Chapter 970 - 626: Competition Round Four_2

Chapter 970: Chapter 626: Competition Round Four_2

After all, encountering it once might mean death.

"No problem."

Li Pu just shrugged at this.

Seeing his confident demeanor, the guilt of Liu Jisheng and Fu Dusheng was alleviated.

So after returning to their respective dorms and resting for the night, the 3 teams parted ways and headed to their own competition venues.

Under the guidance of the staff, Li Pu came to a replica light gate.

This light gate was very different from the usual pure ones, clearly artificially made.

The technology of machines and crystallized gemstones formed an arching gate, with light shining inside.

Anyway, it was technology he couldn’t understand or comprehend.

"Junior, didn’t expect you to choose this project too."

Just as he stood in the contestant area, someone came to greet him.

Looking up, it was that rooster-head Gao Xiang.

Gao Xiang had a nose ring and earrings, a bit of a death metal look, the kind you’d pay 5W Federation Coins to sing all night.

"Hello, Senior Gao."

Li Pu nodded to him.

The other day Liu Jisheng had introduced him, this guy had also once participated in the Huazhong Cup, 25 years old this year.

"Did you lose the draw too?"

Gao Xiang showed a bitter smile.

The contestants around had poor expressions, clearly no one wanted to choose this most unknown and difficult project.

"No, they all didn’t want to choose this, so I came."

Li Pu shrugged.

"Junior, you’re noble."

"Liu Jisheng and Fu Dusheng are simply beasts, teaming up to bully a rookie."

Upon hearing this, Gao Xiang gave him a thumbs-up, clearly still bitter about the scam from the last round.

"Not really, hahaha."

Li Pu could see the other’s emotions, laughed it off.

What a joke, the benefits Liu Jisheng and Fu Dusheng extorted, he got the most share, just that Gao Xiang didn’t know.

"Junior, we’ll have to look out for each other later."

Gao Xiang glanced around and lowered his voice.

Earlier he noticed this project had quite a few strong teams, including his own, four teams came to get elite qualifications.

However, the main reason he pulled in Li Pu was because Caocao’s air restriction ability extremely restrained his side.

If the summoned creatures were all tied up, there might be no fun later.

"Of course, of course."

Li Pu smiled and glanced at Gao Xiang.

"Attention, contestants."

At this moment, the referee in charge of the project stepped out.

Under his command, a small light ball was handed to each person.

Li Pu recognized this, had seen similar things at the Southwest Star Cup.

Basically a protective tool for contestants, able to kick them out of the replica when danger arises, ensuring life safety.

"Next you will enter an artificially created otherworldly natural zone."

"Inside will randomly appear some irresistible natural disasters. Your goal is to stay as long as possible in front of these disasters."

"Once inside, each team will be sent to a random position."

"Now, bind your safety balls and enter the replica in order."

"Good luck to you all."

The more detailed rules and content were already noted on the cards distributed yesterday, so the referee did not elaborate further.

Li Pu was positioned mid-rank in the team, while Gao Xiang was a few spots ahead.

Buzz!

Stepping into the replica, the feeling of weightlessness descended.

Once grounded, Li Pu released his summoned creatures.

[Grass!]

Caocao: It’s time for a break, inmates!

Caocao, accompanied by Bubu and Ah Hui, charged out first.

[Howl Bosehowl!]

Ugly Little Wolf: Marking, the king is going to mark fiercely!

Ugly Little Wolf moved eagerly, face full of hunger.

[Storage space is such a wonderful place]

No. 2 appeared last, carrying the Gemstone couple.

"You better not run around."

Li Pu grabbed Ugly Little Wolf.

Today wasn’t a time to indulge them.

After releasing the creatures, he began to observe the surroundings.

This seemed to be a slightly eerie forest, trees were withered and strangely colored, all with blue-green tree bark.

"I wonder what kind of disasters will occur in such a place."

Li Pu looked for a long time, didn’t find any clues.

"Junior! What a coincidence?"

Just then, he suddenly heard a familiar voice.

Turning around, Gao Xiang stood not far behind him by a big tree.

