GAMMT - Chapter 79
Chapter 79: The Louse
Fu Chuan, of course, knew that these mechanical pets were man-made and fully functional, but compared to natural pets of the mechanical race, they were ultimately just imitations.
When it came to mechanical pets versus mechanical race pets, the difference of a single word signified a gap of ten thousand miles.
Mechanical race pets: The mechanical race was one of the strongest among the tens of thousands of races. If the human race ranked among the top powerful races due to its vast numbers and decent average gene level, then the gene level of the mechanical race was far superior to that of humans, and their average racial strength was much higher than the human population.
Of course, this was a vast racial disparity, far beyond the scale of an empire or a province. Capturing a member of the mechanical race to be a pet was something even an Orange Blood noble family couldn't achieve with their full strength.
Mechanical pets: Imitations researched and produced by the Imperial Research Institute. Their upper limits were far below those of the mechanical race, but humans, well, they excelled at imitation. A good mechanical pet could be far more powerful than the average Blue Tier pet.
Of course, a pet's effectiveness still depended on whether its abilities matched its master's.
For example, the Little Locust Fu Chuan had obtained might not have been considered a good Blue Tier pet—its foundation was poor. But because she lacked mental power and sustained combat ability, it was a perfect match for her.
That was compatibility.
And since it was compatible, she invested resources into nurturing it.
She had managed to raise it up through sheer effort…
So, back to the matter at hand, what ability would this mechanical pet awaken?
Fu Chuan had specifically chosen a time when her body's functions were at their most complex and advanced; the gene level of this arm should be very high.
What effect would its blood have on its activation?
In fact, Fu Chuan was silently thinking to herself: First a locust, then a turtle in my gene talents. I feel like it's trying to tell me something. Thankfully, the turtle is just a gene talent for now, not a pet. But please, I beg you, don't let this mechanical pet be a duck or something!
"Ding, the mechanical pet egg has finished hatching."
The cold metal shell shimmered with iridescent light. Cracks appeared on its surface but didn't completely break it open. Below, crimson light flowed, revealing patterns that, at first glance, resembled a turtle shell.
No way, is it really a turtle?
A mechanical turtle? Or a teenage mutant ninja turtle?
Fu Chuan prayed silently as she picked up the pet egg. Perhaps sensing its master's touch, it responded, directly establishing a connection with Fu Chuan's spiritual body.
At the same time, its shell completely disintegrated, revealing the mechanical pet within.
Dazzling golden metal wings, fiery red streamlined patterns, beautiful claws and beak, all exuding a high-quality texture of brilliant gold and red.
Heavens, could it be a fire phoenix?
No, a turkey?
A very fierce, fat, and grumpy turkey?
If it's not a duck, it's a chicken?
Wouldn't Fu Chuan be furious? But no, she wasn't angry. Instead, she was stunned. "No way. A carrot after the stick? I don't have to go through the low-foundation, high-resource nurturing process like with Little Yellow? I get to start high and go higher?"
Although starting low and rising high was exciting, who wouldn't want to take a shortcut and get a pet with higher aptitude to begin with?
Fu Chuan picked up the "turkey" to check its stats.
Scarlet Glory Black Sparrow (Blue Tier Peak Mechanical Pet)
Level: 1.
Mental Power: 50,000
Strength: 100,000
Constitution: 50,000
Agility: 80,000
Skill 1: Angry Birds Metal Variant Bullet Pierce.
Skill 2: Fusion. After fusing with the master, can share 50% of the master's total attributes.
Skill 3: Energy Field. Can transform and release an energy field, absorbing over ten times its own energy capacity at once, then use Skill 1 to unleash a piercing burst, increasing damage tenfold.
Fu Chuan fell silent for a moment. Her heart was pounding violently. After calming herself, she murmured, "It's actually one of the most combat-oriented mechanical bird pets. Ferocious, sharp, but a massive energy consumer. It basically has to retreat to recharge or die in battle after one or two intense fights… A mechanical pet with low endurance but immense destructive power."
It had weaknesses, but its strengths were too obvious.
However… Fu Chuan smiled and looked down at her left hand.
It's effective, this left hand.
It must have sensed the element-absorbing ability of the Thousand-Net Star-Sucking Vine in her left hand during the bonding process, directly hatching the Scarlet Glory Black Sparrow, which was most in need of energy and endurance.
