Chapter 284: It

It's not hunting 【Decay】, it's coveting 【Prosperity】!

The back was slacking off, while the front was already fighting intensely.

With the addition of the hunter and the assassin, Erpuska was clearly getting beaten more, but as the saying goes, it almost wouldn't be injured, so even if it was slightly at a disadvantage in the battle, it wouldn't be completely suppressed.

It could even use its agile figure to open up gaps and give itself a chance to breathe.

And it was after opening up a gap that Hong Lin was swayed by the inertia of her heavy swing, causing Erpuska to jump forward and land directly in front of the Puppet Master hidden behind the tree. And coincidentally, at this time, because her puppet had just had its control threads snapped, its figure was staggering and it didn't have time to return to help.

Thus, the most thrilling scene on the field appeared.

The petite and weak Puppet Master was completely exposed to Erpuska's eyes, and it was crawling on the ground, its huge rotting mouth no more than a few meters away from the believer of 【Silence】.

This scene made the hearts of all the players on the field tighten.

This was undoubtedly a tactical coordination error. The top warriors could not tolerate this kind of error, so Hong Lin roared and turned to pounce directly on Erpuska's hind legs, the hunter's gaze condensed and he drew his bow to shoot at its forelimbs, and Zuo Qiu even went against his usual calm, rushing over directly holding his history book.

Cheng Shi raised an eyebrow at this, thinking the historian was a bit too concerned about this Puppet Master.

Why?

It couldn't be that in those few hours of separate exploration, a sour, smelly thing called love sprouted between them...

Even if the Puppet Master had a life-saving grace for the historian, logically, a calm singer shouldn't make a "charge" move at this time.

Even singing two songs to interfere with Erpuska would be much more useful than rushing up himself.

But regardless, this teammate Puppet Master was not bad, at least she didn't refuse to communicate with others like other 【Silence】 believers. People who aren't aloof always give people a good impression, so Cheng Shi pondered for a moment and decided to trade a faith with the shadow, switching back to a priest to protect this little assassin who had a good impression.

Naturally, shadows couldn't exist in a place filled with thick fog, but this couldn't stump Cheng Shi at all.

He had considered all possible situations at the very beginning of the coexisting faith. At this moment, seeing the shadow not appearing, he instantly took out a small magic lamp from his personal space, covered half of it with his hand, held it in front of him, let the other half of the weak light shine on himself, and then reached out toward the shadow behind him without even looking.

But just as the shadow's hand also reached out from the ground and was about to make contact with him, the battle situation suddenly changed.

Only to see Erpuska in front of the Puppet Master not treat the Puppet Master as a target at all, but instead howled and turned around to collide with the giant bear again.

Its eyes seemed to only have Hong Lin!

Cheng Shi's pupils constricted, and he hurriedly retracted his fingers and the lamp. Zuo Qiu also stopped immediately, retreating while singing.

As soon as he retreated to Cheng Shi's side, he asked with some confusion:

"I just caught a glimpse of light flashing in front of you. What was that?"

Cheng Shi sneered in his heart, thinking I almost believed it.

The direction you just rushed toward was completely opposite to the position I was standing in, so which eye saw my action?

The one on your butt? You aren't wearing open-crotch pants either.

Or are you saying that you rushing over was just for show, just to observe what reaction I had?

You dog, playing tricks with me?

Cheng Shi mocked in his heart, his face unchanged, still with an expression of "I've contributed again":

"Mental Art, I used another Mental Art. Now Baldy is terrifyingly strong under the blessing of my Mental Art!"

Zuo Qiu's eye twitched again when he heard this, and he nodded with a strange expression.

"Bang—bang—boom—"

Hong Lin the giant bear was indeed terrifyingly strong now. After failing to suppress Erpuska several times, she suddenly changed her strategy, changing from a suppressive style to a probing style.

Clearly, she also saw Erpuska's strange behavior just now, so she began to throw the giant monster toward the surrounding teammates.

This was undoubtedly a very risky behavior, which could likely harm the lives of teammates, so to ensure Cheng Shi's little life, she only limited the direction Erpuska was thrown to the direction where the Puppet Master and the hunter were.

But this made the faces of the Puppet Master and Jiang Wu Mei turn black.

The assassin who was constantly looking for opportunities and the hunter who shot cold arrows from time to time suddenly became clowns who had rushed onto the stage, fleeing in a panic under everyone's gaze.

