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Just as the audience in the live broadcast room were looking forward to the two sides meeting and starting a big battle, several teams entered the death zone one after another.
"Chief, do we really have to go deep into the Death Zone to kill that 000666? It's very dangerous in there. What if the gain doesn't outweigh the loss..."
"Yes, it's said that the center of the Death Forbidden Zone was once our most prosperous area. Unfortunately, overnight, everyone in the city either turned into monsters or died mysteriously. This led to the use of this area as a barrier, separating the Sky City and the Underground City, and no longer connecting them. I heard there's a strong pollution source inside that hasn't been dealt with. What if we go in and..."
The two men stood on the left and the other on the right, making the leading man very impatient: "Since you are afraid, then get out of here!"
He glanced at everyone. "I'm determined to gain entry to Sky City this time. Staying in the underground city is a dead end. Those of you who want to follow me can come with me. As for those who don't want to, I won't force you. Get out of my sight as soon as possible. If you keep mumbling, don't blame me for being rude with my hand and gun!"
These words, laced with sarcasm, struck a chord with everyone in the squad. Everyone looked at each other, refusing to utter a single word, silently standing behind the man. The man was known for his ruthless actions, and no one could guarantee that leaving the team wouldn't lead to a wave of backstabbing.
Pissed him off, and they died faster.
"Chief, we follow you."
The man scoffed, then nodded with satisfaction. "Since you've chosen me, I promise to lead you to fight for your own survival. Once we reach Sky City, we'll be able to live a life of luxury. Fortune and wealth have always been sought through risk. We've already joined the escape game, so why not fight for a better future? Being timid will only make you a stepping stone for others."
"Think about it yourselves. Do you want to be a superior person or a dead stepping stone?"
The man's tongue was very sharp. With just a few words, he rekindled the demoralized army and even excited his subordinates: "Of course I have to be the boss!"
"Okay, everyone, follow me and continue to go deeper, find No. 000666, kill him/her, and we will get out of the death restricted area immediately." He wanted to kill No. 000666 and get the reward from the mysterious man, not to die. Of course, he had to try his best to avoid the S group of exotic beasts and plants and the legendary pollution source.
With the man's protection, the subordinates immediately put their minds at ease and continued to move forward behind the man.
Similar conversations also took place in several other teams. In one of the teams, there were two guys with slightly strange looks. They were born with blood-red eyes and were very powerful. They followed behind No. 001200 and volunteered to be his thugs.
Shortly after entering the Death Forbidden Zone, the two immediately discovered something was wrong. They always felt that there was a dark power eroding their bodies, but the erosion was very weak and ordinary people really couldn't notice it.
If it weren't for the fact that the Shura clan also had dark attributes and were very sensitive to the same kind of power, they would probably have ignored it.
Gui Ming and Gui Duan looked at each other, and decided to conceal the news at the same time. Then they quietly fell to the back of the team and conspired in a low voice.
Gui Ming: "Should we continue to follow 001200? I'm really not interested in killing 000666. I just want to find that damn Yan Yu!"
If it weren't for killing Yan Yu, the two of them wouldn't have been dragged into this high-risk S-rank dungeon. Even the attribute panel had disappeared, leaving them in a very passive position. If they weren't careful, they wouldn't be able to trigger the main quest and might be locked in this damn dungeon forever.
No wonder many big guys on the leaderboards were killed in S-level copies. It is really hard to guard against.
Gui Duan: "This Death Forbidden Zone gives me a very bad feeling. How about we leave the team? Anyway, the necessary information has been extracted from No. 001200." If they hadn't heard that he was the only player who had entered the Sky City and was the fifth in the last round of the Battle Royale game, the two of them would never have been able to sneak into his team.
Although the power that corroded their bodies was of the same dark nature as the cultivation techniques of their own race, they had the same origin but different sources. After staying in the Death Forbidden Zone for too long, he had a premonition that there was a high probability that they would have their minds corroded and then assimilated.
It was even more dangerous at that time. Once the assimilation was successful, they would never be able to leave this broken copy.
Gui Ming nodded: "Then let's go. Anyway, the circle will shrink on the last day, and everyone will gather at a fixed location to start a melee mode. If Yan Yu is lucky enough to be alive, he will definitely see it on the last day."
