Wen Jing moved like a ghost through the small patch of Ocher Soil, becoming an invisible deterrent.
This would make other contestants, even if they encountered him, first suspect whether Wen Jing was involved.
If the Ocher Soil remains in its previous disorganized state, a strategy of dividing forces will lead to a swift and complete annihilation.
Now, having worked together many times before, the people who have been sent out this time are in a completely different state from those in the past.
"I'll go cover your retreat, you guys go first!"
Even if they encounter strong enemies and are inevitably eliminated, they will help each other and voluntarily sacrifice themselves in times of crisis.
Scenes unfolded on the field, quite different from the contestants from the other two colleges.
Some people who noticed these things scoffed, some remained indifferent, and some began to think about them...
At this stage, Wen Jing did not require them to eliminate others, but rather to avoid being eliminated and to gather as much battlefield intelligence as possible.
Teamfight tactics are ineffective in the late game; in fact, they're only effective in the mid-game. Doesn't Wen Jing know this?
Of course I know.
She never considered using team battles to win the game because it's a paradox based on the game format.
The shrinking circle limits the number of players on the field to fewer and fewer as the game progresses. The growing strength of the Ocher Soil team will only force the other two academies to unite.
Wen Jing has been doing all along is raising the academy's ranking while simultaneously gathering intelligence and resources for the competition.
The conglomerate has pre-match intelligence that she doesn't have access to, and they have a professional Analysis team.
To bridge the information gap between the two, we need to focus on the real-time competition.
Even after most of them were eliminated, the contestants from the Ocher Soil still constituted the largest group on the field, and they were now evenly distributed across various areas.
In terms of intelligence gathering, even a few exceptionally talented individuals cannot match their combined abilities.
Even the information others received was pre-match intelligence, which was intentionally concealed by others, such as information about her abilities. What the players are showing on the league stage now is the most up-to-date and accurate information.
The Ocher Soil are advantages that the other two institutions cannot match.
As time went on, the number of contestants from the Red Earth Academy inevitably decreased, but Wen Jing's knowledge of the competition increased.
Chapter 99
On the field, the interior of the active continent is perpetually in daylight, while the nighttime portion begins at the edge and progresses inwards.
The spreading gray fog carved a clear 'day-night line' across the field.
From the moment the first night zone is created, the more dangerous 'midnight zone' expands within it. When the second shrinking zone reaches its six-hour mark, the midnight zone will completely cover the area of the previous shrinking zone.
In the early stages of the shrinking circle, players still dared to occasionally cross into the night zone for strategic relocations, but as the next shrinking circle approached, no one dared to get close anymore.
The clear boundaries have led to a continuous increase in the number of eliminated contestants.
Because of the presence of the Ocher Soil Battle Group in the early stages, the elimination pace this year was slightly faster than in previous years.
The difference is that in the past, the contestants with the most eliminations were from the Ocher Soil, but this time the situation has reversed, with a large number of Azure Jade and a small number of Mystic Radiance contestants being eliminated in advance.
After thirty-six hours of the competition, the effective activity area of the entire continent had dwindled to just over 1,100 square kilometers, which was one-third of its original size.
The activity area is one-third of the initial size, but that does not mean that one-third of the people remain.
"It's going to drop below 1000... It's broken!"
[Current number of players: 999]
The spectators watched the current number of people in the stadium displayed on the viewing screen.
When the number of participants dropped below 1,000, it signaled that the competition had entered the true elite stage.
Those who make it into the top 1,000 are undoubtedly among the best of this year's freshmen.
At this stage, players who only have Luck but no skill can no longer stay.
Apart from a few outstanding players who perform exceptionally well in the early stages of the competition, only these top 1,000 players will officially come into the sights of major league teams and groups.
Yu Yang, who had just been eliminated, looked at his ranking with great joy.
"I actually made it into the top 1000?"
At this moment, only about fifty students from Ocher Soil remained on the field!
More than fifty contestants made it into the top 1,000 – an unprecedented success!
Because the number of contestants who have made it into the top 1,000 in the past Ocher Soil... has been in the single digits, below '3'.
There have even been embarrassing situations where an entire cohort didn't have a single student ranked in the top 1,000.
Can we blame the students in Ocher Soil for not working hard enough?
It should be noted that since the potential levels are distinguished after awakening, Azure Jade will also admit a small number of E-level talents with special abilities. Some C-level Awakened admitted by Mystic Radiance will have the idea of being a big fish in a small pond rather than a small fish in a big pond when they enter Azure Jade.
But in Ocher Soil, the highest level is E, and there isn't even a single student with D-level potential.
