Challenge Competition·Buzhou Mountain Arena (V)
Lin Bai and Rock stood side by side, staring at the towering giant in the distance. The heavy sense of oppression made the air even more stagnant, making them tense up.
At the same time, the heated discussions in the live broadcast room have set off a frenzy.
Their collaboration is absolutely perfect! Is it because they go to the same school?
[Rock is the genius young man from the Mechanic Clan who revolutionized the "City Wall" tactic! He was the first to propose the concept of "dynamic defense" and apply it in actual combat!]
[Wait! Look! Gu Jin and Chen Wen's arenas have also merged!]
The camera switched quickly, and the audience from all ethnic groups in the Federation held their breath.
The playing fields for all players are quietly changing. The original spatial barriers are collapsing, the situation of each player fighting alone is being broken, and the battlefields are blending with each other in an unknown way.
A trial that was originally conducted separately has now evolved into a team battle with a larger scale, more variables and higher difficulty!
These federal residents, who are several hundred years old on average, are watching the game with great interest. Perhaps they have not yet realized that the young people they see at this moment are taking a crucial step at the intersection of their destiny.
In the future, each of these young people will become the most dazzling legend in the Federation.
In the vast history of the stars, brilliant geniuses emerge only every hundred years. Presented on the screen right now are fifteen of them!
——
Lin Bai narrowed his eyes slightly, and a strange breath came from the wind.
"The other arenas must have merged as well," Rock whispered. His mechanical pupils contracted slightly as he sensed the changes in the battlefield data stream. "Perhaps, in the end, we will all be on the same arena."
Lin Bai's fingertips moved slightly, and his senses spread. The air around him seemed to become more agitated. At this moment, a violent lava fireball suddenly ignited in the distance.
She and Rock dodged almost at the same time, and a flow of hot lava passed by them and crashed to the ground!
They suddenly looked up, their gazes cast towards the direction where the lava was coming from. Two figures were stumbling towards them, their clothes torn and their bodies covered with scars.
It’s Chen Wen!
Lin Bai immediately rushed forward, supporting Chen Wen without hesitation, and quickly took out the emergency recovery potion and injected it into him. Rock quickly walked towards the other person and helped him up.
Lin Bai looked closely and saw that it was Gu Jin, the most popular and talented young man among this year's freshmen.
Gu Jin's face was pale, blood still stained her forehead, but her eyes were still sharp, filled with a strong fighting spirit. She struggled to get up, but Lin Bai quickly stopped her, "Don't worry, there's no danger around here for now."
Although Lin Bai had regained her hearing, she still relied on the Suanni's danger perception. That intuition was far more acute and reassuring than the ordinary five senses, and at this moment, she didn't detect any hostile aura.
Gu Jin then relaxed a little and no longer forced himself to stand up.
Soon, the recovery potion took effect, and Chen Wen and Gu Jin's injuries healed at a speed visible to the naked eye. The two then slowly spoke.
"Did you also encounter the fusion of the competition field?" Gu Jin asked.
Lin Bai nodded, while Rock frowned and said, "I merged into Lin Bai's arena, and so did you... Could it be that something special happened to her that caused the arena to change?"
Lin Bai pondered for a moment, then suddenly asked, "Did the sky above your arena collapse?"
The three of them were stunned and then nodded.
"Have you mended the sky?" Lin Bai asked.
"No, after I survived the collapsed sky fragments, the sky turned into nothingness." Chen Wen said in a deep voice.
"It was the same over there," Gu Jin added, "but it didn't take long for the sky to recover. When I arrived here, it had already fully recovered."
Rock pondered: "Maybe it's not recovery, but a process of integration."
"Anyway, let's take it one step at a time." Lin Bai raised his eyes and looked firmly at the still distant Buzhou Mountain in the distance.
She raised her eyebrows slightly: "Then...let's go together?"
The four of them looked at each other and nodded in unison.
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The four of them walked side by side, advancing along the shattered ground toward Mount Buzhou. The world was eerily silent, and the air was filled with a strange aura. Lin Bai keenly sensed something unusual. The wind died down, and the clouds swirled, as if some terrifying presence was approaching.
Suddenly, a dark crack appeared in the sky, and a huge figure emerged from the crack.
"boom--"
A violent wind suddenly arose, the world suddenly changed, the clouds surged like raging waves, and a giant creature swooped down from the sky. Lin Bai looked up suddenly and saw a huge creature stretching across the sky, blocking out the sun. As its wings flapped, the wind blew up dust and sand all over the sky.
That's a Kunpeng!
Kunpeng's shadow stretched across the sky, its massive wings like drooping clouds, a deep light flickering between its golden-black feathers. Its eyes, like two faint blue stars, looked down upon the four tiny figures, with a condescending indifference.
"The arena is integrated, and even this kind of god-level dark beast has appeared." Gu Jin whispered, his fingers trembling slightly. This level of existence is simply not something they can match.
"This is bad." Chen Wen's face turned pale and he gritted his teeth, "Its target is us."
Before he finished speaking, Kunpeng's wings suddenly flapped, and a terrifying hurricane swept across the earth like a punishment from heaven. Lin Bai only felt his body lighten, and the whole person was swept up by the strong wind in an instant!
"Lin Bai!"
She heard her companions' screams, but the strong wind swallowed everything. The sky was spinning and she was swept high into the sky!
Lin Bai quickly steadied herself, took a deep breath, and a calm glint flashed in her eyes. Using the wind's force, she rolled over, barely stabilizing herself. But the next second, Kunpeng's massive beak suddenly opened, unleashing a tremendous suction force that threatened to devour her!
