Quadruple split.

Chapter 2261: The biggest and worst loss of personnel since the start of the competition

"Feel sorry."

After confirming that the ghostly phantom that had just appeared began to collapse and disintegrate, and finally disappeared behind Mo Tan without any trace, Xing Long, who was still able to perfectly control the power of the tiger evil even though he had lost an arm, stopped his attack without hesitation and withdrew his right fist, which was already irreversible in the eyes of others. He digested the backlash caused by this move calmly and apologized to his opponent who had turned back into an ordinary half-dragon man, lost his dragon horns and wings, and was only left with a pair of rough linen pants on his body: "I talked too much and was too slow."

"No, no, no, this is not your fault."

Using Herrscher's Will to offset the side effects of fully releasing Reverse Scale, Mo Tan only had to endure a 10% reduction in all attributes, a halving of experience gained from all professions and specializations, and no load could be attenuated by conventional sensory protection. He shook his head vigorously and explained hastily, "Logically, the double gain I used as a last resort should have lasted for at least another five seconds, but it just suddenly... ended early."

Xinglong frowned and said hesitantly: "Could it be that your last move was too cruel?"

"Probably not."

Mo Tan shook his head and said seriously, "I can feel that my physical condition is not bad. Although the load is definitely not light, in the state just now, it is very likely that I will not be overwhelmed by the third-level buff effect. It is better to say that the core of the last skill is also a buff..."

Xinglong walked slowly to Mo Tan and was stunned for a moment. He said in astonishment: "You said that was a buff skill? Why do I feel like you want to ask the gods to punish me?"

"No, no, no."

Mo Tan laughed dumbly and shook his head, "Summoning a god doesn't work like that. That skill was originally a buff skill. It just became a visually exaggerated skill after being strengthened. If the buff on me hadn't ended earlier, I would have definitely fought you personally. That was a lead behind it."

Xinglong was stunned again: "Have you really prayed to the gods?"

"I……"

Mo Tan realized that if he denied it, he might be punished by the system, so he swallowed the words and answered irrelevantly: "I just have acquaintances in the Holy Church Union, and I know what 'God's Descent' looks like."

"Haha, you used the word 'just' very bluntly."

Xinglong laughed heartily, then changed the subject and asked, "So the thing that can affect the skill effect text is indeed..."

Mo Tan, who knew exactly what the other party was asking, nodded slightly and said seriously, "I think you are right, but not only is the direction wrong, that state is also difficult for me to replicate."

Xinglong's smile did not fade, and he teased, "Is that the cool state you were in just now?"

“That’s not cool at all.”

Mo Tan smiled bitterly and shook his head, then covered his head and sighed in annoyance: "I'm still in a daze now, and I feel really bad."

Xinglong smacked his lips, but did not deny Mo Tan's statement. Instead, he nodded and agreed, "But I think so too. The way you looked just now was obviously wrong. The 'that' you successfully used in the end didn't seem to match your temperament. It was too gloomy."

“Knowing people, knowing faces, but not knowing hearts.”

Mo Tan pulled the corner of his mouth in self-mockery, shrugged and said: "Maybe I am a gloomy person, and I just pretend to be calm and sunny at ordinary times."

Xinglong, who had always had a good impression of Mo Tan, waved his hand and shook his head, saying, "Impossible, absolutely impossible."

"all in all……"

Mo Tan did not want to dwell on this topic any further, so he transformed [Xiao] into the form of a ruthless sword and put it on his waist, and said to Xinglong sternly: "I accept defeat wholeheartedly."

"It should."

Xinglong was not being modest, but said seriously: "At least at this stage, I am stronger, but in the near future, when everyone is stuck at the epic bottleneck, it may be hard to say."

Mo Tan laughed in silence and asked curiously, "Are you not sure you can get the top three in the team competition?"

"Not sure."

Xinglong nodded honestly and said seriously, "I don't even know if I can get through the Wind-Breaking Bird."

Mo Tan, who had not expected Xing Long to be so outspoken, curled his lips and said, "Is it okay for you to say it so directly in public?"

"No problem. We're not the only ones who are unsure."

Xinglong smiled and spread out his right hand, saying, "They must be even more unsure."

"I see."

Mo Tan, who felt pain all over his body, staggered to the ground and looked up at Xing Long and asked, "Do you want to give me the final blow?"

