Tornado Leader!
Everyone present and all the players watching the live stream had already dug their nails into their flesh from the tension. With an omniscient perspective, they could feel even more keenly the dire situation of the Invincible Black Tornado.
Not only was she being chased from behind, but ahead, thousands of monsters were charging straight at her.
Just as it seemed the Invincible Black Tornado was about to be completely impaled by the worm covered in dark purple scaled spikes, she suddenly burst out of the fog.
Qi Xu sensed the roars and screams of the monsters rushing toward her right in front of her face. A slight curve appeared at the corner of her mouth—here was her way out. This was what she had been waiting for.
She poured all the mental energy she had saved up into her teleportation ability, blinking upward four times in a row!
As the fog dispersed, the horde of thousands of monsters crashed directly into the purple-scaled worm. In that instant, the sounds of collision and screams from the monsters mingled together into a chaotic mess.
The worm was like a skewer of candied hawthorn, with several monsters pierced on each of its spikes. Its dark purple scales were stained glossy by the monsters’ blood. The vicious spikes that had been aimed at the Invincible Black Tornado were now all weapons impaling its own kind.
The monsters behind couldn't stop their momentum and slammed into the corpses of their companions. They were either pierced through a second time by the spikes or crushed until their bones cracked and tendons snapped. A few smaller monsters were even trampled under the chaotic stampede, producing the crisp sound of bones breaking.
No matter how strong the worm was, the impact of nearly a thousand monsters was equally immense. Several cracks even appeared in its dark purple scales, and dark green bodily fluids oozed out from the wounds.
After scheming for so long, she had finally witnessed the spectacular scene of this monster colliding and fighting with other monsters.
Qi Xu fell toward the back of the monster horde, simply dropping in free fall.
Even though level 3 skills could be used freely, there was still a limit—of course, you couldn’t teleport infinitely.
She deliberately found a monster that looked relatively soft and landed on it from twenty meters high.
This furry snow-beast was just trailing at the very back to make up the numbers, and it was knocked flat on its back. Its fluffy white fur was instantly flattened against its body as it let out a short, aggrieved whimper.
Using the cushion of this fall to absorb her downward momentum, Qi Xu still stumbled two steps upon landing. She steadied herself by bracing her hand on the snow-beast’s belly. The soft touch at her fingertips made her instantly breathe a sigh of relief—good, she had chosen the right target!
But just as the snow-beast, enraged, began to retaliate and called its companions to bite this hateful human to death, Qi Xu had already run off.
Even though it was now a scene of mutual destruction between the monster horde and the purple-scaled worm, Qi Xu didn’t even consider fighting back on the spot.
Since Qiuqiu had set this battle royale theme, the monsters must be endless. On a higher difficulty level, new monsters would keep spawning continuously. On a lower one, as soon as you killed a monster, it might just respawn at some revival point or spawn point!
So the most important thing now was... to run! Run diagonally to the opposite corner. If she couldn’t get any more energy cores from there, the profits she had already earned were more than enough!
As long as she survived the remaining twenty-two hours, all the energy core points would double, and this trip would have a perfect ending.
The companions who had been lurking nearby, as soon as they saw Qi Xu turn around without hesitation, sneaking and scurrying away like a thief, felt a total disconnect from the cool and heroic female warrior they had just seen...
But their bodies reacted faster than their minds. Before they could even start thinking, they had already quickly fallen in step with Qi Xu. Where they were going didn’t matter—what mattered was following her fast.
Because the monster horde behind them was still in utter chaos, like a fiery collision between Mars and Earth, this was the best time to escape.
Sure enough, after running for a long time, there was no sound of monsters chasing them.
During their forward escape, the occasional “stray cats or a couple of dogs” they encountered never formed a real threat and were easily dealt with.
Still, Qi Xu focused mainly on conserving her stamina by fleeing, avoiding fights whenever possible. Thankfully, after sleeping and eating something, everyone was still in decent shape.
The most important thing was to mentally prepare for the last twenty-two hours ahead.
Qi Xu had originally been running straight toward the opposite corner, but after covering some distance, she noticed that almost all the monsters in this area had gathered near the purple-scaled worm, leaving the vicinity practically a vacuum zone.
Once they had run to a safe distance, she no longer hurried forward. She seized every opportunity to rest.
They were truly exhausted and bitter about their ordeal, but not a single person complained, and their eyes were still sparkling.
The reason was simple: the Invincible Black Tornado kept “exploding with delicious food,” to the point that they couldn’t even be bothered to think about how to allocate the ten energy cores they had already collected.
What they were curious about was... what tasty treat would the Invincible Black Tornado whip up next time?
“Just who is this Chinese Master Chef? They’ve got this whole bunch of top-ranked players completely hooked!”
“I’m so curious! Could you guys at least pretend to maintain some of the dignity and style befitting the top rankers? You’re making me drool to death!”
“I can’t watch anymore, it’s too painful! My whole body’s tingling. I’ll go watch the Mage group’s test of human nature and their scheming to be the boss instead!”
Master Huixin’s group had already been completely scattered.
But soon, everyone realized that going solo against monsters cost too much. They risked exposing all their trump cards and facing serious injury.
What’s more, once they got surrounded, they could struggle and flee to death without ever breaking free from the monsters’ encirclement.
Reluctantly and with faces full of resentment, they gathered together again, but they still refused to admit defeat.
No one was willing to completely follow someone else’s orders. After discussions went in circles, the final decision was... they would take turns giving commands, one person at a time, and whoever had the best commanding effect would be given full authority.
So... they started another round of mind games.
At first, they managed to keep moving forward, but after over a day had passed, not only had they not seen a single energy core, but they had also escaped death several times in hair-raising danger.
Especially now that the timeline had been stretched endlessly, they were reaching all sorts of physical limits. When they saw the live stream comments all praising how the Invincible Black Tornado’s group had team spirit, rested, slept, and eaten delicious food, their pent-up emotions exploded!
“I’m done! Damn it, a bunch of idiots! Screw you all, I’d rather die than walk with you anymore!”
With that, Shadowkill left the team. Master Huixin tried to stop him, but Shadowkill attacked directly, each move loaded with endless resentment, showing no mercy at all.
Master Huixin had no choice but to defend passively.
The Instant Noodle Hair Flower Fairy let out a cold snort. “You really think you’re that important? Fine, I’m out too.”
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