After the announcement of the exotic beast's appearance, two more messages followed.
[Yesterday, all members of the Four Wood Team died in the secret realm, making them the first team eliminated in this stage.]
"Oh?" Yue Wen smiled. There were elimination announcements, too?
The other teams who saw this were shocked. The first day had only just begun, and an entire team had already been wiped out?
Having just entered the secret realm, most teams were still focused on exploring and gathering resources. They were not especially intent on killing, and even when they encountered opponents, they kept their guard up and gave each other a wide berth-after all, they were disciples of the Righteous Path, different from those demonic cultivators who reveled in slaughter. No one wanted to kill first unless it was necessary.
They had thought the competition would only become fierce once exotic beasts appeared, or later on, when everyone had accumulated more wealth.
Someone had actually gone straight for the kill.
And the victims were one of the stronger teams, the Four Wood Team!
Hadn't they occupied Ancient Wood Mountain? Which team could have gone into that jungle-covered place and eliminated them, specialists in wood-path supernatural powers?
For a time, the remaining teams were rife with speculation.
Naturally, the teams from the Five Great Immortal Sects were the prime suspects. To kill the Four Wood Team on their forested home ground required strength a full tier above theirs, which essentially meant the Five Great Immortal Sects.
Otherwise, the Four Wood Team only needed to hide among the trees and launch sneaky ambushes. Ordinary teams would be unable to cope, and might die without even seeing anyone...
Quite a few people sneered to themselves. Sure enough, an overbearing sky brought rain, and overbearing people brought