Chapter 725: Chapter 483 Cat and Mouse Game_2
First, there were the Shock Bombs allocated to the catchers, whose main purpose was to break through the evaders’ invincibility skills. Moreover, if the opponent had not activated their invincibility, the explosion of a Shock Bomb nearby would not only force them back into their true form but also leave them in a state of Absolute Dizziness.
Secondly, an evader was not considered caught simply by being found. Only after the catcher held on to the evader’s body for ten seconds was the evader considered captured; merely seeing an evader didn’t count as a capture.
At this moment, they should be allowing time for the evaders to hide, after all, giving them time to think about their transformation options.
Thanks to the experience gained from observing while hiding last time, the catchers on the plaza now formed groups of three or five to search for suitable teammates to form teams.
As the waiting time came to an end, nine maps materialized above the plaza, indicating that the evaders were hidden within these nine maps.
When Dong Tianyu instantly chose a map, he left the plaza for his destination in the blink of an eye.
Unlike in the game where there were map restrictions, upon entering this area, Dong Tianyu understood there were no such limits here. However, he also knew that if an evader moved beyond a certain range before transforming, a signal smoke would appear above their head at the start of the capture.
However, if evaders moved after transforming, no matter how far they ran, no signal smoke would appear above their head. That said, movement speed after transformation varied significantly from before, and if one transformed into an immobile object, like a building, they could only make slight adjustments within a certain range and could not move long distances.
At this time, Dong Tianyu looked up and saw a signal smoke not far away in the sky. It seemed that someone hadn’t transformed within the specified time.
Just like when Dong Tianyu and his group first became evaders and received no prompt from the Mysterious Realm, the other party probably didn’t know this hidden rule now.
But by all accounts, the other party was a catcher in the previous round and should have known this rule.
Anyway, Dong Tianyu didn’t ponder any longer and directly stepped on his Flying Sword, rushing toward the area with the signal smoke.
Because Dong Tianyu feared the signal smoke might vanish at any moment, his Sword Flight was very fast this time.
As the Flying Sword arrived in the area with the signal smoke, Dong Tianyu used Spiritual Sense Scanning to check his surroundings and found that many pursuers were approaching from all sides; it seemed everyone knew to pick the softest persimmons to squeeze.
Guided by the location of the signal smoke, Dong Tianyu saw a large tree. After a thorough Spiritual Sense Scan, he found that this large tree, both in appearance and internal structure, was completely identical to a normal tree and didn’t seem like it had transformed from something else.
To test his hypothesis, Dong Tianyu used Flying Swords to cut off many branches and even pierced the entire tree, but the target tree did not undergo any change.
Seeing that the nearest pursuers were less than a hundred meters away, Dong Tianyu steeled his heart and threw a Shock Bomb at the tree.
Following the explosion of the Shock Bomb, the once impenetrable tree began to dissipate like an illusion, leaving behind a dazed evader sitting in place, eyes devoid of life.
Seeing pursuers already appearing within his line of sight, Dong Tianyu immediately rushed to the ground and grabbed the body of the survivor.
Those pursuers who had drawn near, upon seeing Dong Tianyu’s actions, immediately sped up towards his location, hoping to share in the spoils.
But just as they were about to touch the evader, like a bubble, the evader disappeared instantly.
Upon witnessing this, the group didn’t erupt in anger but understood that it was Dong Tianyu who had used the Shock Bomb to reveal the person’s true form, especially since they had seen his silhouette controlling the sword from the sky earlier.
Therefore, they had a rough estimate of Dong Tianyu’s strength, and their heedless rush towards the site was merely an attempt to exploit their numerical advantage and probe the situation. After all, if they succeeded, they could receive a portion of the reward at best, and if they failed, they would only waste a bit of energy, with no other losses.
When his teammates arrived at his side, out of breath, one of them, seeing that their own side hadn’t gained any advantage and facing only Zachary, abruptly grew bold and berated Zachary, "Didn’t you see us coming, kid? Why didn’t you stop and wait for us?"
Faced with the other side’s rude provocation, Dong Tianyu didn’t bother to retort and simply slashed his hand toward their position. Without waiting for his opponents to react, he turned and walked away.
Seeing Dong Tianyu’s action, those men suddenly thought that Dong Tianyu was walking away out of fear, so just as one of them was about to speak out to stop Dong Tianyu, before he could even open his mouth, suddenly a large hand covered his mouth, preventing him from making any sound.
Just when he felt surprised by the sudden attack from his teammate, he suddenly felt his head being forcefully twisted backward, and then he turned his gaze to the teammate who had just challenged Dong Tianyu.
That teammate was not only hot-tempered but very opportunistic, often bullying those who were alone by virtue of having the numbers.
Logically, it would be difficult for such a bully to find teammates, yet their captain had defied public opinion and included him in the team.
Ever since this guy had joined the team, his nasty mouth had sparked countless unnecessary battles.
Because of these unneeded fights, the chances of every team member getting injured had more than doubled compared to before his arrival.
However, because they occasionally engaged in fights over trivial matters, the combat ability of every team member could be said to have increased rapidly.
And if they won a fight, they wouldn’t kill, but would take a small portion of the spoils from their opponents. Although not much, the steady accumulation didn’t provoke the opponents to retaliate at the risk of their own lives.
Of course, with every battle, there were wins and losses. If they lost, the captain would personally escort the member who caused the trouble to apologize and actively offer some compensation to the other side.
Most people, due to the captain’s submissive behavior and the fact that there were no casualties during the fight, would let bygones be bygones.
When facing more earnest teams, their captain would hand over the offending team member for the other side to deal with as they saw fit.
Even if the team member suffered severe punishment, the captain would just watch without pleading for mercy.
Only after the other side had vented their anger would the captain take the team member back for treatment.
They had also once wondered why their captain had included such a rotten person in the team, but when they conducted an annual review,
they found that their personal combat abilities and team revenue had far exceeded the previous year’s, and only then did they understand the captain’s painstaking efforts.
To prevent one bad apple from spoiling the whole team’s morale, their captain also held individual conversations with each team member.
The gist of it was that the team needed a scapegoat, so that in some situations, even as the party at fault, they would have an excuse to shift responsibility.
At first, that person was rather foolish, unaware of the situation and feeling that the captain favored him, which made him grow increasingly arrogant.
But after experiencing many instances where the captain couldn’t explode in fury and he had to face severe punishment, he gradually understood the reason the captain kept him on the team.
So, as time passed, his attitude of arrogant provocation gradually became more selective, observing the target each time and assessing their strength before he would provoke them with words.
Only this time, he had bitten off more than he could chew, and now a blood line appeared on his neck, which kept widening until at last, the blood began spurting out.
