Chapter 21. Ghost Cave ④: Unable to…
Along the way, Lin Xiaoxiao sat behind Xiao Weizhi and became unusually silent, no longer joining in the banter with her teammates as usual.
Lin Xiaoxiao's friends noticed that she was in a bad mood and tried several times to cheer her up with jokes, but they all failed.
Xiao Weizhi noticed that Lin Xiaoxiao's mood had been off these past few days and assumed that she was afraid of encountering a terrifying BOSS leader, just like she had been in that Tree Demon Secret Realm.
He didn't have many solutions to this problem; he could only let her figure it out herself and get through it.
But Xiao Weizhi still unconsciously protected her even more during the battle, trying to put Lin Xiaoxiao at ease in this clumsy way.
[Congratulations to the Dragon Fang Squad for annihilating the level 65 skeleton monster horde in Stone Village]
Experience gained: 812...
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After defeating a large group of skeleton monsters in a dilapidated stone village, Lin Xiaoxiao's level broke through to level 43, but there was no joy on her face.
Chen Feng, Cheng Cheng, Jiang Tao... they subconsciously made their movements quieter when packing up the items.
Xiao Weizhi rubbed his temples helplessly, wanting to persuade him but not knowing where to begin. In the end, he helplessly said, "Let's go, let's set off!"
As he turned around, he paused for a few seconds as usual, feeling the pull of his belt, before slowly leading the person toward the flying car.
As the flying car sped along, several hours later, a towering, weathered black rock wall, over ten meters high, came into view in the distance.
Half an hour later, five flying cars stopped in front of the dilapidated city gate, which had been corroded down to just a few wooden roots.
Xiao Weizhi pushed up his windproof goggles and calmly commanded, "Let's go, into the city!"
This is the core city of the entire Ghost Stone Fortress, and also the place where the final boss will appear; this is common knowledge.
Lin Xiaoxiao closed her eyes and rested her forehead lightly on Xiao Weizhi's back. She was silent. Her heart felt like a huge weight was pressing down on it, making it hard to breathe.
This is the place where Xiao Weizhi encountered his first disaster in the story - the ghost town of the underworld.
Xiao Weizhi noticed her unease, so he steered the flying car with one hand and gently patted the small hand wrapped around his waist with the other, as if to comfort Lin Xiaoxiao and tell her not to worry.
As the flying car drove quickly inward, an hour later, it arrived smoothly in front of the dilapidated stone fortress that was more than 60 meters high.
Meanwhile, thousands of professionals had gathered in front of the stone fortress, including Xiao Weizhi's four childhood friends' team.
Gu Qingqi took the initiative to step forward and greet him: "Hey, you're a little late this time!"
Xiao Weizhi turned around and reached out to help Lin Xiaoxiao get off the car, waiting for her to stand firmly.
He took off his goggles and gave Gu Qingqi a cold glance: "Stop talking nonsense."
Gu Qingqi's gaze darted back and forth between Xiao Weizhi and Lin Xiaoxiao, his smile quite wantonly: "Well, I understand, I understand. I just talk too much nonsense."
While Xiao Weizhi and Gu Qingqi were talking, Shen Bi'an, Lu Xumo, Pei Shuyan and their group also approached.
Pei Shuyan greeted him with a warm smile: "You're here."
Lu Xumo nodded without saying anything.
Shen Bi'an's thoughtful gaze lingered on Lin Xiaoxiao and Xiao Weizhi. When Lin Xiaoxiao looked over, he subconsciously revealed a charming smile...
While the group was chatting...
A familiar female voice, with a willful and domineering tone, interrupted: "Xiao Weizhi, I need to talk to you."
Xiao Weizhi turned around and glanced coldly at Liu Duoxin, who was wearing a red dress not far away, then turned back and continued chatting with Gu Qingqi and the others.
Liu Duoxin stomped her foot angrily and said, "Do you still want the things or not?"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Weizhi turned to Liu Duoxin and said, "Let's talk over there."
After saying that, he prepared to walk to the side, but Lin Xiaoxiao reached out and grabbed his belt, stopping him from leaving.
He stopped, gently patted Lin Xiaoxiao's hand that was pulling at her belt, signaling her to let go, and whispered, "I'm going to talk to her about something over there, I'll be right back."
Lin Xiaoxiao wanted to speak, but when she opened her mouth, she found that she had lost her voice again.
She could only grip the belt tightly in her hands, shaking her head from side to side, silently refusing to let him talk to Liu Duoxin.
Seeing Xiao Weizhi's actions, Liu Duoxin bit her lower lip, feeling extremely uncomfortable. Before, he had only reserved his tenderness for her, so why was he giving it to this woman with a limp now?
Finally, Xiao Weizhi deftly pried open Lin Xiaoxiao's fingers one by one before leading Liu Duoxin to the side.
Lin Xiaoxiao watched as the two went from a peaceful chat to Liu Duoxin pointing her finger at Xiao Weizhi's nose, stomping her feet and cursing angrily.
