LWGP - Chapter 80
Chapter 80: Drama Queen
The pile of foxes was too conspicuous, a sea of fiery red. But Liao Luo, red-named and reeking of blood, was no ordinary person. This was the first time he hadn't killed anyone on the road. He fled like a stray dog that had just snatched a bone and was afraid of being beaten to death, not caring how many people behind and around him were killed by the fox BOSS he'd attracted, or were surrounded, devoured, and consumed by the swarming fox minions.
He had to escape, he must escape!
On the other side, Wang Shu and the others, who had deliberately avoided Liao Luo's escape route, were also fleeing for their lives. In truth, Wang Shu's attributes were all around 50, which was considered upper-middle tier among the players on Huize Mountain. But compared to Dao Dao and the others, there was a gap, which became very clear when fleeing. They had also agreed not to do the whole "you wait for me, I'll wait for you" K-drama routine, so he was almost left behind in the first round. But perhaps because she had eaten a meal cooked by the fatty, Dao Dao—the haughty, aloof, and glamorous noblewoman among pigs who even dared to talk back to Wang Jiu—had a rare pang of conscience.
"Fatty, you're so slow. Get on, I'll carry you!"
"No, no, I'll slow you down."
"Cut the crap, hurry up!"
"Alright then."
"Fuck, you're so heavy, you pig! Get off, get off me now!"
"No, I won't! Dao Dao, run faster! The fox demon is coming!"
"Ah! You damn fatty!"
The players fleeing on Huize Mountain saw this scene and were shocked.
A fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy shouted to the woman next to him, who was holding a pig-butchering knife.
"Mom, Mom! Look, a pig demon is riding a pig spirit. Should we fight them?"
"Fight my ass! Your attributes aren't even over 20. Run!"
A middle-aged man dragged his wife, who was stuffing mushrooms into her pockets. "Oh, honey, forget the mushrooms! The pig demons are here, run!"
"Dinner, this is for dinner. White rice isn't nutritious. Mom and the kids need to eat tonight!"
"I'll help you pick them later, just run!"
Qiao Xuejing, who was ahead, heard this. She hadn't been running at her top speed, staying just close enough to hear Wang Shu and the others in case they ran into trouble and she needed to turn back to help.
But now, it seemed she had to turn back. If her precious Dao Dao and the Lucky Hand who had saved her life were attacked as pig demons, she would regret it forever.
But it was a good thing Qiao Xuejing turned back, because in that instant, she sensed someone rapidly approaching the person and the pig.
Clang! Qiao Xuejing's arrow knocked a thrown dart out of the air. She then took aim at a dark shadow in the woods. Whizz! The arrow flew. A muffled grunt came from the woods; the person was hit but fled quickly.
"Who was that!" Dao Dao and Wang Shu heard the commotion and looked back while running, only seeing a fleeing black shadow.
Qiao Xuejing: "I don't know. Seemed like a young man. Let's go."
It was only the first day, and all sorts of weapons and people were already showing their true colors. This kind of thing would only become more common. They would have to face both good and bad people; there was no need to dwell on every single one.
She didn't know how many people on Huize Mountain currently had higher attributes than her, so she didn't dare to be careless. However, she predicted that once she had fully absorbed the benefits from this normal dungeon, there probably wouldn't be many left.
Except for people like Liao Luo...
Suddenly, Qiao Xuejing realized something—where was Wang Jiu?
Liao Luo's attributes were far beyond ordinary, ranking among the top on Huize Mountain, but he shouldn't have been able to escape the pursuit of the little fox BOSS. The problem was that it wasn't the only BOSS on Huize Mountain. It was high-tier, but low-level. Some of the BOSSes on Huize Mountain that hadn't been eliminated after the invasion sensed its presence, and with treacherous and vicious intent, they suddenly ambushed it.
Liao Luo heard the fox's shriek. Without slowing his frantic pace, he glanced back and saw a sturdy black tiger with two golden-whip-like tails burst from the woods like it was crossing a mountain ridge, pouncing directly at the little fox BOSS.
Should he stay and watch the tiger and fox fight?
Liao Luo immediately extinguished this greedy thought. He could tell the black tiger was no match for the little fox. The attributes of a Silver-grade were too terrifying; even if the tiger could win, it couldn't catch it.
If he delayed his escape, he would just be sending himself to his death.
A murderous demon could be so rampant precisely because he was cautious and cunning, only striking when he was sure of his prey. And when he was the prey, he knew his own limits.
Escape first. Once back in the novice village, he would find Wang Jiu and the others, kill her, finish her off, and whip her corpse!
Liao Luo gritted his teeth in hatred. He saw the edge of the mountain's base below and pushed himself to go even faster. But the sounds of the battle behind him seemed too loud, as if...
He turned his head and saw the little fox and the black tiger erupt in bestial fury, biting and clawing as they crashed together into a pile of rocks.
Their thick hides protected them, but some of the rocks they knocked over began to tumble down like dominoes.
The rocks knocked over trees, and the broken trees rolled down the steep mountainside.
Rumble!
It was like a catastrophe!
