Chapter 350: Kicking Against the Iron Plate

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Chapter 350: Chapter 350: Kicking Against the Iron Plate"Really?" Xu Huo’s hands moved swiftly, and before one knew it, a short arrow flew out from nowhere, piercing through Chen Tu’s palm! Hearing Chen Tu’s cry, Chen Nan quickly turned his head and seeing the blood flow, he knew he could not deceive Xu Huo any longer. Clenching his teeth, he rushed forward and embraced Xu Huo, "Brother! You run! I’ll hold him off!" At this moment, Chen Tu had already torn his clothes. He saw the Flying Arrow wandering around the room and knew full well that they were no match for Xu Huo. Continuing the fight would mean at least one of them would die... He knelt down on one knee, "Please spare us!" "Quite self-aware," Xu Huo said as he kicked Chen Nan away, but Chen Nan was not willing to give up so easily. He got up to fight desperately. However, when he met the eyes of the man standing before him, his legs unexpectedly went weak. After dispelling the thought of a fight to the death from the other side, Xu Huo then said to Chen Tu, "If you dare to kill, you should be prepared to be killed by others. Do you think kneeling down and begging for mercy is useful?" "It’s useless against someone who is determined to kill us, but you don’t actually want to kill us, right?" Chen Tu said tentatively, "If you wanted to kill us, you wouldn’t have shown mercy just now." Xu Huo gave a faint smile and tossed the Non-Knotting Thread to him, "Tie up your brother." After being subdued by Xu Huo’s gaze, Chen Nan felt ashamed but still refused to resign to fate. He secretly signaled to Chen Tu with his eyes—they couldn’t beat them, but they could run. Once they got away, Xu Huo certainly wouldn’t dare to kill them openly in the castle! "Don’t you want to clear the level? Why not listen to my proposal for cooperation." Xu Huo had already turned around and walked over to the sofa. Sitting down, he looked towards the brothers, "Instead of completing the game tasks, you came to kill me. That’s quite a desperate move." "You’re actually a task player?" Chen Nan said in disbelief. Chen Tu glanced at his brother who had inadvertently exposed their identity and asked Xu Huo, "Can you lead us to clear the level?" Xu Huo lifted his hand and then took a Self-Healing Potion and drank it. Chen Tu gritted his teeth and used the Non-Knotting Thread to tie up Chen Nan, but he was careful to leave a trick, pretending to tie a knot and then placed the end of the thread in Chen Nan’s hands. The two brothers sat down opposite Xu Huo. "Was it you who killed Fang Min?" Xu Huo asked outright. Shocked, the brothers looked at each other. Chen Tu couldn’t help but ask, "How did you figure that out?" "You have a prop that hides sound, right?" Xu Huo said. He didn’t hear any noise when he came in, but after his Super Evolution, he could sense that there were people in the space. He primarily suspected the people in the castle for Fang Min’s death. There were no signs of struggle in her room, and to kill a Level D Player in an extremely short time without allowing her to fight back, one would need to be a powerful player or have a powerful prop, then proceed to dismember the body. But after discovering the twins hiding in his room, he changed his mind. The lack of struggle in the room could also be because she wasn’t killed in her own room. It was just a bluff, and since they had admitted it, Xu Huo just went along with it and continued. "Fang Min was killed without other players noticing, which shows that the sound was blocked during the struggle. There were no signs of struggle in her room, which indicates that she wasn’t killed in her own room." "A noise-cancelling prop is not hard to get, but you slipped up when you accused Flay," Xu Huo said. "Not to mention that Flay and Fang Min were not friends, even if they were, it’s far-fetched for someone to succeed with a single strike. Such an allegation is weak among players." Chen Nan said in frustration, "It’s all because Li Chao realized I was the last to arrive; otherwise, I wouldn’t have said that." Sёarch* The nôᴠel Fire.nёt website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. "The body..." Xu Huo just began when Chen Nan interrupted him, "That wasn’t our doing! We’re not Cannibal Players, what would we destroy the body for!" Chen Tu explained, "You can’t blame us for that. After signing Flay’s contract yesterday, we had some regrets and used a prop in advance for safety. Chen Nan felt hungry and went downstairs to find food, but after the power outage, Fang Min came to our room and attacked me." As he spoke, he turned slightly to reveal a fine new scar on his back, "Fortunately, the Substitute Mirror helped me block a lethal hit. I only suffered a scratch, and that’s how I managed to kill her in self-defense." "We were forced to fight back!" Chen Nan said. "Is she a Cannibal Player?" Xu Huo asked. "Not exactly," Chen Tu continued, "We were afraid of attracting the attention of other players, so we planned to put her back in her room. Little did we know that in just a short while... The thing with the corpse was not our doing." "Originally, I planned to do my best to clear the level to get more Tickets, but after seeing Fang Min’s condition, we knew that the boss of this instance would be tough to deal with. That’s why we turned to targeting Cannibal Players to snatch some Tickets, so we’d be set whether we cleared the level or not." Only, they hadn’t expected their first target to be such a hard nut to crack. "How did you get your invitations?" Xu Huo asked again. Chen Nan glanced at Chen Tu before taking out his own invitation, "We snatched it from a black market buyer." It was an unsigned invitation. There was something strange about this instance. Xu Huo nodded slightly, and out of caution, he used the Cleansing Potion to clean the numbers of the two brothers, one black and one white. He tossed a pair of pants to Chen Tu and added, "You should have realized when non-task players were admitted into the instance that it’s not a matter of just surviving until the time limit." Chen Tu quickly put on the pants, "I realized that, but generally, if it’s not explicitly a confrontation with the instance boss, the boss can’t massacre players on a large scale." "That’s why he sought external help," Xu Huo said. "The Ma Family Couple are Cannibal Players, and they also came with unsigned invitations." Including the one originally belonging to the qipao-clad woman, among the twelve players, there were supposed to be only eight task players. "What do we do now?" Chen Nan said, "There might be other non-task players, and we are already short on people!" "We have to complete the game’s tasks, of course," Xu Huo said with a glance at him. "Do you really have a way to clear the level?" Chen Tu asked uncertainly, pausing before adding, "How do we cooperate?" "Let’s not rush into that. Tell me about your items and traits," Xu Huo diverted the topic. "What do you mean?" Chen Nan asked, looking at him guardedly. "A general idea is fine," Xu Huo didn’t insist, "At least tell me how the mirror works. I can guess some of the limitations; it would be difficult for your mirror to affect me a second time." "Does this have to do with clearing the level?" Chen Tu hesitated. "It has to do with staying alive," Xu Huo didn’t want to elaborate further, "Do you want to describe it or just hand the item over to me?" Handing over the item directly was a concept the twins understood, and for a moment, both of their faces turned ugly, but after hesitating a bit, Chen Tu decided to speak up. However, Xu Huo raised his hand to stop him, signaling the two to stand against the wall. Then, he silently walked over and pulled open the door, looking coldly at the two people outside, "You seem to be in good spirits." Different from their uneasiness in the morning, the Ma Family Couple smiled, with Mrs. Ma adding, "Xu Huo’s room is so quiet, not a sound. I thought you went out to look for something!"

Chapter 350: Kicking Against the Iron Plate

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