Among the Transcendent students, this squad's combat strength was fairly average. They naturally could not compare to teams with three Transcendents, but compared with weaker teams, they still held a considerable advantage.
As the three ate grilled meat, the squad leader—the Black Iron Rank boy—spoke up. "The beasts in this forest have been growing crazily for some time now. The authorities said some kind of special Transcendent incident occurred over there. In short, the environment in this competition is much more dangerous than the Dream Realm. We may encounter Black Iron Rank creatures. If we run into something we can't beat, we could genuinely lose our lives."
"I didn't expect it to be this dangerous. When I came to this school, I thought I'd be able to study easily. Instead, they're doing this whole natural selection thing."
The girl complained.
"That's enough. No one forced us to enter the competition. If we want strength, we have to pay a price. At least the things we encounter here are mindless wild beasts. Once we enter society and face genuinely evil Transcendents, they won't show us mercy."
Xu Jie, the second member of the team, casually remarked before focusing on his food.
A few minutes later, a girl wearing a round cap came over and placed a sheet of paper on the grass.
"The rules for this round are out. Please take a look."
Without saying anything else, she turned and walked toward the next team.
"Let me see."
The captain took the paper and briefly examined the words and diagrams on it. His brows furrowed. "This competition is even more dangerous than the last one."
"Huh?"
The girl froze.
"The competition area covers five thousand square kilometers and forms an overall fan-shaped region. We start from the outer edge and advance