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Even Taira no Masakado and the Onmyoji Ryoumei were now forced to move forward by the evil spirits, greatly increasing their risk of being eliminated.
Finally, the leading evil spirit pushed open a large door that led to a precipice, but without pausing, it jumped over it, looking rather smug.
Those people behind couldn't catch up at all! He was the true victor in this round!
The fox demon, caught in the crowd, was in great distress. Being small and thin, he couldn't squeeze past the others and soon fell to the back.
They brought this trouble upon themselves.
Upon reaching the precipice, even though the door had been opened, the evil spirits still slowed down.
"Hey, the door's open, why aren't you leaving?!"
"If you stay away from me, I'm leaving!"
"Don't come near me! If you want to go, go ahead yourself! Why are you pushing me!"
The evil spirits were locked in a stalemate, and Dou Tang in the sky shook his head.
These guys... are too awful. But Dou Tang thought that even if a group of ordinary people were here, they probably wouldn't be any better.
Faced with the threat of death, apart from a few who can truly maintain their integrity, most people would probably fall into mutual suspicion, just like these evil spirits.
Soon, two people emerged from the evil spirits.
It turned out to be Taira no Masakado and the Onmyoji Ryoumei.
The two seemed to have agreed to jump out when the evil spirits were arguing the loudest, break free from the restraints of the others, and rush forward together.
This time, the goal wasn't to incite others' survival instincts, but to take advantage of a moment when they weren't paying attention and charge forward directly.
Since the two had no conflict, they jumped over the cliff one after the other and continued forward without looking back.
We've fallen behind again!
The evil spirits noticed this fact.
They stopped bickering and rushed forward, but the congestion still hadn't improved.
Even if fools band together, they are still foolish.
At this moment, the original evil spirit has reached its end and is lying on the ground panting.
After that, Onmyoji Lingming and Heishi Masakado only needed to follow the door that had been pushed open, which was easy and pleasant, and they didn't have to worry about being overtaken by the people behind them.
They won this round without a doubt.
Chapter 146 The finals begin
After the second round, only thirty people remained.
The thirty people were almost completely exhausted, lying on the finish line to rest, panting, while the new course slowly appeared.
The shape of the endpoint slowly changed, turning into a huge disc, which was divided into different areas according to color.
In the center of this disc is a rotating pillar, which branches into two horizontal long pillars, one above the other, which together are exactly the height of a person.
Dou Tang went up to a high place and explained, "The third challenge is the Bouncing Club."
"Once the game starts, the two poles will rotate at different speeds. You can lie down to avoid the upper pole and jump to avoid the lower pole."
"The areas under your feet will disappear one by one over time, and there will be times when the two poles overlap and you can't avoid them. Use your intelligence to avoid being eliminated."
"The number of qualified players for this round is... ten. When there are ten players left on the field, the competition ends and we move on to the next round."
ten people!
It's another two-thirds probability!
All the evil spirits present panicked.
There can only be one winner... After this level, there will be new levels.
How can we win this battle?
The evil spirits, already filled with suspicion in the previous level, distanced themselves from one another.
With Dou Tang's command, the competition began.
Two horizontal pillars began to rotate at different speeds, the lower one faster than the upper one.
Soon, the first person jumped up to avoid the lower pillar and then crouched down to avoid the upper pillar.
It doesn't seem too difficult?
But then, the first one to be eliminated appeared.
That was a clever half-demon. He came to the very edge of the circular platform. Since the center of the rotating pillar was on the innermost side, he could minimize jumping around on the outermost side in order to deal with any unexpected situations.
But perhaps because he was too close to the side, when the pillar below swept across, he misjudged the situation and his calf hit the pillar. He wouldn't have thought much of it, but the pillar seemed to have some kind of adhesive, sticking him to it slightly and disrupting his balance.
So, he screamed and clung to the pillar, then was flung away and landed with a splash in the sea of milkshakes.
Seeing this, the other evil spirits were somewhat frightened and moved away from the edge.
But soon people discovered that this pillar was indeed unusual. Anyone who touched the pillar would lose their balance. Some evil spirits saw that the pillar below was not moving very fast and tried to step on it to easily cross over. But as soon as their feet touched the pillar, they lost their balance and fell to the ground, where they were pushed and swung around until they fell into the sea of milkshakes.
With a new victim paving the way, the remaining evil spirits dared not touch the pillar rashly, and carefully followed the rules as they hopped around.
Taira no Masakado and the Onmyoji Ryoumei stood together, seemingly determined to join forces until the very end, and they trusted each other completely.
"The pillars below are getting faster and faster," said Onmyoji Ling Ming as he jumped up to dodge.
Taira nods and looks at the other areas. "If one pillar moves faster while the other remains the same, the two pillars will overlap more and more frequently, which will eliminate others more quickly."
"We need to monitor the positions of both pillars simultaneously and adjust them in advance."
"Look over there!" said the Onmyoji Ling Ming. Taira no Masakado followed his gaze and saw that a section of land not far away had suddenly collapsed, taking several evil spirits with it and plunging into the Milkshake Ocean.
"Completely random? Let's go, let's get to the boundary between the two areas."
The two quickly moved to the boundary between the two areas, where they could jump to another place at any time to avoid the collapse of the tectonic plate.
