122: Chapter 122 finally caught up

Boom!

The Second Layer's three thrones erupted with vast pressure simultaneously, and five golden figures, several times more formidable than the First Layer's Imperial Guard, suddenly awakened.

[Second Layer · Imperial Guard Commander!]

The five commanders had chilling auras and overwhelming combat power, clad in gilded armor, their pressure crushing the entire scene.

Before the newcomers could steady themselves, five fierce, lethal attacks erupted simultaneously, crashing down with a roar!

Pfft—!

Several strong individuals attempting to climb the tower didn't even have a chance to resist; their bodies were instantly severely injured, vomiting blood, and they were knocked flying back from high altitude in a wretched state, crashing heavily to the ground, completely losing the ability to continue climbing.

The entire crowd was shaken to the core!

Everyone truly saw the gap.

The First Layer's undying Imperial Guard only tortured and exhausted people;

The Second Layer's Imperial Guard Commander was a true existence capable of instantly crushing and killing Contestants!

Moreover, everyone understood in their hearts that the Second Layer thrones also had dual unknown rules superimposed upon them, making the suppression far more severe and terrifying than the First Layer.

At this moment, all Contestants present fell into complete silence, and all contempt and luck in their hearts vanished.

Everyone looked at the ten thrones stacked like a pyramid, unable to help but sigh with emotion.

"It's not simple... There are no shortcuts in this Chaotic Battlefield!"

"Not only do we have to contend with the overlapping hellish rules, but we also have to restrain the undying throne monsters, and finally, be on guard against backstabbing and throne-snatching by various geniuses!"

"The so-called final points throne is simply ten steps of lethal Shura hell!"

...

The tense atmosphere of various geniuses and teams fighting and testing each other enveloped the entire scene, and everyone's attention was entirely focused on the ten golden thrones stacked high in the sky.

A suffocating, murderous, and lethal atmosphere of the endgame permeated the entire world.

Just as everyone's hearts were tight and they were watching the throne battle with bated breath, several wretched, panting figures stumbled into the battlefield entrance.

"We made it... We finally made it!"

"We were just a tiny bit away... from being locked outside the final shrinking Safe Zone!"

Several Contestants who had followed along the whole way bent over, supporting their knees, gasping for air. Their clothes were covered in dust, their physical strength was heavily depleted, and their faces were filled with relief at having survived a disaster.

After a journey of displacement and being chased by monsters, they had barely made it into the final Safe Zone right at the deadline of the shrinking circle.

Only Wen Xiaoyou, at the very front of the team, had steady breathing and a relaxed expression. Her little face was clean, showing no signs of the fatigue from the journey, but she was slightly frowning, looking at the young man holding the tracking compass in the team with a face full of confusion.

"Your compass item is so useless; is this thing not accurate?"

"We've gone the wrong way so many times."

A crisp voice rang out, carrying a hint of straightforward little complaint.

"Even with a tracking item, it took us so long to reach the Safe Zone; it's too slow."

The young man was stunned, the corner of his mouth twitching slightly.

He really wanted to say that it wasn't that the compass was inaccurate, but that she had been walking randomly the whole time!!!

But the words reached his lips, and he swallowed them back hard.

He couldn't say it.

Absolutely couldn't say it.

This journey was simply ridiculously absurd!

The paths she took wrong were like she was possessed!

From all directions, front and back, countless high-level monsters were drawn like they were being guided by some mysterious force, rushing toward them in droves like they were crazy!

On their journey, it was always the monsters chasing them!

The most crushing part was—

Their own big boss, who firmly occupied the top of the points leaderboard and was the most inscrutable person on the field, stood by the whole time, spacing out, looking at the scenery, and squatting by the roadside to look at flowers!

From beginning to end, she hadn't made a single move!

All the monsters that swarmed them had to be cleared by the few of them fighting for their lives.

Wave after wave of monster tides happened to be within the limit of their capabilities, draining their mana and exhausting their stamina, dragging down all their progress.

If this legendary unfathomable top-ranked boss had just moved a finger, they could have reached the center area in an hour without having to suffer so much!

But who among them dared to say another word?

