"That's somewhat interesting. With that team eliminated, only four teams remain on this deserted island."
The Spirit Hall soul masters observed the situation below from the air. They had long since grown accustomed to these temporary teams formed by young contestants.
Compared to acting alone, sticking together was clearly the wiser choice.
"Tie Wu's strength should be among the best of this group. He can be given priority for cultivation," one of the stewards suggested.
During this period, Yan had always been with them, and most of his attention had been on Tie Wu. Everyone had noticed this.
This led the Spirit Hall stewards to mistakenly believe that Yan and Tie Wu had a good relationship.
In their eyes, Yan's actions were telling them exactly that. It was simply that Yan held a special position within Spirit Hall and could not state it openly, so he used his actions to convey it instead.
And they tacitly understood.
Because of a mission from Spirit Hall, Yan temporarily returned to Spirit Hall.
"I think everyone knows what to do. I don't need to say any more, do I?"
"Don't worry, we understand."
On the deserted island below, nine people were eliminated one after another. However, their desperate resistance had left Tie Wu and the others with some injuries.
The nine had lost their ability to fight, and Spirit Hall's stewards quickly appeared on the scene and took them away.
Next, they planned to join forces against another team. As long as they eliminated one person, they would advance to the next round.
There were no surprises in the process. Facing three teams, that team deliberately, or perhaps unconsciously, exposed its weakest member and made him everyone's target.
After one person was eliminated, the Spirit Hall stewards appeared and announced that everyone had