Chapter 60

Chapter 60

Chapter 60

The thick night still stretched endlessly. Su Ziyan, entrusted with an important task for the first time, was extremely nervous. His eyes were tightly covered, and when footsteps sounded again, he immediately held his breath and listened closely.

Xi Yu, holding his hand beside him, was equally anxious. But hearing was something that couldn’t be improved by effort. At this moment, besides relying on the boy next to him, there really was no other choice.

After three seconds, Su Ziyan finally frowned and raised his hand to point in a direction.

Xi Yu immediately led the way and stepped forward toward that direction.

Luo Xi, who was sensing the progress through the heartstring effect, was very satisfied: "I praise you."

Xi Yu: "…Praise me for what?"

Luo Xi smiled, "Praise is praise, why worry about the content? Be careful with everything. I will also try this method."

Xi Yu chuckled and sighed.

Su Ziyan took shaky steps: "Big brother, what are you laughing at? Do I look stupid?"

"Very impressive. We really have to rely on you," Xi Yu quickly sweet-talked him to prevent him from slacking off.

Su Ziyan chuckled: "It’s the first time someone said that to me. I usually rely on luck."

Xi Yu: "What if your luck runs out? People need strength to protect what’s important to them."

"But aside from wanting to survive, I have nothing to protect," Su Ziyan murmured to himself, "I always feel everything in Yuntai is just a dream. Maybe one day it will be reset, and my dream will end..."

Hearing this nonsense, Xi Yu’s eyes showed a trace of melancholy.

Of course, he didn’t like anything about Yuntai, but trying to overthrow the company’s rule, his own strength was as flimsy as an ant trying to stop a cart.

So far, he could only care about Luo Xi alone, at least for the chance at this championship…

For the first time, Xi Yu vividly realized the separation that would come sooner or later, suddenly feeling confused: What does Luo Xi think about fate and the future? If they ultimately part ways, will she still remember him?

Fortunately, the deafening pounding footsteps sounded again, interrupting all the wild thoughts.

Su Ziyan stopped, frowned, carefully distinguished again, then adjusted the moving direction, continuing toward the destination with Xi Yu’s support.

Unfortunately, Xu Tu, separated by the nightmare mission, was not so lucky.

Although Bai Qi’s already frozen corpse still clung tightly to her, Xu Tu had no one to communicate with nearby. This visually useless maze was a huge obstacle for her. The usually proud Miss Tu had panicked for the first time in such a mission.

She worried relying on others wouldn’t bring good results, so she mustered courage to light a torch, doing her best to distinguish all paths and the way ahead.

Unfortunately, the changes of ice-sculpted trees and snowdrifts inside this dungeon were completely random. Every time they moved, Xu Tu felt even more desperate.

Exhausted and short of breath, she couldn’t help but sit down on a slightly flat spot, frowning at the dark and lightless sky, thinking silently: Boss, Xi Yu, where are you… At least two hours have passed now. If we really fail the mission in the end… won’t it be because Bai Qi and I caused trouble for you… After all, with your abilities, just surviving on the icefield would be much easier than for others…The more Xu Tu thought about it, the deeper her frustration grew. She finally decided to take a desperate risk, forcefully tearing off the fur collar from her cotton coat, lighting it with her torch, and throwing it up desperately!

This way, if anyone was nearby, they would be drawn closer...

As for who it would be, that was left to fate.

Xu Tu held a knife in one hand and wearily pounded her leg with the other. After about two minutes, she indeed heard faint footsteps.

But what she completely did not expect was that the figure appearing in the torchlight was actually Zhao Zhusheng.

Xu Tu had never played games with this kid. Although she had seen two live streams of Greedy Inn before, she had long forgotten about them, raising her brow: "Who are you?"

"Me? I was originally resting nearby but somehow got dragged here by the system," Zhao Zhusheng blinked slowly, then smiled gently, "Miss, do you know what this mission is about?"

Xu Tu was not naive or warm-hearted; she snapped, "Nonsense. There are endless NPCs here throwing cold darts. Who would rest here? Are they tired of living?"

Zhao Zhusheng shrugged, "Suit yourself if you don’t believe me."

Then he curiously sized her up: "By the way, what are you doing carrying a corpse on your back?"

"None of your damn business." Xu Tu was very disappointed in the person she attracted and immediately frowned, intending to leave.