As luck would have it, he was also in the danger zone. The main issue was the terrifying speed of the massive rolling boulders; when he looked back, one was about to hit him.
Swoosh! He activated Evasion, instantly dodging five or six meters away.
Liao Luo gritted his teeth and sped up...
At that time, at the foot of the mountain, some people had almost made it out. There were quite a few of them, but the atmosphere between them was a bit awkward and tense.
One group consisted of Lin Wumian's party of eight, mostly friends and family, along with a few dozen scattered teams. Opposite them was an elite team like He Ruguang's.
Besides He Ruguang and He Ming's team, there was another ten-person team, all of whom also seemed to have attributes averaging over 50. The way they looked at Lin Wumian's group was somewhat veiled.
The reason they hadn't made a move was, firstly, it was only the first day, and people's social morality hadn't completely eroded. Secondly, this Lin Wumian's attributes seemed... very strong.
They were from an earlier wave that had run down the mountain and happened to meet here. Originally, the opposing group was just a bunch of small fry, but with Lin Wumian's arrival, the situation became uncertain.
In truth, Lin Wumian and his group were also cursing inwardly. They had finally gotten rid of shit-stirrers like Pan Zhen in the afternoon and had a good dungeon run. Under their steady and elite captain's leadership, they'd received a decent rating and good loot. All eight of them had improved significantly, especially their captain, whose strength had soared. They had been planning to find another simple dungeon to try, but then they ran into the bad news of the 6 PM nightfall. That was fine, they could just not fight. But then they ran into these kinds of people!
But the standoff didn't last long. The commotion from above seemed immense.
Not good! Danger!
The experienced He Ruguang immediately led his people to retreat. The others also heard the noise from above and turned to look... Holy crap! Was the mountain collapsing?!
Looking up, they could see the spectacular scene of two BOSSes fighting for three hundred rounds at the very top.
They were still fighting!
"Run!"
As everyone shouted and was about to run, the sharp-eyed Lin Wumian suddenly saw rocks bombarding the forest. A figure reeking of blood was sprinting wildly through the trees. The moment he saw the person, they had already burst out of the woods.
It's him!
"The murderous demon, Liao Luo!"
"Run!"
Everyone was more scared of Liao Luo than of a BOSS. Just as they were about to run, they saw Liao Luo seem to fixate on Lin Wumian.
Firstly, the fox BOSS above was occupied. Secondly, Liao Luo had noticed Lin Wumian's improvement.
He had good stuff on him.
Lin Wumian seemed to realize he had become prey the instant he saw the look in the other's eyes.
"Run!"
Lin Wumian turned to run, but he quickly discovered that running was impossible. His 60 Agility was nothing in the other's eyes. He was here, bringing his longsword down in a leaping slash above his head in almost an instant.
Death was so close.
"Brother!!" Lin Wumian's younger brother cried out shrilly, his voice suddenly choked off as if his throat were squeezed. His pupils trembled, the thin film of his eyes seeming to reflect the person whose murderous intent was like a blade about to strike down his older brother... Swoosh!
An arrow.
It was a silent arrow, shot through the tumultuous chaos.
It evaded the butcher's terrifying perception, striking Liao Luo's left knee with the speed and force of a ricocheting needle.
120 Strength, 99 Stamina, a direct armor break!
Liao Luo, in mid-air, was horrified. He had no time to think about killing Lin Wumian; the moment he landed, he sprang up to run.
In that brief instant, he couldn't even think about who was trying to kill him, only following his instincts.
But... she was here.
A person and a blade, exploding with 140 Agility, leaped from a nearby tree, wielding a Tang sword in a jumping slash!
One slash, Heavy Strike!
Because of the severed arm!
First, cripple his left leg to damage his Agility, then injure his arm to weaken his combat power. Then, a series of swift attacks at 140 Agility, so fast her figure became a blur, brought the second slash down on Liao Luo.
Heavy Strike! Liao Luo countered with a level two Heavy Strike!
But he discovered... Boom!
He was knocked back.
Her Stamina was at least 90!
It should be higher than his.
Then that time she was bleeding from the corner of her mouth, it looked so real... Damn it, what a drama queen! (Doctor Lao Wang was simply too clinically experienced when it came to spitting up and bleeding. She could display it to others in three hundred and sixty-five different ways.)
Knocked back, Liao Luo turned to flee, but Wang Jiu was already in close pursuit, another slash...
Clang, clang, clang!
It was more than one slash. Although Wang Jiu's attributes were higher than his, her skills were far inferior. If she hadn't laid in wait, using her Agility advantage to strike his leg and arm like lightning, she might not have been able to win.
And as the two experts fought, Liao Luo was steadily forced back, but he was still strong enough to last more than a dozen rounds.
Especially in an environment with rocks and debris rolling all around.
Clang! This time, Liao Luo blocked. He didn't retreat, because he had planted his foot on a rock. His eyes glinted as if he was calculating something, showing no fear or worry of certain death. But suddenly, he saw Wang Jiu raise an eyebrow slightly.
"Your Evasion should still have three seconds on cooldown, right?"
Not good, how did she know?!
Could it be that while he was fleeing, she had been following him the entire time, monitoring his skill usage and cooldowns?
