The entire dense forest seemed to transform into a waking beast, whirring into a frenzied motion.
The team members who had struggled to enter had not even had time to breathe a sigh of relief at reaching the battlefield before their faces turned as awful as if they were constipated.
They had thought they could relax their guard a little after entering the forest and look for opportunities to make their arrangements, but no one had expected the dangers within the forest to be several times more terrifying than those outside.
Countless towering ancient trees shook their branches, thick vines lashed about like venomous serpents, and even the weeds beneath their feet turned into sharp blades, launching indiscriminate attacks on every intruder.
Even more bizarrely, the students with plant-type martial souls began moving against their will, turning on their own teammates.
This scene left every student present utterly bewildered.
"What are you doing?! That's your teammate!" one student cried out, narrowly dodging a vine swung by his companion as he demanded angrily.
"Captain, I can't control myself! My body... it won't listen to me!" The student controlled by his martial soul wore a pained expression, his eyes filled with helplessness.
Similar exchanges played out throughout the forest.
The students who had once been brimming with confidence and planning to make a name for themselves in the free-for-all now looked at the forest with nothing but deep fear in their eyes.
Amid the chaos, a blazing flame streaked across the sky like a phoenix reborn from fire and crashed into the depths of the forest, instantly swallowing vast swathes of wildly dancing plants as flames soared into the sky.
The newcomer was none other than Shrek Academy's Ma Xiaotao.
She had never been one to tolerate boredom. Having spent so