Unfavorable Start

The match field for this round was a mountainous dense-forest battlefield.

Who knew if the tournament organizers had done it on purpose, arranging such an immense plant-based arena!

After both sides entered, unlike before, no one could see anyone else.

It was almost as if it were targeted specifically at them!

"This arena doesn't offer us any advantages." Jiang Shaojun looked around, his brow slightly furrowed.

"The organizers are targeting Chen Lang, wanting to give the opposing side an opening."

Dongfang Qing spoke as she glanced around. The dense trees blocked everything from view, and she turned her gaze to Jiang Shaojun. "What do we do now?"

"It's best if we move together so we avoid the possibility of being picked off one by one," Zhao Yi suggested.

"I agree with Zhao Yi's opinion," Hua Xuan said.

"Hua Xuan, scout the path ahead; the rest follow behind."

"Alright."

Although the Venice arena was huge, straight-line distances were only a matter of a few minutes for High-level mages.

Yet to their surprise, after walking a full circle, they hadn't encountered a single person from Team USA?

"Captain, it's very strange. I've scouted the way all along, and I haven't detected any traces of Team USA," Hua Xuan said with a slight frown.

"Could they be out looking for us as well?" Zhao Yi guessed.

"Something's wrong, very wrong..."

Chen Lang perceived it with his spiritual awareness. Although he hadn't detected any fluctuations, the more it was like this, the more he felt something was amiss.

"Did you sense anything?" Jiang Shaojun looked at Chen Lang, seeing from his expression that he was clearly using his perception.

Chen Lang's space power had also improved quite a bit recently. Under his fully concentrated perception, he quickly noticed something was wrong!

It was the fluctuation of the Plant System!

The moment he detected it, Chen Lang immediately shouted, "Not good, watch out for the plants around us!"

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!!!"

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!!!"

At that exact same time, the vines in the jungle rapidly surged toward the few of them!

"Light Blessing - Painting Wall!"

Seeing this scene, the Light Element Mage Zhao Yi immediately condensed walls of light using the power of light.

"Bang bang bang!!!"

"Bang bang bang!!!"

"Splash la la..."

Zhao Yi reacted very quickly, but the impact of these plants was exceptionally strong!

"Rumble rumble!!!"

As lightning swept across, all the plants were directly turned into charred fragments.

Yet these plants seemed endless, swarming over here in a single wave!!

"Buzz buzz buzz..."

At this moment, Chen Lang's domain was also fully activated. Wherever the lightning swept, no matter how dense the plants were, they were ultimately unable to approach Chen Lang by even an inch.

Seeing Chen Lang stabilize the situation, the group finally breathed a slight sigh of relief.

"Chen Lang, can you sense where they are?" Jiang Shaojun asked hurriedly.

"I wasn't sure just a moment ago, but..."

As he spoke, Chen Lang looked toward the north and said, "They never intended to keep hiding."

"Roar!!!"

Simultaneously, a massive fire python plummeted from high in the sky toward them.

"Water Curtain Sky!"

Hua Xuan completed a Water System high-level magic at the very first moment.

"Boom!!!"

"Boom boom boom!!!"

High-level magic of the Water System undoubtedly possessed extremely strong defense.

Yet the defense the group imagined did not happen. That fireball directly shattered the shield condensed by the Water System, and the wave of fire blasted toward the people below!

"Light Blessing!"

"Rock Barrier!"

Seeing this scene, everyone hurriedly cast spells to defend.

"Boom boom boom!!!"

Yet even under the joint defense of several people, they still failed to withstand this wave of impact.

Fortunately, at the very last second, Chen Lang absorbed all the fire waves using the Conversion Ring.

"Thousand Pound Thunderclap!"

After the Lightning Element reached the high-level second realm, Chen Lang's level of control had grown even stronger, and he had even mastered skill derivation.

Dark thunderclouds quickly covered the northern jungle not far away.

"Buzz buzz buzz!!!"

"Boom boom boom!!!"

Under the bombardment of dense thunderclaps, the surrounding ancient trees all turned into black fragments.

At the place bombarded by the Lightning Zone, two figures relying on wing magic tools and wind wings flew up into the sky from within.

The fellow with the wing magic tool on his back still had cyan flames burning on his body, while the person with the wind wings was clearly the Plant Element Mage who had just attacked.

As these two people were forced out by Chen Lang, the frantic attacks of the surrounding plants also paused.

"Hiding and sneaking, the behavior of rodents." Gazing at the two figures flying up into the sky, Chen Lang said with utter disdain.

The people from Team USA were naturally proud and arrogant by nature. Hearing what Chen Lang said, he felt rather uncomfortable.

Yet he knew Chen Lang's strength all too well, so he immediately retorted, "On the battlefield, winning is all that matters. This is also a tactic."

"Your tactics aren't all that great." Chen Lang sneered, taking it completely in stride.

"Doesn't your country have a saying like that? It's not yet certain who will have the last laugh!" As the Plant Element Mage finished speaking, a constellation flashed and vanished before him.

"Rumble rumble~~~!!!!"

At this moment, beneath the surface of the ground, violent fluctuations began!

It shook and swayed so much that it was even hard to stand steady!

"Boom!"

"Swish swish swish!!!"

Soon, the ground cracked open, and extremely thick plants directly grew wildly upward from beneath. The moment these plants grew, the original trees also began to undergo changes...

Seeing this sight, Zhao Yi cursed immediately, "Damn it, they laid a trap here long ago!"

"I'll handle it!"

Watching these wildly growing plants, Dongfang Qing used Heavenly Flame Funeral directly to carry out a large-scale blanket bombardment.

Yet under the impact of the falling fire rain, these plants still did not shrink back in the slightest!

In fact, bursts of mist had already begun to spew from within the plants!

At this moment, no matter who it was, they had to admit that these people from Team USA truly were magical monsters, every single one of them!

"Hum!!!"

Chen Lang used space power to force them back, but soon he discovered that, with his second-realm spiritual boundary, he still couldn't pry open a gap.

Although the lightning bombardment was ferocious, yet... the plants here grew as if they were infinite, simply incapable of clearing a path.

For a moment, he felt somewhat helpless as well.

Jiang Shaojun also perceived the current impasse, and immediately looked at Chen Lang, saying, "Chen Lang, later we'll protect you with all our might. Choose a direction to break through yourself, and wait to rendezvous with Zu Xiangtian and the others once they take the field!"

Hearing this, Chen Lang looked at Jiang Shaojun with some surprise.

Jiang Shaojun continued, "If you stay here, you'll eventually be dragged down too. We're already at a disadvantage, and leaving you behind preserves some hope. You absolutely cannot be eliminated!"

"Right, as long as you aren't eliminated, we still have hope." Hua Xuan deeply agreed with Jiang Shaojun's view at this moment.

"Take our hope and blast the hell out of these bastards!" Zhao Yi was equally furious.

They had already reached the verge of the finals; to fail not from head-to-head combat, but to suffer defeat like this, naturally filled their hearts with intense anger.

Dongfang Qing didn't say anything, but she deployed her magical artifacts and magic tools at this very moment as well.

She was telling Chen Lang directly through her actions: protect him!