Chapter 250: Chapter 242: “Their Ambitions, Always Inappropriately Swelling.
“If the several ranks behind the top ten are all considered people with special abilities from among the populace, then those in the top few ranks can no longer be considered just talented individuals, right?”
“Should they be considered mutants instead?”
“This Jin Haitao who is ranked third, is he even human?”
“Using his arms as the sole power, he soared in the air for 5 minutes before landing and serving a dish with three courses and a soup?”
“Is that sothing achievable with props?”
“Did he steal Luffy’s Gum-Gum Fruit from One Piece?”
Tuberculosis Rabbit looked emotionlessly at the player ranked third on the leaderboard, montarily at a loss for words.
Indeed.
Even the existence of the internet hasn’t fully unearthed the attributes of humanity.
Just like in the past, although the internet was so widespread, he had no idea there were so many extraordinary people and events.
But now with the leaderboard, it’s different.
It reveals many things that were not visible before.
Sotis one has to admit, the diversity of biological species is vast.
“As for the first place…”
Tuberculosis Rabbit looked at the current first place on the leaderboard, his mouth twitching uncontrollably, unable to help but state.
The most ruthless people are nurous.
‘Arena Master’: Li Hen.
‘Action’: Crimson Rose.
The video content was simple.
A man, wielding a sowhat rudintary craft knife.
In just 30 minutes, this man carved himself into a gigantic rose with that very craft knife.
No head, no limbs to be seen.
When the final cut severed his last remaining arm, all that was left on the video was a rose over a ter tall continuously dripping with blood.
The texture was intricately detailed, not roughly carved into the shape of a rose, but every vein, every branch detail was ticulously sculpted.
Real flower petals were used as materials in the middle of the process.
Half an hour later.
A more than one-ter-tall rose continuously dripping fresh blood appeared in the fra.
Dead or alive?
That was unclear, as after the last cut was made, the man in the video made no additional movents; whether he was still breathing was even more uncertain, as his face was no longer visible.
The whole person was carved such that he no longer resembled a human.
Whether viewed from a distance or up close, all one could see was a bleeding rose.
Number of players completed…0!
Yes.
So far, this move has not been completed by any player worldwide.
“This move…”
Sword Without End spoke with a complicated expression, “First of all, to complete this move, you must possess dical skills or a dical prop, and the level must not be too low.”
“At minimum a C-grade prop, even a B-grade for safety, to ensure that carving oneself like this won’t lead to death halfway through.”
“Secondly, it requires an extrely strong psychological endurance. Most people can’t bring themselves to harm their own body, let alone carve themselves into such a thing without anesthesia, enduring severe pain.”
“However, it seems that this person didn’t suffer at all; when his expression was still visible, he was even smiling, showing no signs of pain.”
“Lastly, it demands superb sculpting skill.”
“Even though the video seems gory and shocking, one has to admit that carving a living person, on the basis of so real petals, into a gigantic bleeding rose requires high technical prowess.”
“And to simultaneously et so many criteria, there aren’t many players worldwide, no, to be precise, there has been no other player aside from him up until now.”
“Otherwise, he wouldn’t have maintained the top spot on the leaderboard without any successful challengers.”
“You make a valid point.”
Tuberculosis Rabbit nodded in agreent, his eyes slightly squinting as he whispered, “But this rose is truly beautiful. If it could be displayed in my art gallery…”
“That would certainly be interesting.”
Upon hearing this.
Sword Without End suddenly shivered as if recalling so shadow, silently moving to the side without speaking further.
Chen Yi had been lying on the rocking chair from beginning to end, with his eyelids drooping as if pondering sothing.
In front of him, there was a prompt box only he could see.
‘Ding, due to so unknown changes, you have been granted the right to directly challenge the 100th floor of the Deadly Tower. Please decide whether to take the challenge!’
Chen Yi was aware of the Deadly Tower.
It ca out alongside the new rules in August, part of the new gaplay in August.
Starting from August, players were allowed to form teams and venture to the Deadly Tower, a map exclusive to August.
Each team’s size was limited to 5 people.
Assemble a team of 5, then enter the Deadly Tower.
The Deadly Tower had 100 floors in total, with the first team to clear it earning extrely rare prop and skill rewards.
Clearing each floor would grant a certain amount of Deadly Points.
Deadly Points could be exchanged for props, skills, or anything else in the Deadly Tower shop.
Up to now, the strongest team had only reached the 27th floor; it seed there was still a long way to go to clear the tower.
He had planned to lead his own team into the fray after the Start of Autumn Festival.
His team had exactly five people.
Let’s see what the rewards are.