But fortunately, Hong Lin's judgment was correct; Erpuska was indeed not interested in others; its target was only the giant bear!

Seeing this, Cheng Shi understood roughly, so he shouted at the giant bear Hong Lin had transformed into:

"Baldy, Baptism of Rebirth, throw the Baptism of Rebirth to me!"

The giant bear's figure paused and directly threw the sprout over.

Cheng Shi caught the sprout, pulled Zuo Qiu, and ran toward Erpuska's direction.

Zuo Qiu wasn't a fool. As soon as he saw it, he guessed Cheng Shi's thoughts and struggled desperately:

"Weaver! What do you want to do! I'm a singer! I'm a support! You can't use me as a target!"

"Don't be anxious. I'm the target; you support me. We're verifying an idea; there won't be any danger."

"Let go of me! Let's verify it in another way!"

Zuo Qiu struggled with all his might, but in the hands of a daily warrior, how could a historian struggle out? So he failed without any surprise.

Cheng Shi dragged him behind Erpuska and then stuffed the Baptism of Rebirth in his hand into Zuo Qiu's arms.

Zuo Qiu's face turned white.

"You..."

"I said you support me. Your task now is to help me hold it for a while, don't lose it, otherwise I can't save you."

After finishing, Cheng Shi turned his head abruptly, leaked three scalpels from his sleeves, and flew them out one by one.

Three scalpels shot toward Erpuska's back, stabbing into its rotting, piled-up skin, making "puff-puff" sounds, but they didn't cause any damage to it.

However, the feeling of being sneak-attacked still made it turn around, and when Erpuska turned its head and smelled the Baptism of Rebirth in Zuo Qiu's arms, its eyes lit up, and it let out a longing and crazy roar.

"Roar—"

It suddenly gave up fighting with the giant bear and ran wildly toward Zuo Qiu and Cheng Shi with all its might.

Seeing this scene, Cheng Shi finally confirmed in his heart.

Erpuska wasn't hunting 【Decay】; it was clearly coveting 【Prosperity】!

Could it be that the historian's idea was the right one?

Should he help it instead of killing it?

Just as Cheng Shi was thinking crazily in his brain, Erpuska's figure was getting closer and closer to the two of them. Cheng Shi's face had no strange color, but instead, he used his peripheral vision to pay attention to Zuo Qiu's reaction from time to time.

Zuo Qiu's arm was still in Cheng Shi's hand, and he had nowhere to run. Seeing Erpuska was about to pounce in front of them, he could only turn iron-blue and "wait for death" with Cheng Shi.

However, both of them had good popularity, and people who cared about them wouldn't let them fall into danger.

Hong Lin seemed to have guessed Cheng Shi's thoughts long ago. The moment Erpuska turned around, she transformed back into a forest leopard and chased after it. Her long tail, like a whip, lashed out and instantly entangled Erpuska's ankle, causing the 【Desolation Walker】's figure to stall abruptly.

At the same time, the Puppet Master's mature puppet appeared from nowhere, threw out countless control threads, entangled Zuo Qiu, and dragged him far away.

This time Cheng Shi didn't stop it. He let go and let Zuo Qiu be saved, but the moment Zuo Qiu left, he took back the Baptism of Rebirth and instantly put it back into his personal space.

He looked at the place where the Puppet Master was hiding, frowned, and then turned and rushed toward Erpuska's direction without hesitation.

He didn't have 【Prosperity】 in his hand now, so he wouldn't be the target the monster was chasing.

"Go! If we can't win, retreat first. We'll think of a way tomorrow. The Dark Sun is about to set. We must rush back before nightfall!"

Cheng Shi rushing back wasn't to wrestle with Erpuska, but to... ride the big cat.

Clearly, Hong Lin also guessed Cheng Shi's thoughts. She lashed Erpuska with her tail angrily, and then patted Cheng Shi onto her back with a claw, let out an "Awoo," and ran wildly toward the direction of the fog door.

"Hunter, run fast! Little assassin, run fast! You're too slow. If the door closes, I won't wait for you!

Oh right, and that Shiguan, you work hard too."

"..."

Zuo Qiu, who was being dragged on the ground by the mature puppet, heard Cheng Shi's words of concern and spat fiercely, but immediately after, he shook his head and chuckled.

"Cheng Shi, interesting."

The Puppet Master leaned in the arms of the mature puppet, looked back at Zuo Qiu, and revealed surprise in her eyes. ===== CHAPTER 285 =====