That was it. She had waited until just after he had used Evasion to dodge the rolling rocks before she suddenly struck.
Liao Luo was terrified. Before his body could react, he smelled a strong fishy stench behind him.
A massive, four-meter-tall Fishman Chieftain—fuck!—appeared with the halo of a card activation. Because during their fight, Wang Jiu had casually tossed the card with her other hand to a pre-calculated position. With such an intense battle and rocks rolling everywhere, Liao Luo naturally hadn't noticed it landing beside a stable boulder.
Then she forced him back with a slash, and just as she had predicted, he used the rock to block. And then... there was no 'and then'.
Squelch! A trident stabbed him from behind. Pinned between Wang Jiu and the rock, Liao Luo, who was already down to two-fifths of his health, was run through.
An instant kill.
In that instant, Liao Luo suddenly understood why she, despite having higher attributes than him, had insisted on feigning weakness.
1. She was luring him into using up his Puppet Cards, until he had no cards left to change the situation, while she herself still had one!
2. She knew his skills were powerful enough to offset the attribute gap, and she might still lose in a head-on fight.
3. She had even anticipated his Evasion, which he had kept hidden and only used to save his life.
With these three points combined, his death was certain!
Is this woman cheating? Does she have a special item helping her?
He asked the System.
System: "You have lost a level and are now level 8. You are not qualified to ask for information about someone of a higher level. Cultivate properly and stop trying to take shortcuts."
How fickle and ruthless.
You've been bribed by that woman, haven't you!
And how am I always taking shortcuts?
Being met with cold sarcasm the very first time he asked the System for this kind of information, Liao Luo almost coughed up blood in anger.
He was probably experiencing for the first time just how pragmatic and ruthless the System could be.
The murderous demon Liao Luo, who had become famous on Huize Mountain and infamous in several novice villages in just one day—how many people had he killed in total?
Over 120. His kill title was higher than Wang Jiu's—Overflowing with Evil for killing over a hundred people.
His Dark Reputation was already at 5 points.
Killing is a thrill, but killing the killer is an even greater thrill.
Just like killing a BOSS, the moment Liao Luo was killed, a shower of no less than thirty items burst out—all sorts of miscellaneous things, even condoms.
This son of a bitch had an astonishing amount of property. Indeed, robbing a bandit was the ultimate path to getting rich quick.
Wang Jiu didn't pay it much mind and just made two moves.
1. She raised her hand and swept up all the loot.
2. With her other hand, she grabbed Liao Luo's pant leg.
At this moment, Liao Luo hadn't revived and returned to the village yet, because it had all happened too fast.
Death comes like a tornado.
Hmm... he might also be like a gust of wind. The woman grabbed his pant leg and tossed him backward like a piece of trash. Since she couldn't camp his corpse, she threw his corpse, conveniently intercepting the BOSS from above, whose battle had just concluded.
Then, without another word, she took his property and fled like the wind.
And while he was in the air, he saw the baring-its-fangs-and-brandishing-its-claws little fox BOSS.
The black tiger behind it had already been dismembered, its chest and head torn open. He didn't know what had been eaten, but the snow-white-furred little fox had a mouth full of blood and flashed toward his corpse.
Revive and return to village!
As Liao Luo pressed the button, he could still feel the exhilarating sensation of his corpse being torn apart by claws and its organs devoured raw.
In those brief two or three seconds, Liao Luo, the cold-hearted killer who treated life like grass, got the full 100% experience of something both intensely sour and utterly foul.
Wang! Jiu!
I swear, we are irreconcilable enemies!
Wang Jiu didn't even think about Liao Luo's reaction. She didn't even go through the loot he dropped, because she was calculating the distance and time back to the village.
Yan Yanting wasn't wrong to call her a freak. She was indeed accustomed to calculating environmental factors to ensure her minimum and maximum conditions for survival.
But no matter how precisely she calculated, there was still an accident.
Outside the mountain, there were about three novice villages around Huize Mountain. Wang Shu and his group were from 443, and Wang Jiu was from 444. But Wang Shu's group had never been to 444 and didn't know where it was. With no communication tools, they didn't dare run too far, lest they lose contact with Wang Jiu.
But based on her Agility, she should have gotten out before them. Where was she?
Logically, Wang Jiu should have come out first and waited for them at the foot of the mountain.
Dao Dao: "Actually, I never thought that. I don't think she would."
Wang Shu: "What the fuck, is my Master that kind of person? Would she abandon me?"
Dao Dao cut straight to the point: "It wouldn't be the first time."
Wang Shu: "..."
Alright, he actually thought so too.
Qiao Xuejing couldn't stand it and said, "Don't overthink it. She hasn't opened her reward chests yet. Something probably delayed her."
Even her tactful words cut straight to the point.
Wang Shu had an epiphany. He suddenly looked down at his chubby hands, and after a moment, he carefully tucked them into his pockets.
Dao Dao: "..."
As they discussed, they held onto a sliver of hope and planned to wait a little longer. If that didn't work, they would return to 443 first and ask for directions to 444.
They couldn't waste time.
But they never expected, never in a million years!
It seemed they were surrounded.
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