The Abyssal Garden: No Room for the Idle

Su Qi looked at the massive amount of silk threads around him, appearing more densely and dangerously than before!

He chuckled lightly, "So eager to take my life?"

The man with glasses looked at Su Qi, a smile in his eyes, "Just a dueling ground, you can still laugh. After all, death here carries no penalty, nothing can be stripped away from you, but... I want to prove something here."

The spiritual power of the man with glasses burst forth, the smile on his lips becoming colder with a hint of murderous intent and underlying jealousy.

"That is, a newcomer in Paradise, an unknown man, a crap newbie who has never experienced the brutal times of the past, you don't deserve everything you have now!"

Although these words came from the man with glasses, they instantly struck deeply into the hearts of Silver Hand, Bald, and the others.

They thought of Su Buxian as a lucky star, a newcomer that everyone wanted a share of.

This was because...

These old-timers from Paradise had grown up through step-by-step brutal killings, endured too much suffering, and fought countless thrilling battles in instances with zero tolerance for errors.

In terms of mentality, they were utterly different.

These public test players, who had never truly experienced death, claiming to be new stars was ridiculous!

"Now... I!"

The man with glasses restrained his smile, looking coldly at Su Qi, "I want to kill you here!"

Su Qi did not speak.

Because countless silk threads exploded with a bang!

The air shattered!

Already surging tumultuously toward Su Qi, the power of the man with glasses was even more formidable than before!

Bai Yilin's eyes narrowed.

This guy had hidden his strength when dealing with him!

Bai Yilin said, "Help him."

Butterfly and Giant Axe reacted instantly and decisively took action.

Although the person was Su Buxian, the sought-after newcomer, they were still a team in the dueling ground.

Rhythm was even quicker.

He had already charged out before Bai Yilin had spoken!

"Damn it, I don't care about all this Su Buxian or new star nonsense, picking on our Paradise public-test newcomers, picking on the person who cooks for us, that's not okay."

Rhythm cursed, "Let them see that we new players also have impressive strength!"

A massive burst of spiritual energy exploded from him, activating his trump card!

"Hollow Island!"

Under Rhythm's roar, a phantom appeared on his body, the reflection of an island, enveloping him with its power!

"I… am the staunchest shield…"

As Rhythm spoke, his eyes suddenly widened!

A massive puppet made horrifying whirring sounds! A long spear streaked with amazing silver light, speeding through the air toward him!

Terrifying power!

It sent him flying!

The defensive phantom also collapsed immediately under this strike!

Butterfly and Giant Axe's faces changed drastically, the power of that strike was terrifying, but they had no time to ponder!

Because more dense and frightening silk threads were swooshing toward them with ten times the previous ferocity!

"Bang! Bang!"

The two could only hastily raise their defensive skills, but the next moment were sent flying! Their arms shattered, spewing fresh blood!

Bai Yilin's eyes trembled slightly, "What kind of power is this…"

Ignoring his own injuries, he used all his remaining spiritual energy to unleash his final magic!

The man with glasses was already prepared for this move!

The giant beasts, although still in a stupor, suddenly moved, rushing at Bai Yilin and explosively bursting!

Old Mo, Bald, and Silver Hand were shocked by this scene!

"So strong..."

Those silk threads could even control the beasts' internal spiritual energy and make them explode!

This ability was too terrifying!

"No wonder... he started looking down on us, even if he was alone..." Bald spoke tremblingly, "he could annihilate the opposition!"

The man with glasses had a dark gleam in his eyes, filled with bizarre cunning.

"Foolish idiots."

"You… don't know what real power is?"

Unable to speak, Bai Yilin now sat on the ground far away, breathing heavily. His magic allowed him a successful shift, but at the same time, his spiritual energy was depleted, leaving him barely hanging on.

He wasn't lacking in magic or offensive and defensive skills, but in spiritual energy.

After dying once, the spiritual power that he had once boosted with a vast amount of resources was now all gone, rendering many powerful cards unusable. Yet, enhancing his spiritual power again required a large number of resources, trapping him in a vicious cycle.

"Now, I want you all… to die," the calm voice of the bespectacled man declared as if he were pronouncing a verdict. Killing Su Buxian was just to satisfy his own jealousy, but his real target was still the projection of Ancient Paradise… the black-haired young man.

This individual's existence held the utmost value; he had to be acquired.

The ground began to rumble! Numerous fierce beasts, manipulated, started moving! The sound of intense, heart-like throbbing filled the air!

Bald and the others shuddered as they found themselves surrounded by fierce beasts.

"Wait, what about us?"

"Aren't we teammates?"

"Still asking."

Su Qi said calmly, "You've been struggling to survive, and others merely view you as beasts of burden, disposable and replaceable at any moment…"

"That's a bit harsh." Old Mo grimaced, "Reminds me of my life before entering Playhaven."

"Let me put it this way, interns earning a thousand a month in college…"

"No, dude!"

Rhythm collapsed on the ground, bloodied and unable to get up, still tearlessly lamenting, "Stop it, it hurts, I only earned two hundred a month during my college internship."

"..."

Su Qi: "Alright, we're all part of society here."

Unable to contain himself any longer, Giant Axe roared, "Can you all stop chatting? We're about to be wiped out!"

"Don't rush."

Su Qi looked toward the black-haired young man.

"I'm thinking about how to save some spiritual energy, after all that black-haired young man is very strong. It's really troublesome if I don't save some energy!"

Old Mo's eyes widened, "Is this the time to think about challenging the projection of Ancient Paradise, not focusing on defeating this guy and still thinking about saving spiritual energy!"

"And without using spiritual energy, how else can you save???"

"Being frugal has always been my strong point." Su Qi slowly stretched out his hand and pulled out a card.

"To deal with him, using what I got before entering Playhaven should suffice."

The card in Su Qi's hand captured everyone's attention immediately.

During the public test phase of Playhaven, which was a transitional period before everyone entered the sequence, most of the skills and tools obtained were consuming physical strength. But once inside Playhaven, many skills and tools needed more potent spiritual energy. So most items from before either had to be upgraded or were doomed to be replaced.

Now...

Su Qi had already activated a card he had obtained from the Gambler at Playhaven!

[Name: Blood Sword Card]

[Type: Tool]

[Quality: Perfect]

[Function: Consumes 80% of your Physical Strength value, attaches to the card. After hitting a target, it unleashes a Sword-style Secret Technique Kill with five times the power of the physical strength value!]

[Note: The cover of the card features a blood-red sword containing a powerful killing array, which will reveal its true power as you grow stronger. However, you must hit the target first. Also, try finding six other cards to form a set; there might be a surprise!]

It gently flew towards the bespectaged man!

"One card… what use is it!"

The bespectacled man raised his eyebrows and scoffed! Just as he prepared to move his finger and crush it to pieces.

But the next moment.

The bespectacled man suddenly discovered that almost all his threads were tensed to breaking by something, and just as he tried to dodge, he found that the space around him seemed to be constrained by some force.

"What's going on!?"

But it was too late to ponder.

Just as he prepared to use a giant puppet to break out!

But... a deeply glowing cubic cube had already materialized, trapping him inside, and the card unavoidably struck him.

In that instant!

The card unleashed a surprising burst of blood light as if breaking a seal!

With a booming sound!

A massive killing array appeared in the space! Seven figures materialized from within, each holding a blood-colored sword, exuding an overwhelming aura!

The bespectacled man showed a look of fear.

Old Mo shouted on his behalf, eyes wide, "What is this? Another one of your tricks?"

Oh... my friend...

Su Qi watched the killing array.

This.

Was merely a basic attack.