TL: Zhao

　　Editing: Krisaia

　　The young model continued to shriek as she was forcefully dragged to the middle of the square. Heavy metal music started playing as a holographic arrow fell from the sky, landing on the square tile located on the left of the model.

　　'This really is a dancing machine..' Li Yiming looked at the arrow as it vanished into the ground before s.h.i.+fting his worried look toward the girl at the center of the stage, who was paralyzed by fear.

　　"That silver pillar is counting the score…" Fang Shui'er mumbled. Li Yiming noticed a crimson mark at the base of the pillar.

　　As another arrow vanished into the ground, the red mark flashed.

　　Li Yiming found the game to be quite lenient due to the ample time given to the performer to react to the next arrow. However, the girl did nothing but cry in terror. As the arrows fell into the ground one by one, the flas.h.i.+ng of the red mark became more and more rapid.

　　"AHHH!!!" A howl of horror split the crowd into two halves. Li Yiming turned back, only to find a stone statue of a man in a suit who stared back at him confusingly.

　　'Petrification…' Bai Ze explained.

　　"Oh, I forgot to tell you… this is a team game. If she doesn't perform, you'll be punished as well. Now, little girl, you should put more effort into this. Of course, if someone wants to replace her…" The man who sat on the sofa said. Observing the reaction of the panicked crowd was his greatest enjoyment so far.

　　"One person everyone fifteen seconds…" Fang Shui'er kept her composure and observed. Her talent being sealed did not take away her basic abilities as a guardian.

　　Panic spread through the crowd, and everyone scattered as far away as they could from the statue, but refrained from diving into the absolute darkness which surrounded the stage. The giant arrows continued falling from the sky, and the intensity of the b.l.o.o.d.y red mark grew more and more.

　　"AHHH!"

　　Another screech and the crowd further dispersed.

　　"Two people…" Li Yiming frowned as he looked at the pulsating red light on the silver pillar.

　　"One the first time, and two this time. In fifteen seconds, there'll probably be three. It won't take very long before everyone here…" Fang Shui'er said.

　　"It's probably worse than that…" Li Yiming had a bad premonition.