"Save me! Help!" Faint cries echoed from afar, growing louder as the mage of the group removed his dust mask and shouted while running, "Hey, can you guys help us? Please!"

Logically speaking, even if their strength wasn't great, they should have been able to fight off a Lava Ghost General. Otherwise, why would they be here competing? To die?

From the moment this team appeared in Jiang Xiao's sight, one of their melee fighters had been limping. It could be inferred that this team had been ambushed by the Lava Ghost General.

In addition, the Lava Ghost General was strong and full of momentum, leading to the team's constant retreat.

Yuan Xuanchen was the mage of the Baihe No. 2 High School team and their commander. He was the one calling for Jiang Xiao's help, feeling particularly aggrieved. Where the hell did this Lava Ghost General come from?

From the initial ambush until now, this Lava Ghost General had been relentless, chasing them without giving the team a chance to breathe.

Along the way, Yuan Xuanchen had encountered two other participating teams. Jiang Xiao and Xia Yan were the third. It was clear how far this Lava Ghost General had chased them!

Yuan Xuanchen had encountered two teams but hadn't asked for help, adhering to one principle: stay steady! We can win!

Yes,

Even though we were ambushed, nearly lost a member, and our melee fighter was limping, we have a healer who can bring us back!

Stay steady! We can win!

We...

What the heck?

Why is this Lava Ghost General so fierce?

Thus, Yuan Xuanchen and his team were chased by a single Lava Ghost General from South Heaven's Gate to Lava Lake East Road, for over thirty blocks, and the Lava Ghost General didn't even blink.

Yuan Xuanchen couldn't take it anymore. This Lava Ghost General was tireless, growing more excited with each strike. Who could withstand that?

One wrong step, and everything goes wrong!

The Lava Ghost General was unstoppable, and the human team couldn't regroup.

Damn it!

Yuan Xuanchen finally encountered the third participating team. This time, he asked for help!

"Hey, can you guys help us!" As soon as Yuan Xuanchen spoke, he felt something was off. Why were there only two people on that team?

And what were they doing? Holding such a big knife?

That big knife... that's amazing! They ran into famous people!

Such a unique weapon; only two of the hundred-plus contestants use it.

Obviously, it was Little Poisonous Milk and Goddess Yan.

Seconds after Yuan Xuanchen's plea, "Goddess Yan" in his mind rushed over with her giant blade.

In an instant,

The four-person team was overjoyed. In their eyes, this figure was so beautiful.

The volcanic ash raining down couldn't hide her beautiful figure.

The hot and dazzling lava lake couldn't conceal the light emanating from her.

A few seconds later, Goddess Yan brushed past Yuan Xuanchen's team.

They met!

The tyrant of Lava Lake East Road and the top dog of Lava Lake West Road finally met!

A beam of holy light suddenly descended from the sky!

The Poisonous Milk of Lava Lake West Road chose a despicable sneak attack.

The fiery red, tall demon let out a heart-wrenching scream, its huge head instantly severed!

Xia Yan's speeding figure suddenly stopped,

Sheathed her blade, turned around,

Breathtaking and heroic.

The huge demon head, spraying blood, fell at her feet. Behind her, the four teammates were stunned and dumbfounded.

Yuan Xuanchen's heart broke. This was too much!

Don't I have any dignity?

It chased the four of us for over thirty blocks, and you solved it cleanly with one strike?

Is it too late to withdraw from the competition now?

Yuan Xuanchen looked at Xia Yan with resentment, but saw her collecting the star beads, carrying her giant blade, and walking towards them step by step.

Although the rules clearly prohibited fighting between participating teams, the four members of Yuan Xuanchen's team still took a step back when facing the top dog of Lava Lake West Road walking towards them with a knife.

"From the east?" Xia Yan asked.

"Yes, yes, from the east, from the east." Yuan Xuanchen nodded like a chicken pecking rice.

"We saved your lives. It wouldn't be too much to look at the maps you've drawn, right?" Xia Yan said again.

Yuan Xuanchen was stunned, exchanged glances with his teammates, then took out the map handbook and handed it to Xia Yan.

Xia Yan casually threw the handbook back. At this moment, Jiang Xiao also arrived, took the handbook smoothly, and quickly sketched on his own handbook while flipping through it.

Seeing the team's cooperation, Xia Yan felt much better.

Logically speaking, if this team didn't choose to repay the favor and refused to give Xia Yan the map, there was nothing Xia Yan could do. If she forcibly took it, she would definitely break the rules and be disqualified from the competition.

Jiang Xiao collected all the information gathered by the other team and turned around to head west with Xia Yan. Yuan Xuanchen and the others sat on the hot ground, their eyes pious, waving goodbye to the two great gods.

