Yang Heigou stood between the Black Panther Duke and another boss who appeared to be an apple tree spirit, pondering seriously about how to answer in order to safely protect his own life and avoid angering either one, which could lead to their entire group being wiped out.
Stay calm, Mo Yang encouraged himself. He thought, “I’ve written dozens of scenarios like this in my novels. What’s there to fear when I actually encounter it?”
Under the anxious gaze of the players, the player with the black cat mask hesitated, looking at the Black Panther Duke and then at the nobleman-like plant person. Finally, he sighed deeply, as if reluctant.
Players: “… This is nerve-wracking.”
“I actually really enjoy good food, but I also look forward to a more beautiful world. So why don’t you two fight each other?” the player with the black cat mask suggested.
Mo Yang continued to play along, adding to the drama, “I’m glad you both like me, but weaklings don’t have the right to choose. Even if I choose one of you now, will the other accept it? No, they won’t. The other will only think I made the wrong choice. So, I am a weakling, and I will follow the victor. That way, no one can say anything.”
“Don’t think I’m heartless, this is just the rule of this cruel world, isn’t it?”
The Black Panther Duke laughed triumphantly at these words. His laughter was filled with satisfaction and arrogance. “You’re right, this is a world where only the victors have the right to speak! You stay here and watch. Once I’m done with this pretender, you can come back to the castle with me. Then we can savor the most delicious food together!”
The nobleman-like plant person shook his head and sighed, “Although I don’t endorse violence, this world is just so ugly. If we want to make it beautiful, we can only fight fire with fire. Doggie, you stay here and don’t wander off, or you might get hurt.”
Yang Heigou obediently moved to the side.
The nobleman-like plant person and the Black Panther Duke immediately started fighting each other.
Watching the swift movements of the Black Panther Duke, which were only visible as afterimages, and the flexible branches extending from the nobleman-like plant person, the players felt their faces turn green and silently moved closer to Mo Yang, hoping to stay safe by sticking with the player who was being pursued by both sides, the powerful Black Cat boss.
But even the Black Cat boss was panicking. Although the two fighters seemed satisfied with their match, no one knew how it would end. So, seizing the opportunity, Mo Yang planned to escape quietly from another direction. However, with a large group of players following behind him, he couldn’t go unnoticed.
“Can you guys stop following me?” Mo Yang turned to the remaining ten-plus players.
The players shook their heads and gave him a flattering smile. “Rest assured, we won’t go around causing trouble!”
Song Kefeng didn’t flatter, but he stood beside Mo Yang. Only a fool would act alone at this moment.
Mo Yang felt exhausted and could only lead the troops slowly toward the ship.
At this moment, a figure stepped forward from the crowd.
Mo Yang, seeing him walk fearlessly into the midst of the battle between the Black Panther Duke and the nobleman-like plant person, hurriedly grabbed him. “What are you doing?”
Wan Mei looked at the intense fight happening before his eyes and spoke as if it were a matter of course. “Helping out.”
Mo Yang widened his eyes. “Whose side are you helping?!”
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Wan Mei smirked. “The weaker one.”
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Wan Mei walked right into the space between them, seemingly seeking his own death, but they had no intention of stopping him. If he died, he died.
However, something magical happened. No matter how they fought, their final attacks never landed on Wan Mei. Every time an attack was about to hit him, Wan Mei would gracefully move his body and skillfully evade the strike.
After ten minutes of intense fighting, the Black Panther Duke’s back was exposed right in front of Wan Mei, and before both the Black Panther Duke and the nobleman-like plant person could react, Wan Mei thrust his blade into the Black Panther Duke’s back.
The Black Panther Duke roared in anger, and a huge black tail suddenly grew from his back, sweeping toward Wan Mei.
This time, Wan Mei couldn’t block the attack and was sent flying.
Mo Yang was almost screaming as he went to pick up Wan Mei, afraid that this research fanatic would be whipped to death by a tail. But when he reached Wan Mei, this person stuffed cherries into his mouth and said, “It’s okay, the experimental subjects are just a bit irritable.”
Mo Yang was speechless.
After Wan Mei recovered his health, he walked towards the two fierce and transformed giant black panther and apple tree creatures, to the surprise of the onlookers. Song Kefeng couldn’t help but look at Mo Yang and asked, “Aren’t you going to stop him?”
Mo Yang sighed, “Instead of stopping him, what I should do is trust and cooperate with him. He’s not an idiot, he knows what he’s doing.” Besides, he still had the Phoenix Ring. He couldn’t really die.
