Although Captivating Red had unfortunately fallen into the abyss, there was no need to worry. After all, the Twelve Skyscraping Palaces were created by Kenzu to recruit disciples. They did not have any intention of killing the sword wielder.
Moreover, according to the rules of the Yang Guang Temple, falling into the abyss would not result in failure. Instead, one would be sent back to where they fell. However, there was a price to pay. The price was that Guhan suddenly felt a weight on his body.
Of course, this weight was not the traditional method of making Guhan carry a backpack full of rocks. Instead, the gravity under Guhan's feet had been adjusted. It was equivalent to increasing Guhan's weight by 50 kilograms.
This made Gu Han feel very surprised. Gravity control technology was a technology that humans had spent more than 400 years researching after the Great Calamity. How could the Yang Guanggong that the Sword Ancestor had built possess such technology?
Well, Kenzu's matter was still shrouded in mystery. Guhan could not be bothered to look into it.
The 50 kilograms did not affect Guhan at all. Guhan could still easily dodge the laser beams that were shooting at him.
In comparison, Guhan was more worried about Captivating Red. Once Captivating Red fell into the abyss once, it would not be long before she fell into the abyss again.
"Damn it!"
Captivating Red felt guilty as she returned to the path. She knew that her failure had increased Guhan's weight by 50 kilograms.
Captivating Red did not dare imagine what it would be like if she was the one carrying the 50 kilograms.
However, what surprised Captivating Red was that after she reappeared on the road, although the wounds on her body were still there, her stamina seemed to have recovered a little. At the very least, she was a little stronger than when she fell into the abyss.
It seemed that falling into the abyss was not a bad thing. At the very least, it allowed the person who fell to recover some stamina and HP.
"Damn it!
What kind of damned thoughts were I having?
Compared to the stamina I recovered, Guhan must have lost even more stamina! "Captivating Red spat at herself in disdain.
"I have to run!"
Yan Hong clearly knew what she had to do at this time, so she ignored her bleeding wounds and her dizzy temples and continued to run forward quickly.
However, just like what Gu Han thought, even though Captivating Red tried her best to endure the pain caused by the lasers and ran as fast as possible, it still couldn't prevent her from falling into the abyss for the second time.
This time, a laser beam hit Captivating Red's ankle. The intense pain caused her to lose control of her body and fall into the abyss for the second time.
On the other hand, Guhan had to carry another 100 kilograms of weight. Although this 100 kilograms was not a significant burden to Guhan, it still slowed down Guhan's dodging speed.
The two of them moved forward for another three kilometers. During these three kilometers, Captivating Red had fallen into the abyss five times, while Guhan's weight had increased by 150 kilograms, 200 kilograms, 250 kilograms, and finally 750 kilograms. This was equivalent to the weight of 10 Guhan's.
"Ugh … Guhan … I'm sorry …" After returning to her path for the fifth time, Captivating Red could not help but cry.
She was not crying because of the pain on her body, but because of her own uselessness.
Because of her uselessness, she had already increased Guhan's weight by 750 kilograms.
However, Guhan did not increase her weight at all after running for six kilometers, and she could still run in the most relaxed state … This made Captivating Red instinctively feel that she was a useless burden, that she was dragging Guhan down.
She could not blame Guhan for not wanting to move forward with her, because she and Guhan were not on the same level. She was really too useless!
Thinking of this, Captivating Red could not help but cry.
On the other side, Guhan naturally heard Captivating Captivating Red's crying. He knew very well why Captivating Red was crying.
For Guhan, carrying 750 kilograms of weight was already a burden that could not be ignored. Guhan's dodging speed was at least a third slower than before.
However, Guhan could still barely dodge the increasing number of laser beams.
"Why are you crying!
If you really don't want to increase my burden, then don't give yourself any time to cry. Run forward as fast as you can!
This is the greatest repayment you can give me! "Guhan's voice sounded like thunder in Captivating Captivating Red's ears.
What else could Captivating Red say?
She could not say anything, and could only run forward with all her might.
However, the further she went, the more difficult and painful it became for Captivating Red.