She was very satisfied with this result; it even exceeded her wildest hopes.
This was already in the category of the best Blue Tier pets. It was even noted as a Blue Tier Peak pet. Looking at its stats, its base attributes were nearly ten times higher than the Little Locust's, and it was a mechanical bird, a higher class of being than the biological Little Locust.
The difference was too great.
It was just that its appearance was a bit cute yet fierce, and its temper…
"Boss, just say the word! Who do you want me to fight? I'll go blow him up right now!"
The Scarlet Glory Black Sparrow stood with its wings on its hips, its thick eyebrows raised, showing Fu Chuan a very streetwise bird persona.
Fu Chuan felt a bit awkward. "Not for now. First, let's give you a name. Your companion is called Little Yellow, so how about Little Red for you?"
The Scarlet Glory Black Sparrow retorted, "Why don't you just call me Big Red?"
Fu Chuan: "Alright, Big Red."
The Scarlet Glory Black Sparrow: "?"
Ding, the mechanical pet bird has been successfully named: Big Red.
Big Red immediately flew into a rage, flames igniting on its metal feathers… but Fu Chuan swiftly stuffed it into her pet space.
Mainly because she was afraid it would explode.
But after putting it in, she heard Little Yellow's shriek… Do birds eat locusts?
"Don't you dare eat it, or I'll stew you."
Big Red, whose eyes were turning red as it stared at the locust, grew anxious, but then Fu Chuan added another sentence.
"You're a mechanical body. What can you even eat?"
"Huh? Oh right, I almost forgot. Don't worry, Boss, I'll just look, not eat."
But Little Yellow had already fainted from fright. Big Red squatted beside it, staring. "How about I give her some CPR or mouth-to-mouth resuscitation?"
It eagerly extended its beak… To hell with your mouth-to-mouth!
Little Yellow's body twitched. It quickly woke up and scurried into its little nest, ignoring the ferocious, stinky red bird.
Fu Chuan silently wondered: Can I even get them to fight together as a team?
Just as Fu Chuan was about to mediate the irreversible biological conflict between her two pets, she suddenly heard a noise from outside.
Someone was coming.
Fu Chuan's fundamental attributes hadn't increased significantly. The most obvious gains were Big Red and the reconstructed Thousand-Net left arm. But she could fuse with both Big Red and Little Yellow at the same time.
After the double fusion, her agility reached over 300,000.
Sometimes, the effect of a skill is greater than attributes.
But when attributes are too high, they can ignore the effects of skills, because the foundation of skills is, in fact, attributes.
Moreover, Fu Chuan had no shortage of methods for stealth and concealment. She hid herself well, and less than fifteen seconds later, two dark figures, reeking of blood, arrived.
It was truly a case of enemies crossing paths. It was Wei Mingtang and Yue Mingze. The scent of blood on them was fresh; it was unclear whether they had killed prisoners or other candidates. At that moment, a thread of blood in Wei Mingtang's palm was wriggling like a small snake, guiding them forward.
Fu Chuan understood immediately: I almost forgot that Wei Mingtang is a dark element user. Dark Arcane arts are naturally skilled at this. And she took my severed arm, didn't she? Using it as a catalyst for her Arcane arts.
As the two drew closer, Yue Mingze was already prepared. They had killed some candidates and prisoners along the way, raising their points a little, but it was nothing compared to the massive gains from killing high-level criminals or other important candidates.
"You said before that the person was Xie Keli. What proof do you have? Did you see through him directly? The person I saw looked more like Li Cang. After all, Li Cang is a light element Arcanist, which matches his abilities."
Yue Mingze asked. He knew Wei Mingtang's abilities were more focused on attack than observation. The one who truly excelled at observation was someone like Xie Yiyuan, who had inherited it from his ancestors.
"The reason is simple: Li Cang is stronger than you. How could he be forced by you to sever his own arm?"
Yue Mingze: "How do you know he's stronger than me? We haven't fought yet. Have you done a strategic analysis on him?"
"I briefly crossed paths with Xie Yiyuan. Li Cang, who is his equal and has competed with him for the top three spots several times without a clear winner, must at least have his baseline strength. And you haven't reached that line yet."
It was a simple analysis that required no other fancy observation skills.
