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Chapter 412 - 98 Lance: You think you can leave without taking my crystals today? (Requesting monthly passes)

Chapter 412: Chapter 98 Lance: You think you can leave without taking my crystals today? (Requesting monthly passes)

"Flashes of light and shadow flickered before my eyes:

"A childhood of poverty after both parents died, striving for better;

"Anger and unwillingness when Senior Sister Xinyi threw herself into someone else’s arms in high school;

"The uncertainty of having to work instead of attending college due to family decline;

"A precarious beginning yet always plagued by imminent dangers as hardships escalated;

"Fighting alone against overwhelming odds in times of crisis but ultimately unable to escape;

"The old enemy who caught you in a flash, instantaneously metamorphosed!

"Your life has been thin ice! Moss on the steps green, grass merges with Qi’s clothes..."

"Enough, stop reciting poems."

Xu Shu, with an expressionless face, shifted his gaze away from the scroll that usually remained silent but started spouting bursts of information at critical moments from the emptiness of [Today’s Opened Times: 0/3].

—Damn Tai Chu Scroll, only running a light-show when there are no times left, right?

From his testing of Nie Qiba, having her sacrifice herself to try to open those special city ruins, to suddenly looking back to find his teammates within the border line, this position change seemed like a massive shift of the universe.

This incident seemed lengthy but actually happened in a blink, not giving anyone time to react before being caught off guard, truly a swift and sudden change.

Now, Xu Shu faced both good news and bad news.

The good news was, Tailed Ksitigarbha didn’t seem intent on making a move against him.

The bad news was, a Third Rank boss who despised him to the maximum had arrived!

Damn, it spells doom, how could this be such a coincidence? Was he hiding somewhere stalking me? How did he know I was here?

Looking at Lance before him, his face filled with satisfaction of revenge, feeling the unrestrained powerful aura exuding from him, thoughts raced through Xu Shu’s mind as he involuntarily took another step back.

In the next second, he felt a fierce aura slash past in front of him.

Then, the ground suddenly jolted.

Boom!

The explosion came later, and the smoke was directly suppressed by the force.

Xu Shu stopped in his tracks, and in front of him appeared a well-like deep pit, about one meter in diameter and more than ten meters deep, even starting to spout some water from below.

The edge of the soil was very fresh, and several unlucky earthworms, over a meter long, that had been cut in half were wriggling and struggling.

If looking at the shape, it was clearly a hole made by an Eight Spider Spear.

"Is this the real power of a Third Rank strike?"

Seeing such a scene, Xu Shu thought to himself how great it would be if his Eight Spider Spears could be this powerful, while quietly straightening the toes that stuck out of his shoes.

If it weren’t for him curling his toes at the crucial moment, what flew out would not just be the tip of his shoe, but his five toes.

At this moment, Lance, with his head raised high and squinting his eyes, looked at Xu Shu, his mouth moving, about to speak.

However, Xu Shu spoke first, "Earl Lance, why do you obstruct me? I have important matters to attend to."

"?"

Lance almost went silly hearing that.

The opponent’s baselessly confident attitude, and the absurdly matter-of-fact manner, almost made him think he was the one being restrained despite the vast power disparity!

This guy, after capturing my Empress and almost killing me, still dares to ask why I stop him?

And he acts as if I’m interrupting something important?

I mean, how does he dare, huh?

How does he dare!

Could he really think that by knowing the Empress’s location, he could blackmail me?

Lance was inexplicably infuriated by a mere sentence.

Yet Xu Shu was still outputting.

He looked at Lance, constantly shaking his head and sighing, "I hope you do not hinder me, for if you delay important matters, you may be inescapably blamed..."

While saying this, he even assumed a regretful expression, his tone of blame not at all concealed.

Meanwhile, Xu Shu secretly reached behind and crushed a crystal bead.

Item: [No More Feeding (Standard)]

Effect: Using this item, you can stop teammates from maliciously feeding by forcing them to retreat ten meters within a certain range.

Almost simultaneously, an entirely inperceptible wave spread.

Not far away, inside the border, Gu Pan, who had stealthily reached the edge with a sword, intending to strike Lance from behind, suddenly exclaimed and retreated involuntarily, moving back by just over ten meters.

It was good she was brave enough to come out and help when things went wrong; Xu Shu was pleased.

But her acting recklessly without warning, Xu Shu disliked that.

This is a Third Rank monster, while Gu Pan’s ambush might not be a big deal, if it angered him, Xu Shu would be the one to suffer.

Isn’t this pushing him toward a dead end?

Luckily, he had a surplus of spare items on hand; this time, they were quite useful.

Fortunately, the distance was not great, and he successfully sent Gu Pan, who nearly fed, back to safety.

At this moment, Lance still hadn’t realized that he had unintentionally lost a team member.

He was still slightly angry about how Xu Shu dared to reproach him so arrogantly, and he was about to speak again.

But Xu Shu interrupted him once more, "Lance, do you not realize your crime?!"

Lance: "???"

Alright, alright, getting too cocky, huh?

The next move won’t be just in front of you!