Earth-Rabbit once again gathered all his strength and lunged toward Song Qi. Song Qi could only force himself to stay alert and respond defensively.

This time, Song Qi clearly changed tactics as well. He didn’t throw stone fragments at Earth-Rabbit’s body. Instead, he pinched a fragment between his thumb and index finger, aimed at Earth-Rabbit’s ear, and flicked it out.

He knew his “ammunition” was running low. Killing Earth-Rabbit would be extremely difficult. The only thing he could do now was try to damage Earth-Rabbit’s sensory organs as much as possible.

Whether it was his ears or eyes, destroying even one would create a crucial advantage for his other teammates.

Earth-Rabbit hadn’t expected this stone fragment to target his head instead of his massive body. For a moment, he didn’t have time to dodge and could only try to reach up and press one of his rabbit ears aside.

But his enormous palm touched that tiny stone in his panic, and the stone exploded upon contact, detonating right next to Earth-Rabbit’s sensitive ears.

*BOOM!!*

“Ahhh!!”

This time, Earth-Rabbit could no longer remain calm. He covered his ears and screamed in agony. He could only feel his ears ringing, all his hearing abandoning him in this moment.

Song Qi didn’t hesitate either. He pulled out all the remaining stone and wood fragments from his pocket, and after taking several deep breaths, threw them at Earth-Rabbit like a missile barrage.

Enormous sounds continuously echoed in the small room. Earth-Rabbit was knocked to the ground by the successive explosions, and the shirt on his body was almost completely destroyed.

At this point, he looked injured all over, but none of the wounds were severe.

Song Qi let out a breath, feeling this was his only chance. He absolutely couldn’t be merciful enough to wait for Earth-Rabbit to stand up again. So he endured his body’s exhaustion, waved away the thick smoke, and hurriedly rushed forward several steps.

Looking carefully, he saw that the shirt on Earth-Rabbit’s chest had been burned away in a large area, revealing the singed white fur on his chest and the small bamboo-like magical treasure hanging from his neck.

Song Qi’s brows furrowed tightly. Standing beside Earth-Rabbit, he directly reached out and grabbed for his chest, firmly grasping the bamboo treasure in his hand. Everything happened within a few seconds. Song Qi had made all the correct choices in mere moments.

Before Song Qi could collect himself, he saw Earth-Rabbit had already awakened from his severe pain.

He extended that powerful hand like a vise and gripped Song Qi’s wrist. This force was beyond human imagination, making Song Qi’s entire body unable to move.

“You’ve got quite the courage, kid… daring to get this close to me?”

Feeling the tremendous pressure on his wrist, sweat clearly dripped down Song Qi’s forehead.

“You think these little firecrackers can really kill me?”

Earth-Rabbit slowly stood up, his right hand continuously pinching Song Qi’s wrist, lifting Song Qi’s feet off the ground and suspending him in mid-air, like holding an ordinary handbag.

“You’re out of ammunition too… what else can you do?” Earth-Rabbit let out another cold laugh. “Let me start with you… ‘Explosive Combustion.'”

Hearing Earth-Rabbit’s cold laugh, Song Qi also slowly raised the corners of his mouth.

A dangerous aura emanated from Song Qi’s body. In that instant, Earth-Rabbit got the picture and cried out inwardly that something was wrong. This person seemed to have planned ahead… His objective this time wasn’t the bamboo on his chest at all.

“Who says I can’t explode… without explosives?”

Song Qi smiled faintly, extended his other hand in a tight fist, and viciously punched toward Earth-Rabbit’s nose bridge.

Because the two were extremely close, and Earth-Rabbit’s hand was still gripping Song Qi’s wrist, there was no room to dodge this punch at such close range.

*BOOM!!*

After Song Qi’s fist made contact with Earth-Rabbit’s nose, it suddenly burst forth with sparks, then triggered a moderate explosion.

Both Earth-Rabbit and Song Qi simultaneously let out muffled groans.

