Chapter 248 The Blood Corpse God

"Hey... that 'Spiritual Monster' over there..." The smoke and dust from the explosion hadn't settled yet, but the Blood Corpse God turned his head to look at Merlotius and said, "I don't know what grudges you have with these two guys, but..." He glanced at Elementary School Dog and Solitude, "...they are my prey now."

Merlotius heard this and looked at the Blood Corpse God as well: "You..." He hadn't noticed it when he was in the sky, but now that he was close, he realized something, "...what *are* you?" Out of doubt, Merlotius asked this question.

"Heh..." The Blood Corpse God sneered, "What do you think?"

As a monster with the word "God" in its name, the Blood Corpse God was extremely powerful on both physical and mental levels. Even though he had come to a different world, he was still considered a very high-level being. Therefore... he could see that Merlotius was a "Spiritual Monster" and had lived longer than him, but Merlotius could not see the Blood Corpse God's true depths.

"No matter what you are..." Merlotius thought for a few seconds, "If your goal is to eliminate those two..." He paused and looked at the two players, "I have no objections at all... I can even assist you."

"No need," the Blood Corpse God laughed, "It will be over soon..."

Listening to the conversation between these two great deities, Dog Brother and Brother Solitude felt their blood run cold.

Just as the thought of "escape" sprouted in their hearts...

"Looks like... I don't need to take action after all." A cold voice suddenly appeared in the direction opposite Xiao Ling and Hua Jian.

The two members of the Corn Kernel Team turned their heads when they heard the voice and saw a female swordsman whose face had been blurred.

Ruo Yu's appearance directly overturned Elementary School Dog's previous assumption. It seemed... that Liu Sanfeng had only managed to take down one of their teammates at most...

"Tch... this is terrible..." Dog Brother stood there stiffly, thinking to himself, "There are two enemies blocking us with their firepower in front, and a super-powerful summoned creature and an enemy are working together to block the road behind. Next to us... there is also an NPC who wants us dead, helping the other side..."

"Captain!" Solitude shouted at Elementary School Dog, "It's come to this... let's fight!"

"Fight?" Elementary School Dog thought, "Is there any point? Isn't 'fighting' just struggling to the death when you know you're going to be wiped out?"

"Captain! Don't hesitate any longer!" Seeing that Elementary School Dog didn't respond, Solitude immediately added, "Even if we lose, we should fight to the end!"

As he spoke, Solitude no longer waited for his captain's command and took out his weapon, charging towards the Blood Corpse God.

At this moment, something suddenly flashed through Elementary School Dog's mind...

He seemed to see something in Solitude that he didn't have, or rather... something that he once had and had now discarded.

Seven years ago... wasn't the teenager who had just entered the professional circle like this?

Elementary School Dog still remembered... that back then, he wasn't afraid of any opponent. Even if the opponent was a world champion, he didn't think he had no chance of winning. Even if he was completely crushed, he wouldn't be discouraged.

But... as time passed and he grew older... the frustration of never being able to reach the front line, the pressure from real life, and the face of being a senior player caused that spirited teenager to disappear, replaced by... an affected, deliberately indifferent young man.

When he had an advantage, he would only use safe methods to maintain it, never taking risks; and when faced with adversity, he would easily choose to give up and pretend to be indifferent after failing.

He hid behind the ID [Elementary School Dog], which had a self-deprecating and satirical meaning, but in reality... he was just a man who couldn't afford to lose.

The superiority and confidence he had when facing the weak, and the nervousness and retreat he felt when facing the strong... all stemmed from his personality, which was afraid of losing but also eager to win.

He didn't have the courage to "advance" or the awareness to "retreat"; "waiting" was the option he would prioritize in most situations, so he remained before the threshold of a star-level player, never taking that step.

However... at this moment, in this desperate situation, he suddenly realized...

"So what if it's meaningless?"

Maybe this desperate resistance couldn't change the final outcome, but even if they lost... losing after doing everything they could and fighting to the last moment was different from giving up early and putting on a show.

When facing a loser who fought to the end, a respectable opponent would show respect, while a ridiculous opponent would show ridicule.

When Elementary School Dog looked at Brother Solitude's reaction from an outsider's perspective, he finally understood this. He also finally understood... that what he had lost was just that stubborn, foolish, never-say-die fighting spirit.

"Alright! Let's fight them!" A few seconds later, Dog Brother's expression also changed, and his eyes burned with an unprecedented fighting spirit, "Killing one is no loss, killing two is a guaranteed profit!"

As he spoke, he moved, and the shadow of his axe struck Ruo Yu, who was more than ten meters away.

"Not bad."

"Not bad."

