Chapter 135 Hua Diao Dressed Like a Red Envelope

Chapter 135: Hua Diao, Dressed as a Red Packet

Hua Diao, bundled up tightly like a red packet, charged forward blindly. The Minotaur, whose aggro Xie Tingsheng had just pulled, had been wildly flailing its head at him a second ago, but then its gaze landed on the garish red blob on the ground.

"Moo!" Where did this little red ant come from? Its color is just *so* right!

The Minotaur’s bloodshot bovine eyes widened. It immediately abandoned its head-shaking antics, extending a massive hand to snatch the little red ant from the ground.

Hua Diao barreled through the chaos, relying on the defensive power of her Minotaur set to knock aside countless Minotaur underlings rushing toward her. She finally found a spot at just the right distance and was about to pull out her "Circle of Confinement" tool to start drawing when suddenly, a shadow fell over her.

This was accompanied by Xie Tingsheng’s frantic, undignified shout, "Dodge!" Hua Diao instinctively looked up, only to be met by a colossal hand descending upon her. Her heart leaped, and she quickly raised her shield before bolting away.

Zhu Bin and the others, rushing over in a frenzy, felt a jolt. They quickly abandoned the Minotaur minions, assumed battle stances, and launched attacks at the boss, trying to pull its aggro.

Xie Tingsheng, perched atop the Minotaur’s head, scowled darkly as it targeted his wife. Wielding his scythe and combining it with lightning spells, he began a frenzied assault, breakdance-fighting and slashing with deadly intent.

But it was no use. The Minotaur was utterly fixated on the "red packet," ignoring the tiny "fleas" on its head and body that were merely tickling it. It relentlessly pursued Hua Diao with its massive hands.

Hua Diao was speechless. So, bulls really do love red!

But this game of cat and mouse couldn’t go on. Dodging left and right was exhausting, and she had nearly been caught or swatted into the dirt several times, barely rolling away at the last moment. Her stamina was rapidly depleting. If this continued, the only outcomes were either being caught and crushed, or stripping off the red packet set to escape.

However, with this Minotaur and countless minions around, Hua Diao dared not remove her high-defense set. The moment she took it off, she might be finished.

Gritting her teeth, her face hardened. She pulled out every defensive item she had—one-time defense scrolls—layering them over herself. Golden, white, and blue triple-layered shields stacked above her, halting the Minotaur’s descending hand. Seizing the moment, Hua Diao quickly retrieved the "Circle of Confinement" tool and began tracing the circle on the ground.

"Moo—!"

Frustrated at being unable to catch the little red ant, the Minotaur snorted steam from its nostrils and slammed its hand down violently.

"Crack!"

The first golden barrier shattered. Xie Tingsheng, Zhu Bin, and the others felt their hearts clench.

Xie Tingsheng’s handsome face was tense, his thin, frosty lips pressed into a line as he scowled down with murderous eyes at the Minotaur’s eyes.

A blind bull wouldn’t see color, right? Then it wouldn’t chase red anymore!

Zhu Bin’s poor heart quivered. He didn’t have Xie Tingsheng’s strategic foresight; he could only wipe a cold sweat from his brow for his sister-in-law. Who would have thought that merely wearing a red outfit would lock the Minotaur’s aggro so firmly? All their initial determination to hold its attention had left them with no role to play!

Hua Diao, the one everyone was worried about, remained the calmest. Though drenched in sweat, she continued running while drawing the circle with the item in her hand.

So what if one barrier broke? There were still two more! Keep drawing, keep drawing—every second counts!

The group watched helplessly as the second barrier shattered, then the third. Just as the Minotaur’s massive hand was about to crush down again, Hua Diao, at the last possible second, threw out three more one-time defense scrolls. When those barriers broke, she pulled out even more.

After all this, the Minotaur, its patience worn thin, grew furious and resorted to spell attacks. Without hesitation, Hua Diao whipped out an even stronger batch of defense scrolls and items, layering them over herself in a frenzy, swish-swish-swish.

Zhu Bin and the ten others watching up close: "......"

The distant Peanut Squad, eagerly watching: "......"

Their expressions had gone from tense to utterly numb.

Where did this sister-in-law get so many defense items?! Did she loot a monster’s treasure hoard or something?!

How could she have this many? It’s like a bottomless well! How many has she used already? And she’s still pulling out more...

In the end, the level 61 Minotaur was stalled by Hua Diao’s absurd number of defense items, allowing her to complete the circle-drawing ritual.

The moment the circle connected, Hua Diao’s eyes lit up. "It’s done!"

She then bellowed fervently at Xie Tingsheng on the Minotaur’s head and Zhu Bin’s group, "Quick! Three minutes! Doesn’t matter if it’s skill scrolls or spells—throw everything at it! Right now, it’s just a defenseless old ox!"

As her words fell, the completed circle on the ground emitted a luminous white aura, enveloping the Minotaur.

The Minotaur seemed to sense impending danger and let out panicked bellows, ramming against the white barrier in an attempt to break free. But no matter how violently it thrashed, the barrier remained unbroken and impervious.

Worse, any spells it tried to gather fizzled out instantly, and even its physical attacks couldn’t breach the circle.

At the same time, Hua Diao and the others noticed its body suddenly darken, as if an outer layer of defense had been stripped away.

Oh-ho! This was an unexpected bonus! So the Minotaur had been under a defensive spell this whole time—no wonder its defense was so high! Xie Tingsheng and Zhu Bin had been huffing and puffing for ages, yet its HP bar hadn’t even dropped by 1%, as if they were just tickling it.

Even Xie Tingsheng’s earlier attacks on its vulnerable eyes had failed to leave a scratch.

So that was the problem!

"Circle of Confinement" truly was this level 61 Minotaur’s natural counter.

Now, thanks to the circle, with its defenses gone, their attacks finally landed properly, dealing three to four times the usual damage.

The group kept "Identify" active to monitor the Minotaur’s HP bar while relentlessly bombarding it with attacks.

Even Hua Diao joined in. The tables had turned! Earlier, she’d been chased like a target, wasting over thirty defense items.

Only someone with substantial reserves could afford to burn through so many at once. Anyone else trying to draw this circle would’ve been caught and crushed in no time.

Now, it was finally her turn to strike back.