The surrounding scenery and the crowd quickly became blurry and shaky. A strong sense of dizziness hit Chen Yue. He closed his eyes and felt a bit better. A low moan came from beside him, and then a trembling delicate body leaned against him.

  "Heh." Chen Yue patted Ling Zhu'er's fragrant shoulder with his backhand to help her calm down. When the two opened their eyes, they were already in a strange and colorful space.

  The mottled light and shadow around them kept flickering. Staring at one place for a long time would make one feel dizzy.

  "Better close your eyes." Chen Yue said.

  Ling Zhu'er shook her head vigorously and stubbornly opened her eyes. She didn't close them until she couldn't bear it anymore. The girl was very tenacious in her mind. Although she had become a follower, she also understood that there was more of a sense of pique in this identity. To prove that she really deserved this position, she had to put in more effort.

  After repeating this several times, Ling Zhu'er was finally able to adapt to this strange teleportation space. It was only then that she realized that she had been tightly grasping Chen Yue's arm all along.

  "Ah, I'm sorry." Ling Zhu'er hurriedly let go of her hand, feeling extremely guilty in her heart. She knew how much strength she had used when she was nervous. An apostle's body should have felt extreme pain. However, to her surprise, she didn't hear Chen Yue cry out in pain from beginning to end.

  Suddenly, the space shook violently, and everything around them fell apart. In the next moment, the two appeared in a forest.

  Most of the trees in this forest were cold-resistant conifers and bushes, which was a typical northern forest. It seemed that the life-and-death duel arena they were randomly teleported to was located somewhere in the north of the Tianye Empire.

  Taking a long breath, the fresh and chilly air immediately filled his chest, making him feel refreshed.

  "How lucky." The corners of Chen Yue's mouth curled up slightly. He raised his head slightly and looked into the distance through the gaps between the leaves. In the far distance on the horizon, a patch of white could be vaguely seen. That was the majestic and continuous snow-capped mountains.

  Just a moment ago, he was still worried about not having a real ice and snow environment. Unexpectedly, he was then sent to the vicinity of the snow-capped mountains right away. This saved him the trouble of a long journey.

  "That should be the Ice Mountains in the north. It's nearly ten thousand miles away from the Capital of Freedom." Following Chen Yue's gaze, Ling Zhu'er looked a few times and couldn't help being a bit surprised. She didn't expect to be teleported so far away.

  Chen Yue nodded. Fortunately, it was like this. Otherwise, if they took flying beasts, God knows how long it would take. It wasn't worth it just to verify one of his ideas.

  With some anticipation, Chen Yue took out the blue-striped card. With a flash of light, the frozen rabbit appeared on the open ground in front.

  "A two-star familiar." Ling Zhu'er looked at Chen Yue in shock. Finally, she knew where his confidence came from.

  After the frozen rabbit appeared, it initially remained in the same lazy state as in the training room, lying on the ground. However, as if it had sensed the difference in the environment, its ears suddenly perked up, it sniffed hard a few times with its nose, and its three-lipped mouth suddenly opened. The two were astonished to find that countless tiny ice crystals in the air flew over, condensed into an ice crystal the size of a thumb, and was swallowed by the frozen rabbit in one gulp.

  This process was repeated three times. After swallowing three ice crystals one after another, the frozen rabbit seemed extremely satisfied. There was a bit more intoxicated look in its big eyes, and it also bounced over affectionately and rubbed against Chen Yue with its body.

  A look of joy flashed in Chen Yue's eyes. He knew that his idea was correct. The snow-capped mountains were indeed the environment that the frozen rabbit liked, and it was expressing its joy with its actions.

  Although he couldn't see the value of the compatibility, since the frozen rabbit had such an unusual performance, it was enough to show that it was easier to communicate in this environment, and improving the compatibility would also achieve twice the result with half the effort.

  This place wasn't the snow-capped mountains yet. What would it be like if they went up to the Ice Mountains?

  Chen Yue was looking forward to it very much.

  ...

  After solving one of his concerns, the two began to check the surrounding environment.

  The life-and-death duel arena naturally had a certain fixed range. Otherwise, if the whole forest was the duel arena, the so-called life-and-death duel would be a joke.