Zhao Zhusheng quickly followed her, "Wait for me. The maze’s exit is really hard to find. I’m afraid it’s dangerous. Let’s go together."

Xu Tu immediately pressed her knife against his neck, "Who has the mood to go with you? Get lost!"

The cold blade stabbed into his skin, but Zhao Zhusheng only smiled wider, clicking his tongue, "What, you think I’m weak and useless, so you want to ditch me?"

Xu Tu felt this guy talked way too much and became even more cautious.

Suddenly, Zhao Zhusheng drew his sword to block her weapon: "I knew it. Xi Yu only makes friends with people who look down on others. Now that he can’t be found, he’s using you as bait."

Xu Tu frowned, "Are you Mu Yuan’s underling?"

"Hahaha, I wasn’t before, but now I’m thinking about recruiting!" Mu Yuan’s arrogant laughter came immediately from the corner. He strolled closer, face full of malice, "Stupid rabbit, still can’t let go of Bai Qi’s corpse? Didn’t expect you to be so sentimental. Since that’s the case, I’ll help you out—send you two off together!"

Xu Tu saw the sinister Luo’er closely following behind Mu Yuan. Knowing she was trapped, there was no way to escape.

But her anger was greater than her fear. She threw off Bai Qi’s corpse and fought recklessly, knife in left hand, whip in right, determined to avenge Bai Qi before being eliminated!

Mu Yuan didn’t expect this woman to be so fierce and was genuinely stunned for a moment.

Xu Tu’s two strikes missed Mu Yuan, but Luo’er kicked her chest hard, sending her sprawling embarrassingly and smashing a nearby ice-sculpted tree.

Luo’er pressed the attack, stabbing fiercely at Xu Tu’s beautiful face with a knife.

Xu Tu moved quickly, narrowly dodging a few times, then grabbed a broken icicle and hurled it forcefully at Luo’er!

Luo’er immediately jumped back to dodge, but the icicle was unusually long and still scratched her cheek, blood spurting out.

After hitting her, Xu Tu retreated in panic, trying to grab her dropped weapon, but Mu Yuan mercilessly stomped on her hand and used full strength to drive her away.

The painful scream immediately broke through the night’s silence.

Su Ziyan, who was concentrating on finding the way, was so startled he almost fell.Xi Yu asked in confusion, "What’s wrong?"

Su Ziyan trembled, "I heard a woman shouting, it’s so scary. It can’t be a ghost, right? Brother, please don’t let go."

"I definitely won’t let go, don’t worry. You just focus on finding the direction," Xi Yu instructed, then used the mind-string effect to communicate with Luo Xi: "Ziyan says a girl is in trouble. I’m worried it’s Xu Tu, but I didn’t hear anything."

Luo Xi replied quickly, "I heard it too, it’s near me. I’ll go check."

Relieved but worried again, Xi Yu said, "Be careful."

Luo Xi chuckled, "There’s a lot I haven’t told you yet. Even so, I’m not going to die!"

After this voice came through, the mind-string gave no further response.

Xi Yu had only wanted to focus on finishing the game, but his heart still quietly stirred because of the ordinary words. The curve of his mouth was three parts sweetness, seven parts worry. He said to Su Ziyan, "Let’s go faster. This maze really isn’t safe."

Su Ziyan, more cowardly than anyone, immediately moved his legs desperately upon hearing this, not afraid to bump into things with his eyes covered, and directed, "This way, this way!"

Meanwhile, Xu Tu was pinned down by Mu Yuan and Luo’er, unable to stand no matter how much she struggled.

After all, she wasn’t some martial arts master who could fight three hundred rounds. Facing two expert streamers who had undergone intense training just like her, she really had no chance to fight back.

Mu Yuan sneered coldly, "Killing you like this is too easy for you. If I had time, I’d tear you to pieces!"

Before the Galaxy Odyssey dungeon, though their relationship was cold, begging might still have worked.

But now, with several lives weighing on them, all that was left was a bit of dignity.

Xu Tu gritted her teeth, enduring their torment. She could even feel her hand bones had broken. The extreme pain made her mind blur.

Fortunately, Luo Xi had already rushed over. Seeing the situation, without a word, he swiftly charged at Mu Yuan and fiercely slashed at his body!

Mu Yuan was shocked and retreated, cursing as he fought back, "Luo Xi! You guys killed Hao Hao first!"

Xu Tu finally broke free, raising her hands which no longer had the strength to grab weapons, fiercely kicking Luo’er while looking for a safe place to hide.

