Chapter 250

At the same time, two kilometers away.

"How did it come to this..." Honghu was carrying Tianma Xingkong on his shoulder, hurrying after Zhao Yingwang.

"Carrying a chuunibyou, following my nemesis, fleeing from Derivative's pursuit…" Honghu muttered softly, "How did things progress to this point…"

"Give up your futile struggles." Suddenly, a voice rang out, the voice of a female Derivative.

"With your speed, you can't possibly shake us off." Another Derivative, whose face looked quite like a giraffe, chimed in. This one was undoubtedly of the beast-morphing type.

Before the words were even finished, three figures had quietly closed in, surrounding the three players.

"Yulong, leave us and run." Tianma Xingkong advised. His spine still hadn't recovered, so he was still unable to move.

Zhao Yingwang also turned to Honghu and said, "Yeah, anyway, Little Ma is definitely not going to be able to run. As for me... my physical skills are just average, and I'm injured, so I'm probably a goner too… You should withdraw on your own; I will try to buy you some time."

Honghu heard this and was silent for a few seconds, then sneered, "First of all, let me emphasize again, my name is Honghu…" Whether it was intentional or not, as he spoke, he threw Tianma Xingkong onto the ground. The latter didn't react, because he had already lost feeling in his body...

"Secondly, if I wanted to run away on my own… I would have parted ways with you guys more than ten minutes ago." Honghu said, "A summoner-type player who has lost his summons, and a broken-backed Saint Seiya, are basically equivalent to four points that are easily obtained; I could kill you guys and then run."

"Looks like you really considered it…" Zhao Yingwang murmured.

"Of course, because that's also a strategy." Honghu adjusted his glasses and continued, "However... this final has evolved into the current situation, and points have probably already lost their meaning…" He paused, "In short, I don't want to be captured by these guys; who knows what will happen…"

As he spoke, Honghu once again conjured his longbow. This bow was clearly a spiritual energy weapon, and the light arrows he usually used undoubtedly consumed spiritual energy. After he released [Roaring Spirit Blast], his spiritual energy was completely exhausted, so he put the weapon away.

But at this moment, facing this almost desperate crisis, Honghu had no choice but to summon this equipment again, even though his spiritual energy had only recovered less than twenty points.

"Hmph… a trapped beast's struggle." The third Derivative looked at Honghu and sneered.

"Let me do it." The female Derivative replied, and took the lead, reaching out with one arm to grab Honghu's throat.

Bang—

A loud noise, a splatter of blood.

The Derivative's head, like a popped pimple… instantly turned into a large puddle of pus composed of brain matter, bone fragments, blood, and other substances, splattered on the shoulder of the sidewalk.

"What!"

Not only the other two Derivatives, but even Honghu and Zhao Yingwang were greatly shocked.

"Hey? What's wrong? What's wrong?" Only Tianma Xingkong, lying on his back and unable to move, kept asking questions.

"Hmph…" Just as a cold snort rose, two swift shadows landed.

Based on their hairstyles alone, Honghu and Zhao Yingwang recognized the newcomers... the one with the afro was [Really Hard to Name], and the one with the mohawk was [Hard to Really Name].

"Since you asked so sincerely," Lao Qu began.

Zhen Ge continued, "We will answer you with great mercy."

"To prevent the world from being destroyed."

"To protect the peace of the world."

Boom—

Their opening lines were interrupted halfway through... a huge cardboard box fell from the sky, covering the beast-morphing Derivative. Then, another figure flew over and stepped on the cardboard box.

The person who came this time was wearing a brown bathrobe, flip-flops, and had messy hair. On his decadent face, he wore a pair of thick sunglasses.

"Fuuu—" Fei Chai Shu exhaled a puff of smoke and said, "Fighting is fighting; what's with the peace..."

"You…" The remaining Derivative was shocked when he observed Fei Chai Shu's data, but he only had time to say one word.

Bang—

Another bullet came whistling through the air, still a headshot.

"Oh, it's you guys…" Zhao Yingwang looked at the people in front of him and pondered, "Then the one responsible for sniping in the dark is [Name Really Hard to Take], right?" It seemed that he knew something about the Naming Difficulty Trio and might have crossed paths with them before.

At this moment, the cardboard box under Fei Chai Shu's feet began to shake violently, and there was an inexplicable burst of barking from inside...

"Hmm… this one seems quite capable." Fei Chai Shu simply sat down cross-legged, seemingly trying to suppress the body of the box.

"What's going on…" Honghu squinted and complained, "Box-quake?"

"Hey! Why is there a dog barking? What's going on?" Tianma Xingkong was still shouting.

"Eh? What's wrong with this guy?" Lao Qu asked as he walked over.

"Spinal injury." Zhao Yingwang replied, "Oh, right, I remember you can..."

"Ah!" Tianma Xingkong's scream interrupted his words.

When Lao Qu heard the word "spine," he had already cast a healing skill on Tianma Xingkong.

[Name: Combat Therapy]

[Skill Card Attribute: Active Skill, Permanently Learned]

[Skill Category: Medical]

[Effect: Randomly removes one abnormal status from the target (target limited to players, cooldown time of thirty minutes, requires hitting the target's injured area with a blunt object)]

[Consumption: Stamina 250]

[Learning Condition: Medical Expertise E]

[Note: Special medical skill of the combat race.]

[ps: We never use anesthesia when removing an appendix, just a bottle of vodka or a sap.]

[ps2: Experiments have shown that the most effective repair method in the world is to repeatedly strike the faulty object with a wrench; this method can also be used to treat hyperactivity in children.]

The blunt object Lao Qu used to activate this move was a metal baseball bat.

With this blow, Tianma Xingkong's scalp almost exploded with pain, and he jumped straight up from the ground. Two seconds later, he belatedly said, "Wait… I can move?" He tried to move his limbs and looked at the game menu. "Although my survival value hasn't recovered, the abnormal status is gone…"

At this time, the cardboard box under Fei Chai Shu's body also stopped moving, and there was no more sound coming from inside.

So, Fei Chai Shu jumped off the cardboard box and snapped his fingers. The next second, the box began to shrink and quickly became about seventy or eighty centimeters on each side. Fei Chai Shu then turned around and lifted the cardboard box.

From under the inverted box, a husky emerged… The dog was not very big; it was just a puppy. It stuck out its tongue and wagged its tail at Fei Chai Shu, barking twice.

Although the little guy seemed harmless, a closer look revealed that… the corners of the husky's mouth were still covered in bloody scraps of flesh.