She had the Shura clan's hatred mark on her body, which was very conspicuous to them, the Shura clan.
The topic ended, and the two figures gradually faded out of the team's sight and exited the death restricted area.
At the same time, Yan Yu had already been practicing in a state of mind of keeping one's mind focused. Of course, he did not forget to separate a few strands of mental power as a warning while practicing.
Those wisps of black mist wanted to eat her mental threads, but they moved away the moment they touched them, just like the repulsion of like poles of magnets, or as if they had encountered some natural enemy and did not dare to take a bite at all.
After observing this, Yan Yu changed his mind and opened his eyes.
Spiritual crystal cores condensed in the bodies of all the S-level beasts and plants. However, except for the spirit crystal core of the S-level Night Eagle encountered at the beginning, which was not contaminated, the spirit crystal cores in the heads of the other 12 S-level beasts and plants showed varying degrees of contamination and were surrounded by black mist.
From this point alone, we can see the specialness of the S-level Night Eagle.
Who gave it to her and why?
Moreover, Yan Yu discovered another problem. Except for the S-level Night Eagle which maintained its sanity, the remaining 12 S-level beasts and plants clearly had varying degrees of bloodlust symptoms, just like some crazy patients among humans. The degree of madness was also related to the degree of pollution of the spirit crystal core.
The more black mist wrapped around the spirit crystal core, the more severe their symptoms will be.
Yan Yu found a substance that was easy to understand as a substitute: "This black mist is very similar to the demonic energy mentioned in movies and TV shows before. The so-called Death Forbidden Zone is actually a bit like the legendary Demonic Realm."
"Since my current mental strength is not afraid of this black fog, can I try to absorb those mental crystal cores?"
The growth rate of spiritual power from practicing alone is much slower than that from directly absorbing spiritual crystal cores. The latter is probably hundreds of times faster than the former. After all, those spiritual crystal cores are tonic medicines for her spiritual power, and there is no reason to leave them unused.
Yan Yu immediately took action and took out an S-level spirit crystal core from her space ring. This was the spirit crystal core with the least amount of black mist, perfect for the experiment. In case the black mist had any unknown effect on her spirit power, she could stop the loss in time.
Yan Yu separated a strand of mental power and slowly probed into the crystal core.
After entering it, the spiritual force thread felt like soaking in a hot spring, or falling into a sweet pot, and she wanted to roll around in it for a few times. And as Yan Yu expected, the black mist directly avoided her spiritual force thread.
So she came up with a plan. She used her spiritual power to weave a cocoon, circled out a small piece of "clean" crystal core, absorbed it first, devoured it, and slowly expanded it to the entire crystal core.
The weaving process was very slow at the beginning, which was an extreme test of Yan Yu's fine control over her own mental power.
After a short while, beads of sweat appeared on her forehead. She felt more tired than going out to kill monsters.
But as her proficiency in weaving increased, the benefits gradually became apparent. Yan Yu clearly felt that she was using her mental power more easily. Not to mention using her mental power to transform into needles and stab to attack the enemy, even using her mental power to embroider and write was no problem.
At this point, she had already absorbed eight S-level spirit cores in a row, and after condensing them, her spirit power increased by approximately 5,000 points. Eight cores were equivalent to the amount of one S-level Night Demon Vulture.
The amount of mental power that can be absorbed is closely related to the size of those mental crystal cores. The eight of them added together are about the same size as the one of the Night Eagle.
From this we can see that if the original owner of these crystal cores is at the early S-level, then the Night Eagle is at the middle to late S-level, and may be extremely close to the SS-level. No wonder so many S-level materials can be obtained from it.
Come to think of it, she really has to thank the unknown philanthropist who sent the Night Eagle to her, hehe!
He is really a boy who brings wealth.
If the head of the Dong family, who had already been assassinated, knew what Yan Yu was thinking, he would be so angry that he would die!
After absorbing these spiritual crystal cores, Yan Yu discovered another problem, that is, she seemed to have entered a bottleneck period.
She had a strong premonition that if she continued to absorb it, she might explode and die.
Yan Yu looked at the four remaining spirit crystal cores in her hand with regret, and tried to expel the black mist from them, using her mental power to expel it bit by bit from the inside out. As a result, she actually succeeded.