For such ruthless opponents, Luo Xi hated prolonged fights. Ignoring the shouts from the enemy, he nimbly dodged Mu Yuan’s attacks and finally slashed to injure his arm!

At the same time, Xu Tu screamed, "Boss, watch out behind you!"

Luo’er finally saw her “enemy” and naturally stopped caring about Xu Tu’s life or death, charging at Luo Xi with her knife.

The two experts attacked from front and back. No matter how Luo Xi reacted, it was hard to avoid Luo’er’s full-strength attacks. He grimaced and decided to bear the blow while slashing at Luo’er’s neck!

With a soft sound, Luo’er’s weapon pierced Luo Xi’s stomach. She was shocked, eyes wide in disbelief.

Because on Luo’er’s fair neck, blood marks gradually appeared, then blood flowed down.

Luo Xi violently kicked the woman away, eyes bloodshot with rage, and turned to deal with Mu Yuan, who was nursing his injured right arm.

Seeing the situation critical, Xu Tu forced herself to lift a piece of ice with her wrist and recklessly smashed it onto Mu Yuan’s head.

Mu Yuan couldn’t accept Luo’er’s collapse, but he valued his life more than anyone. After half a second of assessing the situation and seeing no sign of Zhao Zhusheng, the informant, he turned and fled.Luo Xi struggled to chase a few steps, finally exhausted, he clutched his stomach and knelt down, painfully exhaling slowly.

Xu Tu cried tears streaming down, "Boss, boss, are you okay?"

Luo Xi frowned, "I won’t die. What about you?"

Xu Tu’s ten fingers were broken, blood dripping nonstop, but she shook her head hard in denial, "I’m fine too. Let me bandage you…"

Luo Xi looked at her with a bitter smile, and after a few seconds clicked his tongue in annoyance, "Too bad Mu Yuan got away."

Xu Tu held back tears and said, "It’s good you’re okay... but what about this nightmare mission…"

Luo Xi lifted his eyes to the still dark sky, "There’s also Xi Yu, trust him."

Xu Tu nodded with difficulty, mustering courage to press down on Luo Xi’s also bloodied hand back.

In the ice and snow labyrinth, carefully advancing step by step, Xi Yu had not heard Luo Xi’s mind-string voice for a while, but his heart was inexplicably beating faster and faster, naturally rising an ominous premonition, and he silently asked several times in a row.

Su Ziyan was still confusedly searching for direction, completely unaware of the abnormality beside him, instead happily said, "Almost there, I think the volume of those four voices is about the same..."

Xi Yu felt slightly relieved.

At that moment, Luo Xi’s voice finally came through: "It’s okay, Mu Yuan and Luo’er are bullying Tu."

Xi Yu’s heart instantly tightened into a knot, "Then you two..."

Luo Xi sounded very relaxed, "I killed Luo’er, Mu Yuan ran away, but Tu got hurt. You’d better hurry."

"Okay." Xi Yu immediately agreed, suspiciously asked, "You’re really okay?"

Luo Xi snorted, "I wish something had happened to me, so you’d care about me."

Only then did Xi Yu stop suspecting, speechless but pretending to be serious, "Wait, almost there. Take care of Xu Tu."

While he was communicating with Luo Xi, Su Ziyan quickened his pace, suddenly rounding a corner, and snatched off the wool scarf covering him: "We’re here! It’s right here!"

This young man, to locate the sound, had sweat covering his head in such cold weather, clearly exerting all his effort.

Xi Yu couldn’t help but smile, "Thanks, hide yourself. I’ll take care of the rest."

After saying that, he wiped his short dagger and bravely stepped forward in the dark.

He did not disappoint Xi Yu; this unreliable Su Ziyan really made a great contribution this time.

Deep in the quiet ice sculpture forest, there was indeed a strange faint light.

Xi Yu cautiously approached, confirming it was indeed an ice sculpture of a person: appearing slender and simple in clothes, calm and kind in expression, with a gentle smile on the face, a strange beauty in this nightmare island’s terrifying and cruel world.

He walked to the sculpture, frowned, and murmured, "Snow Young Master?"

Of course, the ice sculpture gave no response. It stood motionless on the snow, as if it could witness this tragic story until the end of time.

Xi Yu’s eyes were sorrowful, deeply moved, but that was all.

