The Most Powerful Brain in the Interstellar Space

Chapter 222 Ambush (Part 2)

Therefore, it is necessary for him to defeat this person and expel him from the arena.

Kent was already in a frenzy, having long forgotten that he had initially thought of this competition as just a small school game.

This is also why he tricked his classmate Hillman into joining his group, and then casually seized his resources along with a few others. After Hillman escaped, he had several opportunities to catch up, but he didn't choose to eliminate him completely, because he didn't take the enemy seriously at all.

But right now he is truly treating this match as a formal contest, determined to eliminate any enemy standing in his way by any means necessary.

Hillman must disappear from this arena.

Kent is also one of the few first-year students in the grade who has completed the second awakening. His mental strength level is quite high, having reached a stable B+ level, and even the threshold once approached A level.

Such a potential, even for an incompletely awakened individual, is extremely rare in a resident star system. Therefore, after entering the Beska Intermediate Academy, he was assigned to the first class of the Combat Individual Department.

The other three members of the same team were not as good as him, which is why they hadn't noticed Hillman following behind them. What's even more remarkable is that Kent's physique and physical fitness were quite superior, while Hillman's overall level was still not as good as his.

He knew that the guy had definitely not escaped their control area and was probably hiding his presence, waiting for them to be misled and deviate from their course.

Therefore, the other side must be holding back at this moment, hiding somewhere and watching them.

If Kent can spot its trail first and, together with his teammates, block its route, the opponent will have no chance to escape.

Kent kept trying to calm himself down and continued to extend his mental energy field, attempting to search for the person hiding in the shadows.

Five meters, ten meters, sixteen meters, twenty meters... nothing found. Kent even began to doubt if he was mistaken... Wait! No, backtrack... Sixteen meters, seventeen meters, seventeen point five meters... there's a response!

There was a different kind of atmosphere there.

Although very faint, it was undeniably real. Kent calmed himself down and roughly twisted his mental energy into a rope, deliberately extending it slightly in that direction. Soon he sensed a faint barrier and was overjoyed.

Found him.

The little mouse seemed unaware that it had been tracked by a hunter and was still carefully concealing its presence.

Kent couldn't possibly make a scene at this moment, so he put his hands behind his back and made a simple gesture toward Anua behind him.

Although the four had their own ideas and agreed to only travel a short distance, their ability to survive as a temporary team against all the other contestants couldn't possibly be based on some vague conspiracy. They were like longtime companions with an astonishingly strong rapport, which greatly helped them.

Sure enough, Anua understood Kent's meaning almost instantly, and was secretly pleased, but remained outwardly calm. He gave the other two, who were still clueless, a wink.

In the blink of an eye, the group had completed the exchange of information and roughly determined Hillman's current hiding place.

The man didn't get very far, and even if he realized he was being targeted and tried to escape, he probably wouldn't get very far anyway.

Hillman had nowhere to run.

All of them simultaneously revealed a smug smile, as if they had already foreseen their prey's eventual defeat and helpless struggle.

Did Hillman really not realize he was being locked on? Of course he did.

He'd been following these four idiots for so long, and they only just realized it now. They almost let him pull off a trap and wipe them all out. How could they possibly be that smart? Of course, he admitted he wasn't exactly brilliant himself. But getting revenge on these arrogant fools was more than enough.

Want to capture him? Sure. He wasn't very capable to begin with, and the only reason he's held on this long is because he's burning with a fire in his heart that he just can't swallow.

But before that, Hillman definitely had to get rid of the four who had plotted against him. Even if he couldn't take care of all four, at least... he had to get rid of Arian Kent, the culprit who had harmed him.

Others are one thing, but that guy is a real scoundrel. It's a shame that Hillman helped him before, and the two of them had a decent relationship in class.

If the opponent shoots him the moment they meet and eliminates him, that's one thing. We're all enemies, so there's nothing wrong with a fair fight.

But what is this guy doing?
...Aren't you playing dirty tricks? And you specifically targeted someone you knew, making him feel so frustrated.

Hillman couldn't swallow this insult. So he was willing to risk elimination himself rather than let this scoundrel have any chance of winning. Of course, he didn't think this guy with such poor character could be at the top of the leaderboard either.

It's a pity. He's traveled so far, encountered so many enemies and strangers, yet he still hasn't met Jiang, the classmate he considers truly reliable. Otherwise, he would definitely have followed her relentlessly, refusing to back down no matter what.

Given their abilities, they must have already been on the list, perhaps even at the top.

Once he's dealt with these guys and gets off the field, the first thing he'll do is check on Jiang Hui's performance.

Sigh, it's no use thinking about it now, he's about to be eliminated from the competition.

Hillman secretly calculated the speed at which the group was moving in this direction. When he felt it was about time, he flew off in a predetermined direction.

As soon as he rushed out, he felt bullets being fired from behind him from several different directions, encircling him with an unprecedentedly fierce attack.

Even though Hillman was mentally prepared, he couldn't help but feel a little uneasy, but he quickly regained his composure. He told himself that he could do it, that he could dodge these bullets—just like before.

He'd even been surrounded by seven people before, so what's four?! Even if he couldn't watch them get eliminated, it would be worth it once he lured them into the battle zone and exposed their whereabouts.

Thinking this, Hillman quickened his pace, a faint smile playing on his lips as he listened to the distant sound of bullets.

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Kent ran in the lead, relentlessly chasing the figure ahead.

Just as Kent was about to grab the other man by the back of his collar, his outstretched hand suddenly froze. Realizing what was happening, he quickly lunged back towards the group behind him, as if some ferocious beast was chasing after them.

Anua and her two companions were a little behind, and faced their teammates' hurried approach without understanding why, but they immediately sensed that something was wrong.

But it was too late.

They were completely exposed to the hunters lurking in the shadows.

Several gunshots rang out almost simultaneously, pinning the three men to the ground, unable to get up.

—They have been eliminated.

(End of this chapter)