Once I enter the pass, great Confucian scholars will surely debate the classics for me.

"3."

"2."

Seeing no response, Huo Luan panicked, looked around, and shouted with a fierce but weak voice, "I'll let you go! I really will! Don't think I'm afraid to risk my life. We'll die together! Come out here!"

As soon as the words were spoken, a hand suddenly emerged from the lava.

Zhou Qingfeng pressed his hands on the ground, supporting his body as it slowly emerged from the lava.

He climbed out of the lava like that.

The magma, hot enough to burn a mortal to ashes, adhered to his body without harming a single hair. After all, even the hottest magma is just mortal matter; how could it possibly harm a cultivator at the Calamity Realm?

At this moment, Zhou Qingfeng's luxurious ordinary clothes had been burned to ashes.

However, he was also wearing a high-grade Bloodlight Armor of the Disaster level underneath his clothes.

He was like a demon who had crawled out of the abyss.

The lava dripping from his body burned and emitted puffs of white smoke upon touching the ground, instantly filling the scene with white smoke as lava continued to slide down to the ground, all of which seemed to proclaim the dazzling debut of a powerful figure.

When Huo Luan saw the face of the person who appeared from the shadows, her expression changed slightly. She had a guess in her mind, but she was not sure, so she asked, "Who are you?"

Zhou Qingfeng's eyes were calm as water, his expression indifferent, yet he exuded an indescribable aura that oppressed all living beings. He slowly spoke: "You know perfectly well who I am."

Faced with the overwhelming sense of oppression that almost suffocated her, Huo Luan trembled with fear and pressure. She took a half step back and said with difficulty, "You are Zhou Qingfeng, the fourth young master of the Sword Tower."

"Yeah, that's right."

Huo Luan bit her lip, her voice a mix of negotiation and pleading: "Let me go, or we'll both perish."

Zhou Qingfeng smiled slightly upon hearing this.

That smile seemed exceptionally cold in Huo Luan's eyes, like a sharp, icy blade piercing her heart.

"Go? Where can you go? We're all in this hellish situation; no one can escape."

"Your captain is dead, and I have wiped out all your teammates."

Zhou Qingfeng made up a story to put pressure on him: "Now you're the only one left."

"Even if you leave alive, you'll be hunted down by other squads the next time your location is exposed."

"It's only been a day and two nights. Do you think you can survive until the end of the game?"

Upon hearing this, Huo Luan turned pale and felt utterly hopeless. She knew that Zhou Qingfeng was right.

Running away now might allow you to survive, but only temporarily.

It's just that he died a little later; the chances of leaving the world stage alive are too slim.

But it was still a chance to survive, even if it was only one percent, Huo Luan was unwilling to give it up. She bit her lip, suppressed her inner fear, and forced herself to calm down: "Don't worry about me, I can survive on my own."

"Release me now, or I'll immediately unleash the Purgatory City Burning Technique, and we'll all perish together."

"I'm not trying to scare you, but even if you're strong enough to withstand this attack and survive, you'll definitely be seriously injured."

"Your teammates will also be affected by the Infernal City Burning Spell; even if they don't die, they will lose their fighting ability."

"With the entire team either dead or injured, does your squad still have the strength to deal with a third-party squad?"

"I must remind you that since the battle started, the third-party team is probably already on its way. They might be almost here while we're talking. You don't want to be surrounded and wiped out here, do you?"

"How about we each take a step back? You spare my life, and I promise to leave the battlefield immediately. In return, you can lead your squad to continue annihilating the third-party squads that are coming. This will not result in any loss for you."

"You'd better decide quickly, we don't have time."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Qingfeng's expression turned serious as he slowly looked directly at the red-clad female cultivator before him: "What is your name?"

"Huo Luan, the Holy Maiden of the Holy Fire Sect."

“No wonder, you are indeed extraordinary.” Zhou Qingfeng said calmly, “I have a suggestion. Instead of struggling to survive alone, why not cooperate with me? You help me hunt down other teams, and I will let you leave the world competition alive.”

"I can even help you earn some points, giving you a chance to climb the Heavenly Ranking."

Upon hearing this, Huo Luan did not believe Zhou Qingfeng's words, because she was the genius saintess of the Holy Fire Sect and had received elite education since childhood. After a brief moment of panic, she had a very clear understanding of the current situation.

The only chance for survival now is to escape. There might even be an opportunity to unleash the Purgatory Burning City Technique from the sidelines while Zhou Qingfeng and his team are engaged in a fierce battle with a third-party team, wiping out both teams.

Cooperation? That might fool some stupid people, but it's impossible to fool a genius saint like her.

The two teams are naturally opposed, and both want to kill the other to win points.

The other party's proposed cooperation is merely a stopgap measure.

He was now alone and isolated, and the only reason he was still alive was because he held the 'Purgatory Burning City Technique' in his hands.

To be foolish enough to agree to cooperation with a侥幸 (jiao xing) mentality is simply like asking a tiger for its skin.

After all their value has been exploited, whether or not they are eaten, and how they are eaten, depends entirely on the other person's mood.

