Chapter Fifty-Six: The Oriole

  In the dimly lit forest, a team of seven new recruits was walking.

  "Nielson! Is your map really useful?" someone in the team asked a blond-haired Farseer who was leading them.

  Huang Fa Shinielsen, the only two-star land-based law enforcement officer among the new births, broke through to become a formal law enforcement officer at the age of 14 and cultivated to two stars at the age of 15. He is also a well-known genius in his hometown.

  At this time, he was holding a sheepskin map in his hand, on which some lines were roughly drawn. When someone asked him, he snorted coldly: "Of course, this is the record of my family's ancestors participating in the competition in the past, and there will be no problem at all."

  "On the map, it is recorded that there is a very secretive place in this forest, suitable for ambushing. Our team has many people, but you are all one-star mages, at a disadvantage against the old masters. Only by ambushing can we win."

  Nelson's plan was immediately responded to by everyone.

  "But Nelson, this time our team has a lot of people, I don't know how the crystal cards will be distributed?" A freshman asked cautiously.

  "Of course it's an even split. If there's any left over after the crystal cards are distributed, that part belongs to me." Nielsen said coldly.

  Many newcomers listened, although they felt unbalanced, but they were relieved in their hearts. If Nelson had always been very generous and shared the map, he was still a two-star methodist, with so many advantages and sharing war spoils with them, they would have suspected Nelson's motives instead.

  Nelson walked ahead, his eyes gleaming with a sly light, muttering to himself: "These fools, after ambushing those old students and taking their crystal cards, I'll just take care of them in the name of team leader, find an opportunity to run away, use the map to find a secret location to hide and wait for the end of the competition. As long as we eliminate one of the old student teams, we can get the Nether God Grass. Legend has it that the Nether God Grass greatly enhances spiritual power, is even more precious than the Purple Blood Spot Orchid, and if I take it, I'll be able to quickly break through and become a mid-level mage, or even enter the inner courtyard, truly becoming one of the core students of the academy!"

  Nelson was young, but he had a deep mind and was very calculating. In fact, these noble sons, who had been educated by their families since childhood, were not simple goods.

  Soon, they arrived at a place in the forest where tall trees reached the sky and the terrain was special, forming a semi-circular shape.

  Nelson raised his hand and shouted: "Halt!"

  He carefully compared it with the map, and his heart was delighted: "Indeed, there is no mistake, this is the place."

  He turned to the new-borns and said, "It's right here. This place is circular in shape, and look, there are tree holes on the edge of the big trees. We hide inside and wait for the old-borns to pass by, then ambush them from the tree holes, occupy the high ground, and surround them on all sides. Those old-borns will definitely fall into our trap!"

  The newborns looked at each other and exclaimed in admiration.

  This is indeed the best place for an ambush and massacre.

  "Torque, Kamo, you two go to the tree on the east side and climb up. Ston, Nani, you two go west. Fick, you go south..."

  Nelson directed, and the newcomers split off in several directions, coming to a tree and starting to climb up.

  Just as everyone dispersed, a sudden "ah" of mournful cry.

  A figure with sparks flying from his body jumped down from a 4 or 5 meter high tree and fell to the ground.

  The newborn team was suddenly shocked.

  "Tok!"

  Nelson saw the person lying on the ground, with a charred chest and knocked unconscious, and recognized him as one of the team members who had been assigned to hide in the trees to the east.

  Cold laughter came from all directions.

  Immediately, the magical elements in the air rioted violently, and suddenly a cluster of dark clouds several feet in diameter condensed in the sky, with surging water vapor and countless rain arrows shooting down from it.

  "Sky-shattering Rain Arrows, a three-star high-level magic!" All the freshmen turned pale. Sky-shattering Rain Arrows was the first group attack magic that low-level water element mages could master, which meant that there were three-star water element mages hiding in the dark, ambushing them.

