By the river.
"Glug, glug... Bleh!" Jiang Shaoxu crouched by the river washing up. A tent stood pitched nearby.
Over the past few days, the pursuers' search had grown increasingly intense. They had even come up with an unconventional cross-search strategy.
As soon as they swept through one area, the contestants who had managed to evade them would instinctively head in the opposite direction, only to run straight into a second squad of pursuers halfway there.
Under this strategy, almost every contestant had been caught and stripped of their badges.
—Except for the dog-and-bitch duo, Xu Fang and Jiang Shaoxu.
"Don't get cocky. Here come more." Xu Fang pushed open the tent and came out, dragging two pursuers who looked utterly exhausted.
The two of them had even been dressed in contestant uniforms.
"They're here!" Jiang Shaoxu held a hair tie between her teeth and casually tied her hair into a high ponytail. "Mind Ripple: Fear!"
A Mind Element Star Map shone beside her. The two pursuers, already completely drained, had no way to fight back. All they could do was watch as their minds were invaded.
Xu Fang cleared his throat and put on a suitably dramatic voice. "Heh heh heh! You can't get away. Now that I've caught you, you're in for a world of pain!"
Fear was amplified by Intermediate Level Mind Element magic.
In the pursuers' eyes, Xu Fang and Jiang Shaoxu transformed into ravenous monsters, ready to devour them. Their overwhelming fear squeezed the last of their strength from them, and they ran for their lives.
"Stop! Don't run!"
"Hand over your badges!"
Xu Fang and Jiang Shaoxu followed behind, putting on a show of chasing them.
On the other side, another group of pursuers arrived. Seeing what was happening, they rushed over without a