Chapter 22: Impasse
At the moment when Banos swung his fist at Xiyuan, from Xiyuan's eyes, Banos saw a strange sight, and a snow-white light flashed in her eyes.
"Trap!" Banos reacted. At this time, Yun Xiao had been lurking at the top of the tree for a long time, only waiting for the enemy to give him a fatal blow when he was most interested. Just as Banos was about to deliver a fatal blow to Fate, he silently jumped down from the top of the tree and stabbed his dagger at Banos, who was under the tree.
Banos immediately rolled sideways and flashed, and Yun Xiao pounced. However, he did not stop sighing, but immediately continued the pursuit with the inertia of jumping from a high altitude. Banos stood up and immediately adjusted his state. first received a set of Yun Xiao's chain kicks, and then launched a second-order attack to counterattack, the fist hit directly towards Yun Xiao's heart, Yun Xiao resisted with his palm, but the disparity in strength was too great, and he had to take a few steps back.
"I didn't expect you to dodge my sneak attack, but it doesn't matter, the ending won't change anyway, it's just that you became my ghost under the knife a few minutes late." Yun Xiao held the dagger in his right hand and aimed the blade at Banos. At this time, Yun Xiao's left arm had been dislocated, and he might not even be able to survive two moves if he continued to fight. Maybe there is still a way to survive if he escapes alone, but in order to protect his fate, he can only slap his swollen face and become fat now.
"Young man, be courageous, but don't be reckless. You really think you can beat me with your three-legged cat kung fu. Banos smiled confidently as he folded his hands on his chest and took a lunge.
"I am worthy of being the top three people in the physical fitness assessment, and it is not as easy to solve as I imagined, but I am not a papier-mΓ’chΓ© tiger." She stood up as she spoke, spitting a mouthful of black blood into the grass beside her like spitting, and pulled out her dagger with a smile on her face.
Banos looked at Xiyuan with some surprise, it stands to reason that he was punched in the front, not to mention that he had to be unconscious if his bones were broken. But now he is standing opposite him like no one, and Yun Xiao's strength is ranked thirty-ninth, and his strength should not be underestimated. Although you may not necessarily lose to the two people in front of you, this is a survival game, not a killing game. There is no need to risk fighting two people in the top ranks, so thirty-six strategies are the best strategy.
"You'll go far today, but next time you'll not be so lucky." Banos quickly turned around and ran backwards. Yun Xiao shouted, "Don't run. Then he pretended to run a few steps forward and made the appearance that he was going to pursue. Xiyuan felt that the other party was far away, and when the body had not yet fallen, he fainted.
By the time she opened her eyes again, it was already dark. She found herself covered with a garment, and under her body were pliable flowers and plants. And Yun Xiao was sitting next to him, counting the stars in the sky.
"You didn't do anything strange to me, did you?" Xiyuan asked softly.
"Great, Sister Xiyuan, you're awake." Yun Xiao turned his head to look at Xiyuan and said. I wanted to spread my hands and embrace the past, but after swallowing a mouthful of saliva, I couldn't.
Xiyuan nodded, to be honest, until now she still felt a little tightness in her chest and couldn't breathe. After Yun Xiao's failed sneak attack on Banos, he gritted his teeth and stood up. If Banos finds that he has lost his combat effectiveness, I am afraid that the other party will face off against Yun Xiao, and both himself and Yun Xiao will be killed.
"Sister Xiyuan, it's all my fault, I didn't succeed in the sneak attack, and I made you suffer in vain." Yun Xiao lowered his head in shame as he spoke.
"It's not all your fault, it's me who underestimated the enemy too much." Xiyuan said and looked around. Finding that he was actually in two tree trunks, densely packed with flowers and plants spread on the two powerful tree trunks, and at the same time fixed with green vines, it seemed that Yun Xiao had built a small nest in this tree.
"Sister Xiyuan, why do you want to cooperate with me?" Yun Xiao whispered, his eyes looking elsewhere.
"Why work with you?" Xiyuan repeated, and his eyes rolled around. "It's true that you don't have any great background, only a lonely back. The brain is not very smart, and the physical fitness is not very good. From the first time I saw you, I knew that you must be a virgin who has never even held a girl's hand..."
Yun Xiao listened and his head became lower, like an ostrich.