To passively hand over one's fate to the enemy is no different from being an idiot.

Huo Luan gritted her teeth and mustered her courage to say, "Zhou Qingfeng, you are indeed a peerless genius with unparalleled wisdom and strategy. I admit that you are very powerful. Among those of the same level, you are at least in the top three."

"But I, Huo Luan, am also a genius among geniuses. Even if I am not as good as you, I am not so foolish as to hand over my fate to the enemy. Moreover, I never take chances."

"So let's not talk about cooperation anymore. Let me go. It's up to you whether it's okay or not."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Qingfeng stared at Huo Luan silently, as if looking at a dead man, and slowly said, "Alright, you can go. I won't stop you."

Huo Luan was stunned. She hadn't expected Zhou Qingfeng to actually agree to let her go. For a moment, she felt a sense of unreality. However, she dared not linger for a moment, lest Zhou Qingfeng change his mind, which would truly mean her death.

With a thought, she unleashed her divine power, 'Three Calamities Heavenly Fire,' instantly transforming into a fire-man wreathed in scarlet flames, with fiery wings sprouting from her back and two streams of scarlet flames erupting from her feet, before rapidly ascending into the air and disappearing into the distance.

Zhou Qingfeng held two strings of magic coins in his hand, each string containing a thousand coins, so the two strings would contain two thousand coins. Both strings of magic coins had been pre-stored with magic power, which could help him quickly restore his magic power.

During his conversation with Huo Luan, Zhou Qingfeng had restored his mana to 2000 coins.

Upon seeing the Fire Phoenix fly away, he immediately cast a divination stick.

[Auspicious divination: At this time, glaring at the Fire Phoenix is ​​auspicious.]

"You made the wrong choice." Zhou Qingfeng looked up at the flying fire phoenix's back and formed a hand seal to unleash the Instant Kill Demon Eye Technique. The Death Demon Eye hidden in his eyes instantly absorbed all the magic power in Zhou Qingfeng's body.

He saw countless thin black and white lines appear on Huo Luan's body. Before the red line representing death appeared, Zhou Qingfeng glared at Huo Luan's feet from a distance. At the same time, a red line of death appeared on Huo Luan's feet, mixed in with the thin black and white lines, and disappeared in a flash.

However, in that instant, the two thousand coins of magic power and death energy formed an invisible and intangible scythe of death, which just happened to sever the red line of death.

The Fire Phoenix, which quickly ascended into the air, was glad to have survived. All it needed to do was temporarily leave the battlefield and wait for Zhou Qingfeng's team to start fighting the third-party team. Once it was far away, it could unleash the 'Purgatory Burning City Technique' on the battlefield where the fighting had begun, and then it could turn the team's score around and even win some personal points.

Even when the location is exposed again, he can use the Purgatory Burning City Technique during the exposure period to strike these squads from a great distance and wipe out all the surrounding squads.

So what if she's alone? Huo Luan is the genius saintess of the Holy Flame. As long as she's alive, there's still hope. She can turn the tide in desperate situations. Even if she can't take first place on the Heavenly Ranking, she can at least make it into the top ten.

Huo Luan was overjoyed; the smile on her face hadn't even faded yet.

Her expression suddenly froze, her eyes became empty and numb, and the life force within her vanished in an instant.

The crimson flames surrounding the Three Calamities' fiery bodies were instantly extinguished.

The 'Purgatory Burning City Technique,' which had been ready to be unleashed with its hands forming a hand seal, lost its master's control and went berserk.

In an instant, the pitch-black sky suddenly brightened, as if the gates of hell had been opened wide. Rolling black smoke and crimson flames intertwined and swirled, forming a terrifying scene that blotted out the sun.

The air was thick with the smell of sulfur and scorched earth. All the colors in the world seemed to be swallowed up by the raging fire, leaving only a desperate crimson and a deathly black.

The Purgatory Fire released by the Purgatory Burning City Technique is not an ordinary flame; it is a destructive demonic fire that can devour life force and burn souls. Centered on the Fire Phoenix, the flames surge and spread like a raging torrent, distorting the air and tearing space apart with its power.

The tentacles of flame extended wildly, instantly scorching trees and rocks twelve miles away, turning them to ashes. The earth trembled in agony, emitting mournful cries.

Above the fiery clouds, terrifying pillars of fire shot skyward, forming flowing volcanoes. Thunderous explosions echoed between the pillars, a testament to the rampant release of the flames' raging energy. The clouds in the sky were illuminated by the firelight, displaying a kaleidoscope of colors, but were quickly evaporated by the intense heat, revealing a desolate, lifeless expanse of sky.

In this inferno-like inferno, within a radius of twelve miles, all signs of life seemed to have been wiped out, leaving only scorched earth and silence, as if it had just experienced divine punishment, a scene of apocalypse at the end of the world.

"Heh, what a magnificent firework." Zhou Qingfeng chuckled, tilting his head back. With one hand, he grasped the sky, releasing the Blood of Devouring Thieves from his palm to quickly form a vortex, absorbing all the sweeping infernal flames and transforming them into essence blood and vital energy.

