Chapter 71: Obtaining Core Four

The stone knight let out a loud shout, and the stone statues nearby along with the floor tiles of the entire room gathered toward the stone knight.

All the players looked in shock at the growing stone knight, forgetting what they should do for a moment.

"Quick! Interrupt his transformation!" Lin Yu was the first to react and hurriedly issued orders.

A portion of the players who had reacted launched attacks at the stone knight one after another, various attacks landing on the stone knight and kicking up a cloud of dust.

Everyone watched the direction of the stone knight nervously, when suddenly a giant palm knocked over all the surrounding players and the Tricycles.

"Sigh, Ajiu~"

Ignoring Zhao Yuxin's obstruction and the risk of being seen by the Black Scorpion Group, Zhu Zhiquan grabbed the Knight Spear and charged toward the stone knight.

When he reached a certain distance, Zhu Zhiquan threw the Knight Spear out.

The Knight Spear flew across a distance of several meters and was caught by a giant hand just as it was about to hit. Immediately after, Zhu Zhiquan set the Multi-functional Crossbow Bolt to explosive mode and fired a shot at the stone knight.

Boom!

This explosion scattered the smoke and dust, and even caused the stone knight to let out a sharp taunt: "Hehe~ Is that all the strength you have? I will let you all see what true strength is!"

Bang!

The stone knight's giant fist slammed into the ground, and immediately after, a large number of spikes erupted from the ground and fell toward the players' direction.

The players dodged everywhere; in this narrow space, the players did not have much room to evade, which led to many traffic accidents and stampedes.

"Ugh~ Ugh~" The Ice Cream Cactus was crying in the carriage, calling for Zhao Yuxin, and Zhao Yuxin arrived at its side in a few steps, coaxing the Ice Cream Cactus as if coaxing Baobao.

"Baobao, be good, don't be afraid. Look, the Guardian Goddess Statue is protecting us, don't worry about us getting hurt."

"Ugh~"

"Be good, Daddy will be fine, Daddy is very strong, don't worry, be good~"

"Ugh~"

After being comforted by Zhao Yuxin, the Ice Cream Cactus stopped crying, but it was still shivering.

The falling of the spikes ended quickly, and Mo Xincheng directed everyone to drive the Tricycles out of the room in an orderly fashion, while Zhu Zhiquan activated the Boiling Blood talent and charged toward the stone knight.

At this moment, everyone could clearly see that the stone knight had turned into a giant stone ape with a gray gem on its forehead, its tall figure making everyone feel fear and despair.

Except for Zhu Zhiquan; facing such a formidable enemy, Zhu Zhiquan still maintained high fighting enthusiasm, picking up the Xuangang Spear from the ground and striking at the stone ape's arm.

The stone knight originally did not care about Zhu Zhiquan's attack, but when the Xuangang Spear hit his arm, he actually felt dizzy.

Zhu Zhiquan wanted to swing the Xuangang Spear again to stab the stone knight's arm, but the stone knight suddenly reacted, raised his hand to dodge Zhu Zhiquan's attack, and casually swatted him away.

At this time, other players also reacted, taking out various powerful weapons from their respective Tricycle carriages and using them against the stone knight.

After driving the Tricycle to a safe position, Zhao Yuxin created a Sandthorn Bomb Hand in the carriage and prepared to move it out, but the Ice Cream Cactus cried and hugged Zhao Yuxin, refusing to let go.

Zhao Yuxin spent a little more time coaxing the Ice Cream Cactus, then moved the Sandthorn Bomb Hand outside the vehicle and said to a player: "Brother, help me move the plant in my vehicle to the front line, would you?"

This player looked at the Sandthorn Bomb Hand and the Green Bean Ice Cream Shooter on the Tricycle, and couldn't help but ask: "No, little sister, what use can this plant of yours have? I'd be better off building more weapons!"

Zhao Yuxin said with some impatience: "Aiya~ Just help me move this plant to the front line, you don't need to worry about other things."

This player helplessly moved the Sandthorn Bomb Hand to the battlefield with the stone knight; other players did not understand why this person had brought a plant over, but they didn't ask further.

Lin Yu's eyes lit up immediately upon seeing the Sandthorn Bomb Hand in his hand, because Qin Poshan had told him about the power of these plants before healing his wounds.

So he directed everyone to quickly keep their distance from the stone knight, preparing to test the power of this plant.

