Chapter 662 - 265: Immune to All Techniques! The Second Golden Mechanism
Chapter 662: Chapter 265: Immune to All Techniques! The Second Golden Mechanism
Lin Ye floated above the clouds, watching with amusement as the figures in the desert below scurried away in a panic, like ants.
The earlier thunderstorm had been an indiscriminate attack. Now, he wanted to try something with more precise control.
A thought crossed Lin Ye’s mind.
WHOOSH—!
Out of nowhere, a terrifying, category-16 gale sprang up across the flatlands!
Yellow sand was whipped a hundred meters into the air, forming walls of sand that stretched from the ground to the sky. As far as the eye could see, everything was a hazy, yellow blur.
Propelled by the terrifying gale, the sand striking their faces felt no different from a spray of tiny bullets.
It stung with a raw, biting pain!
Yet within this tempest, Lin Ye had intentionally left a pocket where the wind was slightly weaker.
Zhao Feng braced himself against the gale and roared himself hoarse, trying to tell the others to take shelter in the calmer zone.
"This way...! It’s safe this way...!"
The effort earned him a mouthful of sand.
The sensation was awful. Zhao Feng suddenly realized, ’We’re not even a real team...’
’Why should I care if the others live or die?!’
So he simply fell silent, relying on his keen senses to constantly search for areas with less intense wind.
What Zhao Feng hadn’t expected was that the others, each harboring their own selfish motives, had the exact same idea.
They had all discovered the "path to survival" Lin Ye had left for them.
Everyone scrambled miserably through the terrifying sandstorm, only to be surprised when they discovered a path that seemed to have been carved out for them by the heavens themselves, guiding them forward.
Their survival instincts kicked in, and they subconsciously followed the path of weaker wind, venturing deeper and deeper.
...until they burst into a massive canyon, sheltered from the wind.
Then, the wind stopped.
The entire world fell silent.
The sandstorm settled, and everything became clear again.
Everyone collapsed to the ground, gasping for air, their faces filled with the relief of having survived the ordeal.
"We... we actually made it out alive..."
"This goddamn weather is too fucking freaky!"
Zhao Feng, however, couldn’t relax in the slightest. He scanned the canyon warily, the sense of unease in his heart growing ever stronger.
It was too quiet, and the terrain was too enclosed. It was like... a natural cage.
As a veteran participating in his third selection, he had been through countless dangerous situations, but none had ever been as bizarre or as utterly hopeless as this.
His opponent wasn’t a person or a monster, but the very world itself.
’How are you supposed to fight that?’
’Where do you even aim?’
Just then, high above, the thick cloud cover began to churn again.
CRACKLE—!
A bolt of lightning, thicker than any that had come before, coalesced within the clouds, forming a pillar of lightning that radiated an aura of pure destruction!
Zhao Feng’s pupils constricted to pinpricks.
He could feel it. That bolt of lightning... had locked onto them!
BOOM!!!
The pillar of lightning descended from the sky, blasting straight toward their position!
Zhao Feng roared, unleashing his Gang Sha power without reservation as he dove desperately to the side.
The others scattered in every direction.
The pillar of lightning struck the valley, erupting with a deafening roar, shattering rock and sending debris flying.
However, this was only the beginning.
A second pillar, then a third...
Terrifying pillars of lightning rained down one after another, subjecting the small area to a relentless, widespread bombardment!
And it was as if these pillars of lightning had eyes; each one descended upon a person.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
"ARGH—!"
One man failed to dodge in time and was grazed by a pillar of lightning. Half of his body was instantly charred black. He fell to the ground, screaming. Though not eliminated outright, he was temporarily immobilized.
At the same time, snowflakes began to drift down from the sky.
But in mid-air, the snowflakes rapidly condensed, forming into icicles half a meter long and as sharp as spears!
SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!
The icicles rained down alongside the lightning, whistling sharply as they cut through the air, their angles of attack even more treacherous and deadly!
THUMP!
Another man was pierced through the thigh by an ice spear and pinned fast to the ground, his blood instantly staining the yellow sand beneath him red.
Suffocating!
Lin Ye hadn’t given them a single moment to catch their breath!
Endless despair washed over every last one of them like a tidal wave.
They were like rats in a cage, forced to watch helplessly as the Hunter toyed with and tormented them in a variety of ways, leading them toward their inevitable deaths.
...
「Longyin Academy, Conference Room.」
As they watched the battered squad on the screen barely clinging to life amidst a symphony of lightning and ice, everyone in the room had a different expression.
"These methods... This is clearly just bullying."
Zhu Mingyi smacked his lips, unsure whether he should feel pity or amusement.
But Sun Lie just snorted in disdain. "Bullying? I say they’re just a bunch of pathetic losers!"
"I vaguely remember that kid, Zhao Feng. His strength is at the Late Stage of the Divine Realm, and the weakest of his teammates is at the Middle Stage."
"All this flashy stuff Lin Ye is doing looks impressive, but in reality, the intensity of the lightning and the power of those icicles are both quite limited."
"If they had even the slightest inclination to help one another, provide cover, and raise their Gang Sha defenses, they could have broken out."
"And what happened? They’re all running around like headless chickens. They’ve lost their nerve completely. What kind of a fight is this!"
For once, Yan Che didn’t argue with Sun Lie, merely adding placidly, "Though our rules are fundamentally designed to sow discord."
"But it’s not yet time for every man for himself, and they’re already in complete disarray. They deserve to be eliminated."
Hou Guanghe leaned back in his chair, his expression unreadable.