Guided by the Sphinx, Gu Shijiu's journey went smoothly afterward.

After walking through a tree-lined path, we arrived at a large hall where three or five people were standing.

The men glanced at her but made no other reaction.

Gu Shijiu looked at the status of her teammates; Zhao Qing had already been eliminated.

Shi Qi's current health is also not optimistic.

After a while, Shi Qi staggered in from one direction.

Some people in the hall tried to snag a bargain, but Gu Shijiu arrived just in time to stop them.

She said with some concern, "We didn't even allow you to bring the medicine in. With your blood loss, you could die from a fall."

Shi Qi slumped to the ground, covered in blood: "It's okay, I still have some food here, are you hungry?"

He handed Gu Shijiu a piece of chocolate.

"How did you know? I only got a piece of bread." Gu Shijiu tore open the packaging and put the chocolate in her mouth.

Hmm, after replenishing my body with some calories, I feel much more energetic.

"When I poured the food out, I didn't have time to share it with you. Most of the food was with me in the scene."

As a result, because there was too much food, they were surrounded by locals as soon as they entered. After finally escaping to their room, they were bitten by bats.

Shi Qi was having some bad luck; she was slowly losing health until she entered the hall.

The bat bite was a persistent injury, so it must have been poisonous.

Zhao Qing, however, was assigned to an unknown location and did not survive.

"I don't know what this challenge is for. I'm afraid I won't be able to get through it, so I'll have to go now."

Shi Qi patted Gu Shijiu's head.

“It’s a free-for-all,” Gu Shijiu replied while eating chocolate.

"How did you know?" Shi Qi asked, somewhat surprised.

Gu Shijiu said smugly, "The checkpoint is guarded by a cat. It told me that."

Everyone encounters a different guardian; Shi Qi encountered a snake.

Fortunately, the snake didn't beat him up; it just made him play chess. Shi Qi's chess skills were decent, and he barely passed the test.

"A snake playing chess, a cat talking, how strange—" Gu Shijiu muttered casually.

Shi Qi frowned: "If it's a free-for-all, I'm afraid I'll be eliminated in the first round."

Gu Shijiu glanced at her stats; they were all at full strength.

"I will protect you," she assured him, patting her chest.

Shi Qi shook her head: "There are eight people on the field right now. Besides us, there are two other people on the same team."

Once the melee begins, everyone will definitely gang up on the team with two members first.

You have to be wary of others and protect me, so it's easy to neglect one for the other.

I'm down to my last drop of health, so there's not much point in me staying. You might as well just kill me; that way you'll get another kill.

To prevent my head from ending up in someone else's name.

"What? What do you want me to do?" Gu Shijiu shook her head repeatedly.

Shi Qi continued to instruct her, "Someone might try to steal your gun, so be careful."

Since we haven't used it before, maybe we can use it in the third level.

Gu Shijiu tried to use this ordinary gun, but couldn't open the magazine at all.

At present, it seems to be of no use.

She nodded, indicating that she understood.

"Alright, we've come this far, so we haven't lost out. Go ahead and do it." Shi Qi straightened her neck.

Gu Shijiu stared wide-eyed and shook her head: "How can this be? I can't do this. How can I do such a thing?"

Shi Qi wanted to persuade her again, mainly because she didn't want to let others benefit from the situation.

Gu Shijiu had already drawn the sword from his back and handed it to him: "Why don't you do it yourself?"

Oh, is that what you mean? Hehe, Shi Qi almost choked on her breath.

Shi Qi looked at the sword, but he couldn't bring himself to do it.

Just as I was hesitating, the system spoke again.

System: Ahem, congratulations to all the lucky and brave challengers who are about to ascend to the champion's throne.

However, glory can only belong to one person.

Please give it your all and try your luck to secure the only spot in the third round!

Sure enough, after exchanging glances, the eight people on the field spontaneously split into three distinct teams.

Gu Shijiu, Shi Qi, another two-person team, and the remaining four people.

The hastily formed four-person team felt that Shi Qi looked really bad, so they decided to start by treating him.

Seeing that things were not going well, Shi Qi took the lead in drawing her sword and rushed towards the one in the two-person team who was in a protective position.

The two people remained tense in their standoff with the group of four, paying little attention to Gu Shijiu's actions.

In their eyes, Shi Qi was on the verge of death.

Gu Shijiu alone definitely couldn't withstand so many people.

Unexpectedly, Shi Qi suddenly attacked.

At this moment, he held a sword in his right hand, his defenses wide open, and with the thought of dying together with his target, he thrust it straight into the chest.

This person was already at his limit, and he was only able to sit in the hall thanks to his teammates.

The people around him turned to help, but were blocked by the group of four.

Shi Qi pierced his opponent with a sword, and the man raised his hand to counterattack. Both of them spat out blood and lost consciousness.

There are only six players on the field now.

The original four-person team collapsed instantly because Gu Shijiu and another survivor from the two-person team were both extremely vicious.

Whoever goes first dies; wouldn't that just let someone else benefit?

Their gazes swept over each opponent, and after a moment, the six of them assigned their opponents.

Standing opposite Gu Shijiu were the survivors of the two-person team.

"Hello, my name is Lu Lu." The other person was a young and pretty girl. "What's your name, sister?"

Gu Shijiu was stunned for a moment. So beautiful.

She had given the iron rod to the Sphinx, and now she was unarmed.

Gu Shijiu thought for a moment, then pulled the sword that Shi Qi had used to commit the crime from the injured person and held it in her hand for self-defense.

Lu Lu, who didn't understand: Is this meant to provoke me?

"Sister?" she reminded Gu Shijiu, who was in a daze.

Gu Shijiu then came to her senses: "Oh, my name is Gu Shijiu."

Lu Lu had no weapon in her hand and looked very frail.

Gu Shijiu was at a loss for how to respond to her.

"Sister, how could you let your comrade kill my teammate?" Lu Lu looked at Gu Shijiu with a sorrowful expression.

"Huh?" Gu Shijiu didn't know how to answer.

Lu Lu's voice was full of sorrow: "Look into my eyes, don't you feel sorry?"

"Huh?" Gu Shijiu looked at the others fighting in a chaotic mess, not understanding why their own battlefield was so absurd.

"Sister Gu, your life is precious, but don't other people's lives matter too?"

"what?"

"Sister Gu, look at me! Why aren't I saying anything?"

"what?"

Seeing Gu Shijiu standing there blankly without saying a word, Lu Lu felt he had succeeded and moved closer to her, drawing a knife.

Just as the knife was about to pierce Lu Lu's chest, Gu Shijiu drew his sword and slashed Lu Lu's carotid artery.

This was her original plan.

Unexpectedly, the sword left behind by Shi Qi could cut through iron like mud.

Lu Lu's head was almost completely chopped off, with only a layer of skin connecting it.

Gu Shijiu was completely baffled: These people are all so strange, are they crazy?

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