What’s the point of cultivating immortality if you don’t have money?.

Chapter 379 The Hidden Health Bar of the Competition (Thanks to 'hotpick' for the generous donation)
After Zhang Yu was buried in the underground cavity by Ma Xuan, he knew he had to hurry up and get out.

Simply because during the time he was buried underground, his team was one player short.

"If Ma Xuan and his team manage to eliminate one of our members during this time... then we'll be in trouble."

Zhang Yu knew that although it was extremely rare for students to be beaten to death in civil engineering competitions, it was not uncommon for students to surrender and temporarily leave a competition.

After all, medical expenses, the cost of repairing the body, the cost of maintaining the magical artifacts... all need to be borne by the participants themselves.

Once a competitor suffers repeated injuries and the medical and repair costs gradually exceed their ability to pay, surrendering and temporarily leaving the competition becomes a natural choice.

"Our team's overall strength is not as good as Ma Xuan's."

"If I'm gone, Che Yufei and Shi Yunxiang will face even more pressure."

"If the physical body and spiritual remains are continuously damaged..."

Zhang Yu felt that if he were in their shoes, it would be normal for him to choose to surrender. Otherwise, even if they won the game, they wouldn't have enough money to treat their injuries or make repairs, which would be meaningless.

"In the competition, besides the apparent health bar, each participant also has a hidden health bar behind them, which is their own financial resources."

"The stronger the financial resources, the greater the losses that can be withstood, and the more determined they are to fight to the end on the field."

"The weaker and poorer one's financial resources are, the lower the losses one can withstand, and the easier it is for one to surrender on the field."

Therefore, Zhang Yu was very clear that during the time he was buried underground, his teammates' savings were being continuously evaporated.

He had to hurry back and return to the battlefield before any of his teammates were eliminated.

As Zhang Yu's thoughts surged, a figure emanating from his aura appeared behind him, radiating a chilling aura.

Amidst these waves of chill, the humanoid skeleton of the Qi solidified one by one, ultimately transforming into Zhang Yu's Deep Cold Warrior within mere seconds.

boom!
As the Deep Cold Warrior slammed his fist heavily into the mud and sand above, a large amount of mud and sand was shaken off.

Immediately afterwards, another Deep Cold Warrior unleashed a punch, violently shaking the ground above Zhang Yu's head.

One after another, the Frost Warriors emerged as Zhang Yu infused them with his inner energy, unleashing a flurry of fist shadows.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom...

After summoning a full nine Deep Cold Warriors, Zhang Yu himself unleashed the Starry Sky Meridian Explosion Technique, unleashing punches with a trembling, spiraling force upwards.

Beneath the earth, it was as if a small construction team had suddenly appeared. As Zhang Yu led the Deep Cold Warriors and unleashed a barrage of punches, large swaths of mud and sand were continuously blasted down, and Zhang Yu carved out a path through them.

The tremors of the earth continued to propagate upwards as Zhang Yu advanced, causing increasingly louder noises on the ground.

It wasn't until Ma Gen also noticed the tremors coming from underground...

With a deafening roar, Zhang Yu emerged from the ground with nine powerful warriors of the Deep Cold, having returned to the battlefield.

Zhang Yu: "Sorry to keep you all waiting."

On the battlefield at this moment, Cong Na and Yang Yan were at the forefront.

Ji Yuanshu, meanwhile, roamed around firing artillery from a distance.

Only Ma Xuan, who was remotely controlling the site with a small three-way control system, and Bu Ziran and Ji Susu, who were working on the construction site, remained at the construction site.

The three people present were all taken aback when they saw Zhang Yu suddenly burst out of the ground.

Ma Xuan knew exactly how he had buried Zhang Yu. He had calculated that with Zhang Yu's cultivation level, even if he managed to climb out, it would take him at least 20 minutes, enough time for them to fight off one or two opponents.

By then, even if Zhang Yu returned to the battlefield, he wouldn't be able to change the overall situation, and Ma Xuan would have plenty of time to deal with him slowly.

Ma Xuan's gaze swept over the nine chilling warriors, and he thought to himself, "Is this how he sped up the process? Then his mana consumption must be enormous..."

At the same time, Zhang Yu's battle-ready gaze swept across the entire area: "Now... let's continue our battle."

Nine powerful warriors of deep cold flashed slightly, bringing with them a gust of icy wind, and rushed towards Bu Ziran and Ji Susu, who were working on the other side.

With a loud shout, Bu Ziran stepped in front of him, saying, "I'll do it!"

At the same time, what he wanted to say had already appeared in his teammates' eyes.

Bu Ziran: "This kid has been fighting fiercely until now, and he's still using such a huge amount of internal energy to dig all the way up from the ground. His internal energy is being used up so much that his internal magic power must be weak. He probably doesn't have much fighting power left."

"He's just bluffing now, trying to disrupt our construction and hinder Ma Xuan's support of the front lines."

"Don't fall for his provocation, I'll take care of him."

Bu Ziran's lungs trembled, and a surge of lung-golden sword energy burst forth, gathering at the tip of his right finger.

With a flick of his fingertips, sword energy accompanied the movement of the Xuanjin Zizai Sword, which was already slashing towards the Deep Cold Warrior in front of him.

Bu Ziran's lungs are able to continuously condense and accumulate lung-gold sword energy during his daily breathing.

Furthermore, the Xuanjin Zizai Sword he cultivated possessed the ability to specifically break through qi.

At this moment, he used his Lung Gold Sword Qi to unleash his Mysterious Gold Free Sword, pushing this expert-level technique to a level far exceeding its normal power.

