Xiangling knew for certain that Hu Tao hadn’t done it on purpose, but she still didn’t dare approach her casually.
What if Hu Tao did something else later?
She would be the one suffering again.
Seeing Xiangling hiding from her, Hu Tao was helpless.
“It’s just my hands and feet being reversed.
How can that possibly stump me?”
As she spoke, Hu Tao began walking with her hands and feet reversed.
It didn’t seem to affect her at all.
“A trap?
That’s it?”
Thinking about Jean and Kamisato Ayaka being tormented by the traps, Hu Tao felt incredibly proud of herself.
So the traps in this game weren’t necessarily invincible.
They had absolutely no effect on an expert like her.
“Look!
Not only can I run, I can even jump!”
Seeing Hu Tao running and jumping around, Xiangling felt increasingly uneasy.
Has the trap already affected her mind?
Forget it.
I’ll leave her alone.
Finding Fang Yue was more important.
Besides, she was still very interested in that treasure chest.
She began using her little brain to figure out the answer.
“Huh!
I’ve got it!”
Xiangling suddenly thought of an answer.
Since the clue said that he was silently watching everything, he should be in the form of a person or perhaps an animal.
What kind of answer was Hu Tao thinking of?
Xiangling glanced at the suit of knight’s armor standing nearby.
She felt that she already knew the answer.
The moment Xiangling walked toward the knight’s armor, discussion immediately erupted in the Intelligence Room.
[Xingqiu: Oh no, Xiangling is in for it.
That maid was obviously lying, and she’s still foolishly trying to solve the riddle!]
[Beidou: Hopefully we get an interesting trap.
Sailing at sea is so boring…]
[Yun Jin: Xiangling, come back!
Don’t do anything stupid!]
As Xiangling’s friend, Yun Jin didn’t want her to embarrass herself either.
She hurriedly sent a message in the Intelligence Room to stop her.
[Xinyan: It’s useless.
Xiangling isn’t looking at the Intelligence Room.
I wonder if she can withstand whatever trap gets triggered!]
[Ningguang: She clearly only thought about the second half of the clue.
That knight’s armor can’t see the painting or the fireplace.
Hopefully she doesn’t trigger a trap!]
Xiangling arrived in front of the knight’s armor and examined it.
It was entirely made of armor, held a longsword in its hand, and stood silently in place.
After hesitating for a long time, Xiangling finally decided to give it a try.
What if I’m right?
My luck has always been pretty good.
“I identify this!”
[Incorrect identification.
“Whoosh!”
Before the system’s voice had even finished, Xiangling had already crawled underneath the sofa and covered her head.
“I was wrong!
I was wrong!
I won’t dare do it again!”
[Basic Guardian Trap: The guardian will attack all players for 10 minutes.]
[If killed by the guardian, the player will be eliminated from the game space immediately.
The player will not die!]
“Click…
click!”
The knight’s armor began moving.
At first, its movements were somewhat stiff.
But after taking a few steps, they quickly became much more coordinated.
It scanned the hall.
Its gaze happened to meet Hu Tao’s confused expression.
“Click, click!”
The knight’s armor immediately drew its longsword and walked toward Hu Tao.
Its speed wasn’t particularly fast.
But Hu Tao wanted to cry.
She still had the Reversal Trap active.
The trap was fine when she was walking or running.
But if she had to fight, that was a completely different matter!
“Xiangling, help!”
Hu Tao nervously backed away.
Because she was panicking, it was easy for her to make mistakes.
Her center of gravity suddenly shifted, and she dropped onto the floor.
“Xiangling, come out and deal with it!”
“No!
I’m scared!”
After hearing the system’s announcement, Xiangling had been terrified.
She instinctively hid herself.
She had no idea what kind of trap she had triggered.
Right now, all she wanted to do was hide.
She wouldn’t listen.
She wouldn’t think.
She wouldn’t move.
Seeing the knight’s armor approaching, Hu Tao took a deep breath and slowly stood up.
She pulled out her polearm.
She was going to save herself.
It was obvious that she couldn’t count on Xiangling.
“Whoosh!”
Hu Tao decisively attacked, thrusting her polearm straight into the armor’s chest and forcing it several steps backward.
It worked!
Hu Tao was delighted.
It seemed this armor wasn’t all that strong after all.
She swept her polearm horizontally and struck the armor’s waist, making it stagger.
The armor was made of metal, after all.
Hu Tao’s two attacks didn’t cause it much damage.
It stabilized itself and brought its sword down from above.
Hu Tao raised her polearm to block. This chapter was taken from g.com without permission.
She hadn’t expected the armor to possess such terrifying strength.
“Clang!”
Hu Tao was struck backward and landed on the floor again.
Seeing the armor slash down at her once more, Hu Tao quickly rolled to the side, narrowly avoiding the attack.
But then Hu Tao began to panic.
And the moment she panicked, things went badly.
She tried several times to get back up, but couldn’t.
Seeing the armor approach again, Hu Tao wanted to cry.
Damn this trap!
When is it going to end?!
“No choice.”
Hu Tao could only roll around on the floor.
This didn’t require her to use her hands or feet, and it allowed her to quickly put some distance between herself and the armor.
It was the only solution she could think of.
To be fair, Hu Tao was quite capable.
Even under these circumstances, she managed to stall the knight’s armor for quite some time.
After putting some distance between them again, a stream of white energy suddenly drifted out of Hu Tao’s body and dissipated.
“Hahaha!”
Hu Tao stood up and laughed three times.
She looked at the approaching armor.
Then she thrust her polearm forward.
This time was different.
A series of fluid attacks forced the knight’s armor backward again and again.
Underneath the sofa, Xiangling listened to the constant clangs and crashes.
She was puzzled.
This trap doesn’t seem to be affecting me at all.
“Should I go out and take a look?”
After thinking about it, Xiangling decided to take a look.
She slowly shuffled backward, gradually crawling out from underneath the sofa.
Meanwhile, Hu Tao was fighting with all her might.
She was finally venting all the anger she had accumulated.
“Take this!”
Hu Tao charged forward with her polearm, intending to deliver the final blow and completely smash the knight’s armor.
But suddenly, her foot caught on something.
Her body instantly lost its balance.
She fell forward and slammed directly onto the knight’s sword.
“Stab!”
The longsword pierced through her body.
There wasn’t much pain.
But Hu Tao knew that she was finished.
She had been eliminated.
What had tripped me at the crucial moment?
She turned her head.
She saw a small section of Xiangling’s leg sticking out from underneath the sofa as Xiangling continued crawling outward.
The corner of Hu Tao’s mouth twitched.
How many times are you going to screw me over before you’re satisfied?
“Xiangling!
Just wait until we get back to Liyue!
I’ll beat you to death!”