In a frigid apocalypse, I went on a shopping spree with the reborn.

"Please welcome the 17th ranked player from each district to the stage."

Each time this grand voice rang out, a hundred people at the scene received a death warrant.

Unlike in the past, Meng Zixuan from District 8 was the first to voluntarily fly onto the arena.

This is a battle with a minimum combat power of 300,000. If you're not at that level, you don't even have the chance to try.

Meng Zixuan had only one goal: to kill.

He doesn't need to pick who's rich or who's worth killing; his combat power, approaching 400,000, gives him the right to be fearless.

"Get ready," Jiang Qingyue said in a low voice.

Liu Yuyao, Wang Defa... everyone has begun to gather their strength.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, this battle will end quickly.

Everyone has seen Meng Zixuan's strength. Once only ten people remain on the stage, Meng Zixuan will definitely launch a sneak attack during the two-second window between the arrival of the main god's hand.

Therefore, all parties must have made preparations to rescue their own people. Those who take action will not be weak, at least stronger than all of Jiang Qingyue and the others present.

Of course, rescuing people and fighting are different; one may not necessarily unleash their full power.

And that was precisely the opportunity they had to stop it.

If the opponent doesn't unleash their full power, but they do, they have a chance to hold off those two seconds.

Everyone on the stage was injured, but Meng Zixuan had the Plant Doctor Essence given to him by Jiang Qingyue, so he chose to swallow it when the battle was about to end to restore his peak condition.

He was already stronger than the others, and by launching a sneak attack while at his peak, he had a very good chance of killing the other nine.

All of this is contingent on them being able to stop the people outside the arena.

There are fewer and fewer people in the ring.

Twelve, eleven, ten.

When the eleventh person died, the barrier at the edge of the arena disappeared.

Of the ten remaining strongmen on the stage, some were stripping off their heads, some were turning around to try to escape, and some were trying to ambush Meng Zixuan.

More than one.

"Heh." Meng Zixuan chewed on the Plant Doctor essence in his mouth.

He wasn't surprised at all that these people dared to ambush him.

Although his combat power was slightly weaker than his, who among those present wasn't a strongman? Besides, he started by killing recklessly, constantly unleashing powerful moves, which consumed a great deal of his energy.

Some secretly held back their strength, just to sabotage him at the last minute.

Unfortunately, these people miscalculated. No matter how severe the injury, once the essence of the plant doctor is absorbed, the plant will immediately become lively and energetic again.

"Die." Meng Zixuan retaliated at the same time.

People in all the districts and venues started moving.

Jiang Qingyue and the others also started moving.

Long Jiuxing's Burning Heaven Fire Staff instantly grew longer, crashing down on the powerful figure from District 13 as if descending from the sky.

Wang Defa's body seemed to be coated with an alloy film, turning him into a lump of iron. He rushed to Zone 5 at an extremely fast speed and collided with another lump of iron that was about to make a move, with sparks flying everywhere.

Meng Zixuan: "There are six left."

In less than a second, Meng Zixuan eliminated three of the nine winners on the field.

This made the strong figures in the audience even more anxious.

Just as the man at the very front of District Six made his move, a sword as thin as a willow leaf flashed like lightning and blocked his path.

"call out."

With a single move, Liu Yuyao's sword shattered into pieces, and she herself was also severely injured.

But in that instant of obstruction, the body of the 17th ranked expert in the sixth district was kicked off the stage by Meng Zixuan.

In District 93, the large, fat cloud wasn't in a hurry. The human little guy was strong, but those who went up weren't weak either. Given the opponent's immense depletion, even if they had to choose to ambush one, they would definitely choose the weakest of the remaining nine.

When it saw the humans erupt in unison and realized what they were trying to do, it was about to make a move when it noticed something was off about the aura around it.

As soon as it turned its head, it was covered by something, which looked like a piece of clothing. This startled it. Someone could actually get close to it silently. This person must be an extremely powerful expert!

Even though it didn't realize that the clothes on its body posed a threat, it still tried desperately to shake them off, but when it tried, it found that it couldn't shake them off at all, as if something was stuck to its body.

Finding no danger to himself, he decided to ignore it for now and quickly used all his strength to spew a burst of flames to his side, determined to kill the sneaky thief first.

Nangong Zhao had anticipated this; when she put the invisibility cloak coated with superglue on the other party, she had already prepared an escape route.

It quickly rolled to the side, landing behind a cloud.

With a scream, the cloud melted before it could even react.

"So fierce?" Nangong Zhao scrambled to hide behind another cloud.

"Chirp~" Big Fat Cloud realized he had hurt one of his own and tried to take it back, but it was too late.

It spotted that damned human, and with another burst of power, it prepared to burn that damned human to ashes.

Little did it know, the thing stuck to it was an invisibility cloak, and it simply vanished into the crowd.

Dozens of clouds were waiting for their leader to make a move, but the leader suddenly disappeared, and one of their companions, a top twenty expert, was inexplicably burned to death.

Suddenly, a whole bunch of clouds panicked.

