69novels Chapter 361, Region 7
Chapter 361, Region 7
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Seventh Division: Scorched Lava Core Plain
The moment the light faded, the hot, dry air, mixed with the strong smell of sulfur and metal oxides, violently rushed into my nostrils.
A solid feel came from beneath my feet, but the temperature was clearly perceptible through the sole of the boot.
Lin Tian stepped onto a cracked rock surface with interwoven dark red and black textures.
Deep within the fissure, golden-red lava pulsates slowly like blood vessels, radiating a tingling heat that stings the skin.
In the distance, massive, cooled and solidified volcanic rock columns stand like giant tombstones, and further on the horizon, the outline of a volcano still belching thick smoke can be faintly seen.
The sky was a persistent leaden gray, distorted by the heat waves rising from the ground, hanging low and pressing down on the burning ruins.
Environmental information is perceived and responded to by the body almost immediately upon landing:
[You have entered the "Scorched Lava Core Plains". The environmental effect "Scorching Invasion" is in effect: 1 health point is lost every 30 seconds (this damage can be reduced by fire resistance). The sulfurous fumes in the air may cause "Lung Burns" (persistent coughing, slightly reduces stamina regeneration).]
This negligible amount of continuous damage couldn't even break through Lin Tian's terrifying natural life recovery speed derived from his 3 million stamina attribute, as well as his extremely high elemental resistance.
For him, it was no different from a gentle breeze.
His gaze didn't even linger long on the hellish scene around him.
In one corner of the field of vision, the simplified interface exclusive to the competition area has already unfolded:
[Region Number]: 07
Current Points: 0
[Regional Ranking]: Not listed (only the top 1000 are displayed)
[Surviving Players]: 70 million+
[Safety Status]: Absolutely safe period (ends after 23:59:58) | Safe Zone: Full Map
[Personal Status]: Healthy
His gaze lingered on the numbers for "points" and "surviving players" for less than a fraction of a second.
The formula for earning points—killing a target grants 10% points (minimum 1 point)—is crystal clear.
Rankings? They don't matter.
For him, advancing to the next level was a non-issue.
"Kill a player, guaranteed 1 point." Lin Tian silently recited in his mind, the cold data flowing through his heart.
Players who die will not lose any level, but will have their points halved and will be teleported away.
While thoughts raced, action had already begun.
Lin Tian's gaze locked onto the edge of his perception, a relatively flat lava plateau about eight hundred meters away from him.
There, about fifteen points of life were chaotically intertwined, their energy fluctuations violent—
Three different teams (or groups of lone wolves) seem to have clashed because they landed too close together, and it may also involve a metal box (suspected treasure chest) that is emitting a faint glow and is half-embedded in the rock wall.
A typical initial melee was unfolding there.
"Wang Hu! This box was first discovered by our 'Blazing Flame Squad'! Get out of the way!" A burly man wielding a giant burning axe, whose ID was displayed as [Li Meng] (Lv.26), roared and swung his axe at the thief who tried to approach the box.
The thief leaped backward nimbly; his ID was [Zhang Xin] (Lv.25). He yelled, "Bullshit! I landed right here! Whoever sees it gets it! First come, first served!"
On the other side, a small team of five was trying to hold their ground. The leader, mage Chen Ming (Lv.27), waved his staff, and a wall of fire temporarily blocked the two charging warriors.
He yelled to his teammates, "Ignore them! Grab the crates first! Sun Yue, activate your shield and charge in! Zhao Lin, prepare your heal!"
The shield guard [Sun Yue] (Lv.26), who had been called upon, roared and advanced forward, raising his large shield.
The priest [Holy Light Zhao Lin] (Lv.25) nervously began chanting the Mantra Shield.
The third group consisted of three individuals who seemed to know each other but were not very cooperative.
A hunter named Zhou Kai (Lv.25) was firing sneak attacks from the outside.
A summoner named Liu Fei (Lv.25) summoned two Lava Lizards (Lv.30) in an attempt to cause trouble.
Another warrior, Zheng Tao (Lv.26), stared at the box with predatory intent.
"Kill the mage team first! They pose the biggest threat!" Li Meng roared, leading the other two warriors (Lv.25, Lv.25) of his squad towards Chen Ming's squad.
"Zhou Kai! Shoot that priest!" Zhang Xin shouted to the hunter, while he himself slipped into the shadows, waiting for his chance to strike.
"My lizard won't last much longer! It's too hot here!" Liu Fei shouted anxiously as her summoned beast continued to lose health in the high temperature.
Chaotic, noisy, typical of low-level players' clumsy fighting for a little bit of resources in the early stages.
Their average level is only around 26, and their skills are dazzling, but their power is limited.
Lin Tian simply raised his right hand, palm facing that direction, fingers slightly spread, and then gently clenched it.
【All Things Guided by Heaven】.
There was no earth-shattering noise. But above the chaotic battle zone 800 meters away, the air suddenly became incredibly heavy and viscous.
An irresistible, terrifying suction force, seemingly emanating from the depths of the earth, suddenly appeared, precisely enveloping the fifteen players and the ground within dozens of meters around them!
"What's going on?!" Li Meng felt his axe swing suddenly distort, and he was thrown backward uncontrollably.
"I can't move!" Shield Guard Sun Yue was horrified to find that his heavy body, along with the giant shield, was being pulled off the ground.
"Gravity spell? It's a control spell! Which bastard launched a sneak attack?!" Chen Ming's chanting was interrupted, and he was dragged towards the center of the melee, staggering.
Zhang Xin, who was stealthily moving, was abruptly pulled out of the shadows, his face full of astonishment.
The arrow that Zhou Kai shot flew off at an angle, its destination unknown.
Liu Fei's lava lizard let out a mournful cry and was torn into light specks by an even stronger force.
Zheng Tao roared and tried to use his charge skill to resist, but it only accelerated his loss of control.
The fifteen people, like puppets being kneaded by an invisible hand, screamed and roared as they crashed into each other, crowding together at the center point, and were briefly subjected to forced dizziness and stiffness.
Weapons clashed, armor scraped, curses and cries of pain mingled together.
Chaos was forcibly reduced to a single point in a fraction of a second.
Immediately afterward, just as these players were about to recover from the shock of the impact and frantically try to struggle, activate their survival skills, or counterattack—
Lin Tian pointed his left hand, fingers together like a sword, at the "crowd" of people.
【Astral Imprisonment】.
hum!
A complex, azure force field, composed entirely of star runes and freezing laws, enveloped the fifteen players huddled together like an inverted, semi-transparent giant bowl.
The flow of time within the force field seemed to slow down, and all movements instantly stopped.
The players' faces were frozen in a state of fear, anger, and bewilderment.