Pick Leaves, Pinch Flowers

Several people joined the betting. Of course, at the Nirvana Realm, gambling over Spirit Crystals alone was a little beneath them.

So their wager was a Heaven and Earth Treasure.

This had become a regular feature of the annual trial, and people everywhere were watching to see how it would turn out.

Of course, not a single person put their bet on Ye Kang.

Those qualified to place bets were all shrewd operators.

Although Ye Kang had distinguished himself, his cultivation was simply too low.

And he had gotten an Exempt Slot partly because he was someone the Marquis Heir had recommended.

It was hard to have much faith in someone who'd gotten in through connections.

Of course, even for the sake of the Marquis Heir's reputation, they wouldn't openly show any displeasure with Ye Kang.

They simply didn't actually believe in him.

And sure enough, the powerhouse who controlled the Wood Spirits suddenly spoke in confusion. "Huh? Why is this so strange?"

Everyone immediately tensed. The students couldn't be allowed to get hurt. If anything happened beyond their control, they had to act at once.

The powerhouse continued, "That Exempt Student with the Ye surname just charged straight into the Blue Team's encirclement with someone else."

"What?"

Everyone was stunned.

They'd more or less guessed the Red and Blue Teams' tactics.

The Red Team had chosen to fight individually, focusing on personal performance and not caring whether the team won or lost.

The Blue Team seemed scattered on the surface, but were actually connected to one another. They looked like a flock of headless flies, but in reality, they'd formed a massive encirclement and were sweeping across the field.

And now two Red Team students had charged right into the encirclement?

"Could they be bait?"

"Doesn't look like it.