Earth-Rabbit released his grip on Song Qi’s hand. Song Qi hurriedly endured the severe pain, used his last bit of strength to grab the necklace on Earth-Rabbit’s chest, then used the explosion’s impact force to fall to the ground in the distance.

And that whistle treasure was now firmly grasped in his hand.

“Ah… cough cough… damn it…” Earth-Rabbit cursed while coughing up blood. It seemed this strike had indeed injured his nose and mouth. Even if a person’s body could be trained, facial organs wouldn’t become stronger through physical enhancement.

Suffering an explosion at this distance, Earth-Rabbit only felt his nasal cavity and mouth filled with fresh blood, achingly unbearable.

Song Qi wasn’t doing well either. His left hand that had just thrown the punch was now completely charred black. His fingers had also fractured at various bizarre angles. At this moment, he was lying on the ground biting down hard on his teeth, drenched in sweat from the pain.

The smell of burnt flesh continuously emanated from both Earth-Rabbit and Song Qi. Neither was doing well at the moment. It just depended on who could endure longer than the other.

“You really have some skills, kid…” Earth-Rabbit climbed up from the ground, then reached up to touch his chest, discovering the “magical treasure” needed to clear the game had disappeared.

Song Qi also gritted his teeth wanting to get up from the ground, but felt his left hand was abnormally painful. Burns, scalds, lacerations, and fractures all appeared simultaneously on one hand, making him feel his brain starting to grow dizzy.

Earth-Rabbit wobbled over to Song Qi’s front, lifted his thick leg and forcefully stomped down. Song Qi quickly rolled several times on the ground to dodge far away, then gritted his teeth and climbed up from the ground.

“Earth-Rabbit… if you provoke me again, I’ll give you another punch.” Song Qi said through gritted teeth.

“With you in such a sorry state from pain…?” Earth-Rabbit reached up and wiped the fresh blood flowing from his three-petaled mouth, instantly becoming a terrifying bloody-faced figure. “Won’t your subconscious resist the next attack? Hasn’t your ‘conviction’ wavered? Is your brain willing to let you experience that bone-deep pain again?”

The two confronted each other for several seconds, then both slowly began gasping heavily. It seemed Earth-Rabbit was also somewhat panicked. He had never expected the man before him would use a mutual destruction tactic and didn’t dare approach for the time being.

Song Qi was also in a difficult position now. Although he had obtained the last magical treasure, how could he transfer it to his other teammates?

The only teammates adjacent to him now should be Chen Junnan and Jiang Shi next door, but they had locked their door.

Song Qi turned his head to look around. All the doors in this room were closed. Could he send the whistle out?

“Wait… a tiny little whistle?”

Song Qi looked at this wooden stick slightly thinner than a finger and instantly had an idea. If this idea didn’t work, he could only admit defeat.

Taking advantage of Earth-Rabbit’s delayed reaction, he directly rolled the whistle treasure toward a door. The low door gap happened to be just enough for the whistle to pass through.

“You…!” Earth-Rabbit glared at that room, his pair of red eyes staring even more blood-red.

The whistle rolled rapidly on the ground until it completely disappeared into another room. Just then, the room’s broadcast sounded again.

“‘Participants’ action phase has ended. Now the ‘Zodiac’ will begin their action phase.”

Earth-Rabbit looked at Song Qi before him, knowing this person was somewhat of a desperate outlaw. He no longer planned to tangle with him and turned to walk toward the next room to retrieve the treasure.

But Song Qi reached out and grabbed Earth-Rabbit’s foot.

“Sorry, I’m still alive. You’re not going anywhere.” Song Qi smiled. “The only one who can reach that room is my teammate.”

“You’re asking for death…”

Song Qi lay on the ground, his face showing an expression of relief. “Hey… did you hear that? I threw it out! You guys quickly go get the treasure and escape this hellish place!!”

At this moment, Jiang Shi’s voice came from one side. “But you… which room did you throw it into?”

Hearing this, Song Qi slowly opened his eyes and sat up, looking with confusion toward the direction he had thrown.