He could not abandon his friend, gritting his teeth, he picked up the dagger and viciously stabbed at the statue’s neck!A crack immediately appeared.

Xi Yu frowned fiercely and continued stabbing several times. Just as the statue was about to shatter and the dungeon’s seal to be lifted, a strong murderous intent suddenly attacked fiercely from behind.

He immediately instinctively ducked and rolled away. The attacker slammed a giant fist down on the spot where Xi Yu had been standing, causing the ground to tremble several times.

Xi Yu opened his eyes wide, looking at the nearly three-meter tall pure white giant ape before him, realizing it was the monster he had seen on the first day!

The giant ape seemed to have some bond with Amin, full of anger toward Xi Yu, turning around to fiercely pounce and bite again!

Xi Yu faced the NPC challenge calmly. He quickly jumped out of the giant ape’s attack range and shouted, “Amin and Snow Young Master are already dead! No matter how much you fight for justice, it’s useless!”

Hearing this, the giant ape became even more furious, raising its head and roaring loudly, as if wanting to devour Xi Yu alive, desperately crawling toward him with hands and feet.

Su Ziyan, hiding in the dark, was so scared he almost stopped breathing, tightly covering his mouth and dared not make a sound.

But Xi Yu chuckled lightly, holding his knife as he charged toward the giant ape. After a strong running start, he nimbly dodged its giant claw, twisted his body, grabbed the giant ape’s arm, flipped onto its back, and fiercely grabbed its fur, refusing to let go!

Though the giant ape was incredibly strong, its movements were clumsy. Even raising its thick arm, it couldn’t reach Xi Yu, anxiously spinning in place.

After stabilizing his body a little, Xi Yu gritted his teeth and climbed onto its head, raised his knife, and stabbed hard into its crown, then pressed all his strength on the knife handle, risking being thrown off, delivering a fatal blow!

The giant ape was not alive; it staggered several times in pain, finally exhausted and collapsed, turning into a puff of black smoke and disappearing.

Xi Yu jumped down onto the snow, breathing a sigh of relief.

Su Ziyan, who had watched the whole process, hurried over with a sycophantic face, “Young master, you’re amazing! I’ve truly opened my eyes!”

“The monsters from the system are easy to kill, but powerful streamers are hard to deal with,” Xi Yu rubbed his sore wrist and walked back to the ice sculpture, ruthlessly smashing it.

The crystal-clear ice shards scattered on the ground, turning into dazzling dust and slowly disappearing.

At the same time, the system broadcast sounded.

【Player Xi Yu, Su Ziyan completed the nightmare mission】

【Everyone in Frostleaf Forest is about to be freed from Amin’s curse】

【Countdown: three seconds】

Su Ziyan widened his bright blue eyes and proudly said, “Wow, so I’m this amazing!”

Before Xi Yu could reply, a strong wind swept them back to the dungeon entry point, and they scattered in different directions.

The Frostleaf Forest was still the same Frostleaf Forest, Amin’s tragic corpse still lay not far away.

But when Xi Yu saw Luo Xi and Xu Tu’s real conditions, he felt no joy at reunion and hurriedly rushed over, saying, “What exactly happened?”

Xu Tu’s hands trembled in pain, choking up as she said, “That bastard Zhao Zhusheng—I don’t even know him. He actually colluded with Mu Yuan and Luo’er to surround me. Luckily, the boss came in time. Luo’er is out this time, but the boss was stabbed by her.”

Xi Yu nervously touched the blood-stained spot on Luo Xi’s clothes, his eyes instantly reddening, unsure if it was from pure worry or rising hatred.

Luo Xi, whose lies had been exposed, calmly smiled. Supported by Xi Yu, he stood up and said, “Now that we have everything, this map has only the east side unexplored. Go directly east to find the place that suppresses Snow Young Master and complete the mission; then Aqi can come back.”Xi Yu took out the Bagua mirror, looked at it, frowned, and said, “Only 380 people remain…”

Xu Tu sniffled, trying hard to calm her emotions: “The boss can’t travel now, I—”

“You can’t either, your hands can’t do anything.” Xi Yu decided immediately, reaching out to take Bai Qi’s corpse: “You all rest well, trust me.”

Xu Tu stared blankly at Xi Yu.

To reassure her, Xi Yu said seriously, “Although we are not related, what kind of relatives do androids have? You once helped me because of Luo Xi, so I’m willing to help you for his sake. I understand Bai Qi is very important to you all, so we will definitely complete this mission.”

