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

This series of announcements is like you and your partner doing things in the car.

Just as you're about to launch, someone suddenly knocks on your car window.

Launching now? That would be a complete disaster!

Zhang Xuan's sinister smile froze, and he remained in the hand seal posture, looking like a comical clown.

Before he could react...

Rumble—!

Suddenly, a thunderous roar, like ten thousand horses galloping, came from behind.

Zhang Xuan mechanically turned his neck to look behind him.

The black mist that had been stationary at the edge of the map, hundreds of meters away, suddenly became violent.

It transformed into a black tsunami hundreds of meters high, and was crashing towards the center area at an utterly unreasonable speed!

Wherever it passed, rocks crumbled and trees turned to ash.

That's an erasure at the rule level!

And he is Zhang Xuan.

In order to avoid Lin Xiao, he had used the Shrinking Earth Talisman to send himself to the very edge of the map!

now.

That all-destroying black line of death was less than half a meter away from his back.

"Holy crap?!"

A piercing scream ripped through the sky, instantly shattering the so-called superior demeanor.

"Damn it! Why did you have to back down now of all times?! Are you targeting me?!"

Survival instinct made Zhang Xuan instinctively rush forward, wanting to escape back to the safe zone.

however.

An embarrassing thing happened.

boom!

A muffled thud.

Zhang Xuan looked like a gecko as he crashed hard into the golden light barrier, his face squashed and distorted, sliding down the barrier.

That was the "Heavenly Thunder Dragon-Trapping Formation" that he set up himself.

Two-way blockade.

You may enter, but you may not leave.

It was originally an impregnable fortress to prevent Lin Xiao from escaping.

At this moment, it became the coffin lid that sealed his fate.

"Untie it! Untie it now!!"

Zhang Xuan has gone mad.

He looked at the black mist behind him that had already reached his heels, his hands forming a hand seal that left afterimages as he tried to break the formation.

"Hurry, hurry, as the law commands! Supreme Lord Laozi, hurry, hurry, as the law commands!!"

The formation, which could usually be solved with one's eyes closed, was now being broken by extreme panic.

His fingers were so tangled that he made the wrong hand seal three times in a row!

sizzle-

The back of the Taoist robe was touched by the black mist and instantly turned into ashes.

A piercing pain shot through my back.

"Ahhh! I made a mistake! My handprint is wrong! What was the password again?! Master, save me!!"

Zhang Xuan was in tears, looking nothing like a disciple of the Daoist sect.

He was just like a poor guy who was locked out and forgot his keys.

Just then.

boom!

A violent shockwave swept in.

Lin Xiao arrived with a sonic boom, his figure suddenly stopping ten meters away from the formation.

He had already gathered his strength and was ready to deliver a powerful blow to the Taoist priest.

But what he saw was a scene he would never forget.

That Taoist priest who had just been clamoring to die with him.

At this moment, he was lying face down inside the light screen with his butt sticking out, his face pressed against the array wall, looking like a pig's head, and frantically slapping the light screen with both hands.

Behind him lay a dark abyss that devoured everything.

Eyes facing each other.

The air suddenly went silent for a second.

Zhang Xuan looked at Lin Xiao, and the killing intent in his eyes vanished instantly, leaving only an extremely strong will to survive.

"Lin Xiao! Big Brother!! Father!!"

Zhang Xuan pressed his face tightly against the light screen and cried out.

"Help me! Break this lousy formation! Help my brother out! Please!!"

Lin Xiao was stunned.

He has seen those who beg for mercy and those who stand firm.

I've never seen anyone lock themselves outside the poison circle and beg the enemy to open the door.

"this……"

Lin Xiao's lips twitched, and he didn't know where to put his raised fist.

That's incredibly advanced.

It was so sophisticated that he felt that even taking action against it would be an insult to his intelligence.

"I don't want to die! I have an eighty-year-old mother... no, I haven't even gotten married yet!!"

Zhang Xuan's cries were extremely mournful.

But it was all too late.

boom--!

The black toxic circle swept relentlessly like a tsunami.

The golden light barrier held out for a moment against the power of the rule level, but only for a moment.

next second.

The formation collapsed.

Zhang Xuan's figure was instantly swallowed by darkness.

Along with his perfect formation, burning essence and blood, and dream of counterattack, all vanished in an instant.

Only a single last word, filled with boundless resentment, lingered in the wind, never fading away.

"This humble Taoist priest... is not convinced!!!"

[System Announcement: Player Zhang Xuan has been eliminated because he was in a non-safe zone.]

[Killed by: Natural environment (poison circle)]

Current number of survivors: 2.

……

The real world.

The main hall of Longhu Mountain.

A deathly silence.

The disciples who were cheering just moments ago now remain frozen in their raised arms, like statues.

The eldest disciple, who had just been praising his junior brother for being "both wise and brave," now had an empty look in his eyes.

Isolate yourself from the drug world...

This is... putting someone in a do-or-die situation?

That's practically putting them in a death trap, and then that's it!

Above the head seat.

The old master Zhang Zhiwei's lips twitched violently a few times, and finally he sighed and silently covered his face with his sleeve.

"Shameful..."

"This is so embarrassing..."

"Pass down the order to close the mountain for three months... Longhu Mountain can't afford to lose face like this."

At this moment, the live stream chat exploded after a brief pause.

The screen was filled with "hahaha" and "666" almost completely obscuring the view.

"This is hilarious! Is this what they call 'killing myself'?"

"Top-notch understanding! Locking yourself out of the poison zone—that's a 10,000-year-old game ahead of humanity!"

Zhang Xuan: I calculated everything under heaven, except for the fact that the system wanted me dead!

Lin Xiao: I hadn't even used any force, how come you were gone already?

"Is this the old Celestial Master's esteemed disciple? I love him so much. He passed away peacefully, without even leaving behind ashes."

"It's awful, but I really can't help it... hahaha!"

……

The edge of the dark forest.

Lin Xiao looked at the spot where Zhang Xuan had disappeared and shrugged helplessly.

A ball of golden-red essence of blood and qi emerged from the void and entered his body.

Although it's not as much as killing them yourself, it's still free loot, so what more could you ask for?

"What a meticulous person."

Lin Xiao clicked his tongue and sighed.

"To avoid getting my hands dirty, he chose this way to end his own life."

"In your next life, remember not to play with formations; you'll easily kill yourself."

After sighing, Lin Xiao began frantically moving into the entertainment circle.

Not long after.

The poison circle had stopped shrinking and stopped a few meters away from Lin Xiao's feet.

The entire map has been compressed by half.

The once vast dark forest is now reduced to ruins in its central area.

Lin Xiao slowly turned around, his gaze piercing through the thin mist, and looked towards the towering structure that still stood several kilometers away.

Only one person remained in the entire venue.

Nalan Qing.

The woman who always hid behind the scenes, trying to control the whole situation with her mental power.

"Then, Miss Nalan."

Lin Xiao smiled smugly at the tower, his voice low but carrying a hint of cat-and-mouse playfulness.

"Your teammate killed himself."

"Now, are you planning to jump down yourself with dignity...?"

"Should I go upstairs instead, to save face for you?"

……