As the competition entered its later stages, the safe zone had shrunk considerably. Teams from various countries had far more opportunities to clash, and the conflicts grew increasingly intense. As a result, more and more players were being killed, and eliminations accelerated greatly. In a single hour, the number eliminated could match the losses of an entire previous day!
Of course, this was good news for China. After all, China's two teams were mostly positioned along the edge of the safe zone, so they had relatively fewer chances of encountering teams from other countries. Moreover, the Chinese teams were quite strong overall, so their losses were not severe. Only players who had failed to find the main force were killed more often, with some even being eliminated.
Those eliminated were only a tiny fraction, far fewer than in the other countries. Breaking Waves Riding Wind and the others were quite satisfied with this, and they became even more confident that China would take first place this time.
After completing the Instance Mission, Ye Luo and his group of six or seven continued operating in a small squad. More than an hour passed quickly.
Just as Yan Hua Yi Leng had predicted, Ye Luo and Breaking Waves Riding Wind's earlier slaughter of the Japanese players had greatly stimulated Dark Night. He expanded the Elite Squad again and made their operations more frequent, greatly improving their killing efficiency. After an hour or two, although he had yet to surpass Ye Luo in kills, his momentum was fierce, and it would likely not take long for him to catch up.
As for total points, China still ranked first and had widened the gap with second-place South Korea by quite a bit. The latter would need some time to catch up.
Dark Night's greatly