Forty-nine rules of the end times

Chapter 84 Victory and the Holy Grail!
The safe zone is shrinking.

Two hours later, the voice of the Fire Stealer echoed in the minds of all the Ascended Ones still on Grail Island.

Everyone looked into the distance and saw several circular black walls descending from the horizon without warning.

These black walls gradually squeezed inwards from the island, and soon the edges of the island were swallowed up by the black walls.

If anyone is still in that area, they will probably be swallowed up by the black wall just like the island—no one wants to experience that feeling.

Guan Tong was still traveling along the bright yellow light that only he could see, heading towards the location of the Holy Grail Secret Realm.

But when he saw where the black wall appeared, his heart sank.

Based on the path of light on the ground, the Holy Grail Realm is located on the west side of the island, quite a distance from the island's center.

Based on his visual estimation, if the black wall on the west were to advance another four or five times, it would likely engulf the location of the Holy Grail's secret realm.

This means that no one will be able to obtain the Holy Grail anymore!

"The Black Wall advances once every 2 hours, which means that if I want to get the Holy Grail, I may only have 8 hours in the worst case."

This is two-thirds shorter than the 24 hours of the challenge.

If that's the case, then we must first eliminate the threat behind us and then reach the Holy Grail Realm as soon as possible.

Guan Tong turned to look behind him, knowing that the squad was still hot on his heels.

After crossing over from the small town, Guan Tong decided to find a good place to deal with them.

There was a dense forest not far ahead, which perfectly met his requirements.

Not long after he disappeared into the woods, Gu Fei arrived with three team members.

"Captain, that guy went into the woods, should we still give chase?"

"What do you think?" Gu Fei said coldly, "If we want to get a good ranking, we must steal that person's points."

"Damn it!" another member of the team said. "The reconnaissance drone is showing signs of interference and has failed to operate. He must have a jammer from the supply crate."

After two hours, the surviving teams had all opened several supply crates.

The jammer is one of the items with the highest drop rate in the box, followed by "energy replenishment water" to restore stamina, and "healing capsules" to quickly heal injuries.

"Captain, what should we do? Should we wait until the jamming effect wears off before going in?"

“How can we wait until it’s over!” Gu Fei frowned. “Three minutes is enough time to run too far. Besides, who knows how many jammers he has? We can’t keep waiting.”

"Captain, I'm worried this man might ambush us," the female team member hesitated. "If he can kill Jianming, he can kill us too. Are we really going to take the risk?"

"Am I the captain or are you the captain? Maintain battle formation and go in!"

"Yes!"

Since Gu Fei had already said those words, the three team members naturally had nothing to say and could only agree before cautiously entering the woods.

Their team composition was carefully planned: Gu Fei was the strongest melee damage dealer, Jianming was the ranged marksman, and the other three members each possessed support items, sustain items, and defensive items, respectively.

This complementary team possesses considerable combat power. However, with Jianming gone, their ranged attack methods are severely limited, forcing them to rely on disposable items from their storage boxes.

After the four maintained their formation and entered the dense forest, they vaguely sensed a chilling atmosphere emanating from it. It was as if the enemy had set a trap, waiting for them to walk right into it.

Just as they ventured some distance deeper, they suddenly heard a sound like a bottle cap being opened.

boo——

The four of them looked toward the source of the sound and saw a round, spherical object flying out from among the leaves.

"careful!"

The defense team members immediately used their equipment, and a small rotating shield appeared around each of the four members. It looked a bit comical, but it did enhance their defense.

However, when they heard a "hiss" sound and saw a large amount of white mist emerging, they realized that this was not an attack.

"It's a smoke bomb!" Gu Fei shouted. "Stand back to back and don't move!"

A thick cloud of smoke spread out, and the four men stood back to back, warily watching their surroundings.

"The fog is thick enough."

Guan Tong was standing on the branch of a tree that was more than ten meters tall, looking down at the thick column of smoke.

He was able to get to such a high place by using the grappling hook for a rapid ascent.

At this moment, he adjusted the Silver Hunter's bullets to size 3 and repeatedly pulled the trigger at the smoke location.

Boom boom boom boom!
Guan Tong started with a five-shot combo; you can't afford to be complacent when dealing with guys who have a lot of items.

Then he watched as a burst of fire and light disappeared into the smoke, and then he let the shadow inside his clothes slip into the tree trunk and drift downwards towards the center of the smoke.

Despite taking precautions and using defensive gear in the smoke, the two still suffered minor injuries from five high-explosive shells exploding around them.

To their surprise, the enemy possessed such powerful firearms, a rarity even among Ascended.

"Alright, the explosions have stopped, and the fog has dissipated," Gu Fei said. "Get ready, let's rush out together. 3, 2...! What happened to you guys?!"

With one second left in the countdown, Gu Fei suddenly realized that his three teammates were frozen in place.

They then let out a muffled groan, blood spilling from their mouths as they collapsed.

This scene terrified Gu Fei, leaving him trembling all over. He stared at the team list, now showing only himself alive, completely bewildered! Why had all three team members died in an instant?! And why was he unharmed?!

Because the strong wind from the explosion dispersed the smoke, Guan Tong, positioned high above, was able to remotely manipulate his shadow to carry out his "killing performance." Indeed, the instantaneous deaths of the three were all the work of the shadow. Guan Tong manipulated the blurred shadow to slip inside under the cover of the smoke, after which its tip forked into four segments.

