Death Mountain.

As the life-and-death battle officially began, Lin You and others had already set foot on the mountain road.

The mountain road here is not very steep. Even if an ordinary person comes here, it is easy to reach the top without considering extraordinary power.

But to everyone, this was obviously not an ordinary mountain climb.

As soon as I set foot on the mountain road, the extremely oppressive atmosphere grew exponentially and suddenly enveloped me.

Zhang Ze explained this breath to everyone last night. It is called death energy!

These dead airs are eroding the vitality of the human body all the time.

If an ordinary person were here, he would probably turn into a dried corpse in a moment.

For duelists, the flow of magic power in the body can resist death energy.

But the longer the resistance lasts, the deeper the death energy will erode. Once it penetrates into the magic shell, it will cause serious damage to the magic shell.

Once the magic shell is severely damaged, it will be extremely difficult to repair it.

Even if it is repaired, the magic power in the body will be lost in large quantities.

Fortunately, with the level of death energy accumulated by so many people in the war, it would be unrealistic to accumulate to that level within three to five days.

At this moment, after only two steps on the mountain road, Li Zihan quickly said, "What are you doing? Are you planning to walk up this slowly and let others get the upper hand? This kind of low mountain, rushing up is just a matter of a fight."

Yue Yongmingdou asked in surprise, "Have you forgotten what Senior Zhang told us last night? If you use your flight ability or kill undead monsters before reaching the Death Forest, the Death Qi will rapidly gather. If you are contaminated with too much Death Qi, your survival time in the Death Forest will be drastically reduced. The undead monsters there seem to be very sensitive to Death Qi."

Li Zihan said disapprovingly, "At a time like this, seizing the initiative is key. We'll enter the Death Forest first, seize a favorable position, and catch those guys in one fell swoop. How can it take too much time?"

As he spoke, his magic was activated, "I will be responsible for attracting the death energy."

Just as Li Zihan activated his magic power and before anyone else could say anything, there was a sudden slight vibration on the mountain road beneath their feet.

Immediately afterwards, a faint tremor was heard throughout the entire space.

"Coolie~"

Liziqiu suddenly sensed something, and Lin You shouted, "Be careful, it's the power of teleportation!"

The voice was clearly heard by everyone, but as soon as they heard it, they were enveloped by the sudden power of transmission.

The vision in front of me also began to spin.

The next moment, the vision returned to normal, but when Lin You looked around, he could no longer see any other people.

"Coolie~"

At this time, Chestnut Ball pointed to a place not far away, where the space fluctuated.

Li Zihan's figure suddenly appeared there, shook his head for a while, and then came back to his senses.

He looked around and suddenly noticed Lin You staring at him.

Li Zihan's expression changed slightly, and he hurriedly continued to explore the surrounding situation, then frowned slightly.

Seeing him like this, Lin You chuckled and said, "It seems you've discovered something too. Your perception is pretty good."

Li Zihan snorted softly, crossed his arms, and tilted his head back slightly. "What's the big deal? It would be ridiculous not to notice such an obvious change."

Lin You didn't dwell on this, but instead analyzed, "The death energy here is getting thicker, probably several times stronger than before. If I continue to gather death energy, even if I can successfully make it to the Death Forest, I'm afraid I won't be able to hold out for more than half an hour."

Li Zihan didn't say anything this time. He knew the fact and didn't suggest flying again.

Moreover, even if they could fly, they would be unable to act in a unified manner after being dispersed.

In a situation where it is difficult to fly, it is almost impossible to find other people.

Although the height of this Death Mountain is average, its overall area is extremely huge.

Without relying on flying, it would be like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Anyway...

Li Zihan suddenly looked at Lin You. Why was he teleported to the same area as him?

Could it be that the transmission is done in teams of two, with eight people divided into four groups?

Including the sub-source duelists, there are eight groups in total.

If this is true, the teammates matched at this stage are crucial to this deathmatch.

For a moment, I felt a little complicated.

Because he was defeated by Lin You before, and the opponent took out the card "Dragon Destroying Swordsman" which was extremely targeted at the dragon clan, Li Zihan had some psychological trauma towards Lin You and was very annoyed.

A guy who is not as strong as me has blocked my way to advancement in the World Duel City Tournament because of the restraint of the deck system. It’s really infuriating!

But after going through the trials and tribulations, Li Zihan, who was full of confidence and felt that he could defeat Lin You, witnessed with his own eyes Lin You displaying incredible strength, which was beyond his reach now!

Shocking, unbelievable, and daunting!

And there is a strong sense of unwillingness!

Li Zihan used to think that he was gifted and that few could compare with him. He should be the idol that everyone expected.

But Lin You ruthlessly destroyed his self-awareness and made him realize for the first time what a true genius is!

Therefore, Li Zihan felt very awkward being paired with Lin You.

On the one hand, she was reluctant to see Lin You, fearing that he would be irritated, but on the other hand, she felt a little happy.

After all, what is unfolding at this moment is a life-and-death battle involving life and death. No one does not hope that the combat forces around him can be stronger and more reliable.

Teaming up with Lin You, an idea flashed through Li Zihan's mind involuntarily.

Invincible!

With their own strength, plus the help of Lin You, needless to say, they are sure to win any 2v2 encounter!

Treating Lin You as his helper, Li Zihan no longer felt conflicted and felt much more relaxed.

"Since flying is prohibited, then we shouldn't fly. At this altitude, even if we follow the mountain road, it won't take long."

As Li Zihan spoke, he was already driving his magic power.

The magic card is activated, looking for the dragon key.