With a flurry of sword strikes, Bu Ziran instantly tore the Deep Cold Warrior to shreds. But before a smile could even form on Bu Ziran's lips, and he could even marvel at Zhang Yu's apparent bluff... a terrifying surge of cold energy erupted from the Deep Cold Warrior's body.

Streams of icy poison flowed into Bu Ziran's body along with the raging qi, instantly turning his face blue and purple, and causing his body temperature to drop drastically.

"Zhang Yu actually possesses such magical power?"

Looking at the remaining eight Frost Warriors charging towards him, Bu Ziran was startled. Feeling the temperature inside his body dropping continuously, he immediately retreated.

At the same time, Bu Ziran also realized the dilemma of the current situation.

"If you destroy this thing, you'll be infected by the cold poison."

"But if we don't deal with this thing, are we just going to let them sabotage the project?"

At this moment, Bu Ziran deeply felt that not only was Zhang Yu's physical form disgusting to fight, but his humanoid qi form also made him want to vomit.

He could only advise, "Ji Susu, first circulate your internal energy to raise your body temperature, then smash these things."

In the blink of an eye, Bu Ziran and Ji Susu could only stop what they were doing, using their internal energy to raise their body temperature while dodging the attacks of the eight Deep Cold Warriors.

Just as Zhang Yu was using the Deep Cold Warrior to temporarily hold off the two, his main body's muscles swelled up, pushing the Battle Demon Life-Destroying Technique to its limit. Then, he took a step forward... bringing with him a fierce gust of wind, and charged straight towards Ma Xuan.

Ma Xuan's gaze swept over Bu Ziran and Ji Susu not far away, and finally settled on Zhang Yu who was charging towards him. He thought to himself, "When you were dealing with Bu Ziran and Ji Susu, you actually wanted to fight me?"

"How arrogant!"

However, Ma Xuan did not undo the Small Three Combinations before attacking Zhang Yu in front of him.

He thought to himself, "If we untie the small three-part seal now, Shi Huaiyu and the others can rush in immediately."

"Once so many people start fighting on the construction site, this game enters its worst state."

"Compared to Zhang Yu in front of me... what if I were to take a few of his moves head-on?"

Just as Ma Xuan was pondering, Zhang Yu arrived. He unleashed the Battle Demon Life-Destroying Technique, which propelled the Limitless Shaking Zen, tearing apart the chilling aura of the sky, and punched towards Ma Xuan's head.

boom!
A surge of protective energy rose from Ma Xuan's body, directly blocking Zhang Yu's punch.

But feeling the deep chill in Zhang Yu's punch, Ma Xuan couldn't help but frown.

Zhang Yu smiled and looked at Ma Xuan in front of him, and said frankly, "What do you want to choose?"

"Should I beat them into popsicles, or let Shi Huaiyu and the others in and cause a ruckus?"

"Ma Xuan, now it's your turn to choose."

Looking at Zhang Yu in front of him, Ma Xuan said calmly, "Zhang Yu, the Nine Heavens Cloud Void Force has given you unwarranted confidence."

"I won't let Shi Huaiyu and the others in."

"And you... can't hurt me either."

As he spoke, a golden light bloomed from between Ma Xuan's eyebrows, and in the next moment it quickly spread to his entire body, emitting a hazy glow that enveloped him.

As Zhang Yu watched the incantations constantly emerging and moving beneath Ma Xuan's golden skin, his gaze sharpened, and he thought to himself, "Skin-based magical body?"

He posted the screenshot in the competition group and immediately received a reply from Tian Yang.

Tian Yang: It's a Vajra Mantra Skin crafted by Vajra Mystic. Once activated, it unleashes the Vajra Protection Mantra, granting extremely high resistance to attacks and magical energy; it cannot be broken through using ordinary methods.

Zhang Yu's heart skipped a beat: "It's actually a Daoist-type Dharma Body?"

Zhang Yu unleashed several more punches, but the golden aura completely blocked them. Ma Xuan's body remained motionless, seemingly unaffected by Zhang Yu's power.

Seeing this, Ma Xuan smiled confidently, feeling that the situation was once again in his hands.

But in the next moment, another figure suddenly darted out from the hole that Zhang Yu had dug.

"Xiao Qingxuan?!"

Seeing Xiao Qingxuan emerge from the cave enveloped in dragon-shaped qi, Ma Xuan's eyes flashed with astonishment.

But the next moment he immediately understood: "No wonder he didn't do much on the main battlefield... This guy has been building tunnels to get here? No, Shi Huaiyu should even be helping him on the main battlefield."

"Furthermore, Zhang Yu was also digging a path upwards, so he simply dug up Zhang Yu's location, saving a lot of time and mana..."

In Ma Xuan's mind, the process of Shi Huaiyu controlling the mud and sand to assist, Xiao Qingxuan digging the first half of the tunnel, Zhang Yu digging the second half of the tunnel, and finally the two sides connecting immediately came to mind.

Seeing the dragon-shaped qi emanating from his opponent, Ma Xuan understood why his opponent had been able to make a move on the battlefield from time to time.

"His true form is underground. He uses his internal energy, which can travel nearly 100 meters, to support the battlefield through tunnels, creating the illusion that he is still there."

Seeing Zhang Yu and Xiao Qingxuan exchange a smile, Ma Xuan understood even more clearly that the two sides must have made contact earlier.

"This is trouble."

As soon as Xiao Qingxuan appeared, he unleashed a palm strike, sending nine dragon-shaped energy energies, each over a hundred meters long, hurtling towards the half-built bunker. Ma Xuan immediately realized that he had no time to choose or hesitate.

(End of this chapter)