Yue Mingze couldn't refute it and tacitly agreed. But when he saw Wei Mingtang suddenly stop, he immediately halted as well and quietly began to deploy his clones.
Found him?
Wei Mingtang pointed a finger at a corner of the wall ahead.
Yue Mingze immediately circled around to cut off the escape route, while Wei Mingtang released a terrifying corrosive poison mist that specifically targeted that wall.
The wall sizzled, and in an instant, a hole was corroded through it. Then, Wei Mingtang saw a piece of paper hidden inside the wall with a message left on it.
Wei Mingtang glanced at it, her expression strange. Yue Mingze flashed over. "What's going on? He ran? This paper… Fuck!"
On the white paper was a clearly drawn picture.
Two lines were drawn downwards, with two stick figures hanging from them, their tongues lolling out.
The two stick figures looked like two hanged ghosts, and their names were even written on their shoulders.
Their names.
And a line of text: You harmed the innocent, may you not have a good poop.
"What the hell!" Yue Mingze couldn't hold back the explosive temper and vulgar language he had brought from his humble origins. "Is he a child, playing with curses like this! And with a damn typo! He even wrote my name wrong and crossed it out."
The most toxic part was the typo! He felt this person was doing it on purpose. Was he resentful that he had injured his arm?
Such a childish method of cursing.
No wonder even Wei Mingtang was speechless.
Wei Mingtang seemed lost in thought, then said, "He has improved. He escaped, but he wasn't confident he could deal with both of us at the same time. His observation skills are too strong. We've been tracking him for a while now; let's not waste any more time. Let's go this way. To hunt that ape monster BOSS. The others should have already started teaming up to fight it."
She quickly led Yue Mingze away.
It wasn't that Fu Chuan wasn't confident she could handle both of them, but she had sensed another person not too far away—Hong Yan.
If a fight broke out, and he arrived, she would have to face three opponents at once.
Since she was still unsure of Wei Mingtang's true strength and Hong Yan's upper limits, she decided to temporarily avoid a potential three-way confrontation. So she deliberately "warned" them to give up the chase, which in turn led them away.
Soon after, Hong Yan, following the trail of Yue Mingze and the other, hurried over, and suddenly saw some commotion ahead.
A fight had broken out.
Boom!!!
A wall was blasted open, but using other walls and the corners of the corridor, the small team formed by Pang Ci and the others from the three cities was struggling to fend off the powerful firepower from the front in a guerrilla-style battle.
This was the third floor.
The candidates from the other three cities had mostly been eliminated long ago. Of the 4,000 candidates, a third were cut down on the first floor, then several hundred more were eliminated on the second, and finally came the sudden mass release of prisoners… Now, fewer than eight hundred remained, all forced back to the first, second, and third floors.
Now, ironically, the weaker ones were on the higher floors because they couldn't escape quickly. The faster ones were on the first floor, counter-encircling smaller groups of prisoners.
But it wasn't Pang Ci's group's fault for being slow; they had been ambushed.
"I'm telling you, there are prisoners everywhere now. We're all candidates, we should be cooperating! What are you doing blocking us? If we kill each other, won't the prisoners be the ones laughing?"
Pang Ci had shed his usual dark assassin disguise, revealing his exceptional gift of gab as he tried to persuade the other party.
"Most of the prisoners have been split up by Xie Yiyuan and the others using a strategy. They've been led to the first and second floors. There are only a few on the third floor."
Pang Ci: "Then go fight them! Don't you want the points?"
"You shorty, do you think I'm stupid? Don't you guys have point items on you?"
"We really don't."
Just as the two were talking, explosions suddenly erupted.
"Fuck, you shorty, you're despicable!"
"Screw you! Didn't you guys from Luoyu City send people too? Two of them!"
Luohe Sanqian emerged from behind the enemy, having been lying in ambush, while two space-element assassins also appeared from behind Pang Ci's group.
In fact, it wasn't just people from Luoyu City. The opposing group had more members and was pressing them hard. If it weren't for the special advantage of Lin Hangjing's little white goose, which provided a significant boost, and Liu Yun's powerful healing support, they wouldn't have survived this long.
People who had fought together before actually had better chemistry.
Because they knew each other's strengths and weaknesses.
But it seemed this was the end of the road.
The enemy was too strong.
