Chapter 1032 Weak Swallows Strong
Fanrong Island, the name says it all.
Fan means fence, and rong means useless.
This island is located in a remote sea area, with no other islands within a radius of thousands of miles. Perhaps it is because of this reason that the spiritual energy in this area is all concentrated on Fanrong Island, resulting in the island having favorable weather and extremely rich resources.
Even without any human cultivation, the natural produce on the island is enough to provide for the residents.
Even several large warehouses on the island are filled with food, which slowly rots without anyone caring.
And this situation seems to have continued since the birth of the Congyun Sea.
This has resulted in a phenomenon: the residents of Fanrong Island have no survival pressure. Apart from eating and sleeping every day, the most common activity is an event called "Wrestling Challenge."
The participants fight each other naked, and the winner will obtain the social status of the loser for a month: they will gain the right to dispose of the loser's assets and exercise the loser's social power.
Apart from not doing any harm to the island, there are no other taboos.
During this month, the loser can only watch as the winner becomes another version of themselves.
They can spend their own wealth or sleep with their own wives...
Of course, if they feel dissatisfied, they can challenge again after a month.
However, if they lose again the second time, the duration will double to two months.
And so on.
As the only and most popular entertainment activity on the island, the Wrestling Challenge attracts almost all the people on Fanrong Island.
People cheer and applaud, the participants are full of fighting spirit, and their families are extremely nervous.
However, after the most recent Wrestling Challenge, something unbelievable happened.
The winner, in front of everyone, turned into the loser!
And the original loser disappeared for no reason in front of everyone!
Even more strangely, despite such bizarre occurrences, the residents of the island continued the Wrestling Challenge without stopping.
On the contrary, their enthusiasm grew stronger.
To win over someone entirely, what could be more exciting than this?
Initially, people did view this new Wrestling Challenge with this mindset.
But soon, they realized that something was wrong.
Panic began to spread across Fanrong Island.
But the Wrestling Challenge did not stop because this game was no longer under their control.
Under the mysterious atmosphere that engulfed the island, at least half of the population engaged in a Wrestling Challenge every day. It was enforced regardless of the willingness of both sides.
The loser disappeared, and the winner transformed into the appearance of the loser.
Not only did their physical appearance change, but even their physical abilities also changed accordingly.
Only internally, the winner still remained dominant, consuming the memories of the loser.
And during the challenge, the mentality of both sides was also affected. They would fight with all their strength and would not intentionally admit defeat.
As time passed, and the Wrestling Challenge continued, the population on the island rapidly decreased.
Some people couldn't bear it and chose to end their lives.
Those who remained went through one challenge after another, continuously changing their identities.
When Li Fan finally found the only survivor on Fanrong Island and sorted out the chaotic memories in his mind, he couldn't help but feel a surge of fear.
The dark and mysterious power of Fanrong Island had disappeared.
And the one standing before him, looking like a cylinder, with facial features almost engulfed by flesh, and only a few vertical lines visible, was the final winner.
This person was originally the weakest existence on Fanrong Island.
Due to their excessive weight, they could barely move their arms and body. They couldn't even fight back in the Wrestling Challenge. They could only endure the beating and lose the competition.
But the will within this body was a collection of over ten thousand people from Fanrong Island. And the dominant force within it was the absolute winner who had been victorious all along.
Every victory seemed to allow them to consume and enhance themselves from the opponent. Now, the weight they carried within the collective will was stronger than the combined weight of everyone else.
However, after experiencing such a nightmare, this flesh mound was on the verge of collapsing.
Sitting dumbfounded on the ground, with a face full of confusion.
It was just when Li Fan appeared in front of him that he instinctively wanted to initiate a Wrestling Challenge.
And in that moment, Li Fan faintly felt a dark force emanating from the other person's body, as if invisible tentacles were about to attach to him.
But with a cold snort, Li Fan concealed his trace, avoiding the looming threat.
The fat man continued to sit there dumbly.
Li Fan had a premonition that if he didn't dodge the recent Wrestling Challenge, after becoming the winner, he would also become like the person in front of him.
As for whether his cultivation and realm would remain, it was unknown.
"This ability..."
Li Fan immediately thought of Moru Bin's Mirror Replacement.
However, what happened on Fanrong Island was clearly weaker and had more restrictions than Moru Bin's ability.
But if used properly, it was still an extremely formidable ability.
Although it seemed that the Wrestling Challenge would ultimately cause the winner to continuously regress in a weaker direction...
This was under the condition of the strong defeating the weak.
But what if the weak defeated the strong?
Wouldn't they, step by step, achieve a rapid transformation of strength through this ability?
Generally, the weak are defeated, and the strong are victorious.
But for Li Fan, there are too many ways to achieve victory over the strong with the weak.
Thinking of this, Li Fan couldn't help but become interested.
He casually grabbed a Foundation Establishment cultivator, disregarding their terrified gaze, and directly immobilized them with a binding insect. Then he threw them in front of the fat man.
Driven by instinct, the fat man invited the Foundation Establishment cultivator to a Wrestling Challenge.
Even though the fat man could hardly move his body, it was controlled by a powerful soul.
He looked at the healthy but immobile body in front of him, and his previously confused eyes suddenly burst into a fierce survival light.
Struggling for almost half a day, he finally completed the challenge.
However, to his immense disappointment, although he won the competition, he did not transform into the appearance of the other person.
Puzzled, he soon understood the reason.
Because this challenge was not fair.
External forces had interfered with the competition...
So, the result of the match was invalid!
Realizing that there were still other people hidden on the island, he immediately understood... and the means that could immobilize people were likely the legendary immortals!
Thinking of this, he was suddenly filled with excitement.