  The duel arena had a long and narrow terrain, about twenty meters wide. As for how long it was, it was impossible to estimate. However, considering that it was used for a life-and-death battle, the two ends probably wouldn't be too far apart. According to Chen Yue's estimate, it should be about five kilometers. The duel arena was separated from the whole forest by restrictions to avoid the interference of outsiders.

  "Five kilometers. There's enough time." After estimating, within three days, even if they had to carefully observe the enemy's tracks when advancing, it was enough to go back and forth hundreds of times.

  "My lord, shall we rush over and attack them now?" Ling Zhu'er tightly grasped the hilt of her sword with her delicate fingers. There was a bit of excitement between her eyebrows, but more of nervousness. After all, this was her first life-and-death battle.

  "No rush." Chen Yue looked at her indifferently. There wasn't much change in his expression. Compared with the battles in the purgatory difficulty level, this kind of battle was really too easy.

  "Wolf is suspicious by nature. And this life-and-death battle was provoked by me. He must think that I will take the initiative to attack. So on the first day, he will stay where he is and wait for us to come to him. However, how could I do as he wishes?" Looking at Ling Zhu'er, who was full of anticipation, Chen Yue's eyes flickered, and he said calmly, "I just won't go over. After a day, he will become impatient and start thinking wildly, thinking that I have some conspiracy. So, instead, he will take the initiative to come over. At the beginning, he will surely be on full alert. It won't be easy to make a move on that section of the road. But when he's almost at our end but not yet there, his mind will surely be extremely tired and there will be a period when he's most relaxed. We'll ambush him there."

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  Even when a lion attacks a rabbit, it uses all its strength. Chen Yue definitely wouldn't choose to fight head-on foolishly. The tempering in the purgatory had made him understand the importance of attacking at the right time. What's more...

  "That's true. Then what are we going to do in this day and a half?" Ling Zhu'er believed what he said, but was just a bit puzzled.

  There were many things that could be done. Of course, he didn't say this out loud.

  Using the excuse of going to check the terrain, Chen Yue entered the dense forest and soon disappeared from sight.

  "Didn't we just check it?" Ling Zhu'er muttered softly.

  ...

  When he couldn't see the teleportation point anymore, Chen Yue exerted force with his feet, and his whole body immediately shot forward like an arrow leaving the bowstring. His speed became faster and faster. If there were high-rank fighters nearby, they would be shocked to find that even when running at full speed, Chen Yue's body was making tiny adjustments all the time. At such a high speed, he didn't even bump into a single tree.

  A black shadow was swiftly shuttling through the forest, and his target was the other teleportation point.

  Wait for Wolf and the others to come over on their own initiative? That wasn't Chen Yue's idea at all. Ambushing them halfway was good, but there was an even better opportunity.

  If he couldn't hold back and really came looking for them, no matter where it was, Wolf wouldn't take it lightly and be careless. That wasn't the best opportunity. But even if Wolf thought of every possibility and even thought that Chen Yue would come over as soon as possible, he wouldn't expect Chen Yue to come so quickly. This was all because no one knew Chen Yue's real strength.

  Although the example of defeating Kina within ten seconds had been widely spread, few people knew the real situation of the battle. After knowing Chen Yue's identity, Will and others were even more cautious and didn't dare to talk casually. As a result, they would only infer that the reasons for Chen Yue's victory were, first, a sneak attack, and second, perhaps his familiar.

  Coincidentally, Wolf was one of the few apostles who knew that Chen Yue had a two-star familiar, so he was naturally more likely to think in this way. Even if he overestimated Chen Yue's physical strength a bit, he would never have thought that his real strength was as powerful as that of a fourth-rank fighter.

  The reason why he lied to Ling Zhu'er was that if he took her with him, he wouldn't be able to move at this speed.

  The five-kilometer road passed in a flash. It only took Chen Yue a little more than ten minutes to reach the other end of the duel arena. This was also due to the complex terrain of the dense forest.

  Near the teleportation point, Wolf and Omar were sitting casually, without any sign of being on guard.

  Wolf's face was gloomy. The duel arena they were randomly teleported to made him very uneasy. He knew that Chen Yue's familiar was an ice-type creature, and this environment was obviously more suitable for the other party to play to his strengths.

