Chapter 288 A Cruel Trial: The Rope Breaks Where It's Thin.
Chapter 288 A Cruel Trial: The Rope Breaks Where It's Thin.
Two seriously injured martial artists supported each other as they followed behind the crowd.
"How many levels are there in this ruin? We're probably going to die here."
"I don't think so. These ruins are clearly for disciples to use for trials. They wouldn't go that far, would they?"
"We're already like this? Is there anything more outrageous?"
Think about all the martial artists who died in those two rounds. Which sect would select its disciples in such a way?
"I'm afraid only people from the demonic path would do something like that?"
"Don't think too much about it. Just live as long as you can."
"I kind of regret entering this ruin."
"It's all the fault of that Dai family member who tampered with things. I've been inside the ruins once, and under normal circumstances, the ruins aren't this dangerous."
"Sigh, I don't care how much suffering I have to endure. Even if I lose another hand, I'll accept it. As long as I can get out of here alive, that's all that matters."
"Damn it, the Dai family is a real piece of shit!"
Ji Yunyi glanced back at the two of them, startling them into silence.
The group walked through a corridor and entered a large hall.
This is a rectangular hall, with an area of only about 100 square meters, much smaller than the previous two halls.
A long rope was laid on the floor in the center of the hall, with a knot tied in the middle.
Two lines were drawn on the ground beneath the long rope.
Everyone felt something was wrong when they saw this thing.
One of the martial artists said, "Isn't this just a tug-of-war?"
"Why did they put children's games into the ruins as levels?"
The three crippled martial artists were disheartened.
They were seriously injured and could not exert even one-tenth of their strength.
If this were a real tug-of-war, they would be in big trouble.
Six beams of light shone down from the ceiling of the hall, enveloping everyone in their respective beams.
The color of the light beam constantly changes between red and blue before finally settling.
Everyone could tell that the people covered by the same colored beams of light belonged to the same team.
The three severely injured martial artists were ashen-faced, because they were all enveloped in a blue beam of light, meaning they had been assigned to the same team.
They were going to have a tug-of-war with Lin Feng and his two companions.
All three of them were on the verge of collapse; splitting them into teams like this was practically a death sentence.
This is truly a case of the rope breaking at its thinnest point.
If you can endure hardship, you'll suffer endlessly; if you can endure torment, you'll suffer endlessly. The worst part is that after you've endured hardship and torment, they won't leave you a way out.
One of them yelled at the collapse of the hall, “This is not fair! This is not fair! I demand a reassignment of the teams.”
His voice echoed through the hall, but the ruins offered no response.
Ji Yunyi's lips curled up, revealing a cold smile.
This person is ridiculous. He wants to talk about fairness in the face of life and death. There is no fairness in the outside world, yet he wants to find fairness in the ruins.
The beam of light guided everyone to the rope.
The crippled Ji family martial artist said to the three people opposite him, "Senior Brother Ji, Senior Brother Lin, and that other senior brother, could we slow down our match a bit, hold our positions for a while, and give us some time to think of a solution?"
Ji Yunyi said earnestly, "Brother, it's not that we're being heartless, it's just that the rules of the ruins are like this. What if we're a little slow and something goes wrong and we get ourselves killed?"
The martial artist wearing arm guards said, "Yes, you're all in this state. You can't get out of here anyway, so just accept your fate."
Lin Feng remained silent; there was simply nothing to say in this situation.
The ruins hold the lives of everyone in their hands; win and you live, lose and you die, with absolutely no room for sentimentality.
A 30-second countdown appeared on the wall.
The group started a tug-of-war. Even if the three people weren't crippled, they wouldn't be a match for the three people on this side, let alone the fact that they were all crippled.
Lin Feng didn't exert any force while holding one end of the rope.
Ji Yunyi and another martial artist pulled the three people opposite them to the ground in one fell swoop.
Despite their desperate struggle, the three of them were to no avail.
The three were quickly pulled to the middle of the two lines on the ground.
With a whoosh, three blue beams of light shot out from the ceiling and struck the heads of the three people lying on the ground.
The heads of the three men were pierced through, and they died on the spot.
Lin Feng frowned.
All signs indicate that this site was a trial ground where celestial beings selected martial artists from across the land.
This selection method is too cruel.
Lin Feng didn't know if the Celestials' attitude towards the martial artists of Shenzhou was too hostile, or if this was simply the nature of the Celestials' culture.
In any case, the Celestials' attitude towards the martial artists of Shenzhou was not as friendly as recorded in ancient books.
After the match ended, a projection appeared on the wall.
The projection showed someone demonstrating martial arts techniques, and the path of true qi was also marked on the person's body.
Ji Yunyi and the other martial artist frowned, inwardly complaining.
Why is this happening again?
This is completely incomprehensible?
Only Lin Feng could understand it; this ruin was practically giving Lin Feng special training.
The two stared intently at the projection, hoping to remember more.
Lin Feng immediately activated a single-eye scan.
After the projection demonstration, Lin Feng obtained another innate true skill, named "Ten Directions Limitless Skill - Three Heads and Twelve Arms".
This innate true skill is an advanced version of the Ten Directions Limitless Skill.
After mastering the technique, one can use true qi to condense two bodies and two heads, and with the ten arms of the Ten Directions Limitless Technique, create a form with three heads and twelve arms.
This form is extremely effective against group attacks, allowing one person to take on a hundred.
Lin Feng felt that this martial art was created specifically to deal with demons.
Ji Yunyi and the other person wisely refrained from asking Lin Feng whether he had mastered this innate true skill.
Perhaps it's because this level ended relatively quickly.
The three waited in the hall for almost half an hour before two doors on the other side of the hall finally opened.
The wall between the two doors flickered, revealing a large amount of explanatory text.
Ji Yunyi and the other martial artist couldn't understand it at all.
Lin Feng, however, saw it clearly.
This level requires participants to navigate a maze within a limited time.
The maze on the left is shorter, but it contains a large number of traps.
The maze on the right is longer, but it has fewer traps.
Both mazes have their advantages and disadvantages, and Lin Feng doesn't know how powerful the mechanisms inside are. He feels that it's probably about the same whichever way he goes.
Ji Yunyi and another martial artist went to the side and talked for a while before choosing the left side of the maze.
The other warrior chose the maze on the right.
Ji Yunyi looked at Lin Feng and said, "Senior Brother Lin, let's go to the left together. We'll have a better chance of clearing the level together."
Lin Feng looked at the two and said, "Why don't the three of us choose one door and go through together?"
Ji Yunyi pointed to another martial artist and said, "I just suggested that he come with the two of us, but he refused."
He felt that this checkpoint might require people to enter through both doors, and I agreed that was also possible, so I agreed to the plan of going separately.
Lin Feng nodded. These two probably didn't know there was a maze behind the door, so it's understandable that they would think that way.
Lin Feng followed Ji Yunyi into the maze on the left.
Meanwhile, another martial artist entered the maze on the right.
After the three entered, the iron gate behind them closed quickly.
Just as the iron gate was about to close, a figure darted out from the left iron gate and disappeared into the maze on the right.
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