My Apocalypse Territory-Chapter 291 - 288 Zhou Jianhongs Opportunity
Chapter 291: Chapter 288: Zhou Jianhong’s Opportunity
Chapter 291 -288: Zhou Jianhong’s Opportunity
“Panting heavily—”
Several people were gasping for breath, never before had they been so grateful for the narrow passage. If not for its constricted span, they wouldn’t have lasted until now. Yet, those stone sculptures seemed tireless, while they were barely hanging on.
Suddenly, several junctions appeared ahead. Before Black Snake could decide which one to take, he saw two Awakeners emerge from a side path in a panic.
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He recognized them, weren’t they the fellow travelers they had bumped into outside the garden at the beginning?
With one exchange of glances, they understood each other’s predicament.
—With pursuers behind them, they could only take the other paths.
However, before Black Snake could take a step, a series of dense footsteps reached his ears. Upon a closer look, several Awakeners were sprinting along the remaining paths—some alone, others in groups of four or five.
Were there really so many companions?
At the crossroads.
The fellow travelers who met were all uncertain and alarmed. However, now that all passages had stone sculptures in pursuit, there was nowhere to escape.
Black Snake’s gaze swept over his fellow travelers… Their strength was not weak; otherwise, they wouldn’t have lasted until now. A fierce look flashed across his face as he spoke in a deep tone, “Gentlemen, we have no way out now, but there’s still one thing we can do. We can choose one of these paths and fight our way out. With our numbers and if we band together, there’s still hope to escape.”
Everyone looked at each other and nodded firmly.
Now they were all grasshoppers tied to the same string. When their numbers were few, they couldn’t deal with the stone sculptures behind them, but now that more than twenty experts had gathered, were they really unable to deal with just one path and three or four pursuing stone sculptures?
They didn’t need to fight the stone sculptures to the death; they just had to seize the opportunity and escape.
Numerous thoughts flashed through their minds, and many had already made a silent pledge—if they could escape, they would never come here again, even if it killed them.
The exchange lasted only a few short seconds.
These people were all decisive and quickly chose one of the passages to break through.
They charged at a Cheetah guardian stone sculpture ahead, unleashing their strongest attacks.
Blades flashed, and explosions thundered.
The next instant,
Whoosh.
The Cheetah stone sculpture emerged unharmed from the dust, strutting elegantly. Then, it raised its paw—smack, smack, smack, smack… with one slap after another, it knocked the Awakeners unconscious.
As the paw last loomed infinitely large in front of him, Black Snake still couldn’t make sense of it.
They had just been enduring the stone sculptures for a while, so how had they suddenly turned into children easily knocked down by one blow?
It was unscientific and unawakened!
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At the castle’s top floor.
The wind was loud.
Tang Yu hadn’t gone to watch the evening match; he had planned to train in the castle’s built-in training camp but hadn’t expected to stumble upon such an interesting scene.
“A blockbuster fantasy… No, the castle defense module version 1.0… Video, recorded.”
In front of Tang Yu, the Crystal Ball hovered, documenting everything that had occurred within the castle with its lens.
“The castle defense module is more useful than I imagined,” Tang Yu reflected. He had already limited most of the power of the “Thorny Flower Crown” and “Guardian Stone Sculptures”—it was only because of this that Black Snake and the others had survived for so long. Otherwise, they would have become fertilizer in the castle garden at the outset.
The Illusion Passage was also very effective.
It seemed as though the spies had been running around the castle for a long time, but in reality, they had just been circling until he finished testing and lifted the restrictions on the guardian stone sculptures—then the spies were swiftly dealt with.
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The Martial Path Tournament continued with great vigor.
Last night, the first round of the preliminary melee involving hundreds came to an end, and the second round with the losers challenging also saw some progress, resulting in minor changes to the list of winners.
This morning, the continuation of the losers’ challenges resumed at eight and lasted until after ten when they finally concluded, with the finals… scheduled for tomorrow.
This left nearly a full day for the competitors to relax and rest, also allowing for the Martial Path Tournament to build anticipation.
The betting organized officially by the Sanctuary took this opportunity to accept more wagers.
At this time, besides speculating on who would claim the championship, what the audience was most curious about was the format of the finals.
Indeed, the format of the finals had not yet been announced up to this point.
…
A square-faced man slurped up a bowl of noodles. “Congratulations Brother Zhou on making it to the finals.”
Sitting next to him was Zhou Jianhong, who had in front of him a bowl as big as a basin to cater to the Awakeners’ enormous appetite – the food outlets in the commercial district had kept pace with the times, rolling out super-sized meal sets.
The square-faced man quickly polished off a bowl. This ordinary, yet reasonably priced food made him unable to resist calling over the waiter, “Bring me another… no, two more bowls.”
Since he had stayed in Green Shadow, the square-faced man had also participated in the tournament and felt a twinge of regret about not making it to the finals.
“Alas, I just wasn’t strong enough.”
Among the participants, there were said to be over three hundred Fifth Tier Awakeners, and his strength only ranked in the lower-mid tier, so not advancing was to be expected.
This only reinforced the square-faced man’s feeling that there would always be someone better.
“Brother Zhou, my hopes are now pinned on you.”
Zhou Jianhong gave a wry smile, “In the finals, I’m afraid I’m just going through the motions. The level C rune Equipment reward drew in too many experts. Those truly qualified to compete for the top three spots are undoubtedly those who have broken through to the Sixth Layer of Awakening.”
But since he had come this far, he was determined to try his best. At the very least, clashing with other high-level fighters would yield considerable gains.
Someone entered the restaurant, passing by them.
It was a young man who didn’t appear to possess any Awakener’s aura, seemingly just an ordinary person… The restaurant was also full of ordinary people dining.
Zhou Jianhong, however, found the young man familiar. After staring for a while, he finally remembered and hesitated for a moment, “Tang… little brother?”
He wasn’t sure how to address him.
Tang Yu turned around and immediately recognized Zhou Jianhong… They had met several times in Lindong, although Tang Yu had worn a mask most of those times.
He casually ordered a super-sized meal with Mutant Beast meat and sat opposite Zhou Jianhong.
Tang Yu’s demeanor lacked any Sanctuary Director air about him, which allowed Zhou Jianhong to relax completely, and the conversation quickly picked up.
Naturally, they came to discuss the upcoming finals.
Zhou Jianhong was quite principled and didn’t ask about the format of the finals… Perhaps he understood that, with his abilities, he couldn’t hope for not just the top three but even the top ten, so knowing the format of the finals wouldn’t make much difference.
After a moment of contemplation, Tang Yu spoke, “It’s not necessarily true that you have no chance. The battle method for the finals will be very different from what you’re imagining. Strong competitors will have a higher chance of winning, but it’s not impossible for the weaker ones either.”
“As long as you’re quick enough in the finals, it’s not unthinkable for Brother Zhou to grab one of the top three spots.”
Tang Yu’s words were vague, and he didn’t divulge anything about the format of the finals.
Zhou Jianhong and the square-faced man didn’t quite understand, but the idea of having a chance at the top three stuck with them.
The words of a Sanctuary Director must hold some truth, right?
After finishing their lunch and strolling the streets, the square-faced man still couldn’t wrap his head around the fact that the unimposing young man was the Sanctuary Director.
Yet, he didn’t feel the slightest bit disdainful. Having previously sensed the formidable aura of the Green Shadow experts at the door of the Equipment Supermarket, perhaps this young director had already reached the stage of ‘return to the simplicity.’
Meanwhile, Zhou Jianhong was lost in thought, pondering what Tang Yu had said, and his anticipation for tomorrow’s finals grew even more.
