Chapter 42 - 40: Two Squads Compete for Su Chen’s Spoils, the Graceful Female Archer

For a little girl like Bai Jing, her physical strength alone really can’t break through the defense of the red-haired grizzly bear, but with a dagger, it’s a different story. The martial arts tournament allows the use of cold weapons, and even some Martial Kings and War God level experts will use cold weapons. To them, weapons are not just tools; they symbolize the very soul of a Martial Artist. Su Chen didn’t pay any attention to what Bai Jing said. Just at the moment he was about to collide with the red-haired grizzly bear, his body suddenly became illusory, turning into a phantom, and instantly appeared behind the red-haired grizzly bear. He then lifted his right foot and kicked the grizzly bear hard in the stomach. The grizzly bear’s paw swiped through the air. It thought it could crush that little brat, but unexpectedly it hit nothing, leaving it utterly bewildered, its eyes wide open. "Roar..." It then let out a howl as its abdomen was struck hard. At that moment, the red-haired grizzly bear, disregarding everything, tried to turn its body to attack the boy who ambushed it. Unfortunately, before it could turn around, a dagger was deeply thrust into its skull. The owner of the dagger was none other than the seemingly frail little girl Bai Jing. With its skull bleeding, the red-haired grizzly bear could no longer stand and collapsed to the ground with a thud. After the red-haired grizzly bear fell, the silver feather emblem on it started to flicker, and a silver feather dropped from its body. "Sure enough, as long as you kill a marked beast, the silver feather will fall from its body... Great, I didn’t expect we’d get our first silver feather so quickly." Bai Jing shouted joyfully, but before she could pick up the silver feather, a man’s cold voice came from the side. "Heh, we won’t bother fighting such beasts; we’ll just take what’s ready." It turned out that two small teams were already at work at this moment. The team rushing out from the left had three members, led by a one-eyed man. The martial arts tournament is registered in class units, so the number of team members isn’t necessarily five. There could be two, three, or even squads with a dozen members. The one-eyed man charged forward at top speed, trying to snatch the feather before little Bai Jing. His speed was indeed faster than Bai Jing’s. Just as his eyes gleamed and he bent over to pick up the silver feather, an invisible force suddenly struck from the side, making him tumble to the left like he was harshly pushed by an unseen hand, and he rolled on the ground, covered in dirt. "Damn it, what the hell? Who ambushed me?" The one-eyed man shouted loudly, but as he looked up, he saw a handsome young man walking toward him. With just a raised palm, the young man moved him uncontrollably across the ground. And what move was this? Of course, it was the Great Shifting skill Su Chen had just mastered last night. Then, the one-eyed man’s two companions were also subdued by Li Kang, Bai Jing, Liu Yang, and Zhang Weidong teaming up. Those two men were merely weaklings, naturally no match for Li Kang and the others. This one-eyed man was a bit more formidable, but even he stood no chance before Su Chen. But just then, Su Chen suddenly withdrew his hand, causing the force suppressing the one-eyed man to vanish instantly. It turned out that another team nearby was also waiting for an opportunity. This team had four members, three men and one woman. "This one-eyed guy is the same guy who was about to steal our business; let’s take care of him first, then deal with these few," The leading man said a word, the other three nodded one after another, and the only female member of the team took out a bow and arrow. She aimed at the one-eyed man lying on the ground, pulled back the bow, and an instant later, a sharp arrow shot into the one-eyed man’s thigh at rapid speed. "Ah..." The one-eyed man let out a pitiful scream, shaking uncontrollably on the ground. Seeing the other males approaching, he hurriedly raised his hands and shouted. "I surrender, I surrender, I’ll give up fighting for this silver feather, I surrender..." As he spoke, the one-eyed man quickly pressed the emergency red button on his wristband. Before arriving at Celestial God Mountain, every contestant wore this wristband representing the competitors. The wristband has intelligent positioning and emergency contact functions. During the exercise, pressing the emergency red button signifies surrender and forfeiting the right to continue the competition... Once any contestant presses the emergency red button, their opponent can no longer attack them, or else it would violate the competition rules and could even lead to criminal liability. But before the one-eyed man pressed the emergency red button, was the arrow that hit his thigh also a violation by the female archer? Of course not, because the arrow was shot before the one-eyed man pressed the emergency red button, and the wristband has smart sensing and recording functions, making it impossible to falsely accuse the opponent. Thus, when the new team of three men and one woman saw the one-eyed man’s bleeding thigh and his pressing the red emergency button, they no longer paid him any mind and instead focused their attention on Su Chen and the others.