The group was surrounded again, and just as they were about to be wiped out, Pang Ci bluffed with a big name again. "Don't you forget my big bro! My big bro is Xie Keli! He's powerful, sinister, and shameless! If you kill us, he'll find out and he definitely won't let you off! Haven't you heard? Everyone on the road has been saying he has the strength of a first-tier candidate. Think about it, are your heads hard enough!"
"I'm his favorite little brother! And here are his two favorite pretty sisters, big and small, and his favorite old healer…"
Shen Qixi and Lin Hangjing: "…"
Liu Yun: "??"
Wu Xiaomei: What does he mean? Am I not pretty?
"First-tier? You must be joking. Enough nonsense, kill them!"
With a single command, an overwhelming wave of attacks came rushing towards them…
But at that moment, a ball of fire descended, enveloping Pang Ci's group and easily blocking the attacks of the twenty people in front.
Then, Hong Yan emerged from a side corridor amidst a swirling mass of magma.
Holy crap!
Who in Beluke Province didn't recognize him?
The publicly acknowledged top-three powerhouse of the province. Both sides were trembling with fear.
"You're Xie Keli's people?"
Pang Ci and the others, their hearts still pounding, were puzzled when they saw Hong Yan's seemingly pleasant expression. What's going on? Does Xie Keli know him?
But… given Xie Keli's past reputation, their thoughts were all aligned: They must be enemies, right?
Forget it, they're 100% enemies.
What friends could Xie Keli possibly have?
Even Shen Qixi silently guessed that the person before them had ulterior motives, and they were not good.
Pang Ci quickly distanced himself: "No, we're just pitiful people forced by him. If we weren't pushed to the brink, in a society governed by law, who would call someone else their big bro? By the way, big bro, are you looking for little brothers?"
The people from Luoyu City: That's not what you said just now!
His sycophantic expression was so vivid that Hong Yan laughed, squinting as he swept his gaze over the crowd. "I was just thinking about whether to capture you all to lure that bastard Xie Keli out to his death. Since you have nothing to do with him, then there's no need for you to live."
With a flick of his finger, the magma beneath him suddenly surged, rapidly spreading towards the group from the three cities.
The people from Luoyu City were overjoyed. Oh! The three cities are about to be wiped out! Finally, some payback.
But before they could celebrate, a terrifying heat wave washed over them. Damn it! This Hong Yan is sending magma their way too! He's going to slaughter everyone!
Both sides were scared to death, but there was no escape. The magma was too fast, so fast… and the poisonous gas released by the magma had a negative status effect. They were all basically poisoned, their movement speed reduced by 40%.
It's over!
As she faced death, Shen Qixi remembered what her mother had asked her: If there was a shortcut to the heavens, allowing you to gain stronger talents and power, so you would no longer be treated like an ant by others, would you take it?
At the time, she had firmly said no.
To be honest, that belief had remained steadfast until now, because she knew that such a path to power would likely come at the cost of being separated from her mother.
It wasn't worth it.
But, deep down, she had always been competitive since she was a child. Because of her sensitive and mature nature, she couldn't play with other naive classmates. And because her father was unknown, she had suffered from some people's suspicions and scorn. She always felt she had to be more outstanding to overcome certain barriers…
But I'm still so far behind.
Was it like when my mother was forced to flee to Jingyang with me, gave birth to me under difficult circumstances, and raised me while facing the pressure of being found and humiliated by that man…
Lately, her mother had been bringing up such things often, and there was Xie Siyi's meaningful hint. Would they have to face each other in the future?
Like this, how can I protect her and the people on my grandmother's side?
Shen Qixi didn't close her eyes and wait for death. Instead, she stared intently at the boiling magma, her fists clenched, her heart feeling as if it were on fire…
Boom!!
The magma crashed down, just inches from their faces and bodies.
They had basically decided to withdraw from the competition to avoid such agony.
But at that very moment…
"Little dwarf, duck."
A slow, slightly hoarse voice came through, a bit soft, like a breeze drifting through the pines in a courtyard on a summer evening.
It was somewhat soothing.
In any case, it soothed the hearts of the group of shorties from Suming City. Many of them subconsciously felt the urge to… duck.
Then they saw streams of light, like shooting lasers, pierce directly through the magma and shoot towards Hong Yan's face.
The reason she told Shen Qixi to duck was because the light streams were dense, passing through the space where their upper bodies were. If they didn't duck, their bodies would have been pierced before the magma could cover them—of course, maybe she could have controlled and redirected them?
