It's just that the other side wants to hold the initiative, and he doesn't want to be too passive either.

For someone like him originating from the Life Prison, in this kind of situation, if there's even a slight chance to gain some wiggle room, he won't easily let himself fall into a dead end.

The other party then sent word, directing him towards the West Ox Team, with a chance to grab as many Tokens as possible along the way.

While complying, Shi Chun casually asked for the team number of the other side, only to be told he would know when the time is right.

In short, they refused to tell him.

Shi Chun didn't bother arguing further and put away the Mother-child Talisman, planning to discuss it after Wu Jinliang's side was done...

At the Command Center of the Heavenly Court Team, Manxi stood on the high platform, closely watching the changing picture on the Heavenly Mirror, occasionally noting the route of the light spots on the Mountain River Map.

The handlers of the two treasures stood to his left and right, ready to take orders: one swiftly switching the mirror images, and the other enlarging the light spots' numbers on the Mountain River Map.

Ahead of Manxi stood a group of people, each holding a Magic Artifact facing him, responsible for communication contacts of thirty small teams each.

At this moment, Manxi was quickly identifying the enemy's main force to help their own main force avoid direct confrontation, enabling his side to secure some Tokens first to gain greater autonomy.

This was essentially the strategy for everyone.

There was no alternative, as the rules of the Battle of Great Pardon allowed anyone the opportunity to shine and strive for top positions. Without their respective Command Centers' support, main forces might end up subordinate to non-main forces.

As one of the supervising personnel, Mulan Jin occasionally paced back and forth, sometimes standing still with arms crossed, quietly observing the mirror image and Mountain River Map without interruption.

On the Mountain River Map, the gathered cluster of light spheres had mostly bloomed like chrysanthemums, scattering into tiny pinprick flashes, making it impossible to discern which light spot corresponded to which team without specific identification.

Once Manxi roughly grasped the overall situation, he exhaled slightly and scanned the entire Mountain River Map's light spots again. Suddenly, his gaze paused upon discovering a light spot near this Command Center area.

The light spot was small, somewhat akin to the darkness under the lamp, right under their nose but previously unnoticed.

Thus, Manxi pointed it out, somewhat displeased, and told the person controlling the Mountain River Map beside him, "See which team this is."

He certainly wasn't a member of the main force team, whose whereabouts he controlled, but even weaker ones should contribute as expected. Even a slight resistance or damage to the enemy counts as a contribution; if everyone shirked battle, how would this war be fought?

Mulan Jin, who was wandering nearby, paused, realizing that Manxi might be planning to make an example, though he wondered who had such bad luck to get caught.

The golden light spot on the Mountain River Map expanded rapidly, soon revealing the symbol '3000'.

Manxi was momentarily stunned, immediately realizing who was hiding right under their nose, silently cursing: is Shi Chun brainless? If you're hiding, at least hide further away! Don't you know that the first targets of any opposition are the Command Center areas of each side? Is making it this obvious appropriate?

He was about to order the restoration of the Mountain River Map view when the person next to him, responsible for controlling the Heavenly Mirror, acted out of habit—whenever Manxi pointed somewhere, he was quick to check that spot, his skill proficient. He swiftly locked onto the location of Team 3000, enlarging the target area for viewing.

Manxi was shocked. He didn't want to expose Shi Chun and his team publicly, about to call it off, but found that no one was visible in the mirror image, only barren desolation.

Somewhat speechless, Manxi guessed the people were hiding beneath a cliff. However, the mirror image swept through the cliff area back and forth, with no one in sight. The image couldn't bend to reveal hidden corners, so who knew where they were hiding. In any case, their presence was confirmed as the Mountain River Map's positioning was never wrong.

Manxi quickly ordered the restoration of the overall view, glanced back at Mulan Jin, wanting to ask if he understood the situation.

Mulan Jin pressed a hand to his forehead, equally puzzled.

