After entering the space portal, the Exorcist withdrew his worried gaze and looked behind him.
He looked at Fan Zhuo, who had walked in with him.
Fan Zhuo's face was now extremely solemn. He stood straight on the side and did not say a word.
The exorcist asked, "How is it? Is there any new information?"
The half-vampire shook his head slowly. "No, there's still only a 30% chance."
The two of them looked at each other in silence.
Colors began to solidify around the space. They intertwined and looked like someone had used a paintbrush to paint dirty patches of color.
"Sigh, this is clearly the case, but I can't help at all. I really can't accept this."
The exorcist shook his head. "No matter what, the Magician is only one person."
Fan Zhuo pulled out the military knife at his waist. He held the Caligula in front of his chest and swept his finger across it.
"My family in the real world has a saying. If you want to protect your young, you have to push them off the cliff like an eagle."
His dark red eyes stared at the emblem on the military knife.
The emblem's style was strange and beautiful, just like the Night people that the vampires represented.
At first, Fan Zhuo had planned to stay after he was almost certain of the unimaginable yet natural guess that seemed to have cleared all the clues and suspicious points.
However, Zong Jiu had clearly rejected his help. Fan Zhuo understood and respected his decision.
"He's never been a dodder flower that needed protection. On the contrary, he's very strong."
"Vulture, don't worry about Old Eagle. From the moment we chose to stand on the Magician's side, shouldn't we have been aware of this and take it for granted? "
"Indeed." The exorcist sighed. "The Magician has always been excellent. He can hold his own."
When they first entered the Infinite Loop, they, as S-ranks, had to struggle their way to where they were now. In the beginning, everyone was a newbie, struggling to survive in this world filled with despair and fear. Later on, they experienced more and saw more, and their hearts became more tenacious than others. They also adapted to the rules here in advance. Then, they were lucky enough to obtain a special item that allowed them to reach their current position.
But Magician was different.
Magician was a pure newbie. When he first entered the Thriller Trainee Competition, he only received an E rating from the main system.
One had to know that the system's initial rating was based on a newcomer's potential. There was also no lack of newbies with particularly high potential. In the first round, they were rated as Class C, a level exclusive to veteran survivors. However, in the subsequent dungeons, almost all of these newbies were defeated.
Other people did not know that Zong Jiu was a book transmigrator. They only thought that the main system could make a mistake.
"In that case, let's go. Let's wait until we get out and see what the result is. "
The exorcist stretched lazily on the spot. "It's finally the last Instance Dungeon. Let's hurry up and finish it. I still want to go back and laugh at Ah Zan, the guy who tripped when he was not paying attention."
At this moment, the main system's voice sounded.
[1v1 Instance Dungeon is being activated … The Final Battle Instance Dungeon will automatically activate in 30 seconds.]
[Trainees in the last few may choose to forfeit their participation at will.]
The exorcist and Fan Zhuo looked at each other.
[Are you sure you want to forfeit your participation in the Final Battle? Note: Forfeiting your participation is the same as forfeiting the right to use the Universal Wishing Voucher.]
"Yes."
"Yes."
The familiar weightlessness of the teleportation began to surge around the two of them.
In the next second, the frozen space disappeared.
They returned to the empty studio hall.
.....
On the other side, the survivors and trainees who were watching the situation closely were stunned.
Although the live broadcast was closed, they could still see the symbols on the dark screen.
Different symbols were placed together, indicating that they were assigned to the same 1v1 Instance Dungeon.
In the middle, there was a hollow silver playing card and a bright red rose leaning against each other.
Although the main system announced that the Final Battle Instance Dungeon would not be broadcasted live, the audience could determine the winner of the first round of the Instance Dungeon based on the brightness or dimming of the symbols.
No one dared to let down their guard. Even if there was only an icon, everyone held their breath and stared at it, afraid that they would miss the slightest change.
"These groups are all from the same camp … If they don't fight, they will be forced to forfeit. I wonder who will forfeit."
"That's right. The main system's grouping is too f * cked up. How can there be such a coincidence that they are all from the same camp?"
"They are determined to cause trouble. Maybe the alliance will be broken at the beginning, and then everyone will stand on their own side. Sigh … You all know that the main system loves to play with people's hearts."
As time passed, everyone's guesses became more and more ridiculous.
But without a doubt, there were only a few who stood on Magician's side.
Everyone had seen how arrogant and despotic Magician was in the live broadcast and how disrespectful he was to the mentors. Moreover, he had drawn the empty mentors' assessment. Everyone was worried about the outcome.
"Take him away, take him away. Magician was a decent person when he was alive."
"Sigh, why bother? That master appreciates him so much. If he worked harder, he might have passed. Why did he have to court death?"
