call--!
A dark purple flame suddenly flew into the mandrill's mouth.
The next moment, with a loud 'boom', flames suddenly exploded in the mandrill's mouth.
Shen Heng took several steps back to avoid the flames emanating from the mandrill's mouth and nose, then looked at the mandrill.
The dark purple flames gradually weakened in the hollow above the mandrill's head, and with a 'bang,' the Split-Spine Mandrill collapsed completely.
The light curtain beneath the thunderstorm clouds rippled.
3(↑2), Yang Xu, score 190 (+100)
The score for the Split-Spine Mandrill was credited to Yang Xu.
Shen Heng took a deep breath and turned to look in the direction from which the dark purple flames had just flown.
There, a figure with a buzz cut was looking up at the light screen in the sky. After noticing the change in his ranking, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.
" Yang Xu!" Zhou Xuan's roar echoed through the street, "We fought the Calamity Beast for half an hour, and you fucking stole our kill at the last minute?!"
"Hey, you can't say that. I was trying to save you," Yang Xu said with a smile, withdrawing his gaze.
"Save us? Which eye of yours saw us needing your help?" Zhou Xuan roared.
"You're not newcomers anymore. Don't you know that the outcome isn't decided until the Calamity Beast is completely defeated?" Yang Xu narrowed his eyes slightly.
"If I hadn't killed the Calamity Beast, you might be the ones lying on the ground right now."
"Not only do you not thank me, but you're also turning around and accusing me?"
"You're turning the tables on me? Can't you see the result? If you had delayed by even a second, Shen Heng would have killed the Calamity Beast!" Lü Wenrui kicked away some gravel at his feet.
"Heh..." Yang Xu sneered, "Now that the Calamity Beast is dead, you can say whatever you want!"
"I don't know..."
Shen Heng stood still and did not participate.
He watched the arguing group quietly, and noticed Fang Ran, who also looked angry but wanted to settle things peacefully.
He understood their feelings; they were furious that their hard-fought Calamity Beast had been stolen after being hunted for half a day, and he felt the same way, but...
"Alright!"
The calm words brought an immediate silence to the noisy scene.
Zhou Xuan opened his mouth, looking at Shen Heng with some disbelief.
Lü Wenrui's eyes widened as well.
" Shen Heng, this..."
"What's done is done, there's no point in arguing anymore," Shen Heng said calmly.
"Heh, see? There's still someone here who understands and knows I saved you!" Yang Xu said with a smile.
"Just steal the Calamity Beast Calamity Beast, there's no need to make it sound so high-sounding." Shen Heng glanced at Yang Xu.
"Hey, I've told you so many times, I'm saving you all, especially you, Shen Heng. You were the closest to the Calamity Beast back then!" Yang Xu frowned slightly.
Shen Heng glanced at Yang Xu indifferently, then ignored him.
He turned to look at Zhou Xuan and the other two. "Alright, let's go."
"No, this..."
Lü Wenrui opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but Shen Heng had already walked forward.
Fang Ran glanced at Zhou Xuan and Lü Wenrui, then followed Shen Heng; Zhou Xuan gritted his teeth and followed as well.
After the three of them left, Lü Wenrui could only glare at Yang Xu before turning around and following them.
Watching the group leave, Yang Xu felt a surge of satisfaction, but...
Thinking of Shen Heng's calm expression, Yang Xu couldn't help but frown again.
It felt like finding a fly in a pot of delicious soup.
He thought for a moment, then lifted his leg and followed, trailing far behind the others.
On the other side, on the road.
Lü Wenrui was still somewhat indignant. "No, are we really just going to let it go like this?"
"So what do you want?" Shen Heng asked, looking at Lü Wenrui.
"Although he's Tier 3, there are four of us and he's all alone. How about we beat him up?" Lü Wenrui suggested.
"It's just a simulation, he won't die anyway, why don't we just take him out?" Zhou Xuan seconded.
"What if he goes out and insists that he was trying to save us and was then suddenly attacked by us?" Shen Heng asked.
Zhou Xuan frowned. "Then you'll have to accept some punishment."
"No, that won't do. Last time, because of what happened to me, Cao Mingyu and Yang Xu got into a fight, and everyone lost 1000 points in Martial World Easy Exchange Pass." Fang Ran quickly stopped him upon hearing this.
Zhou Xuan and Lü Wenrui gasped for breath upon hearing this, and after a long while, they finally spoke:
"1000 points were deducted just for fighting?"
"Mm." Fang Ran nodded.
Upon hearing this, the two swallowed hard.
"But this is a simulation, the punishment shouldn't be that severe, right?" Zhou Xuan thought for a moment, still somewhat unwilling to give up.
"It's possible, but there's no need to gamble. It would be too much of a loss if we lost," Shen Heng said.
Upon hearing this, the two exchanged conflicted glances, but in the end, they could only nod.
When getting into a fight results in a deduction of half a year's salary, most impulsive decisions can be suppressed.
"Damn it, after fighting for so long, Yang Xu snatched it away in the end," Lü Wenrui said angrily.
"Yeah, Late Third Tier Calamity Beast. If we're the ones who kill it in the end, we can each get 25 points, and our ranking can jump to sixth." Zhou Xuan gritted his teeth.
"It's alright, we just need to find more Calamity Beast to kill," Fang Ran said from the side.
"Nothing my foot! Late Third Tier Calamity Beast aren't easy to find, and even if you do find them, they're not easy to kill. Didn't you see how long it took us to almost win this time?" Lü Wenrui said angrily.
Zhou Xuan nodded. Just as he opened his mouth to say something, he seemed to suddenly remember something and turned his gaze to the black-haired youth leading the way.
The young man's face was expressionless; it was neither clear that he was angry nor that he wasn't.
" Shen Heng, aren't you angry at all?" Zhou Xuan asked.
Shen Heng glanced at Zhou Xuan, who was asking the question, and at Fang Ran and Lü Wenrui, who were also casting curious glances at him, and replied:
"I'm angry, of course I'm angry."
"Then why are you so calm?"
"Because anger solves nothing," Shen Heng replied to the group.
"Anger doesn't solve problems, so what does?"
Shen Heng paused, looked at the group, and said:
"Normally, I might say that action will solve the problem."
"However, this is a special case, and there are no actions that would yield more benefits than losses, so I don't recommend taking any action."
"Are there no options where the potential gains outweigh the losses?"
"Mm." Shen Heng nodded.
"The main issue is that it's unclear whether the rules allow fighting."
"So whether we go directly to Yang Xu, kill him, and drive him out of the simulation, or follow him to prevent him from killing the Calamity Beast..."
"If fighting is ultimately prohibited, it will be a greater loss for us."
"But at least we vented our anger!" said Lü Wenrui.
"This is the only good thing for us; we've vented our anger." Shen Heng looked at Lü Wenrui, "But is it really worth all the other losses, just to vent our anger?"
A moment of silence fell over everyone.
After a long silence, a sigh escaped.
"You're being way too rational..."