The maid boy appeared very suddenly. When Ruan Qing noticed him, he was already too close, leaving no chance to escape.
Let alone the fact that Ruan Qing didn’t have the strength to run at this moment.
Ruan Qing’s delicate face turned pale, and he instinctively retreated.
Xia Yi did the same. She gripped the long dagger in her hand tightly, her face pale, clutching onto the corner of Ruan Qing’s clothing.
She retreated alongside Ruan Qing.
When the maid boy appeared, the air plunged into a dead silence, with only the sound of the wind blowing remaining in their ears.
To interfere with the maid boy’s perception, a few players had stayed nearby. When they saw the maid boy had discovered Ruan Qing, their hearts skipped a beat, and without thinking, they rushed out to block the maid boy in front of Ruan Qing.
The air was thick with danger, so oppressive that it was hard to breathe, and time seemed to stand still at this moment.
Even the onlookers—the gamblers and the live stream audience—instinctively held their breath, nervously clutching the things in their hands, not daring to blink.
[It’s over, it’s over. They’ve run into each other head-on. What should we do!? Is my wife going to lose? No way! Wife, please don’t die! If you die, what will happen to me and our baby!]
[I don’t think he’s going to make it. This boss is way too strong. My wife doesn’t have any combat strength at all. There’s no way he can fight. Those players couldn’t even last one move against him.]
[You big oaf, hurry up and get back here! If you don’t come back soon, my wife is going to belong to someone else!]
The live stream audience was in an uproar, all praying for Han Ze to come back quickly.
If players did not stay within the rules of the infinite horror game and remain in the instance, they lose their status as players and naturally couldn’t leave the instance anymore.
But this didn’t mean they could live a happy and safe life from then on. Even getting the protection of the instance’s boss didn’t help.
Because the longer players stayed in the instance, the easier it was for them to be assimilated by the instance, eventually losing their memories and sense of self, becoming part of the instance.
Every instance in the infinite horror game was extremely dangerous. Some players thought that rather than struggling to survive in countless instances, it would be better to find a less dangerous instance to live out their lives.
However, when other players entered the instance again, they found that the players who stayed behind had already lost their memories, becoming like puppets on strings, reduced to NPCs within the instance.
It’s no different from dying in the instance.
Although Ruan Qing’s situation was somewhat different, the love of an instance boss was the most unreliable. Once fully assimilated by the instance, he would essentially become a completely different person. How could the boss still be moved by him then?
Therefore, betting on Ruan Qing was essentially betting everything they had.
In a direct confrontation with the maid boy, the players stood no chance. Yet, not a single one of them backed down.
Other players, upon receiving the news, also rushed over without hesitation, standing in front of Ruan Qing.
The maid boy glanced at Ruan Qing, who was being protected, and chuckled softly. Then, as if he hadn’t noticed the others at all, he walked straight toward Ruan Qing.
Seeing this, the players attacked without hesitation.
Everyone was well aware of the maid boy’s strength, so the players unleashed all their abilities and used all their items.
One of the players activated his S-rank attack item, sending a beam of silver light toward the maid boy.
The silver beam carried a terrifying aura and was incredibly fast. In the blink of an eye, it reached the maid boy.
An S-rank item’s attack, even if it couldn’t kill the dungeon boss outright, wasn’t something easily withstood.
All the players present stared intently at the silver light and the maid boy, their eyes filled with hope, wishing this strike could severely injure the maid boy.
However, the maid boy remained calm and unruffled. As he watched the silver light approach, he casually waved his hand. Instantly, green vines sprouted from the ground, blocking the maid boy’s front.
The silver light struck the green vines, cutting through the outer layer instantly.
But the silver light could not penetrate the barrier of green vines to reach the maid boy.
After the vines were cut, a golden liquid oozed out, swiftly engulfing the silver light.
Once the silver light was swallowed by the golden liquid, the green vines retracted back into the ground, revealing the maid boy, completely unharmed.
All the players widened their eyes in disbelief. No matter how hard they tried to deny it, the maid boy hadn’t even had a hair out of place.
After the green vines disappeared, the maid boy continued to walk slowly towards Ruan Qing, step by step.
In Area Two of the Life and Death Casino, the weather remained unchanged. No matter the time, the sun was always hanging high in the sky.
The sunlight was not scorching, but it was bright enough to illuminate the entire game, though it couldn’t warm the players’ cold hearts.
Even an S-rank item’s strike couldn’t harm the maid boy in the slightest.
Could they really defeat such a monster?
As the maid boy approached, his overwhelming aura became even more terrifying, sending chills deep into their hearts.
But they couldn’t retreat. They had to hold out until that fool returned.
That was their only hope of winning this round.
The players gripped their weapons tightly, standing firmly in front of Ruan Qing.
“Run,” Li Ruoshi’s team captain said without turning his head, watching the maid boy approach.
