Wu Jin’s pupils contracted, and he retreated backwards.
The sword scraped the tip of his nose, and the cold, rusty smell penetrated into his nasal cavity. It seemed to carry a mixture of moss, soil, and dried blood, and the smell of mold wafted out as the armor shook.
It seemed like a ghost that had been smouldering for over ten centuries inside the armor had suddenly awakened. Its blood red pupils were stuck to the helmet, and the whites of the eyes were nowhere to be seen.
“Careful!” Wu Jin kicked at the knee joint of the armored warrior. The iron plating collided, and the scene was particularly horrifying by the flickering candle light.
“The armor is empty inside!” Wu Jin heard the hollow sound and quickly spoke up to remind Vera––there was no skeleton and no body. Who the hell knew how the armor was moving?
The ghost warrior moved in a trance and turned its eyes towards Vera, once again gathering strength to cut down again, this attack more powerful than the last.
Wu Jin held his breath, narrowed his eyes, and tried to find a flaw. His eyes suddenly locked on a place, “Its right hand, the hand holding the sword!”
Vera looked down, and her eyes brightened. Purple flashed near the palm of the armored warrior’s hand, between two fingers that were wrapped around the hilt––
A purple card.
In the survival show, purple colored resources were very rare. They were second only to orange and red in scarcity and were important items that helped support the team in the middle and later stages of the game.
The Hyacinth Show’s female trainee’s momentum surged instantly. The knight’s sword stabbed at the ghost’s wrist, the blade clashing against the plate armor, almost causing sparks to fly. The two of them paled at the same time.
The armor remained intact, while Vera’s sword began to break inch by inch.
The blood red pupils flickered, and the ghost raised its sword at Vera again––
“Run!” Wu Jin grabbed the indignant Vera and ran like crazy.
Vera was still defiant, “... Wait, I’ll go snatch its sword and the purple card...” With that, she grabbed a torch from the wall and wanted to go back to face the sword empty handed.
Wu Jin stopped his teammate in a panic. Before the game, he’d watched a large number of video clips from the Hyacinth Show. The Red and White Rose were both legendary spartan players––“Tough and fierce, consider it my loss if I dare to take a single step back.”
However, an armored warrior’s combat power was no lower than that of an A-level trainee, and it even had an additional weapon.
Wu Jin hurriedly tried to persuade her, “Our opponents are the 348 other trainees. We can’t waste our time on a small boss during the early stage. We’ll first look for resources and develop.”
Vera: “Purple card...”
Wu Jin: “The purple card will be ours, once we find the right weapon.”
The armored warrior’s blade was sharp, and its strength was shocking. Other than ‘protecting the card’, it seemed that it couldn’t execute any other instructions. It was obvious that its IQ wasn’t high, and it was soon left behind by the two of them. Wu Jin took the lead in running out of the corridor and looking around.
“Here.” The youth kicked open the half-closed door to the storage room, passed the handle to Vera, then turned to face the ghost warrior, making a provocative, sword-snatching action.
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Surprise! The Supposed Talent Show Was Actually-?!
Science Fiction-for offline purposes only - Book 1 Synopsis: Wu Jin, as a trainee from a certain entertainment company, had a peerless, stunning face. He was qualified to debut as a lead performer even if he just sat there and did nothing. After signing up for a...
