'Mid Area Forest Hill Mountain'
Hearing that Li should tag along with his three classmates boys team, Ah Cy didn't permit it and she make them think about something again where Li's skill are still in beginner tier. Although the classmates of Li knows to understand each skills tier, they didn't still saw Li's shadow tier and what they know is he has only one element tier that is the shadow element, also they only know that his shadow tier is still in beginner tier.
Li just pretend and keep on fooling around since the start of his school so eventually they will not notice his improvements. He make his classmates like a fool though he feel sorry about Ah Cy and Heng for fooling them too but he have no choice and pretend to be weak so he will not caught some center of attraction.
At their argue, Heng agree with Ah Cy but the three boys still want to do their rights because if Li won't experience something then it will be just wasting his time said by one of them. Ah Cy feels unsteadily and feels like she can't counter their words then Li went in their argue.
"Stop this, we are wasting our time Ah Cy, brother Heng, it's okay. Don't worry too much I can protect my self."
"But- -"
Li stop Ah Cy and she look at his eyes, believing that he can protect his self, Ah Cy make a nod as she believed Li. As for Heng he was worried again from what might happen to Li. Then Li encouraged him with funny words, Heng can't still behave well but he took Li's words where it shows that he can survive without Ah Cy and Heng.
That settled with the three boys who were grinning with a bad intention at their back, one of them called out the leader, it was Ah Cy and said again that once the forest wolves take them as a bait and lured them from other place, Ah Cy and Heng will start to gather the holy herbs.
As a leader, Ah Cy have no choice then agreed and she want to respect Li's decision, she add more words saying after gathering the holy herbs with Heng she will quickly give it to instructor Hui Ying and she will wait to them where they will held each holy herb and that will end the test of their team.
She said it because she knows that someone is following them, it was the mercenaries. Ah Cy don't why but she think that their intentions are good and thinks that they are guarding each team if someone will be in danger.
Of course Li notice it first he just ignored it because he can't sense some bad intentions to the mercenaries who where following them. That's why he became more cautious about using his element skills. Heng and the three boys didn't still notice it because they were too focus on the enemies.
As Ah Cy and Heng agree with their team strategy they started to hide. The three boys and Li move to attract the forest wolves then they went to the other direction and lured them, leaving Ah Cy and Heng. The two mercenaries also started to move and followed them since they are ten of forest wolves who are in low tier D it makes them worry that they can't beat them all.
Ah Cy and Heng went out at the bush, gathering the holy herbs hastily and running to the path of camp area. Other team's are also gathering holy herbs and some are struggling because of the spirit beast and some can't find holy herbs because they were too scared.
Li and his team three boys are still running away from the forest wolves, one of them stop and use his skill to make an ice wall to block them. Still their are too many of them even if his skill is in normal tier the ten forest wolves work together and break the ice wall. The two mercenaries watch them as they fight thinking that they are good and they have a chance to defeat the forest wolves. The three boys use their barriers, two fire barriers and one ice barrier while they are fighting the forest wolves. For Li it was funny to him because the three of them can't even defeat a low tier D forest wolves, he was disappointed on them and sigh.
The three boys intention is to make Li fight alone and leave him but the other forest wolves keep on chasing them where it reversed the situation they started to cast a barrier to their self because they feel like they will die in a moment so they still want to live. One of them shout saying it to Li that he should help them out too, Li sigh and unfortunately he didn't help them, he just watch them struggling and defending their selves.
The two mercenaries are also watching and make a disappointed face because they wouldn't thought where instructor Hui Ying wants to send a mercenary, just to protect and investigate Li Zhi, and the two of them think that he is such a sly fox who didn't dare to help his classmates.
Li was being aware from those two mercenaries and notice them thinking where his plan was success. He knows the intention of instructor Hui Ying that's why he planned something that can make the mercenaries look Li's personality as a pathetic person. He continue to watch his classmates that was being attacked by ten forest wolves and he didn't notice the ground where it started to break because of the force of their attacks.
Now that it came to th point, the ground break and collapsed, Li fall down along with his three classmates where they are frighten and don't want to die. Li make a mistake where he think that only if he help earlier and killed the forest wolves quickly then that would not happen to them.
So Li use his element shadow skill beginner tier and push the three boys up. The two mercenaries didn't also react fast and what they only do is watch Li falling down but they also said that they will call a back up and make sure to help Li.