When Solitude and Elementary School Dog launched their attacks, the Blood Corpse God and Li Ruo Yu made the same evaluation in different tones...

These two members of the Corn Kernel Team had indeed gone all out, but unfortunately...

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At the same time, in the stone chamber where the Eye of Ammoth was located.

"Ah! I found it!" Xiao Tan shouted after staring at the eyeball for a while, "She's locked up in the statue of King Shapunos!"

"What?" Tupalethon and his brother Ammoth both exclaimed in surprise.

"Where?" Ammoth said, "Which statue?"

"It's the giant statue that sits in the center of the White Kingdom ruins, the one that's severely tilted," Xiao Tan said.

"How is this possible?" Tupalethon said, "We've searched those ruins countless times, and we can't sense even a trace of the goddess's power... We even moved some stones from the temple there and used murals to announce to mortals what we were doing. But until there were no survivors left in the White Kingdom, no one could..."

"It's because of the curse, right?" This time, it was Xiao Tan's turn to interrupt, as he could tell that these old men didn't know about the "curse" mentioned in the script introduction, so he continued, "King Shapunos placed a 'curse' on the goddess before he died, imprisoning her in a place you'll never find, and she can't escape on her own... That way, you'll..."

[Main Quest Completed] Suddenly, the system voice rang in Xiao Tan's ears.

[All Main Quests Completed]

[You have completed this scenario, and will be automatically teleported in 180 seconds]

The series of prompts short-circuited Xiao Tan's mind a bit. Five seconds later, he realized belatedly... that the situation was that his side's side quests weren't finished yet, but his teammates had already killed all four members of the enemy team.

"Time is of the essence! Brother, go and rescue the master immediately..." Tupalethon didn't pursue anything because Xiao Tan paused in his words; he said directly to Ammoth.

Ammoth nodded in agreement and hurried out.

Xiao Tan didn't mean to stop him. He knew... that even if these two acted as quickly as possible, the possibility of successfully rescuing the goddess and allowing him to complete the quest within three minutes was very low, and he was destined not to finish this side quest. So, he simply relaxed and turned his attention to his teammates through the Eye of Ammoth...

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"Tch... it actually disappeared." The Blood Corpse God was just about to tear open Brother Solitude's corpse when the latter turned into white light and disappeared.

On the other side, as Ruo Yu sheathed her sword, Elementary School Dog's corpse had already turned into light and dissipated: "Didn't I tell you?" She looked at the Blood Corpse God and said, "Our kind of 'players' appear in these multiverses in the form of projections, so you can't eat them."

"Hmm?" The Blood Corpse God muttered, "That's a thing?" He immediately felt like he had been tricked, "That bastard... in that case... wouldn't I be forever..."

"That won't be the case." Ruo Yu knew what he was going to say, so she interjected, "Besides 'players,' there are many other creatures in many universes who may become our enemies. When that time comes... it will depend on whether you have the ability to eat them all."

"Hmph... I hope what you say is true." The Blood Corpse God snorted coldly, "Otherwise... I will definitely settle the score with that kid Feng Bujue."

"Ha! You actually said you want to settle the score with me..." Brother Jue, who was watching from the sidelines, laughed, "If it weren't for this grandpa thinking of a win-win transaction, you would have been made into a rou jia mo by a galaxy-level hero, right?"

"Eh?" For some reason, the Blood Corpse God shrank his neck at this moment, "Strange... what's this feeling of pins and needles all over my body..."

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Three minutes later, in Wang Tanzhi's conference room.

"Yo, everyone, you're here so fast." When Feng Bujue walked in, his teammates were already there.

"You're too slow, aren't you." Hua Jian, who was already sitting on the sofa, responded, "This mode doesn't have any item rewards, how long can it take to glance at the settlement screen?"

"Okay..." Feng Bujue said, "Actually, I was just standing in front of the touch screen and doing some mental calculations on the reward ratio of this mode... You forgive me for not learning middle school math well, so I calculated a bit slowly." He paused for a moment, "But speaking of which... the rewards for this mode are really small."

"I told you it's a 'practice mode,' would they let us level up and get equipment like in a normal scenario?" Xiao Ling continued, "Also... this mode doesn't seem very fair... Judging from the strength of that team just now, the system seems to be using a random distribution principle, rather than a principle of matching as closely as possible based on strength, like in a killing game."

"Tsk tsk tsk..." Hearing this, Feng Bujue wagged his fingers and put on a smug expression, "Don't get complacent just because you won; you have a lot of problems..." He said in a profound tone, "Fortunately... there are still twenty days before the official competition starts, and I have enough time to point out and correct them one by one..."