"But...", "Because of this, Yun Xiao is trustworthy. Although Yun Xiao does not have the strong body and quick reaction of Banos, Yun Xiao will definitely protect a cute girl like me until the last moment and be my tool man wholeheartedly. β
"Tool man, Sister Xiyuan, it's a bit too much." Yun Xiao said with a blushing face.
"Not everyone can be my tool, you should be honored. Of course, I also cherish my tools very much, Yun Xiao, you must graduate with your sister. Xi Yuan smiled and shook Yun Xiao's hands.
Yun Xiao suddenly felt his cheeks burn, even though he knew that the girl in front of him didn't really like him. But just like the knight who guards the princess, although he is not destined to be loved by the princess, he still has to spend his whole life protecting the princess.
"Having said that, Yun Xiao, why do you want to be a Heavenly Punisher, I always feel that you don't seem to be suitable to be a killer."
"I heard that I had an income of 50 million a month, so I came." Yun Xiao said with some embarrassment.
"That's because of this." It feels incredible, although the S-level Heavenly Punisher does have this amount of income, but if ordinary people listen to it, they must not believe that this is a fact, and they must think that the other party is a liar, or the kind that has never been to elementary school.
"Uh-huh." Yun Xiao nodded. "By the way, why are you here, Sister Xiyuan?"
"Actually, it's about the same as you." Xiyuan said and sighed. He was born into an ordinary working family, but he had an excellent younger brother. At a young age, he became a first-class movie star in China, and he already had eight digits on his bank card before he even read college. Therefore, my parents never looked at me squarely, and even if I was admitted to a prestigious university, they did not praise my efforts. My parents and younger brother don't know my birthday, and I'm like a shadow of my brother, and no one is aware of my existence except myself. By chance, she learned of the existence of the Holy Alliance, so she gave up the prestigious university she was studying and vowed to become the Heavenly Punishment and let everyone see her glory. However, now that I think about it, the old idea is really ridiculous. Glory, status, money and so on are just passing clouds, and compared to life, they are simply a drop in the ocean.
"I feel that Sister Xiyuan doesn't need to take this path, and she will definitely become a very powerful person in the future."
"yes, so I regret it a little." As she spoke, her vision blurred. "Yun Xiao, you must regret it. If you had known that this was the case, you wouldn't have come to this school. β
"It's true that I was tired from training every day, and I cried at the beginning. Especially seeing someone being trained to death, it really scared me silly at the time. But..."Yun Xiao's voice suddenly became smaller, "I am quite happy to be able to meet Sister Xiyuan, to be honest." β
"What did you say?" Xi Yuan looked at Yun Xiao, and for a while he felt his heart beat faster, his whole body was hot, and his face was as red as a bubble teapot.
"That, that."
"Now broadcast the number of stockholders." Before Yun Xiao could think about what to say next, a cold voice broke the conversation between them. "There are still fifty-eight people in stock. I thought the game would end soon, but I didn't expect there to be so many people by now. You're really the worst class I've ever had. β
"What, that guy has taken two classes of students in total, and I'm embarrassed to say that we are the worst. Besides, on the first night, thirty-three people had already left, and the progress was fast enough. Fate complained.
"Sister Xiyuan, in fact, this is already the second night. It's been less than twelve hours since the end of the game. β
"What the next night, I was in a coma all day." Gong Chun looked at Yun Xiao in distress, and Yun Xiao nodded.
"But how so. Thirty-six hours have passed, and there shouldn't be so many people left, I conservatively estimate that there are only forty-five people at most, after all, although we have been training together for eight months, we haven't spoken a few words to each other, and there can be no such thing as soft-heartedness. β
"It's true that Sister Yuan, but there's a big problem with this game." Yun Xiao said and pointed to a place in the northwest. Xi Yuan looked along the place where Yun Xiao pointed, and there seemed to be a little fire behind the mountain peak.
Xi Yuan looked at the fire with a puzzled face, not to mention the night, even during the day, no one dared to light a fire and smoke to expose his position. Is this clearly the rhythm of looking for death?
"On the first night, when that fire appeared, the speed of elimination slowed down to almost zero." Yun Xiao pointed to the firelight and added.
"Showed up on the first night?" Xiyuan looked at the firelight in surprise, and after thinking for a moment, she understood the current situation. Although it seems logically unreasonable, this is the only possible explanation.