Chapter 82 Prisoner of God 4

In this place where the map was unclear, the objective was unclear, the BOSS was unclear, and the relationships between the teams were unclear, Xia Qi had no intention of making a move against the others.

He dashed straight to the dead-end wall where they had initially reached, arriving at the spot with the large chest. Placing one hand on the lid of the chest, he prepared to open it.

"Hey, hey, hey, what do you think you're doing?" Seeing Xia Qi about to open the chest, Xiao Ou turned pale with fear. "Oh mom, if a female ghost pops out when he opens it, and I get scared into getting uremia, what am I supposed to do then?"

"It's okay, don't worry," Xia Qi reassured him, then turned his head to the passageway between the walls and said, "We'll wait for them to come over."

Xiao Ou stood uneasily next to Xia Qi, one leg slightly bent, ready to run at any moment.

Xia Qi didn't have to wait long before the Beastmaster came rushing over. At first, the Beastmaster was happy that he had caught a scapegoat, but when he saw that Xia Qi and Xiao Ou were blocked by a dead-end wall, his expression changed drastically.

"Still want to chase?" Xia Qi raised an eyebrow and said coldly.

Xiao Ou put his hands on his hips and angrily said to the Beastmaster, "Get lost as far as you can! You're a Beastmaster, not a dog. Why are you relentlessly chasing us?"

"Hmph!" The Beastmaster snorted angrily through his nostrils, thinking that these two were really going too far, leading him into a dead end!

Hearing the approaching footsteps of the female Berserker behind him, the Beastmaster became reckless and lunged at Xia Qi, shouting, "I don't care! If we're going to die, we'll die together!"

It would be better for the female Berserker to attack all three of them. It was better to have three people killed than just one.

"F*ck, are you insane?" Xiao Ou cursed, not expecting the Beastmaster to be so ruthless.

Just as the Beastmaster was looking smug, Xia Qi raised his right hand, gently pressed the lid of the chest, and said with a light threat, "Come any closer, and I'll open the chest."

Hearing this, the Beastmaster was greatly alarmed and quickly stopped in his tracks. "...No! Don't open the chest!"

In his haste, he hadn't noticed the chest earlier and thought Xia Qi had deliberately led him into a dead end. Now, seeing Xia Qi about to open the chest, the Beastmaster was scared out of his wits.

Seeing the Beastmaster hesitate, Xia Qi smiled faintly. He knew this tactic would work.

People who try to drag others down are afraid of those who are more ruthless and reckless than they are.

"So, aren't you going to get lost?" Xiao Ou pointed to the right wall and shouted, "Take a left at the exit, don't let us see you out!"

After shouting, he realized he had pointed in the wrong direction... But it didn't matter, as long as the Beastmaster left.

"Hmph!"

The Beastmaster spat and turned away, and at the same time, the pursuing female Berserker followed him and ran away.

"Those two idiots are finally gone..." Xiao Ou muttered. Then he raised his hand and patted Xia Qi's shoulder. "Brother Xia, thanks to you."

"It's okay, let's go back," Xia Qi didn't show much joy. On the contrary, he felt that the chest had become even more suspicious. However, he wasn't in the mood to open it now, so he said, "I missed marking a section of the path. Let's go back and redo it."

"Okay."

After reaching an agreement, the two headed back the way they came. Thanks to the smoke sticks they had used as markers, they didn't take long to return to the original entrance.

"Damn, the entrance is blocked," Xiao Ou kicked the wall of the blocked entrance.

Xia Qi didn't respond to him. In fact, he had already expected that the entrance wouldn't still be open after they entered.

"Let's go."

Starting from the wall connected to the right side of the first fork, Xia Qi realized that he had made a mistake at the second and third forks. This was because the fourth fork had a right-angle turn leading inward, which didn't reach a dead end. This caused the fourth fork to enclose the first fork, resulting in three paths outside the fourth fork.

