Survival for All: I can deconstruct projections and synthesize everything.

The water dragon, carrying towering waves, crashed into Zhuang Lan, and the surrounding water was whipped up by the airflow, forming a fine rain curtain in mid-air.

And these rain curtains, under Zhang Tao's influence, also turned into one ice needle after another.

However, Zhuang Lan did not panic at all. She touched the ground with her toes and leaped backward. Her own shadow surged like a living thing, instantly condensing into a two-meter-high black shield in front of her.

"boom!"

The water dragon crashed violently into the shadow shield that Zhuang Lan had conjured.

The towering waves surrounded Zhuang Lan, and then, under Zhang Tao's control, the waves turned into ice, still attacking Zhuang Lan.

Zhuang Lan's eyes turned cold, and numerous shadow tentacles surged out from his own shadow.

All of Zhang Tao's ice spikes and frost attacks were intercepted by Zhuang Lan's shadow shield and shadow touch.

"Hehe, Ice Spikes, Shadow Shield, Shadow Touch—though these are your innate abilities, they're mine now!"

"At that time, even if I don't have those talents, I will still be able to use the skills derived from your talents!"

As Lin Xiao continued talking, she watched the fight between the two.

The reason they were fighting was because of that treasure chest.

Most survivors are not like Lin Xiao and Nelly, who can easily create or project Tier 3 items.

Most of the items they use are only Tier 1.

Thinking of this, the two of them picked up the items from their system backpacks. For them, even a first-tier item was enough to change the course of the battle.

Zhang Tao took out a teardrop-shaped necklace and put it around his neck. Lin Xiao felt that his control over the flowing water seemed to be more precise and the power was much stronger.

On the other side, Zhuang Lan took out a lantern.

As Zhuang Lan picked up the lantern, her shadow grew longer and larger.

More shadow attacks were used.

The teardrop-shaped necklace and the lantern in Zhuang Lan's hand, both of which were only first-tier items, were instantly deconstructed by Lin Xiao.

Both are very simple items. The teardrop-shaped necklace can enhance his control over water and also create a soft water shield around himself.

The lantern was similar to the sacrificial lantern that Lin Xiao had used before, but it was weaker. It could illuminate the surroundings and dispel a bit of the surrounding mist, but the range was smaller.

"Why aren't they using Tier 3 items? Is it because they don't have any?" Nelly, who was next to Lin Xiao, muttered to herself as she looked at the two of them.

"..."

Lin Xiao ignored Nelly's Versailles and continued to watch the battle on the field.

It is clear that Zhang Tao is now at a disadvantage.

Zhuang Lan controlled an endless stream of shadow tentacles, which swept wildly towards Zhang Tao, who was struggling to dodge them.

Suddenly, Zhang Tao made a mistake, and a tentacle wrapped around his ankle, instantly rendering him unable to move. Moreover, he felt a corrosive force on his ankle.

"Poisonous?" Zhang Tao was alarmed. He swung a water-like blade to cut off the shadowy tentacles wrapped around his ankle. Then he took out a band-aid from his system inventory and applied it to the area where the tentacles had just wrapped around him. At the same time, he activated the Soft Water Shield on his necklace.

However, the band-aid was just a low-level healing item he got from the treasure chest. It couldn't effectively treat poison, but it was still useful as an emergency measure.

"Alright, since that's the case, watch my final move!"

Zhang Tao hardened his heart, took a deep breath, and slammed his hand on the ground.

The water on the ground suddenly boiled, forming a waterspout ten meters in diameter centered on Zhang Tao. Ice spikes continuously surged from the waterspout, heading straight for Zhuang Lan.

This is his ultimate move, "Ice Vortex Strangulation," which can not only trap enemies but also freeze their bodies with low temperatures, and subject them to endless attacks of ice spikes. Many mist creatures have died from this move.

Zhuang Lan's pupils contracted slightly, and he quickly retreated. His SS-level talent, Shadow, was currently unable to control such a large attack, and he could only continuously dodge the water tornado's attacks.

Meanwhile, Zhang Tao was also standing there, leaning on his leg, panting heavily. That move had taken a toll on him, and his mental strength was almost down to below 50.

However, after drinking two bottles of water, Zhang Tao's mental strength recovered slightly.

"Snap!" Just as Zhang Tao's water tornado was about to engulf Zhuang Lan, a crisp sound suddenly came from around them.

That sound sounds like... someone eating potato chips?

Upon hearing the sudden sound, Zhang Tao immediately stopped the water jet, thus saving Zhuang Lan from harm.

She breathed a sigh of relief, but still looked nervously at the direction from which the sound came, constantly sensing the situation there using her Shadow talent.

Then a man and a woman walked out from that direction, and the girl had an embarrassed look on her face.

Lin Xiao never expected that he would be exposed by the sound of Nelly eating potato chips. However, Lin Xiao felt that Nelly was doing it on purpose, but he had no evidence.

When Zhuang Lan saw two people walk out, she was the most shocked, because one of the effects of her SS-level Shadow Talent was that she could sense the situation in the surrounding shadows.

As the two people emerged from the abandoned building, Zhuang Lan couldn't sense even a trace of their presence.

Zhang Tao was also slightly surprised, but he wasn't as shocked as Zhuang Lan. He was just surprised that there were two other people around waiting to reap the benefits.

"Hey, woman, should we team up for now and take out these two guys who're trying to reap the benefits?"

Zhuang Lan looked at the three of them for a moment, then chuckled, "Heh, forget it, I'm not getting involved. If you want to do it, do it yourself. I don't want to lose my life, so I'm preparing to retreat!"

Zhuang Lan's figure flashed and disappeared into the shadows of the surrounding abandoned buildings, then vanished without a trace.

Lin Xiao used the ever-changing ring to locate her and found that she had indeed left.

"Damn it, coward!" Zhang Tao cursed under his breath.

However, seeing Zhuang Lan leave, Zhang Tao began to think.

He had already exhausted a lot of physical and mental energy when he fought with Zhuang Lan, but the third-party force that had just appeared did not seem to have exhausted any energy.

Given my current condition, if I were to face two survivors at their peak, my chances of failure would be very high.

They might even lose their lives!