seven people.

Zhang Shan also scratched his head in difficulty. “Damn… I thought it was three-on-three one-on-one combat…”

This man had once killed a bear alone.

When these two men faced dangerous situations, they had never counted on others to help them.

Qi Xia also slowly covered his forehead.

This team was now two ‘Fists’ plus one ‘Weapon’—weren’t they also relying on ‘individual ability’?

Qi Xia knew that if tomorrow’s game was truly three-on-three single combat, that would actually be better. If it was purely competing in fighting technique, even if Xiao Xiao had ‘Frame-Up,’ she couldn’t possibly gain an advantage.

But Yun Yao had said that Earth-Tiger’s games involved a certain degree of teamwork. Could these three really manage it?

Yun Yao thought for a moment. “How about this… I have some small games for building team trust. When our group was first established, we used to do them often. Now I’ll teach them to you, and you can train your team coordination as a last-minute effort.”

“Uh…” The three showed expressions of difficulty. “Small games for training team coordination…?”

Just a day ago, Qiao Jiajin had wanted to kick Zhang Shan. Now, after just one day, they were supposed to cultivate team coordination.

Seeing this, Qi Xia reached out to stop Yun Yao and said to the three, “I think it’s unnecessary. The power of a temporarily formed team is far inferior to individual ability pushed to the extreme. You three should just use all your strength to display your own abilities tomorrow.”