Falling into the Trap
The Great Earth Academy Holy Tower Apprentices' attack on the Black Tomb Forest Resource Point continued for another two days. →
After discovering that there were many elite apprentices in the Black Tomb Forest Resource Point and that there was no sign of them being breached in the short term, Gade decisively led his apprentice team to continue westward, heading towards the heart of the Azure Source Holy Tower's occupied territory.
In this Regional Holy Tower Academy War, "killing" was not the primary objective.
The capture of resource points and the acquisition of points are the original intentions of the various Holy Tower in training these apprentices.
Gade was well aware of this; meaningless sacrifices by both apprentices would not earn them higher scores from the academy's instructors.
After marching westward, the resistance that blocked Gade and his men was indeed much weaker than before.
The northeastern part of the Shadow of Darkness Holy Tower Apprentice Zone.
This area, with its many swampy sections, was one that Saine had never been to before.
The reason we came here is because the Crystal Ball shows that this area has the most Shadow of Darkness Holy Tower apprentices.
Since there was always a force chasing him from behind, Saine naturally wanted to take advantage of the chaos in the area where the apprentices of the Shadow of Darkness Holy Tower were active in order to relieve the pressure on himself.
Moreover, Saine's own points-based hunt did not stop because of the presence of pursuers.
It would be difficult to launch a direct counterattack, because almost none of the Great Earth Academy Holy Tower apprentices chasing him were weak, and they were rarely alone. →
However, after arriving at the activity area of Shadow of Darkness Holy Tower Apprentice Zone, Saine was somewhat frustrated because he didn't encounter many Shadow of Darkness Holy Tower apprentices active outside.
Aside from eliminating a few small fry in the process, they didn't even encounter a decent Shadow of Darkness Holy Tower apprentice.
Deep within the swamp, patches of eerie, pale white flowers are scattered among the vegetation.
This is the White Bone Flower Camp, Large Resource Point in the Shadow of Darkness Holy Tower.
Saine, who was less than two kilometers away from the White Bone Flower Camp, looked at the White Bone Flower resource point, which was bustling with people in the camp, with a rather speechless expression.
Roughly speaking, the White Bone Flower Camp has as many as three thousand Shadow of Darkness Holy Tower apprentices.
But despite so many apprentices gathered together, facing Saine surrounded by Golden Light Pillar not far away, they showed no interest or intention to make a move.
On the Bone Tower erected within the White Bone Flower resource point, the top apprentice Boboli looked at Saine, who appeared not far in front of her camp, and her white, greasy chin trembled slightly.
But this guy was stunned.
He did not lead his apprentices out to pursue Saine, even though it seems that Saine is alone now.
"Boboli, if you don't do it, I will!"
"This guy is clearly alone. My Water Borer haven't found any other apprentices from the Azure Source Holy Tower nearby," said a gloomy-looking Quasi-Magician. →
Boboli did not immediately respond to the Quasi-Magician's words.
Boboli remained silent for a long time.
The gloomy Quasi-Magician patience exhausted, couldn't help but curse, "What a stupid and cowardly fatso! How did they even rate you as a top apprentice during the academy's internal evaluation?!"
After cursing, the Quasi-Magician summoned a rare Dark Being with broken wings on its back, and then led a dozen or so apprentices of advanced level or above who were willing to follow him to fly towards the location of Saine outside the resource point.
The gloomy-looking Quasi-Magician didn't notice that as he turned to leave, a fierce glint flashed in Boboli's small eyes, who had been silent all along.
Although Boboli has the title of "Daughter of Death" at the Shadow of Darkness Holy Tower Academy, she is still quite popular and well-regarded within the academy; otherwise, she wouldn't have been chosen as the current commander of the Shadow of Darkness Holy Tower apprentice team.
But Boboli has one taboo that no one is allowed to touch.
You can call her stupid, or you can say she's cowardly, but you absolutely cannot say she's fat or ugly.
This is because Boboli had a painful emotional experience in the Shadow of Darkness Holy Tower during her junior and intermediate apprenticeship.
Few apprentices know the specifics of that experience.
For the apprentices of the Shadow of Darkness Holy Tower, Boboli seemed to have suddenly had an epiphany one day, rapidly rising in the Shadow of Darkness Holy Tower and successively becoming Advanced Apprentice and Quasi-Magician, and even earning the title of "Daughter of Death".
"Bannack and his men have made their move. Should we join in?" A Advanced Apprentice, a staunch supporter of Boboli, approached her and asked.
Bannack is the name of that gloomy-looking Quasi-Magician.
Although the other party managed to recruit and take away more than a dozen advanced apprentices, more than half of the Advanced Apprentice in the White Bone Flower Camp were still in a wait-and-see state, waiting for Boboli's decision.
Without even looking up at the Advanced Apprentice's question, Boboli replied, "No need, let's see how things go first."
Outside the White Bone Flower Camp.
Seeing more than a dozen Advanced Apprentice and Quasi-Magician level Shadow of Darkness Holy Tower apprentices fly out, Saine was not surprised but delighted.
It would be somewhat disadvantageous for one person to fight against more than a dozen Shadow of Darkness Holy Tower apprentices head-on.
Saine has better ways to deal with them.
They flew straight southwest, where the apprentices from the Great Earth Academy Holy Tower who were chasing Saine should be almost there.
In the Trial Space, apart from the students of one's own academy who can trust each other and fight side by side.
When apprentices from different academies meet, there is only one outcome: the elimination of the opponent.
The Shadow of Darkness Holy Tower and the Great Earth Academy Holy Tower are two separate factions. Furthermore, the Great Earth Academy Holy Tower had previously intruded into the territory of the Shadow of Darkness Holy Tower.
When the apprentices of these two Holy Tower clashed, they certainly didn't think about shaking hands and making peace, but rather about joining forces against Saine.
The chaotic battle between dozens of advanced apprentices stirred up a filthy wave tens of meters high in this Swamp Zone of Shadow of Darkness Holy Tower.
Saine is feared by both sides, and is also targeted by both sides at the same time.
However, because he was alone and acted swiftly, he took the initiative in the crowd.
At first, he didn't need to actively participate in the battle; he only needed to wander around in front of the apprentices of both sides.
When they turned around again, they could see that the apprentices of the Shadow of Darkness Holy Tower were already fighting with the apprentices of the Great Earth Academy Holy Tower.
"This is the territory of the Shadow of Darkness Holy Tower Apprentice Zone. We must finish this quickly!" said the top apprentice, Makle, and increased the intensity of his magic.
"Quickly request reinforcements from the White Bone Flower resource point! How come there are so many advanced or higher-level apprentices from the Great Earth Academy Holy Tower? Are they also after that Peak Apprentice from the Azure Source Holy Tower?!" shouted the Quasi-Magician Bannack.
At this moment, Makle, the top apprentice of the Great Earth Academy Holy Tower, could not catch up with Saine, who had already flown to the outer edge of the battle zone. Therefore, he could only join forces with two companions to launch a fierce attack on Bannack of the Shadow of Darkness Holy Tower.
Bannack's strength was already somewhat inferior to Makle's, not to mention that they currently outnumbered their opponent.
White Bone Flower Resource Points.
The same Advanced Apprentice walked up to Boboli and said, "Bannack and the others are calling for our backup. It seems to be an apprentice from the Great Earth Academy Holy Tower attacking."
Boboli, who was engrossed in fiddling with something, didn't even look up and said, "No rush, let's see how things go first. Be careful not to fall into a trap."