Transforming Succubus: Almost Doomsday

"My ability is the highest, so it's only logical that I handle the most dangerous tasks, isn't it?"

"Just fill in my name. Also, don't speculate about probabilities arbitrarily. There's a world of difference between one hundred percent and ninety-nine percent. Your words might influence your teammates around you. Until we have solid evidence, try to say less of those things that could shake our morale. Understood?"

As Zhou Baiyu spoke, he filled in his own name. At this time, others also filled in the name Jiang Xianwu.

Xinkui didn't speak, but she silently thought that if there was a chance in the future to repay this kindness, she must do so without a frown, even if it meant climbing a mountain of swords or plunging into a sea of flames.

Sima Kaoyu was influenced by Zhou Baiyu's words. If it had been anyone else who spoke like that, he would have thought that person arrogant, but Jiang Xianwu, who possessed the traits of a great orator, made Sima Kaoyu feel... maybe he really was too self-interested.

He seemed to gradually understand the meaning of being a captain.

If Jiang Xianwu survived the hidden scenario in the first challenge, then instead of decreasing the team's morale with his choice, he actually increased the team's cohesion.

The premise was, he had to survive that hidden task.

The black gate slowly opened.

Once the door opened, what came into view was a red light.

Zhou Baiyu didn't think much; he was the first to walk through the door, his figure quickly disappearing into the red light.

The other three hesitated a bit, but Xinkui followed without a word.

A few seconds later, the remaining three also walked into the red light.

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...

The vast red slowly receded, and a melodious bell echoed from afar, as though coming from deep within a church, carrying a solemn meaning.

When the red had dissipated, Zhou Baiyu and the other teammates slowly opened their eyes, but what they saw was not a church that matched the bell tolls.

It was... a campus.

The shapes of the buildings were all sharp; they didn't look like a school merely based on their shapes.

But the terms "Teaching Building," "Arts and Physical Education Building," "Laboratory Building," "Library," "Office Building" were marked on these twisted, sharp structures like fangs, indicating that this was indeed a school.

The entire school looked like the mouth of a monster.

The vast tongue was the playground.

The countless sharp teeth were the various school buildings.

[First challenge, survive for forty minutes.]

[Countdown—three.]

[Countdown—two.]

Zhou Baiyu shouted, "Stick to the formation I mentioned earlier, enemies will soon flood in!"

The five of them quickly arranged themselves in the formation initially laid out by Zhou Baiyu.

[Countdown—one.]

[Zero.]

As the last bell toll faded, the sky suddenly darkened, and the abstractly monstrous school seemed like a giant maw slowly closing.

From the tooth-like buildings on both sides of the vast playground, countless monsters wearing blue and white school uniforms emerged, with twisted forms that resembled Van Gogh's self-portraits.

They emitted gibberish, an uncomfortable series of monosyllabic sounds completely incomprehensible...

And at a very fast pace, they swarmed towards Zhou Baiyu's team.

Even though they moved strangely like peculiar species, their speed was extremely fast.

So fast that the others were still in shock when they were surrounded.

[Defend against the encirclement for five minutes, and you will face the next choice.]

A prompt appeared in everyone's mind.

Confused as they were, it seemed they were being attacked by monsters.

"Kaoyu, can't you delay time? It's up to you now," Zhou Baiyu said in a low voice.

Because he had set his in-game volume to the maximum, he could hear the cryptic whispers coming from the mouths of the monsters.

He could also communicate very quietly with his teammates.

Sima Kaoyu, who had never seen such sanity-breaking scenes before, momentarily even forgot how to perform the gestures to cast spells.

Meanwhile, willing to charge for love, although trembling with fear, had already begun to chant the Ice Seal Curse in preparation.

Key Trotter remained calm.

He and Xinkui surrounded Kaoyu, trying their best to prevent the monsters from touching him.

Zhou Baiyu used a skill that left everyone astounded.

Summoning Corruption Tentacles.

Around the five-person team, at a radius of three meters, a row of black tentacles with red eyes suddenly appeared.

These tentacles moved incessantly; more and more of them appeared until they formed a wall.

"What... what kind of skill is this? Mutators have such abilities? Why do these tentacles seem so familiar? Have I seen them in areas with a high level of corruption?"

Xinkui was shocked.

The other rookies also didn't expect Jiang Xianwu to have such an ability.

Zhou Baiyu offered no explanation:

"Stay sharp, focus on the enemy!"

Monsters were already approaching the tentacles, and these bizarre appendages instantly wrapped around the monsters like pythons.

But the twisted monsters in school uniforms seemed to exude a strange slime.

The tentacles that came into contact with the slime were dissolving bit by bit.

Although it was a cross-profession common skill and generally not very strong, Zhou Baiyu was still surprised; it was too weak, wasn't it?

The number of tentacles dwindled...

Casting Corruption Tentacles again seemed pointless, for the slime secreted by the monsters was increasing, and the rate at which the tentacles were being dissolved was even faster than their growth rate.

Especially since using a cross-profession common skill was fairly draining, even for a third-tier demon like him.

Zhou Baiyu said:

"I can delay for one more minute, be quick about it!"

One minute was enough time for Love to Charge to use her ability. But for now, with more and more monsters piling up, Zhou Baiyu realized there was a rather troublesome issue—