translator: Oyen editor: Ciel
Because three teams joined hands to lay siege to both Qin Mo and Xiao Han, the both of them soon fell under the skill bombardment.
Seeing this, Ye Chao burst out laughing. “It seems that Twin Stars’ hatred value is too big. After seeing them, the other three teams immediately cooperated to kill Twin Stars first!”
“As long as they are in different teams, the players’ names will appear red to each other, signifying that they can be attacked,” Liang Ru added. “These nine people meticulously avoided each other, all cooperating to hit only god Mo and god Han. This really is true love!”
Ye Chao was amused. “Everyone treats Qin Mo and Xiao Han as BOSSes. If the BOSS is killed, they will drop good things!”
—— [Flower Blooming Like Red Clouds] has killed [Ink Mark]!
—— [Flower Blooming Like Red Clouds] has killed [Thousand Miles Ice]!
Two pop-ups appeared on the screen. Xiao Han and Qin Mo were unexpectedly killed by Lin Yao, who was the last one on the scene. This was because he had hid in the distance, using the long-ranged poison attack ‘Arsenic Frost’, poisoning the both of them.
Originally, Lin Yao only had one treasure chest. After killing Xiao Han and Qin Mo, the icon above his head became ‘treasure chest x3’.
Sensing that something was wrong, Lin Yao immediately turned to run, while Chu Jianxin opened a shield to cover his retreat. However, when the other two teams saw that Lin Yao was carrying three treasure boxes, how could they let him go?
Qiu Zongping and Yuan Xi joined hands again. Qiu Zongping released his mechanical chariots to cut off Lin Yao’s path of retreat, and Yuan Xi attacked from behind. Su Cheng also flew to the roof to play his guqin—— however, Su Cheng’s attack range was too large, and his soundwaves hit everyone in the area, causing the scene to devolve into chaos.
As a thick-skinned tank, Chu Jianxin had too much health, and it took a long time before he was killed. His head was taken by Nie Yuzhu, who saw that he was now carrying two treasure chests, and tactfully hid himself in a nearby house.
At the same time, Lin Yao died under the joint attack of Qiu Zongping, Yuan Xi, Jing Yang, and Su Cheng. The last attack that hit him was from Yuan Xi’s mechanical snake, causing his three treasure chests to fall into Yuan Xi’s hands.
Yuan Xi had become the biggest BOSS on the scene, carrying 4 treasure chests on him.
“Hurry and run!” Su Cheng shouted.
Yuan Xi immediately turned to run, but the moment he attempted to retreat, a familiar mechanical chariot blocked his path.
He had temporarily cooperated with Qiu Zongping to seize the treasure chests from Qin Mo and Lin Yao earlier, but that did not change the fact that they were from different teams. Now that he was carrying four treasure chests, like a walking BOSS, anyone who killed him could obtain these four chests. It was very normal for Qiu Zongping to stop him.
However, seeing Qiu Zongping attack him made Yuan Xi feel quite uncomfortable.
If it were him, he would definitely not attack Qiu Zongping…
But Qiu Zongping had always been a very rational person. As long as he knew the rules of the game, he would make full use of them.
Qiu Zongping now had only one treasure chest. As long as he killed Yuan Xi, he would have five treasure chests. In fact, there was nothing wrong with his choice of action…
Taking a deep breath, Yuan Xi tried to calm himself down. Still, he was uncertain of how to face Qiu Zongping after saying such embarrassing things in the carnival yesterday.
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Much to Zhou Xuewei’s surprise, Qiu Zongping suddenly withdrew. He seemed to have given up on killing Yuan Xi, instead turning to rejoin Nie Yuzhu and Jing Yang.
In her moment of doubt, three people suddenly flew over the roof—— Li Junru, An Ling and Zhu Qingyue!
The three of them had obviously circled around the bamboo forest to get here. Having met no opponents along the road, they were in a state of full blood and blue.
Seeing that Yuan Xi was carrying four treasure chests, their expressions immediately brightened up. Zhu Qingyue immediately deployed an offensive-type umbrella array, while Li Junru and An Ling cooperated to use poison attacks. In just a few moments, layers of poison were stacked on Yuan Xi, leaving him in a state of residual blood.
Zhou Xuewei had already used up a lot of blue in their attempt to kill Qin Mo and Lin Yao just now. In comparison, Yuan Xi’s plight was even more tragic. In order to forcefully kill Qin Mo at the beginning, he used his highest hand speed to attack, and many of his skils were still on cooldown.
Now that they had to face Li Junru’s team who was still in a very good condition, they would naturally not have any advantage to speak of.
As one would expect, the combination of Li Junru and An Ling immediately killed Yuan Xi, before setting their sights on Zhou Xuewei and Su Cheng.
