This Character is Suspected of Cheating! [Unlimited Flow]

The tunnel walls continued rising.

The surrounding "walls" seemed to come alive, writhing and squirming under the illumination of the smart-device lights, creating an especially horrifying sight.

The Maze Beast's body was enormous.

And because they were currently inside it, none of them could see its full form.

He Yu had never encountered a creature like this before.

Just as he was wondering what the Maze Beast actually looked like, the stretching and pulling of the walls finally stopped.

The walls still writhed.

But they no longer rose upward.

Then—

In the deepest darkness of the tunnel, a gigantic eye suddenly appeared.

Dark brown.

Cold.

Emotionless.

A colossal eye that inspired instinctive fear.

“Hiss—”

Standing at the front, Zhante sucked in a sharp breath.

On the ground below, Ling Buchen instinctively hid himself, reducing his presence to almost nothing as he crouched in a corner and stared in shock at the eye deep within the darkness.

This—

Was the maze monster.

Outside the instance, viewers inhaled sharply as well.

“That eye is huge. That's terrifying!”

“This is my first time seeing a Maze Beast too. It's creepy as hell. Even Federation experts probably can't beat it.”

“Oh my god, the Maze Beast has actually noticed them!”

“He Yu's group is finished.”

“Maze Beasts are basically invincible. They're insanely dangerous.”

“With an eye that big, He Yu should use the dull knife.”

“The idiot above me needs to shut up. Blinding works for escaping or suppressing an opponent. What would blinding a giant monster that wraps people inside an entire maze accomplish? It can't be killed. If it just stays still until it recovers, nobody can do anything to it.”

“None of their equipment can handle this.”

“This is really bad.”

...

He Yu looked directly at the eye.

His voice was clear and serious.

“We only need a path out.”

Silence descended upon the tunnel.

Absolute silence.

The enormous eye blinked slowly after a long moment.

As though it were trying to focus on them.

Humans were simply too small.

Its earlier attempts at "eating" them had been instinctive.

Now that it wanted to examine the creatures that had disturbed it—

The task seemed oddly difficult.

In the pitch-black tunnel, the dark-brown eye appeared bizarre and horrifying.

It remained motionless.

Just as everyone began thinking it was seriously considering the request—

The walls suddenly began writhing faster.

The tunnel shrank.

No—

The tunnel wasn't shrinking.

The walls were pressing inward.

Crushing toward the center like a collapsing mountain range.

Relentlessly.

Mercilessly.

Which meant—

The Maze Beast wasn't friendly.

And it had absolutely no intention of negotiating.

“Move!” He Yu shouted.

The instant his voice fell—

Energy surged into Wanrenzhan's body.

His body swelled again.

Acting almost entirely on instinct, he launched an attack toward Zhante.

Zhante raised his staff high.

The enlarged staff swung downward.

A massive phantom image shot toward the giant eye deep within the tunnel.

“BOOM—!”

The attack collided with a wall that suddenly moved into place.

The wall exploded apart.

The eye appeared once more.

But this time—

The eye was no longer dull.

The dark-brown iris slowly turned red.

Blood vessels spread across the surface.

It was angry.

The walls twisted.

Then transformed into countless gigantic hands.

They slammed toward Zhante.

Thousands upon thousands of immortal giant hands.

Terrifying.

Savage.

Difficult to deal with.

“Holy shit! Holy shit!”

Zhante screamed while swinging his staff frantically.

“BANG!”

“BANG! BANG!!”

Every palm was smashed into mud by his staff.

Yet moments later the mud reformed into giant hands and attacked again.

Endless.

Unstoppable.

Zhante gritted his teeth and roared while fighting.

“What the hell is this thing?!”

“It can't be killed at all!”

Not only could it not be killed.

It couldn't even be crippled.

How was he supposed to fight something like that?

“He Yu! Got any other ideas?!” Zhante shouted.

Right as he continued swinging wildly—

A giant hand suddenly emerged from below.

A muddy hand grabbed his leg.

And refused to let go.

It yanked downward violently.

“AHHH!”

“BANG—!”

Zhante's cry and the sound of his body smashing into the ground echoed through the tunnel.

Ling Buchen widened his eyes and instinctively shrank back.

Wanrenzhan's pupils contracted.

That was it?

He lost already?

The livestream exploded.

“See? How could they possibly beat a Maze Beast?!”

“This is a Maze Beast! They're suffering because they don't know Federation monsters. Duan Yuchen figured out immediately that the Maze Beast was invincible and didn't even bother trying anything.”

“He Yu understands now, right? This is the Federation. This is <Top Talent Show>. A contestant from a garbage planet simply doesn't know enough about Federation monsters.”