Who knew? In any case, the light streams were like a dense net of blades, cutting straight through the magma.
Huh? But the magma was liquid; it should have flowed through the gaps in the light streams…
But it had undergone Steel Transformation. The light streams that entered the magma, after transforming into steel, had to some extent affected the surrounding magma, also releasing some steel transformation effects—mainly because the composition of magma was far more complex than ordinary liquids.
This caused the magma, which was already forced to pass through the net, to become clogged by the solidified chunks of magma.
Everyone watched as the terrifying magma was blocked in front of them. Only a small amount leaked through the gaps in the light net, but without the push from the magma behind it, its speed was gone. They could easily dodge it.
A narrow escape from death!
"Be careful!" Lin Hangjing was the first to see the person who had just spoken. She knew who it was and saw her appear from the corridor. But in the next second, Xie Keli, who had gone to great lengths to block the magma, had effectively given the first move to Hong Yan.
A waterfall of magma suddenly fell from above her…
It was too sudden, crashing down in an instant.
Que Baige had a thought at that moment: Fuck, Xie Keli, you dead scum, you finally get to experience what I did.
However, it seemed it wasn't quite the same.
Splat. The viscous magma hit the ground, instantly scorching it. Searing heat filled the corridor. Fu Chuan, who had dodged, saw Hong Yan take shape from within the magma. He didn't probe, nor did he test Fu Chuan's depth with preliminary moves. Instead, based on his previous experiences and the rumors he had heard, he judged that this Xie Keli's strength was at the forefront of the first tier, perhaps second only to a few of them.
"You really are the one pulling the strings behind the scenes. You got the treasure from the sixth floor, you've probably caught up to us by now, right? No wonder you're no longer sneaking around with dirty tricks and dare to face me head-on."
As he spoke, Hong Yan's left hand activated his pet space to summon his pet. From the magma beside him, a five-meter-long Blue Tier Peak pet, the Infernal Red Lizard, suddenly crawled out.
And it was level 30.
Its stats had basically climbed to the level of two to three hundred thousand.
Its fiery red body radiated a ferocious heat, its huge head glowed red, and when it opened its mouth, a beam of red light shot out.
Simultaneously, a small fire spirit appeared above Hong Yan's head, accelerating the absorption of nearby fire elements and increasing the damage of his fire-type Arcane arts by 30%.
"Fuck! A fire spirit!"
"Run!"
A fire spirit in combat mode was a huge bug for enhancing strength, coupled with the formidable Infernal Red Lizard.
The super-destructive power of the man, pet, and spirit combination instantly engulfed the corridor in crimson firelight, melting even the walls.
The others had long since retreated in fear, but they also saw a powerful aura erupt from Xie Keli, who was being targeted by the fierce attack.
Two pets had fused with her. Her strength and constitution attributes both soared to 200,000, and her agility exceeded 300,000.
The reason she didn't let them out to fight was, first, Little Yellow was not a combat-type pet at the moment, and second, Big Red was only level 1. Its stats and level were at a disadvantage, its skills wouldn't be effective, and it would be easily targeted.
And if Little Yellow was released without protection, it would also be easily killed.
So, their greatest utility at present was to fuse, providing Fu Chuan with powerful attribute support and reducing the attribute gap between her and geniuses like Hong Yan.
But, didn't that mean she was fighting one against three?
The red light was already upon her, but Fu Chuan had anticipated it. The wings on her back spread, and she spun into the air. Boom! The red light shattered an entire wall, blasting a four-meter-deep hole. But Hong Yan was extremely fast and had also anticipated her dodge. He had a BUFF ready in his left hand—a speed reduction delay!
But just as he was about to cast it… Bang!
Interrupt.
Interrupt successful, speed reduction failed.
However, Hong Yan formed a seal with his right palm, instantly creating an Arcane Truth ring!
Not good, the speed reduction was a feint. The instant-cast Arcane Truth ring was his real goal.
Support-type Arcane Truth: Darkness Descends.
This was the bane of light element Arcanists, directly weakening their affinity for light, causing them to lose their connection to the light element. This would effectively block her from using her light-type Arcane arts, and then he would deliver the fatal blow!
Darkness did indeed descend, and the ring dropped directly from above Fu Chuan's head…
Pang Ci and the others watched the battle, wishing they could burrow into the ground to help Fu Chuan dodge.
