Luo Jun and Xia Ziyue continued through the remaining stages. Like the first set of jumping platforms, every simple mechanism that looked obvious at a glance hid a trap. There was no sign of these traps until someone stepped into them, and even after triggering one, it took more than one or two attempts to figure out how to pass. Every stage seemed designed with sheer malice.
Luo Jun couldn't use the Dice of Heavenly Secrets on Xia Ziyue. Even if he could, there were traps everywhere; he would never have enough rolls.
So they could only throw her unlimited lives at this stage, feeling out its one hidden path to victory through death after death.
Another troublesome stage built to devour time. Luo Jun checked the clock. They had lost so much time looking for someone in the Third Checkpoint that less than six hours remained... He didn't even know if six hours would be enough to clear this stage!
The seconds and minutes ticked by. A full hour and a half later, Xia Ziyue finally reached the first checkpoint!
Good! Now she wouldn't have to repeat the earlier sections over and over, and she wouldn't show their opponent the way!
By his reckoning, if Player Two hadn't been eliminated, he should be reaching this stage soon. If Xia Ziyue kept clearing the same sections in front of him, she would be handing over the knowledge bought with countless deaths on a silver platter.
Sure enough, nearly half an hour later, another figure appeared at the starting point, and another moving seat appeared in the spectator stands. Mahaduo? Luo Jun recognized the newcomer. He hadn't expected this man to clear the previous stages faster than A Jiali, who had the Time Ability.
The seats in the spectator stands could