The gale stopped, and everyone steadied the cart again to continue forward.

As the cart gradually advanced, getting closer and closer to the endpoint, during this time “Military Music” kept rotating. Qiao Jiajin also constantly shifted his feet, rotating his body along with “Military Music.” One man and one box were like true opponents—at this moment both were finding opportunities to break through the other’s moves.

Qiao Jiajin knew that high-speed flying iron balls were fatal to anyone. If he was even slightly careless, the people in the distance would certainly be injured. While this game looked like a “speed race,” thinking carefully, if they wanted everyone to survive, cooperation was even more critical. Once someone started dying, this team would begin to fall apart.

“Qiao Ge… watch out!” Ning Shiba called. “We’re almost there.”

“Good!” Qiao Jiajin moved his severely painful left elbow, feeling as if he had injured the tendons and bones. “It seems that just using my eyes really won’t work.”

This time he improved his technique, constantly extending his hand forward toward below the opening. This way, no matter which direction the iron ball would fly, the first thing it would touch would definitely be his palm.

“My reactions are faster than my brain…” Qiao Jiajin muttered in a low voice. “Rather than having me think about how to respond, it’s better to leave everything to my body and let my body decide everything for me.”

Qiao Jiajin slowly closed his eyes, continuously bringing his fingertips closer to “Military Music.”

“Every thing in this world has its own heartbeat.” Qiao Jiajin’s fingertips moved slightly, pressing against the bottom of “Military Music’s” opening. “A machete has a machete’s heartbeat, an iron rod has an iron rod’s heartbeat. Such a complex wooden mechanism must also have its own heartbeat.”

Sure enough, the moment his fingers touched the mechanism, the slight trembling inside was clearly and distinctly captured by Qiao Jiajin.

This was a very complex mechanism. The internal precision exceeded imagination. With the slight trembling transmitted through his fingertips, the opponent before him seemed to have already come alive.

“Your heartbeat has quickened.” Qiao Jiajin opened his eyes and smiled. “‘Military Music,’ are you going to make your move?”

The moment his words landed, “Military Music” suddenly shot out a black iron ball. The instant the iron ball flew out, it touched Qiao Jiajin’s palm. Qiao Jiajin also completely abandoned thinking, relying only on feeling to turn his palm one hundred and eighty degrees in a circle. The iron ball’s force was instantly dissipated by more than half. Just as its momentum suddenly decreased, Qiao Jiajin directly delivered a chopping palm downward, slapping this iron ball almost in place onto the ground.

“Bang!!”

A crisp and clean loud sound came. The ice surface was broken by the ball, and even the wooden floor was smashed with cracks.

What shocked her wasn’t that the person before her could block iron balls, but that he seemed to be growing at extreme speed. Each time he was closer to “Military Music” and handled the iron balls even more swiftly.

“Military Music…” Qiao Jiajin took a deep breath and said in a low voice. “I seem to have adapted… I’ve adapted to your moves.”

The remaining people could only come back to their senses and hurriedly turn the cart around. They didn’t know how many more times Qiao Jiajin’s strength could block attacks. All they could do was chase time as much as possible.

“Hold tight!”

Everyone came to the end of the track and began working together to rotate the cart body, finally completely turning the cart around. Ning Shiba spoke again, “Qiao Ge, we…”

“There’s no need.” Qiao Jiajin interrupted. “Astrology girl, from now on just focus on sitting on the cart. Don’t say a single word. Everyone else just focus on pushing the cart.”

“What…?”

“Didn’t I say before?” Qiao Jiajin turned back and smiled honestly at everyone. “Just pretend ‘Military Music’ doesn’t exist. I’ll block it all by myself.”

“Can, can you really do it?” Ning Shiba asked somewhat incredulously. “You’re so close to ‘Military Music.’ Even one blink could cause serious injury.”

“Even if I close my eyes, it doesn’t matter.” Qiao Jiajin answered. “Lord Guan Er has given me enough face. His ‘Military Music’ is just sparring with me—it won’t take my life.”

After hearing this, everyone looked at each other. Although they still had a hundred worries, at this time they could only squeeze out one sentence, “Qiao Ge, be careful.”

“Okay.”

As everyone slowly advanced, Qiao Jiajin once again placed his fingertips on the wooden mechanism. This time the heartbeat he felt was clearer than the last time.

The patterns inside this mechanism, the rolling of the iron ball, the pulling of the springs—he could perceive the outline of it all.

“Come…” Qiao Jiajin said. “Please make your move.”

He slowly closed his eyes and placed his right palm facing upward below the opening.

“Qiao…” Seeing that the distance was about right, Ning Shiba was just about to speak a reminder when she was pulled back by Bai Jiu.

“Forget it, Shiba, leave it to Qiao Ge.”

After hearing this, Ning Shiba could only nod with slight worry.

When the fourth iron ball flew out, the angle was clearly different from before. Qiao Jiajin also moved his hand to the side by one centimeter at the first moment, once again catching it in his hand, then using the same trick to flip his palm once. But this time the movement was clearly a few tenths of a second slower than the last time. The iron ball’s force wasn’t dissipated much, but instead flew toward Qiao Jiajin’s body at extremely fast speed.

Qiao Jiajin could only raise his left hand, guiding its direction once again before the iron ball struck his chest. Both hands placed above and below, transforming into yin and yang forces, kneading this iron ball to roll several circles in front of his chest, finally fixing it steadily, then releasing his hands to let it roll to the ground.

“You’re too kind.” Qiao Jiajin said.

As the dust settled, Qiao Jiajin once again extended his hand and placed it in front of “Military Music.” This action made even Earth-Horse feel somewhat hesitant.

Should she reformulate the rules?

For example… no one may approach within one meter of the “wooden boxes.”

But soon she felt she was being somewhat absurd. Was this rule to be specially formulated for this flower-armed man before her?

Under normal circumstances, would anyone get this close to these wooden boxes?

When knowing that various “balls” would fly out from the wooden boxes, shouldn’t they distance themselves even more from them?

“Absurd… too absurd…” Earth-Horse bit her teeth and suddenly thought of when she herself was still a “Participant.”

Many, many years ago, there was similarly a “Participant” who resisted mechanical games with their physical body.

At that time, there was also a man who stood in front of a mechanism and assumed a Muay Thai stance.

Unfortunately, at that time she herself was too afraid. Her heart was entirely focused on thinking about escaping and preserving her life—she didn’t remember that person’s voice or appearance at all.

Why did the “Land of Finality” always have people like this?

The next three iron balls, without exception, were all blocked by Qiao Jiajin at close range, then all fell in front of him.

What was originally a round with extremely high mortality probability was solved without a single injury by one person.

Qiao Jiajin lowered his head and counted the five iron balls at his feet, then looked into the distance at the two iron balls there. Only then did he realize the second round had already ended.

The cart-pushing team had also returned Ning Shiba to the starting point without a single injury.

Seeing this scene, Qiao Jiajin once again turned back, put his hands together toward “Military Music Star,” then bowed respectfully.

“Er Ge, righteousness and benevolence.”

“Military Music” also trembled once at this moment as if making a response, seeming to nod, then retracted its body, quietly returning to its original state.