In his plan, the shadow, divided into four equal parts, would each penetrate the heart area of ​​one of the four people's chests. Then, it would materialize together, instantly destroying their hearts.

In reality, the three of them succeeded, but the method failed when used on Gu Fei. Guan Tong didn't know why, but the shadow couldn't enter Gu Fei's body, as if it was blocked by some kind of transparent barrier.

Does this guy have some kind of special protective gear?

Guan Tong thought to herself, at this moment, whether it was due to excessive stimulation or something else, Gu Fei roared while continuously using the reconnaissance drone, "Come out! You come out here!"

The jammer's three-minute timeout had expired, and numerous drones located Guan Tong's position. Gu Fei looked up sharply and noticed Guan Tong standing high in a tree.

"die!"

He roared and charged forward, brandishing his curved sword. A faint halo appeared on the blade, and something like sword energy instantly severed the trunk of the tree where Guan Tong was standing!

Seeing this, Guan Tong immediately used his grappling hook to move to other trees. Gu Fei was not about to let him go. He continued to destroy the trees Guan Tong was on while taking items out of the storage box.

Gu Fei first took out two bottles of potion and drank them, instantly increasing his speed significantly. Then he took out a handful of black darts, and with a flick of his wrist, the darts seemed to have a built-in tracking function, flying towards Guan Tong.

Guan Tong immediately materialized the shadow left on his body, transforming it into shadow armor.

Lots and lots and lots!
The automatically tracking darts struck his shadow armor, and then some corrosive solution oozed out, but fortunately it had little effect on the shadow.

Guan Tong wasn't idle either. As he moved his body again using his grappling hook, he fired two smoke grenades into the air. Under the cover of the fog, he blew the corpse whistle, and the undead crawled out of the ground, following his orders to surround and attack Gu Fei.

"Kill! Kill!"

Gu Fei's curved sword was incredibly powerful, and with the added speed from the potion, he cleaved the two undead in two with a single strike, a complete annihilation.

But Guan Tong didn't care; he was just using the undead to distract Gu Fei. The moment Gu Fei was distracted, Guan Tong unleashed a berserk attack from the Silver Hunter.

Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom!

Twenty or thirty rounds of No. 3 and No. 2 were fired in one go. Gu Fei could defend against the intrusion of the shadow, but Guan Tong did not think Gu Fei could withstand such saturation firepower.

After a barrage of bombardments, the world fell silent.

When the smoke cleared, Guan Tong saw Gu Fei lying on the ground, panting heavily and barely alive, and was somewhat surprised that he was still alive.

"Dare to tell me...who you are...your digital ID..."

As Gu Fei was about to be eliminated, he kept staring intently at Guan Tong, wanting to settle scores with him after the challenge ended.

Guan Tong was speechless and sent Gu Fei back to his hometown with a single shot.

[Points +254]

Guan Tong was astonished when she saw the increase in points.

In just two hours, this guy has already killed 253 people?

"Unfortunately, it's still not enough in the face of overwhelming firepower. And... at least at this stage, even if the government allocates resources to cultivate them, it's impossible to create any 'superman' within just a few rules."

The allocation of resources simply means buying more items. However, the use of most items requires mental energy, and currently, due to the mental energy cap, even with more items, their full effect may not be achieved. Perhaps after several more rounds of rule changes, those who receive substantial resource investment will be able to significantly widen the gap between themselves and those who are not from the general public.

Moreover, these props pale in comparison to his "shadow".

The shadow is far too malleable; in his eyes, the current shadow is only in its "juvenile form." When it reaches its "complete form" or "ultimate form," the strength and breadth of its applications will be unimaginable.

"Alright, I need to hurry up and get the Holy Grail. These guys have wasted a lot of my time."

After finishing her work, Guan Tong continued along the indicated route.

Due to time constraints, he didn't engage in any further battles with any squads during the rest of the journey. Even when a few squads tried to outnumber him, he quickly escaped and left, not wanting to delay his journey to obtain the Holy Grail.

After the safe zone shrank twice more, Guan Tong finally reached the end of the guided route.

The building in front of him looked like an abandoned church. He stepped inside and found two open supply crates, indicating that other contestants had already been there.

Didn't they find the Holy Grail?

Guan Tong found it strange. Apart from a statue, there was a large pool in front of the church filled with dried-up cracks.

After examining it closely, he noticed a line of small characters seemingly engraved on the base of the statue: "Born to be fed blood and summoned by the cup."

"Feeding blood...does that mean literally?"

Guan Tong was skeptical, but since she had already come all this way, she certainly couldn't just leave.

He picked up a stone shard from the ground, cut the back of his hand, and dripped the blood into the large pool in front of the idol.

The next moment, the previously dried-up pool changed its appearance instantly! A large number of bubbles began to emerge from the cracks, and when those bubbles burst, they splashed out a large handful of water, which quickly almost filled the entire pool.

Just as Guan Tong was marveling at the sight, a golden cup inlaid with gemstones slowly rose from the bottom of the pool.

Is this the Holy Grail?
Guan Tong's heart stirred, and she reached out and fished the golden cup out of the pool.

At that moment, the voice of the fire thief rang out.

You have obtained the Holy Grail.

[Your location will be revealed to all participants on Grail Island for 30 minutes. If you can maintain your position for 30 minutes, you will gain ownership of the Holy Grail in this competition.]

[While possessing the Holy Grail, you will have unlimited mental power]

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