The bullet grazed Xu Lan’s face. It was the pain that reminded Xu Lan of what he had to do. His body reacted before his mind did. With a front flip, he posited himself right behind the baffle.

“Yo, pretty girl. I didn’t expect us to be at the same…” Xu Lan turned his head in shock. He was hiding behind the same baffle as the burly man who humiliated him earlier.

Xu Lan reacted quickly and shot the man right between his brows. The man collapsed before he even got to finish his sentence.

“I… I killed someone…” Xu Lan breathed heavily and his hands were shivering. His body started to spasm.

‘Papa, the only ones who are alive here are the twenty-eight people within the area.’ Xu Lan had a flashback of Bai Wu’s advice. He wondered if the people before him were really unreal.

Xu Lan wiped off the blood splatter on his face. He aimed his pistol outside of the baffle.

“Oh, oh! How exciting! Here at the earth competition zone, Luffy managed to take out 19 people and have earned the right to challenge the defending champion! Meanwhile, the battles at the other four competition zones are equally intense as well! As of now, Dashiell has taken out eight people but he has sustained injuries on his arms and legs. Will he be able to last till the end of the preliminary round? Let’s cheer for Dashiell! Wow!” The commentator remarked at the right time, causing the audience to gasp worriedly for Dashiell.

Xu Lan forced himself to calm down by biting on his tongue. He did not want to die here, not when Bai Wu was waiting for him to return!

He looked around and realized that there was not much cover besides the few baffles lying around. It was an open area and he was exposed to his enemies. Upon realizing that, Xu Lan immediately rolled over and hid behind a different baffle.

‘Bam!’

“Hey little mouse, why are you hiding at the corner and shivering your brains out? Would you like to surrender? I wouldn’t mind sparing your life.” The man who spoke had a horned helmet on. His arms were as thick as one’s waist and he had cow hoofs.

Xu Lan immediately shot at the direction of the bullet. He was surprised to find that the guy even had a nose ring on!

‘Bam! Bam! Bam!’ Xu Lan kept rolling between the two baffles while firing shots at the back of the half human, half cow. He managed to take out a human and a rhinoceros.

“As expected, Dashiell at gold competition zone has successfully killed ten people. He is up against a newbie now! Who will emerge victorious? Will it be our usual star player or the underdog? Let’s find out!”

“Hush… A coward who’s hiding behind the baffle has no right to be on the same arena as Dashiell!”

“Heck! What a timid mouse! Get off the arena!”

“Is this what we paid to watch? Get out! Get out!”

As the competition at all the other competition zones had gradually ended, everyone’s attention was directed to the gold competition zone. The atmosphere at the stand was as intense as the arena.

‘Bam! Bam!’ The half human, half cow went by instinct and shot toward his left. A half human, half leopard collapsed immediately. The survivors on gold competition zone went from 3 to 2. Xu Lan had nowhere to hide!

“Little mouse, where else can you run to?”

The half human, half cow, Dashiell licked his muzzle as he said. The remaining baffles had been penetrated by bullets, there was no longer any hiding spots for Xu Lan.

“Papa, I’ll be waiting here for you.” Bai Wu’s red eyes flashed in his mind. It reminded Xu Lan of the half human, half cow’s blood-red eyes.

“Haha! Dear audience, the best is yet to come. We’re just warming up now. I believe that our favorite, Dashiell will not disappoint…”

‘Bam! Bam! Bam!’

Victory!

Before the commentator could finish his sentence, the word, ‘victory’ popped up on the huge screen! The final survivor of the gold competition zone was a lean and small man, an unremarkable man whose presence was not felt throughout the game.

Xu Lan!