Hiss.
At the border of Lost Forest.
Gasps came one after another. Everyone who saw this bizarre scene felt a fine layer of cold sweat break out across their backs.
The first few terrains of the Main Competition were still within the bounds of common understanding.
Even the relatively strange Giant Creature Plains posed no threat to the participants through its special properties.
But no one had expected that this seemingly harmless beach concealed such intense killing intent beneath its beautiful exterior.
"Take out your handbooks and look! The beach ahead is actually a five-star difficulty terrain!"
"Gravity Swamp? What the hell does this beach have to do with a swamp?"
"The terrain applies gravity based on how far the participants enter. The maximum is ten times?"
"Ten times? If I weigh seventy kilograms, wouldn't that mean having seven hundred kilograms pressing down on my head?"
"It also has the swamp's suction force. Once a participant can't resist the gravity and loses balance, they'll be sucked in instantly. Eliminated?"
"No wonder there are no merchants. They must have realized that no one would come here to buy anything."
"If losing balance means elimination, doesn't that mean we'll die if we lose balance the next time we encounter it in the Main Competition?"
"Anyone who wants to try it can go ahead. It's five-star difficulty. I'm not joining in on this."
"Exactly, exactly. We reached the end of the forest and saw the next terrain. My goal is already complete!"
"..."
The four-star difficulty of Rolling Stone Canyon had already been outrageous enough, let alone Gravity Swamp, which was an entire star more difficult.
On top of that, losing balance and being sucked in by the swamp would result in immediate elimination.
Of the more than a hundred people present, including