Chapter 330: Your Grandfather Will Curse You to Death
The dust settled, and Chen Junnan craned his neck to look. That old scoundrel Earth Snake had actually lifted the iron ball back up again.
"Impressive, old thief."
Chen Junnan, enduring the pain all over his body, leaped forward, dodged a few spikes, and landed on top of the iron ball.
Earth Snake felt his arms growing even heavier.
"What... what did you do?" He couldn't understand why the iron ball had dropped again.
"Nothing, old thief. You just keep holding it up. We're getting ready to kill you."
"Kill me...?" Earth Snake gritted his teeth tightly. "Don't you get it yet, boy? This thing can't kill me!!"
"Oh, really?" Chen Junnan stood up and bounced a little on the massive iron ball. "I remember your game has no time limit, right? Well, I'm just going to stay here and play trampoline. Let's see how long your old bones can hold out."
"Your mother..." Earth Snake assessed the situation. "You might not know... but I still have a trump card. Even if you bounce on that thing forever, I absolutely won't die!!"
"A trump card, huh? Come on, show me." Chen Junnan stomped down on the iron ball again. "Let your grandfather see what other hidden talents you've got."
Earth Snake's arms were starting to ache.
Holding up this giant iron ball for a short while wasn't a problem for an Earth-level. But if he had to keep it up forever, he would eventually collapse from exhaustion.
Earth Snake waited for a moment, feeling something was off. To ensure he could kill participants without fail, he always maintained the equipment. So why wasn't the iron ball rising this time?
With limited field of vision, he had no idea that the chain holding the iron ball had snapped.
"Damn it... what trick did you pull?" Earth Snake thought for a moment, then finally looked at the display screen in the center of the arena.
Chen Junnan let out an angry laugh after hearing that. "We fucking bribed Black Tortoise, and now we're going to kill you together!"
"What?! I won't die... This iron ball can never kill me..."
"Why can't I kill you?!" Chen Junnan yelled. "You old lecherous bastard, you're going to exhaust yourself to death holding that iron ball!"
"Impossible!!"
"How the fuck is it impossible?! You're clearly about to die!" Chen Junnan gave Earth Snake no time to think, standing atop the iron ball and screaming madly. "Are you going to die or not? Tell your grandfather, are you going to fucking die?!"
"I absolutely won't die!!" Earth Snake shouted, losing his composure. "This iron ball can never crush me!! I will survive!! When the game is over, it'll be your turn!!"
"Bullshit!" Chen Junnan roared. "How can you survive holding that iron ball like this?"
"You think I'll just stupidly keep holding this iron ball?!"
"If you don't hold the iron ball, what, you're going to hold a dumbbell?! If you've got the guts, stay right there, and your grandfather will stand here and curse you to death!" Chen Junnan shouted. "Let's see if your arms are tougher or my mouth is tougher!"
"Delusional!!"
Earth Snake extended one foot and kicked hard at the iron pipe beneath the display screen, snapping it cleanly.
"You think I don't know what you're planning?!" Earth Snake laughed angrily. "You want to make me panic... you want to make me unable to answer the questions?! Too naive."
Chen Junnan frowned, glanced down at the broken pipe Earth Snake had kicked, and sensed trouble.
That old lecher really was cunning. He had kicked the pipe in the middle, breaking it, but the wires still connected the screen, so the display didn't go out.
"So you had that trick up your sleeve?"
In the moment he let go, Earth Snake quickly grabbed the screen, pulled it to his chest, then ducked down and hid in the space beneath the iron ball.
Clang—!!
A deafening crash. The iron ball hit the ground.
Now Earth Snake was tucked inside the iron ball with his body nearly intact, like a turtle pulling its head into its shell, covered in steel.
"Hahaha!" Earth Snake's muffled, distant voice came from inside the ball. "Come on, kill me!! Come on!!"
Seeing this, Chen Junnan let out a long sigh of relief. His expression gradually calmed, and a sly grin spread across his face. "That was way too hard. Your mother's, you finally took the bait."
He turned, grabbed the chain above his head again, pulled himself up the wall with all his remaining strength, took a deep breath, and shouted: "Brothers and sisters!! The game continues!! For the next questions, pick anything you want!!"
After yelling that, Chen Junnan's strength gave out. He fell from the wall and landed straight into the room next to Earth Snake's.
The moment he hit the ground, it was like a fish flopping onto a chopping board—blood splattered everywhere.
Chen Junnan whimpered painfully on the floor a few times, then struggled to his feet with all his might. The entire room was splashed red with his blood.
"Too bad... your grandfather can't lie down yet... There are still questions to answer."
Yun Yao, Xu Qian, and Yan Zhichun all heard that loud crash. They knew Chen Junnan's plan had succeeded. But what now?
Yan Zhichun was the first to guess Chen Junnan's strategy, though the idea was a bit audacious. She wasn't sure her guess was correct.
This time, Xu Qian answered the first question, and everyone made their selections.
Zhong Zhen had completely lost his hearing by now, so he just pressed "No" every thirty seconds. Earth Snake, as he said, could answer the questions from inside the iron ball. Everything seemed to have reached a stalemate.
But Chen Junnan sat weakly on the ground, a victorious smile on his face.
The first question ended. The chain was moving, but there was no iron ball above.
Then came the second question, the third...
All the way to the sixth question. On Earth Snake's screen, a line of text appeared:
"After reading the question, please use the phone to pass the question to the next person. This question is: Who can kill me?"
That short question made Earth Snake's entire body tremble.
Yes. He had overlooked one crucial issue.
What the hell was he going to do now?
"You old snake..." Chen Junnan's lips were losing color, but he still sat on the ground laughing. "Hurry up and fucking call Xu Qian!"
Earth Snake swallowed hard, then pushed desperately against the iron ball above his head.
This was bad... this was really bad now.
He would violate the rules!
But how could an iron ball that had completely settled on the ground be easily moved? In that cramped space, Earth Snake couldn't even straighten his back. How could he lift the iron ball?
Ten seconds passed. Earth Snake was drenched in cold sweat, his clay-yellow eyes trembling in the darkness.
"No... no... this isn't right..."
A gust of wind swept past. Someone seemed to be standing at the door.
Earth Snake used every ounce of strength to stand up, bracing the iron ball with his back. His legs exploded with terrifying force. Cracking sounds of bones breaking filled the air, and he only managed to pry the ball up by a single corner.
"Earth Snake, please pass the question." Black Tortoise said.
"Wait... give me a minute!!" Earth Snake shouted. "I-I'll make the call right away..."
"Earth Snake, please pass the question immediately." Black Tortoise's ice-cold voice filtered through the wooden door into the room. Earth Snake's back was instantly soaked with sweat.
"Damn it... damn it!" Earth Snake yelled through gritted teeth. "You're just a naked woman... Who the hell are you to rush me?!"