Luo Xi, sweating cold sweat from pain, spoke in a normal tone: “Tuzi, let him go. We’ll walk slower and follow behind. Don’t let everything come to nothing at the end.”

Only then did Xu Tu cooperate, gently lowering Bai Qi’s body and said emotionally, “Then you must be careful. Although Mu Yuan is a little injured, he won’t suffer losses and won’t give up easily.”

“That’s what I’m telling you. You don’t need to follow me. There’s not much danger left in this forest. Find a place to hide.” Xi Yu said this as he tightly tied Bai Qi to his back, then stepped forward to pick up Amin’s bow and the arrows behind him, smiling, “This is a good weapon.”

Xu Tu lowered her hands and silently gazed.

Luo Xi smiled: “Go.”

Xi Yu calmly smiled back at him, said nothing more, took the compass, and started walking steadily toward the exact east direction on the map.

Xu Tu rubbed her eyes with her dirty hand: “Boss, I think you and Xi Yu are the same kind of person. You two are very suitable.”

“That’s good to hear, say more.” Luo Xi stumbled down to sit under a tree, beginning to search Amin’s body for cloth and medicine, hoping to find himself some hope.

Elsewhere in Frostleaf Forest, Duli, who also escaped successfully, was hurriedly dragging Su Ziyan away.

Su Ziyan, confused, followed her: “Aren’t we going to find them? We finally got out of the maze, and their situation is almost over.”

“I think you just don’t have brains!” Duli had been wandering in the maze for hours and was furious: “I was really stupid to ally with Xi Yu. I think all those people are troublemakers. Let’s take this chance to escape with our lives quickly.”

Su Ziyan disagreed: “It’s not luck, it’s because I worked hard.”

“Okay, okay.” Duli rolled her eyes, “You got fooled a bit and you got all puffed up.”

Su Ziyan was about to retort when suddenly a cold-faced man with long hair strode toward them. He immediately knelt in fear: “Mu Yuan… that first-place Mu Yuan…”

Duli, most afraid of tough opponents, hurriedly hid behind Su Ziyan: “Big brother, we have no grudge or enmity with you, we’ll make way for you!”

Mu Yuan had already bandaged the wound on his arm early, holding a knife, coldly approaching: “Did anyone see a scarred face…”

Before he finished speaking, Duli nervously shouted: “Yes, yes, yes! You mean Luo Xi? They’re over there!”

“Oh?” A cold light flashed in Mu Yuan’s eyes: “You recognize him?”

Duli’s fighting ability was not great. Afraid he would stab her, she babbled nervously: “N-no, I don’t recognize him, it’s just some bad karma. See, I’m quickly escaping from that unlucky guy. They’re all crazy, insisting on resurrecting their friend, dragging me into a fire pit. I’m not one of them!”

Mu Yuan impatiently caught the key point and slowly squatted before her: “Resurrect?”

Duli swallowed hard.

Mu Yuan stroked the blade and smiled faintly: “I won’t kill you. Tell me everything in detail.”

The wind and snow were still harsh. Xi Yu, walking alone forward, carried infinite determination in his heart.Although he was equally exhausted, his condition was clearly much better than the bloodied Luo Xi and Xu Tu. In his heart, he thought: This game was originally meant for natural humans to play. If they can pass, why can’t I? I’m not inferior to them in the slightest!

Of course, the live viewers could never know Xi Yu’s little thoughts; they were more likely moved by the persistence and endurance on his face.

Holding sincere feelings for Luo Xi and coldness toward humans, Xi Yu struggled on the road, avoiding three or four waves of streamers who were killing recklessly. It took him six or seven hours to finally carry Bai Qi’s corpse to the far east edge of Nightmare Island.

He opened the Bagua mirror again to check — only 337 streamers remained. The situation was grim.

Squinting, Xi Yu tried hard to find the direction in the wind.

This area had the lowest temperature on the whole island. The icy wind raged, and the blood moon above occasionally hid behind clouds, making everything seem confusing and uncertain.

He endured the body’s freezing pain and kept walking toward the coldest place. Finally, his efforts paid off. On a patch of blood-red snow, he saw a chilling sight: three concentric circles of wooden stakes hung with red silk, covered with countless talismans of various colors. They seemed to bear a heavy mission, tightly surrounding a ball of black energy that constantly emitted blue light. The black energy twisted and struggled endlessly, bound by crimson iron chains, scattered with human bones of all sizes. This must be the sealing place of Snow Lord.