Song Kefeng disagreed, but Wan Mei had already approached the heavily injured bosses, seemingly unnoticed by them.
“Is this even possible?!” Zhou Luoluo couldn’t help but speak up, “Does he have some special ability?”
Mo Yang coughed. He thought to himself, indeed, this ability would be more effective on him than anyone else.
At this moment, the Black Panther Duke was already at a disadvantage, covered in more and more blood. The noble apple tree had prepared to unleash its ultimate move to end the battle, but suddenly felt intense pain in its core, as if its entire trunk was about to shatter.
It quickly retreated, and countless branches directly attacked its rear. Even though Wan Mei assumed the best defensive posture, when Mo Yang swiftly brought him away from the battlefield, he was left with only 10 health points.
Wan Mei looked somewhat miserable this time, and Mo Yang furrowed his brow tightly. “Does that apple tree have such a powerful attack?”
Wan Mei coughed twice. “It’s alright, it is just that I have a debuff where plant attacks deal double damage.”
Mo Yang narrowed his eyes. This guy must have done something to anger the plants last night. Otherwise, how could plant attacks deal double damage?
But as he watched the heavily injured bosses in front of him continuing to fight, he turned and looked at the dozen or so players behind him. “Anyone want to join me in defeating the bosses? If we win, we might get rare items as drops.”
Before those players could react, Mo Yang had already hidden Wan Mei in the plant forest and took his position. He then leaped forward, drawing his black Tang sword from behind with two swift movements, charging at the bosses.
As he charged, he smiled at the infuriated Black Panther Duke and apple tree creature. “Gentlemen, I just realized true love, so I won’t choose either of you anymore. My true love can cook the most delicious food and single-handedly create a better world. So, I’m sorry!!”
When Mo Yang said the last four words, his black longsword directly struck the Black Panther Duke. The Black Panther Duke and the apple tree creature, furious that the person they set their sights on was now attacking them, redirected their attention towards Mo Yang and began their counterattacks.
If it weren’t for their heavily injured state, Mo Yang would probably have been defeated in the first round. Fortunately, he held on, and Song Kefeng and Zhou Api quickly joined the battle. Several other players, after exchanging glances, picked up their weapons and joined in. However, Batman Mask Man and Zhao Ruoxi took advantage of the situation and ran to the clearing ship.
Batman Mask Man, Deng Lipeng, grabbed Superman Mask Man, Ma Yingchao, and said, “Old Ma, don’t go there! The bosses are heavily injured now, and even with all those people, we won’t be able to defeat them. Let’s take this opportunity to clear the level quickly. With the rewards from these three, at least this trip won’t be in vain!”
Ma Yingchao hesitated, and when he saw a player being smashed to the ground, he finally gritted his teeth and nodded, “Let’s go! This game is too difficult. We’ll talk about it next time.”
At this moment, Zhao Ruoxi reached out and tightly grabbed Deng Lipeng’s sleeve. “I-I also want to clear the level. I’ll give you Dream Coins, please help me!”
Deng Lipeng flung off Zhao Ruoxi’s hand in one motion. “You think you can clear the level without even defeating or killing an Elite NPC? If you have time to beg me here, it’s better to join the fight. Maybe you’ll land the final blow on the final boss and kill it in one shot, haha!”
After saying that, Deng Lipeng’s figure disappeared, and Ma Yingchao and Sun Fuhai from the seven-person team also disappeared. Only the female player who had her legs devoured by the plants and the female player missing an arm was left, both of them wearing panicked expressions.
“No, no, no, something’s not right! We got on the ship too! Why didn’t we clear the level?!”
Zhao Ruoxi, who was feeling down, suddenly smiled when she saw that the two female players hadn’t left either. “Clear the level? You still want to clear the level? You two definitely didn’t defeat or kill an Elite NPC! This game is fair. I can’t leave, and neither can you two!! You looked down on me the whole way, thinking you were so noble, but in the end, aren’t you just like me? Failures?!”
The faces of the two female players instantly turned extremely ugly, and they looked at Zhao Ruoxi with hateful eyes.
While the three on the ship stared each other down, the battle below was nearing its end. Everyone thought that these two bosses would be extremely difficult to defeat, even in their injured state, their combat power surpassed everyone else’s.