"That's not necessary. We'll say hello to them later and you just need to step back."

Xinglong shook his head and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I promise to work hard for you as well..."

[Your teammate: bloodstained, dead]

[Your teammate: Gentleman, has died]

[Your teammate: Pioneer, has died]

As a result, at this moment, a series of system prompt sounds rang in Xinglong's ears without warning, making him freeze in place as if struck by lightning. After he came to his senses, he immediately turned his head to look at his teammates not far away.

Or in other words, it was where his teammates were supposed to be.

Unfortunately, since Xinglong was stunned for at least half a second before turning around, he didn't even see a trace of white light at this moment. The only survivor among his teammates, Jiuchong, and the gloomy Ji Xiaoge and Lu Jiang were in his field of vision.

"Hey!"

Xinglong turned to Motan abruptly and said angrily, "This is different from what we agreed on!"

"wait--"

Mo Tan noticed that there was a grill in front of Ji Xiaoge and immediately shouted, "I'm afraid there is some misunderstanding here!"

"Misunderstand!?"

Xinglong was shocked at the time, and raised his fist to hit Mo Tan on the head: "Three people died on my side in an instant! How could it be a mistake…"

"Wake up Longbie!"

At this moment, Jiuchong, who was also shocked to find that the other three people were dead, immediately tore up a scroll of [Amplification] and shouted, "It's a misunderstanding!!"

Xinglong, who had just raised his fist halfway, said: "...Ah?"

"Let's go, we'll find out after we go over and ask."

Mo Tan sighed, glanced at Xing Long who put down his fist awkwardly, and said with a wry smile: "I think I have guessed why."

Xinglong: “……Ah?”

So, the two of them walked quickly to Ji Xiaoge, Lu Jiang, Jiu Chong and the grill, and the first thing Mo Tan did when he saw Ji Xiaoge was to ask, "Are you randomly developing some weird new dishes again?" Ji Xiaoge: "I..."

"Just wait a minute."

Mo Tan raised his hand to interrupt Ji Xiaoge, then took out a soundproofing barrier scroll that almost all adventurers carry with them in two stacks, tore it open, and disabled the radio function of the broadcasting system.

Xinglong looked at Jiuchong in bewilderment and asked, "What's going on? What misunderstanding did you just say?!"

"Well, rather than saying it's a misunderstanding, it's better to say that the three of them are courting death..."

Jiu Chong scratched his hair, and with a subtle expression glanced at the grill in front of Ji Xiaoge, and the skewers of meat on it that were still emitting an alluring aroma, and said with a bitter face: "To put it simply, Sister Ye Ge found a very rare material here, so we helped her collect it, and then she decided to experiment on the spot, so she simply set up an open-air barbecue, and Xiao Xueran and the others... you know."

Xinglong, who is also a member of the Red Constellation, of course understood everything immediately and said, "They think Miss Yege's barbecue is good, so they plan to eat it for free?"

"Not only that, they even threatened to use the favor of helping others collect coal."

Jiuchong sighed deeply, looked at the place where Xueran and others collapsed in their dying moments, and said with difficulty: "Sister Yege has emphasized many times that she thinks that the dish... well, is not mature, and she doesn't want to give it to them, but you know the personalities of those guys. Since the outcome of this game is already on you, it is impossible to ask them to continue to obey orders. In addition, the skewers look very tempting, so..."

Xinglong: "So they shamelessly coaxed and begged others to share some of their food?"

Kunou: “…Yes.”

Xinglong: "...and then?"

Kunou: "...and then all three of them died."

Xinglong: “……?”

……

  After that, the strange silence lasted for ten seconds before it was broken by Ji Xiaoge.

“I haven’t developed any weird new dishes!”

The girl turned to Mo Tan with a wronged look on her face, pouted and said, "I told them... it would definitely not taste good, but they didn't listen and kept saying it would definitely be delicious. I... I saw them swear that they would bear the consequences at their own risk, and I thought it would be impolite to keep refusing, so... uh."

"I don't mean to blame you."

Mo Tan quickly walked to Ji Xiaoge and soothed her softly, "I'm just looking for an explanation so that the audience watching the live broadcast won't think too much."

"We will also cooperate with what Brother Mo said just now and try our best not to let Sister Yege become the focus of public opinion."