Xi Yu first carefully placed Bai Qi down, then hurriedly counted the bones. There were more than a hundred white bones, roughly the number of players drawn as shown on the Bagua mirror. The system required 206 bones, the full skeleton of one person. Soon, this Snow Lord would break the seal.

He quickly seized the time, first pouring out the hundred ice crystals Xu Tu collected, then took off the Snow Lord’s new clothes, piled Amin’s heart wrapped in cloth on top, and finally took out the blood talisman given by Duli, blowing hard on the fire stick, trying to ignite it.

But the wind here was unusually strong and blew wildly from all directions, making it very difficult to avoid.

Xi Yu was anxious. Using his frozen hands trembling to shield from the wind, he blew desperately again and again. At last, sparks appeared, falling on the blood talisman!

Suddenly, the fiercely burning blood talisman ignited the heart and other items, lighting up the hopeless night with bright flames.

Xi Yu stepped back in surprise. In the flickering blue-green flames appeared a vague human figure. He tensed up, holding his knife and waiting, afraid that something might go wrong at this critical moment.

Fortunately, as the figure became clearer, the flames weakened accordingly.

It was the Snow Lord’s physical body!

Xi Yu’s heart rejoiced.

At this moment, the whole server broadcast rang out repeatedly:

[Streamer Xi Yu has first completed one of the "Five Mirror Lake Spells"]

[Streamer Xi Yu completed the physical reunion spell, reconstructing the Snow Lord’s body]

[Streamer Xi Yu obtained the Snow Lord’s heart]

Busy cutting out the heart, Xi Yu grew more anxious with each noisy broadcast. He had no vanity at all but feared that the widespread announcement might cause trouble. He hurriedly dug out the most important organ from the Snow Lord’s corpse, holding it with both hands as he turned to run toward Bai Qi’s corpse.

Before he could even pry open Bai Qi’s mouth, a shadow rushed at him urgently!

Xi Yu clenched the heart tightly and stepped back to dodge, saying seriously: “...You?”

Mu Yuan had tracked him all the way, now full of fierce killing intent, raising his knife to threaten: “Give me the heart. The one who should be resurrected is Luo’er!”

“I think you’ve been a robber for too long and are delusional about your own abilities!” Xi Yu refused to give up, holding the bloody heart in one hand and attacking Mu Yuan with the other!

Back on the night of the fight, even though Mu Yuan had the advantage in physical strength, he was still injured by the crazed Xi Yu!

Now that they were deep in the game, facing off again, neither dared to relax for even a moment!Xi Yu’s mental reflexes were extremely exceptional, even stronger than in reality. He dodged Mu Yuan’s sudden stab several times, but was still kicked hard to the ground. He immediately rolled over and slashed Mu Yuan’s calf, coldly saying, “I don’t have time for you now, get lost!”

Mu Yuan sneered in displeasure.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, a sweet clear voice came from afar: “Xi Yu!!! Don’t be afraid of him!”

Mu Yuan turned his head and saw Xu Tu and Luo Xi’s figures.

Having already lost four companions and not knowing the strength of these opponents, he naturally dared not fight three against one. Frowning, he cursed quietly and chose to flee in panic.

In fact, Luo Xi was seriously injured and staggered while walking—how could he still fight?

Xu Tu, with her bloodied hand stiffened, was excited and charged forward first: “We were worried about you. After resting a bit and eating some food, we rushed here to catch up with you!”

Xi Yu handed over the heart: “Got it.”

Xu Tu cupped it with her almost broken hands, without thinking knelt down in front of Bai Qi, trying to force-feed it. When that failed, she bit it herself and fed it with her mouth, as if what she held was not a bloody organ and the one receiving it was not a dead person without any consciousness.

Xi Yu stared blankly for a while, then remembered and ran to Luo Xi’s side to support him: “Be careful not to lose too much blood! Why don’t you trust me?”

“Hmph, Su Ziyan came to tip me off, saying Duli told Mu Yuan everything,” Luo Xi frowned and cursed, then winced in pain and said, “No matter how bad my condition is, I have to come help strengthen your position, right?”

Xi Yu could only press his lips tightly. After locking eyes for two seconds, he unexpectedly reached out and hugged him tightly.

The two silently embraced in the cold wind, only wanting to await the game’s final ending in this wordless intimacy.

