Something's not right!
The Sun God Cult couldn't possibly be reduced to just these people; what happened to the other white-robed figures?
She raised her knife; now it was their turn. Force could provide the answer.
But before she could make a move, the man in white suddenly pulled out a ram's horn knife and pressed it against her carotid artery.
They didn't hesitate to slit their own arteries.
What gushed out of the rupture was not blood, but delicate blood vessels, with the sarcoma at the top of the vessels transforming into a human head.
"Not again!" Yan Xing's eyes widened.
Not only was Yan Xing shocked, but Su Cheng was also stunned; the development of events had exceeded expectations.
But for now, all they can do is fight the enemy.
A dozen or so men in white robes, their necks swaying, attacked from all directions.
The number of heads sticking out of their necks was no less than that of the men in red robes, and countless contestants had died at their hands.
The scene was incredibly chaotic, except for the white-robed figure standing at the very back who remained motionless.
His back was slightly hunched, like an outsider, watching everything indifferently.
Su Cheng met his cold eyes, seeing no sign of retreat, only the calm before the storm.
Something's not right...
A strange feeling crossed Su Cheng's mind, but the long-necked head, which was attacking fiercely, was holding her back tightly, leaving her no time to think too much.
We have to kill these monsters first, and then deal with the last white-robed man.
Su Cheng repeated her previous method, with Lu Heng and Yan Xing working together to first kill the main body and then burn the corpse to ashes.
It went smoothly from beginning to end, almost frighteningly so.
"No... no... he's stalling for time!" Su Cheng whispered, "Don't let him commit suicide!"
But it was too late.
The giant clock emitted a heavy "?" sound, which echoed throughout the square, drawing everyone's attention to the source of the sound.
It's midnight!
"With my body, I beg the Lord to descend into the world!"
The man in white robes leaped from the rooftop.
The flagpole in the center of the square, adorned with colorful flags and ribbons, pierced straight into his chest, pinning his limp body to its tip.
Blood flowed down the flagpole.
The square fell silent for a moment, then erupted in rapid screams.
"Aaaaaaah!"
But the chaos didn't end there.
A strong wind suddenly arose, howling and snapping trees, making it impossible for people to open their eyes, and even screams were drowned out by the wind.
The earth trembled violently, and two cracks appeared in the sky.
The crack split open, like eyelids forcibly opened, revealing a pair of eerie, blood-red eyes.
His vertical pupils darted around, looking down at the vast crowd below.
A pair of enormous black ram horns slowly emerged, followed by two sharp, five-clawed claws... It seemed to tear through the void and descend upon this world.
"What is that...?" the residents screamed in terror, as if under some powerful suppression, kneeling on the ground, not even having the courage to run away.
[Ding! An unknown error has occurred in the instance. The countdown has paused! Please wait patiently...]
The system suddenly beeped, then disappeared after delivering the notification.
Amidst the surging crowd, several incredulous curses rang out.
The system threw the contestants into a dungeon?!
Su Cheng gazed at the colossal object on the horizon, suppressing the trembling fear in her heart.
The Sun God Cult summoned the evil spirit once again, and this time the evil spirit opened its eyes directly.
"The followers of the Sun God Cult were not limited to those who were just now, but now, they are all certainly dead."
Su Cheng's face was grim. From the moment Chong broke through the void, the conspiracy was already clear.
Unlike the local residents, the followers of the Sun God Cult do not lose their memories after the New Year, so they can quickly detect the presence of outsiders.
They learned from their mistakes and knew that the method of using the Calamity Seed to slaughter people might be stopped, so they used themselves as vessels, allowing the sacrifices to dissolve into their bodies.
The contestants' flesh and souls, having been enhanced, were undoubtedly more suitable as sacrifices than ordinary residents.
If the method of Calamity Seed fails and all believers die together, the blood sacrifice will be successful, as long as the time is delayed until midnight.
It is far easier to control one's own life and death than to control others.
As long as the demon god can descend to earth, they are not without the possibility of resurrection.
Su Cheng pursed her lips. These lunatics were truly cunning and fearless.
Fortunately, she could sense from the oppressive Pressure that it was not an ancient evil god, but at most a demigod, and that it had just awakened and its strength was being suppressed.
Even so, it was enough for it to destroy a city.
"There really is an evil god..." Lu Heng murmured.
Yan Xing rolled his eyes, his breathing slightly disordered. "Shouldn't we be more focused on the system's countdown stopping right now?! If we can't escape the dungeon, what's the difference between us and the natives?!"
Su Cheng gritted her teeth, staring at the demon that had already revealed half of its body. "We can't let it descend, otherwise we might not be able to escape the instance smoothly."
"Sizzle"
Suddenly, the electronic advertisement in the mall emitted a static sound, and someone tapped the microphone.
