Chapter 125: The Leisure Cottage's Players

Zhu Zhiquan agreed with Zhao Yuxin's words, first deactivating his Boiling Blood and Nightmare Demon Eye talents, then gripping Zhao Yuxin's hand and dragging her toward the window.

Zhu Zhiquan opened the window and destroyed the anti-theft fixtures. Before Zhao Yuxin could figure out what was happening, Zhu Zhiquan had already thrown out the Xuangang Spear and began climbing down the water pipe, perhaps climbing slowly because of the injuries on his body.

But even so, in Zhao Yuxin's eyes, Zhu Zhiquan's speed was like a monkey's—incredibly fast!

Zhao Yuxin looked at the ground below, her legs trembling uncontrollably, but watching Zhu Zhiquan continuously climbing down, Zhao Yuxin cheered herself on: "Zhao Yuxin, you can do it! It's just a mere four-story-high water pipe, right? It's a piece of cake!"

Zhao Yuxin tried to reach out and hug the water pipe, but the moment her trembling hands grabbed it, a sense of powerlessness crept over her entire body; Zhao Yuxin looked back and discovered there wasn't even a shadow of a person behind her.

"Stop scaring yourself, it's just a mere four-story height, you can definitely do it!" Zhao Yuxin hugged the water pipe with trembling hands, but her feet felt as if they were stuck to the ground, unable to move no matter how she tried!

Thump! Thump! Thump!

The sound of footsteps coming from outside the room grew louder, and Zhao Yuxin closed her eyes and jumped with all her might, successfully hanging herself onto the water pipe.

At this moment, Zhu Zhiquan had already reached the ground, and looking up, he discovered that Zhao Yuxin was actually still in the same spot!

He wanted to cheer Zhao Yuxin on, but worried that it would easily be discovered by other players, so he just watched her climb down quietly, his hands involuntarily clenching tight.

By now, the player wearing the Cloak had already entered the room where they had been hiding; he scanned the entire room and spotted the window with the destroyed anti-theft fixtures at a glance, so he limped toward this window.

As the rapid footsteps approached quickly, Zhao Yuxin's breathing stopped for a second, her hands and feet loosened involuntarily, and Zhao Yuxin's whole body began to trend toward free-falling against the water pipe.

This gave Zhu Zhiquan a start, and he subconsciously activated his Nightmare Demon Eye and reached out to catch her.

"Ah—heh heh..." After feeling the threat of gravity, Zhao Yuxin hurriedly reached out and gripped the water pipe; the joints on the surface of the pipe cut a deep wound into her palm.

This made her let out a miserable scream, and at the same time, her voice attracted the attention of the player wearing the Cloak.

Immediately, he poked his head out and saw Zhao Yuxin hanging on the water pipe at a glance.

At this moment, Zhao Yuxin was only one floor's height away from the ground, and her hands had been scraped raw from contact with the water pipe during the fall, with fresh blood dripping down the pipe.

"Azhao, jump down, I'll catch you!" Zhu Zhiquan opened his arms, preparing to catch Zhao Yuxin.

Zhao Yuxin had just wanted to say something when her ears suddenly twitched, and she immediately exclaimed: "Ajiu, watch out behind you!"

Zhu Zhiquan turned his head slightly, and in the vision of the Nightmare Demon Eye, he saw a fist flying toward him; Zhu Zhiquan immediately crouched down and followed up with a sweeping leg.

Thud—

A thin man fell to the ground, and Zhu Zhiquan took a closer look and discovered that this person was none other than Guo Jinghua. Only, at this time, he was so thin he was skin and bones, with only his head remaining round.

"Give me back my sister!!!" Guo Jinghua shouted, swinging his fist toward Zhu Zhiquan.

After dodging Guo Jinghua's attack, Zhu Zhiquan wanted to counterattack, but the damage to his body caused Zhu Zhiquan's speed to drop significantly, resulting in a failed counterattack.

Guo Jinghua, having missed his strike, wanted to swing his fist again, but at this moment, his peripheral vision caught the Xuangang Spear on the ground, so he bent down to pick it up.

