"Damn it! This is troublesome!!"
At that moment, outside the enormous curtain of night, a group of black-clad undead stared at the dusk shrouding the area ahead, their expressions gloomy to the extreme!
The leader was none other than Sa Uta, the captain of the Sixth King Squad who had secretly plotted with Viego earlier!
At that moment, his emerald-like, deep and eerie eyes gazed at the curtain of night. Even his face had lost its former relaxed expression.
Of course, he couldn't possibly feel relaxed now. The cooked duck had flown away right before his eyes—how could he still be at ease?
As far as starting positions went, his area could be said to have had the best luck. His group had discovered the Divine Fire Shard's location on their own. As long as they lured those high-school students over and let them retrieve the Divine Fire, they could immediately begin harvesting them.
Although a strange phoenix had disrupted their rhythm, he hadn't considered it a bad thing at the time.
They had come not only to obtain the Divine Fire Shard, but also to reinforce their team. After all, those participating in the Iron Fir Forest mission were the top teams from the Living World's advanced academies. Many of the young students possessed outstanding talent, and after killing them, they could directly become powerful reserve members of the team.
Therefore, if a phoenix with such powerful Mental Strength emerged from those academy teams, it would be good news. Creatures with such high Mental Strength aptitude were rare, and the Ten Kings' teams were also sorely lacking high-quality Mental Department members.
Using the opponent's powerful Mental Strength as a deterrent to temporarily retreat had also given them hope and created a false impression. Once the opponent took the Divine