Unexpectedly, just at this rare moment of warmth, a terrifying broadcast sounded again:

[Player Sun Xiuya drew the last bone of the Snow Lord]

[The Snow Lord’s seal has been prematurely broken]

[The Snow Lord is about to launch indiscriminate attacks until the number of survivors drops to three hundred]

Hearing this news, the three were shocked.

Luo Xi reacted first: “Tuzi, save Aqi first! Xi Yu, use the bow!”

As he spoke, the iron chains deep in the evil formation were broken by great force. The struggling black shadow in the middle roared sharply, charging into the night, then condensed into the shape of a ghost with flowing snowy white hair, and resolutely rushed toward Xu Tu!

This evil spirit of the Snow Lord was the big BOSS for clearing the field, likely not on the same level as the players’ power system at all.

Xi Yu’s mood was heavy but he did not lose composure. Drawing Amin’s black arrow, he quickly aimed and shot precisely at the Snow Lord!

The black arrow scratched out a brilliant golden light in the darkness.

The Snow Lord seemed to be hit by something, dodged in pain, naturally transferring its anger to rush straight toward Xi Yu and Luo Xi.

Xi Yu sweated coldly and fired two more arrows, which slowed the evil spirit’s approach but did not change the situation.

Luo Xi frowned and suddenly pushed Xi Yu away: “Run!”

Xi Yu stumbled, saw Luo Xi endure the pain and lash at the Snow Lord with Mr. Fu’s whip, then hurriedly drew a new arrow to attack!

The Snow Lord was completely enraged, emitting a cold and hateful voice: “You are his accomplice—you are his accomplice—I will kill you!!!”“Let him go!” Seeing the evil spirit expanding infinitely and rushing straight at Luo Xi, Xi Yu acted purely on instinct, leapt and knocked down Luo Xi, shielding him behind himself and shouted, “We are not accomplices, stop killing! Amin wouldn’t want to see you like this!”

The Snow Lord’s vengeful spirit blocked the red moonlight above them, roaring coldly in anger: “Amin has long been dead!!!”

Xi Yu of course would not admit who killed Amin. Seeing this BOSS could still communicate, he quickly shouted, “He’s not dead. He’s actually been waiting for you all along. This bow, this bow is what he always kept! Amin even made an ice sculpture for you. In his heart, you are the kindest and most perfect. Stop the killing. This island has already been destroyed by you!”

These words slightly affected the Snow Lord’s judgment, but clearing the players was above all else. The evil spirit let out several eerie cries, then with a tragic scream dispelled its delusions, fiercely grabbed Xi Yu’s neck and lifted him into the air!

Luo Xi’s eyes widened, feeling everything in slow motion, and he didn’t even have a chance to pull Xi Yu back!

Unexpectedly, at the critical moment, a series of server-wide notifications sounded on the island.

[Remaining broadcasters reduced to three hundred]

[This round of the game will end early]

[So touching! Broadcaster Bai Qi has revived!]

[The Snow Lord is about to launch indiscriminate attacks until survivors drop to three hundred]

[Remaining broadcasters reduced to three hundred]

[This round of the game will end early]

Xi Yu fell to the ground.

They were so tired of hearing the repeated announcements, watching the Snow Lord’s evil spirit disperse and gather repeatedly before finally disappearing into the darkness.

It seemed the clearing message provoked the surviving broadcasters. No one wanted to be unlucky for no reason, so they attacked other visible broadcasters, quickly reducing the number to meet the target.

As for the last person replaced by Bai Qi, he was truly the unluckiest non-royal god, even worse than Luo Xi.

Xu Tu, blood all over her mouth and face, sat crying in the snow: “Finally... finally... it’s over...”

A silver light flashed over the stiff corpse. Bai Qi sat up confused, supporting himself, adjusting his gold-rimmed glasses, and said, “Where is this? It’s so cold. Has the game started?”

Xu Tu endured the pain in her hands and slapped him hard twice: “Idiot! The game is already over! I’m going to kill you!”

Bai Qi’s face instantly swelled like a pig’s head: “...???”

Xi Yu, who finally saved his life, chuckled. Looking at Luo Xi beside him with a smile, he threw himself back into his arms and hugged him tightly, whispering softly, “Take care, see you in the next round.”

[Preliminary Round 02 ended]

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[List of advancing broadcasters and hidden rankings are officially published on the website]

[Third preliminary round begins in ten minutes]

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