Absolute Death Game

But this calm probably only lasted for the duration of an incense stick, Xiao Buli saw several zombies cleaning up the battlefield; they would finish off any serpent demons that were not quite dead yet. Especially in front of the one with the green headgear—most of the serpent demons were still not dead. A dozen or so grotesque behemoths were all gathered on a patch of land that had been dyed green.

Suddenly, Xiao Buli felt a piercing roar near his ear and subconsciously looked in the direction of the sound. He saw an old-looking serpent demon by the entrance of the cave he had entered before, with its mouth wide open, screeching in agony. Around Xiao Buli, the twenty or so serpent demons, unbeknownst to him, had already come down. They were now crowding around the twenty or so stone statues closest to the entrance of the cave. The enormous roar that Xiao Buli heard was the vibration caused by their simultaneous screaming. For a moment, Xiao Buli was puzzled by the actions of these serpent demons; it didn't seem as if they were about to desperately attack him. Were they using their voices to warn him?

But all the serpent demons had been killed, hadn't they? The idea was ludicrous. Since his True Yuan was severely depleted, Xiao Buli did not rush to get up to slay them but instead sat on the ground and observed the changes. He didn't believe these sluggish serpent demons could make any difference to the situation on the field.

Suddenly, the serpent demons all raised their sharp claws and stabbed their own throats simultaneously.

Mass suicide?? They've given up the fight too easily, Xiao Buli pondered in amazement. But the next second, he exclaimed in shock, "No good."

Xiao Buli suddenly realized the strange actions of these serpent demons greatly resembled a ritual, a sacrificial ritual, and they were the offerings. He quickly commanded the zombies to disrupt the process, but it was already a step too late.

When the blood of these serpent demons flowed onto the ground beneath the stone statues, a huge magic formation suddenly appeared on the ground, along with the rise of a bloody light screen.

Xiao Buli suddenly heard a strange voice, it sounded like the peculiar pronunciation of a deaf person speaking. Because deaf people can't hear their own voice, even if they know how to pronounce words, the sound still feels strange to others' ears. At this moment, Xiao Buli felt as if he was listening to such a voice.

He tried hard to discern the information conveyed by the voice.

"Unforgivable, you have harmed the great children of the Snake God, harmed the great descendants of the Barbarian Wilderness. You shall be cursed by the true god Amara and receive punishment. Extend your hands and prepare to be punished by the Snake God, extend your neck and prepare for the slaughter's blade. Your flesh and blood shall dye the land and forests red, and your soul shall endure the wrathful punishment of the true god Amara, forever tormented by the fires of hell."

This lengthy and abstruse speech took quite an effort for Xiao Buli to roughly comprehend, but having played many games, Xiao Buli understood—no matter what the actual meaning was, it meant combat was imminent.

This realization made Xiao Buli's heart sink. If it were his heyday, no matter whether he had triggered a dungeon or some other dreadful thing, he was confident to take it on. But now, his True Origin Points were nearly depleted, fewer than half of the dozen zombies were fit to fight, and his most reliable pet was off somewhere in a hole, seemingly not planning to surface any time soon.

Yet events seemed to be progressing completely against his will. While Xiao Buli was at a loss, the array had already activated. He saw the stone statues in front of the serpent demons suddenly start moving. The stone statues have come to life??

The first thought in Xiao Buli's mind was, could these stone statues be alive? From the stone statue guardians and the stone divine dragons he had seen in the Immortal Realm, Xiao Buli inferred this possibility, but upon closer inspection, he was relieved. The mobility of the stone statues didn't seem to be of their own volition but rather due to the vines below their pedestals. After the activation of the array, the vines had abruptly grown thick, and they were no longer the previous bright green color, gradually turning into a brownish-green.

If it were just these vines, perhaps Xiao Buli wouldn't have been too concerned. After all, he had clashed with these vines when he first arrived at this place, and their lethality wasn't that astounding.

Having thus reassured himself, Xiao Buli stayed seated, trying to seize every moment to recover his physical strength. Of course, he could have eaten something to recover a bit, but after days of roaming through this primeval forest, Xiao Buli's food supply was nearly exhausted, and he wasn't about to eat these eerie serpent demons off the ground, so he decided to sit still and then let the zombies have a go at them first.

As he planned this, the zombies charged in. Although they were too late to stop the array from being activated, engaging with the vines was still necessary.

The zombies swung their claws, grabbing at the vines, which until then had only been winding around the roughly three-meter-high stone statues. The vines instantly shot up, growing to about ten meters in height. Without exception, the stone statues were pushed off to one side, and the Iron Corpses, initially preparing to strike at the vines, were clueless about the situation and looked up dumbly at the plants that suddenly towered several times higher than themselves.

Yet the vines, as thick as drum barrels, were clearly different from the ones Xiao Buli had seen before. They lightly bent their branches and nimbly wrapped around one leg of an Iron Corpse, while another wrapped around the zombie's arm and head. With a tug on both sides, the Iron Corpse immediately turned into a plume of black smoke and vanished in the fine rain.(To be continued. If you like this work, please vote with recommendations and monthly tickets at . Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)