After Gold Medal Xie threatened the others righteously, Endless Longevity could no longer hold it in, especially when seeing Shadowkill so angry that he was on the verge of collapse, his nose almost smoking.
He coughed up blood while laughing maniacally, "The wicked need to be dealt with by the wickeder! It's really a case of one thing subduing another. Gold Medal Xie, from now on, you're my idol!"
Gold Medal Xie didn't like Shadowkill, nor did he like Endless Longevity. He couldn't put his finger on the reason; he just simply couldn't stand their ways. Neither of them was a good guy.
So he just let out a cold snort and didn't answer at all.
At this moment, the ground in front suddenly cracked, and a black stone monster covered with all kinds of trees, grass clippings, and mud slowly emerged from the ground...
Its round head was a polished boulder, with only two deep grooves carved on the front as eyes. There seemed to be some wet mud in the dark holes. As it moved, the gravel and grass clippings on its body rattled and fell.
Although it didn't look good, being dirty and ugly, it was really arrogant. It directly and with lightning speed, hurled dozens of big stones at everyone!
This was a complete contrast to its slow emergence from the ground just now.
Fortunately, the 12 top-ranked players were no pushovers. Each had their own way and managed to dodge the stone monster's first round of attack.
Qi Xu took the opportunity to continuously teleport forward. The energy core was right behind the stone monster, and he wanted to find a chance to quickly get it.
Just by taking a quick look at this stone monster, one could tell that its defense must be very strong. Killing these monsters wouldn't bring any benefits. It would be more cost-effective to save time and look for more energy cores.
Seeing Qi Xu's actions, everyone immediately cooperated to attract the stone monster's attention.
Cheese Foam rushed forward, took out a deep red long whip made by the Peerless Weapon Master. The whip whistled through the air and wrapped around the stone monster's ankle, then yanked it hard backward!
Emberkiss Starlight very tacitly seized this opportunity and also drew his bow to shoot at the same position. The arrow firmly got stuck in the joint gap of the stone monster.
The stone monster was in pain and lost its balance. Its huge body swayed, and its gaze that was originally fixed on Qi Xu was instantly diverted. It angrily roared in the direction of Cheese Foam. A deep crack opened at the position of its mouth, and several more pieces of gravel mixed with mud were thrown over.
Gold Medal Xie quickly stepped forward, not only blocking the gravel but also buying time for Cheese Foam to retreat.
On the other side, Shadowkill had already rushed to the front of the stone monster with his weapon in hand. He fought bravely at the forefront, afraid of being wrongly accused again by those muddle-headed people of fishing in troubled waters and conserving his strength...
Just as he was getting into the rhythm, Qi Xu suddenly shouted, "Retreat!"
Everyone was slightly stunned and quickly scattered outward!
This was the advantage of having a team. With someone attracting the frontal firepower, many ideas could be easily realized.
The energy core was a small red - glowing stone. As long as a player had the energy core on them, whether it was in their hand or in their backpack.
The whole person would emit a red light and an unusual smell that was extremely attractive to monsters.
Qi Xu continuously teleported away, which made the stone monster go berserk. It didn't intend to waste time fighting another round.
Shadowkill cursed and also wanted to retreat, but the energy core was stolen. A roar from the stone monster almost perforated Shadowkill's eardrum.
He paused slightly in his steps and was instantly sent flying into the air by the stone monster's powerful fist.
Gold Medal Xie immediately changed his escape route, grabbed the "sandbag" (Shadowkill) who was hit by the stone monster, and narrowly avoided being crushed to death on the ground by a big stone. Only then did he successfully save the person.
After Shadowkill adjusted himself, Gold Medal Xie quickly threw him away and ran desperately in the direction of the Invincible Black Whirlwind (Qi Xu).
Shadowkill really didn't expect that at the critical moment, it would be the most unreliable Gold Medal Xie who saved him. Without hesitation, his actions were even faster than those of the so - called benevolent Master Huixin...
Even his foul - mouthed self didn't say a single extra word. For a moment, he even felt a bit unaccustomed.
The stone monster kept chasing after them closely. Qi Xu also didn't stop and led everyone to continue running in the predetermined direction!
It was not until they completely shook off the stone monster that they gradually slowed down.
When everyone gathered together again, Qi Xu and Endless Longevity were both glowing red.
They tried to put both energy cores in one person's hand.
Well, although there was one less red - glowing person, the other one was even redder...
The energy aura overflowing from the whole body was so strong that not only the monsters but even Gold Medal Xie could sense it!
Worried about attracting a siege of monsters, Qi Xu still decided to put the other energy core back on Endless Longevity.
When they were about to set off again, Shadowkill said "thank you" to Gold Medal Xie somewhat embarrassedly.
Gold Medal Xie nodded seriously, with an unusually solemn expression, "You're welcome."
After saying that, he even lowered his head with a look of sadness and guilt.
Qi Xu and Cheese Foam glanced at each other. This must be because he was thinking of the Mountain - Overlord Tiger.
Qi Xu thought that he really should let Gold Medal Xie see the happy life of the Mountain - Overlord Tiger when they got back. If it weren't for his easy abandonment back then, the Mountain - Overlord Tiger wouldn't have met a good new partner like Bian. Isn't this also a kind of fulfillment?
After two consecutive times of tacit cooperation, everyone had gotten used to the division of labor and covering each other. And Qi Xu could always arrange the most suitable person to get the energy core according to the type of monster, the terrain features, and the surrounding environment in the first place.
The others either attracted the monster's attention head - on or got ready to cut off the enemy's pursuit and retreat after successfully obtaining the energy core.
At first, some people might have had doubts in their hearts and hesitated slightly in their actions. But as the number of successful operations increased, following the Invincible Black Whirlwind to play tricks on the monsters in various ways.
Everyone gradually gained confidence and even enjoyed it. They could obtain the highest benefits at the lowest cost, and there were also gradual changes in their way of communication and the relationship among them.
All these were really addictive.
Not only did everyone present feel these changes, but the players in the national server who had been watching the live - stream also had the same feeling. As bystanders who didn't miss any details, they could even see these changes more clearly.
Tonsils Never Speak, the most trusted military advisor in District 88, had been waiting for this moment.
He first sent a message in the chat hall.
"Action! At least 50 messages each!"
In less than 3 seconds, the live - stream barrage was uniformly filled with one sentence!
"This is the happiness of having an outstanding team leader! The Invincible Black Whirlwind, the top - ranked player in the whole server, truly deserves the name!"
District 88 and the "countless repeaters" completely occupied the live - stream screen. It was so dense that one could hardly see the live - stream picture. It was really spectacular!
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