Live Strong in the Wilderness

Chapter 502: Racing Against Each Other

"They’re all here, 101 of them." Vasily pulled out a backpack and handed it to Li Kang.

There are 101 in total here, originally there were 121, but 20 have already been redistributed.

According to the plan, Vasily was supposed to return all these Star Charts to their original owners.

However, Ivica attacked their camp, so Vasily took the Star Charts and left.

"Good, good, it’s great that these things are still here." Li Kang laughed happily, thinking he had lost everything, but now realizing, he hadn’t lost at all.

With 101 Star Charts, he could return with a lot of resources and conduct many trades with Xu Yi.

This greatly increased his chances of success.

Furthermore, Group 1 and Group 2 were the core members he had selected, retaining this strength was already sufficient for him.

In his original plan, he also intended to bring these 40 people to the next challenge.

"How many people in the group have advanced to level 4?" Li Kang asked after slinging the backpack in front of him.

"17, and many more brothers are about to break through." Vasily replied.

"Alright, set up camp. Rest as needed, and those who need to train, should train." Li Kang gave an order.

At this moment, another group of people appeared.

"It’s Ivica’s men, young commander, should we..." Vasily gestured a throat-slitting motion as he spoke.

Li Kang shook his head, Ivica could kill, but he couldn’t.

If he did, his family would have to face punishment. This was a red line he couldn’t cross proactively.

If Ivica’s people acted first, then that would be a different story.

"Officer Lei Jie, Kelo leads 50 warriors to report to you." The leading Kelo brought part of his subordinates before Lei Jie, while many others stood in standoff with Li Kang’s people.

"Did Ivica really kill Li Wei?" Lei Jie asked directly, believing his sister to be kind-hearted, unable to commit murder.

"Sir, it was an accident, she... her intention was only to subdue him, but it unexpectedly resulted in his death." Kelo explained because Ivica had predicted Lei Jie would ask this and instructed Kelo on how to explain.

Lei Jie breathed a sigh of relief, an accident was fine, as long as it was an accident.

Lei Jie believed his sister hadn’t changed, she was still the same Ivica as before.

"By the way, where’s Ivica? Didn’t she come?" Lei Jie asked curiously.

"She came, but they’re moving slowly. It might take until the 200th day for them to get here and meet you. She ordered us to follow your command from now on." Kelo continued to explain.

Lei Jie nodded and said, "Let’s go, I’ll find a suitable place for you to camp. The rest can wait until you all become level 4 mages."

Lei Jie left, and so did Li Kang. After all, they both needed to settle their people.

Lavinie looked at her Star Chart, which showed that Jerry and the others had arrived and were very close.

So, she also led her people away.

"Let’s go back and continue training." Xu Yi said, and then went back to training.

It’s confirmed, the person was killed by Ivica.

Whether it was an accident or intentional didn’t matter. The killing was the key point. Now that this has started, it’s not a good sign. What the situation will become in the future is hard to say.

"It seems they’ve also changed their strategy, planning to go down the elite route," Qin Fan said happily as he walked to Xu Yi’s side.

After all, having one more opportunity is always good.

"Yeah, I wonder if it’s too late. If they want to reach level 5, it’s going to be tough. Isn’t the next place going to start at a level 5 Fierce Beast?" Xu Yi touched his head and glanced at the follow ball.

Yet, even if it doesn’t start at level 5, he still needs to advance to level 5 in advance.

The stronger the ability, the greater the sense of security.

Qin Fan couldn’t answer Xu Yi’s question because no one could know what the next challenge venue would be like.

Xu Yi and the others returned to their training, while Li Kang and the others settled down their respective groups.

Li Kang wasn’t in a position to confront Lei Jie’s group right now; he’d wait for Ivica to arrive before seeking an explanation. Whatever he could gain from it, he needed to show an attitude. Otherwise, his people might think he was incapable.

The camps of the three teams were very close to each other. There was no way around it; this place was still quite dangerous and likely to encounter level 4 peak Fierce Beasts.

Xu Yi was only responsible for protecting his people, not their subordinates.

Jerry and his group arrived relatively late, so only after the other two camps were set up did they start getting to work.

"Jerry, Xu Yi said that to advance to level 5, you have to train in the level 5 Fierce Beast’s territory. Likewise, advancing to level 6 will require the same conditions." Lavinie relayed this crucial intelligence to Jerry.

Jerry nodded and said, "I had similar suspicions, which is why I brought everyone along. I didn’t expect to be still a bit late."

"Are you about to break through to level 5?" Jerry withdrew his gaze, despite being frustrated with Li Kang and Lei Jie, he was helpless.

With circumstances against him, he had no option but to endure, what else could he do?

"No, not even at level 4 peak. Among us, Lei Jie is the strongest, followed by Li Kang and his subordinate Chen Hui, and then me." Lavinie said somewhat helplessly, despite feeling she worked very hard, the gap was still quite large.

"Let’s go, take us to feel it." After setting up his tent, Jerry prepared to go and see just how far off he was compared to Lei Jie and the others.

When Jerry and his group arrived, Li Kang and Lei Jie had already begun their assault on the level 5 Fierce Beast’s territory with their respective teams.

Jerry then realized he was over 20 meters away from Lei Jie and over 15 meters from Li Kang.

Moving further forward made him shiver involuntarily, leaving him incapable of training.

As for Xu Yi’s group, they were out of sight.

This stark comparison left Jerry feeling embarrassed, especially regretting not taking charge like Li Kang.

Lavinie had been here a few more days than him, yet only had gained less than two meters of distance. If he had come himself, at least he wouldn’t be worse off than Li Kang, right?

But it’s too late for regrets now; the only path is to go all out and catch up.

He was especially thankful that he still had 3 pounds of Telekinesis Fruit left uneaten.

By using it, he could go three to five days without sleep, no problem.

Going three to five days without sleep should give him some time to close the gap with them.

The time ahead would be a state of chasing each other relentlessly.