In the next second, a ring did indeed appear around Fu Chuan's body, and her action of casting an Arcane art was interrupted.
A perfect opportunity!
At this moment, the fire Arcane spirit had finished charging, and powerful fire elements surged into the bodies of Hong Yan and the Infernal Red Lizard.
The Infernal Red Lizard also activated its strongest skill with its master: Volcano Giant.
This was also a fusion skill.
Hong Yan's body was instantly covered in the complete scaled hide of the fire lizard, looking fierce, terrifying, and domineering. With a grasp of his hand, the fire Arcane spirit transformed into a crimson flame blade.
That's right, the small spirit was also known as a weapon spirit; it could enter a weapon and become a weapon spirit to enhance its power.
The crimson flame blade was raised, and all the released magma flowed back into it.
A leaping slash!
Luohe Sanqian's eyes lit up: This Hong Yan previously seemed like a pure caster who liked to control magma, but in reality, he always liked to get close to his prey when controlling it. I guessed he was a melee fighter himself—and indeed, his strongest attack is a melee one.
This single slash could easily one-shot an elite LV45, and could also heavily injure or even kill an opponent at Yue Mingze's level.
But he was clearly wary of Xie Keli; otherwise, he wouldn't have charged up and unleashed his ultimate move on his second or third attack. He wanted to save time and not give him any chance to pull tricks—Xie Keli's combat reaction time was too strong. A surprise hard-hitting kill was actually the most effective method.
And Fu Chuan was currently under the control of the Darkness Descends ring…
The blade came straight for her head.
As the blade neared, she suddenly opened her eyes and looked at the majestic Volcano Giant.
Wrong, she's not under control! Fuck!
That ring was a fake one she simulated with light streams. The real ring must have missed!
This old schemer!
He must have a big move. I have to dodge!
Hong Yan reacted instantly, but it was too late for him in mid-air. He could only try to extend his fiery red magma wings to change his trajectory…
But the problem was, where were the elements?
Why the hell are all the elements gone!
A stunned Hong Yan couldn't summon the fire elements to deploy his wings, meaning he had lost his ability to dodge in mid-air and could only continue his leaping slash.
Countering an attack with an attack!
Beneath the blade, a thousand light streams instantly shot out.
"Slash!"
With a ferocious slash, most of the light streams were cut in half by the powerful attack. But it was impossible for a single attack to destroy a group attack. A portion of the light streams shot directly at his body.
He had already estimated the piercing power of the light streams, and his fused constitution defense had reached 350,000 attribute points. These light streams couldn't possibly break through his armor!
Indeed, ping, ping, ping, the dense light streams landed on his scales like raindrops on a glass window… Have you ever seen a light rain break a window?
Unless… one of the light streams instantly changed its density, pierced through the density layer of his defensive armor, and got inside.
Hong Yan's expression changed. He immediately tried to expel this light stream, but it was too late. From within, it released an even more slender vine.
Hiss, hiss, hiss. The life energy in his body was being sucked out as if by a high-powered water pump, gurgling out to strengthen the vine itself.
In just one or two seconds, before he could decisively sever his own arm to save himself, the strengthened Thousand-Net Star-Sucking Vine followed a flick of Fu Chuan's finger.
"Little brother Hong Yan, you were wrong."
"I didn't just catch up to you. I've already surpassed you."
Swish!
The vine pierced through his chest.
Hong Yan's pupils trembled, and the others were also stunned…
An instant kill?
Did he withdraw?
No, he teleported.
Fu Chuan and the others watched as, just before his heart was pierced, a teleportation circle activated beneath his feet and instantly transported him away.
Everyone: "?"
That's possible?
Fu Chuan realized: An Arcane Teleportation Gate? He even learned such a rare, number one escape Arcane art. Could it be a treasure from the prison?
But it should be a level one teleportation gate, which should be sufficient in such a restricted environment.
What a pity, she couldn't kill him directly… The three giants of the first tier were indeed hard to kill.
They had treasures of their own.
Fu Chuan's face darkened. She suddenly said to the overjoyed Pang Ci and the others, "Strip!"
Strip what? My big bro, this isn't very appropriate.
While everyone was confused, they saw Fu Chuan's other hand… light streams flew out, killing all the people from Luoyu City who were trying to escape.