Although the views of the Heavenly Mirror and Mountain River Map were swiftly restored, once the '3000' designation appeared in the Map's light points, some on-site supervising personnel below discreetly pulled out Mother-child Talismans and sent silent messages from their sleeves...

Leading a team flying through the air, Jie Yunzhao suddenly checked a Mother-child Talisman and, with a sneer, continued forward...

On the high platform of the East Victory Team's Command Center, someone whispered in Commander Wei Mo's ear, after which Wei Mo immediately signaled to others. Consequently, the light spot near the Heavenly Court Team's Command Center on the Mountain River Map was quickly enlarged to show '3000'. Confirming this, a faint smile appeared at the corner of Wei Mo's mouth...

In front of the high platform of the Nanshan Team's Command Center, the Mountain River Map screen suddenly focused on the nearby light spot near the Heavenly Court Team's Command Center for verification...

The Beiju Team's Command Center screen, too, took a moment amid the busyness to confirm the location of the Team 3000 with the Heavenly designation...

About half a two-hour period later, Mulan Jin, pacing on the Heavenly Court Team's Command Center high platform, suddenly stopped, attentively watching the position of his daughter on the Mountain River Map. He discovered there were four different colored light spots approaching his daughter's location from three separate directions.

Two blue light spots, one white, and one red.

Initially, Mulan Jin hadn't noticed; for one, the light spots were small, and because the battle had already begun, Manxi was repeatedly enlarging light spots to examine their locations. It wasn't until those light spots gathered closely, becoming prominent, that he, particularly attentive to his daughter, caught sight of them.

A sole approach could be coincidental, but four converging almost simultaneously towards his daughter alerted him instantly to the situation, instinctively casting a glance below at all supervising personnel.

His suspicion was pointless, as inter-messaging among team supervisors was normal; he could only urgently voice a reminder to Manxi, saying, "Something's wrong with Shi Chun's group; they're being targeted."

Only then did Manxi notice the anomaly, quickly reaching the same conclusion as Mulan Jin, realizing Shi Chun's team had been exposed and were being targeted, immediately informing his subordinates via voice transmission.

A department of the team operating the Magic Artifact quickly sent a warning to the Token held by Shi Chun...

Hiding beneath the cliff, Shi Chun and others were bored when Wu Jinliang and Tong Mingshan suddenly appeared urgently.

Wu Jinliang shoved a Token into Shi Chun's hand, urgently saying, "The Commander sent a message that our hiding spot is exposed, that there are four teams approaching us, already close; we need to leave quickly."

"Four teams?" Shi Chun was shocked.

"Yes," Wu Jinliang and Tong Mingshan confirmed simultaneously.

Upon hearing this, Feng Chi appeared ready to roll up his sleeves for a fight, but Shi Chun immediately shouted, "Run!"

The enemy came prepared, and without knowing the enemy's depth, what's the point of fighting?

He was even secretly swearing, puzzled as to why they had been exposed so quickly, thinking it shouldn't have happened. Maybe they were caught by the Heavenly Mirror again?

After hurling those words, he took out Wind Scale first, rushing out into the air with Wu Jinliang closely following for support, not waiting for those who reacted slowly.

Han Bao quickly whisked Mulan Qingqing away with his sleeve, while the Mingshan Sect crowd scrambled like a swarm, the Master ordering to run leaving no room for hesitation.

Other eighty or so teammates fell into chaos, as many of them didn't have Wind Scale; the Human Immortal realm's flight speed was no match for Wind Scale, but they still rushed out from under the cliff to give chase.

Manxi had already instructed the Heavenly Mirror to lock onto Shi Chun's position, intending to monitor their escape, only to see a group of masked people take off in the screen. The colors of the masks were a riot of colors, dazzling the eye.

Not just others looked dumbfounded; even the seasoned Mulan Jin was momentarily dazzled. Despite rapidly flashing his gaze to check, he couldn't identify his daughter from the colorful spectacle.

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