The claws of the void demon were very sharp, but they still couldn't hurt the flag at all.
They dug up the soil around the obsidian fragments, trying to pull the flag out by its roots.
But several tough thin lines popped out from the bottom of the flag and penetrated deeply into the ground. There was no bottom after ten meters. There were also strands of energy thin lines that hooked tightly on the bottom of the obsidian fragments.
The condensed shadow seemed to have anticipated this and just ordered them:
"Keep digging until you find the flag."
After finishing speaking, the shadow dissipated in the first layer of the underworld.
On the second floor.
In addition to the 20 or so contestants who had unfortunately died, there were 6 injured people standing in front of the chaotic stairs with gloomy expressions.
After pondering for a while, one of the youngest-looking female Transcendents said weakly, "How about... let's just forget it? We came here to get the reward, it wouldn't be worth it if we die here."
A man dressed in a effeminate manner said sharply, "Yes, we are all geniuses in our respective cities, and are strong men with almost invincible combat power at the same level. We will definitely reach a higher level in the future. Preserving ourselves is the most important thing. I agree to withdraw."
"Haha~ I have the ambition to move forward, but my body is really unable to support a higher level."
After comforting each other, the six people turned on the emergency devices and shouted: "I want to quit the game and ask for help!"
This is a device given to them by the organizers, with a red button on it.
Press and wait for 2 or 3 minutes and you will be picked up.
All six of them pressed the button at the same time, with expressions of helplessness and relief on their faces.
"Alas... I originally thought I was already the best in my class, but after participating in this competition, I realized that the world is so big and there are strong people everywhere."
"Of course. It is said that those on the front battlefield of our human alliance are all evolvers who have made a breakthrough between life and death. The battle is even more terrifying."
"Haha~ Most of them are just second-rate martial artists, far inferior to the heritage of our Cross Church."
"Indeed... Among the nine inheritances of the Human Alliance, the mysterious inheritance of the Cross is the most comprehensive and powerful."
"Now there are eight great inheritances, and the Inquisitor has long been lost."
"Ah yes yes yes..."
When several people heard that he was a member of the Christian Church, they all complimented him.
After all, this force is the most powerful in the Human Alliance. They have people active in almost every city in the wasteland. 50 years ago, they single-handedly eliminated the Inquisitor, one of the nine inheritances of the Human Alliance.
Although the Inquisitors were in decline at that time, it also proved that Christianity was indeed domineering.
In the past, some other inheritors who were dissatisfied came to denounce Christianity, but after experiencing several reckonings from Christianity, no one dared to mention what happened back then.
10 minutes later...
The six people were still sitting there bragging.
As the music went on, suddenly no one spoke.
I stood up, walked around, and looked around, but I could see nothing but the dim underground world.
"Where's the rescue?"
Several people said it at the same time.
Then... they suddenly realized something was wrong and became nervous.
The atmosphere was no longer as harmonious as before.
"Could it be that they were blocked by monsters? Wasting some time?"
"Maybe the signal is bad? Can you guys press it a few more times?"
"It should be here soon...right?"
They took out their rescue equipment and pressed the red button frantically.
Another 10 minutes passed and still no help came.
A large group of void demons are coming...
"Damn it! We were deceived! No one came to rescue us!"
"Everyone join forces and go to the next level!"
Before being surrounded, the six used all their means and abilities to cross the Chaos Stairs.
The fat man who was the most seriously injured died halfway, and the other five people managed to get through with their injuries.
Unconvinced, they pressed the rescue button again, but... still no one came.
"Grass!"
The Christian Evolver threw the button to the ground and took out the flags behind him and threw them everywhere.
"There is no rescue! They deceived us! Put up a Khun Ba flag!"
Another female supernatural being said: "Everyone, think about how to leave this world. Otherwise, after the micro oxygen generator is digested and excreted by our bodies, there will be no oxygen here..."
At this moment, the smashed distress device suddenly rang.
“Sizzle~”
"Sorry, we lied to you. There is no rescue... There is a huge space barrier between the Netherworld and the world we usually live in. It will only open once a year, and evolvers with strength higher than the second level cannot enter. Only you can enter..."
"The flag I gave you is the coordinate locator of Duoyu Academy. After all the energy supply bases are filled in the Netherworld, a never-closing channel will be opened to connect to the central city. At that time, our people can come in and completely resolve a potential crisis of the Human Alliance."
"So... please do your best to plant all the flags! That is your only chance to survive, and it is also the Human Alliance's chance to protect humanity. If all the flags are planted, all the survivors will receive rewards and medals from the Human Alliance, and will be eligible to enter the Duoyu Academy."