Instantly, many followers came out to mock and ridicule him.
This time, Magician's fans were on fire.
As a newcomer, Zong Jiu had risen to the top of the pyramid with his own efforts. He was quite popular among the survivors. In the forum, other than a certain No.1, he was the most discussed person.
Hence, the two sides were in a heated argument.
Just as the commotion was about to erupt, a survivor suddenly screamed.
"Look! The symbols are changing! "
A stone stirred up a thousand ripples.
There was indeed a change. Starting from the first dark blue Yin Yang symbol, there was suddenly a black mark above it, with the words "forfeit" written on it.
"Boss Tokumon forfeited!"
Some of the more quick-witted people remembered that Tokumon had been placed in the same group as Zhuge An. This might mean that Tokumon had chosen to forfeit this group, leaving the stronger Zhuge An to continue the competition.
Based on this calculation, between No.2 Fan Zhuo and No.4 Exorcist, the one who forfeited should be the Exorcist.
However, no one expected that in the next second, the symbols on the dark black screen seemed to have been infected by the black color.
Following that, one by one, the symbols were imprinted with a black mark.
"What, what's going on? Why did No.2 and No.4 forfeit at the same time? "
"The Son of God and Poseidon forfeited at the same time! Wait, The Dark Wizard and Black Azan also …? "
This series of sudden changes stunned the onlookers.
What was going on???
If question marks could be materialized, then there would be countless big black question marks above everyone's head right now.
Originally, everyone thought that the following scene would either be the alliance breaking the contract and killing each other, or one side forfeiting to ensure that the other side would advance. However, no one expected the situation to develop in such a dramatic manner. So many of the big shots had actually decided to forfeit at the same time as if they had all agreed on it?
"No … What's going on? Why did they all forfeit? Don't they want the Universal Wishing Voucher anymore?"
"Holy sh * t, what's going on? 1234567, seven of them forfeited. This is crazy."
"That's not right!" Suddenly, someone had a realization. "If everyone else forfeited, then wouldn't the last Level S win without a fight? How could there be such a good job?"
"Wait."
Everyone came to their senses and immediately looked back at the dark black screen in the live broadcast room.
With so many big shots forfeiting, who else was left?
"The only ones left are the Magicians who have yet to enter the teacher's test, and … Zhuge An."
.....
On the other side, Tokumon was the first to return to the studio.
After forfeiting, the Level S 'status changed from a contestant to a spectator, and they could still enter the live broadcast room to watch.
Therefore, almost as soon as he came out, he connected to the main system and opened the light screen in the void.
Only three icons were still flashing on the light screen.
The Yin Yang Master stared at the grayish-black Eight Trigrams, and his heart sank.
As expected, it was exactly the same as the plan they had guessed.
In the past few days, Zong Jiu had secretly contacted Tokumon and Fan Zhuo, and even asked the exorcist to provide technical support.
Because of Fan Zhuo's unintentional discovery, they had developed new suspicions about Zhuge An.
This was done behind the back of Zhuge An's back. Coincidentally, No.3 had not been present during the first meeting, and he was also nowhere to be seen for the next half a month. But now that the final battle was imminent, no one had the time to hide anything.
Once this matter was confirmed, the entire situation would be turned upside down.
Although Zhuge An had a bad reputation before, in the past few months of the Thriller Trainee Competition, he had used his actions to change many people's prejudices against him.
In addition, this news was too shocking and too unbelievable.
Therefore, until now, they still only had a thirty percent chance of winning.
But Zong Jiu's original words were that thirty percent was enough for him to take a gamble.
For a gambler, this probability was more than enough, and could even be said to be more than enough.
Just as expected.
Staring at the screen, Tokumon sighed.
Now, it seemed that Magician's guess was right.
Zhuge An really did not come out.
He was determined to stand against everyone.
When did it start?
Perhaps it had been there since the beginning.
"Hahaha, Magician guessed it right."
The exorcist who appeared behind him laughed bitterly. "I didn't believe it at first, but after seeing this, the thirty percent chance has become ninety percent. I didn't expect to be tricked by him once, and now be tricked by him again. Smart people's words can't be trusted. "
It wasn't just tricked once.
He had obviously tricked everyone, and even the main system.
Fan Zhuo sat upright on the throne and remained silent.
On the other side, in the pure white space, the door that Zong Jiu was staring at was slowly pushed open.
The black-haired man walked out with a calm expression, and did not have the slightest bit of shame for breaking the agreement at the most critical moment.
According to their plan, No.3 should have forfeited the final battle like everyone else.
But he did not.
His appearance here was enough to prove his attitude.
Magician slowly stood up, his gaze sharp.
"What do you want?"
"Zhuge An. Or should I call you by another name … Guiguzi? "