Some saw Nangong Zhao, some didn't, but since their companion died in that place, someone must have made a move there. They should just attack that direction.

Everyone unleashed their ultimate moves, attacking the area with all their might—spraying water, breathing fire…it quickly turned into complete chaos.

"Chirp chirp!" Big Fat Cloud was so angry that his lungs were about to explode, and his cloud was deformed with anger.

But even if the invisibility cloak is on your body, no one can see it when it transforms.

On the contrary, its angry and startled cries led its unsuspecting companions to believe that their leader had met with misfortune.

So they attacked even more fiercely.

For a time, the fighting in the entire 93rd district was even more intense than on the arena.

Nangong Zhao wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, glanced at his invisibility cloak with a pained expression, and took advantage of the chaos to escape back to the location of the Eighth District.

She couldn't get her invisibility cloak back, and Big Fat Cloud was furious again. Now, she only felt a tiny bit of security when she was by Jiang Qingyue's side.

Unfortunately, when they escaped back to District 8, they did not see Jiang Qingyue.

What about people?

Nangong Zhao quickly looked up at the sky.

Despite the chaos in all the areas, the time from the end of the battle on the stage to her return was only a little over a second. Long Jiuxing had only just retracted the big stick he had used to intercept District 13.

Chen Sanyang and Liu Yuyao, who were further away, were still hurrying back.

What about Jiang Qingyue?

Nangong Zhao is searching, and Long Jiuxing, having retrieved the Burning Heaven Fire Cudgel, is also searching for Sister Xiaoyue.

Zhao Mingyue is also looking for it.

Everyone looked up at the sky without prior arrangement.

Two seconds were up in the air. After the God of War's hand fell, Meng Zixuan on the stage had to stop, regardless of whether he had killed the remaining people.

Jiang Qingyue's order was "leave no one alive," so someone had to stop the hand of the Eternal Winter God, even if only for a moment.

Everyone was puzzled as to what means Jiang Qingyue could possibly use to stop the Eternal Winter God, but they believed that Jiang Qingyue was not one to boast.

Since that's the arrangement, there must be a reason for it.

After all, she is the Goddess Jiang!

To this, Jiang Qingyue could only say: You really overestimate me.

Meng Zixuan was strong enough to ensure her own safety and did not need her remote protection, so she acted with everyone the moment the barrier disappeared.

She shot an arrow at District 41 from a great distance.

"???" The leader of Area 41 stared blankly at the arrow in front of him, which was so weak that he could crush it with a flick of his wrist.

Looking at Jiang Qingyue, who was flying over angrily, he concluded in just 0.1 seconds that there was something wrong with this human.

The 17th ranked person in District 41 was already dead. He died a few seconds after stepping onto the stage, and the subsequent battles had nothing to do with them. It didn't even have a chance to save him.

Besides, given its strength, if it really wanted to save someone, how could this weak arrow possibly stop it?

It raised its hand, intending to slap the human leader to death when he got close, and then steal the quantum computer.

Although weak, he is still the leader of the human race. He might have a spatial backpack with some good stuff inside, so it wouldn't be a bad deal.

The leader of the 40th experimental zone next to it was a large crab. It looked at Jiang Qingyue, who was rushing over to his death, and felt a little sorry. It was a pity that he didn't come to kill it, but the guy next to it got a free computer.

However, judging from its appearance, it only has a combat power of around 200,000, so it's not worth it trying to steal it.

Arrived.

Jiang Qingyue approached the 40th experimental zone, and just a little further on was the 41st experimental zone, where a powerful figure was already raising his hand, ready to take her down in one fell swoop.

Just as Jiang Qingyue arrived at the 40th experimental zone, she uttered a single word from her tightly pursed lips: "Settle."

Time stops.

The big crab still had that amused look on its face.

In addition to Experiment Zone 40, a small portion of the adjacent experimental zones were also affected by the time stop.

This is Jiang Qingyue's chance, and her only chance.

The time-stopper can only be used once a day. The reason for choosing to use it at this time, rather than in her final battle where she personally took the field, is that after Meng Zixuan's battle, everyone will know that the human race is a formidable enemy and will focus on the next battle, thus not giving them another chance to intervene.

Therefore, this is Meng Zixuan's chance to kill all the contestants, and also the best time for her to use the time-stopping device.

Because what she needs is to increase her combat power. Otherwise, with her current combat power of 200,000, even if she uses the time stop device in the final battle, she won't be able to kill the person on the stage in just one second.

They might not even be able to break through the opponent's defense.

She calculated that it would take her nearly two seconds to travel from Zone 8 to Zone 40 at full speed.

The 25-meter coverage area meant she had to get close to use the time-stop function.

If she wants to get close, she has to make a move. After this battle, they will be closely watched and will not have another chance to make a move, so she will not be able to get close.

She needs two seconds to get close to District 40, and pretending to stop those who are making a move is her chance to get closer.

Jiang Qingyue also wanted to take this opportunity to conduct an experiment to see if the time-stopping device deployed by the Eternal Winter God would have any effect on the Eternal Winter God himself.

