I Mean No Harm
Fireworks bloomed brilliantly under the starry sky. Seeing this scene, Jian Changsheng remained unmoved where he stood.
"The competition will last for 48 hours. During this period, every battle will consume stamina... So the most rational method is to keep hiding in the dark until the others have almost finished slaughtering each other, and then go out to take action!"
"When the time comes, everyone else will be heavily injured, while I am still in peak condition. The probability of snatching the [Heaven-Reaching Star Position] will increase by a few more points."
"As soon as I arrived here, I blew out my Kerosene Lamp. Right now, in the pitch black, others won't be able to discover my position at all... It's exactly a good opportunity to hide and recuperate!"
"This time, the advantage is mine!"
Jian Changsheng's internal abacus clicked loudly. The corners of his mouth involuntarily curled up, as if he could already imagine the scene where others were fighting heatedly while he was Reaping the Rewards of Others' Labor.
Just as Jian Changsheng was about to lie down on the spot, a rustling sound came from above his head.
A wisp of dust drifted from the gap in the floorboards onto Jian Changsheng's shoulder. He looked up in confusion. The next moment, an explosive ball of fire crashed down with a bang!
The explosion pierced through the house, splitting the entire abandoned small building down the middle. A figure smoking all over flew backward out of it!
In mid-air, a tall woman holding a chain burning with flames was proudly looking down at Jian Changsheng who was sent flying by the shockwave... The sound of mechanical expansion rang out from inside the chain. The chain, which originally only had a length of over two meters, visibly extended to the naked eye, winding and flying out like a long flaming snake!
Before Jian Changsheng even landed, a second figure silently floated out from the darkness, pointing a finger at the ground below him from mid-air!
"[Thorns]."
Strokes resembling dianthus abruptly pierced out from underground. The sharp tips were enough to pierce through any creature's body, like a silently opening jungle of thorns. Killing Intent drifted in the darkness!
Jian Changsheng: ??!!
Jian Changsheng rapidly twisted his body in mid-air. His index finger and thumb tightly clasped, and he forcefully flicked towards the stone forest of thorns below!
Boom—!
A roaring thunderclaps exploded in the air. A whole patch of thorns instantly exploded to pieces. Jian Changsheng crashed onto the cracked earth permeated with dust, his legs steadily supporting his figure... Only at this moment did he have the time to look up at the two people who sneak attacked him.
"Wait... what's the situation?"
Jian Changsheng didn't understand. According to his Script, he should have been able to safely hide all the way to the end, and then shine brilliantly... Why was he besieged by two people right at the beginning?
"He actually didn't die?" The chain woman in the air was somewhat surprised.
"Blowing out his own candle right after coming over to hide his position. I thought he was a Pushover trying to fish in troubled waters... Now it seems he has some ability."
"Every competitor eliminated is one less. First clear out the small fry, and then we fight By One's Own Merit." The man glanced at the woman and spoke in a deep voice. "Let's slaughter this small fry together first, and then we fight."
"Sure. Before then, no backstabbing sneak attacks."
"Hmph, cut the crap."
Hearing those two conversing as if there was no one else around, Jian Changsheng was somewhat dazed for a moment.
He stretched out a hand, pointed at himself, his expression incredibly bizarre:
"Pushover, small fry... me?"
He just wanted to hide for a wave to preserve his strength. How did he suddenly become a small fry in others' eyes? No wonder these people besieged him like crazy right from the start. So it turns out they wanted to pick the soft persimmons to squeeze first?!
The commotion of the battle here had already attracted a portion of the surrounding participants. They hid in the darkness, as if peeping at the situation here, like venomous snakes waiting for an opportunity to strike... Unknowingly, the position where Jian Changsheng was had gradually become one of the eyes of the storm of slaughter.
Seeing this, Jian Changsheng sighed helplessly...
He wanted to hide, but failed to do so, instead attracting more and more enemies. This hellish start made Jian Changsheng even more determined to snatch the [Heaven-Reaching Star Position]... With this fucked-up luck, he really didn't want to stay for another moment.
Filled with resentment and anger, Jian Changsheng casually picked up a piece of steel rebar from the ground. He gazed at the two people charging over from afar, his eyes narrowing into a cold arc.
"Want to use me as your first kill... You also have to see if you have the qualifications."
The ancient Killing Intent began to frantically spread to the surroundings!
...
At the same time,
Chen Ling stood on the roof, looking at the dead silent darkness around him, somewhat speechless for a time...
Before the competition officially began, he directly used a pillar of fire to extremely high-profilely display his position. He originally wanted to use a hearty battle to directly push the Audience Expectation Value to over 70%. But he absolutely never expected that it had been nearly twenty minutes since the competition started, and he actually hadn't even seen a single person!
Even that brother who was originally in the building opposite him silently blew out his own Kerosene Lamp after seeing him raise the pillar of fire, as if deeply afraid that Chen Ling would seek him out.
After Chen Ling finished exchanging blows with the referee and came back to his senses, he found that all the participants within a few kilometers' radius of him had actually run away.
After all, in the eyes of the other participants, Chen Ling was a super fierce man who could ignite a pillar of fire before the start. Even if they had confidence, they didn't want to fight with this kind of fierce man right at the beginning of the competition. They didn't even dare to approach him, deeply afraid of being swept into the battle between those top powerhouses, therefore running as far away as possible...
In the end, only Chen Ling was left in this entire area.
"What the hell... where did everyone go?"
Chen Ling rubbed his temples and sighed helplessly.
He directly stepped on the [Cloud Steps] to rise into the sky. Relying on his terrifying eyesight, he finally found a lone young figure a few kilometers away.
Without saying a word, Chen Ling rapidly rushed towards him!
That figure didn't light a Kerosene Lamp, walking sneakily alone in the darkness, vigilantly observing his surroundings. After sensing a chill approaching him, he suddenly shivered. Turning his head, he saw Chen Ling charging over aggressively!
His heart skipped a beat!
He had already run so far, yet this Plague God could still chase after him?!
His face instantly turned deathly pale. Regardless of everything, he turned his head and sprinted madly into the distance with a 'seeing a ghost' expression.
Chen Ling: ...
"I am Lin Yan, I Mean No Harm..." Chen Ling held the Bone-Stripping Knife while accelerating to chase after him, trying his best to make his voice sound gentle and harmless. "This brother, stop for a moment first, I want to chat with you..."
That person's speed of fleeing for his life became even faster!
The two of them just chased and fled like this, running across several blocks. A few other participants finally occasionally appeared in the surroundings.
They seeing someone being hunted down, their first reaction was to hide and observe the situation first. But there were also those unafraid of death who just stood on the spot, watching the person in front sprint past... Following closely, that one-armed young man holding a Bone-Stripping Knife arrived in front of him.
"You..."
The spectating participant sized him up for a few glances. Before he could speak, Chen Ling smiled slightly...
Then with a raise and drop of the knife, he directly chopped off his head.