With specific strategies employed, only Ye Zi can handle this match.

It wasn't that they hadn't considered having others form a five-person team to fight, but rather that it was simply impossible.

A five-person squad needs someone to lead it, but Xiao Touming is a pure assassin. Once Tu Fu activates his domain, he himself will be affected.

The Wu brothers have no problem with teamwork, and can even achieve a 1+1>2 effect. They are twins who have practiced swordsmanship together for many years and are of one mind. However, they are not good at commanding other people in battle.

Yang Dali and his two companions are also good at teamwork, but battlefield command is not as simple as it sounds. First, you need to have talent, then you need to learn, and finally, practical experience is equally important.

Where does the idiom "talking about war on paper" come from? Zhao Kuo was talented and learned everything he could, but he became utterly useless on the battlefield.

These people mainly fought with cold weapons, but now it is the 21st century, an era dominated by firearms. Where can we find so many practical opportunities?

This is why the Ghost Gate rarely sends five-person teams to participate in the competition.

As for why Steve has so much squad combat experience, it's entirely due to the sacrifices he's made.

In the two hundred years since the founding of the United States, the number of years without war has been less than one-tenth.

In the Middle East, many people are fighting against the fully armed modern army of the United States with bolt-action rifles from World War II.

They lacked weapons and ammunition, but they had no shortage of men. Towards the end, cavalrymen would often charge out with their sabers, and this was the time for Steve to gain experience.

This approach reveals the difference in experience.

Whether Ye Zi can command is unknown, but he is truly formidable. He can crush all opponents by himself, so there's no need for a five-person team.

This is why, even though he had just gotten married, he was still summoned by the gates of hell to prepare for the competition.

After escaping death, Ye Zi bought two bags of pebbles, all of which were carefully selected before being put up for sale.

This is the only type of weapon replenishment needed; nothing else is required.

After returning home, Yezi told Tongtong that she needed to participate in the competition.

Tongtong looked helpless, but that's just how Yezi's job is, and there's nothing she can do about it.

The only plan was to bring her parents-in-law to Beijing for the Chinese New Year, but this idea was rejected by Siqin and her husband during a video chat.

The family did hire a shepherd, but the shepherd had to go home for the New Year, so he couldn't leave.

Siqin had no objection to Ye Zi needing to participate in the competition again. The country had given him so many benefits, it would be unreasonable for him not to step forward when the country needed him.

After informing her family, Ye Zi also shared the news with Wu Jing and the others, saying, "Let's all make money together."

The group reminded Ye Zi to be careful, and then began to raise funds to support her in the betting market.

Ye Zi also didn't overlook the off-the-ground betting market, handing over a billion US dollars to Gui Men Guan, and asking Meng Jie to help place the bets.

Tongtong wasn't idle either; she also started raising funds, preparing to bet everything except for the necessary working capital on leaves.

Over the next few days, Yezi devoted herself entirely to the process of conceiving. Perhaps the stronger a person is, the harder it is to conceive. Until the day Yezi set off, Tongtong's period came.

This made Tongtong wonder if there was something wrong with her body, since she had tried so many times but there was no reaction.

Fortunately, they were both young and not in a hurry, and Ye Zi had a laissez-faire attitude.

After Ye Zi boarded the competition plane, betting on the competition on the dark web was officially launched.

Tongtong, Wu Jing, and the others placed bets without thinking, directly betting that Ye Zi would win.

No matter how much the organizers promoted the other contestants, they didn't even bother to look at them. After betting all the funds they had, they finally started reading the introductions of the other contestants.

Even after reading the introduction, they remained unfazed, convinced that Ye Zi would win.

Especially Wu Jing, whose movie had just been released and was a box office hit, had a lot of money in hand, and even the dividends hadn't been distributed yet, but he directly misappropriated them.

This also led to Wu Jing betting over 100 million, and if Ye Zi wins, the return will be five times.

That's right, the betting odds have just opened, and Yezi's odds are 1 to 5.

Last year, because Ye Zi won, the odds were halved, but those who opened the betting still felt that Ye Zi's chances of winning were slim, since James had gathered a group of top players this year, making them much stronger than last year.

However, just to be on the safe side, the odds for the leaves were lowered.

Sitting on the plane, Ye Zi felt incredibly fortunate that she hadn't planned to wear armor to the competition, since the competition was taking place in a tropical rainforest.

Imagine wearing heavy armor and facing over a hundred skilled fighters in a sweltering rainforest—the thought alone is terrifying.

But this is also something that Ye Zi and the others at the Gates of Hell couldn't understand.

If it were a one-on-one fight, even Steve wouldn't be a match for Ye Zi. The only option would be to use sheer numbers to wear her down, and then let their strongest member, Steve, finish the match.

But precisely because Ye Zi is strong enough, these people not only need shields, but also heavy armor to increase their defense.

Even if ninjas, assassins, and close-quarters combat specialists don't need armor, what about the others?

Before they could even engage Ye Zi in battle, they were already exhausted. Moreover, this was a war of attrition, and even if they stood still, it wouldn't do them any good, given their heavy armor. It seemed like Ye Zi was the one who had the advantage.

But this competition was held in the rainforest, which seemed to be at a disadvantage for them no matter how you looked at it.

Although Ye Zi was puzzled, he didn't care. He had absolute strength, and even the most terrifying snakes, insects, and rodents in the rainforest were no problem for him.

He exudes a murderous aura, and these little creatures that prefer warmth and moisture will not venture into the cold, murderous atmosphere.

It doesn't really matter, but it's still necessary to ask casually.

However, Meng Jie didn't understand, and neither did Wu Dongheng. Even the information from the informant didn't mention the location of the match, because the informant didn't know where the match was being held, let alone what James's purpose was in doing this.

The plane landed with a turbulence comparable to driving on a washboard.

Fortunately, the pilot was an experienced pilot, and the plane came to a stop without any major incident. Ye Zi and the other three people sitting in the cargo hold were shaken to their core.

The least physically fit nobody vomited as soon as the plane came to a stop.

That's right, among the four people in the cargo hold—Ye Zi, Tu Fu, Xiao Touming, and Wu Dongheng—Xiao Touming was actually the weakest in terms of physical fitness.

In fact, Wu Dongheng's physical condition was not much better than that of the nobody, but he often traveled in various ways and had taken all kinds of transportation. This was not his first time experiencing a landing, so he was able to hold back from vomiting.

As for Tu Fu, he always looked drunk, but he never seemed to throw up; he was used to it.