As more and more tectonic plates fell and the rotation speed of the pillars became unpredictable, more and more people were eliminated, and soon only a dozen or so remained.
Another piece of the plate fell, leaving only eleven people in the arena.
Taira no Masakado and the Onmyoji Ryoumei exchanged a glance, both seeing wariness in each other's eyes.
Now, if we break ties with this ally... then we can advance.
But... in the next stage, I'll be all alone.
The two exchanged a glance, nodded, and decided to continue their alliance.
The moment the two dispelled their suspicions, a roar came from the adjacent section of the screen.
"You bastard, you betrayed me! Stop!"
The two evil spirits were pulling at each other, locked in a fierce struggle, with one of them already nearing the edge.
The evil spirit that pushed the person grinned and shouted, "You've had enough of living anyway, haven't you! Why don't I give you one last ride?"
"Bullshit! You're the one who said you've had enough of living! You ungrateful wretch..."
The two evil spirits continued to fight, neither willing to let go, until they were finally thrown out together by the sweeping pillar.
They were still fighting in the air when one of them suddenly kicked the other, sending him flying.
go out!
The person who was kicked away fell into the sea of milkshakes even faster.
The moment he fell into the sea of milkshakes, the evil spirit that was still in the air was suddenly frozen in place.
His body slowly floated up.
"Ha, ha ha ha ha... ha ha ha! I won, I won!" The evil spirit was overjoyed, tears streaming down its face.
The disc beneath Taira no Masakado and Onmyoji Ryoumei slowly disappeared. The ten victorious evil spirits were drawn by an invisible force, slowly floating higher and higher until the milkshake ocean beneath their feet seemed somewhat distant.
Soon, hexagonal plates appeared in the air. These plates were very small, about the size of a person's foot, but there were a great many of them.
Different colored panels were pieced together to form a vast field resembling the cross-section of a honeycomb. The ground was layered upon layered, and Taira no Masakado and Onmyoji Ryoumei watched as the ground beneath their feet was completed, knowing that there must be many more layers like this beneath their feet.
Around this huge hexagonal open space, several meters apart, are six enormous pillars, on which hang banners that appear to be advertisements, printed with various Fall Guy figures.
Furthermore, Onmyoji Ling Ming even discovered that there was a place on it that looked like an advertisement for Fall Guys Bakery.
What does that mean? Will Fall Guys open a bakery?!
Dou Tang arrived above everyone's heads and began explaining once again.
"The final challenge: the honeycomb puzzle."
The final stage!
All the evil spirits were on tenterhooks.
"Every plank under your feet is the only foothold."
"These boards will disappear after you step on them for one second. If you can't move to the next board within one second, you will fall to the next level."
"These sections have a total of nine levels; anything that crosses nine levels will be eliminated."
"The number of people who passed this test is... one."
one person.
Everyone's heart sank.
The final match has begun.
Chapter 147 The Mystery of the Beehive
The Honeycomb Puzzle is a puzzle that requires a lot of strategy and skill, testing people's game-playing abilities.
In the Hive Puzzle, each person's spawn point is different, scattered across various corners of a vast area.
In this stage, there are no alliances or other factors involved; the only goal is to determine a winner.
Only those who remain on the board at the end are the winners.
The evil spirits were distributed in various corners of the first floor, with a considerable distance between them.
With Dou Tang's command, the competition began.
Taira no Masakado charged out first, taking large strides as he stepped on each of the slabs. Every slab he stepped on disappeared within a second.
His strategy was simple: just keep conquering the area with confidence! By dividing a large area into separate, independent zones, he wouldn't have to fight for territory with others and could leisurely conquer each zone.
His strategy was to first fence off the land, and then slowly jump in one by one.
Taira no Masakado ran, quickly drawing an arc that gradually separated a large area.
Other evil spirits either imitated his method or jumped cautiously, obediently leaping outwards one segment at a time.
Only the Onmyoji Ling Ming shook his fan and let the platform beneath his feet disappear, falling to the next level.
There were no other contestants on the next level besides him.
Then, he did something puzzling.
He looked up at the sky and started jogging, following in Taira no Masakado's footsteps, even a little faster than him.
He needs to step on the block under Hiramasaka's feet before he falls, so that Hiramasaka will fall directly to the next level!
Clearly, in the mind of Onmyoji Ling Ming, Taira no Masakado is the most threatening existence in the entire game.
The two were allies before, but they are no longer needed.
Taira no one was aware of what the Onmyoji Ling Ming had done. He was still diligently securing his territory, which was currently the largest in the area.
But the distance of one plate was not enough to stop others from jumping in. Ping Jiangmen was shocked to see that an evil spirit had rushed into his territory and was running and trampling wildly.
Enraged, Taira no Masakado rushed forward and grabbed the man with a swift movement.
But without pausing, before the evil spirit could react, he pushed it away again!
"You! You bastard!"
The evil spirit looked on in disbelief. He was pushed back two steps, lost his footing, and fell downwards.
Taira no Masakado dared not linger and continued jumping around.
On the second floor, the Onmyoji Ling Ming saw someone fall from above and rushed over. The evil spirit crashed heavily onto the platform and before it could get up, it was kicked by Onmyoji Ling Ming.
That kick cost him his chance to get up. A second later, he continued to fall, tumbling down to the third floor like rotten flesh.
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