Chapter 476: Unexpected Result (1/2)
”I should have brought more golems. What a waste.”
Brocell gazed at his surviving bodyguards, aka the metal golems.
These golems were his latest creation, and he was confident in their strength. Unfortunately, most of them died due to his immature behavior, experiment, and recklessness.
More than half of them were destroyed when Brocell sent them to challenge the platform before the official qualifier round had started. And in the matching picture games, most of his golems were destroyed since they couldn't remember the tiles and react to them like how human cultivators did.
The surviving golems made it through because Brocell manually controlled them to stand on the correct tiles.
Still, Brocell collected enough feedback data. The fight against Zhao Yun proved beneficial as he had captured enough footage to analyze her abilities and his golem's weaknesses.
With this data, Brocell planned to copy Zhao Yun's fighting style. Then, he could improve his golem's mobility, reflex speed, and A.I.
He gazed at the remaining people on the platform and the screen in the sky. It showed 111 at the moment.
”AAAAHHHHHH!!”
Someone from the other corner just died. It dropped to 110.
'I can detonate all 22 of my toys and end this game, but…'
Brocell turned to Zhang Yide and Liu Xuande, who had been attacking his golems with the given knives. Strangely, the knives cut through metal golems as if they were butter.
Two of his golems went down. 108 remained.
'I knew these hoodlums would betray me. Welp, it's time to wrap things up.'
Brocell sighed as he clapped his hands and concentrated on his Dao, the Dao of Golem Dungeon.
Suddenly, 20 remaining golems around Brocell charged at Zhang Yide and Liu Xuande. They tackled them and restrained their arms, legs, and torso. Then, they dragged the two men toward the edge.
Liu Xuande and Zhang Yide resisted. They swung their knives, breaking free from the arms and hands of the golems. However, they were outnumbered.
The golems dragged the two off the platform!
They jumped into the void, trying to commit a mass suicide!
”FUUUUUUCCCCKKKKKKKKKK!!”
”LET GO, MOTHERFUCKERS!!”
Liu Xuande and Zhang Yide bellowed and tried to break free. However, Zhang Yide got stuck among the group of golems while Liu Xuande managed to escape and leaped back toward the platform.
Zhang Yide and the remaining golems fell into the abyss!
Brocell laughed as he believed that he had taken care of Zhang Fei. He looked at the screen in the sky again, checking the number of remaining participants.
However, the number still remained the same. Aside from his destroyed golems, it showed as 107.
”Huh? They didn't die?”
Brocell was confused. He then turned to Uriel, ”Sir. If one of us were to fall into the abyss, would he be eliminated?”
Uriel shrugged, ”If you mean those guys, they will be punished shortly.”
”What will be their punishment?”
”Haiz. You'll see it soon.”
RUMBLE
As soon as Uriel had finished speaking, the mysterious voice returned.
'Due to an accident, a group of contestants is disqualified as they have gone out of bound. However, they may reenter the Selection Tournament if they can pass the special trials... My Personal Tribulation Trial!'
BOOM
Brocell could sense that all of his fallen golems were instantly destroyed.
The number of contestants was instantly reduced to 87!
They reached the required number of remaining people here!
Brocell smirked as he thought that Zhang Yide might have died down there. He turned to Liu Xuande and opened his arms.
Thinking that the game was over, Brocell intentionally provoked Liu Xuande for fun.
”Lord Liu Bei. Without your brother, do you think you can defeat me, a Demon Lord?”
”You, you killed my brother…”
Liu Xuande's face turned red. He ground his teeth and clenched the knife in his hand.
”I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU!!”
”Ah, yes. That's the energy. Come! Show me what you can do!”
”AAAAHHHHHHHHH!!”
Liu Xuande charged at Brocell while the latter got into a karate stance, getting ready to beat Liu Xuande with his fists.
Suddenly, the tiles on the ground turned red.
…
As soon as the tiles turned red, everyone could hear the game master's voice.
'Currently, 87 contestants remain, so everybody here has qualified to enter the Selection Tournament.'
Hearing the announcement, Guan Yunchang, Huang Hansheng, Jia Shan, Ma Ping, Miaomiao's teammates, ad other cultivators stopped fighting. They gazed at the nearest screen, waiting for the updated result.
However, a few individuals had no restraint. Dian Wei and Ma Moxi continued attacking their opponents.
SWUA
Ma Moxi claimed another life. This time, he managed to locate Liu Biao and beheaded him.
86 remained.
Meanwhile, Dian Wei thrust her front spider leg into Huang Hansheng's stomach. Then, she scooped a chunk of his flesh out.
Huang Hansheng's stomach was left with a deep hole. Yet, the archer was unperturbed.
”Damn spider! How dare you!?”
”In war, anything goes!”
Dian Wei laughed and continued using her spider legs as her primary weapon. She swung the sharp legs like swords, pushing back the archer.
Seeing that Dian Wei and Huang Hansheng continued fighting, the others also resumed attacking their opponents.
They hadn't forgotten about their primary objective - Stealing the gem on the forehead of Ling Tianlong's head.
Two of the cultivators from Ling Tianlong and Huang Hansheng's faction eyed Brocell's gem. They disengaged and rushed toward Brocell in the other direction.
However, they ran into Xiahou Dun's group. The cyclops in their true form began punching and kicking the smaller cultivators like how humans crushed small insects.
SPLAT
The 6th-stage cultivator from Mount Hua Sect was crushed underneath Xiahou Dun's giant foot. Even his Dao couldn't protect his fragile body from the massive body of the cyclops.
Xiahou Yuan also caught the other cultivator and twisted the neck with his fingers. The head came off by an accident.
As everyone was engrossed in the killing and trying to avenge their friends, the mysterious voice continued his announcement.
'Because the number of participants meets the requirement, we shall end the qualifier round after we finish this game.'
BEEP
Suddenly, the screens highlighted the remaining time of this game. 42 seconds remained until the game ended.
'After the timer reaches zero, we shall conclude this qualifier round. There won't be another pair of prey or hunter. As for the winners and the losers of this game, they will receive the rewards and the punishment accordingly. Good luck!'
Hearing the announcement, Liu Xuande's eyes turned bloodshot. His life was on the line!
He yelled at Brocell, ”GIVE ME YOUR FUCKING GEM!!”
Brocell rolled his eyes, ”If I pull it out, I might die. Well, come and get it yourself.”
”SCREW YOU!! DIEEEEE!!”
Liu Xuande brandished his knife and thrust forward.
Brocell backhanded Liu Xuande's wrist with the knife and easily deflected it away. The latter's grip was loosened, and the knife dropped to the ground.
Brocell sidestepped and circled around Liu Xuande. He then copied Zhang Yide's previous move, pressing his palm on Liu Xuande's back and folding it into a fist.
Then, the Zero Inch Punch and the power of Brocell's Dao were unleashed.
BOOM
Unlike Miaomiao, Liu Xuande didn't have the same physique and durability. The punch sent him flying 1,000 meters!
Liu Xuande flew across the platform and fell into the abyss!
Looking at his work and skill, Brocell smirked.