Lv15 Shadow Nest.
Boom, boom, boom, boom!
Under the Troubled Times Guild players' one-for-one human-wave tactics, the Exploding Spiders lurking outside the Shadow Nest visibly dwindled.
At last, not a single Exploding Spider remained.
Fewer than a hundred Troubled Times Guild members had survived the blasts.
The others had either just died or were on their way back from Cloudside Town.
Seeing that his men had cleared out every Exploding Spider,
Wang Junjie rubbed his hands together, his face brimming with excitement. "My darling queen, here I come!"
Just as Wang Junjie was about to venture deeper into the Shadow Nest to seek out the boss, the Spider Queen,
"Wang Junjie!"
A sudden shout from the darkness made Wang Junjie jump outside the cave!
He turned around in alarm, then sighed with relief when he saw Ling Xiao, Skinny Monkey, and Pang Dahai running toward him.
"Fuck, you scared the shit out of me! I thought Mo Shou Cheng Gui had fucking come!"
"What's a loser like you doing here? Were you following me so you could steal my boss?"
Wang Junjie didn't take Ling Xiao seriously at all.
Troubled Times Zhuge, however, was more cautious. "Wind Soughs Sadly, third on the Heaven Ranking! As far as I know, his talent works like the Exploding Spiders'-trading his own life for damage. He can even blow up Boss Monsters at his level!"
"Watch out, boss. Don't let him blow you up!"
Wang Junjie scoffed. "Trading lives? How many can he take?"
As he spoke, Wang Junjie beckoned, and a dozen or so Troubled Times players rushed over from both sides to surround him.
Ling Xiao had indeed intended to use his A-rank talent, Mutual Destruction, to take Wang Junjie down with him and stop him from killing the boss!
Once he blew Wang Junjie up, he could keep following him and blow him up every time he left the safe zone, giving him no chance to return and kill the boss!
Even if killing Wang Junjie each time meant sacrificing his own life.
As long as Wang Junjie couldn't reach level 10, Ling Xiao wouldn't lose!
Unfortunately, Wang Junjie's strategist, Troubled Times Zhuge, had seen through his plan.
Ling Xiao couldn't directly target Wang Junjie with his talent through the people surrounding him.
His expression blazed as he shouted at Wang Junjie, "Wang Junjie, do you dare come out and fight me one-on-one?"
"One-on-one?" Wang Junjie sneered. "Why would I fight you one-on-one when I can gang up on you? Because I'm better-looking than you?"
"Honestly, that prick Mo Shou Cheng Gui is barely worth a second glance! A loser like you thinks he can take me on?"
"Once I kill this boss, I won't give a fuck about Mo Shou Cheng Gui either!"
"When I hit level 10, just watch what I do to Xia Wanwan! Heh!"
Hearing Wang Junjie speak so obscenely about Xia Wanwan made the fury inside Ling Xiao flare tenfold!
"Wang Junjie, fuck your mother!"
"I'll take you down with me!!!"
With a shing, he drew his sword.
Sword in hand, Ling Xiao charged at Wang Junjie!
While Pang Dahai was still staring blankly, Skinny Monkey reacted at once. "Cover Xiao! Let him blow up Wang Junjie-don't let him hit the wrong target!"
"Oh, right, right!"
His two loyal friends grabbed their swords and charged after Ling Xiao without hesitation.
But how could they possibly beat Wang Junjie in a head-on fight?
Wang Junjie waved his hand.
A dozen or so bow-wielding Troubled Times players fired from both sides, instantly turning Skinny Monkey and Pang Dahai into white light!
Then Troubled Times Zhuge leaned toward Wang Junjie's ear and whispered something.
Wang Junjie's lips curled upward, and he gestured for the Archers to stop their ranged attacks.
He ordered another group of Warrior lackeys to grab their swords and charge Ling Xiao in melee.
"Loser! If you don't want me fucking Xia Wanwan, come blow me up!"
Wang Junjie's outrageously arrogant taunts sent Ling Xiao into a blind rage.
Swish, swish, swish, swish!
He swung his longsword, cutting down the Troubled Times players charging toward him one after another!
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Standing amid the pillars of white light, his eyes blood-red, Ling Xiao looked like a god of slaughter!
Unfortunately, blinded by fury, he never stopped to wonder why those Troubled Times players had been so easy to kill.
Only when he saw Wang Junjie staring at the blood-red ID above his head and laughing wildly-"What an idiot!"-
did Ling Xiao realize Wang Junjie had deliberately sent those men to their deaths to pile Crime Points onto him.
That way, he would lose even more experience when he died!
But by then, Ling Xiao no longer cared.
With his name glowing red, he charged resolutely toward Wang Junjie.
"Wang Junjie, I'll take you down with me!!!"
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Before he could get close, a hail of arrows left Ling Xiao critically wounded!
"Having no money, power, or connections is bad enough, but you've got no brains either!"
Wang Junjie wore an utterly arrogant grin. "How's a loser like you supposed to fight me, huh?"
"You're a fucking eyesore!"
Just as Wang Junjie was about to order his men to shoot Ling Xiao dead,
Whoosh!
A graceful figure suddenly rushed out of the darkness and stood in front of Ling Xiao, whose life hung by a thread!
When they saw the stunning beauty of the figure emerging from the darkness,
every Troubled Times player present was captivated. One glance was all it took-they couldn't look away!
A blue-green mage robe draped her tall, slender figure, lending her an air of refined elegance.
Her hair was tied in a bun that radiated confidence and charm.
Framed by two loose strands of hair, her fair, exquisite, oval face was almost flawless.
Her gaze was clear, her eyes bright, her teeth pearly white!
She was graceful and beautiful, with an extraordinary presence!
Bathed in moonlight, the girl was breathtakingly lovely.
Even the strategist, Troubled Times Zhuge, stared dumbstruck. His mouth went dry, and he couldn't help swallowing hard.
"So... so beautiful..."
The lackeys around him practically drooled.
"Whoa! Is she an NPC or a real player?"
"How come I've never seen a real person that gorgeous?"
"Guys! I seriously like this girl!"
"Fuck you! If you didn't fall for every girl you saw, I might've actually believed you!"
Just as his lackeys were staring hungrily at the girl,
Wang Junjie suddenly flew into a rage. "Fuck! That's my woman!"
"Anyone who keeps staring at Xia Wanwan gets his fucking eyes gouged out!!"
Only then did everyone snap out of their daze.
"She's... Xia Wanwan, Ning University's campus belle?!"
"Holy shit! So she's the boss's girl..."
"No wonder she's so gorgeous! Exactly what you'd expect from a woman the boss has his eye on!"
At that moment,
the level 6 girl whose ID was [Gentle Evening Breeze] spread her slender arms and stood resolutely in front of Ling Xiao.
Her clear, beautiful eyes fixed on Wang Junjie as she said, "Wang Junjie, please let Ling Xiao go!"
Wang Junjie's lecherous gaze roamed over Xia Wanwan's body.
He smiled. "Sure."
"As long as you agree to sleep with me for one night!"
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