  Countless rain arrows of varying thickness fell down, hitting several newborns, causing them to cry out in pain and scurry away with their heads covered.

  Facing a sudden attack, this group of freshmen showed a flustered expression, completely disorganized.

  "Run fast!" Nelson roared.

  He led a number of Taoist priests standing beside him to break through in one direction, but suddenly the ground cracked open and stone pillars emerged, some people were tripped, dark clouds floated over, and they were beaten until they cried out for their fathers and mothers.

  The arrow's attack is not fatal, but it can also pierce the skin and flesh, and those who are hit are covered in blood holes all over their bodies, they can only curl up their bodies to avoid being pierced in vital parts, falling to the ground, losing the ability to resist.

  Moments later, the newly formed squad was defeated, leaving only Nielson, who barely managed to hold up a makeshift shield and fled in panic.

  "Still want to run!"

  Several streams of cyan light flew from the sky, striking Nelson in succession, tearing his earth shield apart. Before he could react, a water dragon followed closely behind, heavily smashing into his back, sending him tumbling forward, sliding over ten meters, and falling to the ground, groaning incessantly.

  The dust settled, and then several dark shadows jumped down from the trees.

  These five people, all wearing black robes with a playful expression on their faces, gazed at a group of newborns lying on the ground and groaning continuously.

  One of the men in black robes counted carelessly: "Heh heh, not bad, there are seven people, seven crystal cards, what a great start! Our luck is pretty good!"

  At this time, Nelson, who was dizzy and confused, woke up a bit, looked at the scene, and roared unwillingly: "Impossible, how did you know here and hide in advance?"

  "Fools!" A blue-haired old man laughed: "The map that even you can get, do we not have it? As for familiarity with the terrain, you guys who only listen to rumors can't be clearer than us old men who have been tested on this site many times. Ignorant guys, still want to learn from us how to launch a sneak attack, this set of tricks has been used by us for 800 years!"

  "Alright, Peel, stop wasting time with them. Collect the crystal cards quickly, we still have a long way to go. We finally got this chance to earn mid-grade law crystals, don't let it slip away."

  "Hmph, if you don't want to suffer physical pain, hand over the crystal cards quickly!" The five black-robed old men stepped forward and began searching for the newly born crystal cards. With a slight hesitation, they were beaten and kicked, and in an instant, the seven crystal cards were in the hands of the old men.

  "Go!"

  Ignoring the pale-faced new student on the ground, the five senior students smiled with satisfaction and were about to leave.

  Suddenly.

  A streak of green light flew in from outside, instantly sweeping across the thigh of the blue-haired old man.

  Fresh blood splattered everywhere, Lao Sheng's blue hair was disheveled as he fell to the ground with a thud, only then did he feel the intense pain in his legs and let out a mournful cry.

  "Peel!"

  The old man who encountered the sudden attack was shocked.

  But they, with a fighting quality far superior to that of those rookie freshmen, did not panic for an instant.

  But one of the earth-based mages quickly raised a magical shield, and the rest of the people swiftly gathered in one place, cautiously looking around.

  "Who's there! Come out from hiding!"

  An old man let out a loud roar, and in response, another crescent moon blade appeared!

  The Wind Blade spun rapidly, whistling loudly as it struck the Earth Shield with a loud crash. The Earth Shield shook violently and nearly shattered. The Earth-type mage was shocked: "How can the Wind Blade be so powerful?!"

  "Over there!"

  Several other law enforcement officers had also seen the direction of the flying blade and were looking at the top of a large tree in the south.

  "Hydro Master roars: 'Water Dragon!'"

  "Great Fireball!" The fire-attribute mage was not to be outdone.

  A large leg kicked out, and a torrent of water surged in that direction, violently striking the large tree branch, causing it to shake wildly. Then, a huge fireball landed on the trunk, and the trunk began to burn fiercely.

  Then, there was no movement on the tree. Suddenly, behind them, the whistling sound of the wind blade rose again.