Chapter 316 A Trap

On a hillside a fair distance away, Dunn had set up a defense line. Thanks to the geographic advantage of that area, they could look downward and have a good view of everything within a few hundred meters.

"What's going on here? Doesn't that bastard want to fight a battle?" Dunn mumbled angrily when he found Rocky and his team members were having a barbecue right in front of his defense line, fury written on his face.

"Deputy Commander, what should we do now?" a spirit manipulator asked Dunn immediately. The spirit manipulators with Rocky seemed to enjoy the barbecue very much. As a result, quite a few spirit manipulators who were with Dunn drooled with envy as they fixed their eyes on those who were eating, not to mention the smell that drifted up to them was heavenly.

"There must be a trap! Don't bite at the bait and get fooled by them. Just cheer up and ignore them!" Dunn ordered in a cold voice. His eyes were furious at the sight of the drooling spirit manipulators.

To make matters worse, the hot sun shone brightly at its peak. Since Dunn's defense line was located at a higher altitude without any tall tree or other kind of shade, the thirty spirit manipulators were on guard under the blazing sun. All of them were bathed in sweat with their tongues hanging out in thirst.

In contrast, Rocky and his team members were eating meat while enjoying the cool under the trees. The defending spirit manipulators could not help but envy them.

The spirit manipulators by Dunn's side began complaining. Gradually, they had less and less desire to fight.

"It's so hot. Come on, leave a few people here with our flag. All the rest go to the river together with me to have a bath," Rocky said as he stood up all of a sudden.

Immediately, all the spirit manipulators cheered excitedly at Rocky's proposal.

A moment later, most of them had taken off their outerwear and went towards the river together with Rocky. Only a few men were left, ordered to guard their flag.

Standing within his own defense line, Dunn was surprised to see Rocky lead a group of spirit manipulators away. Stripped to their waists, they left suddenly while only a few spirit manipulators protected their flag. He had no idea what was going on.

"Follow them! Find out where they are going and what they are planning." Dunn snapped at one of the spirit manipulators by his side.

It was not long before t

is bastard..." Marin was speechless when she realized what was happening. It annoyed her, being caught off guard. But it entertained her as well.

Obviously, the third round of contest had begun as early as when Rocky appeared like a drunk man. However, nobody but he himself was aware of that.

"What a wonderful scheme! He deceived everybody else! A military officer should know how to make use of tricks." Lance could not help but praise his cunning.

"But Dunn still has twenty spirit manipulators. Maybe he can hold the defense line until the contest expires if he tries his best," Isis said.

"How much time is left?" Lance asked. His face was blank, but in his mind he had already gone though many possibilities of what each leader was planning to do.

"About one and a half hours.

Dunn has an advantage. If Rocky wants to win the contest, he needs to act right away," Isis answered, her eyes narrowing in thought.

Rocky figured out that there was not much time left for him using the sun's position. Promptly, he called his team members together. Since the thirty spirit manipulators had eaten barbecue to their satisfaction and had a bath, their morale was incredibly high.

In contrast, the spirit manipulators by Dunn's side had been on guard under the burning sun, without food or bath, so they all looked tired. On top of that, they had lost ten buddies. As a result, all of them were in no mood to battle.

In this way, it seemed that all was in Rocky's favor. Through his careful planning, he had stacked the odds to his advantage. Ultimately, victory was within his grasp.