"come on!"
After the mechanical voice ended, the six people were stunned.
“Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck!”
"I *** you ***"
"The person who came up with this idea, is he dead?"
After the rage, these people calmed down.
The extraordinary person of the Cross Church stood up at the critical moment: "No matter how much you scold, it's useless. The most urgent thing is how to open this place and survive!"
"My nickname is Turkey. Now is a critical moment and we need unity. If you don't mind, I am willing to be your captain and deal with the current crisis together."
The others had no objection, after all, Turkey was the strongest among them.
"Okay, in that case, I will serve as the captain of our temporary team. The first thing we need to do now is... find the others and let them know the news. We must unite everyone's strength to have a chance to accomplish this goal."
After resting for a while, the group of five began searching for other contestants on the third floor of Hades.
At the same time, with the reminder of the treasure-hunting robot, Cheng Shaofeng has avoided no less than 10 waves of monsters.
There is no wave that can be defeated!
"Mm, the monsters on these three floors are very strong. There are both long-range and melee attacks, and there are too many of them. We can't just take them head-on."
The monsters on this level put a lot of pressure on Cheng Shaofeng. Even the lowest-level Void Demon was at least at the first level of evolution. Some of the Void Demons seemed to have undergone some changes in their bodies, becoming tall and burly, and more oppressive.
Cheng Shaofeng named this type of void demon: Demon Leader.
Although not as powerful as the fat guy, it seems that he can still tickle the fat guy a few times.
On this level, he was not the only one dodging monsters, but the other contestants also stopped fighting to conserve their strength and energy.
The three Long Aotian players marked by Cheng Shaofeng also became cowardly after several waves of encounters.
Cheng Shaofeng hid in the dark and observed the battles of other contestants several times, and found out... The fireballs thrown by monsters like Chaos Herald not only have high damage, but also form a pool of burning flames on the ground, and standing on it will cause continuous damage.
If there are multiple Chaos Heralds... the ground will soon become a sea of fire, and no matter how good your agility is, your feet will be burned to the point of numbness.
Moreover, their defense is extremely high, and they cannot be killed instantly by these first-level peak evolvers, so the contestants will not get any good results.
Bai Susu hid in the fat man's belly, peeking out through the hole, revealing two curved eyes.
"Uncle, you've moved well. You haven't been discovered by the monster yet..."
Cheng Shaofeng: "Because I have opened my third eye."
"What is the third eye? Do you have one more eye than me?"
Cheng Shaofeng hesitated for a moment: "From the perspective of the biology teacher's courses... even if I open my third eye, we're still evenly matched."
"What is fifty-fifty?"
"The vanguard of resisting cheating."
"What is cheating?"
"Heal yours!"
"profound... "
Susu pouted her lips and sent out a healing touch, giving the fat man a full body spa.
When Cheng Shaofeng was avoiding the group of monsters, he planted the flag wherever he could and walked carefully step by step, not as calm as the people on the first and second floors.
"Without the Shadow Guards coming out... This level is already very, very difficult for Cheng Dafu to handle on his own. Even with Susu's assistance, he can't defeat any wave of monsters. Fortunately, he brought the treasure-hunting robot..."
Cheng Shaofeng couldn't even imagine how powerful Long Aotian was, as he was able to kill three waves of monsters in a row.
Real chickens are very scary.
He avoided it to avoid the other party having any bad intentions...
When Cheng Shaofeng was dodging monsters and planting the ninth flag on the third floor, a group of contestants discovered him and quickly moved towards him.
There are a lot of people!
There were about 40 people, including Xiao Yan No. 1 and No. 2, Long Aotian No. 1, 2, and 3, as well as Han Li, who were marked by Cheng Shaofeng using the treasure-hunting robot.
He frowned: "Why did they form a team?"
When in doubt, run away first.
Just as Cheng Shaofeng was about to leave quickly, the person on the other side shouted, "Don't go, brother! We have important news to share with you! We have been fooled by the organizers and cannot leave this world! We must unite!"
"If you don't believe me, just press the emergency button a few more times and you'll know!"
"Listen!"
Cheng Shaofeng slowed down his pace...
Finally, after some testing and communication, Cheng Shaofeng nodded and accepted this fact.
"I had seen several people on the first and second floors who pressed the button but didn't get rescued, so I had a rough guess, but I didn't expect... it was actually true."
Xiao Yan1 stretched out his hand: "I am Fang Lang, an ice evolver. Let's work together to find a way to survive."
