At noon, the sun blazed overhead, and insects chirped nonstop in the woods.
Aido'er stood alone among the sparse but upright trees. Just moments ago, she had several temporary teammates. Although some had drawn their blades at the slightest disagreement while others belonged to the sinister Ancient God faction, they had at least been teammates.
Aido'er had thought she had entered an illusion, but after working at it for ages, she realized that wasn't the case. Noticing it was already noon, she immediately understood that her temporary teammates intended to use her as bait.
Aido'er was a little bewildered. Was she supposed to simply stand here as bait? Did she need to strike some kind of pose?
In the end, Aido'er stuck out her chest, pulled in her stomach, and thrust out her hips. In a rigid posture, she dropped to her knees with a thump and raised both hands.
She did this to make any approaching enemy suspicious. Suspicion would create reservations, preventing them from attacking immediately. Hesitation meant throwing away their lives.
This woodland was relatively small, situated between the ancient city and the hot jungle. It served as a fairly stable buffer zone.
Because it lay right beside the ancient city—the initial landing point for over ninety percent of the participants—quite a few participants were in these woods.
Using Aido'er as the center point, 1.7 kilometers to the northwest, a burly figure ran through the woods. Everywhere he passed, the dead leaves beneath his feet were crushed into powder.
"Hehehehehe!"
The burly figure laughed continuously as he ran. That was perfectly normal. He was far too close to Aido'er.
After sprinting at full speed for a while, the burly figure suddenly braked. His bare upper body looked as if it had been cast from iron, and his