Among Lu Qingchen's followers were several powerful individuals who fought their way through the battles and eventually spotted Wu Qian's mark, joining up with her.
Now, upon hearing that the pig-headed figure chained up was none other than their devastatingly beautiful Lu Qingchen, the followers' eyes widened in disbelief.
A healing-type ability user used their power to heal Lu Qingchen's facial injuries. Only when they saw that delicate face reappear did they dare to believe that Lu Qingchen had really been beaten so badly.
She glared indignantly at Gu Mingyue and the other woman, saying, "How could you be so cruel? You actually did such a terrible thing to him behind our backs."
"Hey? Don't get me wrong, we didn't beat him up behind your backs," Gu Mingyue said with a smile.
Lu Qingchen and his companion looked at her, wanting to see how she would try to explain herself.
"It's just that you happened to be away when we were beating him!" Gu Mingyue said frankly, spreading her hands.
"you!!!"
The handsome young man next to Lu Qingchen got angry when he heard this and threw a lightning ball at Gu Mingyue.
The Milky Way was easily blocked by the spatial shield.
"You should be thanking me, instead you're hitting me. You don't appreciate my kindness."
Gu Mingyue smiled, completely ignoring his attack.
"If you don't believe me, ask Lu Qingchen. If we hadn't beaten him up and used him as hostage, disguised him as a monster, how could he have found this place and met up with you so easily!"
Upon hearing this, the boy hesitated for a moment, looking at Lu Qingchen with a questioning gaze, as if asking: Is what this woman said true?
Lu Qingchen sighed inwardly. He couldn't very well tell these companions who followed him because of his appearance that he was beaten up because he was trying to seduce new female superpowered individuals into his team.
So he had no choice but to stiffly force a smile and admit that he was the one who asked Gu Mingyue and the other person to do it.
Upon hearing this, those people immediately felt even more sorry for him and began to fuss over him.
Gu Mingyue watched him continue his performance with a cold smile. In her previous life, Lu Qingchen was known as a cold-hearted and aloof beauty.
These fools don't even realize they're being used as stepping stones for others.
But she never had the idea of stopping others from courting death, so she only glanced at their cloying atmosphere before quickly looking away and using her mind to explore the monsters around her.
After finding no monsters, inform Wu Qian and ask her to continue leading the way.
Although Lu Qingchen's companions understood Gu Mingyue and the other's good intentions in avoiding the golden monster, they still felt extremely distressed when they thought about the terrible wounds they had just seen on Lu Qingchen.
"Hmph, even when dodging monsters, there's no need to go that far!"
"I think they're just ugly and jealous of Qingchen's good looks." They looked at Fang Kai's exposed gums, which couldn't be hidden even by his mask, and became even more convinced of their thoughts.
Gu Mingyue heard their whispers, but ignored them with a cold laugh and continued exploring. She quickly used up most of the crystal cores in her hand.
The Golden City doesn't look very big; it's about the size of a large village.
However, the paths inside are intricate and winding, and the group has to dodge monsters along the way, sometimes inevitably having to work together to fight them.
This is where Gu Mingyue's advantage of disguise became apparent. Several times, she remained calm and appeared before the monsters wearing their severed limbs, deceiving them.
"Gu Mingyue, when I saw those three golden monsters, my legs went weak, but you still dared to talk to them seriously. You're really amazing." Fang Kai gave Gu Mingyue a thumbs up as she walked back safely.
“Sister Gu, perhaps you really can kill the Lord of the Black Domain,” Wu Qian praised, though a strange glint flashed in her eyes.
Gu Mingyue keenly noticed the lingering emotions in Wu Qian's eyes, but said nothing, only smiled, as if she was speechless from their praise.
"Hmph! So what if he has two skeleton arms tied to his back? What's so great about that?" Lu Qingchen's followers muttered disdainfully.
The group walked for a long time.
It was so long that Gu Mingyue looked down at her watch and realized it was already past 11 a.m. the next day.
The golden tower was not far ahead, seemingly just a few golden walls away.
The sound of metal shoe soles striking metal floor tiles was clearly audible to the group.
That was the sound of the Golden Knights patrolling the inner city of the Black Domain.
They are the strongest monsters of the Black Domain selected by the Lord of the Black Domain.
Each of them possesses a superpower level in the late stage of level three, along with a formidable self-repair ability, making them extremely difficult to deal with.
Wu Qian didn't want to confront them head-on, so she led Gu Mingyue and the others to a relatively secluded dead-end alley to hide.
Have the metal-type ability user erect a high golden wall to block the entrance, so that from the outside it looks like a flat golden wall.
As they were about to enter the main city of the Black Domain, Wu Qian looked at the group and asked for their opinions.
"We're about to enter the Black Domain City. Anyone who doesn't want to go in can still get back before midnight."
"Let me make this clear: once we reach the main city of the Black Domain, I can only protect my own safety and will absolutely not be able to protect you. If anyone perishes here, please do not blame me."
Her expression turned slightly cold, clearly indicating her disapproval of their entry.
Gu Mingyue was the first to speak up, "Sister Wu, you just need to lead the way. I don't need your protection."
The others were somewhat timid. Along the way, Gu Mingyue and Xinghe worked together seamlessly, and with the monster's severed limbs as a disguise, they didn't suffer any injuries.
They weren't prepared at all. Some of them were seriously injured, and even though they had been treated by healing ability users, their faces were still pale. The energy cores they had brought in to replenish their energy had been almost completely used up.
"Qingchen, my powers are almost exhausted. Why don't we leave? If you get hurt again, I won't have the power to heal you." The woman who spoke was named Xiaoping. She was a healing-type ability user with little offensive power. After feeling that her power was running low, she looked at Lu Qingchen with concern.
Lu Qingchen's other followers also began to have second thoughts and looked at Lu Qingchen.
They were never interested in the Black Domain Lord's crystal source in the first place, and they would never have come in if they hadn't heard that Lu Qingchen was coming.
"Xiaoping, Xiaowen, Xiaoai... can you help me again? I really want that crystal source." After he finished speaking, he revealed an even more perfect smile, took their hands, and kissed each of them with a kiss. He raised his head and looked like an extremely handsome male demon, which was very bewitching.
Seeing that smile, the group's hearts pounded so hard they felt like they were about to leap out of their chests. Finally, they nodded in agreement. After all, there was no joy left after the apocalypse anyway. Living consciously was no better than following Lu Qingchen into this descent into depravity. At least they had experienced happiness once.
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