"If you believe in me, just do as I said. I promise that no one will have any complaints. I'll give you the
chance to build up your prestige," Rocky said seriously.
After a pause, Carla slowly nodded and seemed to have decided to put her trust in Rocky.
It did not take long before the red team encountered more than ten spiritual beasts, but not a single one
of them was particularly powerful.
"Don't attack! Defend immediately!" At that moment, Carla suddenly barked out an order.
All the other members of her team turned to look at her with a puzzled expression when they heard her
sudden command.
"Miss Carla, these spiritual beasts aren't that strong. Why shouldn't we launch an attack?" someone
asked doubtfully.
"I'm the captain. Just follow my order," Carla responded with a grim expression.
Although the members of the red team looked at each other in confusion, they had no choice but to
obey their leader's words.
And so, instead of launching an offensive, they stood their ground braced for any incoming attack.
Since the spiritual beasts were also very smart, they were in no hurry to fight. They took their time and
began to surround the red team. It immediately became apparent that their plan was to exhaust the
troops.
They were forced to remain in a stalemate for four hours.
Some of the team members began to obviously show their impatience since they could not understand
what Carla wanted to do.
Soon, a disciple at the medium stage of the Spiritual Infant spoke up. "Miss Carla, I don't mean to
offend you, but do you really think it's wise to make us do nothing like this? Have you given it careful
thought? These spiritual beasts are obviously not that strong. With our strength, we should be able to
easily repel them. Why do we have to stay here and focus on defense?"
"Of course I've considered it. Are you going to disobey my order?" Carla questioned.
When the disciple heard that, he exchanged looks with the other disciples before arrogantly speaking.
"Now that you've shown yourself to have such a weak commanding ability, it's really hard for others to
be convinced by your words. We participated in the newcomer contest to win the championship, not to
waste time here."
"If you don't obey my orders, you may leave my team and do whatever you want! If there are other
disciples who want to go with him, I won't force you to stay. But let me just tell you that this round is a
team battle. Without tacit cooperation, there's no chance of winning. Therefore, I don't need any team
members with ulterior motives," Carla declared furiously.
Some of the disciples of the red team were a little unhappy when they heard that. They thought that
Carla was too arrogant and was not competent enough to be their team leader.
A deafening roar suddenly echoed around them, and an extremely powerful spiritual beast at the
medium stage of the Spiritual Infant quickly rushed out. Its momentum was astonishing and completely
terrified the disciples around.
"Well, does anyone want to give it a shot?" Carla glanced at all the disciples.
A deafening silence filled the air as if all the disciples lost their tongues. When they noticed the
overwhelming momentum of the spiritual beast, none of them could hide their fear.
"If you don't go, then I'll do it myself. I'll let you see for yourself if I have the ability to lead the team!" As
soon as Carla finished speaking, she flew and appeared in front of the spiritual beast in the blink of an
eye.
"Heart-burning Destruction!" Two fiery dragons soared into the air as she suddenly activated the flames
on her arms. The next second, two flame dragons rushed through the sky.
Despite the attack, the spiritual beast showed no sign of weakness. Its huge tail swung behind it and
was about to hit Carla. However, she tilted her body and avoided the huge tail's attack by a
hairsbreadth at an unimaginable angle. Without missing a beat, she slapped the spiritual beast's
forehead with both hands at the same time. The next moment, her whole body flew up as she raised
both of her arms in the air, two intertwining flame dragons instantly appeared and attacked the very
powerful spiritual beast.
Although the spiritual beast was very formidable, it could not withstand the overbearing power of
Carla's flames condensed in a single blow. In just a few moments, its whole head was so scorched and
disfigured, it could only let out pained roars.
Meanwhile, all the disciples of the red team could only gape in astonishment.
"Is this the Dragon-burning Skill, the unique spiritual skill of the Yu Clan?"
"That's right! Otherwise, it's impossible to have such power!"
"The Dragon-burning Skill is one of the five unique spiritual skills in the Ethereal Region."
For a moment, all the members of the red team could not hide their shock by the strength Carla
displayed.
"This woman is born to be a heroine. If she goes to the battlefield, she'll definitely be a formidable
general!" At the same time, trailing after the spiritual beast at the medium stage of the Spiritual Infant,
Rocky could not help but smile. In fact, he was the one who attracted the spiritual beast to come.
Because of the destructive spiritual skill, all the other spiritual beasts that surrounded them before were
scared away.
"Is there anyone else who refuses to obey my orders?" Carla asked calmly as she returned in front of
the disciples.
Not a single word left the lips of the disciples, but they could not stop staring at her. All of them were
still shell shocked by what just happened. Although she was not that much stronger than them, it was
still very difficult to find a warrior at the same level who was stronger than her.
Not only was she born in a famous family, but she also had superior talent. Thus, she had more
advantages in most aspects and could suppress her opponent the moment she launched an attack.
"If no one objects, everyone must follow my orders and unite as one from now on. If I hear a word of
complaint from you, I'll immediately kick you out of the team!" Carla declared loudly.
Even the disciples of the red team who were still not convinced earlier remained silent. All of them
lowered their heads and didn't dare to even breathe too heavily, because they knew that the more they
explored, the more they would need to rely on someone with absolute strength like Carla.
"Let's continue to move forward!" Carla ordered.
After that, the red team set out once again.
Two hours later, they successfully arrived where the second task object was located. Luckily for them,
no one got the task object before they did. After repelling the spiritual beast that guarded the object,
they successfully obtained their first task object.
Soon after, they headed to the location of the third task object. However, they didn't expect to meet
another team halfway there.
"Miss Carla, are you striving for the turtle treasure?" Drake, the captain of the yellow team, had a
gloomy expression when he looked at Carla.
"It seems like we have the same goal." When Carla heard Drake's words, she realized that their task
was the same as that of the yellow team.
"We have already collected two task objects, so we only need one more to complete the task. I hope
you can give it to us. Let us fulfill our wish first, and then we can help you get another object..." Drake
immediately requested, politely cupping his hands.
"Even if I want to say yes, my team members won't agree." Of course, there was no way Carla would
compromise.
"In that case, let's fight," Drake sneered, his expression changing in the blink of an eye.
"As you wish!" Carla's eyes narrowed into a fierce glare.
Soon, the two teams began to fight in the hopes of stopping the other from heading to the location of
the third task object.
At the same time, Rocky was taking advantage of the situation and was already heading for the third
location by himself.
Because he was alone, there was no need for him to hold back. In less than half an hour, he arrived at
the destination. Three spiritual beasts at the medium stage of the Spiritual Infant guarding the object
met his gaze.
'It won't really be a problem if I fight against the three of them by myself, but it seems like a waste of
time. Why don't I just wait for the others to come?' Rocky mused to himself after a while. Since he knew
that the yellow team would also send people to attack the spiritual beasts, he just needed to wait for the
opportunity to obtain the object.
Sure enough, several disciples at the medium stage of Spiritual Infant from the yellow team appeared
in the destination an hour later, just like Rocky expected.
"The red team's really weak. They didn't even send anyone here."
"Of course. Except for Carla, all the other members are trash!"
"Cut the crap and let's just do this. The three of us will handle the beasts, and you two try to take the
task object. After you get it, retreat immediately!"
The disciples of the yellow team made a quick decision and went to work. Three of them rushed
towards the three spiritual beasts, while the other two went to the box where the task object was
stored.
'I can make my move now.' Once Rocky saw them take action, he immediately flashed away and
disappeared from where he was standing.
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