“Wait, is the Maze Beast going to kill them?”

“He Yu, don't die! I still want to see whether you can survive!”

...

Zhante struggled to stand.

But after being dragged down, muddy flesh surrounded him from every direction.

The Maze Beast gripped him tightly.

Dragging him deeper underground.

Refusing to let him escape.

Zhante fought desperately, trying to return to the battle.

“You don't need to come back up.”

He Yu's voice rang out.

Zhante: “?”

They were giving up already?

His brief moment of distraction allowed the Maze Beast to seize him again and slam him into the ground.

The Maze Beast didn't eat people.

So instead it chose to torment him.

Wanrenzhan cursed loudly.

“He Yu!”

“You were the one who wanted to challenge the Maze Beast!”

“And now you're giving up?!”

“Damn it, we—”

He Yu interrupted him.

“Wanrenzhan.”

“Who said we're giving up?”

The audience could clearly see him standing calmly in midair.

Expressionless.

As though nothing happening around him was unexpected.

No fear.

No regret.

The same effortless composure.

Everything hidden beneath calm indifference.

Wanrenzhan froze.

“Then what else can we do?”

He Yu replied:

“One less middleman.”

“The attack becomes more direct.”

Translated—

You attack.

I supply the energy.

Wanrenzhan's pupils contracted.

“Are you insane?!”

He had stood in the middle.

He knew exactly how terrifying those energy transfers were.

And his physical constitution was the strongest in the entire competition.

Even with over two hundred combat power, he had nearly exploded from the pressure.

He had barely endured it.

And He Yu?

Eight combat power.

How could that possibly work?

This wasn't a matter of endurance.

It was impossible.

Was He Yu trying to kill himself?!

Wanrenzhan's eyes widened until they nearly split.

Behind him, He Yu quietly absorbed energy.

This time the energy did not simply pass through him.

He personally refined it.

Converted it.

Then amplified the output before sending it into Wanrenzhan.

The idea that people could function as equipment—

Could only be tested in a situation this dangerous.

Success meant survival.

Failure meant death.

Was He Yu afraid?

A smile slowly appeared on his lips.

His gaze contained no fear whatsoever.

No.

He wasn't afraid.

If anything—

He found it exhilarating.

He Yu was the kind of person willing to gamble with his life.

If the odds of success reached thirty percent—

He would bet everything.

Sometimes genius and madness were the same thing.

He raised his hand.

Terrifying energy poured toward Wanrenzhan.

His voice remained firm.

“Wanrenzhan.”

“Attack.”

“Don't stop.”

“Your combat power won't run out.”

Wanrenzhan no longer felt the swelling sensation from before.

But he knew something had changed.

He Yu was standing directly behind him.

Enduring something unimaginable.

Thinking about the agony he himself had experienced earlier, Wanrenzhan clenched his teeth.

Without wasting even a second—

He raised his axe and swung.

“He Yu!”

“You better survive, damn it!”

“It's just a slightly bigger monster!”

“Take this!!”

Roaring wildly, Wanrenzhan charged directly toward the giant eye.

“BOOOOOOM—!”

The axe descended like the force that split heaven and earth.

A massive afterimage stretched across the tunnel.

The reflected light illuminated the darkness.

The resulting storm nearly blew Zhante and Ling Buchen away.

Even the writhing walls froze briefly.

“BANG!”

The axe collided with a giant palm.

Palm after palm exploded apart.

Wanrenzhan's eyes turned blood-red.

He hacked downward again and again.

Meeting every giant hand with another strike.

Behind him—

He Yu supplied energy endlessly.

His face was pale.

Yet he stood perfectly straight in midair.

Balanced atop his broom like an unshakable pillar holding back the sea.

This wasn't a battle between Wanrenzhan and the Maze Beast.

It was a battle between He Yu and the Maze Beast.

Wanrenzhan was merely He Yu's weapon.

He Yu stood behind the battlefield.

Controlling that weapon.

Determining the strength of every attack.

Providing the confidence necessary to continue.

Faced with the berserk Wanrenzhan and He Yu's endless energy supply, the giant hands became ineffective.

The Maze Beast abruptly withdrew its muddy flesh.

The tunnel walls rose again.

Elsewhere, more and more walls disappeared.

The barriers blocking Duan Yuchen and the others weakened.

They could hear the sounds of battle more clearly now.

Meaning—

They were getting close.

“That sounds like Wanrenzhan?”

“Since when were his attacks this strong?”

“No way.”

“Hurry up!”

Contestants from three directions rushed closer.

Meanwhile—

The Maze Beast's retreat wasn't surrender.

A far more terrifying giant hand was slowly forming above them.

Zhante's face changed dramatically.