Pang Ci immediately took off his pants, revealing his short legs.
Fu Chuan: "?"
"Strip off your equipment! He wants us to take off our equipment. If you have any spare equipment, give it to him too." Shen Qixi reacted the fastest, immediately removing her equipment.
Fu Chuan glanced at her. She hadn't intended to take hers, but this little dwarf was quite stubborn, directly handing over her equipment.
Ah, she probably figured out that I need metal.
Fu Chuan didn't dwell on it. She collected all their equipment, as well as the items dropped by the people from Luoyu City, and was about to leave when, suddenly.
Lin Hangjing said, "Can we deposit our point items with you? You can take a 10% storage fee. This way, we'll be walking around with zero points. Even if we're eliminated, we'll still have our points, and it will be worth continuing to take risks. Otherwise, the risk doesn't match the reward, and we'd have to withdraw now."
It was always the quiet ones who had the sharpest minds.
Look at this idea she came up with, it was so feasible!
Fu Chuan was also surprised by her thinking. "Aren't you afraid I'll take it all for myself?"
Lin Hangjing glanced at her. "Killing us would be a legitimate way to take it. Agreeing and then keeping it would tarnish your moral reputation."
"What reputation?"
"…"
Sorry, my mistake. The moment Lin Hangjing said that, she felt her words were not quite right.
It seemed this person didn't have much of a moral reputation to speak of. Maybe she really wasn't afraid.
But after spending this time with him, they always subconsciously felt that Xie Keli was sometimes a good person.
As long as she didn't speak, didn't act, didn't cause trouble… forget it.
Fu Chuan directly took their point items and quickly left.
With the pressure gone, the people left behind were no longer afraid of taking risks, even though they had no equipment.
"Let's go rob others… Let's rob for equipment first!"
These people's path took a deviant turn. Shen Qixi, however, subconsciously pressed her heart.
That feeling just now…
Right, what was Captain-Miss going to do now?
Was she going to kill prisoners for points, or hunt other geniuses?
Why did she feel that this person wasn't in a hurry at all after Hong Yan escaped?
But the people outside were probably dying of anxiety.
The hunting ground was indeed in a massive uproar, because Xie Keli was getting stronger too quickly.
At this moment, Fu Chuan was not in a hurry, because a tendril of the vine remained inside Hong Yan's body. She could sense it. Even if its activity later decreased and she lost contact, the light streams she had sent out were already in pursuit.
So, she knew exactly where Hong Yan was.
And her speed… was faster than his!
At this moment, there were 21 minutes left until the end of the exam.
Fu Chuan glanced at the time. It only took her 35 seconds to catch up to the fleeing Hong Yan. Silently, she passed through a wall and transformed into a tiny louse, landing in the crevices of Hong Yan's hair.
Just like that, she ran along with him…
At this moment, Hong Yan was still unaware. He was only processing the fact that he had been defeated by a member of a minor branch of the Xie Clan. He quickly made a decision—find someone to team up with and take her down!
But the question was, who to find?
It had to be one of the top few.
The proud Hong Yan had never deigned to team up with others before, but after being thrashed, he quickly lost his integrity and soon found someone.
"Don't attack. Let's team up to deal with Xie Keli. I was defeated by him."
When Hong Yan appeared before Li Cang, the latter was leading Li Yu and others in surrounding a group of a dozen criminals, beating them one-sidedly.
Hong Yan's sudden appearance startled the others, but Li Cang remained calm, observing him. He could probably tell that Hong Yan's aura was unstable and that he had just been in a fierce battle, but he had already recovered from his injuries on the way—at their level, their genes were powerful, their recovery ability was strong, and they had no shortage of potions.
But he hadn't expected the other party to be so direct.
Before he could say anything, Li Yu, Donglong Zhao, and the others exclaimed that it was impossible.
Hong Yan had never paid much attention to these people before. Seeing their disbelief, he sneered, "Do you think I'm so bored that I'd admit to being defeated by a kid from a garbage star?"
"Li Cang, team up or not? If you don't agree, I'll find someone else."
Li Cang frowned. "Why don't you go find Xie Yiyuan? Given the internal conflicts within their Xie Clan, he and this Xie Keli are incompatible. He'd be happy to kill him."