After re-marking from the beginning, Xia Qi found that the path ahead became smoother. Gradually, Xiao Ou also noticed the pattern and said, "So, you started dividing from the first fork."

As they walked, Xia Qi patiently explained, "Yes, we first use a dyeing method to mark the connected walls red, separating them from the uncolored areas. This way, the path sandwiched between the two areas is the way to the exit."

"I see." Xiao Ou grinned. "You're pretty amazing even without cheating."

After walking through more than 30 connected paths, they encountered another strange chest at a corner.

However, this chest was a black iron one, with a dark and ominous appearance, clearly not containing anything good.

Just as Xia Qi was puzzled about why there would be a chest in the middle of the dungeon, another series of hurried footsteps approached.

"Don't come over, please!" the Beastmaster's voice came from the narrow passage.

Just as Xia Qi was about to leave after extinguishing the smoke stick, the Beastmaster suddenly emerged from behind the wall on his right.

Having been chased by the female Berserker, the Beastmaster was in a sorry state, his face flushed a purplish red, with blood still seeping from his arm, indicating he had been hit by the Berserker's axe.

Seeing the Beastmaster and the female Berserker, this pursuer-and-pursued duo again, Xia Qi was speechless. He thought, how could these two be haunting them like this?

"I can't do it anymore!" The Beastmaster, gasping for breath, stood in front of them, shamelessly saying, "Can you please save me?"

"Save your sister!" Xiao Ou roared impatiently. "I'm a thief, a villain. Don't you know that? Go wherever you want, just leave us alone."

At first, they had been looked down upon by this team, and now that they were in trouble, they came to Xia Qi and Xiao Ou for help... Not to mention the disgusting things the Beastmaster had done before, which were utterly repulsive.

Xia Qi frowned. If the Beastmaster were an innocent person, he might have considered helping without affecting himself, but the Beastmaster had too many malicious intentions, and even Xia Qi had no interest in helping him.

"Aren't you the Holy Son? Save me!" Seeing that Xiao Ou was unwilling to help, the Beastmaster began to morally blackmail Xia Qi.

"...He's the Holy Son, not a saint, and definitely not a saintly mother," Xiao Ou pushed the Beastmaster, saying impatiently, "Get lost."

Seeing that the two had no sympathy, the Beastmaster became extremely angry, his eyes turning red, his expression momentarily twisted. "Hmph! If you don't know what's good for you, don't blame me for dragging you down with me!"

Seeing the Beastmaster's increasingly distorted expression, Xia Qi felt something was off. He thought, how could the Beastmaster, a high-level player, be so blatantly foolish and malicious?

Xia Qi narrowed his eyes, steadied his mind, and probed the Beastmaster.

"Occupation: Beastmaster"

"HP (Health Points): 20/100"

"MP (Magic Points): 0/100"

"SP (Sanity Points): 20/100"

The Beastmaster's HP (Health Points) and SP (Sanity Points) have both dropped below 20%, indicating that his body and mind are nearing their limits.

Could it be that...

As the Beastmaster rushed forward, Xia Qi quickly reached out and grabbed his arm. To his surprise, the Beastmaster swiftly shook him off and shoved Xia Qi against the wall!

The Beastmaster's immense strength sent Xia Qi staggering back several steps, his back colliding with the hard wall.

After shoving Xia Qi, the Beastmaster charged straight at the iron box. Seeing this, Xia Qi shouted in alarm, "Stop him!"

Xiao Ou leaped forward and reached for the Beastmaster's arm. At that moment, the female Berserker arrived and, brandishing a black axe, swung it at Xiao Ou's head without distinguishing between friend or foe.

"Get out of the way!" Xia Qi roared at Xiao Ou.

Xiao Ou dodged the axe just in time. In that brief moment, the Beastmaster grabbed the sides of the black iron box lid, his eyes filled with madness. "Haha! Die together with me!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the Beastmaster lifted the lid of the iron box.

"Ooh—"

A strange, sharp, piercing sound emanated from the box. It was neither male nor female but resembled a higher-pitched air-raid siren, drilling into Xia Qi's eardrums.

