Sudden Attack, Thunder Wing Giant (Seeking Recommendations, Collections)

The six major powers of the Blood Sun Tribe each invested nearly seventy Elite Trial Takers in this CKHX-3819 Trial Ground. Counting loners like Wu Sheng, the total came to around 450.

As the main force, the Elite Trial Takers of the major powers naturally wouldn't be randomly distributed across the Trial Ground's four regions like Wu Sheng and his kind. Instead, through underhanded arrangements, they were uniformly stationed in fixed locations.

Among them, Thunder Star Mountain was mainly concentrated in the Northern Domain, with a few scattered in the Eastern and Western Domains. Blood Sun City was primarily in the Southern Domain, with a minority in the Eastern and Western Domains.

The Nine Spirits Society and Cangming Valley were based mainly in the Eastern Domain, while the Extreme Flame Realm and those Realm Lord families were centered on the Western Domain.

In other words, these Elite Trial Takers often survived until the very end, making them strong contenders for the final list.

But the list only had a hundred spots at most, so they had to eliminate rival competitors as early as possible before the Central Domain opened.

Thus came this joint operation between the Nine Spirits Society and the Blood River Squad to wipe out Yu Yan, Xuan Tong, and Xuan Ming.

At this moment, Wu Sheng, dressed in a green robe, sat on Man Gu's broad back, staring at the pitch-black swamp around him, his wariness surging.

Man Gu, like a hardworking black water buffalo, trudged through the swamp with hooves sinking deep and shallow, splashing noisily.

Not far behind him, Li Hu and the others followed closely.

"Tch, a country bumpkin is a country bumpkin. He's only got two trash subordinates to send out. Look now, not enough people, so he has to lead the way himself." Li Hu sat on the back of a mammoth-shaped Prison Clan Member, one arm wrapped around the Fishman Clan veiled woman, staring at Wu Sheng's small figure ahead while sneering.

"Taylor, have all the people I asked for arrived?" Li Hu then turned to ask the Sky Grade Trial Taker behind him.

"They're all here. As soon as they heard it was Young Master Li Hu asking for help, everyone was thrilled. They're currently following the people the Young Master arranged ahead of time, lying in ambush at another entrance to this Swamp Forest. When both sides attack Thunder Star Mountain's gathering point at the same time, they'll rendezvous with you, Young Master Li Hu."

Taylor replied with a hint of deference.

Good!

Li Hu finally relaxed when he heard this. Even though he knew most of them were after the Mystic Spirit Fruit in his hands, as long as they showed up, that was enough.

If he remembered correctly, among the remaining twenty, Anji and Zhe Luo had no souls—they were naturally immune to soul attacks. Zhe Luo had even broken through to Sky Grade, making him a perfect counter to Wu Sheng.

"But there's one thing. The Young Master already knows about your movements, Young Master Li Hu. His top priority right now is to wipe out the hostile Trial Takers at this gathering point to unify the Eastern Domain. So before the operation ends, he doesn't want you to cause trouble!"

Taylor thought for a moment before adding.

"Mm, got it!" Li Hu waved his hand dismissively.

His elder brother knew his temper inside and out. Besides, this time he just wanted to kill a Trial Taker who hadn't even reached Sky Grade and had no backing. Could that really cause a sky to fall?

No matter how big the matter, as long as he talked it over with his brother, it could be settled.

Was all this fuss really necessary?

Suddenly, Bai Yu turned into a streak of white light, flying swiftly from the horizon and landing steadily on Man Gu's back. He then said:

"The situation over there seems about right. The camp has fewer than two hundred Trial Takers, probably less than thirty Elite Trial Takers. I'm not sure about the Sky Grade Trial Takers—I'm too weak, so I only took a distant look and came straight back."

Wu Sheng thought it over briefly, found nothing unusual, and relayed Bai Yu's reconnaissance findings to the rear.

"Haha, what are we waiting for? Let's charge over and kill them. I'll notify my brother right now."

Li Hu shouted excitedly.

Among the Blood River Squad, aside from Di Fei and He Na, he had the highest status. And before Li Long left, he had left Taylor at Li Hu's disposal. So his words carried considerable weight.

Killing Wu Sheng was certainly on his mind, but if he could make a grand showing in this Blood Trial, he would definitely win more support from the clan elders once they got out.

