At Least I Can Still Lend You a Hand for Now

In the blink of an eye~

The purple barrier gradually dissipated.

Su Xian and the others came out from inside.

Unharmed.

They looked at Li Chen, then at their surroundings, and saw that nothing was wrong.

Su Zhe, carrying the two already stiffened Demon Wolf corpses, said, "Chen-ge, time to eat!"

"These Demon Wolves are edible."

Mu Hen scratched his head and said, "No wonder this Academy Tournament has lasted so long; there haven't been any food supplies, and everyone has to be self-sufficient."

"We don't lack food now."

"The ground is littered with corpses, all of them food, but there's no seasoning."

Su Xian frowned, her eyes deep.

He seemed to notice that Li Chen, who was not far away, was in a bad state. It shouldn't be from fighting the Wolf King, so what was it?

Then his eyes seemed to see a bright red blood in the snow, and instantly he guessed a lot of things.

Li Chen said with a bitter expression, "Let's go, it's all resolved."

Su Zhe quickly ran forward.

"Chen-ge, how about we grab a bite to eat first?"

"I'm afraid there won't be another chance later."

Ji Shao didn't bother with any more words, and directly lit a fire in the snow, saying, "Eat quickly if you want to eat, we're still wandering around in the Secret Realm."

"This time it was a pack of wolves, who knows what kind of monster will come next?"

"It might be a natural disaster!"

Su Xian stroked her chin, glanced at Li Chen, and nodded, saying, "Ji Shao is right, let's eat quickly."

"But Su Zhe, you eat last!"

"Wait a minute, go and deploy some of your abilities around here, just in case."

"Today's wolf attack was probably not a surprise attack."

Su Zhe's eyes widened, somewhat unwilling, but he swallowed hard as he looked at the wolf that Mu Hen had already placed on the flames.

"Leave some for me!!"

Mu Hen, on the other hand, quickly used his ability to remove the wolf's fur.

After all, he was extremely skilled at controlling Dark Energy, and could even carve jade pendants with ease, let alone this.

Six were slaughtered in total.

One person, one head; Ji Shao and Ji Mumu, two people, one head.

While setting up defenses, Su Zhe kept glancing over in their direction.

It's like a poor, cold, and hungry person being abandoned by their companions.

Su Xian used teleportation magic.

They directly brought in all sorts of seasonings from outside sources.

Mu Hen took the medicine and performed a series of operations; it was his first time dealing with Eerie Monsters meat.

Su Xian stopped flipping through the spellbook and said, "Li Chen, you must have encountered another team, right?"

Li Chen remained silent, but nodded nonetheless.

Mu Hen was still roasting the wolf meat, chimed in, "No wonder, these wolves always seemed a bit strange."

"We don't seem to have provoked them, yet they were able to pinpoint our location so accurately. Do they have some kind of GPS tracking system?"

"This is outrageous. So someone was trying to use wolves to wipe us out."

Su Xian slightly raised her eyes and whispered, "Li Chen, did you kill a few people?"

Li Chen nodded.

"Sigh... Don't worry about it. It was a matter of life and death anyway. You don't need to blame yourself for these things."

Su Xian sighed, thinking that Li Chen was acting this way because of murder, and quickly comforted him.

However, Li Chen did not speak, but fell silent.

He didn't feel guilty about the murder; rather, this sudden outburst completely bewildered him.

He has already placed the Demon Eye ability among the abilities he can no longer use, along with Mutation.

It seems that it was this ability that gave the Eldritch God the opportunity to drive him into madness and rampage.

He didn't want this ability to make him so ruthless that he could even wipe out his teammates with whom he had spent so much time.

I don't want to become a monster that the world fears.

After a long silence...

It was very quiet. A few people sat silently around the fire, just staring blankly at the still-burning flames.

Actually, their team is not united.

It can be said that they all participated with their own purposes, and they were all moving towards their goals, constantly moving forward.

These teammates are needed along the way; you could say they are each other's tools, tools to achieve their own goals.

There is indeed a bond between them.

But with the end of this Academy Tournament, perhaps things will return to the way they were before, with neither side interfering with the other.

This is reality. Everyone has their own things to do. Reality is not about sticking together to become stronger, but about each person having to walk their own path.

Su Xian remained silent for a long time before speaking, "Let's split up later."

"Why?" Ji Shao, somewhat puzzled.

Su Xian said calmly, "Too slow. We're too slow; we need to speed up."

"Get the other map as soon as possible."

"Get ready to welcome the Imperial Capital Team."

Ji Mumu's mind was a little foggy, and she asked, "The Imperial Capital Team?"

Why are they coming?

Ji Shao's mind worked quickly, and he explained, "They probably use the same methods as us, only more ruthless."

Clear the image immediately!

Su Xian nodded and said, "That's right. At their current speed, they should have already opened up a section of the Secret Realm."

"However, it seems they didn't choose our Secret Realm, but another one."

We don't have much time left.

We need to get one of the maps as soon as possible.

"Otherwise, if we manage to get five maps from them, we won't need this map anymore."

Jianping looked up and said, "So, without two maps, we're simply not qualified to fight them?"

"They lead directly to the top?"

Su Xian sighed; that was indeed the case.

However, he knew that the Imperial Capital pursued perfection in everything and would certainly not allow an incomplete map to be uploaded to the top.

Li Chen stared at his palm and said, "Then let's break everything. Don't you all have your own purposes?"

"Isn't it all about targeting the people in the Imperial Capital?"

"You all go ahead, I'll hold off the others."

Su Xian and Ji Shao both looked at Li Chen, quite surprised.

Because they had been in contact with Li Chen for so long, they knew that Li Chen hated trouble, and this approach actually had a great impact on him.

Li Chen slightly raised his head, his gaze fixed on the flames, and said calmly, "I don't have as many ambitions as you, nor do I have any backing to contend with the forces behind you."

"But this is the Academy Tournament now. Since you're still my team members, it's not unreasonable for me to lend you a hand."

"At least I'm still your captain."

At this moment, Su Zhe rushed over and shouted, "Henzi, give me one!!"

Mu Hen had been listening to everyone's conversation, silently grilling his own meat. When he heard Su Zhe's voice, he quickly winked at him.

Su Zhe sat down casually next to Li Chen and asked, "What are you discussing?"

"Grandpa, I'd like to hear it too."