After chatting for a few minutes, they seemed to have reached an agreement.
Xiao Weizhi took out a jade pendant-shaped prop from his pocket and handed it to Liu Duoxin. He then took back a box slightly larger than his fist from Liu Duoxin.
Seeing this, Lin Xiaoxiao closed her eyes helplessly, ultimately giving the role to the female lead.
Xiao Weizhi has carried this protective item with her since childhood. It is a jade pendant-shaped item of the highest quality, specially made by the elders of the Xiao family.
[Equipment/Skill Book Tiers: Bronze, Silver, Gold, Diamond, Colored, Epic, Legendary, Quasi-God, God-tier]
Within the color category, it is further divided into: tricolor, five-color, and seven-color.
With each subsequent level, the rarity of the item doubles.
In the original novel, Xiao Weizhi, the villain, was injured and infected with ghost energy in the later crisis because he gave this precious protective jade pendant to the female protagonist Liu Duoxin. He became a disabled person who could only sit in a special wheelchair for the rest of his life.
The male protagonist, whose strength was average, relied on this protective gear to get through this secret realm and gained a lot of benefits, officially starting his upgrade career of assault and fierce attacks.
Xiao Weizhi put away the box and walked back to the group.
Lin Xiaoxiao pursed her lips and lowered her head, not saying a word, but silently kicking the small stones on the ground with her toes.
Gu Qingqi nudged Xiao Weizhi's arm with his elbow and said in a low voice, "What are you still standing there for? Can't you see she's jealous? Hurry up and coax her."
Lu Xumo nodded in agreement with Lao Qing's words.
Xiao Weizhi opened his mouth, wanting to explain: Liu Duoxin has something that is very important to the Xiao family, and it must be returned. He had no intention of continuing to cultivate a relationship with Liu Duoxin.
Before he could even finish speaking, the ground began to shake rapidly, as if many things were falling to the ground at the same time, creating the tremors.
"Prepare for battle, prepare for battle, the monster is coming!" Gu Qingqi walked towards the team while also moving to the side.
Shen Bi'an nodded to them and turned to distance himself: "Let's go, we on Nuclear Star also need to prepare for war."
Lu Xumo nodded and left.
Pei Shuyan said with a smile, "When we get back to the capital, I'll take your 'new team members' out for a meal."
Xiao Weizhi pulled Lin Xiaoxiao behind him and agreed in a deep voice: "Okay."
A few minutes later, an overwhelming horde of monsters surged in from all directions, as if all the monsters in the entire dungeon had come. The tallest of them was 4 meters tall, and the shortest was only 1 meter tall. These monsters carried a distinct stench of decay.
These monsters are ugly and rotting, some with missing limbs; others have more than a dozen hands and feet, their bodies shaped like fleshy balls that look like they'll explode if you touch them; still others have blue faces and fangs, their appearances ferocious and terrifying...
Many silver and gold-level bosses are among them.
In an instant, all the professionals were using their skills to slay the monsters in front of them, and the colorful skill lights illuminated the entire dark world.
While wielding his staff, Xiao Weizhi calmly directed the attack: "Huihui, six o'clock, unleash a group attack with Starburst Sword Strike; Jiang Tao, return to defense and protect Cheng Cheng and Yi Jin; Wang Hao, twelve o'clock, cast the forbidden spell [Savage Bombardment];"
"Junxuan, place a large metal-type shield at the eight o'clock position. In 30 seconds, unleash 30 stacks of gold and silver-grade alchemical bombs."
"Cheng Cheng, at the two o'clock position, cast Angelic Purification, range 2 kilometers; then buff Chen Feng and have him activate Knight's Protection, then charge towards the 11 o'clock position."
Under Xiao Weizhi's command, the squad worked together seamlessly, and a series of explosions rang out.
The positions around the Dragon Fang Squad became empty one after another, and then countless ghosts continued to fill the vacancies, like an endless tide.
A flying ghost silently approached Lin Xiaoxiao, but Xiao Weizhi used his staff like a baseball bat and swatted it away.
He turned around and whispered to Lin Xiaoxiao, "Tighten your belt and get closer."
A dozen minutes later, Xiao Weizhi took out several bottles of azure-blue potions with starlight-like glimmers from his spatial ring and swallowed them in large gulps.
Then he took out a familiar heart-shaped candy and put it in his mouth.
A second later, Xiao Weizhi's fair face turned bright red from the spiciness, and his neck and ears also turned red. He clenched his back teeth and waved his staff.
In an instant, five or six huge red magic circles appeared out of thin air.
After a few minutes of preparation, the enhanced silver-level forbidden spell [Heaven and Earth Split] created a large shower of flaming meteors that fell rapidly.
Lin Xiaoxiao noticed that the enhanced candy Xiao Weizhi was eating was the chili candy that she had licked earlier.