Of course, in his excitement, he didn't forget to command:

"Wu Sheng, hurry up and lead the way. My brother's side is already speeding up. This time, with a pincer attack from both sides, those few people from Thunder Star Mountain and Cangming Valley won't escape."

Hearing Li Hu's words, Wu Sheng's expression darkened. By normal scouting procedures, he should have already returned to the rear.

But Li Hu kept ordering him to stay at the very front, clearly trying to send him to his death!

"Fine. Even without those ten billion Cosmic Crystals, I'll still take your dog life!"

Wu Sheng stopped overthinking and urged Man Gu to pick up the pace.

But strangely, the surroundings remained dead silent, as if no one was active here at all.

"Something's off. This Trial Ground has already gone through two years of slaughter. What's left is competition between the major powers. How come we've walked all this way without spotting a single sentry?"

"And Yu Yan and his group suffered a huge loss in this regard. Do they really think hiding deep in the mountains and forests will let them rest easy?"

The further he went, the more unsettled Wu Sheng became. But as he walked on, when he spotted a crude camp ahead that could barely house two hundred people, he quickly ordered Man Gu to stop.

"No, it's an ambush!"

Relying on his many assassination experiences, Wu Sheng felt this place wasn't a proper camp at all. It was more like bait placed in a spiderweb, waiting for prey to take the hook.

"Haha, charge! Their main force has already been drawn to the other side by my brother. Let's take this place first, then rendezvous with my brother and annihilate the enemy together!"

Li Hu stood up directly on the back of the mammoth-shaped Prison Clan Member and began commanding: "Kill! The more you kill, the greater the merit. You'll earn enough battle suits to walk out of the Trial Ground and gain supreme status."

The two hundred or so members of the Blood River Squad, upon hearing this, had eyes bloodshot with greed. Howling wildly, they charged forward.

This was their irresistible fate. Now that there was a chance to earn a large number of battle suits, no one was foolish enough to give it up.

"Master, we..."

Bai Yu's sharp claws gripped the hard neck shield on Man Gu's back, his wings flapping incessantly. Watching others charge in for frenzied slaughter, claiming battle suits and space rings one after another, while he got nothing, he could only urge Wu Sheng anxiously.

Wu Sheng had been stuck as a gate guard for that entire year and a half while the other was in seclusion—he hadn't even gotten his hands on a single battle suit! If he didn't fight a few more times now, even if he managed to survive to the end, he'd still be executed.

"Something's off over there. The numbers are too small, and none of them are strong. Yu Yan's been through the Blood Trial three times—there's no way he'd mess around like this."

Wu Sheng still didn't budge.

Last time, he had lured an entire White Moon Grey Wolf Pack, and only by forcing an attack alongside Jin An had they managed to wipe out Yu Yan's stronghold.

That had been a lucky break, catching Yu Yan just as he led his men out to cause trouble for Di Fei and He Na.

But how could this time be so easy?

Sure enough, the next moment, a hearty laugh rang out from the entrance Wu Sheng had come through:

"Di Fei, He Na, you two really haven't improved at all. Did you honestly think I'd be stupid enough to sit around in this dump waiting for your ambush?"

"This time, who's ambushing who is far from certain!"

"Brother Lei, show your true form! Give them a little shock!"

At the entrance, Yu Yan—three meters tall, with a pair of massive pincer arms—spoke respectfully to the Blue Armor Giant standing at the front, who was barely two meters in height.

Rumble!

A tremendous thunderclap erupted from within the Blue Armor Giant's body. A thick cyan wind pillar suddenly formed around him.

Inside that wind pillar, the Blue Armor Giant's body swelled like a balloon pumped full of gas.

It kept growing until it reached over ninety meters tall, a Cyan Giant, before finally stopping.

Whoosh!

A pair of purple wings sprouted from the Cyan Giant's back, covered in dense, deep purple lightning runes. Occasionally, arcs of purple electricity crackled out, snapping and popping against the surrounding air.

"My name is Leo. I've come here specifically to wipe you all out!"

Armor encased every inch of his body. The Cyan Giant's voice boomed, and as he spoke, his nearly half-meter-wide, bone-white teeth ground against each other from time to time.