"Are there any other teams around?" Zhang Lie asked.

"No, Captain!  I suspect they were just sent over here by the teleportation array."

"In that case, let's go!"

The members of Team Zenith rushed forward, followed quickly by Yun Bing and Chu Feng. 

Three kilometers away, the half-demon tawny foxmen competitors had just landed in the arena when they heard a whoosh of wind from their left flank. Before they could react, a firebird dove down toward them.

"Enemy attack!" one of the foxmen called out.

However, the firebird was only a distraction; the crackle of thunder came from all around them, and vines wrapped around their ankles like snakes. The foxmen began activating all manner of genetic techniques, but the vines that had wrapped around their ankles were...