A dragon head emerged, and the two golden keys in its mouth fell to both sides. Two white star dragon monsters were immediately specially summoned by him.

But at the moment of activating the Dragon-Seeking Secret Key, Li Zihan's expression changed slightly.

After the two dragon monsters appeared, he couldn't help but curse, "Damn it, just activating the card will also attract death energy, and the connection between monsters will also intensify the absorption of death energy."

Without him saying anything, Lin You could sense the deathly aura surging around him.

In terms of speed, it is not exaggerated, and it is only a small-scale dead air.

This level of dead air cannot be ignored, but compared to the negative effects of flying, it is still much milder.

Still, this is bad news.

Simply activating a card can actually attract death energy.

Zhang Ze didn't mention this, and Nicolofia certainly didn't mention it either.

As for why he didn't say it...it might be related to the signed Origin Agreement.

Lin You frowned slightly, "Perhaps it's more than that. The speed of absorbing death energy may also be related to the strength of the card."

While he was guessing, he naturally sat on a dragon monster summoned by Li Zihan and urged: "Don't stand there, the speed of absorbing death energy has increased. You need to get up as soon as possible."

Li Zihan reacted quickly and felt a little depressed.

Damn it, that’s my monster, how come you’re the one taking charge?

His movements were not slow, and he boarded another dragon monster. Driven by him, the two monsters did not fly, but ran fast on the ground.

But not long after they started running, Lin You and the others discovered something was wrong.

The speed is too slow!

Probably just a bit faster than Lin You who is running at full speed without any enchantment.

Although this is a mountain road, the speed of the two dragon monsters is obviously more than this level.

At this rate, even a seemingly short mountain road would take about three minutes to run.

Although the speed is very slow, it is not bad if we can successfully reach the Death Forest in three minutes.

But neither of them was naive enough to think that the climbing process would be so smooth.

As the dragon monster ran beneath him, Li Zihan turned his head to look at Lin You, "Aren't you going to open up the soul connection yet? Even if it absorbs the death energy, you still need to take the basic precautions of the soul barrier, right?"

"Don't take it to heart."

Lin You chuckled and said, "I'm keeping an eye on it. It won't be too late to connect if there's any unusual movement."

Li Zihan didn't say much. With their strength, they naturally had the ability to respond instantly.

Otherwise, how could he be protected by relying solely on the two white star monsters on the field?

When encountering red star monsters, the opponent's murderous aura can instantly crush them.

Boom boom boom.

The two dragon monsters were running hard, not very fast, but the top of the mountain was still gradually getting closer.

This calmness lasted until the two dragon monsters had run halfway up the mountain road, and the little guy's perception network finally detected something unusual.

In front, a large amount of aura appeared, occupying a large area.

But those auras were extremely weak.

If nothing unexpected happens, it's just a large group of White Star level monsters.

But even so, with such a large number of people blocking them, Li Zihan and his two dragon monsters would probably be killed in minutes.

If we choose to take a detour, we will not be able to evacuate in a short time, and it will take a lot of time.

Therefore, Lin You was not polite.

Driven by magic, red lightning descended before approaching those auras.

Li Zihan was slightly stunned and confused. He refused to move just now, but now he suddenly summoned the Red Star Monster. What was he doing?

While I was still wondering, Gunner Dragon had already appeared in the form of a Normal Summon.

At this moment, a large amount of death energy gathered towards Lin You.

Lin You wasn't surprised, instead he confirmed it. "As expected, the more powerful the card, the more death energy it attracts."

By the way, can the little guy swallow this thing?

Dead air, is it also a special kind of energy?

If you can devour it, you can kill those monsters boldly.

The little guy shook his head with a bitter face. It tastes bad, it must be very bad!

Just smelling it, it doesn't smell good at all!

"Unpalatable? Rather than inedible?"

Lin You was extremely surprised when he caught the key words.

Can the little guy even devour the death energy?

With a slight turn of his eyes, Lin You suddenly smiled and said, "Little guy, come and have a small taste and try it. Don't worry, I won't let you eat it for nothing. After this death battle is over, I will feed you the super source power."

When the little guy heard the words "super source power", his eyes lit up.

To it, this is the most delicious food in the world!

Thinking of this, feeling the deathly aura coming from all around, the little guy gritted his teeth and opened his mouth.

It absorbed it suddenly, and the dead air flew away suddenly, like dust under a vacuum cleaner, unable to escape!

Seeing this scene, Lin You showed joy.

It really works!

It’s a pity that there is no benefit in absorbing these dead energy. Otherwise, if I absorb them along the way, I would make a lot of money, right?

But at least, it has been confirmed that the little guy can absorb death energy, and the absorption speed is extremely fast, so he can let go in the subsequent battles.

At this moment, there was a violent movement coming from the front.

A large area of land was shattered, and dense white bones crawled out from the ground.

At a glance, there are at least nearly a thousand of them!

"Why are there so many?"

Li Zihan's scalp tingled. With such a large number of monsters, he couldn't handle them with just his two dragon monsters.

As for Lin You’s Gunner Dragon, it is easy to kill these bones, but every time you kill one, it will produce death energy.

With so many bones, it is impossible for the Gunner Dragon to take action.

At this time, letting the Gunner Dragon attract the target and passively defend is a feasible strategy.

Just as I thought of this, a strong murderous aura suddenly erupted.

Under the cover of murderous aura, nearly a thousand bones were destroyed in an instant!

This lawn-mowing-like scene is extremely shocking!

But Li Zihan looked at Lin You as if he had seen a ghost, and cried out in disbelief, "Are you fucking crazy?!"

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