Chapter 16, Hell Guanyin
"Beautiful lady, come be my companion, and I might spare your life."
Lai Shaou grinned lewdly, seemingly driven by lust, but in reality, he planned to use Zhong Bingxuan to kill her at the last moment before she boarded the car.
"Okay, young man, come here for a second."
Zhong Bingxuan smiled and said to Lai Shaou, who thought the other party was bewitched by her and was thinking about when would be the best time to make her move.
"Hey hey beautiful, when shall we... hmm~"
"Right now."
"This isn't a good idea. It's bad for your reputation. Let's find a more secluded spot."
Oh my, this woman is quite flirtatious. Unfortunately, Lai Shaou is not a lecherous man. His only thought was to get the ticket without bloodshed and escape back to the train before the other pursuers arrived.
That's right. Even if Zhong Bingxuan is killed, the person who takes over her ticket the next moment will be treated well by the system and become the focus of attention in the eyes of the players, a delicious and desirable person.
If he could trick Zhong Bingxuan into becoming his shield, kill her before she boarded the train, and easily get himself into the first-class seat on the doomsday train, that would be ideal. If not, it wouldn't matter; it would just be a bit more troublesome.
Throughout, Lai Shaou held Zhong Bingxuan in contempt. In his mind, women were far less capable than men in combat, and in this terrifying world, women could only survive by clinging to men like parasitic vines.
It was his arrogant, chauvinistic attitude that gave Zhong Bingxuan the opportunity to plunge the retrieved dart into the man's chest.
Seeing the man collapse in disbelief, Zhong Bingxuan still wasn't satisfied and severed his neck to ensure he was absolutely dead.
[Ding! Congratulations to player Zhong Bingxuan for successfully defeating the VIP box player. Rewards include: VIP ticket to the Doomsday Train, 2 Black Gold Limb-Severing Life-Sustaining Pills, 100,000 points, 10,000 health points, 1 three-star protective shield, and a clue book.]
Zhong Bingxuan's eyes lit up when she saw the Wujin Limb Regeneration Pill. She clicked on the description and found that it was indeed as she had thought. It could bring her back from the brink of death and regenerate severed limbs. She immediately took one to treat her arm that she had lost in the battle with the Butterfly-Faced Mud Man and the serious injuries she had suffered from the explosion.
After Zhong Bingxuan personally experienced the Black Gold Limb-Restoring Pill, which restored her severed arm and restored her body to its full strength, she was filled with lingering fear.
Fortunately, the man was careless and only wanted to use and scheme against her, instead of forcing his way in. Otherwise, with such a miraculous elixir, how many times would she have to die before she could finally get rid of him?
The battle was quite successful. Zhong Bingxuan has fully recovered and there's no need to worry about her holding everyone back in future battles. That villain who tried to burn her alive didn't drop anything good; he was really stingy.
Wait, the person who set the fire earlier seems to be in cahoots with this man in front of me. Could their strength be that different?
Zhong Bingxuan sensed something was amiss and wanted to turn back to check on Shui Lihui's body.
As soon as she turned around, she saw that Shui Lihui's eyes were white and blood was gushing from a large gash on his neck. He silently walked behind Zhong Bingxuan and raised his dark fingers.
[Warning! Warning! The Hell Guanyin is about to awaken. Please flee its hunting range as fast as you can.]
Before Zhong Bingxuan could react, her neck was slashed open by the sharp black fingernails of Shui Lihui, who was possessed by the Hell Guanyin, and she died from having her blood drained.
[Rewind one minute; the pain of death is increased twentyfold.]
"It hurts so much."
Being drained of blood is already extremely painful, but Zhong Bingxuan's reload of save file amplifies that pain twentyfold.
Zhong Bingxuan had barely opened her eyes when she nearly fainted from the pain.
No wonder I didn't hear the system announce the items Shui Lihui dropped. It turns out that his body was possessed by the Hell Guanyin and he didn't really die, so naturally he couldn't drop any equipment.
However, the blood on Shui Lihui's neck kept flowing out. If the arrival of the Hell Guanyin was delayed, Shui Lihui would be doomed.
Going back one minute, it was exactly when Zhong Bingxuan killed Shui Lihui with a dart, and the next opponent, Lai Shaou, had just arrived.
The timing was too coincidental. Zhong Bingxuan couldn't go out and kill Shui Lihui directly, but if she waited a while to deal with Lai Shaou, the Hell Guanyin would descend, and she still couldn't escape the fate of being drained of her blood and dying.
This time the pain is definitely forty or fifty times greater, and she may not be able to endure it; she might just die from the agony.
The only option now is to kill Lai Sha'ou, take the Wujin Limb-Severing and Life-Sustaining Pill, recover to his peak condition, and then run away as fast as he can to escape the hunting range of the Hell Guanyin.
The order of events couldn't be changed, and the three-star protective light screen in her hand broke in less than a second, clearly showing that Hell Guanyin was very powerful and couldn't be confronted head-on.
Even with Lai Shaou around, she couldn't kill Hell Guanyin before she arrived.
Having devised a plan, only a few seconds had passed when Lai Shaou repeated what he had said before. Zhong Bingxuan did not deal with Lai Shaou in the same way as before.
Time is life these days; every second of delay increases the danger.
As Lai Shaou aggressively sought trouble with Shui Lihui, Zhong Bingxuan simultaneously threw out two darts.
Shui Lihui was pushed down by Lai Shaou's full-force attack. While Lai Shaou was stunned, he was hit by two darts thrown by people hiding in the shadows. He dodged to the left, and the darts flew off the edge of his body and landed on the tree behind him.
Who is stabbing me in the back?
Lai Shaou was almost shot to death. His forehead veins were throbbing, and he was swinging a thin thread in his hand, looking furious and wanting to kill.
Zhong Bingxuan ignored Lai Shaou's foolish words and used her mental power to summon darts, which she shot at Lai Shaou's back, which was wide open and unguarded.
"Ah!! What's going on? There are enemies over there too. No, this is a top-tier weapon rewarded by the system."
By the time Lai Shaou realized that the top-grade weapon had special attributes and could be summoned back to the user at any time, it was too late. Two darts pierced his neck, and his body fell straight forward.
"It's a headache. The side effects of the artifacts are too great. Each time they consume a lot of life points, and each time it's more than the last. If it's not urgent, it's best to use the artifacts less often. Otherwise, the artifacts might devour their masters and drain their life force."
The system announcement sounded as before, and the first-class benefits were on full display. The system directly delivered the loot to Zhong Bingxuan's hands, saving her from having to face the newly revived Hell Guanyin who was about to go on a killing spree.
Aside from taking one Black Gold Limb-Severing and Life-Sustaining Pill, which Zhong Bingxuan consumed, she carefully gathered everything else and turned to run wildly toward the red dot behind her.
Not long after running away, Zhong Bingxuan felt a chilling aura raging behind her, followed by a deafening roar. The fear of watching herself being drained of blood and dying swept over her again.
Run, run faster, don't let them catch up.
Fortunately, thanks to taking a Black Gold Limb-Severing and Life-Sustaining Pill, Zhong Bingxuan's physical condition has recovered to its peak. She was not hindered by her severe injuries and successfully escaped the hunting range of the Hell Guanyin.
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