An inappropriate thought popped into her head: she had licked the candy, and now he was eating it again, wouldn't that count as an indirect kiss?
Xiao Weizhi pulled Lin Xiaoxiao, who was in a daze, to avoid a meteor fireball falling from the sky.
[Congratulations to the Dragon Fang Squad for defeating the Silver-tier Level 55 BOSS - Headless Ghost]
Congratulations to the Dragon Fang Team!
Unable to bear it any longer, he took the candy containing the chili pepper out of his mouth. He was slightly out of breath from the spiciness, his eyes were red, and his thin lips were bright red. He said in a hoarse voice, "You can even space out at a time like this. You're something else."
Lin Xiaoxiao looked up at Xiao Weizhi's bright red lips and swallowed hard, completely lacking any self-respect.
Xiao Weizhi didn't have time to pay attention to Lin Xiaoxiao's reaction. He took a few deep breaths, stuffed the candy into his mouth again, clenched his back teeth, and waved his staff repeatedly, unleashing fire-type skills and forbidden spells.
After several hours of bombing, the overwhelming number of ghosts and monsters visibly decreased.
A series of loud roars rang out.
A giant zombie, hundreds of meters tall, surged up from below. On its shoulder, one could vaguely see tiny red dots, about the size of rice grains, like buttons or decorations.
Lin Xiaoxiao subconsciously glanced at Na Dianhong, a bad feeling rising in her heart.
Then, the giant roared and pounded the ground. The entire ghost town was in danger because of the giant's actions. Many old stone houses collapsed, and cracks gradually appeared in the ground in places that no one noticed.
At this moment, the ground began to undulate in waves, causing many professionals to lose their footing and be torn into countless pieces by the monsters that pounced on them, and the cracks in the darkness grew larger and larger.
Lin Xiaoxiao's heart raced as she glanced at the giant zombie, then looked around. That was it.
It's coming!!
As the giant pounded the ground rapidly, deep, bottomless fissures appeared, and many ghosts, ghost corpses, and professionals fell into them due to the sudden appearance of the fissures.
However, most professionals can use their skills to fly back to the ground, except for a few unlucky ones.
At this critical moment, an arrow shot towards Xiao Weizhi's heart with a whooshing sound.
Lin Xiaoxiao reacted quickly, pulling out a prosthetic limb from her spatial storage and hurling it fiercely at the arrow. The arrow pierced through the prosthetic limb, instantly creating a massive explosion in mid-air.
Just when she thought she had gotten through the key 'plot' in the original story, where Xiao Weizhi fell into the crevice while trying to avoid the arrow, she realized that the story was about to end.
The sound of arrows cutting through the air rang out again, and several more arrows shot out in succession toward the direction where Xiao Wei was.
Anyone with eyes can see that this is a conspiracy against Xiao Weizhi, an attempt to take his life at this critical juncture.
Chen Feng cleaved the headless ghost that had come close with a single sword strike, and when he turned around, he saw this horrifying scene. He tried to turn away, but the ghost clung to him again, so he could only roar angrily to warn, "Wei Zhi, be careful!"
Noticing that he was being targeted, Xiao Weizhi calmly raised his staff, and three giant ice balls appeared out of thin air, blocking the arrows.
Just as Lin Xiaoxiao was about to breathe a sigh of relief, thinking that Xiao Weizhi had survived this ordeal,
An unexpected event occurred.
A petite-looking male professional dressed in a black, tight-fitting assassin's suit rushed towards Xiao Weizhi, grabbed his waist, and clung to him tightly as they fell down the crevice together.
Xiao Weizhi immediately sensed something was wrong, pushed Lin Xiaoxiao aside, and let the professional grab her by the waist and fall into the crevice in the ground.
"Boss!!" they exclaimed in unison.*7
Just as Xiao Weizhi was about to use his skill to fly up, the professional poured a bottle of gray potion on him, then released Xiao Weizhi, transformed into a flying squirrel, and floated away.
The moment Xiao Weizhi touched the potion, all his magical power vanished into nothingness.
No mana – means you can't use any skills.
One thing leads to another. Considering Xiao Wei's habits and the fact that her first reaction in danger would likely be to push Lin Xiaoxiao away, only those few bastards could have done it.
Xiao Weizhi sneered. He had been careless and had actually been caught off guard today.
No wonder Liu Duoxin agreed to exchange that thing for his protective jade pendant; she must have received something in return, or it was a transaction.
His eyes, as cold as ice, stared straight in the direction he had fallen, his arms outstretched, resigned to the fact that he had crashed to the bottom.
Try to take a gamble, bet on his level, bet on his protective gear, that he won't die even if he falls to the bottom.
As long as he doesn't die, there are some things that will definitely be 'seriously' settled when he gets back.
Suddenly, Xiao Weizhi's eyes widened as she stared straight in one direction, her expression one of shock. Her heart pounded like a drum, and her mind went blank from the shock.
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