But just now, as the Start of Autumn Festival special event was announced, this prompt box also abruptly appeared before their eyes—due to so unknown reasons, they could directly challenge the 100th floor of the Deadly Tower?
Which ans, if they clear this level,
They will imdiately acquire the rewards for completion and beco the fastest team globally to clear the Tower.
It just… looks a bit eerie.
What does it an by “due to unknown changes”?
What are the unknown changes?
He was a bit suspicious if this was a backdoor opened by Little Sprite for him, after all, Little Sprite had opened a backdoor for him last ti, and it felt quite good. He wondered if it was Little Sprite’s doing this ti as well.
Anyway, this choice has no ti limit.
So there’s no rush to make a decision.
They will wait to get in touch with Little Sprite and see what the specifics are.
…
anwhile, on Neutron Star!
“Phew!”
Li Peiqi, covered in blood, climbed out of a map, placed her hands on her hips, looked up to the sky, and laughed excitedly, “Chen Yi, I freaking love you!!!”
“Hahaha!!!”
“What doesn’t kill makes stronger!!!”
“This is the real charm of a Rule Prop!!!”
This ti, the gains from the map were enormous, unprecedentedly so. It had been a long ti since she got so much from a map, especially after gaining so power within the Black Dragon Guild.
She rarely went down to the maps anymore; her resources ca more from the Black Dragon Guild’s stipend.
It was a little less but it won in safety.
There were no risks of sudden death.
At this mont, her best friend, Liu Xiaochan, was patting her chest in relief, her eyes full of terror as she spoke with a trembling voice, “Thank goodness you were here, otherwise, if I entered this map alone, I’d probably be gone without a place of burial by the third challenge.”
The death rate in this map was extrely high.
Much higher than she imagined. Out of 109 players that entered the map, only 17 erged alive.
That shows the cruelty of the death rate.
But although the death rate was high, the rewards were exceptionally generous, especially for the two of them, who received nearly perfect clearance ratings and thus got the highest rewards among the survivors.
“Peiqi,”
Liu Xiaochan was still not over the shadow of death, looking at Li Peiqi with eyes full of the joy of survival, “In the last three challenges, how did you figure out which were the paths to life and which were to death?”
“There were only thirty seconds. There was no chance to make many judgnts based on the information around us.”
“Simple,”
Li Peiqi said with a bit of smugness, hands on her hips, “Before entering this map, I tid it to enter at 23:59, and my thod of death hadn’t changed.”
“It was still being killed by Chen Yi.”
“Not dying in this map.”
“So naturally, I didn’t need to worry as much. This is a weapon of cause and effect; in a certain sense, before I get killed by Chen Yi, I am almost an undying entity.”
“Unless I deliberately seek death.”
“Or so unexpected accident occurs.”
Her A-class Prop “Last Words” death thod only updated every night at midnight, aning even the next day, the Prop’s designated thod of death would still be by Chen Yi’s hands.
However, there was still a chance of being crushed to death by a teor from the sky.
If the Prop’s death thod could update in real-ti.
Then…
It wouldn’t be an A-class Prop anymore.
At the very least, it would have to be an S-class Prop; no, it might even touch upon SS-class Props.
To know in real-ti one’s thod of death, what a terrifying existence that would be—aning one could skirt the edge of death and amass rewards with abandon.
And aside from dying of old age, there would virtually be no risk of death at all.
There would be no need to ti map entries ticulously; no matter how difficult the map, she could enter blindly and without a second thought.
And it was at that mont—
She suddenly saw the Guild Leader’s ssage.
‘Li Peiqi, that gang has started to act. Everyone used so tricks to link up Chen Yi and Sky Demon Star, wanting to test the effect and see if they could use Chen Yi as a lethal weapon.’
“…”
Li Peiqi’s smile, which had just brightened her face, suddenly froze. After a mont, her expression cooled down; she calmly changed out of her blood-stained clothes and into a clean white dress, murmuring softly,
“Sotis, I really admire these n.”
“They clearly know the risks of great death, yet they still take the gamble to conquer and control a man stronger than themselves.”
“Why?”
“The people who can make it to this position shouldn’t be too stupid.”
“Their ambitions always expand inappropriately.”
“It’s very normal,”
Liu Xiaochan said sowhat helplessly, “Anyone who’s made it this far has climbed out from a sea of corpses, having lingered on the edge of death hundreds of tis.”
“They won’t be afraid.”
“So what do we do now?”
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ps: Sothing unexpected ca up these two days, damn it, I’ll focus on writing first. Tonight I’ll make up for the updates from the past two days, and then in the last chapter, I’ll talk about what happened these days—it’s simply shocking!!
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