After introducing the content and rules of the challenge to the challenger team, the Countess turned to the hunting team and said, "Hunting team, while the challenger team is starting the wire walking challenge every time they leave a safe point, you will play a game called 'hopscotch'. You need to sequentially jump over the numbers randomly appearing in the squares that make up the house, completing a full round of the hopscotch game. After completing the game, you will randomly receive a card, and the pattern displayed on this card will become the obstacle for the challenger team's subsequent actions."
"Remember, from the start to the end of the hopscotch game, you can only stand on one foot throughout the process. If anyone makes a mistake and lets both feet touch the ground, your game will immediately fail. So, three hunters, concentrate and try to complete the game as quickly as possible and get a card! Hopefully, you can draw an SSS-level card every time!" With that, the Countess crossed her index and middle fingers, making a gesture of good luck to the hunting team. At the same time, a pulse of strong light appeared out of nowhere above the challenger team's platform, quickly carving out a cartoon house made up of nine squares on the platform floor.
"Now that everyone is ready, let the formal competition begin!" Seeing that both sides did not raise any further questions, the Countess announced.
As the Countess's voice fell, the members of the challenger team were lifted by some invisible force and, with the help of this force, stood on top of unicycles, each holding a balance pole specially designed for wire walking. After all the equipment was ready, the members of the challenger team, under the push of the inexplicable force, queued up and rode onto the steel wire. Watching the thin steel wire, thinner than the tires of the unicycles, Ah Yun was really worried that he would fall directly into the bottomless abyss below. However, to Ah Yun's surprise, although he had no experience riding a unicycle, with the assistance of that force, he could still maintain balance steadily on the wire. This inevitably eased Ah Yun's nervousness and increased his confidence in completing the challenge successfully as soon as possible.
"Ten meters, as long as we can pass this ten-meter distance smoothly, we can reach the safety point ahead!" Ah Yun encouraged Dream Jia and Uncle Mold while carefully increasing the riding speed after confirming that he could maintain balance completely.
Just as the challenge of the challenger team began, the hunting team also started their game simultaneously. Bai Hu, as the representative, threw a die that appeared out of thin air—seven points. Then, a "one" randomly appeared in the seventh square of the house, while the other eight squares of the house also randomly displayed the numbers "two to nine".
The six members of the hunting team quickly queued up according to the sequence of the randomly appearing numbers and successfully completed a round of hopscotch game. After completing the game, they received a beautifully patterned card. After flipping over this exquisite card, it magically transformed into a pattern of high-pressure water guns. Then, this pattern split into six light balls, fell into the hands of the hunting team members, and finally transformed into six cartoonish high-pressure water guns.
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The host exclaimed excitedly, "Oh my god, look! The hunting team got high-pressure water guns! The challenger team must be careful! Because the liquid in these water guns is not ordinary! These liquids are specially made from blood extracted from organisms from the planet LV as ammunition for this competition! These blood bullets have super corrosive properties. Not only can they paralyze the target's body, but they can also quickly dissolve anything they touch into a puddle of blood!"
Upon hearing that the liquid in the water guns was highly corrosive, the members of the hunting team became extremely excited. Each of them had a somewhat cruel smile on their faces and immediately launched an attack on the challenger team without hesitation. The members of the challenger team, upon hearing this, panicked and hastened their riding speed. However, riding a unicycle on the wire was not an easy task to begin with, and with the added water gun attacks from the hunting team, it directly caused the members of the challenger team to become disorganized. Soon, the assistant at the end of the line, due to impatience and inability to concentrate well, quickly lost balance and screamed as he fell into the bottomless abyss below.
Although the other five challengers could still maintain their balance well, they also had to face the water gun attacks from the hunting team. As described by the Countess, the liquid shot from the water guns was a greenish poisonous liquid with a strong and pungent odor. Several people, after being hit by this poison, immediately emitted white smoke from their clothes and skin, indicating burns. Haoyun and his companions, who were imprisoned, naturally also felt the pain caused by the poison. This pain was no different from the pain they experienced when they were swallowed by the flames or dissolved in the sulfuric acid pool. However, if one were to look at the bright side, Haoyun and his companions were fortunate that this pain did not last long, as it was quickly replaced by the second effect of the poison—paralysis.
Of course, experiencing paralysis during a high wire performance was absolutely not a good thing. As the bodies of the members of the challenger team turned gray-white due to widespread numbness caused by the poison, the five members of the challenger team finally, due to their inability to continue balancing on the wire, stiffened like logs and fell straight into the bottomless abyss.
With all six members of the challenger team falling, the Countess "regretfully" announced—the first challenge of the challenger team had failed.
Upon hearing this news, the audience on-site not only did not express regret for the failure of the challenger team but also, like the members of the hunting team, cheered loudly and clapped their hands in celebration. However, the audience's reaction was understandable, because the more times the challenger team failed, the longer they could watch the competition live, and the more they would feel that they got their money's worth.
With a wave of spatial fluctuations appearing at the starting point of the challenger team, the six members of the challenger team reappeared. At the same time, the high-pressure water guns in the hands of the hunting team malfunctioned and disappeared into thin air. This series of changes also heralded that the second round of the challenge was about to begin.