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A calm voice explained: "Every time you defeat an opponent, the difficulty of the next deep adventure will be reduced by one point. If you can win five games, you can avoid going through the deep adventure with the highest mortality rate."
"And starting from the second time, you can actively choose your opponent."
As soon as these words came out, everyone couldn't help but cast envious glances at him. Without the risk of death, this adventure was too worthwhile.
With Huo Yuhao's strength, he could easily win by choosing those young people from Shrek.
But on second thought, it doesn't seem that simple.
The first opponent is chosen randomly. What should I do if I choose a Titled Douluo, an evil soul master from the Holy Spirit Church?
While Huo Yuhao was thinking, the sweeping light had already selected his first round opponent, who turned out to be Huo Qiuer who was not far from him.
"It's the Golden Dragon Saintess." Nangong Wan from the Holy Spirit Church exclaimed in a low voice.
His voice came over, and Shrek, the people from the Body Sect and others did not understand what it meant, but Huo Yuhao was shocked when he heard it.
When did Huo Qiuer become the Saint of the Holy Spirit Church? Is she also an evil soul master?
Huo Yuhao believed that it would not be difficult to defeat Huo Qiuer, but he felt that things were not that simple.
At this time, a calm voice added: "But, correspondingly, when you defeat your opponent and reduce the difficulty of the Deep Adventure, the difficulty of your opponent will increase by one point."
"And the opponent you defeat will immediately enter an additional in-depth adventure."
Huo Yuhao frowned more and more tightly: "You mean, if I want to defeat five opponents to avoid the deep adventure, I have to pay the price of the other five people entering the deep adventure?"
A calm voice replied, "Yes."
Huo Yuhao's brows gradually relaxed, replaced by a chill.
"Tsk, the prisoner's dilemma, what a bad taste."
He muttered to himself, gaining a new understanding of the insidiousness of the owner of that calm voice.
Huo Yuhao was certainly not afraid of fighting, but the torturous rules of the adventure made him feel very uncomfortable.
He had a strong premonition that the owner of the calm voice was eagerly waiting for him to make a choice that would harm others and benefit himself by sacrificing the other five people.
He didn't know what the deep adventure would be like, but the fact that his life was in danger was no exaggeration.
Huo Yuhao glanced coldly at the young people of Shrek, and the latter couldn't help but feel a chill.
They are definitely no match for Huo Yuhao. Would Huo Yuhao really choose to defeat them to save himself from taking deep risks?
Wang Dong was very calm in her heart. She believed that Huo Yuhao would not do that.
Huo Qiuer looked at Huo Yuhao quietly, waiting for his choice.
Huo Yuhao suddenly said: "I choose to go directly into the deep adventure."
It was a very unexpected choice, and Ping Dan was stunned for a moment: "Why did you choose this?"
“The others are too weak. Their chances of passing the deep adventure are not as high as mine.” Huo Yuhao said calmly.
Some of the remarks are arrogant, but the warmth contained in them cannot be concealed.
Everyone in Shrek was stunned for a moment.
"Yuhao, no, Brother Hao, he is so great, I am really...crying to death."
Seeing Huo Yuhao's choice, Ping Dan suddenly changed his tone and said, "You can choose to go directly into the deep adventure, but if you do so, she will also go into the deep adventure immediately."
"Also, your adventure into the depths will become much more difficult. Are you sure you want to do this?"
Huo Yuhao was stunned and glanced at Huo Qiuer, only to find that he had underestimated the sinister nature of Ping Dan's voice.
A calm voice said, "If you fight, no matter who wins, only one of you will enter the deep adventure immediately. But if you quit now, both of you will enter the deep adventure with increased difficulty together."
"Are you sure you want to do this?"
Huo Yuhao's expression had turned gloomy.
He originally thought that this was a zero-sum game of prisoner's dilemma, but he didn't expect that Pingdan's voice could continue to add conditions, making him harm others no matter what choice he made.
Just as Huo Yuhao was lost in thought, a cold voice sounded first.
"I also choose to venture into the depths."
It was Huo Qiuer who spoke. She had a calm expression on her face and did not take the life-threatening deep adventure seriously at all.
Huo Yuhao was stunned for a moment, then he and Huo Qiuer smiled at each other in tacit understanding.
Ping Dan paused for a moment before speaking: "In that case, let's go directly into the deep adventure as you wish."
After he finished speaking, a flash of light swept across Huo Yuhao and Huo Qiuer. The light disappeared, and the bodies of the two had disappeared.
The rest were silent.
Ping Dan's voice did not stop: "The adventure continues, the next one is Nangong Wan."
"what?"
Nangong Wan didn't expect that he would be the next one.
The symbol that stopped before him was two crossed swords.
"Defeat the chosen opponent. The winner will advance, while the loser will enter a deeper adventure, and the difficulty will increase by two levels."
The fighting rules are somewhat similar to Huo Yuhao's.
Nangong Wan's face turned green, and his pair of sly eyes kept stealing glances at the Shrek juniors, hoping to pick an opponent who was easy to bully.
