During the ensuing pursuit, Hannibal led the numerous trackers into several encirclements of savage wilderness beasts. After a few breakout battles, both Frederick’s official Royal Spirit Master teams and the various super-teams had suffered heavy casualties, paying a price they could not possibly afford. For instance, the Annihilation Team, which originally consisted of five main members and two substitutes, was left with only their captain, Sixteen Nights, and one support player—who was missing an arm.
As a result, the remaining super-teams dared not continue the chase; they knew that encountering just a few more waves of wilderness beasts would mean total annihilation. Consequently, only a handful of teams remained to carry on the pursuit, including the official teams and Chen Xuan's Xiaoyao Team.
While Chen Xuan and his group had suffered no casualties yet, each of them had consumed a significant amount of divine power. Even the powerful epic-tier Spirit Master Kuang Bingwei could not help but complain: "Evil Heaven Emperor, Hannibal is clearly leading us into the territories of high-level beasts on purpose. Are we really going to let him lead us by the nose until we reach a dead end?"
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