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"Oh my God, guys, what have you done?"

Star-Lord ran up from behind and stood at the edge of the cliff, staring down for half a minute. Once he confirmed that Red Skull really had fallen, he was utterly dumbfounded.

Those two had moved fast, but everyone except their "victim," Red Skull, had seen everything perfectly clearly.

Star-Lord, who had been fairly close, had seen it especially well. Aether and March 7th's seamless teamwork had definitely been planned in advance.

"You... why did you kick him down there?"

Rocket pointed at the incredulous look on Star-Lord's face and burst out laughing. "Obviously, those two treated Mr. Pitch-Black to a roller-coaster ride. Ahahaha!"

"Rocket, could you stop gloating? Come on! Read the room! We still need Red Skull to find the Soul Stone. Now, for all we know, he's been flattened into a pancake."

Rocket's ill-timed humor drove Star-Lord up the wall, especially when the two people responsible didn't seem remotely remorseful.

"Wait a second. Just one little second."

Lin Ze closed his eyes and furrowed his brow. After a while, he slowly opened them and looked around.

"Nothing changed."

Lucy looked up at the sky with an expression that said she'd expected as much. She shrugged and casually told Lin Ze, who kept trying, "I figured it'd turn out like this."

Glancing at Star-Lord beside her, Lucy gave him a dazzling smile. While he was momentarily dazed, she pulled Lin Ze aside and whispered, "Are you even trying, bro?"

"Love! Love! We need the power of ❤❤, understand?"

Lin Ze immediately rolled his eyes at Lucy. Grinding his teeth, he said helplessly, "I'm not trying hard enough???"

"In my head, Red Skull and I have already had eighteen babies in one litter since this started!!"

Apparently, the NPC sacrifice exploit