"Xiao Zhou, come on! We can do it, right?"
Due to excessive blood loss, her face had turned as pale as paper, and looking at Xie Zhou caused her waves of heart-wrenching pain.
"Sister, we will definitely get out of here alive."
Xie Zhou struggled to stay upright and walked along the road with his sister, who was limping.
"Almost there... Sister! I see them! Almost there! We're almost at the finish line!"
Now, Xie Zhou is using her body to support her sister and prevent her from falling to the ground.
"Really? That's great."
My sister's voice grew weaker and weaker.
"Tenth place, Xie Zhou or Xie Chen?"
The scarred man in black stared coldly at Xie Zhou and Xie Chen. The light reflected from the blade swept into Xie Zhou's eyes, sending a chill down his spine.
"Wh...what?"
Xie Zhou stammered a little.
"The rules have already been stated. The tenth place is up to you—you or your sister?" The scarred man in black grinned.
Xie Zhou stood there, somewhat at a loss.
"It's up to you to decide."
With that, the scarred man threw the dagger on the ground. Torn between his sister and his life, what should Xie Zhou do?
"Make a decision quickly. If you can't make a decision yourself, then I'll make the decision for you."
The scarred man in black clearly didn't want to see Xie Zhou cowering.
"But thinking about it, this answer is indeed difficult. On one hand, there's your life, and on the other hand, there's your sister who has been with you for many years and has been kind to you. What would you choose? Hahahaha..."
The scarred man couldn't help but laugh as he looked at Xie Zhou's predicament.
"Xie Zhou, my sister knows my body. I'm too badly injured. Kill me, but you must be well, you absolutely must be well."
Xie Chen didn't struggle at all. When she realized she was about to leave this world, she even showed a relieved smile.
It's like a relief.
"No, no, no, sister..."
Xie Zhou, tears streaming down his face, knelt before his sister who was lying on the ground, unable to get up.
Xie Zhou cried like a baby.
"Silly child, survival is the best thing. Listen to me, kill your sister."
Xie Chen smiled, grabbed Xie Zhou's hand, and thrust the knife into her own heart.
"No...I don't want to!"
Xie Zhou broke free in terror.
"Um?"
The scarred man, who had been watching the spectacle from the sidelines, was getting a little annoyed.
"You're so hesitant to kill someone. In a life-or-death situation like this, even if your parents were right next to you, you should have killed them without hesitation, let alone your sister!"
The scarred man became somewhat excited as he spoke.
"Kill her! Kill her, and I will set you free. From now on, you will never have to endure this kind of painful training again."
Temptation, the scarred man tempts Xie Zhou
"And you'll be set for life, with plenty of food and clothing. I'll make sure you're set for life!"
The scarred man roared hysterically in Xie Zhou's ear.
"Hurry up! Get started already! Hurry up!"
Xie Zhou had cried all her tears, leaving two long tear tracks on her face. She slowly picked up the dagger that had fallen to the ground and walked towards Xie Chen.
"Yes, that's it, that's it! Get to work! Get to work!"
The scarred man was impatient.
"ah!"
Xie Zhou shouted loudly, closed his eyes tightly, and without thinking, stabbed directly at the scarred man next to him.
"Impossible! My sister is my dearest person! If I lose my sister, I don't want anything! Freedom, wealth, or a life of comfort! I just want my sister!"
Xie Zhou kept stabbing the scarred man with the dagger.
But the feeling of being poked was strange, as if the scarred man wasn't a physical entity, but rather... something like smoke.
"How could this be! This is impossible! Humans are all selfish and greedy, this is impossible!"
Somehow, the scarred man turned into a wisp of black smoke and vanished from the world.
Xie Zhou felt a dizziness and a sharp pain in his head again.
"Cough cough... cough cough cough..."
The person being pinned down by Xie Zhou coughed a few times.
The surrounding black mist returned, and the person Xie Zhou was pressing down on was none other than Luo Fantian.
"Xie Zhou...you've finally woken up..."
Luo Fantian gave a bitter smile. He saw a large gash on his arm and his clothes were covered in blood, exactly the same as Xie Chen's wound.
"What's going on... I... What's wrong with me..."
Xie Zhou covered her head, his brows furrowed in a frown.
"I wasn't with my sister just now..."
"Cough cough... Xie Zhou, wake up! There's no sister here. You've been talking nonsense, calling me 'sister,' and I don't know what's going on!"
Xie Zhou gave a wry smile. Not long after entering the black mist, Xie Zhou seemed to have become possessed. He ignored everyone's calls and did many surprising things.
For example, he went straight for the place with the most traps. If it weren't for Luo Fantian protecting him all the way, Xie Zhou would probably have died countless times already.
"No sister? No scarred man in black? And not so many dead people?"
Xie Zhou shook her head; her mind was in complete turmoil.
"Yes, no, it's always been me!"
Luo Fantian patted Xie Zhou's shoulder, which pulled at the wound on his arm, causing him to grimace in pain.
"Senior brother... I... I didn't mean to. Are you alright? I don't know why, but it felt like I went to a completely different place just now, and even my memories are a bit jumbled."
Xie Zhou felt somewhat apologetic.
"Your fate is weak, which makes you the most attractive to these ghosts and monsters. In addition, we were caught off guard just now, so it was easy for us to fall into their trap."
Luo Fantian did not blame Xie Zhou for anything.
"There's something strange about the black mist around here. Just as I regained consciousness, I heard a wisp of black smoke say that humans are all selfish and greedy. I don't know why!"
Xie Zhou immediately became alert.
"Activate your spiritual energy shield!"
Luo Fantian and Xie Zhou simultaneously activated their spiritual power.
The black mist, which had been quiet, had transformed into a thick cloud of resentment, a resentment so intense it could now affect people's minds.
That's why Xie Zhou was affected just now.
"Better safe than sorry."
Having learned his lesson from the previous incident, Xie Zhou dared not let his guard down again.
"good."
Luo Fantian continued to hold Xie Zhou's hand and walked carefully.
"System! System! Get out here right now!"
Xie Zhou suddenly remembered the Death Spirit Orb and, before he could finish asking, quickly called out to the system.
"You're finally back."
The system sighed.
"Enough nonsense. Where exactly is that Death Orb? And how do we get out of this Death Forest?"
Xie Zhou got straight to the point.
"The Death Spirit Orb is the foundation of this Death Forest. If you want to find it, you must head towards the area with the most spiritual energy and resentment; that is where the Death Spirit Orb resides."
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