Chapter 16 Survival of the Brave
Rong Yi's words resonated with them. Seeing the crowd gradually quiet down, Rong Yi continued, "Look at the countdown. Do you want to live or drag everyone down with you?"
“She’s right. This pointless gunfight is just a waste of time and bullets. No one has made it to the top yet, and we only have a little over an hour left.” This was Song Hang’s voice. “Either we climb up by our own abilities, or we fight hand-to-hand. If we keep spraying bullets, we’ll all die here.”
Nobody really wants to die here, even if everyone in the instance dies with them, but once you're dead, you're dead.
Rong Yi put away her gun, first extending her hand into everyone's sight, then slowly removing her body to make sure she was unarmed. Several people then lowered their guns.
Song Hang's team was the first to put away their guns and switch to melee weapons such as knives and hammers.
His three teammates stared intently at the men who hadn't yet put their guns away. If they didn't want the gunfight to continue, they couldn't keep their necks straight and hold their guns.
Gradually, everyone put away their guns and switched to other tools.
"Didn't you see the message I sent you?" Song Hang asked. "Check your panel."
Aside from looking at the navigation, Rong Yi didn't pay attention to any other interfaces. Following Song Hang's instructions, she opened the panel and found unread messages in the communications section. The system didn't notify her because she hadn't set notification permissions.
[Song Hang]: Are you still alive?
How thoughtful...
Seeing Rong Yi's expression, Song Hang knew she had seen the message. "You haven't replied, I thought you were really gone."
"Almost, did you see a man with a scorpion tattooed on his face?" She didn't forget to find this person.
Song Hang shook his head. "No, I would definitely remember such an obvious feature if I saw it. What, did he trick you?"
Rong Yi nodded. "Yes, I'm going to kill him."
He spoke so casually that everyone who heard it turned their heads slightly. Song Hang was also quite surprised. If he remembered correctly, Rong Yi was still a newcomer, yet he had integrated into the dungeon's style so smoothly.
Rong Yi wasn't in the mood for catching up with him. He took out a projectile and aimed it at a position near the top of the cliff. He failed the first time. Song Hang, who was next to him, instructed him: "Don't get too close to the top. A little lower."
Rong Yi listened to advice and succeeded the second time. The iron claw was deeply embedded in it. "Thanks, we can talk about it when we get to the coordinates."
Rong Yi was propelled by the launcher to the edge of the cliff, and after the rope reached the bottom, he had to climb back up on his own.
This is where the dagger comes in handy, as the closer you get to the top of the cliff, the softer the soil becomes.
Rong Yi used the dagger to barely hold it in place, while using his other hand to forcefully push it into the mud until he had dug out a curved hole before he could continue upwards.
This distance is only about two meters, but you can only reach forward half a meter at a time. The higher you go, the wetter and slipperier the soil becomes, like mud mixed with water.
After climbing only two or three times, Rong Yi had to shove half of her arm into the mud. Song Hang, who had chosen a spot next to her, was grimacing and complaining, "Damn, I was so busy fighting that I didn't expect this part to be so hard to climb."
As he spoke, he threw a clump of mud at his mouth, "Ptooey! It's a good thing you did that, otherwise even if we had time after the fight, we might not have been able to climb up."
Seeing how hard the people above were climbing, those below lost all will to fight and just hurried up.
Rong Yi frowned and focused on climbing. Soon, someone lost their grip and fell. One after another, they realized that the last part of the journey would not be easy.
Just as he was about to touch the ground at the top of the cliff, Rong Yi felt a jolt in his back and subconsciously tilted his head, revealing a dagger stuck in the mud.
Rong Yi turned around and saw that person.
The man smiled, his scorpion-like face contorting: "So you're not dead after all. That won't do."
"Let's go up first and then talk about it," Song Hang said.
Rong Yi shook his head, "If I make any further moves, he will definitely take action. You go up first."
After saying that, she let go and jumped down, landing steadily. Seeing this, Song Hang knew that it was time to settle the score.
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Seeing that Rong Yi got down on his own without being reminded, the man was very satisfied. "You're smart enough to know what's good for you. My name is Hou Tianzong. Now you have the right to know the name of the person who killed you."
Rong Yi: "..."
Actually, she preferred to call this guy Ugly Scorpion, but she wasn't in the mood to reply to him right now.
Without saying a word, Rong Yi flashed forward, and by the time everyone saw her, her dagger had already clashed with Hou Tianzong's snake-shaped blade several times.
Her weapon was not yet at the first tier, while the snake-shaped blade was already a first-tier weapon. Naturally, she was no match for it in a direct confrontation. At this moment, the dagger had already developed a nick, and it seemed that it would break after a few more slashes.
However, Rong Yi was not afraid at all. When Hou Tianzong made a horizontal slash, he bent over and the blade cut off a section of her hat brim.
Without pausing, Rong Yi reversed his grip on the dagger and sprang up, the blade slicing horizontally across Hou Tianzong's side with the force of the movement. The other man dodged in time, but his clothes were still torn, revealing the cut skin underneath, and blood quickly soaked that area.
Without giving the man a chance to catch his breath, the counterattack came one after another, with straight thrusts, upward slashes, horizontal swipes, and reverse cuts, catching Hou Tianzong off guard.
The moves are clean, crisp, and fluid, so much so that they reveal a certain beauty.
Hou Tianzong, facing these moves, felt that the killing intent was fully revealed.
Rong Yi's attack was exceptionally fierce, giving her no chance whatsoever. She was holding back a lot of anger, which Hou Tianzong further intensified, causing it to erupt at this moment.
In the fast-paced offensive, even the ruthless Hou Tianzong could not withstand it. After a light clink of blades colliding, Hou Tianzong felt a pain in his wrist, and the snake-shaped knife left his hand, drawing a beautiful arc in the air.
Rong Yi was already behind him, and with a swift stroke of his dagger, which was covered in nicks and chips, this personal feud came to an end.
Pah pah pah——
"Well done!" Song Hang clapped his hands from the top of the cliff. This close combat was so exciting to watch!
Rong Yi breathed a long sigh of relief, the pent-up frustration in her heart finally dissipated. She took off the ring on Hou Tianzong's finger and was pleasantly surprised to find that the ring inside was ten cubic meters in size, and would cost six hundred points in the system store.
Moreover, there were many supplies inside, and most importantly, her balance suddenly increased by 422 points, which should have been transferred from Hou Tianzong.
But before she could even finish her thought, the ground began to tremble.
"It's collapsing!"
Rong Yi put away the ring, tied the dagger with a rope, and this time instead of throwing it directly, he swung the rope in a circle.
Finding the right angle, she threw the dagger with all her might. The dagger sank deep into the mud. Without bothering to check the tightness, Rong Yi grabbed the rope and started climbing. She was quick and climbed seven or eight meters in no time.
As the shaking intensified, Song Hang called for everyone to throw down ropes to pull people up. Rong Yi grabbed one of them, which belonged to Song Hang's big teammate. This guy was very strong and easily pulled her up.
Rong Yi, who came up, didn't run away either. Instead, he joined the others in helping. The rope they threw down was now the greatest chance of survival for the people below.
Each rope held at least four or five people. As the collapse rapidly approached from not far away, everyone swung their arms with all their might.
Within just two or three minutes, they pulled up at least two hundred people, but the collapse was happening too fast and had already reached the edge of the cliff.
"Run while holding the rope!" Rong Yi shouted.
(End of this chapter)
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