Even blind box hunters don't choose their partners? I got Su Daji from my blind box!

[System Announcement: Player Ye Chen has been confirmed dead.]

[Killer: Lin Xiao.]

The cold, mechanical sound, like a death knell, instantly shattered the entire dark forest, plunging the livestream room in the real world into a brief, deathly silence.

There were no fancy special effects, nor a long final monologue.

Ye Chen's broken body turned into countless points of light, slowly dissipating in the dark forest.

However, no one noticed the details.

Those points of light did not return to heaven and earth; instead, a wisp of the purest golden-red blood energy silently seeped into Lin Xiao's pores.

hum!

Lin Xiao's body trembled slightly.

The feeling was like your phone battery instantly going from 1% to 100%, a thrill that went straight to the top of your head!

The brain, which had been throbbing with pain from activating "overclocking mode," now felt the stinging sensation vanish.

The parched meridians were once again filled with scalding power.

Even the deep, bone-revealing knife wound on his left arm stopped bleeding and scabbed over at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Hidden Mechanism – [Using War to Sustain War].

In this dark, cult-like game, the winner takes all, including the life essence of the losers.

"call……"

Lin Xiao slowly exhaled a breath of stale air, the airflow leaving a long, lingering white trail in the air.

He clenched his fist, his knuckles cracking.

Strength restored to 70%.

This is a huge profit.

He looked up, and his eyes, which had been slightly dim due to fatigue, were now frighteningly bright.

It's like a hungry tiger that has just tasted blood; not only is it not full, but it has also thoroughly whetted its appetite.

Just then.

Above the sky, the emotionless system voice descended once more, carrying a hint of enjoying the spectacle.

[Player casualty detected.]

[Force "Full Map Location" Enabled!]

[All survivor coordinates are highlighted for 30 seconds!]

Before the words were finished, four enormous crimson beams of light pierced the darkness, connecting heaven and earth.

The once pitch-black forest was instantly stained a strange crimson.

Under this red light, which resembled the final judgment, all conspiracies, lurking, and underhanded dealings were laid bare.

Lin Xiao stood still, letting the red light envelop him.

He narrowed his eyes slightly, his gaze sweeping across the entire image in an instant.

The nearest red light was in the bushes thirty meters ahead.

That's Bai Ling.

Although the crazy woman was slapped away by him, she was obviously very tough and was now curled up.

A second red light appeared about 100 meters to the left, behind a pile of rubble.

Zhang Xuan.

That Taoist priest who kept spouting "Amitabha" but was actually full of evil intentions.

As for the last dish...

Lin Xiao's gaze was fixed on the far distance.

At the very edge of the map, atop the ruins of an abandoned tower, stands a lone fourth beam of red light.

Nalan Qing.

"Oh."

Lin Xiao sneered.

"Trying to be the fisherman when you're so far away?"

This woman has a clever plan. She'll sit back and watch the two sides fight it out, waiting until they're both exhausted before she steps in to reap the rewards.

If it were an ordinary martial artist, even if they had defeated Ye Chen, they would definitely be at their last gasp by now.

pity.

She was in the atmosphere, while Lin Xiao was in outer space.

She overlooked one thing—

In this game, killing others restores your health.

But none of them had ever killed anyone; only they knew about this hidden mechanism.

She wasn't waiting for a low-health prey, but for a demon god who had just fully recovered.

"Since you want to watch a show, then I'll let you watch as much as you want."

Lin Xiao withdrew his gaze, no longer paying attention to Nalan Qing in the distance.

The most urgent task is to get rid of the bugs around us.

He slowly turned around, facing the pile of rubble on his left.

Bathed in red light, Lin Xiao's bare upper body showed clearly defined muscle lines, stained with the blood splattered by Ye Chen.

As he breathed, the bloodstains seemed to come alive, painting a Shura totem on his body.

Behind the pile of rubble.

Zhang Xuan was peering intently through the crack in the rock, staring intently at this side.

He held a few spare talismans in his hand, originally planning to take advantage of Lin Xiao's weakness after the fight to "strike while the iron is hot".

however.

The moment Lin Xiao turned around.

Zhang Xuan's pupils suddenly contracted to the size of pinpoints.

What did he see?

The man who had just torn Ye Chen apart was smiling at him.

His mouth parted into a grin, revealing a set of gleaming white teeth.

That smile was bright, sunny, and even kind.

But in Zhang Xuan's eyes, this was a million times more terrifying than the demons in hell!

"Boundless...that Celestial Venerable..."

Zhang Xuan felt a chill run up his tailbone straight to the top of his head, and the hairs on his body stood on end!

As a junior Taoist priest of Longhu Mountain, he was born with keen spiritual senses.

At this moment, his intuition was frantically sounding the alarm!

A terrifyingly bright red warning signal flashed wildly in his mind!

What made him even more desperate was...

The aura emanating from Lin Xiao... has changed!

No weakness!

Not exhausted!

The surge of qi and blood, which resembled a furnace, not only did not diminish, but became even more vigorous than before!

It's like a live volcano about to erupt!

"How is this possible?!"

Zhang Xuan's heart sank, and he almost crushed the compass in his hand.

"Killing people makes you stronger? What kind of monster is this?! System, you son of a bitch, aren't you going to do anything about this cheat?!"

The initial greedy thought of "taking advantage of the chaos" was instantly crushed by the will to survive in the face of the absolute difference in strength.

run!

Must run!

If that monster gets close, that's what will happen to Ye Chen!

however.

Before Zhang Xuan could even take a step...

Lin Xiao moved.

The ground beneath their feet suddenly exploded, and rubble flew in all directions like bullets.

No nonsense.

There was no probing.

Lin Xiao left a trail of afterimages, instantly tearing through the air.

That speed was even three points faster than when he killed Ye Chen earlier!

"Grass!"

Zhang Xuan felt his scalp tingle as he watched the fist rapidly enlarging in his field of vision.

Fast! Too fast!

It was so fast that he didn't even have time to chant the incantation, so fast that he didn't even have time to take out his defensive magic weapon!

The gust of wind that rushed towards him made it hard for him to breathe, and his face ached.

That's the smell of death!

At this moment, the boundary between life and death becomes incredibly blurred.

A twisted look of extreme pain flashed across Zhang Xuan's usually shrewd face.

With trembling hands, he suddenly pulled out a talisman that glowed with an ancient red light from his pocket.

Shrinking the earth to an inch

【Quality: Red, Mythical, Unique】

[Effect: Ignores spatial rules, instantly teleports to any location within visual range.]

[Note: That is the gait of a deity; mortals are only fit to worship.]

This is his trump card for survival!

I originally planned to save it for the final rounds and use it to launch a surprise attack when they weren't looking!

but now……

What's the point of keeping someone alive when they're about to die?

"Lin Xiao! You just wait, you bastard!!"

Zhang Xuan let out a mournful roar and burned the red talisman in his hand without hesitation.

"Hurry, hurry, as the law commands! Escape!"