Chapter 138: Difficulty Spikes up  

Athan was moving while keeping an eye on the top corner because there was a small circle, and it had a blue dot that represented his position.

Inside that circle, The blue dot was in the middle segment of the circle, which means he was not at the deepest region but also not at the peripheral region; instead, he was at the middle of those two.

*Shsssssssss*

Athan came to a halt as he saw a green snake coming out from a bush and raising its head in front of him while opening its mouth.

The green snake was 7 meters long and 10-15 cm thick with poison-filled fangs.

Athan's left hand had a wooden branch which he broke from a tree before he started moving.

The snake and Athan faced off while standing still as both of caution of each other.

' can't let it bite me. '

The poison would definitely screw him, and he might even die since his powers and realms are sealed here.

Athan didn't move forward but instead turned back and started running and even threw away his stick.

Seeing this, The snake instantly chased him as it felt that the prey in front of it was scared of it, so it could definitely kill it.

But this was what Athan wanted.

He still continued to run as his speed was faster than the snake, which forced the snake to jump at him.

Athan felt it as he instantly ducked down, which caused the snake to go past him, but he didn't forget to grab its tail while the snake was still in the air.

He then spun his hand and body force with 1000kg of strength and smacked the snake's head on a tree's truck as blood splattered everywhere.

Athan knew that if you show weakness to animals or beasts, they would throw caution to the wind and attack you, but you can also use this deliberate showing of weakness to fool them and take advantage of them.

[ Madra Poisoned fang killed: 10 points and 10 scores gained. ]

....

When Mike failed to find Athan around him, He really panicked but not for long as he soon calmed down.

He remembered his training at various places with his master. Although he never trained to fight like a normal person and physically, he was taught by his master how to act when in a dangerous situation and use his surroundings to his advantage.

He first looked around and started moving towards a small pond, It was not too deep, and there were no creatures like fishes inside it.

But there were stones near the pond, so he tore his shirt and made a rough container before gathering the stones in it.

Afterward, He arrived in front of a tree with long leaves after checking his surroundings carefully.

He then started gathering the long leaves.

After gathering the leaves, He used them to cover his body. The leaves were long as they could also bind other leaves, so there was no need for threads or small ropes.

He then started moving slowly while occasionally looking at the map circle from the corner of his eyes.

His blue dot was situated in the exact opposite direction of Athan's blue dot. If they moved in a straight line, they would meet each other at the center of this map, but they didn't know this.

The map was also vast as it didn't seem like they could meet each other even if they continued to move in a straight line for one day.

*rustle...*

Mike's ears twitched as he saw the sound of leaves moving and instantly stopped and ducked down.

He was moving silently in the first place, and after crouched down, he looked just like a bush covered with leaves.

But the beast that came out from a bush 10 meters away from him noticed him.

Mike wryly smiled and thought, ' Well, It's not like I covered myself to hide from beasts that are near me. '

He stood up and took a clear look at the beast. It was a strange beast with black and peach color fur with four legs.

The strange thing was that this beast's mouth opened in four sections instead of just two.

*Ghriiii...*

A strange sound came from its mouth.

The beast looked at Mike and stopped, but Mike didn't want to let the beast get close to him as he had prepared stones as his weapon.

He took a stone and threw it at the beast with his full power of 1000 kg.

*Swiissss*

The beast growled as he dodged the stone and started running towards Mike.

Mike didn't panic and took out stones before continuously throwing them towards the beast.

The beast's speed slowed down as it dodged the stones, but one stone hit its legs as it fell down, and mike didn't let this chance go as he aimed a stone at the beast's head.

[ Degga Devourer killed: 10 points, and 10 scores gained. ]

Right after that, Every participant heard a voice in their heads.

[ Everyone has killed at least one Level 1 beast, so the next beast you encounter will be more powerful. ]

[ Strive to kill as fast as possible so that you don't give other participants a chance to farm points because only after everyone kills at least one Level 2 beast will the level 3 beasts spawn. ]

[ Good luck, everyone. ]

After that, another section was added to the screen in front of them.

