“It’s the captain of Black Feather, Yan Ze!”
Someone in the Winner team cried out in surprise.
Black Feather was a team comparable in strength to Winner, and Yan Ze, the captain of Black Feather, was on par with their own captain, Li Lin, currently ranking second on the powerhouse leaderboard.
Not to mention that they were also in this instance.
Li Lin narrowed his eyes, looked at the newcomer, and asked: “Why are you here?”
Yan Ze chuckled, arched an eyebrow at Yun Qingzhou standing beside Li Lin, and explained: “We were chased by a pack of skinning ghosts, but when we got here, those things left. It seemed like they were following someone’s orders and intentionally led us to this place.”
“Is that right?”
“The Corrupt God? This is something that has never appeared in any explored instances before. How did you know?”
The last two sentences were directed at Yun Qingzhou. As soon as those words were spoken, everyone turned probing and questioning gazes toward Yun Qingzhou.
Hearing this, Li Lin frowned, took a step forward, and extended his arm to shield half of Yun Qingzhou’s body behind him, asking coldly: “Yan Ze, what do you mean?”
Yan Ze’s gaze toward Li Lin seemed to turn somewhat disdainful, his tone lazy and mocking: “Li Lin, are you getting old and losing your wits? Even you and I didn’t know this information, so how would this fellow know?”
“He’s wrapped up so tightly from head to toe, he’s probably some high-intelligence monster in disguise.”
“Step aside and let me knock this fellow’s disguise off.”
With that, a purple talisman appeared in Yan Ze’s hand. It was a top-tier lightning talisman, and even an A-rank monster would be injured if touched by it.
Li Lin’s eyes flushed red. Not only did he refuse to step aside, but he took another step sideways, completely blocking Yun Qingzhou behind him.
Yun Qingzhou knew he would be suspected, which was why he had already prepared an excuse. But this male lead, why was he foolish enough to trust him this much?
Could it be that he really was old, just as Yan Ze said? Was his brain not working properly?
Oh well.
The youth grabbed the arm of the person blocking in front of him and gave it a gentle tug, yet that tug caused the man to stagger and fall backward out of control.
Yun Qingzhou very naturally caught Li Lin’s waist as he was about to topple into him, but in the blink of an eye, he gave him a push to the side. Li Lin promptly landed flat on his bottom on the ground and let out an “Ouch.”
Yun Qingzhou ignored the aggrieved and accusing gaze of the male lead sitting on the ground and looked at Yan Ze, who was standing not far away.
Don’t think he didn’t know; he hadn’t used any real force with that pull just now, so there was no way the male lead would have been pulled down.
This unserious male lead. What time was this. He was furious.
Seeing that the youth had something to say, Yan Ze stopped the motion of throwing the purple talisman halfway.
Yun Qingzhou: “Is knowing these things strange?”
“It’s right there in the Monster Encyclopedia.”
Yan Ze naturally knew that the golden items section of the mall featured a Monster Encyclopedia that cost thirty thousand points to buy.
However, this item was simply absurdly expensive. What was even the point of putting it in the mall?
Even super-tier talismans and S-rank weapons only cost ten thousand points, okay?
Besides, which sucker would spend thirty thousand points to buy a book? Really?
He had saved up points for so long, and if you added up all the weapons and talismans he had bought scattered about, it didn’t even total fifty thousand. How could this fellow in front of him possibly spend thirty thousand to buy a book?
There’s a problem! Absolutely a problem!
Just as he wanted to retort, he saw a glowing golden book suddenly appear in the youth’s hand, with the large characters “Monster Encyclopedia” emblazoned across the cover. The youth’s soulful counter-question rang out in his ears:
“Could it be that you guys can’t afford it?”
Can’t afford it?
Can’t afford.
Afford.
Ford.
This was thirty thousand points, big brother!
Yan Ze’s eyeballs nearly popped out of his head, his entire being utterly battered and bruised as he coughed up metaphorical blood.
It wasn’t just Yan Ze who took a hit; everyone present felt as though a knife had been plunged straight into their hearts at that moment.
Yun Qingzhou indicated that as long as he wanted, he could use anything in the mall at will.
After the youth put away that blinding golden book, the people finally recovered from the blow, feeling a bit more guilt toward the youth.
Yan Ze naturally offered an apology as well, then stepped up beside Li Lin and Yun Qingzhou.
Shortly after, two more teams and a few solo players arrived one after another, filling the already crowded street even more.
Yan Ze: “What are these skinning ghosts playing at? There are nearly forty people here now. Aside from the ones killed by ghosts over the past two days, I’m afraid all the players participating in this instance are right here.”
As he spoke, Yan Ze edged closer to Yun Qingzhou. In his eyes right now, Yun Qingzhou was a walking encyclopedia, and he looked thoroughly reliable.
Before long, however, he was shoved aside by Li Lin, only to watch Li Lin shoot him a glare. When Li Lin tried to rest his hand on Yun Qingzhou’s shoulder, he found himself smoothly dodged by Yun Qingzhou.
Yan Ze was astonished by Li Lin’s attitude toward the youth, especially since everyone knew that the captain of Winner had an early-dying white moonlight.
Li Lin was handsome and immensely powerful, and plenty of people threw themselves at him, all of whom Li Lin had rejected because he kept someone in his heart.
Yet looking at it now. Not only did Li Lin fancy this youth in white, but he was essentially giving him the cold shoulder while showing eager enthusiasm.
Yun Qingzhou had been keeping an eye on the movements of the Corrupt God, and only when he heard Yan Ze’s question did he spare a fraction of his attention to reply:
“It wants to wipe everyone out in one go.”
Hearing this, Yan Ze let out a disgusted spit and complained unhappily, “This thing really has a huge appetite!”
The moment Yan Ze finished speaking, Yun Qingzhou’s eyelids twitched violently as he sensed the presence of a fellow peer.
The youth’s eyes turned slightly cold as he stated: “Now, it’s here.”
The vast majority of monsters in the Infinite World had to obey his orders because the pressure emanating from him could crush them to death at will.
However, as the sole S-rank entity, the Corrupt God could resist the pressure he emitted, being only marginally weaker than him. While the Corrupt God might show him enough face to come to this place, it wouldn’t necessarily let this group of players leave alive.
Still. With him here, these people were going to live.
Accompanied by the youth’s voice was a blinding beam of white light. Everyone instinctively closed their eyes, only to open them and discover a gigantic eye hanging in the pitch-black sky above, surrounded by a layer of blood-colored clouds.
Terrified, the crowd stared at this eye. The mere presence of this eye, along with its blood-soaked, dark aura, left them gasping for breath. If a real fight broke out.
The tragic outcome of the scene could well be imagined.
Li Lin, Yan Ze, and the captains of the other two teams exchanged heavy glances, all wearing deeply solemn expressions.