The delicacies of the heavens begin with obtaining gem meat.

While Jiang Yan was contemplating the rules, the loudspeaker in the corner suddenly emitted a burst of electrical noise, followed by a voice.

"I am Liberty, the warden of this Trap Tower, and the examiner of your third test."

"This tower has multiple routes for passing through, and the one you have chosen is the route called 'Fellow Travelers'."

"It can only be unlocked when two people team up, and the choices made in every subsequent level must be exactly the same."

"If you make a different choice, you will waste a lot of time—please keep that in mind."

"Well then, I wish you both a safe journey."

The moment the words fell, the thick stone wall beside them suddenly made a muffled rumble, accompanied by the creaking of gears turning, and the entire stone wall slowly rose up, revealing an iron door hidden behind it.

The rules are clearly written on the display board on the iron gate.

The options for opening this door are O or X.

If the choices match, the door will open immediately.

"If you make a different choice, you will have to wait 5 hours before you can choose again."

Without a doubt, the key to this hurdle lies in communication.

Jiang Yan glanced at Hisoka and felt a chill run down his spine.

Communicating with Hisoka, that perverted "fruit farmer," must be too difficult for him.

But there's no other choice right now!

Jiang Yan forced a stiff smile, trying to keep his tone as calm as possible.

"How about we choose O?"

Jiang Yan just wants to clear the game as soon as possible and get as far away from Hisoka as possible.

"no problem……"

Hisoka drawled out his words, a smile playing on his lips.

Then the two of them simultaneously raised their hands and pressed the "O" button on their wristbands.

With a soft click, the iron gate opened, revealing a deep, dark passage behind it.

Jiang Yan was about to go in first, but then he suddenly remembered something, stopped, and turned to look at Hisoka.

Hisoka didn't pay any attention to this and walked straight into the passage.

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After walking along the passage for about ten minutes, we soon came across a stone chamber similar to the one before.

Jiang Yan and Hisoka almost simultaneously turned their gazes to the new rule display board:

『Direction selection: O for the right-hand lane, X for the left-hand lane』

"If you make a different choice, you will have to wait 10 hours before you can choose again."

It's the same old routine; the two of them still need to reach a consensus.

Jiang Yan tentatively began to speak.

"Should I choose O?"

Hisoka did not refute.

The two then pressed the "O" key simultaneously again, and the passage on the right opened.

Next, the two passed through several checkpoints that required choices, and finally arrived at a completely different place.

It was no longer a cramped stone chamber, but a spacious arena.

Opposite the arena stood two figures shrouded in cloaks, their hands bound by heavy shackles.

Just then, Liber's voice came through the loudspeaker again.

"Listen carefully, both candidates."

"Standing before you are hardened criminals imprisoned in the Trap Tower, who are also officially appointed mercenary testers by the Hunter Association."

"Next, you need to make a choice: O means accept the challenge, X means give up the challenge."

If the two parties make different choices, they will need to wait 20 hours before making another choice.

"If you choose 'X' to give up the challenge, you can continue after 40 hours."

A 40-hour stay? That's clearly unacceptable.

Almost the instant Li Bo finished speaking, Jiang Yan raised his hand and pressed the "O" button on his bracelet, and Hisoka did the same.

The fact that the two of them so readily accepted the fight was entirely within Liber's expectations.

The moment after the two made their choices, the sound from the loudspeaker came through again.

"Since you two have chosen to take on the challenge, let me explain the specific rules."

"The challenge format is two against two, the method is not limited, and there is no such thing as a draw."

"If one side concedes defeat or is completely eliminated, the other side wins."

Jiang Yan was speechless. It said that there were no restrictions on the way of the challenge, but this was obviously encouraging both sides to fight!

"In addition, these prisoners have signed a contract with the association: if they can delay for just one hour, they can get a year's sentence reduction."

"Please note that if the test taker loses but survives, 40 hours of completion time will still be deducted."

At this moment, Riber in the monitoring room glanced at someone behind him. With Hisoka there, the examinees couldn't possibly lose.

But the exam content was all prepared in advance by him.

...........................

As Liber finished speaking, the shackles on the wrists of the two prisoners suddenly came off.

The two removed their cloaks, revealing their burly bodies beneath.

"Hey, let's just choose to fight to decide the outcome, you guys shouldn't have any objections, right?"

The prisoner on the left, his face full of scars, looked at Jiang Yan and Xisuo and said loudly.

"No objections..."

Hisoka replied lazily, his eyes showing no emotion whatsoever.

Hisoka has absolutely no interest in ordinary people who haven't even awakened Nen yet.

However, after glancing at Jiang Yan, Hisoka suddenly revealed a sinister smile.

"You're in charge of dealing with these two people, is that alright?"

Hisoka did not sense any killing intent from Jiang Yan.

Clearly, Jiang Yan had never killed anyone before.

As a qualified fruit farmer.

In order to help the "green apple" grow better, it is natural to give it some "help".

Jiang Yan glanced at Hisoka and roughly guessed what Hisoka was thinking.

After a moment of silence, I reluctantly agreed.

"Can."

As Jiang Yan walked to the center of the arena, his gaze fell on the two prisoners.

Both of them are ordinary people, so defeating them would not be difficult.

However, winning is not simply a matter of being strong.

The challenge is considered won only when one side concedes defeat or dies.

Jiang Yan took a deep breath, looked at the prisoners who were already rubbing their hands together in anticipation, and said in a deep voice.

"I don't want to hurt anyone, you should just admit defeat."

If the two prisoners were sensible, he wouldn't need to take action.

However, upon hearing Jiang Yan's words, the two prisoners exchanged a glance and then burst into laughter.

The prisoner, with a face full of scars, spat out a disdainful remark.

"Kid, you're barely out of school, and you dare to talk such big?"

They each had more than a dozen lives on their hands, so they could naturally see that there was no killing intent in Jiang Yan's eyes. He was clearly a novice who had never killed anyone.

How dare this kid talk so arrogantly in front of them?

Of course, the two of them were not prepared to kill Jiang Yan immediately. As long as they delayed for an hour, they could reduce their sentence by one year. If they could delay until the end of the exam and then kill the two of them to win, they could even reduce their sentence by hundreds of years!

At that time, they might still have a chance to leave this trap tower alive.

Thinking of this, the two prisoners' eyes became even more vicious, and they moved closer to Jiang Yan, preparing to take him down first.