After two loud bangs, a strong female voice rang out. "We must work together to stop it from descending so we can have a chance to restart the countdown and leave alive!"
This statement was clearly addressed to the participants.
She was calling on the contestants, who were hiding among the residents of the square and observing from the streets, to stand up, unite, and fight against the monsters!
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Chapter 140
Su Cheng didn't recognize the voice, but she agreed with her idea because several more black holes had appeared on the horizon.
One after another, jet-black monsters flew out of the black hole and swooped down!
They have huge wings and look very similar to pterosaurs in movies.
"Run! Even if your legs are weak, get up and run! Are you just going to wait to be eaten by the monster if you don't run?!" A thin woman in the crowd stood up, her legs trembling, and shouted at the top of her lungs.
As the monster opened its mouth to bite the crying child, the frail woman drew a greatsword to block it!
She threw the boy toward his family, and resolutely swung her greatsword at the monster.
She was also a contestant.
The frail woman's voice and actions jolted most of the residents to their senses; many gritted their teeth, stood up, and staggered toward the building.
At this point, the only thing ordinary people can do is run away and hide, so as not to let their flesh and blood become a tool for increasing the monster's strength.
The contestants who had been hiding and observing finally stepped forward, taking out various weapons to slay the monsters.
The square descended into chaos just like last year, but this time, it wasn't humans killing each other, but rather a united fight against an alien race.
On the rooftop, Lu Heng and Yan Xing also joined the ranks of those killing monsters.
The evil spirit seemed to sense the human's resistance, and a dark glint flashed in its blood-red eyes.
More monsters flew out of the black hole, densely packed and raining down on the earth.
The quantity is so large that it cannot be estimated with the naked eye!
Su Cheng's expression grew increasingly grave. If things continued this way, the contestants, tied down by the monster, would eventually exhaust their strength and have no energy left to fight the evil spirits.
Su Cheng wasn't the only one who realized this; everyone else did too.
The initial high morale of the participants weakened, and some chose to retreat.
"There are so many monsters, it's impossible to kill them all! I don't care about the lives of these residents, and I don't want to be eaten by monsters. As long as the system countdown stops, I can leave..."
The burly man muttered to himself, then turned and fled in panic.
But he hadn't run more than a few steps when a gliding monster silently hooked onto his back, and he was so focused on escaping that he was completely unaware of the danger behind him.
"Whoosh--"
The arrow pierced flesh.
The man turned around in horror and saw the monster, pierced by an arrow, fluttering away into the distance.
He was nearly pierced through the chest by those sharp claws!
The woman who saved him with an arrow was a middle-aged woman dressed in riding attire. "Running away will only hasten your death."
Her voice was exactly the same as the one on the radio; she was the one guiding the contestants to work together to defeat the enemy.
"I... I won't run anymore. Thank you." The man thanked him in a slightly embarrassed voice, then took out a crossbow and fired angrily at the monster in the sky.
"Okay, be careful." Lan Qing turned her head and kept drawing back the bow and arrows in her hand, shooting them at the monster in mid-air.
These are no ordinary bows and arrows; each one has been soaked in holy water.
Ordinary arrows simply cannot pierce the monsters' hides.
Arrows shot down monsters time and again, the number of arrows dwindled, but the number of monsters in the sky continued to increase.
The black hole seems to be linked to their lair, where monsters roam in droves.
Fine beads of sweat appeared on Lan Qing's forehead, but not from exhaustion. Rather, it was because she knew that half of the men who had fled were right: the monsters were simply impossible to kill completely.
These countless monsters have already trapped the contestants, let alone prevented the arrival of the evil spirits.
She was not optimistic, but dared not let despair fester, otherwise the thought of giving up would prevent her from drawing the bowstring.
A gigantic, five-clawed creature descended from the sky, casting a shadow overhead.
That was the hand of a demon.
Perhaps it was hungry, or perhaps it found it amusing, and tried to grab the food itself.
The enormous five claws reached out to the struggling humans on the ground, as if they were grabbing at a few ants.
Lan Qing fired arrows incessantly, but to no avail; the evil spirit's five claws were a hundred times tougher than the monster's hide.
The arrows couldn't even leave a scratch on the giant claw's skin!
Lan Qing's face turned ashen, and he could only throw all the weapons in his Smart Bag that could cause damage at the Claws.
Besides Lan Qing, the other contestants also took out their weapons to attack, and at this point, they couldn't care less about the cost of the props.
But those props that once helped the contestants survive are now like scrap metal, unable to even penetrate the skin of the giant claws!
"No..."
Lan Qing forced out a mournful cry. She was only five thousand points away from leaving; how could she die here?
Suddenly she saw a woman leap from the rooftop toward the giant claw and land on it!