Chapter 592 - 537: The Four Divine (1) (1/2)
An hour or so after transforming into the White Tiger, Arthur caught a decent amount of rabbits, reaching the 90 mark, however, he didn't close to the two or three rabbits he stumbled upon. Even with his high stats, there was a high chance he'll get blasted. Sure, he can try to pass through the attack using the divine beast's unique ability but take a risk and see if it actually works.
Till now, Arthur doesn't know if it's a mental, soul, or physical attack. His consciousness wasn't affected but when the green rabbit sent him flying, a huge chunk of his health was depleted and it wouldn't be surprising to see the orange or purple rabbit straight out one-shot him.
If his health reaches zero due to a physical attack, he won't die but that doesn't mean it doesn't affect him at all, which is why he behaved with such wariness. It was long after catching the 95th rabbit that Arthur started sensing the presence of other contestants actively seeking targets. Moreover, the number of rabbits in the vicinity was slowly declining, making it more problematic not for him but for his wife, who has yet to arrive on the 6th floor.
What made matters worse is Zodiak, who crazily unleashed an absurd amount of Dark Magic, capturing a lot of rabbits all at once and immediately moving to the 7th floor. Arthur is also able to showcase such destructiveness using Rizaki or the other ultimate skills but, in doing so, it'll further decrease the chance of Lucy clearing the task. Furthermore, there's no need to act like that as he's almost done with the quota and is only lingering in the area for his wife's sake.
Zodiak's Dark Magic blast engulfed about 1/4 of the whole forest and turned into a corrupt place covered in a deadly fog. The rabbits weren't the only ones affected, two other contestants were hit but didn't die, nevertheless, they suffered heavy damages. One was a scythe-wielding man from the Heaven and Hell Universe while the other was cultivator originating from the 'Treasure' High-Realm.
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He was an elder from a sect called the Soaring Star sect and was a peak Overgod, because of what he unintentionally did, things became quite chaotic on Haven. He was delighted to see his foot step on a trigger and a light appear but that happiness was all but brief as there was an explosion which erased him from existence. The only thing left was a small piece of his taoist clothes falling from the sky.
Such an esteemed and powerful individual was killed in a split second due to the trigger, which was supposed to teleport him to the 6th floor. The spectators first felt confused then understood that there are two kinds of triggers, lucky and unlucky ones.
Most stopped carelessly stepping everywhere and readied themselves for a violent impact. Zoln, the dwarf in Maxine's party was pretty lucky as he was teleported to the Land of Rabbits unwillingly. He was sitting on a corner and chugging one bottle of alcohol after the other only for his butt to press a random trigger, enveloping in light and taking him elsewhere.
Seeing her comrade gone, Maxine got triggered as she wants to go too but she could only frustration by mumbling a few inaudible curse words. The thief, Tula, and the Shaman already went ahead and only she and the priest remained, further incensing the player.
The rate of which the contestants were getting teleported drastically increased, leaving only a few behind. Plus, the exploding traps became more abundant therefore increasing the fatality rate and endangering the remaining unlucky ones. Amongst the Black Seat's group, only he and Lucy were still on Haven, unable to find the right spot even after going around the area multiple times.
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”So… what do we do?”
With his eyes focused forward, the thief asked the mage Tula, both of them gazing at a growling White Tiger that had electric currents dancing around its feet.
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