The petite and exquisite coach of the Red Constellation immediately nodded in agreement, saying seriously, "Although there are a lot of witnesses, we can use the excuse that Ye Ge had been planning to use new ingredients for cooking experiments from the beginning. As for those three guys...it doesn't matter. Under the premise that the decision of the game is in the hands of Brother Mo and Xinglong, even if they die of greed, they won't be criticized too harshly. We can just let our colleagues in the public relations department keep an eye on them."

Knowing that Jiuzhong's method almost perfectly killed the rumor that "Ye Ge is a super cooking idiot who can kill people just by grilling a skewer" in its infancy, Mo Tan, who was extremely grateful to the little girl, immediately smiled at her and said sincerely, "Thank you for your trouble."

"What are you talking about? It's obviously the fault of those three guys who were too persistent."

Jiuzhong shook his head and said sincerely, "I hope you can forgive their recklessness."

Considering that continuing to be polite to each other like this would turn into a meaningless cycle, Mo Tan, the spokesperson for the Zoo (Ji Xiaoge had already shrunk behind him, and Lu Jiang was trembling with fear as he looked at the remaining skewers of meat on the grill), did not say anything else and just smiled appropriately.

"Well, if the three of you have no objection, let's end this game here."

As the captain, Xinglong made a summary speech, and then smiled at Mo Tan, with whom he had communicated a lot in this game: "Do you mind adding me as a friend?"

Mo Tan, who had just been sold a favor by Xing Long, naturally had no reason to refuse. He simply nodded and smiled, "Of course."

"Then Miss Yege and Miss Lujiang please add me as your friend."

Not knowing Lujiang's true gender yet and not intending to arouse the pigeon's vigilance, Jiuzhong also hurriedly greeted the two girls (although Lujiang is a boy), and then added: "Don't worry, we are just making friends. We will see if there is a chance to help each other out. I won't ask you about it every now and then or try to recruit you into the group."

"Okay, okay!"

Lu Jiang, who has been a fan of the Red Constellation for many years, nodded vigorously, flattered, and then asked softly, "Um... can I add Xinglong as a friend?"

"Just call me by my name."

Xinglong, who could tell at a glance that the other party was most likely his fan, smiled at Lujiang and praised him, "Among all the player druids I have seen so far, you are the best."

Lu Jiang waved her hands cheerfully: "No way, no way..."

"Even if Sister Jiuzhong didn't tell me, I was planning to add you as my friend after the game."

Because the other party did not ask to add someone as a friend, the delighted girl immediately held Jiuzhong's hands affectionately: "The weather is getting colder, I want to ask you, Jiuzhong, for some knowledge about knitting~"

"Isn't it only October now?"

Kunou was stunned at first, then lowered her voice and said, "No problem, I can teach you to knit both gloves and scarves. Do you want to add a heart-shaped pattern?"

"What era are we in? Are you still using heart-shaped patterns? Is it easy to knit?"

"It's simple, I guarantee you'll learn it~"

"Then..."

"Yeah! No problem, I think it's OK..."

"Wow, that's fine too. Then I guess..."

Just like that, in less than a few words, the two girls started chattering, and it was not until they had been talking about weaving techniques for a full half minute that they realized belatedly that the game was not over yet.

Of course, there was some accommodation on the part of professional player Jiuchong, but Ji Xiaoge, who was so focused on preparing a Christmas surprise for someone, accidentally forgot about the competition.

"So……"

Finally, Xinglong extended his right fist to Motan and said with a smile: "Next time when we have the chance to fight with all our strength, I hope we can still have as much fun as we did today."

"It costs too much to keep you entertained."

Mo Tan also laughed, and then stretched out his right fist and lightly hit it with Xing Long: "I will try my best."

……

  Game time PM15:29

In the first round of the quarterfinals of [Crime Debate·Team Battle], [Zoo] team leader Mo was defeated by [Red Constellation] captain Xinglong in the competition. [Zoo] gave up the game as agreed before the game, and [Red Constellation] advanced to the eighth place. Due to the death of team members Bloody, Gentleman and Pioneer due to extremely stupid reasons, the team suffered the largest and worst casualty accident since the start of the game. After the game, he was internally punished to clean the training room for Xinglong for a week and do yoga with Yinyue for three days.

In addition, Xinglong suggested that Yoga also let the three people replace himself, but was rejected by all of them.

Chapter 2252: End