“Fall back!” Ye Chong barked, leading his teammates in a sprint deeper into the forest!

Shen Mo, Yu Chaohui, and A’Long all gave chase!

Tan Xiao, having applied mud treatment twice, was fully healed, and he and A’Shalina charged into the forest together in pursuit.

Ye Chong didn’t run far.

He, Hu Dashan, and a man covered in tattoos planted themselves in Shen Mo’s group’s path, blocking the pursuit while the other teammates scattered and fled in all directions.

Shen Mo’s group, wary of Ye Chong’s white gloves, also halted, eyeing the three people blocking them with caution.

Shen Mo said quietly: “They’re bold enough to block us here — the three of them must be elephant, bear, and lion.”

Ye Chong’s lips curved into an amused smile. He pointed at Shen Mo and Yu Chaohui and said: “Bold enough to advance on our position — that makes you two elephant and bear, yes?”

Shen Mo stretched the lasso in his hands slightly and said, unhurried: “Guess.”

“No need to guess — doesn’t matter.” Ye Chong’s venomous gaze swept over the group, coming to rest on A’Long, Tan Xiao, and A’Shalina. “What I know right now is… these three are all prey for me to hunt!”

He struck without warning!

“Damn!” Tan Xiao, having already had a close call with the white gloves, went pale with fright and turned tail!

A’Shalina and A’Long ran too!

All three bolted off in three different directions!

Ye Chong fixed his sights on A’Long and gave chase!

Yu Chaohui and Shen Mo went after Ye Chong — only for the tattooed man to step in their way. He raised his wristband’s predation key and charged at Yu Chaohui in a burst of aggression!

Before it could connect with Yu Chaohui, a lasso whipped forward first — catching the man around the neck and yanking him down!

“Yu Chaohui!” Shen Mo gripped the rope and shouted.

Yu Chaohui immediately launched his own lasso. Working in tandem with Shen Mo, the two crossed their ropes and bound the man — then, giving him no time to react, moved at a sprint and hauled him toward the nearest trap, flinging him in with a powerful swing!

The tattooed man crashed hard to the ground. No sooner had he landed than iron rods shot up from the grass in all directions — enclosing him like a bird cage!

At the same moment, the glow on the tattooed man’s wristband vanished — the wristband disappearing with it.

He had been eliminated.

“Damn it all!” The tattooed man slammed a furious fist against the iron bars!

Shen Mo reeled back his rope and told Yu Chaohui: “This one is either an elephant or a bear.”

Otherwise he would never have been bold enough to stand alone and block the two of them.

Yu Chaohui said: “Once we take out two more, this game’s outcome will be beyond doubt.”

Just as the words left his mouth, they heard the sound of branches snapping underfoot ahead.

Both looked up — and there was Tian Li in his baseball cap, standing frozen behind a shrub, apparently having not expected at all that the tattooed man would fall into the trap. Then, noticing that Shen Mo and Yu Chaohui had spotted him, the color drained from his face.

Yu Chaohui was after him before a word was spoken!

“He’s a leopard — lower rank! You can attack!”

Terror showed in Tian Li’s eyes. He spun around and fled!

He was incredibly fast — within seconds he had vanished into the dense forest. Yu Chaohui chased him for over thirty meters before Bai Youwei’s voice came through the wristband:

“All units, retreat to your safety cabins!”

“Retreat?!” Yu Chaohui fumed.

He had already run into a clearing of wildflowers. Tian Li was right ahead! And perhaps the item’s time effect had run out — Tian Li’s speed had visibly slowed. If Yu Chaohui pushed just a little further, fifty more meters at most, he could eliminate him!

“Give me two minutes — no, just one minute! I can catch him!”

“Yu Chaohui. This is an order. Return to your safety cabin — now, immediately, without delay. Everyone else, report your status!”

A’Shalina: “Already back at the cat cabin. No one in pursuit.”

A’Long: “Already back at the lion’s safety cabin. White Gloves was pressing me hard — he’s currently hovering just outside.”

Zhang Yu: “…Making my way back, no one behind me… I couldn’t catch the girl.”

Tan Xiao: “On my way back too! Almost there~”

Yu Chaohui stared at the “leopard” who had run far into the distance. He bit down hard on his frustration, turned, and ran back toward his own safety cabin.

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