The sonic attack caused Xia Qi's temples to throb painfully, and his vision distorted, making it impossible for him to discern directions.

Even more absurdly, the sound triggered a physiological response, causing him to tremble all over and his legs to give out.

"SP (Sanity Points): -1"

"SP (Sanity Points): -1"

"SP (Sanity Points): -1"

With a "thud," Xia Qi's knees buckled, and he fell to the ground.

The strange sound continued, and Xia Qi took two deep breaths, pushing himself up with his hands to look at Xiao Ou and the others nearby. He was stunned to see Xiao Ou lying on the ground.

"Occupation: Female Thief"

"SP (Sanity Points): 90/100"

In just a short time, Xiao Ou had lost 10 SP (Sanity Points)! More than Xia Qi had lost!

Xia Qi glanced at the Beastmaster again and noticed that he was faring better than Xiao Ou. At that moment, the Beastmaster was crawling on the ground, seemingly determined to keep moving forward. Xia Qi noticed that the Beastmaster had only lost 3 SP (Sanity Points), just like him.

No wonder the Beastmaster dared to open the box; his SP (Sanity Points) was dropping very slowly!

Unfortunately, the female Berserker's SP (Sanity Points) had completely depleted! It was showing empty!

"Aoo!" The female Berserker threw her axe to the ground and let out a beast-like roar from her throat.

Compared to her earlier state of madness, the female Berserker was now enveloped in a strange black mist, shaking violently. Her features began to blur, and her entire face turned into a mass of black fog, making it impossible to discern her original appearance.

Even more absurdly, within the black fog, the female Berserker's body twisted and grew taller and taller, becoming a giant over 2 meters tall in front of Xia Qi, almost reaching the ceiling.

After the complete transformation, the female Berserker no longer resembled her former self, appearing more like a Grim Reaper composed of evil spirits, exuding a cold and terrifying aura.

At that moment, the evil god was looking down at the Beastmaster, sideways to Xia Qi, as if searching for something.

Xia Qi cautiously reached out and grabbed Xiao Ou's leg, intending to pull him farther away. Suddenly, the evil god turned its head, its green eyes locking onto his.

Xia Qi looked up and unexpectedly met its gaze.

The air grew still and even a bit cold.

"Why... why are you touching someone else?" The evil god stared into Xia Qi's eyes, whispering hoarsely.

His voice, both light and hoarse, felt like a brush scraping against the skin, giving Xia Qi goosebumps.

"SP (Sanity Points): -1"

"SP (Sanity Points): -1"

Watching his continuously dropping SP (Sanity Points), Xia Qi's heart began to race uncontrollably, and his legs started to feel weak again.

Well, he wasn't going to stand up today.

"Am I not good enough for you?" The evil god murmured as it slowly floated closer, casting a shadow over Xia Qi.

The evil god raised the black axe, and Xia Qi, in response, crawled backward in fear.

Just as Xia Qi thought the evil god would strike him with the axe, there was a loud "clang." The evil god had savagely struck its own shoulder with the axe. After the strike, its green eyes gleamed fiercely as it shouted at Xia Qi, "I give you my flesh and blood, and you're still not satisfied!"

After laughing softly, it pulled out the axe and viciously struck its own leg.

"Splash," it seemed like a cut had opened on the leg, and a torrent of blood and flesh poured out from under the cloak, covering the ground in red. It was unclear whether it was the evil god's or the female Berserker's blood.

"Y-you're insane!" Xia Qi's scalp tingled at the sight of the evil god's insane actions.

Overwhelmed by the pressure exerted by the evil god, Xia Qi abandoned any thought of Xiao Ou and crawled away, hoping to distance himself from the box and the terrifying evil god.

Xia Qi crawled with all his might, just about to escape from behind the wall, when suddenly, an icy hand grabbed his ankle and dragged him back.

Author's Note: Run! The maniac is coming!