However, when the real battle started, they discovered three terrifying monster bosses…
Perhaps due to the damage caused to their male pride by being rejected on the spot, no matter how others attacked these two bosses, their hatred and attention was always focused on Mo Yang. As long as this Black Panther Duke remained standing, able to attract their aggro and jump around to divert their attention, everyone else could attack without interruption.
Occasionally, someone accidentally collided with Mo Yang, but the stalwart Mr. Bao, with his own strength, could withstand the bosses’ attacks and rescue the person. Then, by consuming a few fruit items, their health could be replenished.
The most terrifying thing was the Clown in the white coat who stood still in one place, seemingly ignored by the two bosses almost every time. Yet, this individual always managed to accurately locate the weak points of the two bosses. With each strike, the bosses were hit with critical damage.
Thus, with someone attracting aggro, someone tanking the bosses when necessary, and everyone benefits from the healing properties of the plant fruits, as long as they closely followed the White-Coated Master’s steps and focused their attacks on the weak points of the two bosses, defeating these two end-level monsters was not difficult!
After approximately thirty minutes, the two bosses, who had already transformed back to their original forms, fell lifelessly to the ground. Then, a golden sapling appeared on the ground, accompanied by two black panther fangs that were almost as long as Mo Yang’s Tang sword.
Clearly, these were the rewards for clearing the level.
At the moment the golden sapling and panther fangs appeared, the players, who were exhausted and lying on the ground, received system notifications.
[Congratulations to the players for working together and defeating the Black Panther Duke and the hidden boss, Golden Apple Tree Prince. You have successfully cleared the ‘New Year’s Escape’ game. Evaluation calculation will now commence.]
Zhou Luoluo cheered loudly, “Ah! I actually cleared it! I thought I would definitely die since I didn’t defeat any Elite NPCs! But I actually cleared it!”
Several others joined Zhou Luoluo in jubilation, clearly, players who hadn’t completed the Elite NPC quests. However, because they had contributed to the final attack on the end-level boss, the system considered their quests completed.
It was an unexpected joy!
At this moment, some players attempted to reach out and grab the golden sapling and panther fangs but were immediately repelled.
Everyone turned their heads and saw the player wearing sunglasses cough, “I just wanted to try and see if I could take them.”
The curly-haired beauty rolled her eyes, “Do you think Dream World is foolish? These rewards are definitely based on contribution. You won’t get a share.”
All eyes turned to Mo Yang, Wan Mei, and Song Kefeng.
These three powerhouses would surely obtain the rewards!
Mo Yang rubbed his nose. He had just been relentlessly pursued, and if it weren’t for his Level 4 speed boots, he wouldn’t have been able to hold the aggro. But now that he had obtained the rewards, he was quite pleased.
He approached and reached out to touch the golden sapling.
The sapling lightly slapped his hand in an arrogant manner before disappearing, directly merging into his Phoenix Ring.
Mo Yang simultaneously received a system notification.
[Congratulations to player Yang Heigou for obtaining the rare item ‘Tree Heart’ in this world. Tree Heart has a calming effect, increasing the speed of mental energy recovery.]
[Note: Tree Heart is a precious treasure secretly brought out by the rebellious Golden Apple Tree Prince from the Forest of Plants. His actions enraged the Tree Queen. However, it also preserved the last spark of hope for the soon-to-be-extinct plant people. This item can trigger a hidden side quest in the ‘Heavenly Fire Descends’ game. Please keep it safe.]
[Note: Originally, this item was supposed to belong to Mei BaiWan. However, Mei BaiWan conducted inhumane research on the plant people, and their fear and aversion towards him have not disappeared. It automatically transferred ownership to Yang Heigou.]
Mo Yang couldn’t help but chuckle at the end. He looked towards his research-obsessed boyfriend with a mischievous expression, eager to share the system’s message with Wan Mei, whose face instantly turned sour, providing him with a year’s worth of laughter.
Wan Mei frowned, “I only conducted a small experiment. Why are they so uncontrollable?”
Mo Yang was still laughing.
Then Wan Mei met his gaze, reached out to touch his face, and smiled, “I hope you can control yourself a bit.”
Mo Yang’s laughter abruptly stopped.
LMAO WAN MEI! I SEEM SO UNDERSTAND HIS JOKE! HAHAHAHAHAHA! “Why are they so uncontrollable?” and then proceeds to say to Mo Yang “I hope you can control yourself a bit.” It was definitely a threat!! 😂
*I SEEM TO
Aaaah too cute! 😍 😂
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Now you’re an experiment object. The most beautiful and successful experiment object
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