The team that had just arrived in this courtyard ended up with the largest gains.
“Qingyue and Junru’s team are really lucky!” Ye Chao smiled. “They came wandering over from the bamboo forest and encountered Yuan Xi’s three-man team who were all at residual blood. They really earned six treasure chests for cheap!”
“Currently, the team leading the rankings is team 2,” Liang Ru reported. “Junru, An Ling, and Qingyue have nine treasure chests between them.”
“The last team is team 6’s Xiao Han, Qin Mo and Muran,” Ye Chao added. “Since they were treated as BOSSes and killed by the other players, they have only just resurrected, and have zero chests to their name.”
“There are many treasure chests on the map, they can still pick up a few,” Liang Ru suggested.
On the contrary, Qin Mo didn’t pick up the treasure chests. “It is safer for us to move empty-handed.”
“From the rankings, Qingyue’s team is temporarily ranked first,” Xiao Han noted. “Qiu Zongping’s team has five treasure chests, while Lin Shuangcheng and Sang Jun’s teams both have three treasure chests each.”
“Wait for them to fight a wave of battles,” Qin Mo suggested. “We shall sit aside first, and reap the profits last.”
“That’s a good idea.” Xiao Han agreed.
In fact, the way to win the game was very simple; just killing the team with the largest number of treasure chests and grabbing it for your own would do. However, since there were seven small teams on the scene, it was fairly difficult to judge the situation, and it was impossible to predict who would win or lose.
Knowing that their team had just become everyone’s target, Zhu Qingyue immediately found somewhere to hide with Junru and An Ling. However, the person carrying the most number of treasure chests would have their location marked on the map, and hiding forever was impossible. Soon, both Sang Jun’s and Lin Shuangcheng’s teams arrived.
The three teams were engaged in a wild battle. Having killed some people, Lin Shuangcheng instantly jumped to the top of the rankings.
Instead of killing him, Sang Jun turned to leave, intending to look for other treasure chests. Qiu Zongping had the same idea; he hadn’t killed Yuan Xi just now in order to prevent his team from becoming public enemy number one. As long as they were not the owners of the most chests, their locations would not be shown openly on the map. All they had to do was find the other chests while waiting for their blood and blue to be replenished, before seizing the opportunity to harvest some heads after the other teams were left in residual blood states from their own battles.
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With five minutes left in the game, the resurrected teams also began to look for treasure chests on the map. As if they had reached a tacit understanding, the seven teams shared a period of peace.
However, Lin Shuangcheng felt his hair standing on its end, because he knew that all the players were eyeing him at this very moment, waiting for a chance to kill him.
The feeling of being a BOSS was really not too good. “Captain Chen, it seems like we are destined to lose this game,” Lin Shuangcheng smiled helplessly. “Our team will definitely be besieged by everyone later.”
“It doesn’t matter,” Chen Jiang nodded, “It’s just a game, we should have fun.”
“That’s right.” Lin Shuangcheng agreed. “Qin Mo hasn’t moved yet, he must be planning something.”
“Certainly,” Chen Jiang replied, “God Mo must have a strategy, but under the premise of so many teams, it’s not certain that his strategy will succeed.”
Lin Shuangcheng laughed. “Indeed. After all, he has underestimated everyone’s hatred for the Twin Stars.”
With only three minutes left on the clock, the map on the upper right corner of the screen showed that the teams were gradually approaching the middle courtyard where Lin Shuangcheng was located.
“Today is the first time I have experienced the treatment that a BOSS receives,” Lin Shuangcheng sighed.
“Captain Lin, you’ve got a good mentality!” He Yue couldn’t help replying. “We will be facing a siege of more than a dozen people later!”
“I’ve decided to lie down, what about you both?” Lin Shuangcheng asked.
“Then, let’s lie down and wait to die.” Chen Jiang smiled.
The players from the other teams quickly gathered in the courtyard. However, everyone knew the principle of the first bird to make a move getting shot first, and no one was willing to act.
Looking at the situation, Qin Mo suggested. “Xiao Han, you hide and wait for everyone to start an all-out war before capitalising on their mistakes.”
However, before he finished, a wave of mechanical rats suddenly rushed toward him…
It was Yuan Xi again!
“This Xiao Yuan, did he come here today specifically to kill me?” Qin Mo felt an incumbent headache.
“If this was any other time, he definitely wouldn’t be able to beat you,” Xiao Han smiled. “It wasn’t easy to take advantage of the chaotic situation to kill you once. Yuan Xi must be thinking of proving himself powerful in front of you.”
This was a very silly way to prove himself, but it definitely affected Qin Mo’s strategy. Originally, no one had planned on making a move. As a result, after Yuan Xi acted, his teammates Su Cheng and Zhou Xuewei immediately joined him in attacking Qin Mo. They were also followed by Li Junru’s team of herself, An Ling, and Zhu Qingyue, who joined in the battle against the Twin Stars.
