CHAPTER 40: CHAPTER 40: ELIMINATION

"This team looks doomed, with three archers and not a single medical soldier, they’re bound to go down fast!"

Noticing many poison masters starting to release poison, some onlookers couldn’t help but gloat.

They didn’t choose this profession, so they had no idea poison masters could play like this.

Most importantly, other poison masters teamed up to spread the poison, turning most of the safe zone into a toxic area.

Without a medical soldier, these people can’t survive.

Sure enough, under their gaze, as the poison gas spread around, many teams without a medical soldier began to fall.

Subsequently, more and more people appeared beside them.

When these individuals realized they had entered the god’s-eye view, they realized they had been eliminated and looked immediately discontent.

This included the team of all archers.

Upon discovering their entire team was eliminated, and checking the elimination information, they looked grim.

"I told you, we can’t all choose archers. You just wouldn’t listen, claiming that archers are countered by warriors but we can avoid close combat and attack from a distance. Why didn’t you consider that poison masters can team up with warriors! Their cooperation makes us vulnerable."

If they could spot a poison master from afar, they could indeed shoot an arrow and take them down.

But the problem is, how do you kill someone when they have a warrior protecting them?

In the end, they were poisoned by the opposition.

The more they thought about it, the angrier they got.

"How was I supposed to know poison masters could play like this? When you were pulling your bow and shooting from the side, you weren’t saying this. You were all about how cool it was to be an archer, saying others were just targets!"

A teammate responded immediately, not to be outdone upon hearing these words.

The archer, full of complaints after being eliminated, now found themselves at a loss for words, groaning with a stiff expression.

But thinking carefully, it seemed the statements about profession countering in those descriptions weren’t entirely accurate.

According to those claims, countering occurred in a one-on-one situation.

A poison master couldn’t release poison before being taken down by an archer.

A warrior couldn’t reach a poison master before being poisoned to death.

An archer couldn’t break a warrior’s shield, so they were countered by the warrior.

These situations were indeed one-on-one counters.

But in reality, the battlefield is ever-changing, and there’s teammate cooperation as well.

These counters can only be considered a reference.

Realizing this, a few of them felt regret.

This was their first time playing this kind of dungeon, and they used their previous understanding of some games, leading to this combination choice.

Now looking at it, a singular combination indeed doesn’t work.

But seeing that a lot of people had been eliminated, they probably weren’t at the bottom.

If that’s the case, they might not lose ten years of their life, which was somewhat acceptable.

With the poisoning complete, the entire safe zone quieted down a lot.

Many poison teams found themselves affected by the poison too and began to heal.

Some squads didn’t dare to make a move due to combat losses.

Each of them was hoping to make it into the top three, wanting others to fight first.

However, as it quieted down on their side, the blizzard outside the safe zone didn’t seem to abate.

As white snow fog began to spread into the safe zone, snow started to accumulate on the ground and trees, gradually increasing.

On the outskirts of the safe zone, some trees began to break directly as they were swept by the blizzard.

In this blizzard, there seemed to be a powerful cold air, freezing everything it touched.

"The circle is starting to shrink; now, let’s see who can endure the longest."

The eliminated individuals, using their god’s-eye view, immediately noticed the situation.

Seeing the areas ravaged by the blizzard, they couldn’t help but shiver.

Some of them had experienced this blizzard firsthand.

....

"Wow, it seems like the blizzard is entering the safe zone."

Inside the safe zone, Shanshan suddenly felt her hands becoming a bit stiff, and the sound of howling winds began to fill the air.

Han Qiaowen, standing beside her, couldn’t help but rub her hands, her breath turning white in the cold air.

"Maybe it’d be better if the blizzard came in. We’ve already suffered combat losses; now only the two of us are left. With the blizzard as cover, we shouldn’t be easily targeted."

Han Qiaowen breathed in the cold.

Right now, she was truly feeling the cold air, each breath making her feel as though her blood was freezing.

"No, the blizzard is too cold. If we don’t figure out a way to move in a bit, we’ll freeze to death before we’re eliminated."

Shanshan already felt the severity of the blizzard and surmised that it was intended to shrink the combat area and force them into conflict.

However, this made it seem like their team had little chance of winning.

A warrior and a medical soldier, the squad wasn’t even full.

"So, should we head to the center of the safe zone and see if we can find other squads to team up with?"

Han Qiaowen pondered for a moment upon hearing this.

With only the two of them left, the safest tactic seemed to be forming an alliance with others.

If they found allies, their chances seemed to improve significantly.

Upon hearing this, Shanshan nodded immediately and, after a quick glance around, began leading her companion towards the center of the safe zone.

Although they didn’t know exactly where the center of the safe zone was, they knew which direction to head, away from the approaching cold winds.

Once they neared the center point, several hidden arrows shot toward them.

Before they could react, the arrows were already at their front.

Han Qiaowen quickly stepped forward, trying to block the arrows with her shield.

But affected by the blizzard, her actions were slightly slower.

Before she could pull Shanshan in, she saw several arrows hit Shanshan, who turned into white light and was instantly eliminated.

Seeing this scene, Han Qiaowen was both anxious and furious.

She had hoped to find someone to team up with, but who would’ve thought that just as they approached the center, they’d be ambushed?

It seemed the center was already crowded, and they, arriving late, had nowhere to go.

The ones who had secured their positions naturally attacked newcomers first.

Han Qiaowen knew the situation was dire and thought to lay low.

But in the next moment, she felt a sudden chill, and looking down, she found an arrow had pierced her.

Archers had taken advantage of the cover of the wind to eliminate her.