Squelch—

Guo Jinghua's head rolled on the ground; Zhu Zhiquan stood to the side, wiping the blood off his Wave Energy Scimitar with his clothes, then slowly sheathed it back at his waist.

After Zhu Zhiquan killed Guo Jinghua, the system prompt arrived immediately: "Congratulations on killing other players, you have obtained 14 other-player Card Points; your current Card Points total is 22."

"Ajiu, I'm down." Zhao Yuxin ran over from behind Zhu Zhiquan and held out her hands to Zhu Zhiquan, saying: "Look, my hands are bleeding..."

Zhu Zhiquan was also clear on Zhao Yuxin's situation, but he had no time for words of concern, pulling Zhao Yuxin along as they ran elsewhere.

After running for an unknown amount of time, the two finally stopped. Both were panting heavily, and at the same time, Zhao Yuxin listened carefully to the changes in the surrounding sound waves, discovering that the nearest group of players was three hundred meters away.

Then Zhao Yuxin carefully sensed the perception range of her Bat Wing Ear and said: "Wuwu—Ajiu, my Bat Wing Ear perception range is only five hundred meters now, look, my hands are scraped raw too, it still hurts so much..."

Zhu Zhiquan silently held up Zhao Yuxin's hands with one hand, then looked at her ears, which were no longer bleeding, tears secretly climbing into his eyes, while his other hand gently stroked Zhao Yuxin's face.

"Haha, look at you—what's the matter, you actually know how to care about me?" Zhao Yuxin suddenly arched her body, teasing Zhu Zhiquan.

Zhu Zhiquan didn't speak, just silently pulled Zhao Yuxin into his embrace. After a long while, Zhu Zhiquan whispered: "I'm sorry, it's my fault that I didn't..."

Before he could finish, Zhao Yuxin pressed a finger to his lips, revealing a sweet smile as she said: "Be good, you've already done very well; let's see if there's a mysterious merchant nearby."

Afterward, Zhao Yuxin surveyed the surroundings; at this time, they had arrived in front of a small cottage. Zhao Yuxin looked toward the position where she sensed people, discovering that the two players in the distance were still collecting supplies, so she stepped back to look at the overall structure of the cottage.

This cottage was green overall, with tea leaves as decoration, and there was a staircase on the left leading to the second floor; looking up along the stairs, one could see a roof faintly poking out, presumably with an open platform on top.

While Zhu Zhiquan saw Zhao Yuxin begin to observe the cottage, he himself came to the cottage window to observe the environment inside.

Inside this cottage were many chairs, though they were covered in cobwebs and dust. There were also many open rooms inside, where one could see mahjong tables, and in the corner, there was a kitchen and stairs leading up.

After finishing his look at the interior of the cottage, Zhu Zhiquan said to Zhao Yuxin: "Azhao, I don't think there will be a mysterious merchant here; look at this dust, I reckon it's been three months!"

Zhao Yuxin nodded and said: "That makes sense, but this cottage is decorated with tea leaves, so there's probably quite a bit of tea inside; it wouldn't be bad to collect some and take it back to the car."

Zhu Zhiquan nodded, came to the front door, and pushed hard.

Crash—

The glass door shattered instantly, which left Zhu Zhiquan somewhat at a loss. Zhao Yuxin looked back at the position of the other players; at this time, they were still collecting supplies.

After Zhao Yuxin let out a long sigh of relief, she grabbed Zhu Zhiquan's ear and dragged him into the cottage.

But they didn't notice that those two players had long since sensed their presence and were just pretending to search for supplies on the spot.

The woman, whose pupils were vertical slits, saw that Zhu Zhiquan and the other had already entered the cottage and said to her teammate: "Alright, no need to pretend, they've already gone in."

Hearing this, her teammate immediately stopped the action of searching for supplies and turned around to look at the position of Zhu Zhiquan and the other.

And her teammate was a Mediterranean-style man carrying a single-edged broadsword; the sword on his back was slowly wrapped in cloth strips, making it impossible to see its specific appearance.

The two looked in the direction of the cottage, lost in thought...