Having followed along until now, everyone had long deeply ingrained the belief that Wen Xiaoyou was a peerless big boss hidden in the deepest shadows, and Lin Yan was just the lackey beside her responsible for clearing the trash mobs.

If the boss didn't make a move, it was because she disdained to use force against low-level monsters; it was the demeanor of a powerhouse.

They could only silently endure all these grievances, weeping as they worked like beasts of burden.

What made them even more mentally broken and envious was that this outer battlefield of the Safe Zone had been plowed repeatedly by various geniuses and countless teams hours ago.

Ordinary resources had long been scavenged clean; not even a few blades of grass remained.

But as it happened!

Wen Xiaoyou got lost and walked randomly, yet she found hidden resources that others couldn't find every single time!

Countless high-level resource points along the way that others had no chance to see were all easily picked up by her.

The few of them fought monsters to the death the whole way, exhausted to the point of collapse, with no gains other than points.

The big boss wandered around lost, did nothing, picked up resources until her hands were soft, and her storage bag was bulging.

The gap was so absurd it made people numb.

Everyone became more and more convinced that she was worthy of being the ruthless person who was first by a wide margin!

It wasn't that she was bad with directions or lost; she was using her powerful perception to take special secret paths to resources!

Not making a move to clear monsters was because she didn't need to; her powerful judgment calculated that they could just handle it, which is why she didn't intervene!

...

A few hours ago, in the dense forest, everyone had just caught up to Wen Xiaoyou.

"Left!"

"It looks like there are monsters!"

"There are some on the right too!"

"And in front!"

A group of people fought crazily, with swords and shadows, as monsters kept respawning.

And Wen Xiaoyou stood in place, seriously looking at a tree.

"This tree looks a bit different."

The next second, the hidden formation under the tree activated.

[High-level Resource Point Unlocked]

Everyone fell silent on the spot.

Further ahead, they were surrounded by three monster groups and fought to break out.

Wen Xiaoyou squatted on the side:

"You guys are so slow."

Everyone: "..."

We are fighting!!!

They took a huge detour and accidentally entered a restricted area, almost getting wiped out.

As a result, Wen Xiaoyou, who had just finished taking the hidden resources, casually pointed:

"You can go that way."

Perfectly avoiding all dangerous paths.

Afterwards, it seemed like monsters across the entire Chaotic Battlefield had a built-in hatred mechanism that locked onto her, swarming toward them from all directions like they were crazy.

At first, it was just sporadic small monsters, but later it evolved directly into a small-scale beast tide.

Boom, boom, boom!

The roars of monsters echoed through the mountains and forests, and dense waves of monsters surged over, blotting out the sky and sun.

Several followers instantly felt their scalps go numb, and could only grit their teeth, raise their weapons, and rush forward, forming a battle formation to fight to the death to clear the endless tide of monsters.

"Hold on! Clear them all! Don't let them drag down our progress!"

"Quick! Use potions! Can't stop!"

Everyone took turns outputting damage, alternating taking damage, and pulling to the limit, not daring to stop for a moment.

They fought wave after wave, their status exhausted, their bodies aching and numb, in a high-pressure bitter battle the whole time.

And the source of all this disaster—

Wen Xiaoyou stood at the edge of the battlefield, quietly watching them fight monsters.

"So many monsters, you guys are so amazing at fighting!"

The team members were vomiting blood while clearing monsters, and were speechless with tears in their eyes.

What's the use of being amazing!

No matter how amazing you are, you can't handle infinite monster respawns!

The most infuriating thing was that the monster tide was endless, but resources were also everywhere.

Wen Xiaoyou didn't need to fight monsters or compete for anything the whole time; just by getting lost while walking, she could continuously trigger hidden opportunities.

Walking and stopping along the way, picking things up casually, her gains were terrifyingly scary.

A few people were weeping while working as laborers fighting monsters, while watching the big boss frantically pick up resources, their mouths watering.

It was precisely because of this wave after wave of unsolvable automatic monster tides that their pace of travel was infinitely dragged down.

Others had arrived at the central Safe Zone early to rest and recharge, while they had been chased all over the map by monsters the whole way, dragged until the very last moment of the shrinking circle.