He himself, however, charged at the maid boy with his sword, eventually leaping into the air.
The maid boy raised his hand slightly, and a golden light slowly formed under his hand, transforming into a shimmering golden sword.
He casually blocked the captain’s attack.
The other players didn’t care about one-on-one combat; they immediately joined in, attacking with their weapons.
The maid boy no longer controlled the green vines but instead used the golden sword to fight back.
It seemed the maid boy could use a sword as well.
The sword in his hand moved lightly, like a spring breeze, seemingly without any danger.
However, the captain’s pupils shrank, and he quickly dodged, not daring to face the maid boy’s attack directly.
The maid boy’s attacks were gentle yet fierce, giving off a sense of softness while revealing a deadly intent in the next moment.
Moreover, his posture was graceful and composed, not like he was fighting, but rather like he was performing a sword dance, making it impossible to look away.
He clearly had the ability to take them all out instantly, but he was toying with them casually, like a cat playing with a mouse.
He even had time to flash a brilliant smile at Ruan Qing.
Ruan Qing just stood there watching; he did not run away as the captain had instructed.
Because he couldn’t run, nor was he able to.
If he ran, the maid boy’s methods would no longer be so “gentle,” and everyone here would die, and they would die even faster.
Even if he did manage to escape, without the cover of the other players, it would only be a matter of time before the maid boy found him.
Ruan Qing’s hands clenched instinctively, his pale fingertips starting to turn white.
But he seemed to feel no pain at all, continuing to watch the battle in front of him with a blank expression.
At this moment, Ruan Qing was completely different from usual.
Normally, Ruan Qing always gave off a sense of fragility, as if he would wither and break without someone’s care.
But now, his expression was cold and indifferent, his eyes calm and emotionless, appearing both heartless and detached.
It was like a god indifferent to all things in the world, whose eyes reflected no shadows of anything, yet it made people even more irresistibly drawn to him.
The maid boy was simply too powerful. Even if he wasn’t using his full strength, the players couldn’t defeat him at all.
Even with Ruan Qing’s guidance through the earpiece, the players were still easily crushed by the maid boy, with no chance of victory.
If it weren’t for the sliver of hope in their hearts, the players would have given up long ago.
However, an hour had already passed, and Han Ze... still hadn’t returned.
Meanwhile, the players’ side suffered heavy losses. In just a few minutes after encountering the maid boy, almost every player, except for those near Ruan Qing and Xia Yi, had been severely injured.
Some of the weaker players were even directly eliminated, their fate unknown.
Even the players who hadn’t been eliminated yet were barely holding on, with those around them falling one by one.
The maid boy wouldn’t kill anyone in the game, but he also didn’t give anyone a chance to survive.
He would generally eliminate people just before they were about to breathe their last.
The players could actually eliminate themselves, but none chose to do so.
Even at the cost of their lives.
As time went by, the only player still standing in the game was the captain of Li Ruoshi’s team.
The captain had the highest combat ability among the players, but even though he fought with all his might, he couldn’t land a scratch on the maid boy.
Instead, he was brutally kicked out by the maid boy.
The captain used his sword to support himself, clutching his chest and spitting out a mouthful of blood.
The maid boy looked at the man, who no longer had any fighting ability, calmly tidied his sleeves, and then turned back with a smile to look at Ruan Qing.
“It seems... you’re about to lose.”
After speaking, the maid boy snapped his fingers, and green vines once again surged from the ground, rushing in the direction of Ruan Qing.
They carried an aura of terrifying danger.
The green vines were clearly targeting Ruan Qing.
Ruan Qing’s eyes widened as he watched the green vines rapidly approach him. His eyelashes trembled slightly, and he instinctively took two steps back.
However, no matter how much he retreated, he couldn’t possibly evade them.
Xia Yi watched the green vine rushing towards them, gripping the long dagger in her hand tightly. She dashed forward, positioning herself in front of Ruan Qing.
Seeing this, Ruan Qing was startled and immediately reached out, trying to pull Xia Yi back.
However, he was a step too late.
The green vine moved incredibly fast, and in the blink of an eye, it was almost upon them.
Just as Xia Yi gritted her teeth and closed her eyes, she was yanked backward by her collar, causing her to stumble back and fall to the ground.
A dazzling white light flashed at the spot where she had just been standing. A transparent white barrier appeared in front of them, blocking the green vine.
The vine slammed into the transparent white barrier with a loud crashing sound, sending a powerful shockwave upon impact.
Xia Yi, who had just fallen to the ground, was sent flying by the force of the impact, tumbling across the ground several times before finally coming to a stop.
She had multiple scrapes on her body and narrowly avoided getting injured by the long dagger she was holding.
Ruan Qing was not far away, but the shockwave did not affect him.
When the green vine hit the transparent white barrier, someone grabbed his arm and pulled him back into a warm, familiar embrace.
Han Ze... had finally returned.
about time omg
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