After breaking through the six-kilometer mark, the number of laser beams around her increased to 18 per second. For every second that Captivating Red ran, she would be hit by at least five laser beams.
It could be said that at this time, Captivating Red's body did not have many intact patches of skin left. There were at least 150 wounds on her body, and many of the wounds even overlapped with each other. Every time a wound that had already split open was hit by a laser beam again, the intense pain almost exploded Captivating Red's brain.
At the same time, a large amount of blood flowed out of Captivating Red's wounds, soaking her entire body.
At this time, from Guhan's position, Captivating Red could no longer be seen as an Asian. She looked like a completely new race: a Red.
This was because Captivating Red's entire body was a blood-red color, which was a perfect match for Captivating Red's name.
"Chirp!"
Another laser beam hit Captivating Red's temple, and she fell into the abyss with a thud.
Although Captivating Red returned to the road very quickly, this time she did not get up and set off again. Instead, she directly fainted on the track, like a dead person.
"Ding!"
The laser beams that filled the sky suddenly disappeared, and the entire challenge seemed to have paused at this moment. Instead, a voice appeared in Guhan's ear.
The voice said, "One of the participants has fainted, and his life is in extreme danger. The challenge is temporarily paused.
For safety reasons, you can choose to give up the challenge and return to the starting position of Yang Guang Gong. Your teammate will receive proper treatment and will not be in any life-threatening danger.
You can also choose to wait for your teammate to wake up and continue the challenge. "
"Please note that once you choose to continue the challenge, your teammate's life will not be within the scope of Yang Guang Gong's protection. Your life and death will be your responsibility. At the same time, the pause period is only one minute. After one minute, the laser beams will start shooting again, even if your teammate is still in a defenseless and unconscious state. Lastly, this pause is the last and only pause. If your teammate wakes up and falls unconscious again, Yang Guang Gong will not pause the protection measures."
"Please consider carefully for the sake of your teammate's life. Thank you for your cooperation."
If you continue the challenge, there is a 99% chance that your teammate will die. If she dies, the Yang Guang Gong will not take any responsibility, because you were the one who decided to continue.
This undoubtedly pushed Guhan to the edge of a difficult choice.
To be honest, this was not a difficult choice for Guhan.
If this was in the real world, Gu Han might be very hesitant.
However, this was a dungeon. Even if Yan Hong died, it was just a string of data. Guhan did not care about it at all.
It was just like how Guhan did not hesitate to kill Kenzu and steal his King of Yue's Goujian Sword.
That was why Guhan decided to continue. He would wait for Yan Hong to wake up or watch as she was killed by the laser beams in her unconscious state.
Time ticked by. The one-minute pause period was about to end. Yan Hong was still unconscious. Everything seemed to be set in stone. Yan Hong would definitely die under the laser beams.
"There's no need. I'm doomed to fail …" Seeing that there were only five seconds left on the countdown, Guhan suddenly stood up and decided to give up on the challenge.
Halfway through his words, even Gu Han himself felt a burst of astonishment.
This was not Guhan's style of doing things. Guhan was not a good person. However, his body could not help but prepare to give up.
"When did I become so softhearted?" Guhan smiled bitterly. However, he could not stop his body's instincts.
However, before Guhan could finish speaking, Yan Hong, who had been lying unconscious, began to sway slightly. It would appear that she had woken up.
Then, Captivating Red slowly stood up in a numb but determined manner. She didn't even look at Gu Han, nor did she say anything. She didn't even have an expression on her face as she continued to walk forward in a daze.
Since Yan Hong had begun to move forward, the laser beams that had paused earlier began to fire again.
Perhaps because she had just woken up from her unconscious state, Yan Hong's movement speed was not as fast as before. She was moving forward at the walking speed of a normal person.
Thus, it was not difficult for the laser beams to hit her. Out of the 18 laser beams, 16 hit Yan Hong's wounded body.
Strangely, no matter how many laser beams hit her body, Yan Hong did not seem to feel any pain. She did not care about the laser beams and continued to walk forward.
Yan Hong's current state was particularly strange. She looked like a zombie.