He jumped to his feet almost instinctively.

Terror filled his eyes.

Wanrenzhan gripped his axe tightly.

Shock flashed through his blood-red gaze.

A hand that enormous...

If it came down—

Would any of them survive?

Outside the instance, viewers clutched their chests.

Breathing nearly stopped.

“Oh my god...”

“The Maze Beast is really angry...”

“If that hand falls, they're all dead!”

“Quick! Use support votes! Get your favorite contestants out of there!”

...

Wanrenzhan's votes.

Zhante's votes.

Duan Yuchen's votes.

Qiong's votes.

All began rising rapidly.

Even contestants who didn't understand what was happening could tell the situation was catastrophic.

Ling Buchen held his advancement card between his teeth and watched the sky above.

Only He Yu's votes were also rising.

But judging from the rate—

There was no way he would reach two hundred thousand before the giant hand landed.

Had he truly reached a dead end?

Above them, a hand nearly the size of a football stadium had finished forming.

The moment it completed—

It descended.

A dead end?

He Yu bit his lip.

The pale color vanished, replaced by vivid red.

His hoarse voice rang out:

“Wanrenzhan.”

“I have a chant.”

“A chant that can help you unleash even greater power.”

“What?!”

“Hurry up and tell me!” Wanrenzhan roared.

He Yu answered calmly.

“Blue Star's He God, unmatched in power, limitless in divine ability, eternal for ten thousand generations.”

Wanrenzhan: “?”

He tore his gaze away from the descending hand.

“Are you kidding me right now?!”

“You know you're about to die, right?!”

“I already have enough votes!!”

He could leave at any moment.

But he knew He Yu's vote count wasn't enough.

Faced with this hopeless situation—

He Yu still had the mood to joke around?

Wanrenzhan was losing his mind.

He Yu remained perfectly calm.

“Do you want to live?”

The giant hand drew closer.

Wanrenzhan stared upward.

Then gritted his teeth.

“Blue Star's He God, unmatched in power, limitless in divine ability, eternal for ten thousand generations.”

The words came out squeezed through his throat.

Even Zhante barely heard them.

Then Wanrenzhan charged upward with his axe.

Zhante's eyes widened.

Had Wanrenzhan gone insane?

The livestream exploded.

“Holy shit! Wanrenzhan lost his mind?!”

“If that hand kills him instantly, he won't even get the chance to leave!”

“Use your votes and get out already!”

“Wanrenzhan, you're crazy!!”

...

Nobody could understand it.

Not even Wanrenzhan himself.

Yet He Yu smiled when he heard the chant.

The corners of his lips curled upward.

His hoarse voice carried a hint of laughter.

“Good.”

“Much better.”

The chant had no power.

But it made him feel better.

And he—

Was useful.

The instant he finished speaking, a terrifying torrent of energy surged into He Yu.

Inside the monster's body, he absorbed enormous quantities of energy from both the Maze Beast and the surrounding environment.

Then he refined it.

Organized it.

And poured it into Wanrenzhan.

Finally directing it straight into the giant axe.

Blood trickled from the corner of his smiling mouth.

Pain tore through his body as though he were being ripped apart.

He wasn't acting as a simple conduit.

He had turned himself into equipment.

And that feeling—

Was not pleasant.

Wanrenzhan swung the axe.

He was merely resisting desperately.

He never actually believed he could stop the giant hand.

Yet unexpectedly—

The axe expanded.

White light erupted from its surface.

Then it collided with the giant hand.

“BOOOOOOM—!”

The impact generated a massive energy shockwave.

The resulting hurricane blasted Zhante and Ling Buchen off their feet and slammed them into the walls.

Even Duan Yuchen and the others approaching from afar staggered under the pressure.

“What the hell is happening?”

“What was that?!”

“That power is ridiculous!”

“Is that really Wanrenzhan?”

...

Duan Yuchen and Harvey exchanged glances.

Then accelerated.

Only He Yu and Wanrenzhan remained at the center of the storm.

When the winds finally settled—

The giant hand had stopped.

The glowing axe held it in place.

Refusing to let it descend.

The axe...

Had actually blocked the Maze Beast's giant hand.

Wanrenzhan blinked.

“Huh?”

It actually worked?

Did the chant really work?

The thought flashed through his mind.

Then he leaped upward.

Grabbing the handle with both hands, he pushed.

With all his strength.

And roared:

“Blue Star's He God!”

“Unmatched in power!”

“Limitless in divine ability!”

“Eternal!”

“For ten thousand generations!!”

His roar echoed throughout the entire maze.

The newly arrived Duan Yuchen and the others froze.

The audience froze.

The axe surged upward with terrifying force.

Pressing against the giant hand.

