[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-gods-foolish-game":3,"chapter-the-gods-foolish-game-the-gods-foolish-game-chapter-6":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Gods' Foolish Game",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2361134,4617,"Chapter 6: Dead End!","the-gods-foolish-game-chapter-6",6,"\u003Cp>Dead end!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Wan was the first to sense the enemy closing in behind her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes suddenly narrowed, emitting a dense green glow of life; her left hand flipped to draw an emerald longbow, her right hand conjured an arrow out of thin air, spun, and shot—a emerald arrow screamed into the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boom—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The arrow exploded midair, scattering spores across the heavens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The horror army charged forward without hesitation, directly through the raining spores.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The instant the spores touched flesh, they transformed into countless threadlike filaments resembling dodder vines, entangling every horror that entered the zone and binding them into individual \"cocoons.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The horrors, deprived of wingbeats, tumbled downward and crashed heavily to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground was also littered with [Creation Grass Seeds]; upon contact, the horrors’ bellies swelled rapidly, and within mere breaths, something inside them began desperately struggling to burst outward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hunter’s combo trap was seamless, the dual-control effect unmistakable—the vanguard of the horror army did not reach the group’s position immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet even with Xia Wan’s arrow rain, she could only hold back a limited number of horrors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The enemy numbers were simply too vast; the shadowy swarm, like a locust plague, soon exhausted the airborne spores and surged again toward the group’s location.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No time! Assassins, protect yourselves—everyone else, behind me!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Chong roared, hurling Cao San Sui to Nangong, then drew his massive shield, planted it backward into the ground, and jammed its tip deep into the rocky rubble before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He bellowed with bulging eyes: “Order Endures!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The already faintly glowing massive shield erupted in blinding holy light, surging upward like a celestial waterfall reversed, arcing perfectly overhead before cascading down, rapidly extending to both sides of the group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The path traced by the light formed a colossal wall, firmly shielding Cheng Shi and the others within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ya—Sa—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bang—Bang—Bang—Bang—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky-blocking horror army plunged down, slamming repeatedly against the shield-formed light wall, thundering with heavy impacts—but the light barrier remained unmoved, the group inside as steady as mountains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Chong’s face was grim, veins bulging on his arms, gripping the shield without daring to move an inch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There are too many horrors—the Holy Light Wall can only hold for five minutes; with dual priests boosting, maybe fifteen at most. Think fast—otherwise, forget twenty-four hours, we’ll all be dead in fifteen!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was clear Chen Chong was desperate, but desperation now was useless—the enemy was simply too numerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nangong was restoring Cao San Sui’s mana beside him; her healing magic was highly effective—Cao San Sui had already shaken off his lethargy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Subordinate priests have high milk output; if you control your ‘newborns’ properly, you should be able to hold longer.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though Cao San Sui was encouraging his teammates, his heart was ice-cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn’t expected the enemy encounter pace in this trial to be this fast, the enemy movements this ferocious—even the 2000-point trials he’d matched before hadn’t been this intense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The highest score among those in this trial was his own—just 1900.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lowest was even under 1400—what merit did he have to draw such a massive horror army?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyone unaware would think this was a 2100-point match.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone’s expression was grim; with the Holy Light Wall shielding them, Xia Wan ceased shooting and began conserving and restoring her strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nangong, pale-faced, glanced oddly, frowned, and cast another healing spell onto Xia Wan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Wan was slightly surprised, nodded to Nangong, felt the dense restoration power surging through her body, and conjured several more spore arrows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In contrast, the other priest, Cheng Shi, sat motionless on the ground, gazing aimlessly in all directions, like a slacker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be honest, Cheng Shi was also headachy—he’d seen scenes like this before, but never alongside teammates this low-scoring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was deep in thought, trying to figure out how to use the cards he had to escape this predicament.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In high-tier matches, every player’s combat power was formidable; when facing crises, everyone pulled out wild tricks one after another, always finding ways out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beyond their battle experience, the most crucial factor was confidence—capability!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was precisely why the score in the [Path to Divinity] (Ladder) mattered so much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because at the end of each month, the [Path to Divinity] conducted an additional settlement, granting players in different tiers different rewards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These rewards ranged from supplies and equipment to talents and skills—everything imaginable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the higher the tier, the greater the probability of obtaining high-rank rewards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since basic skills among the same class were nearly identical, what truly distinguished different players’ builds were the various talent skills and equipment items they chose to construct their combat power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Chong’s shield-sword, combining offense and defense with special bonuses to light-based barrier skills, came from an A-rank reward in the Ladder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the horrors outside nearly block every direction of the light barrier, plunging the entire shielded space into darkness, Chen Chong’s face grew even more anxious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The others also furrowed their brows, tensing inwardly, bracing for the worst.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the group had fallen into a dead end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the trial had barely begun—less than one hour.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Will we... die?” Nangong’s small hand clenched white.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one answered her; even Chen Chong merely strained every nerve to maintain the Holy Light Wall, buying the group more time to think of a way out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet these minutes felt more like their final moments of Gouhuo .\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The atmosphere sank to its lowest point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone was deep in thought, yet still found no escape method—the space within the shield fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then, Cheng Shi suddenly spoke:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where’s Song Yawen? Is he still alive?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Yawen had Shadow Concealment—he didn’t need the shield’s protection—but Shadow Concealment wasn’t unlimited; even a slight movement would eject him from the shadow plane, revealing him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But a seasoned assassin could sustain it for quite a while—at least longer than five minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Yawen didn’t speak, not because he didn’t want to, but because he dared not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was currently crouched beneath a broken wall outside the Holy Light Wall, where at least seventeen or eighteen bloodthirsty horrors crowded the rubble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He’s probably not dead...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Shi wasn’t concerned for him—he was thinking of a strategy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew the [Death] Assassin’s exclusive skill was “Death Requiem”; if Song Yawen was still alive, they might still have a chance to escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as “Holy Light Wall” was the Order Knight’s exclusive skill, “Death Requiem” was the exclusive skill granted to Assassins who worshipped [Death].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The skill’s effect summoned a colossal Death Scythe within a “Death Domain,” delivering a guaranteed-hit death strike against all targets inside the domain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But because constructing the “Death Domain” was excessively demanding—requiring the collection of vast amounts of recently deceased souls’ essence within a confined space—few [Death] Assassins ever used this skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once used, they couldn’t strike and retreat like other assassin classes; they had to remain hidden in shadows, continuously generating slaughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then deliver the final blow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This prolonged close-range killing setup was highly disadvantageous for assassins—extremely risky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the payoff was equally high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because Death Requiem was guaranteed to hit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hence, [Death] Assassins were called “Death Weavers”—aptly named.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet facing such a terrifying horde of horrors, Song Yawen had no chance to use Death Requiem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he revealed himself, the first to die wouldn’t be the horrors—it would be him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Song Yawen remained hidden in shadows, not daring to move a muscle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his hesitation didn’t mean Cheng Shi hesitated.\u003C\u002Fp>",1244,"2026-06-21T06:05:06.137Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","78a92aab01e9d66a030b7fafcfdfae45de7d616e667d45c7fe05387c4406d3cc","the-gods-foolish-game-chapter-7","the-gods-foolish-game-chapter-5",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-gods-foolish-game-cover.jpg"]