Axe King thought this, but he had already taken out a string of beads from the team's Storage Space and put it around his neck.
This was something they had acquired from the Food Spirit World, called Life-Replacing Beads. Each bead could substitute for one of their lives. Their team had gone to great lengths to obtain thirty-two of them and stored them in the team Storage Space for members to use in critical moments to save their lives.
But he could not worry about that now. He simply felt that without wearing this thing, he would not be at ease.
Once he put on the Life-Replacing Beads, Axe King's sense of security instantly soared, and his confidence swelled again. He thought that he had really been ridiculous today, actually getting bluffed by a Seventh Order Explorer.
For all he knew, Lu Li's explosive display might be a sign that he had exhausted his strength, meant to scare him away.
As he stepped forward, he issued an order through the team channel. "Brothers, this opponent is strange. Stay sharp and come at him from the flanks together. Once I expose an opening, use the team fusion skill, Battle-Axe Sky Cleaving Art."
They had previously used their team fusion skill to kill that Eighth Order Explorer. This was the power of cooperation. If a team merely fought separately, it could not threaten top experts at all. They needed a finishing move.
Upon hearing their leader's order, the Battle Axe Adventuring Party members had their doubts, but since they had never suffered a major defeat before, they still chose to follow his command. They all unleashed their power and closed in from the flanking battlefield.
Of course, they would wait until their leader exposed Lu Li's weakness before attacking. Otherwise, they would