Lin Bai suddenly leaped back and murmured softly, "Fei Lian looks like a deer, has a head like a sparrow, horns, a snake's tail, and hair all over its body."
A beast shadow emerged from behind her and quickly merged with her. Fei Lian took advantage of the wind and finally stabilized himself.
At the same time, Rock on the ground controlled Gabaga to start quickly. The silver armor emitted a cold metallic luster and rushed towards Kunpeng's wings!
"boom!"
The Gabajia struck Kunpeng's wings hard, but it was like a stone hitting water, only creating a golden ripple that failed to shake it in the slightest. Kunpeng looked down indifferently, then gently flapped his wings, and a bolt of lightning thundered down from the clouds, striking directly at Gabajia!
“Get out of the way!”
Rock roared, and Gabaka instantly retracted his armor, putting his entire body into defensive mode. Thunder crashed down, and although Gabaka withstood the attack, he was thrown back several meters, his armor's surface faintly charred.
"There's no way we can fight it head-on! He's too strong." Chen Wen shouted.
Gu Jin gritted his teeth, suddenly pulled out the short blade at his waist, and his figure turned into a shadow, trying to get close to Kunpeng to attack. However, Kunpeng only flapped his wings lightly, and the terrifying storm was set off again. Gu Jin was directly thrown out and almost hit the collapsed rock.
"Let's retreat quickly!" Lin Bai stabilized his body in the air and shouted loudly.
"But how to escape? Its flying speed is much faster than ours!" Rock said in a deep voice.
Lin Bai took a deep breath, his eyes fixed: "Go underground, the ground is a restriction for it!"
Her voice reached the ears of the three people through the storm. Rock understood instantly, and Gabaga immediately activated the drilling mode. The silver alloy front claws rotated and drilled into the ground with a bang, leaving a rapidly collapsing passage.
"quick!"
Gu Jin and Chen Wen jumped in first, followed by Rock. Lin Bai was the last to jump down. As soon as he stepped into the tunnel, Kunpeng's deafening roar came from above his head.
A strong wind blew, and the entrance to the passage on the ground was instantly buried by the upturned rocks. The four people dived rapidly along the tunnel opened by Gabaka and successfully avoided Kunpeng's pursuit.
In the darkness, the four people were breathing rapidly and their heartbeats had not yet calmed down.
"I almost got swallowed... It was so big, a dark beast I've never seen before..." Chen Wen leaned against the rock wall, panting with a wry smile.
Rock murmured softly, "If we hadn't retreated in time, we wouldn't have survived."
Lin Bai leaned against the wall, closed his eyes, and said in a deep voice: "There will be more dangers waiting for us."
The four of them were silent for a moment, then looked at each other, strengthening their inner determination.
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Inside the control center, the battlefield scenes projected on the screen plunged everyone into silence.
The massive figure of Kunpeng soaring through the sky, even through the screen, still brought an indescribable shock to everyone. Its massive body, like a shadow swallowing the world, carried the pressure of a god-level dark beast, making the audience in the live broadcast room almost hold their breath.
[Oh my god! They almost died just now!]
[A Dark Beast of this caliber would actually appear in the arena? Isn't this a bit too much?!]
Lin Bai's reaction is so quick! She can actually walk on the wind. What kind of god is that?
[The mechanical tribe's Gabaka armor actually withstood Kunpeng's thunder attack... It's truly a city wall!]
"Now I understand why they were able to enter this challenge. These people don't look like fourteen-year-old freshmen at all!"
Countless comments were flooding the screen like crazy, and even many older warriors were shocked by this battle - because this was far beyond the standards of previous years' challenges, and these young men not only survived, but also successfully escaped the pursuit of the god-level dark beasts.
Inside the control center.
Gu Ping stared at the light screen, his expression more solemn than ever before.
She was one of the highest commanders of this trial, responsible for monitoring the overall dynamics of the arena. Kunpeng's appearance caused the entire control center to fall into a brief silence.
"The impact of the field integration is probably more serious than we expected." The researcher whispered, a hint of uneasiness in his voice.
Gu Ping didn't say anything. Her fingers tapped lightly on the table, and her eyes slowly swept across the data stream on the screen. The rules of the competition had not been broken, and Kunpeng's appearance was consistent with the possibility calculated by the system, which meant that the challenge was indeed still within the controllable range.
But controllable does not mean safe.
Another monitoring staff member reported in a low voice: "The dedicated line to the federal high-level officials has been opened. They are waiting for your explanation."
Gu Ping took a deep breath, adjusted his thoughts, turned around and answered the call.
On the screen, several high-ranking federal officials were sitting in the conference room, and everyone looked unhappy.
"Commander Gu," a silver-haired old man spoke first, his tone scrutinizing. "Please explain why a god-level dark beast appeared in the freshman trial? Is there something wrong with your difficulty control?"
Gu Ping remained calm and said in a deep voice, "The integration of the trial arena is the result of the AI system automatically adjusting according to the students' performance. We did not manually interfere, nor did we deliberately increase the difficulty."
Another military representative frowned. "In other words, the strength of these young men themselves triggered this change?"
"Yes." Gu Ping nodded, his gaze fixed on the buried tunnel on the light screen. He said, "Although the appearance of the God-level Dark Beast was beyond our expectations, judging by the results, these young men not only managed to survive, but also made the correct tactical judgment in a short period of time. This in itself proves their potential."
The federal leaders were silent for a moment.
"Continue to observe," the silver-haired officer finally spoke, his tone devoid of emotion. "If they can truly hold out in this environment, then perhaps we should let them go there."
Gu Ping nodded slightly, his eyes cast deep on the figures of Lin Bai and others.
But what is the cost of failure.
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