Chapter 1078: Carry Half

Chu Tianqiu watched Chen Junan enter the room. Surprisingly, the door had the character "Zi" written on it.

This was a search-type game. Was this Chen Junan's deliberate move, or just a coincidence? His own ability, Tianxingjian, was completely useless in a search-type game. Even if he used his divine power to destroy the entire area, it wouldn't guarantee a win.

If they really entered that room, given Chen Junan's reckless personality, he would surely try to turn it into a life-or-death gamble. That way, even if he couldn't kill Chu Tianqiu, it would buy him enough time to drag things out.

"Come on, Xiao Chu," Chen Junan swallowed hard and said, "aren't you going to kill me?"

For Chen Junan, this was also an all-or-nothing situation. Their display screen had already been destroyed, so how could he ensure victory in this game?

"No... it's not about 'victory,'" he thought. "I just need to find a way to 'not lose.'"

Chen Junan thought about this and smirked slightly. Why not just smash the opponent's display screen too?

Once both sides ran out of time, the winner would be decided based on the points accumulated before the screens were broken.

Qi Xia had already earned nearly twenty points. Did Chu Tianqiu have that many as well?

Chen Junan confirmed his tactic and turned to run, but as soon as he opened the door, he found Wen Qiaoyun blocking the way in the room behind. She didn't seem interested in advancing; instead, it looked like she had received some order to guard the spot.

He thought to himself that this was bad and quickly turned to leave from the left side of the room. But when he checked the path ahead, the room leading to the He Dao was blocked by Zhao Yisheng.

He didn't even need to guess—Chen Junan knew that the other rooms were probably blocked by Xu Liunian and Yan Zhichun.

"Damn... you're all here?!" Chen Junan finally realized that the opposing side had launched a full assault.

But what about his own team?

Where was Zhang Lüshi? Where was Tian Tian? Where was Zheng Yingxiong?

Most importantly... where was Qi Xia?

A moment later, Chen Junan basically confirmed his suspicion: Zhang Lüshi, Qi Xia, and Tian Tian were likely trapped in a game with the opponents in the rooms he couldn't reach.

In this game, if two people were trapped in a room, all four "doors" to that room would lock, making it impossible to even pass through to the He Dao—it was essentially a "dead end."

If the opponents had really set up such a "defensive line" using these dead ends, there wouldn't be even a one percent chance of winning this game.

"First smashing our display screen and then blocking our people... that's pretty clever," Chen Junan bluffed. "But don't you think it's odd that Lao Qi isn't here? Aren't you afraid?"

"Unfortunately," Chu Tianqiu said, "Qi Xia is trapped in a game with Yan Zhichun. He's unable to do anything right now, so I've won this round."

"Xiao Chu... you're awfully arrogant," Chen Junan said. "If it weren't for Zhang Shan's ability protecting you, I'd take you on myself, no matter what."

After hearing this, Chu Tianqiu reached up to touch the necklace on his chest and shook the coat he was wearing. Countless drops of foul-smelling blood began to drip down slowly.

"Even without Tianxingjian, what difference would it make? The over a hundred eyeballs I carry make me all-powerful. Here, only a Dian Ren is the closest thing to a 'god.'" Chu Tianqiu stared at Chen Junan and said, "How can a Tizui like you possibly win against me?"

Chen Junan knew Chu Tianqiu was right. He couldn't compete in Hui Xiang, and he wasn't necessarily superior in brains either. To get the "Zi" from Chu Tianqiu, his only option was to rely on brute force.

But Chu Tianqiu had activated Tianxingjian again, blocking nearly all paths.

Now, Chen Junan was backed into a corner and could only try to resolve the immediate problem, stalling until Qi Xia returned to handle it.

But what could he do?

"Wait..." Chen Junan suddenly narrowed his eyes, remembering something Qi Xia had said after explaining the situation: "If something like this really happens, just do whatever you want."

"This has already happened... hasn't it?" Chen Junan widened his eyes and said, "Lao Qi... what you meant is..."

He knew Qi Xia understood him well. The thing he wanted to do every day wasn't "phasing through walls" or "arguing"—it was "Tizui."

"Then I'll have to pull out some wild tricks..." Chen Junan muttered to himself. "I'll trust Zheng Yingxiong's kid this once... maybe I've already 'Hui Xiang'ed?"

Chu Tianqiu narrowed his eyes upon hearing this, unsure how Chen Junan planned to use Tizui to solve the situation.

But the next second, he saw Chen Junan shift his gaze to Qiao Jiajin on the ground.

"Xiao Chu... watch this today. My 'Hui Xiang' is summoning Lao Qiao."

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Junan's cheek suddenly split open, and fresh blood splattered everywhere. He gritted his teeth and let out a muffled groan.

"Lao Qiao, I'll take your injuries..."

In just a few seconds, Chen Junan's entire body was covered in layers of wounds and bruises like fish scales. Soon after, he spat out a mouthful of fresh blood onto the ground.

He thought it was a miracle Qiao Jiajin hadn't been beaten to death. These injuries were overwhelming him, and he felt like he was about to leave this world.

"Damn..." Chen Junan gritted his teeth and said, "Lao Qiao, your injuries... cough..."

Another large mouthful of blood sprayed onto the ground, and Chen Junan started swaying, nearly collapsing.

Chu Tianqiu watched and couldn't help but smile: "Chen Junan... what's the difference between your 'Tizui' and just suiciding? You've saved me the trouble."

At that moment, Chen Junan realized he had been too impulsive. If he transferred all of Qiao Jiajin's injuries to himself, he would definitely die.

For someone not used to getting beaten, the sheer pain alone could make him pass out.

He had originally wanted to get Qiao Jiajin back on his feet to save him, but now he might end up killing himself before Qiao Jiajin even woke up.

Now that he'd already boasted about it... what else could he do?

"If I knew your injuries were this bad, I wouldn't have tried to play tough..." Chen Junan coughed a few times and started thinking about his next move.

In moments like this, when things get confusing, Lao Qiao has his strategies, and Lao Qi has his. As for Chen Junan, he quickly settled on his own approach.

That was to take on half for now and handle the rest later.

"No... I can't do it..." Chen Junan said, "Maybe I'll just take this much. I feel like I'm about to get beaten to death just standing here... I have a meeting to attend, so excuse me for a bit."

Chen Junan tried to say more, but another wave of dizziness hit him, and he slumped down onto the ground.

Chu Tianqiu looked at Chen Junan's flexible use of Tizui and didn't know quite how to describe it. Originally, there was one severely injured Qiao Jiajin and one perfectly fine Chen Junan.

After Tizui was activated, it turned into two people who were injured and couldn't stand—how should he even describe this ability?

"Well, you've made things easier for me." Chu Tianqiu pulled a chain from his pocket, balled it up, and hurled it at Chen Junan like a meteor.

Chen Junan yelled in alarm and mustered all his strength to roll out of the way, just barely dodging the chain as it embedded deeply into the ground with a massive clang.