Cheng Shaofeng shook hands with him.
"Cheng Dafu, an ordinary summoner."
"Haha~ Your summon is not simple."
Bai Susu dug a round hole out of the fat man's belly, revealing her little face.
"Bai Susu, I am the uncle's pendant. I don't have much fighting power. Just pretend I don't exist."
Cheng Shaofeng spread his hands: "She is indeed not strong, she only has some healing skills."
Fang Lang: "Haha~ Treatment is also very important. We will act together next. It is good to be able to heal."
"By the way, tell Brother Cheng about the current situation. We should be the only ones left on the third floor. We are the strongest ones, and each of us has a combat capability comparable to that of a second-level warrior..."
"If we want to get out alive and settle accounts with the organizers, we must plant all the flags as they require. I suggest that we work together to clear the monsters on the road and plant all the flags quickly."
"I observed from the second and third floors that Brother Cheng seemed to be able to find traces of monsters in advance?"
Cheng Shaofeng was shocked. He didn't expect that someone was observing him and he hadn't noticed it!
This Xiao Yan1... Oh, Fang Lang is not simple either.
Cheng Shaofeng looked at so many masters and felt something in his heart:
"Well...I do have some talent for sensing monsters. If you trust me, I can help lead the way."
Fang Lang: "Okay! Then I'll trouble you, Brother Cheng. Can you take us to find a place on this floor that has not been flagged yet?"
"no problem."
Cheng Shaofeng explored the dark area on the map.
On the way, they 'accidentally' encountered 15 combined Hades monsters, and everyone worked together.
They were killed instantly without making any sound.
Kill 'Chaos Herald', experience +102
Kill the Demon Commander, experience +112
Kill 'Void Reaver', experience +60
Kill...
Next, they ‘accidentally’ ran into a wave of 20 monsters again, and everyone attacked together to kill them.
Only then did we find an obsidian fragment that no one had yet placed a flag on.
Everyone put down their flags.
Han Li 2: "It seems that the organizers want to put only one flag in front of each glowing stone, but... put more in to avoid any accidents."
He is very cautious.
The advice given along the way was also to seek stability.
After repeatedly encountering smaller groups of monsters, the group successfully filled the third floor with 13 flags and found the Chaos Stairs leading upwards.
Fang Lang said with emotion: "Brother Cheng's talent is really amazing! He actually avoided all the large groups of monsters along the way, and only encountered small groups that were easy to deal with. He also found all the flag-planting points. This talent for seeking good fortune and avoiding danger... I can't help but admit it!"
"It's just... I don't know why, Brother Cheng has heard explosions and energy gushing out of him many times. Is he practicing some skill?"
Cheng Shaofeng looked up at the sky: "Oh, it will be like this as long as I use my ability. Don't worry about these details."
He took a look at Cheng Dafu's skill panel, which had reached level 17, and added all the 9 skill points he had just acquired.
Invest 4 points into summoning a Plague Demon, maxing out at level 16.
Invest 5 points into Will of the Tomb to reach level 6.
Suddenly, nine years of skill training experience flooded into Cheng Shaofeng's mind.
Turkey: "Brother Cheng has something... If we can get out this time, Brother Cheng, are you willing to join our Christian Church? We have branches in almost every city across the country. With your ability... I guarantee that you will become a priest and enjoy the Christian Church's subsidy every month. How about that?"
Cheng Shaofeng could not deny it: "Let's talk about it after we get out."
At this moment, in the middle of the team, Chen Jin and Cheng Shaofeng looked at each other, nodded at him and smiled friendly.
Cheng Shaofeng felt puzzled.
'Why on earth would he say I could save his life?'
Although he didn't understand, but... Currently, because of the organizer's deception, the combination of many highly capable contestants did give him the opportunity to contact Shen Jin again.
At this time, everyone used their own unique skills to rush into the last step of the chaotic stairs.
Fortunately, the chaotic energy of this staircase does not increase with each level. Those who can get through the lower levels are in good condition after being treated by Susu, and can naturally get through to the upper levels as well.
After climbing to the fourth floor, everyone was surprised to find that... chaotic energy filled the entire space!
They are buffeted by chaotic energies at every turn.
The darkness that enveloped the three layers below disappeared, replaced by the pink color of the entire world.
Before everyone's eyes, there was a floating stone circular platform with 14 pieces of obsidian fragments forming a circle on it. In the middle was a blood-stained bronze throne, and on top of it was a man bound by four iron chains.
He wore a crown and had a foolish smile on his face.
“The quality of the food delivered by Duoyu Academy this year is pretty good...”