Not bad, not bad. Yan Yu raised the corners of her lips, and then she followed the same method to clear out all the A-level and S-level inner cores that were wrapped in black mist one by one. This process consumed a lot of her mental energy and took a full two hours.
Nearly 20 hours had passed since she obtained the 500-cubic-meter space button. She grabbed some food and a drink, then stretched and stood up again. "I've rested enough. Let's continue hunting!"
She could imagine why the audience was willing to send aircraft and large-capacity storage equipment to her according to her wishes. It was simply because they wanted to see her kill everyone.
However, ever since she got the space button, she has been meditating and practicing, sitting motionless for nearly 20 hours. Anyone who sees her would find it boring. Perhaps a large number of viewers in the live broadcast room have already left.
This can be guessed from the slow growth rate of the reward amount.
Yan Yu's guess was correct. Many of the viewers in her live broadcast room went to the live broadcast rooms of other contestants who entered the Death Forbidden Zone to watch their videos of fighting A-level alien plants and beasts, being chased all over the ground by S-level alien plants and beasts, or struggling to find Yan Yu. They were all very happy.
However, when these viewers learned that Yan Yu had finished her break and was preparing to continue purchasing goods, they flocked back to her live broadcast room, even happily telling each other: "Ahhh, my idol is going to start taking action again! Everyone come back soon!"
"I absolutely love the way she kills those high-level exotic plants and beasts. Her movements are so crisp and smooth, without any hesitation. It's a textbook example. If I had her skills, I'd be invincible."
"Hahaha, I saw the group that said they were going to kill No. 000666, but they were wiped out by two S-level alien plants within a few hours of entering the Death Zone. I'm dying of laughter. With that kind of strength, they still threatened to kill my idol. Tsk, they really overestimate their abilities!"
"Look, No. 011111 is leading his followers towards No. 000666. No. 011111's fans have started a betting game in his livestream, betting a ton of star coins on him winning. I just checked, and it's over ten million!"
No. 011111 is the leader of a tribe that is one of the ten major forces in the dungeon. He has awakened an S-level combat talent. Among all the contestants, his strength is definitely ranked in the top three. His current real-time ranking has always been firmly in first place, making him a foregone winner of the battle royale game.
"Guys, I have an idea..."
"Hahaha, I have an idea too. Let's bet on number 000666. When the game is over, I guess we can make a lot of money!"
As soon as this barrage came out, a large number of viewers immediately switched to the live broadcast room of No. 011111. After placing their bets, they quickly ran back, confusing the fans of No. 011111.
They only saw a crazy increase in the betting amount of No. 000666 in the gambling game, and many repetitive messages such as "I was here", "Already bet", "Waiting for the prize draw" appeared in the barrage. It took them a while to realize that it was the fans of No. 000666 who had been there, and they were speechless.
No. 011111 is the undisputed number one, and he also brought a team of ten people who are all A-level talents. However, No. 000666 is just one person, sitting and resting all day long, and there doesn’t seem to be anything special about her. I don’t know why her fans still bet on her to win. Do she have so many star coins that she has no place to spend them, so she just wants to give them money?
Not to mention, he's a pretty nice guy!
Yan Yu had just walked out of the building when he encountered a team of ten. Both sides cautiously stopped and observed each other for a few seconds. The man in the lead finally spoke up, "Everyone, come together and kill her!"
The man had already seen the information about No. 000666 from the information released by the competition organizers. He didn't know how she had obtained such a high reward, which was far more than that of him, the number one ranked contestant.
When they met today and saw her extremely beautiful face, the man came to his senses. Then, a hint of disdain unconsciously revealed in his eyes: Another speculator who thought he could get a shortcut to pass the level by relying on his looks.
No wonder his points are so low, but he is ranked in the top 500. It seems that all the points are raised by rewards.
His nine teammates showed the same expression as him, all wearing tinted glasses, thinking that Yan Yu was just a vase with poor ability.
This of course also includes the countless viewers in their live broadcast room, who were madly flooding the screen with comments:
"Go ahead, kill her!"
"I gave you 10,000 star coins, kill her for me!"
