Chapter 526: Luck Has Run Out

The time to choose is only 120 seconds.

Xiao Feng quickly ran a loop, examining all four directional passages.

The four passages connected to this room are long corridors leading to unknown places.

Each corridor's floor had some white bones lying in the middle, indicating that people had died on each; the 'path of life' is not fixed.

"How the hell do I choose? Purely luck?" Xiao Feng felt speechless.

Judging by the situation, the danger of this mechanism island is indeed great.

Moreover, its danger is invisible!

Someone who just entered died on the spot, failing the initial selection of the 'Death Competition'.

Even those who survive, picking one of the four roads still have a 75% chance of dying on the way.

The four corridors look completely identical, and Xiao Feng has no good ideas.

As the countdown neared its end, he could only randomly rush into one of the passages.

Boom~

Just as he stepped into the passage, a wall appeared out of nowhere behind him, blocking the way back.

Ahead is a two‑kilometer‑long corridor leading somewhere unknown; behind there is no path—only forward movement is allowed.

【Congratulations, you have selected the Survival Corridor! Please reach the next room within 300 seconds, or you will be erased!】

The system prompt sounded again.

Xiao Feng felt the urge to curse his mother.

Left with no choice, he had to quicken his pace and charge forward.

"This system prompt is probably audible only to players; the earlier materials I reviewed never mentioned it, only saying that after entering one encounters various trials, with danger at every step."

Xiao Feng's thoughts raced, analyzing the significance of this special dungeon setup.

After charging forward for one minute, he ran at high speed to the midpoint of the corridor.

At that moment, a mass of cloudy vapor suddenly appeared ahead, swirling and condensing into a three‑meter‑tall cloud‑mist elemental lifeform.

Looking at its info, it's quite strong.

【Elemental Puppet (Mythic Leader)】

Level: 370

HP: 1.5 billion/1.5 billion

Note: It will hunt you to the ends of the earth!

"Roar!"

The elemental puppet let out a low roar as soon as it appeared and launched an attack at Xiao Feng.

Strands of cloud‑mist turned into blades, flying toward him with seemingly high lethality.

Xiao Feng didn't slow down; he took out the Doomsday Smoke Wand, equipped two layers of shields worth several billion, and simultaneously threw an Ice Arrow.

Whoosh~

The cloud‑mist blades and the Ice Arrow passed through each other.

The blades struck Xiao Feng's body

, but were negated by the shields, dealing less than 1 billion damage.

The Ice Arrow also hit the elemental puppet, dealing less than 10 trillion damage.

Clatter~

The elemental puppet shattered on the spot.

Xiao Feng sped up a few steps, quickly burst out of the corridor, and arrived at the second room.

This room is no longer enclosed; although the top remains sealed, there are no walls around, only three paths leading in three directions.

All three paths are floating bridges, about three meters wide and two kilometers long.

Below them lies a magma fire lake, with extremely high temperature that devours everything.

The directions they lead to look exactly the same, with no discernible difference.

Boom~

After Xiao Feng entered the room, the path behind him was also sealed, again blocking any retreat.

There are no corpses on the ground around, indicating that after entering the room one will not be subjected to another 'screening'.

The next screening will still take place on the road.

【You have passed the first stage selection of the 'Death Competition'; please choose a passage to continue forward.】

【You still have 120 seconds!】

The system continued to urge him, not allowing him to linger too long.

Xiao Feng spent 100 seconds trying to find any difference among the three paths.

But after looking, they were completely identical; the three paths all had many bones, with no way to tell which leads to life or death—there was nothing to consider.

"Is it really just a matter of luck for life and death?" He felt somewhat speechless.

After thinking, he simply decided not to choose and just took a random path.

Boom!

After he stepped onto the floating bridge, the path behind him broke, making retreat impossible.

【Congratulations, you have selected the Survival Corridor! Please reach the next room within 300 seconds, or you will be executed!】

The system prompt sounded again.

His one‑third survival chance turned out to be correct.

Xiao Feng hurried forward.

After running for a minute, a huge wave surged in the magma lake below, and a massive fire monster rose up.

【Elemental Puppet (Mythic Leader)】

Level: 400

HP: Unknown

Note: It is immortal; do not try to fight it!

This monster is about 150 meters tall; the magma lake is only about 90 meters below the bridge, half its body shoots straight up, looking down on Xiao Feng from above.

Then it raised both fists and smashed them down.

Xiao Feng wanted to summon the Flame Monarch to test its strength against this monster, to see who was stronger.

But the note said its HP seemed infinite, impossible to kill, so it wasn't worth wasting time.

He activated Wind Spirit Body State, doubling his speed, and with a flash he bypassed the Fire Elemental Puppet's blockade, rushing forward over a hundred meters.

Then, after a few more bursts of speed, he crossed this bridge.

【You have passed the selection for the second stage of the Death Race; please choose a passage to continue.】

【You have 120 seconds left!】

Xiao Feng entered the third chamber.

The system gave him no chance to catch his breath, continuing to push him forward.

This time the road split into seven forks; the scene was an icy snowy expanse, with a stone path running straight through the middle.

Choose one of seven; survival odds are only 14.28%.

"How annoying..."

Having just cleared two chambers, Xiao Feng grew weary of this gameplay.

Who knows how many stages this place has; if it goes on forever, wouldn't he die of exhaustion?

He didn't linger, picked a path at random, and ventured into the icy snowy lands.

The path behind him sealed shut, and immediately a system alert sounded.

【Unfortunately, you have chosen the Path of Death; this stage will erase all trace of your existence!】

"Has my good luck run out already?" Xiao Feng felt a bit gloomy.

As that thought crossed his mind, he saw a gigantic hand descending from the sky.

That hand was at least several hundred meters across, about the same size as Baoliaowang's Palm of Heaven and Earth.

Xiao Feng didn't want to wait for death; seeing that the 'annihilation' was an attack rather than instant vaporization, he immediately raised his staff and deployed an Earth Divine Power Shield.

The massive hand slammed down, blotting out the sky, seeming capable of crushing everything in the world.

Boom—

It struck the Earth Divine Power Shield, and a huge damage value appeared.

-999.9 billion

A long string of 9s, only one point of damage shy of 10 trillion!

This attack ignores all defenses and damage reduction, meaning it's true damage.

10 trillion damage—if taken head‑on, even a Supreme God probably couldn't withstand it.

But striking the Earth Divine Power Shield only knocked off about a tenth of its value……

"Huh? Not dead?" Xiao Feng felt a surge of joy.

This death penalty deals only 10 trillion damage—he can handle it!

Another hit like that and he'd still be fine!

Hum—

Just as that thought formed, another huge hand appeared in the sky and came down.

Its trajectory, aura, and size were exactly the same as before.

"Whoa, it's really coming again?"

Xiao Feng's face darkened; he hurriedly braced his shield and rushed forward.

(End of chapter)