Chapter 198

As his breathing quickened, Duan Shen's palm began to move more vigorously. He instinctively stroked the other's back, unknowingly crossing the edge of the umbrella.

Until the back of his hand got wet, a raindrop cunningly slipped into his palm.

It's a little itchy.

The damp atmosphere around him stirred the man's heartstrings, and his beautiful face was tossed about by the struggle between desire and despair. A burning light appeared in the corners of Duan Shen's phoenix eyes.

Even after he felt the other person retreating, he stubbornly refused to let go of the person in his arms. Duan Shen lowered his neck slightly, deepening the sudden kiss.

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fairnd.

The second stage of the Demon Festival: Forbidden Labyrinth.

In the first phase, "Slaying Evil Spirits," as long as at least three players in the team are strong enough, they can eliminate 999 evil spirits by dealing damage.

However, the "Forbidden Labyrinth" is not so easy.

In addition to requiring overall team strength, it also places more stringent demands on the individual player's operation and skill usage.

The three main areas of the "Forbidden Labyrinth" are: the Prisonless Ladder Cliff, the Misty Forest, and the Palace of the Dead.

Wuyu Ladder Cliff is a steep cliff nearly a thousand meters high, designed by the team at Future Games. The cliff has countless uneven stone slabs, which are called "ladders".

In previous years, player teams participating in the "Evil Spirits Festival" needed to climb to the top of the No Prison Ladder Cliff to enter the next scene.

This year, just two hours after the Wuju Ladder Cliff scene was released, a term was flooding Fairnd's game forums:

"Evil Spirit Pet"

Fairnd added a special creature to Ladderless Cliff this year, known as "Pet of the Evil Spirit".

According to clues found on Tieba:

The evil spirit pet cubs will live on the Prisonless Ladder Cliff until they reach adulthood.

These creatures, living in the shadows, eliminate "intruders" by ambushing them and devouring their virtual flesh and blood.

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"Damn it, Red Moon Spirit, your skill almost poked my butt." The priest "Qingtian," dressed in a blue robe, turned around and complained to the black-clad wizard not far away.

"I can't burn you to death." After releasing the skill, Hong Yueling immediately withdrew the token.

"Brother Ye, look at Hong Yueling, she can unleash a skill like that." Qing Tian touched the lower scroll at his waist, pretending to have escaped death, and spoke to Ying Ning:

"Little You, when you unleash your skill later, be sure to let your brother Qingtian know."

Qingtian is a priest in the team. Compared to other characters, he is too fragile, so he usually stays in the team's protection position.

The protector is positioned in the center of the team, allowing them to monitor the health of each member in real time.

If an evil spirit appears, the rest of the team will take care of it.

“Virtual characters can’t feel pain.” Ying Ning held a small stone step, leaped up into the air, and looked up to see a skill mixed with lightning destroy an attacking evil spirit pet.

By the first stage, the team members had become quite familiar with each other.

Besides the assassin from the wilderness, the remaining three are:

Pastor Qingtian.

The priestess, Red Moon Spirit.

Magic Lancer - Zero.

Besides Yingning, several others, including Yuanye, are veteran players of Fairnd.

At first, they also thought that this swordsman named "Yuyu" was a veteran player, since judging from the hit rate of his skills and the number of combos, he was not at the level that a novice player could achieve.

Qingtian joked that it must be Xiao Youyou playing a newbie account.

After the group got to know each other, they discovered that the player named "Yuyou" really didn't understand any of the procedures for the "Demon Spirit Festival," and they gradually came to believe that "he" was indeed a novice.

"This is the third time we've climbed this mountain. These evil spirits are really relentless." Qingtian saw the dark shadow rushing towards him and immediately turned around, hugging the rock face of the cliff to avoid yet another attack from the dark creature.

The roar of a dragon came from below.

Hearing the sound, the boulders on the cliff seemed to scatter and move away.

The sound originated from the Magic Lancer's second skill – "Dragon's Breath Bullet." Zero instantly raised his gun and aimed, killing the evil spirit pet that had attacked Qingtian.

"Little Ling, your skills have really improved a lot." Qingtian's mouth really didn't stop for a moment. As soon as the crisis was over, he started chattering again.

“Last year’s celebration didn’t have this high targeting rate.”

"Is your gun new?"

The magic gunner with the ID "Zero" rarely speaks unless it's an emergency.

"Qingtian, concentrate." The man's voice from above had a metallic quality to it, echoing through the cliff.

They had already climbed more than half of the Wuyu Ladder Cliff, and almost everyone in the team was highly focused, afraid that they would have to start all over again if they were not careful.

"Brother Ye, I just thought the atmosphere was too tense." Qing Tian shrugged, his ethereal eyes scanning his surroundings to protect his life.

"Let everyone relax."

Yuanye's reminder made Qingtian behave for a moment.

The closer you get to the top of the cliff, the more frequently the evil spirits ambush you become, sometimes even swarming up in six or seven at a time to obstruct you.

The skills of magic gunners, priests, swordsmen, and assassins appeared almost continuously on the cliff face.

"Roar!!" A demonic pet that had dissipated into malevolent energy let out its final roar.

The remaining evil spirits continued to appear in everyone's sight. Qingtian raised the priest's prayer stone and quickly observed everyone's health.

The Wilderness was the most ferocious, and since he was at the front of the team, almost all the evil spirits attacked him first.

"Damn, bro, take a break." Qingtian's ultimate skill, Prayer, hadn't even cooled down yet, and Yuanye's health was already in the red zone again.

Qingtian had no choice but to cast a small healing spell, restoring 10 points of health to him.

at this time...

Progress on the No Prison Ladder Cliff is 80% complete!

After Qingtian cast a "Prayer" on Yuanye, he immediately cast a minor healing spell on the swordsman who was second in the front row of the team.

No Prison Ladder Cliff progress 90%!

Qingtian felt that his skills were cooling down too slowly, and he muttered to himself to vent his tension, not daring to affect the other members of the team.

Progress 95%!