"Do you think I don't understand you great nobles? No matter how much you fight internally, you still have clan rules. You won't fight among yourselves when there are external enemies. Otherwise, you'll be judged and punished by the council of elders. This is the fundamental principle that keeps a family from falling apart."
"This exam is broadcasted. Everyone outside knows what's happening. Xie Yiyuan isn't an idiot."
Fine. Li Cang thought for a moment and accepted Hong Yan's invitation, but he asked one question: "He didn't catch up to you, did he? You shook him off?"
"Nonsense. If I hadn't shaken him off, I'd eat this wall."
He had used a teleportation circle once, which had a cooldown. It pained him to use it, but it was a secret technique he couldn't tell Li Cang and the others about.
But he was very confident that he had indeed shaken off Fu Chuan.
At this moment, Fu Chuan, who was on his body: "…"
Speaking of which, the reason Fu Chuan didn't KO Hong Yan on the spot was that she wanted to use him as a hiding place. By hiding on him, neither the observation-specialist Xie Yiyuan nor that Wei Mingtang would rashly scan a powerful opponent they were already familiar with.
It was a classic case of hiding in plain sight.
And Fu Chuan was hiding here, certain that Hong Yan would seek out an opponent to team up with…
She was infiltrating the enemy's ranks to carefully observe the other opponents.
Even if she could defeat Hong Yan now, she had to be careful. What if there was a dark horse or someone with a hidden trump card among the remaining geniuses?
The common folk could produce a Wei Mingtang, but it wasn't impossible for an Orange Blood family to produce an even stronger dark horse.
There were 18 minutes left.
All the ferocity was surfacing as time ticked away… but this team seemed a bit strange.
As Fu Chuan observed, she noticed that most of the team members were light element Arcanists.
Except for Donglong Zhao and Hong Yan, who had joined midway, the rest were mostly light element Arcanists.
Perhaps this was a characteristic of the Li Family, a matching of light elements.
Or maybe it was for a coordinated ultimate move of the same element.
Fu Chuan pondered the options for such a move in her mind, also observing Li Cang. She found that there was nothing wrong with him, but he was probably only slightly stronger than Hong Yan, because he was hesitant about Hong Yan and tried to avoid leaving his back exposed to him while fighting the criminals.
He himself was quite righteous and didn't try to exploit Hong Yan's weaknesses or get close to his unguarded back.
He was a gentleman of sorts.
"According to you, this Xie Keli is skilled in observation and speed. We probably can't catch him for an assassination. Let's go for the BOSS first. I wasn't confident before you joined, but now we can try."
The ape monster BOSS was currently the BOSS with the highest point value. Killing it would likely drop something good. None of them weren't greedy for it, so they were all frantically farming small mobs to accumulate points and protection, waiting to go big at the end.
But if they were confident, it was of course better to go sooner rather than later.
Let's go!
This group of people, now full of fighting spirit, set off to find the great ape, completely unaware that their team was currently the strongest one—including a certain louse, they had three top-tier powerhouses.
Three minutes later, the first floor of the prison was clearly divided. The left side was occupied by the ape monster BOSS and other powerful criminals, who had already slaughtered many candidates. On the right side was Xie Yiyuan's team, consisting of his Xie Clan subordinates. In front of them was the team of Yun Baobao and Zhang Doudou, and there was also… Wei Mingtang and Yue Mingze's team.
Except for the latter two teams, which were duos, the other teams had basically absorbed many candidates for their own use. Below them were smaller, second-rate teams stubbornly surviving on their own.
The situation was rather awkward for the Que Family. Que Baige had suddenly gone quiet, leaving their people without a leader and completely scattered. Later, Que Baimo came out to rally people, but he wasn't strong, his methods were poor, and he was timid. They encountered some prisoners along the way, were badly beaten, and scattered in all directions. Only a very small number of them were gathered here now.
So everyone had arrived.
Hong Yan turned and glanced at Li Cang. "Without me, you'd still be down there farming small mobs, not even getting the scraps."
The crowd, who had arrived early for the scraps: "…"
And the ape monster BOSS, the final target: "?"
His temper has gotten worse after taking a beating. No wonder he has no friends and no team.
Fu Chuan sighed inwardly, but then she realized that the persona of Xie Keli was even more disliked than him. She just said "strip," and those people from the three cities acted as if she were forcing them into prostitution. Their minds were so unhealthy.
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