As a result…
The small room where Qin Mo and Xiao Han were hiding became the scene of a wild war.
—— [Dead Soul] has killed [Ink Mark]!
—— [Dead Soul] has killed [Thousand Miles Ice]!
Helpless, Qin Mo could only type on the chat: “Yuan Xi, I’m not carrying any treasure chests, why do you still kill me?”
Yuan Xi: “Cough, seeing you, I couldn’t help releasing my attack skills [embarrassed]”
Qin Mo: “…”
This reply caused the audience to burst out laughing. It was obvious that Yuan Xi did not care about winning or losing the game, all he wanted to do was to kill Qin Mo. As for Li Junru’s team, they had probably joined in the fun, casually hitting Twin Stars a few times.
“Xiao Mo, it seems that your strategy is not working,” Xiao Han laughed. “Even if we don’t have treasure chests, we’ll still be surrounded.”
“Forget it,” Qin Mo was helpless. “As long as he is happy, it’s good enough. He can’t kill me in competitions anyway, so might as well let him have fun during the carnival.”
Since they were surrounded and killed, Qin Mo and Xiao Han naturally no longer had a chance at winning. Thus, they directed their cameras to the main battlefield to watch the game.
While Yuan Xi and Li Junru’s teams were fighting Qin Mo, a large-scale war was going on in the yard right next to them. Lin Shuangcheng had died in the hands of Sang Jun, who now owned over ten treasure chests and became the next BOSS. However, just as he was about to retreat with stealth, four mechanical chariots suddenly appeared, surrounding him from four different directions. This was quickly followed up by Nie Yuzhu’s traps and Jing Yang’s sharp double swords!
Just as Sang Jun was killed by Jing Yang, the timer ended, and the teams began counting their treasure chests.
In the end, team 7’s Qiu Zongping, Jing Yang and Nie Yuzhu won with a final score of 15 treasure chests.
This was indeed a classic scene of ‘the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind’.
The official sent special souvenirs to all the great gods who participated in this activity, with the champions having extra commemorative pillows. Qiu Zongping received a Zhuge Family summoner pillow, while Nie Yuzhu and Jing Yang received a Xuanbing Palace double ring pillow and a Kuangdao Gate double swords pillow respectively.
Seeing this, Yuan Xi felt extremely conflicted. In fact, Qiu Zongping’s approach was extremely calm and rational. At that time, Qiu Zongping hadn’t killed him because he noticed that Zhu Qingyue’s team had come. He didn’t want to fight head-on with an opponent who had full blood and blue in a terrible condition, so he let Yuan Xi go. Together with Nie Yuzhu and Jing Yang, he stayed away from the battlefield, slowly collecting treasure chests around the map as they recovered, before ambushing the player with the most number of chests at the final minute to win.
Rationally speaking, this tactic was really beautiful.
But emotionally speaking, Yuan Xi still felt a little uncomfortable.
Perhaps it was because Qiu Zongping was too calm, and had even attacked him without mercy.
The moment Qiu Zongping surrounded him with his mechanical chariots, Yuan Xi realised that Qiu Zongping really regarded him as just an ordinary teammate, and had no other emotions towards him. Thus, he hadn’t hesitated when facing him.
The carnival was over, and the competition in the second half of the year was about to begin. Yuan Xi had a splitting headache at the thought of having to spend time with Qiu Zongping again.
He was stupid, stupid to the point of being ignorant. Before, in order to show that he was better than Qiu Zongping, he recklessly led the team into the new district, only to mess everything up. In the end, Qiu Zongping still had to come over to help form the Sky team… in front of Qiu Zongping, he had made himself into a joke so many times. Why hadn’t he learnt his lesson yet?
Poor Yuan Xi… 🥺💔 Does Qiu Zongping really not feel anything for him? I hate that he’s ignoring Yuan Xi‘s feelings! He should accept or reject his feelings! Not ignoring it!!! Well, i still want to see how they will become a couple… Can’t wait for the extras~ And Yuan Xi, hang in there~ (ง’̀-‘́)ง
Thank you for the chapter! 🌹🌹🌹
Their extras will be the longest! I hate Qiu Zongping in the main story 😡
Still, poor Yuan Xi 😭 wait till the extras for Yuan Xi!
You’re welcome~ ❤
Have to be patient ahh~
QZP brought him back to the team when he left and he switched games with him when he went away. I don’t think he hates him…. but it does seem like he’s ignoring yuan xi’s feelings. -sigh- actually qiu zongping properly turned him down so the ball is in yuan xi’s court. Give up/move on or he will just keep being hurt since he won’t reciprocate.