However, the golden light did not go as he wished and finally stopped on the third elder, Minglei Douluo.
The two old men have already entered the opposing platform on the circular platform, and the restrictions on their martial spirits and soul powers have also been lifted.
A calm voice said, "If someone fails to use all his strength, both of them will go into the depths and take risks together."
The two looked at each other, and then they realized how cruel the test in this secret realm was.
Nangong Wan took a deep breath and said, "Third brother, Second brother has never asked you for anything in his life."
"I hope you can forgive my second brother."
The third elder's face twitched slightly, and he also forced a smile: "Second brother, I don't want to either."
As they spoke, the fluctuations in their soul power began to change dramatically.
……
In the misty clouds, a calm voice was conversing with another voice.
Another voice smiled and said, "I suddenly remembered a story called Two Peaches Kill Three Warriors."
Ping Dan asked curiously, "What is that?"
Another voice began to narrate: "In ancient times, there was a country called Qi. There were three powerful Titled Douluo serving in the imperial palace, and they made great contributions to the King of Qi."
"However, these three Titled Douluo relied on their own outstanding achievements and gradually became arrogant and unreasonable. The King of Qi wanted to get rid of them, but he was afraid that the three priests would resist, so he came up with a plan."
"One day, he summoned three priests, took out two fairy peaches and placed them in front of them. He told them that these were rare fairy peaches that were hard to come by in a thousand years. If they ate one, they would be able to increase their soul power by one level."
"However, there are only two immortal peaches, but there are three offerings. The King of Qi doesn't know who to give the immortal peach to, so he asks them to reward according to their merits. The offering with the least merit can only give up the immortal peach."
"Two priests thought they had made the greatest contribution and were the first to grab the peach. The third priest, seeing that he did not have the peach, committed suicide in anger."
"The other two worshippers who stole the peaches were so ashamed that they also committed suicide."
"At this point, the King of Qi was able to kill the three priests who were threatening him without bloodshed."
A story based on the localization of Douluo Continent, "Two Peaches Killing Three Warriors", was told vividly to Pingdan's voice.
The calm voice heard this, and the first reaction was to laugh: "Those three priests are so stupid, why did they commit suicide so easily? Can't they share the three peaches? Or why don't they have a competition to decide who gets the peach?"
Another voice said helplessly: "This is just a fable. The fairy peach may not be a real peach. It refers to the indivisible interests."
"Whichever priest didn't get the peach, it means that his contribution was not as good as the other two in the eyes of the world. In that era when integrity was highly valued, it was not surprising that he committed suicide for this reason."
"If you want more, others will have less. How can anyone be willing to give up the tangible benefits in front of them?"
The other voice was also from a person who was well-versed in history. He vaguely remembered that killing three men with two peaches was known as one of the four great conspiracies in history. Without bloodshed, the three major concerns of the King of Qi were resolved with this strategy.
However, he did not know that later generations would have different interpretations of this conspiracy.
This plan seemed to be successful, but in fact it was a huge failure.
The King of Qi was insidious and cunning and had a keen insight into people's hearts, but the three people who committed suicide were also heroes and gave the most beautiful and correct solution.
Perhaps they had another choice, which was to fight to the death for a peach that should belong to them, but none of them did so.
Because they all knew that once the three of them got into dispute, the only one who would benefit in the end would be the King of Qi.
So after the first warrior chose to commit suicide, the other two immediately understood what he meant and committed suicide one after another.
Although the three of them died, they used their own blood to create an unbreakable blood oath for the families behind them, making it impossible for the King of Qi to divide or win them over.
The King of Qi was still feeling complacent about getting rid of the three major troubles, but he didn't know that in the near future, the Tian family would replace Qi.
……
The golden light in front of them disappeared, and the figures of Huo Yuhao and Huo Qiuer appeared at the same time in an unfamiliar mountain area.
His head was filled with a strong sense of distortion and dizziness, and his whole body was filled with pain. Huo Yuhao managed to stand firm and not fall down.
But as he regained his balance, he was surprised to find that he could still use his martial soul, soul power and soul guide, and his body had recovered to its peak state.
Next to him stood Huo Qiuer.
"where is this?"
Huo Qiuer glanced around coldly, quickly observing the surrounding environment.
I don’t know how much time has passed, nor where I am, but judging from the light, it seems to be dusk.
"There are troops over there." Huo Yuhao reminded in a serious tone.
After his martial soul was able to be used, he immediately began mental detection and shared it with Huo Qiuer.
Not far ahead of them, there was indeed a large army stationed. Judging from their attire, they should be the army of the Sun and Moon Empire.
In the distance is an endless mountain range, which is the Mingdou Mountains where Xingluo and Riyue meet.
At this moment, that calm voice sounded in the minds of the two again.
"The deep adventure begins. Test topic: rescue."
"People from the Xingluo Empire and the major sects are withdrawing to the Xingluo Empire. Duke Baihu will meet them at the Mingdou Mountains."