They didn't know that the great gods in their hearts were actually two kindergarten children.

Jiang Xiao and Xia Yan walked side by side, whispering, "Some people are here to participate in the competition on the surface, but actually, they're here to be chopped."

"Goddess Yan," who usually maintained a goddess demeanor in front of others, grinned and nodded repeatedly, looking like she still felt lingering fear. "Tsk tsk, right? They were chopped so miserably that their shoes flew off..."

Jiang Xiao: "Hey? Do you think their feet are burning?"

If the team from earlier heard their conversation, they would probably vomit blood from anger.

"Hey, by the way, why didn't you let me help right away?" Xia Yan suddenly thought of something, carried the giant blade on her back, and asked, "It was really dangerous just now."

Jiang Xiao licked his dry lips, pondered for a long time, but didn't know how to respond to Xia Yan.

If what happened on Central Street on New Year's Eve was just an interlude for others, it was a very vivid lesson for Jiang Xiao.

Jiang Xiao had helped the people of the Triumph Legion twice, but the response he received was completely different.

Although the final result was gratifying, it was only because Jiang Xiao had a thick skin. If it were anyone else, they probably wouldn't have gotten the rewards they deserved.

Jiang Xiao thought it over and said, "If you are a true hero, and your actions stem from self-restraint based on your own moral character, you should help anyone at the first opportunity."

Xia Yan was stunned, not expecting Jiang Xiao to say such serious words.

"But I want to help them, and I also want the information they've gathered. So..." Jiang Xiao shrugged. "Only when they've been driven to the point of desperation will our intervention yield the greatest benefits, don't you think?"

Xia Yan frowned, thought for a while, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and muffledly said from behind her mask, "Just ask me if I'm willing to be your older brother and have kids for you."

Jiang Xiao: "......"

It's rare to be serious once, and this girl isn't used to it?

The two walked silently by the lava lake for a while, and Jiang Xiao suddenly blurted out, "So, are you willing?"

Xia Yan pursed her lips, thought for a moment, and suddenly her eyes lit up, seemingly interested. She asked back, "Does your sister come with the dowry?"

Jiang Xiao: ???

He never expected her to ask such a question.

Defeated,

Jiang Xiao was truly defeated. You're the most mischievous!

The two walked along the edge of the lava lake, finally reaching the end of the lava lake, stepping on the hot soil, and advancing towards the deeper mountains.

"Situation." Xia Yan's body slightly bent, her thighs tensed, she quickly drew her giant blade, and subconsciously stepped forward, blocking in front of Jiang Xiao.

Jiang Xiao looked forward and saw a dark cave entrance at the foot of the distant mountains.

In front of the cave, a huge bonfire was burning. It was unknown what the fuel was.

Surrounding the bonfire were a group of red little demons singing and dancing.

Uh...

Singing and dancing!?

Jiang Xiao rubbed his eyes, using his extreme vision, and looked carefully, discovering that there were a total of eight miniature Lava Ghost Generals, making strange noises, and hopping around the huge bonfire.

Were these the lowest-level Lava Ghosts?

"Aoo aoo~"

"Aoo aoo~" Although the fiery red little demons were a little slower to react, they had obviously discovered Jiang Xiao and the others.

Their awkward dance moves stopped abruptly, the singing stopped, and each of them stared at the two from afar with wide eyes, their demon faces full of anger, seemingly complaining that Jiang Xiao and Xia Yan had disturbed their gathering.

"Although they're ugly, they look so happy." Xia Yan said with interest.

Suddenly, the "huge bonfire" scattered.

Jiang Xiao then realized that it wasn't a bonfire at all, but more than ten small demons with fiery red skin, gathered together in a human pyramid, covering their bodies with the Blaze Star Technique to form a huge burning bonfire.

"Aoo aoo~"

"Aoo aoo~"

The red-skinned little demons were about 60-80 centimeters tall, thin, and each of them rushed over, brandishing their claws and yelling strangely.

Before this, Jiang Xiao had seen the huge, stout Lava Ghost General and thought it was a fiery red-skinned demon monster.

But now, after Jiang Xiao saw these little demons, he felt that these little guys were very familiar! He felt like they were monsters from some ancient game.

Xia Yan twirled her blade, facing the approaching team of little demons, she didn't care at all, her gestures were full of confidence, she was preparing to let Jiang Xiao see what it meant to "kill a child with one strike."

But then, Xia Yan suddenly heard a strange sound coming from behind her.

Xia Yan turned her head and was surprised to find that Jiang Xiao was trying hard to communicate with them?

Red Little Demon: "Aoo aoo~"

Jiang Xiao: "Rakanishu?"