Zhu Zhiquan, who was trading blows with the stone knight, was originally very dissatisfied with the order Lin Yu gave, but the moment he saw the Sandthorn Bomb Hand, Zhu Zhiquan immediately returned to the crowd.

But at this moment...

Swish~

An arrow accurately pierced through Zhu Zhiquan's left shoulder. After being attacked, Zhu Zhiquan immediately rolled on the ground and snapped the arrow. Zhu Zhiquan clutched his shoulder and observed the crowd, but did not discover who had shot the arrow.

Helplessly, Zhu Zhiquan could only clutch his wound and walk toward the crowd, but before he had walked a few steps, Zhu Zhiquan felt dizzy.

He endured the feeling of fainting and returned to his Tricycle. At this time, Zhao Yuxin had intended to reprimand him, but Zhu Zhiquan's heavy footsteps and breathing made Zhao Yuxin feel that something was wrong.

"Ajiu, what's wrong with you?" Zhao Yuxin helped Zhu Zhiquan sit down, and the Ice Cream Cactus at the side was crying anxiously.

Zhao Yuxin noticed at this time that an arrow was stuck in Zhu Zhiquan's left shoulder. After Zhao Yuxin removed the arrowhead, she discovered that the arrow was poisoned.

Looking at the poisoned Zhu Zhiquan, Zhao Yuxin guessed the culprit immediately, "It must be the people from the Black Scorpion Group! Ajiu, I told you to cover your face well, but you wouldn't listen. Now look, you're poisoned!"

Zhu Zhiquan did not speak, only closing his eyes to regulate his breathing.

"Forget it, I'd better ask Regiment Leader Lin first." Zhao Yuxin opened the panel and sent a private message to Lin Yu, but after a few seconds, she didn't get a reply, so Zhao Yuxin sent a private message to Qin Poshan instead.

When she saw Qin Poshan's reply, Zhao Yuxin couldn't help but panic. "What to do? What to do? Ajiu's condition is not optimistic, the Merchant Group's Healing Statue has run out of uses, and there is nothing to detoxify in the vehicle!"

"Quick, quick, quick, that stone knight is already finished, hurry over and kill him!"

"What! Then I must make him taste my iron fist, maybe he will submit to my fist!"

"Nonsense, if he's going to die, he must die under my blade!"

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The sound of arguing outside brought Zhao Yuxin back to her senses, so she said to Zhu Zhiquan: "Ajiu, has your Undead Pact triggered?"

Zhu Zhiquan answered groggily: "Not yet, but it's almost time."

Zhao Yuxin nodded, then urged him with a look: "In that case, hurry up and die. After triggering the Undead Pact, come with me to get the stone knight's Core."

After hearing this, Zhu Zhiquan decisively stabbed his own abdomen with a sword, instantly triggering the Undead Pact and entering an immortal state. This scene made the Ice Cream Cactus jump up in fright, curiously examining Zhu Zhiquan.

Zhao Yuxin pulled Zhu Zhiquan and ran toward the stone knight's direction. The Ice Cream Cactus didn't react to this nimble movement for a moment, but upon seeing that they had already walked far away, it started crying loudly again.

Arriving at the front line of the battlefield, the stone knight was currently weathering all the players' attacks, but it was already panting and would fall at any moment.

Zhao Yuxin stuffed five Ion Chimera Bombs into Zhu Zhiquan's hand, and Zhu Zhiquan threw the five Ion Chimera Bombs onto the stone knight.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Five consecutive explosions rang out, and the stone knight was blown back to its original form on the spot. And Zhu Zhiquan had already charged toward the stone knight at the moment of the explosion, killing it with a spear just as it transformed back to its original form.

Subsequently, a grayish-white crystal flew out from the stone knight's body, and at the same time, the system announcement sounded: "Congratulations to all players for killing the stone knight; holding the Core in your hand will reveal the location of the exit."

Zhu Zhiquan held the Core in his hand, and most of the players were very happy, feeling that they could finally leave this damn maze.

The Regiment Leader of the Black Scorpion Group looked at Zhu Zhiquan with a face full of confusion, "Did he not fall victim to my scorpion poison? How is he still here taking the Core?"

At this moment, Zhao Yuxin took the Core from Zhu Zhiquan's hand, turned around, and said to everyone, "Excuse me everyone, there are some things I would like to discuss with you all."