  He tightly grasped a cloth bag with his right hand, took out some food from it, and threw some to Omar.

  "Eat something to replenish your strength. We'll have to be on guard at any time in another ten minutes or so."

  It wasn't his first time participating in a life-and-death duel, and he was extremely experienced. However, he didn't know that it was useless when facing Chen Yue, this freak.

  Even when eating food, he still firmly grasped the cloth bag, which attracted Chen Yue's attention.

  Holding back his whole body's aura, Chen Yue slowly approached the two of them.

  At this time, Wolf made a move that made Chen Yue stop.

  With a wave of his hand, a giant wolf as big as a person appeared beside Wolf. Under the giant wolf's feet was a circle of cyan light rings, and there were faintly wind vortices swirling around its body.

  It was his one-star familiar, the Wind Wolf.

  Chen Yue's expression became solemn. He knew that a familiar's spiritual perception was far beyond that of humans. Although this Wind Wolf was at most second-rank in strength, it might detect him.

  Sure enough, the Wind Wolf seemed to sense something. Its front paws bent slightly, fierce light flashed in its wolf eyes, and it stared fixedly at the dense forest on Chen Yue's side, making low growls in its throat.

  "What's wrong with the Wind Wolf?" Omar became alert.

  Chen Yue's eyes turned cold, and his fingers pressed on the hilt of his sword.

  "Maybe it's discovered some passing beasts." Wolf waved his hand casually. Such things had happened before, so he didn't pay attention to it.

  Seeking death on his own, Chen Yue sneered coldly. It seemed that the compatibility between the Wind Wolf and Wolf wasn't high and hadn't reached the "familiar" level. Otherwise, the Wind Wolf would surely give a more intense warning.

  Since Wolf thought so, Chen Yue wouldn't waste this opportunity. He wiped his hand on a tree, and a small section of the hard conifer was broken off. Then he flicked his fingers, and this section of hard wood turned into a black light and disappeared behind the forest.

  "Ow!" The Wind Wolf roared and rushed into the dense forest like lightning.

  "Wind Wolf, come back!" Wolf shouted angrily and ran towards the place where the Wind Wolf disappeared.

  "My lord, something seems wrong." Omar stood up. After all, it was his first time participating in a life-and-death duel, so he wouldn't be as restricted by experience as Wolf.

  "Wrong?" Wolf paused in his steps. He also realized that the Wind Wolf's reaction seemed too big. Could it be...

  Just as his face changed drastically, a black shadow suddenly pounced down from the nearby conifer tree like a fierce tiger descending from the mountain, creating such a powerful momentum that Wolf had a terrifying illusion that the whole sky was collapsing.

  "Chen Yue..." Wolf was terrified.

  A bone-chilling sharp edge flashed across the corner of his eye. Wolf felt a chill in his right arm, and then the suffocating pain swept through his whole body.

  "Ah~" Wolf howled miserably. His right arm was cut off by Chen Yue's sword. What made him even more desperate was that the cloth bag he carried with him also flew out.

  "No..."

  A shrill roar rang out, and the sound of the air being cut came. Without even looking back, Chen Yue knew that it was the wind blade sent by the returning Wind Wolf, and its target was his head.

  Seeing this scene, Wolf immediately showed a desire to survive. He flew backward, but his speed was like a turtle's crawl in Chen Yue's eyes.

  Completely ignoring the fatal wind blade, in Wolf's In the eyes of despair，Chen Yue slashed backhanded with his sword at Wolf's chest. Amid the flying flesh and blood, the tip of the sword pierced into his heart as easily as if it were Broke a piece of tissue paper.

  At the same time, he waved his hand.

  The frozen rabbit appeared between him and the Wind Wolf. With its mouth open, a cloud of freezing air immediately flew out. Not only did it shatter the wind blade, but it also continued to fly towards the Wind Wolf without losing its momentum.

  A one-star difference was enough to overwhelm the Wind Wolf.

  The reason why he didn't summon the frozen rabbit at first was that familiars could easily detect each other, which was not beneficial for the assassination.

  "I, I'm not reconciled." Wolf spat out a mouthful of blood, and the light in his eyes gradually faded away.

  With a gentle swipe of the long sword, when he pulled it out, Wolf's life had completely ended.