Zhang Lie nodded. If the hunters of Team Zenith had grown fearful upon just hearing the name of the Desert of Silence, there would be no point venturing there.

"Next, your warm-up exercise: attack me with all you've got, and don't hold back."

Sun Mengmeng and the others hesitated for a moment. They had all grown significantly during that battle, and their latent ability had been dragged out by the fight they had suffered through.

Would Zhang Lie be able to fend off all of them at once? They really didn't want to take the risk of harming Zhang Lie, who had given them so much, even if the chances of that happening were minute.

"Don't worry about me—the ones you should be worrying about...