We're Already In Close Combat And You Still Say You're A Mage?

Twilight continent, rocky desert.

"Hiss~hiss~"

A small sound echoed in the desert.

I saw a palm-sized, khaki-colored sand beetle lying on the sand, using its thick and powerful forelimbs to continuously throw the sand aside and dig downward.

Not long after, a shallow pit appeared in the desert.

The sand beetle got in, using the shallow pit to escape the harsh sunlight of the rocky desert.

at this time.

Next to the shallow pit, a small piece of quicksand suddenly rose up.

A ferocious mouthpart poked out of the quicksand.

In the mouthparts, sharp teeth are arranged inward in a spiral shape.

Then, an animal that looked like a python emerged from the quicksand.

It was an Echinacea sandworm over one meter long and as thick as the mouth of a bowl.

Although Echinodermata looks like a snake, its body surface is not covered with smooth scales like snakes, but is covered with hard protrusions.

That is a hard cuticle covering the surface of the Echinodermata worm.

It can protect it from the harsh sunlight of the rocky desert and at the same time prevent the loss of water in the body.

The body of Echinodermata is strong and powerful.

Because they live in the quicksand of the barren desert all year round.

In order to avoid the impact of the scorching sun on vision.

Echinoderm sandworms mainly rely on the vibrations produced by their prey when it moves on the sand surface to hunt.

This has caused its eyes to degenerate and lose its visual function.

At this time, it was attracted by the noise made by the sand beetle earlier.

Following the sound of the sand beetle digging, the Echinacea sandworm came to the entrance of the shallow pit and leaned in.

However, the sand beetles in the shallow pit did not know that the danger had arrived and were still digging downwards.

The next moment, the Echinacea Sandworm thrust forward like lightning, and then immediately shrank out of the shallow pit.

I saw that its ferocious mouthparts were biting a struggling sand beetle.

Then, the Echinoderm sandworm's mouthparts squirmed and swallowed the struggling sand beetle into its belly.

After completing the hunt, the Echinodermata worm is preparing to burrow into the quicksand again.

A black shadow suddenly fell from the sky.

Hit it.

"boom!"

Because the black shadow is too fast.

A small sand pit was smashed directly on the sand, splashing a lot of sand.

The Echinacea sandworm that had just finished hunting had already turned into pulp due to this sudden disaster.

The dust dispersed.

A dark shadow appeared.

I saw that the black figure was completely charred, and its head and upper body had long since disappeared.

There were four terrifying penetrating wounds on his body.

Around the wound, traces of thunder and lightning were beating out from time to time.

Then, several more objects fell from the sky.

It was two broken bodies.

And not far from them.

A figure carrying a parachute slowly landed.

It was Xu Bai.

...

Xu Baigang landed.

I received several prompts from the Court of Origin.

"Tip: You have arrived at the Twilight Continent, the Stone Desert."

"Tip: This survival trial only opens three areas: the Stone Desert, the Misty Forest, and the Quiet Snow Country. Please do not leave the current survival trial area, otherwise you will be forcibly executed."

"Tip: The execution circle has been refreshed and can be viewed on a personal terminal."

"Tip: The execution circle shrinks in real time. When the walker is outside the execution circle, he will be forcibly executed immediately."

"Tip: When there are only ten walker teams left in the survival trial, the execution circle will stop refreshing. At the same time, this trial will end, and settlement rewards will be issued based on the team's trial points ranking."

"Tip: The settlement rewards are extremely generous, so walkers should try their best to get a higher ranking."

"Tip: If you kill the enemy walkers in this survival trial, you will get the "Killing Treasure Box". "

Xu Bai checked several prompts from the Court of Origin and opened the personal terminal in his hand.

I saw that the map of Twilight Continent was displayed on Xu Bai's personal terminal.

At the same time, the locations of Xu Bai himself and three other temporary teammates were also displayed on the map.

Xu Bai's own mark on the map is an open magic book.

The symbol of Sword Girl Omi is a tachi.

The symbols on the map for the other two teammates, the tank type and the healing type, are a shield and a staff respectively.

...

Through the map, Xu Bai learned that the rocky desert he was currently in occupied a large area in the northwest of the Twilight Continent.

To the southeast of the Barren Stone Desert is a swamp forest area called the Misty Forest.

Directly south of the barren desert is a permafrost glacier area called the Silent Snow Country.

According to the location of the teammate marks, Xu Bai found that Omi, the sword girl, was alone in the Silent Snow Country, while the other tank teammates and healing teammates were all in the misty forest.

In addition to these three areas, on Xu Bai's personal terminal, the map of Twilight Continent was still covered by a large shadow.

Those are unopened areas.

On the maps of the three areas that have been opened, there is a white circle that is shrinking at a speed that is difficult to detect with the naked eye.

That was the execution ring.

Judging from the contraction direction of the execution circle.

Its center point is in the east of the misty forest.

This incidates that.

Xu Bai had to leave the barren desert, enter the misty forest, and then pass through most of the misty forest to avoid the execution circle catching up with him.

The distance is a bit far.

...

After viewing the map information on the personal terminal.

Xu Bai walked towards the bodies of the two walkers he had killed before and picked up two scarlet murder treasure chests.

"Tip: You have obtained "Killing Treasure Chest" × 2. "

"Tip: When a walker is killed by another walker, all items in its storage space will enter the "Killing Treasure Box". The killer can open the killing treasure chest and randomly obtain other items in the "Killing Pocket". Three items on my body. "

After picking up the scarlet "Killing Treasure Box" and checking the prompt information given by the Court of Origin, Xu Bai did not put the "Killing Treasure Box" into the storage space, but chose to open it directly.

Immediately afterwards, two scarlet "killing treasure chests" disappeared in his hands.

Two scarlet "killing pockets" appeared out of thin air in front of Xu Bai.

"Tip: Please take three items from the "Killing Pocket". "

...

(As of this chapter, this book already has 200,000 words. I never thought that one day I would write so many words when I can only write some short essays.)

(It’s heartwarming.)

(I would also like to thank all the readers who have supported me from the beginning of recommending this book to now.)

(thank you all!)

(I will draw a brief diagram of the three open areas in Twilight Continent later and put it in the comments section of this paragraph so everyone can take a look.)