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Le Yu scooped some water from the bucket to moisten his throat. It tasted like Sleepy Red Tea, clearly with some extra ingredients added, but he still had to drink it. Did they think someone would suddenly climb into the carriage just to covet his intestines?
The slave-catching gang had been on the move all night without resting. At the same time, Le Yu's new challenge, "Wasting Time," was progressing at a rapid clip—the speed was almost as fast as Thunderclap. In a single night, someone had wasted a total of a hundred hours for him. Le Yu was utterly baffled and almost wondered if the system had bugged out.
But he occasionally heard someone outside the carriage grumble, "Where's the Black-Clothed Swordsman who's supposed to catch up with us?" At once, he understood what had happened. The slave-catching gang had taken his words seriously, genuinely believing he was someone important. All night, they had been nervously guarding against a Black-Clothed Swordsman suddenly appearing in the middle of the road and hitting them with a Starburst Stream Slash.
So bluffing can make people waste time. Le Yu suddenly understood, thinking that this challenge was nothing special.
But after thinking it over carefully, he felt that this success would be hard to replicate. He had used himself as a hostage and acted just like an agent of a mysterious organization. That was why the slave-catching gang had believed his lies.
Moreover, the slave-catching gang was already extremely tense while transporting their cargo. Naturally, they would rather kill the wrong person than let anyone go. Even if they thought Le Yu was lying, they didn't dare gamble. If they guessed wrong, the consequences would be more than they could bear.
All these factors had piled up, which