And slowly—

The giant hand began trembling.

One second.

Ten seconds.

One minute.

Ten minutes.

Finally—

“RUMBLEEEEE—!”

A deafening roar filled the maze.

The trembling grew stronger.

Even the surrounding walls stopped moving.

Everything became still.

Except for the shaking giant hand.

The maze seemed frozen in time.

Only Wanrenzhan's earlier roar continued echoing—

Blue Star's He God...

Limitless in divine ability...

Eternal...

For ten thousand generations...

...generations...

...generations...

Within the final echo—

The giant hand cracked.

Wanrenzhan fell from the sky while clutching his axe.

Only one figure remained standing in midair.

He Yu.

Mud rained down.

The giant hand that had blocked out the sky vanished.

Light appeared.

For the first time, sunlight entered the dark maze.

Golden rays descended upon He Yu.

He narrowed his eyes slightly.

Everyone below looked up.

For a brief moment—

He seemed wrapped in a halo of gold.

Ahead of him, the giant eye had disappeared.

Beneath him, the muddy flesh parted.

A broad road slowly formed.

Sunlight illuminated the path.

The future ahead was bright.

Duan Yuchen and the others stood frozen with open mouths.

Even Wanrenzhan, who had just fallen, stared in shock.

A road.

An actual road.

The livestream comments vanished completely.

For a moment, the world itself seemed silent.

He had actually done it.

He had forced the maze to make way.

Qiong's voice came out hoarse.

“So...”

“What exactly happened?”

Duan Yuchen stared at He Yu with a complicated expression.

“This is... a formation?”

He Yu's face remained pale.

Yet his expression was as calm as ever.

He wiped away the blood at the corner of his mouth.

Hands behind his back.

Standing atop his broom.

Back perfectly straight.

He slowly descended.

His feet landed upon the smooth road.

His movements were elegant.

Composed.

Like a true master.

The sight inspired instinctive respect.

Then he spoke.

His voice was hoarse.

“No.”

“This is called...”

“Blue Star's Star-Sucking Technique.”

Everyone: “...?”

What was that?

Nobody understood.

And He Yu had no intention of explaining.

He simply stepped forward.

Walking along the road toward the light.

Beside him, the walls wriggled slightly.

He Yu stopped.

Tilting his head.

The sunlight illuminated half his face while the other half remained in shadow.

His voice was gentle.

“My friend.”

“Wouldn't it have been better to move aside earlier?”

Maze Beast: “...”

The walls wriggled even more violently.

Clearly furious.

“So?”

He Yu smiled.

“Do you still want to fight?”

“I was using your energy.”

“Not a bad deal for me.”

Maze Beast: “???”

No wonder it had started feeling weak midway through the battle!

This human had no sense of fair play whatsoever!

The Maze Beast was furious.

Another giant hand emerged from a wall.

“BANG!”

Wanrenzhan's axe slammed down beside it.

The hand froze.

The enormous energy overload had torn open many of Wanrenzhan's wounds.

His entire body was covered in blood.

Yet he bared bloody teeth as though he could continue fighting at any moment.

He Yu also looked at the hand.

Then said darkly,

“I wonder whether killing this thing would make it drop equipment...”

“SLAP!”

The hand vanished instantly.

The Maze Beast never spoke.

Yet everyone could practically hear its thoughts.

'Get lost! Get lost! Get lost already!!'

It was practically throwing them out.

He Yu chuckled softly.

Hands behind his back, he walked at the front of the group.

Slowly making his way down the road.

Leaving the maze.

Wanrenzhan followed while carrying his axe.

Ling Buchen put away his advancement card and followed as well.

Zhante hurried after them.

Meanwhile, Duan Yuchen's group remained completely confused.

The stage was over?

Hadn't they only just reunited?

So...

Did they basically contribute nothing?

“Wait for us!”

The five hurried after them.

One person leading the way.

Nine contestants walking side by side down a broad road.

The image silenced every viewer.

Many years later—

People still remembered that scene.

—

After all nine contestants left, the sound of a heartbeat still echoed through the maze.

The furious Maze Beast slowly licked its injured body.

Humans were annoying.

At that moment, a familiar voice sounded.

Eugene.

“A maze? Hahaha! This thing looks easy.”

“Watch me.”

“We'll catch up to He Yu's group in no time!”

Maze Beast: “...”

It snapped.

These humans just kept provoking it.

Again.

And again.

Did they really think it was nothing more than a pile of mud?

One minute later—

Screams echoed through the maze.

“WHAT THE HELL IS THIS THING?!”

“Isn't this supposed to be a maze?!”

“Why does the maze punch people?!”

“DAMN IT! Don't hit my face!”

“OW! OW! OW!”

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