The arena, in the stands.
The audience watched the game intently, many becoming tense as if they were also part of the competition.
When the white-clad female ghost easily snapped a contestant's neck, a chorus of gasps erupted.
However, there were also some cheers mixed in, as if they particularly enjoyed seeing dead people.
Immediately afterwards, the audience saw two contestants get into a brawl over the female ghost.
One of them accidentally hit the female ghost and was subsequently attacked by her!
The audience gasped again, even louder than before.
Because many people have placed bets on contestant number 56, Chu Xu, if he is mysteriously killed or eliminated, many people will lose money.
Mo Ling nervously grabbed Mo Beihan's arm. "Second brother, will he be alright?"
Mo Beihan was much calmer. "It's just a fierce and strange creature. He should be able to handle it. There's no need to worry too much."
Inside the venue.
The robust young man looked at Xia Tianqiong with cold eyes and a smug smile on his lips.
After Hui Gui got off his back, he stood a few meters away from Xia Tianqiong, facing off against him.
Xia Tianqiong felt a ghostly force wrap around his head, trying to break his neck.
If he were merely a monster hunter who had a contract with a powerful monster, he might not have been able to withstand it.
Fortunately, he had made contracts with a large number of strange creatures, including several evil ones and one fierce one. This allowed him to use a large amount of Netherworld power to resist, and the Netherworld power was purer and more advanced than that of the Returning Ghost.
He turned his head and looked at Xia Tianqiong with a strange tilt, wondering why this person's neck hadn't been broken yet.
Xia Tianqiong is now disguised as Chu Xu and can only use the trickery of the Contract Ghost under his name.
A dark green vine materialized out of thin air, was grasped in hand, and then flung out.
The vines, like whips, quickly traversed a distance of seven or eight meters, entangled the treacherous creature, and then pulled it back forcefully, stomping it underfoot.
This is a trick called "Thorn Vine Whip," which looks like a vine with many sharp thorns on it.
Xia Tianqiong succeeded in her attack and continued to unleash various tricks while using the Backstep Trick.
The audience erupted in cheers; they loved watching such gruesome scenes.
In the office, Liu Zhengyang frowned slightly.
"This guy is quite skilled. In the next round, we'll arrange for a stronger monster to defeat him so easily."
Liu Yanfang immediately took out her tablet and started operating it. "There's a creature called Self-Mutilation Ghost. Although it's a Fierce Ghost, it has reached the level bottleneck and is just a little short of being upgraded to an Evil Ghost."
Not only is it incredibly powerful, but its rules are also extremely difficult to break. If it were to be deployed, these people would likely all die, and even if they survived, they might be crippled. Even if the people we send in understand the rules, they would still be doomed.
Liu Zhengyang laughed and said, "I'll arrange this self-harming trick for the next round."
Inside the arena.
Turning back, the ghost's body was dulled and its hair was disheveled, revealing a pale, ferocious face.
"Either die, or sign a human-master contract with me. Which do you choose?"
He turned around and remained silent for a moment, then nodded reluctantly.
And so, Xia Tianqiong formed a contract with it, and then transferred it to Chu Xu's name.
He didn't stop; he turned around and swung his rattan whip at the burly young man who had just attacked him.
The robust young man seemed to have been prepared, immediately using his magic to defend himself while quickly retreating.
Xia Tianqiong wanted to continue the pursuit when the host's voice rang out.
"The strange creature was forcibly subdued by the contestant without breaking the rules. This round of the match is over, and the six contestants will proceed to the next round."
Also, a reminder to contestant number 56: after the match ends, you cannot continue attacking other contestants, otherwise you will be eliminated.
There is indeed such a rule in the competition: before the strange phenomenon is solved or subdued, the players can attack each other.
Once the match is over, you cannot attack other players.
Xia Tianqiong retracted her vine whip, looking indifferently at the robust young man, without any expression of anger.
Each player can play a maximum of three games, and they can advance as long as they successfully crack the code once.
The next game will begin soon.
The arena staff escorted a strange figure up through a special passage. When everyone looked, they saw a male ghost with his upper body naked.
Its body was covered with everted wounds, a bloody mess, as if it had been subjected to slow, agonizing torture.
The bloody scene gave many viewers goosebumps.
The self-harming ghost walked to the center of the arena, looked at the six contestants around him, grinned, and said, "Let's play a game and see who's more ruthless to themselves."
As he spoke, a small knife materialized out of thin air in his hand.
It took a knife, cut off a small piece of bloody flesh from its face, stuffed it into its mouth, and began to chew it with smacking sounds.
He then held up the small knife in his hand and asked the crowd, "Who's next?"
Clearly, this game is about ruthlessness, or rather, self-harm. Whoever doesn't harm themselves as ruthlessly as the others is likely to trigger the rules.
The contestants who came to the competition were all experienced and quickly realized this.
Apart from Xia Tianqiong and the robust young man, the other four contestants all frowned, none of them willing to harm themselves.
At this moment, the robust young man shouted first, "I'll do it."
He walked quickly over, took the knife, cut off a piece of flesh three or four centimeters long from his arm, a little larger than the one he had cut in self-harm, and then threw the knife on the ground.
Upon seeing this, the other four contestants immediately rushed forward to grab the knife.
They all realized one thing: the further back in the hierarchy someone is, the more self-harm they need to do, and the more pieces of flesh they have to cut off in order not to trigger the rules.
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