[ Scoreboard ]

No.22---> 20 score ( 2x level 1 beasts )

No.06--->20 score ( 2x Level 1 beasts )

No. 13--->20 score ( 2x Level 1 beasts )

No.01--->10 score ( 1x Level 1 beast )

No.02--->10 score ( 1x Level 1 beast )

...

The Scoreboard had 30 numbers. Everyone could figure out that the first three participants had killed another level 1 beast and farmed easy 10 points.

Easy because they must have bought an item or skill with their first 10 points, making it easy to kill another level one beast.

Athan had also bought something with the 10 points he gained.

After looking at the list of items and spells that cost 10 points, He bought a spell: Lightning Zap.

[ Lightning Zap ]

- Cost 30 Mana.

- Low damage but can paralyze the target.

He then started moving with caution while thinking, ' Looks like everyone has to kill level two beasts quickly...otherwise some participants might be able to farm points once again, and the gap will increase. '

This is not a game. If they are killed here, then they would die for real.

[ Participant no. 24 killed by Participant no. 25 ]

everyone heard this in their head as they also saw No. 25 appearing at 4th position.

No.25--->20 score

As Athan was moving, A vine suddenly came out from the ground grabbed his ankle.

' Shit '

Athan saw a 2-meter tall plant-type beast that looked like an evil eggplant with many vines growing from its stem emerging from the ground in front of him, exact 5 meters away.

He used Lightning Zap on the plant-type beast, which paralyzed it, and in the meantime, Athan barely broke the vines that grabbed his ankle and jumped back.

His face was still red from exerting all of his strength to break away from the vines.

' Damnit, I can't beat it with my bare hands, and lightning zap can't deal enough damage and just paralyzed it for 3 seconds at most. '

While taking breaths, Athan saw the beast coming near him with its slow speed, but its vines shoot with lightning-fast speed towards Athan.

Athan was focusing on the vines, so he barely dodged them by jumping back once again.

'? if I knew I would face a plant-type beast, I would have bought a sharp item or a powerful damage spell...This is the worst matchup for me. '

If it was an animal with flesh and bones, then he could deal with it with his bare hands that contain 1000KG of power after paralyzing them with lightning zap, but the plant type beasts have very high vitality and endurance, which requires fatal weapons attacks like sword or damage type spells to kill it.

But he bought lightning zap as he didn't expect to encounter a plant-type beast.

"Wait....", Suddenly he got an idea as he muttered, "can I do that? well, no harm in trying."

...

On the other hand, Mike also bought a spell, but it was damage-type spell flame bullets.

[ Flame bullets ]

- Cost: 30 mana

- shoots 3 fire bullets with high penetrative power and medium damage.

After getting the spell, He also started moving and soon encountered a level 2 beast.

It was a 1 meter tall and 3-meter long turtle with a black shell.

Mike used flame bullets as five centimeters long, and two centimeters thick 3 fire bullets shoot towards the turtle.

According to their trajectory, One bullet would hit the turtle's head while the other two fire bullets on its black shell.

But the turtle instantly retracted its head and limbs inside its shell, and the holes were covered up with black things that looked exactly like its shell.

The flame bullets hit the turtle, but none of them put even a scratch on it.

" Fuck...."

Mike cursed after seeing this, and he thought, ' This is the worst matchup for me. The flame bullets can't penetrate its shell, and I also can't let it get close to me. What to do? '

If the black turtle came near him, then It could spell trouble for him. During one of his training sessions, He had seen a turtle extending its neck to half a meter from its shell at a lightning-fast speed towards its prey and snapped the beast's neck before dragging it back.

' Although I don't know if this turtle can also stretch its neck like that, its retracing speed is still super fast, and I can't take risks. '

Not just Athan and Mike but all other participants faced off against beasts that made their newly bought spells and items almost useless against them.

And just then, Everyone heard a voice in their heads.

[ Participant No. 07 killed by a Level 2 Beast ]

How will Mike and Athan get out of this trouble?

Actually, It's easy...