Shu Han's heart suddenly constricted as he looked around, noticing that several others had also been attracted to this mine. He immediately had a bad feeling in his heart and wanted to flee!
Kang Guangwen had once said that strange incidents often occurred in underground mines, and once they happened, death was certain!
However, he wanted to rush out immediately, to get away from this troublesome place, but the human face transformed from spiritual energy suddenly said: "I can see that many of you want to run. Since you are here, you should stay. Now the whole mine is under my control. You can escape, but first, show me your Golden Core."
After hearing this, Shu Han trembled all over.
The Golden Core! Does it mean that only cultivators at the Golden Core stage could escape from here?
"Some of you might ask, how can I survive? It's simple. Let me tell you a secret, that is to kill all the other 231 people in this mine and survive till the end. This way, not only can you save your life, but I will also give you an opportunity!"
Suddenly, the face in the center of the mine exploded, and the spiritual energy recombined to form a map of the underground mine. Every person in the underground mine turned into a bright spot on the map. The entire map was wrapped in a colorful sphere, which was visibly shrinking at a rapid speed.
"So, enjoy this massacre, let me see what you can do! The destined person, I will be waiting for you in the center of the mine!"
With that, the cluster of spiritual energy exploded and disappeared into thin air.
Immediately, Shu Han fully extended his spiritual sense. He stuck to the wall, his eyes sweeping over the other people in the mine. The other five people in the mine were also looking at each other, spreading out and maintaining vigilance.
One person suggested, "Haha, isn't it too trivial for us to be so wary of each other? How can we fall into the old man's trap? Why don't we unite and break the colorful barrier to escape?"
"I don't think that's feasible. Why don't we form an alliance with all the people in this mine? At least we're not fighting alone!"
But while he was shouting for an alliance, his eyes were full of vigilance.
Shu Han felt that he needed to think about it. He didn't want to fight with over two hundred cultivators in the underground mine. Although forming an alliance was a good suggestion, the old man had also said that only one person could survive. There was bound to be suspicion among allies, and this loose relationship was even more uncertain and dangerous. He didn't want to be attacked by his own people while fighting the enemy.
With that, Shu Han slowly moved out of everyone's sight and hid in a mine tunnel. The situation was unclear. It was better to hide and watch and make decisions after understanding the situation.
However, one person quickly noticed that Shu Han wanted to slip away and immediately shouted, "Stop him! This kid wants to slip away alone!"
"If he doesn't want to form an alliance with us, we can't let him fall into other people's alliances! Let's kill this kid first!"
Shu Han was speechless. What the heck?! He turned around and ran, with the five people behind him chasing him immediately.
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As Shu Han ran, he assessed the cultivation levels of the five people behind him. One was at the eleventh level of Qi Refining, three were at the tenth level, and one was at the ninth.
Such weak opponents. If Shu Han hadn't been worried about attracting others into the mine, he would have fought back already.
After running for a while, he reached a fork in the road. Shu Han quickly used the Triple Rotation Avatar Technique and his avatar quietly hid in another mine tunnel. He continued to run along the mine, and when he led the group past the fork in the road, his avatar quietly followed.
At this point, they had no idea that Shu Han's avatar was trailing them.
Suddenly, Shu Han turned around and swung out an explosive thunderbolt with his Thunderbolt Giant Axe. The three people closest to him immediately cast spells to defend themselves.
In the chaos, Shu Han's avatar aimed at the person in the third position of the group, and the Green Dragon Spear immediately shot out a green light. The green light hit the person's back of the head directly, causing him to stumble.
This person, a cultivator at the eleventh level of Qi Refining, was instantly furious. He clutched the back of his head and glared behind him. However, at this time, Shu Han's avatar had already dissipated and returned to his body as a concealed streak of light from the top of the mine tunnel.
The man roared, "I saw it early on, you two are up to no good! Fortunately, my head is hard, otherwise, I would have fallen into your trap!"
The two men immediately waved their hands and said in unison, "It wasn't me!"
"One of you must have done it! There's no one else around! Dammit, sneak attacks from behind, we can't ally with such people. Let's kill him first!"
With that, the three at the back started fighting amongst themselves.
The two who were still chasing Shu Han saw the chaos behind them, thought there was an attack from someone else, and jumped into the battle. In an instant, the newly established alliance was thrown into disarray by Shu Han's avatar.
Having shaken off the five men, Shu Han looked at the map and made his way toward the nearest edge of the barrier. He felt that under the current circumstances, it was better not to approach the center of the mine. If not, he might be attacked from both front and back, and no matter how powerful he was, he wouldn't be able to withstand a group attack. He held his breath, tiptoed along the way, and finally reached the colorful barrier.
Shu Han saw that the barrier was indeed slowly moving toward the center. He couldn't help but sigh, thinking about how wave after wave of trouble had hit him since he arrived here. How was he going to survive in this situation? Shu Han's mind quickly spun, and he soon came up with three points.
"Conserve resources for fighting. Use magic tools for battles, and absolutely do not use consumables! Hide yourself, wander outside the main battlefield, and let others wear themselves out first! Release your cultivation level to deter those with ill intentions and avoid fights. You absolutely cannot hide your aura as you usually do. Otherwise, you would easily become a soft target and increase your consumption."
Yes!
Shu Han silently agreed and curled up next to the five-color barrier. He let others form alliances and fight against each other first. Just as he had this thought, a head suddenly popped out from below the mine tunnel, the man looked bewildered as if he was also looking for the edge of the battlefield. However, when he saw Shu Han, he was terrified by the formidable aura.
Shu Han was also not polite, he roared loudly: "Get lost!!"
Seeing Shu Han's powerful twelfth-level Qi Refining cultivation level and his overwhelming aura far beyond that of ordinary cultivators, the man was so scared that he immediately turned around and fled.
However, in the next moment, the man's head flew out from below the mine tunnel and shattered against the five-color barrier.
A faint voice came from the dark tunnel below.
"Little friend, you have such formidable power, no wonder you could scare away a cultivator of the tenth level Qi Refining with just a shout. Since we've encountered each other, if we don't fight now, we'll definitely meet on the central battlefield later. Why don't we decide the outcome now, to save trouble later."
A terrifying aura surged from the dark mine tunnel below like a tide.
Goosebumps covered Shu Han's entire body. He suddenly realized that the most important thing to survive in this melee wasn't the three points he thought of earlier, but a crucial one.
That is, luck!
He was just the kind of person with extremely bad luck, encountering a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator as soon as he got here!