"I'm really annoyed by the vases in battle royale games. They always try to take shortcuts, thinking they can just charm others and get a straight pass to the competition. How naive and stupid."
"There are always a few who show up in every competition. This year, including number 000666, there are at least ten contestants who took the charm route. It's hilarious. With life and death at stake, do they really think they can win with just that little bit of charm? On the first day of the game, everyone who relied on luck died. Number 000666 was lucky enough to have managed to hide until today."
"Her fans just went all the way to the livestream room 011111 to vote for her to win. I don't know where they get their confidence from, but they're definitely just giving us money. We're guaranteed to win this time! I've already figured out how to spend the prize money."
"Hahaha, I've figured it out too. Number 011111, hurry up and kill her so we can split the prize money!"
The man knew what the audience meant without even thinking. He sneered, raised his chin high, and said graciously, "You can choose to commit suicide, so you don't have to say that we are bullying you because of our numbers."
Seeing this, Yan Yu suppressed her annoyance and asked, "Why would I commit suicide?"
The man drew his long knife and threatened: "Because I will take your life today!"
"Hehe, come and take it if you have the guts. Don't hesitate. I want to see who will take whose life in the end!" Yan Yu half-raised his weapon and quickly took a stance.
Hearing this, the man's eyes were filled with murderous intent. He exerted force with his right foot and rushed forward. Immediately afterwards, the other nine people also quickly drew their weapons and attacked Yan Yu with all kinds of killing intent.
Yan Yu's eyes were cold, she gripped the laser sword tightly, leaped forward to fight back, the biting cold wind blew up her black hair, and her long hair flew behind her.
“Bang, bang, bang!”
Metal clanged against metal, splashing water from the intense friction. Countless sword shadows slashed apart, their sword moves as fast as lightning! In just a few dozen seconds, the two sides had already exchanged no less than twenty or thirty moves.
Soon, the weakest person was unable to withstand the attack, and the laser sword pierced into his chest with a "swish" sound, and a trace of blood spurted out.
Bracelet light vibration:
Congratulations to contestant 000666 for killing contestant 071122. You gain +10 points and inherit 3720 points from the opponent, for a total of +3730 points.
Yan Yu seized the opportunity, turned his waist and raised his legs, kicking him out with one kick. He also pulled the long sword out of the dead man's chest and attacked the next target without stopping.
Her hand remained firmly on the hilt of the sword, not letting up. Her movements were swift and fierce, completely beyond everyone's expectations. People around her fell to the ground one after another, and her bracelets kept vibrating.
[Congratulations to contestant number 000666 for killing contestant number 061133. Points increased by 10, and they inherited 4600 points from the contestant, for a total of 4610 points.]
Congratulations to contestant 000666 for killing contestant 035351. Points increased by 10, and the contestant inherited 5270 points, for a total of 5280 points.
[Congratulations to contestant number 000666 for killing contestant number 002111. Points increased by 10, and he inherited 3990 points from the opponent, for a total of 4000 points.]
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The bracelet rang seven times in a row, and Yan Yu was inevitably injured. The bright blood dyed her white shirt red. The strong smell of blood rushed into her nose, making her frown uncomfortably, but her hands continued to move.
Faced with someone who clearly had ill intentions towards her, she must not leave any future troubles.
There are only three opponents left on the field, but they are all extremely difficult to deal with, especially the leader No. 011111, who has amazing combat power. Yan Yu guessed that his talent level is at least S-level, otherwise he would not be able to suppress her.
The other two, one of them also has combat talents, and the other is a combat assistant, which at least doubles the strength of No. 011111 and his teammates.
"Swish!" A long whip, like a wandering spirit snake, instantly whipped Yan Yu, causing her to groan in pain, and her skin was almost torn apart.
The whip in teammate No. 011111's hand was constructed differently from other whips. It had hidden blood-sucking grooves embedded within it, capable of stripping away a layer of flesh. Furthermore, the whip contained a substance similar to an anesthetic. Yan Yu had been caught in this trap before, which had slowed her reaction time. She was unable to dodge in time, and was consequently hit several times, drawing blood.
Yan Yu licked the corner of her dry lips, pointed her toes, and her body instantly flew into the air. This time, she gave up on defense and directly faced the whip!
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