Chapter 121 Deadly Jeopardy 5

Chapter 121 Deadly Jeopardy 5

For Desert Tiger, the very nature of human beings was not dissimilar to the constantly-changing universe, chaotic and unpredictable. Compelled by their survival instinct, desire to mate, and endless greed, they would only bring destruction and corruption. Only by destroying and redesigning them would order reign.

The attitude of Desert Tiger toward humans was that of a housewife with a cleanliness obsession dealing with a stain on the stove. Once he came across a human being, he would stop at nothing to wipe it clean...

HONG!

Desert Tiger’s punch landed on the ground, churning the rolling sand. The impact forced both Xiao Tan and Laughing Soul back, and they stumbled for a distance. Even though they were not directly hit by the punch, the shock of the tremor cost them eight percent of their Life Points, and they were inflicted with the Slow effect for several seconds.

There was another cheer from the audience. It seemed like the audience liked the way that Desert Tiger greeted the two participants.

"This is thunder strike..." Feng Bujue held his chin and commented softly as he watched the live feed on screen. "Their enemy is a Transformer... Then Xiao Tan’s skill, Bee’s Sting, is useless. It inflicts the effect of bleeding. I don’t think using it on a robot will cause it to bleed oil or electricity.

"Laughing Soul’s main weapons of choice are firearms. Even though they are more useful than blades, facing this kind of enemy, they won’t do much..."

By then, on the big screen, Desert Tiger had launched his next attack. As a robot, seeing that the human beings had already used guns, if he did not retaliate with some firepower, how shameful it would have been for him. Thus, two rectangular firing ports appeared on his shoulders. Following the sound of wind being cut... two torpedoes were fired at Xiao Tan and Laughing Soul, who were retreating.

HONG! HONG!

Two relatively contained explosions created two craters in the sand, causing the sky to be covered by sand. Thankfully, neither Xiao Tan nor Laughing Soul were directly hit by the torpedo. They had evaded the attack, so they merely received the damage caused by the impact wave.

For something like a torpedo, be it a large one or a small one, it would have been best to target a large heat source. To attack a living human, it was impossible to set up accurate triangulation; using a rifle would have worked better.

"Hey, Mr. Yoo!" Feng Bujue nudged away the microphone that was before him and whispered at Mr. Yoo, who stood not far away from him. "Can I ask... how is the executioner in the coliseum assigned? What kind of data is used? Is it completely random, or is it based on the participant’s race, numbers, or scores obtained in the quiz?"

Mr. Yoo glanced at him and smiled. Without using the microphone, the host whispered back, "The answer is summarizing what you’ve listed. Hue hue... It is the overall power level of the participants."

"In other words... if Participant Wang entered the coliseum alone, he would not be facing this executioner?" Feng Bujue asked in the manner of a test.

"Hue hue... Of course, the power levels of one participant and two participants are ultimately different, right?" Mr. Yoo gave him an affirmative answer.

"I get it now..." Feng Bujue murmured. No wonder that fatty used a description like ’Who or what will be given this bloody responsibility? Who will have the luxury of facing down two of our participants today?’ earlier... Looks like it isn’t an advantage to have more people enter the coliseum. Entering it alone, even for Passing Rain, she wouldn’t receive any extra advantage because a strong player will face a strong executioner.

Hmm... Considering the exhaustion of Life Points and Stamina Points, it looks like we should try to get the lowest points in turn. This way, we can more effectively share the pressure of combat.

Thus, he instantly stood up from the ground.

BANG! BANG! BANG!

Xiao Tan saw how unfavorable the situation had become. He quickly reloaded and fired as he ran forward, but he was still too slow.

Desert Tiger’s immense punches rained from the sky, heading toward Laughing Soul. If this attack landed, the situation could be described as: human, meat paste, white light.

Laughing Soul knelt on the ground. As she saw the shadow pool around her, she gritted her teeth to welcome the end. She could not do anything beyond that. Her body refused to listen to her control, and she could barely roll out of the way.

But then, a miracle happened.

Desert Tiger’s action suddenly slowed like the camera was moving into slow motion. His punches moved forward at a glacial speed. It felt like even if one was hit, there would not be any injury.

Gasps travelled through the audience.

Mr. Yoo knew what was up. "Oh! Look! It appears like someone has used Slowing Sands!"

"No, this is low-quality time dust mixed with other elements. The real Slowing Sand would not have caused an effect as small as this." The camera panned over, and the audience realized in surprise that it was Hephaestus who had spoken. Apparently, he could give serious comments if he wanted to.

Xiao Tan held the Winchester in one hand, and his other palm was bleeding. This was an unavoidable outcome. To use the Slowing Sand, he had to break the vial. They were surrounded by cushy sand, and in his desperation, he could only use his hand to shatter the vial.

Desert Tiger’s punches continued to close in, but the slowing effect meant that Xiao Tan was able to get to Laughing Soul’s location before the attack connected. Without saying a word, he picked up his teammate and started to run.

"You idiot! Why are you running? Now is the time to fight back!" Realizing that Xiao Tan was going to carry her and run as far away as he could, without even stopping to catch his breath, she quickly shouted to remind him.

"Oh, you have a point!" The truth dawned on Xiao Tan. He released his grip and dropped Laughing Soul to the ground. He turned around to run back to the Desert Tiger.

Several seconds after he left, Laughing Soul regained her mobility. She climbed up from the ground with a dark face. Wiping the sand from her face, she took a deep breath. "This giant idiot... In the future, I’ll beat you until you run back to your mother in Killing Game..."

Even though she was angered, she understood their situation, and it was not the time to have an inside argument.

Laughing Soul took out the sniper rifle from her inventory and readied herself in several seconds. Since Desert Tiger was practically slowed to immobility, she chose to attack using the weapon with the greatest damage.

Meanwhile, Xiao Tan ran back to the robot. With great agility, he climbed up the arm that had not retracted. He leaped and jumped onto the robot’s shoulder.

The second before Slowing Sand lost its effect, Xiao Tan aimed the Winchester right next to Desert Tiger’s head. As he pulled the trigger, the sniper rifle of Laughing Soul rang out as well.