Of course, the most important thing is the big crab in front of you.

She's had her eye on this guy for a long time.

The teams from District 40 weren't particularly strong. From the beginning, just like the Humans, they kept dying as soon as they entered the field, so they eventually stopped using them altogether.

Each ranked crab was swallowed by this giant crab, and the quantum computer was also melted down by this giant crab.

At first, Jiang Qingyue was puzzled. Why didn't they leave the quantum computer to the next contestant when their group's strength was so weak, instead of merging it themselves?

You should know that this giant crab has extremely concentrated energy, not much weaker than that big fat cloud.

Based on their previous experiments, the fusion of a strong person's and a weak person's quantum brains resulted in negligible growth for the strong person, which was a huge waste.

It wasn't until Jiang Qingyue saw the giant crab crunching its own kind into pieces that she realized these creatures' thoughts and way of survival might be completely different from humans.

Because the other crabs didn't seem to mind the way the big crab was prepared, as if eating one of their own kind to get calcium was a perfectly normal thing.

There are two reasons why she chose this large crab:

Firstly, among the top experts present, she was only confident of killing this giant crab.

Secondly, this big crab is rich. This guy actually polished a seventh-order crystal core into the shape of a gemstone and made a necklace to wear on his body. There are also several sixth-order crystal cores on his claws. He is obviously the richest person in the room.

It took her a while to rush over; two seconds had passed.

The hand of the supreme god in the sky had already descended, and Jiang Qingyue felt it, but his hand did not stop at all.

With a flick of her finger, an ice-blue arrow pierced deep into the crab's eye. She had killed countless crabs and knew their weaknesses perfectly well; in fact, the abdomen was the best target.

At the same time, she also knew that a strong person could not be unaware of their own weaknesses. This big crab must also know that its abdominal defenses were insufficient, and it would definitely try to protect itself.

So the only place she can attack is the eyes.

The arrow pierced the giant crab's brain, and the explosive force of 200,000 combat power exploded in its vulnerable brain, which was completely unprotected, causing the giant crab to lose its life force instantly.

After one second, time resumes its normal flow.

Jiang Qingyue removed the quantum computer from the giant crab's claws, stored the crab's corpse in her spatial storage, and quickly retreated.

A group of crabs were dumbfounded: What happened? How come it felt like the boss was killed in the blink of an eye?

Seeing the fleeing two-legged creature, the group of crabs immediately understood.

"Gurgle gurgle," he cursed and attacked at the same time.

Jiang Qingyue didn't have time to retaliate, and of course, even if she did, it wouldn't have made much difference.

Although they weren't the leaders of Experiment Zone 40, these crabs were quite powerful, with many boasting combat strength of 300,000, making them far beyond her capabilities.

She took several blows to the back, and even when she was hit by a large pair of pincers, she used the force of the attack to fly forward a short distance.

"...Oh my god!"

Liu Yuyao and Nangong Zhao from the eighth experimental zone all gaped open.

They were far away, and Jiang Qingyue's time-stopping device only covered a range of 25 meters, so it was unaffected. Therefore, they could see the outbreak clearly.

It was all too fast, only a second. By the time they reacted, Jiang Qingyue had already killed the big crab and was being chased by the little crabs.

"Pfft!" Jiang Qingyue coughed up blood as she flew.

While vomiting blood, he took out the Plant Doctor Essence and swallowed it along with the blood.

"Sister Xiaoyue!"

"A-Yue!"

Long Jiuxing and Zhao Mingyue quickly flew over to shield her from the attack from behind.

However, both of them had the same combat power as her, 200,000. Facing this group of little crabs with a starting combat power of 300,000, they were simply no match.

Originally, there were sixteen small crabs to fight Jiang Qingyue.

Now, five are fighting Zhao Mingyue, five are fighting Long Jiuxing, and six are fighting Jiang Qingyue.

Wang Defa, Nangong Zhao, and Liu Yuyao, who were a step behind, also rushed up to help.

As a result, a group of people in District 8 were pinned to the ground and beaten by more than a dozen crabs.

Meng Zixuan, who had finished his fight on the stage, came down and only managed to block one crab.

"Gurgle, gurgle~" A group of crabs cursed and fought at the same time.

The chaotic cloud group realized they had been tricked. After the fat cloud forcibly tore off its invisibility cloak, it led a bunch of clouds to charge over.

"What should we do?" Nangong Zhao's exquisite and beautiful image was gone, her big wavy hair was grabbed by a crab and torn into a mess.

The chubby Wang Defa had been beaten beyond recognition: "Jiang Shen, think of something!"

"I'm already thinking about it," Jiang Qingyue said helplessly.

It only took a breath. Don't crabs walk sideways? How could they be so fast?

If she had just one more second, once she had integrated with the giant crab's AI, she would have been the one hunting down these little crabs.

She could only curl up and let the crab attack her, while taking out the giant crab's personal terminal and quickly clicking to merge.

"Xiao Yi, hurry, hurry, someone's going to die!"