At this moment, both the teachers and students of the Red Earth Academy watching the game on-site and the people of Red Earth Star watching the live broadcast were filled with joy.
Not only did the number of Awakened enter the top 1,000, but the ranking of this year's new students from the Ocher Soil group also jumped by 50% compared to previous years.
For so many years, Red Earth Star, the most backward of the Federation's three habitable planets, has never had such a glorious moment.
And all of this is inextricably linked to one person.
It wasn't just people from Ocher Soil; more and more people from the other two places were also paying attention to Wen Jing.
The remaining Ocher Soil on the field are no longer a concern, as they were all brought to this ranking by Wen Jing. What they are curious about is where she herself will rank.
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After the top 1,000 were selected, the elimination rate slowed down considerably.
The skill gap between the players is no longer the instant kill level it was at the beginning. Skilled players are now cautiously testing each other, and those with a skill gap can escape.
Only the Ocher Soil creatures are the easiest targets to hunt.
Therefore, the remaining fifty-odd people did not gather together again, as they were all captured. They mostly dispersed in twos and threes, trying their best to improve their ranking.
"Boom..."
"A few baby mice were also blown out."
In a canyon, a Azure Jade contestant and a Mystic Radiance contestant were fighting. The aftershocks of their attacks blasted open a cliff, revealing three Ocher Soil contestants hiding there.
The three men discovered their hiding place and immediately fled.
Seeing this, the two who had already started fighting did not stop, but instead moved the battlefield in the direction the three had fled, intending to eliminate the three while fighting their opponents.
The two fought and moved, while the three fled in disarray.
Suddenly, a familiar figure appeared in the distance.
" Wen Jing!"
Upon seeing Wen Jing, the three of them, Ocher Soil, immediately accelerated. The two who were fighting exchanged a glance and simultaneously changed the direction of their attacks, intending to eliminate them before Wen Jing arrived.
"You're fast!"
Seeing that the situation was not good, the three who were fleeing at Extreme Speed saw a flash of purple light, and one of them handed the resource pack to his teammate.
"There are still resources?" And it's a purple terrain controller.
Upon seeing this, the two pursuers' eyes lit up.
In the eyes of experts at this stage, this is the most valuable resource pack, comparable to the golden Decoy Beacon.
Since there are no longer any warbands like Ocher Soil, the beast tide poses little threat to the elite players who remain on the field.
On the contrary, the terrain controller, which modifies the environment to suit one's own type during combat, is a kind of 'territorial advantage'!
The three men, including Ocher Soil, were also aware of this. After luckily obtaining the resources, their first goal was to give them to Wen Jing.
Just as Wen Jing was rushing to provide assistance, a bright light suddenly shone on the horizon in another direction.
A powerful aura approached, and unlike most of the competitors on the field, the opponent made no attempt to conceal their presence.
"That is..."
The two men who were still in pursuit changed their expressions drastically, instantly recognizing the newcomer.
" Luosi!"
After half a year of growth, Luosi, floating in the sky, has shed the youthful naiveté he had when he first awakened. His neat golden hair shines with a faint light, and his handsome face exudes a strange aura—majestic, sacred, and aloof.
During this period, very few players dared to unleash their full potential and not hide their presence on the field.
That represents confidence in one's own abilities, a move only a true finalist would dare to make.
The two pursuers were just ordinary elites, and they were closest to Luosi's direction. Upon seeing him appear, they immediately abandoned the pursuit and changed direction.
However, in the next moment, the divine light emanating from Luosi suddenly intensified, and a magnificent wing faintly appeared. Upon closer inspection, it could be seen that the wing was not bird feathers, but rather streams of energy that resembled crystals.
With a gentle flap of its wings, a halo of light slicing through the air.
"How could this be...?"
The Azure Jade contestant closest to Luosi was torn apart by the powerful beam of energy.
The moment he was eliminated, his face still held a strong sense of disbelief.
He clearly dodged at full speed, but Luosi's attack seemed to have anticipated his escape route, making it appear as if he had deliberately caught the attack.
Another Mystic Radiance contestant, who was a little further away, took the opportunity to escape successfully, revealing a look of lingering fear.
"Almost..."
Luosi's Wilderness Body was not a secret to some well-informed people.
Mythical species of light -- [ Angel ].
It's said that among A-rank individuals, his combat power is Wilderness Body -tier and well-balanced. In fact, the Temple Group wasn't originally called the Temple Group; it was renamed to better suit his awakening, and his stock price skyrocketed that day...
The difference in grade A is enough to make up for the difference in compatibility between winter and spring students.
The entire Federation has forty-three A-level Awakened, each renowned and considered a pillar of humanity.
For example, Dean Mystic Radiance is currently an A-level Awakened.