His six bird-type summoned creatures, five of various sizes, were perched on the branches.

Beside him was a large, majestic rooster with emerald-colored feathers.

During yesterday’s encounter, none of his six bird-type summoned creatures were caught by Caocao’s [Entangle].

From this perspective, Gao Xiang’s strength was still commendable.

Besides Gao Xiang, there was a girl next to him, also with bird-type summoned creatures, obviously his teammate.

"Senior, take care."

Li Pu glanced at the two, then turned and walked away.

"Hmm?"

This coldness made Gao Xiang slightly stunned.

Before coming in, hadn’t they agreed well to look out for each other?

"Forget it."

He originally wanted to call Li Pu to join him kindly, but didn’t expect the other to walk away so quickly, so he simply gave up.

This lame guy really should be eliminated; it would be good for himself.

At this moment, Li Pu was wandering through the woods with a group of summoned creatures.

"Since Senior Gao has said hello, let’s not eliminate him."

What Gao Xiang didn’t know was that Li Pu was already considering "looking out" for him by doing this.

"Didn’t they say there would be some disaster? We’ve wandered for almost ten minutes now, and haven’t seen even a ghostly figure."

"At the very least, some monster to tussle with would be nice."

He had his hands in his pockets, feeling a bit puzzled.

[Cao, Caocao!]

Caocao: Summoner, this place feels strange!

Caocao, the one scouting ahead, finally couldn’t hold it in anymore.

The affinity with plants brought by 10 wood attributes allowed it to sense that these surrounding trees were all alive.

Moreover, they were thriving, with vigorous vitality.

But for some reason, they appeared withered.

"Could it be related to some natural disaster here?"

Li Pu listened to its report and touched the bark beside him.

Dried, rough, and hard.

[Hou Bo Hou!]

As for the ugly little wolf, it couldn’t care less, urinating every few steps, electrifying tree roots to a charred black state.

[Summoner, could you walk a bit faster?]

At the back of the team was Number 2, cautiously floating forward.

On its head lay Fu Fu, who was sleeping, with Fu Fu munching on Bo Bo, and Ah Hui sitting atop Bo Bo.

The four summoned creatures were stacked like a totem pole; Number 2 didn’t understand why it clearly was the fourth, but was doing the work of a sixth.

"Shh!"

However, upon hearing Number 2’s words, Li Pu suddenly signaled it to be silent.

Then, he stopped and looked back.

After a while, he heard a series of hurried footsteps and... a rooster crowing.

[Cluck cluck cluck cluck!]

Upon looking closely, Gao Xiang and his teammate were riding on the back of the rooster, desperately fleeing towards this direction.

"Junior!!! Run!!!"

"Something strange is coming!"

From afar, Gao Xiang began to shout a warning.

Trailing behind him, a thick, hazy white fog was enveloping the sky.

The swirling speed wasn’t slow.

"One, two, three, four, five..."

Li Pu counted their summoned creatures and noticed three were missing.

The flying bird-type summoned creatures seemed to be barely slower than the white fog.

On the contrary, the large rooster carrying the two was running quickly; unless the fog sped up, it wouldn’t catch up.

However, the advancement of the fog didn’t seem to be consistent, sometimes fast and sometimes slow.

As it chased, it gradually slowed down.

[Chirp Chirp Chirp!]

At this moment, one of Gao Xiang’s red bird summoned creatures seemed irritated by the chase and landed on a treetop, turning to face the fog.

"Hong Hong, don’t!"

Gao Xiang tried to stop it but was too late.

The red bird spewed a large flame towards the white fog.

Phoo!

However, as the flame swept through the white fog, the fog seemed intelligent and quickly dodged.

And like transforming into a mouth, it suddenly lunged and enveloped the red bird.

[Gah Gah Chirp!]

Within less than a second, the red bird let out a scream.

Vaguely, Li Pu saw the red bird being devoured in an instant, revealing its white bones, then dissipating into blue light.

"What kind of disaster is this? Looks quite fierce."

He slightly raised an eyebrow.

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