This means they are quite far apart, and since the Fire Phoenix is ​​in the air, the core power of its magic is mostly released in the air. On the ground, he can still resist by relying on the Blood of the Devourer.

If Huo Luan were to unleash the Purgatory Burning City Technique at point-blank range, even if Zhou Qingfeng could withstand the attack, he would be severely injured and completely incapacitated.

Next to Zhou Qingfeng lay the dying Cheng Wuquan.

Before the danger arrived, Cheng Wuquan thought he was going to die, but unexpectedly, the captain stood in front of him to protect him, and his eyes were full of astonishment.

Zhou Qingfeng casually retracted the Blood of the Devourer into his body, bent down, patted his storage bag, and took out a bottle of Ghost Blood Rejuvenation Pill. This pill is a healing pill specially made for cultivators in the Food Disaster Realm. One pill can quickly repair injuries, revitalize the body, and incidentally restore a year's lifespan.

A bottle contains thirty pills, each pill costs 10,000 coins, and the market price is 300,000 coins per bottle.

It is said that the main ingredient is a calamity-level vampire, and the auxiliary ingredients are all calamity-level spiritual herbs and medicines, such as Fire Phoenix Flame Heart Fruit, Beautiful Ghost Jade Liquid, Sinful Fire Blood Coral, Six Yin Resurrection Grass, and Xuanming Ice Soul.

Anyway, it must be very expensive, but Zhou Qingfeng didn't care. He pinched Cheng Wuquan's mouth, raised the bottle and poured it into Cheng Wuquan's mouth in a very rough manner: "Stop pretending to be dead, recover quickly and come with me to the next battlefield."

Cheng Wuquan was like a drowning person, gurgling incoherently, raising his hands high. In a short while, he felt his vitality return, his lifespan rapidly recover by thirty years, and his injuries visibly healed.

A moment later, Cheng Wuquan had recovered completely and stood up, full of energy: "Captain, you're too slow. We agreed to cooperate in a sneak attack on the enemy captain. I've been risking my life, and you're still not coming out?"

"You only unleashed your killing move after the fight was over. I thought you had abandoned me."

"But speaking of which, Captain, you're really awesome. You took down the enemy captain without a sound."

"I'm fucking stunned. What kind of magic or supernatural power is that? It's too awesome."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Qingfeng did not want to tell Cheng Wuquan too much about his trump cards.

In fact, Zhou Qingfeng had been lurking in the shadows, looking for an opportunity to kill the enemy captain, Wu Juexing.

However, he never drew a lucky number in the divination sticks until Wu Juexing was injured and returned to his 1.5-meter-tall dwarf form. Only then did he draw a lucky number and seize the opportunity to kill Wu Juexing instantly.

These things, of course, cannot be explained in detail to Cheng Wuquan.

"It's a secret, don't ask." Zhou Qingfeng casually replied, then looked Cheng Wuquan up and down and said, "You should be glad you chose not to betray me just now, otherwise you would be ashes by now."

Cheng Wuquan grinned: "It was just a way to save my life. Actually, I also wanted to betray them, but then I thought that if I betrayed them, I would die immediately. It's better to keep my mouth shut. It's better to live a miserable life than to die. Don't you think so?"

Zhou Qingfeng chuckled lightly, not really caring.

Ultimately, it's all about mutual exploitation and teaming up to fight against other squads.

Without loyalty, there is no such thing as betrayal; it's all just a matter of each getting what they want.

As long as he's obedient, we can keep him and continue using him.

Moreover, Cheng Wuquan did demonstrate his value; he was able to hold off a captain-level prodigy for a short time, and his combat power was astonishing, proving to be quite useful.

"Follow me and support Xiao Hongyun."

Seeing that Cheng Wuquan had recovered, Zhou Qingfeng immediately led Cheng Wuquan to a place ten miles away, quickly arriving at the battlefield. Together with Xiao Hongyun and Du Yanran, they killed the last two female cultivators of the Awakening Squad on the spot.

The Awakening Squad has been officially declared wiped out.

Xiao Hongyun said, "Captain, even if you don't come to help, Du Yanran and I can still kill them."

Zhou Qingfeng nodded: "We don't have time, we have to finish this quickly. Right now, this eight-man team has been wiped out by us, and there's another Blue Silver team that Ye Tingxiu is holding off."

"Xiao Hongyun, Du Yanran, Cheng Wuquan, the three of you take a short rest and set up an ambush circle on the spot. When the enemy enters the ambush circle, each of you must kill at least one member of the Blue Silver Squad as soon as possible. Don't waste the ambush opportunity that Ye Tingxiu has bought for us."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Hongyun, Du Yanran, and Cheng Wuquan immediately clasped their hands in obeisance and replied, "Yes, Captain."

Zhou Qingfeng nodded slightly, raised his wrist and tapped his communication bracelet, channeling his magic power to contact Ye Tingxiu: "Old Ye, I have successfully annihilated the Awakened Squad. You should move here to me immediately."

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