Deadly Game: Almighty Boss’s Guide to Making Money

Chapter 1299. Searching for the Netherworld Flower (14)

"Xiao Bei! Are you alright?"

Wang Xiaoyue immediately ran over, took out some medicinal herbs from her backpack, and carefully applied them to Lin Xi's wounds.

"I'm fine." Lin Xi shook her head and pointed to Wu Qingquan, who was lying unconscious on the ground. "Save Wu Qingquan first!"

Everyone immediately gathered around. Zhao Kai carefully picked up Wu Qingquan, casually summoned a prop, and threw it onto Wu Qingquan.

After a few minutes, Wu Qingquan slowly opened his eyes. His face was still pale, but he was no longer in danger of dying.

"What...what's wrong with me?" Wu Qingquan asked weakly.

"Zhang Yang deliberately bumped into you, causing you to step on the wrong rune, triggering the trap, and being hit by the rune energy," Zhao Kai said angrily, glaring fiercely at Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang's expression changed slightly, and he immediately retorted, "I didn't do it on purpose. I just slipped and accidentally bumped into him. How can you accuse me like that?"

"Now is not the time to argue. We still need to navigate the rune maze," Lin Xi said slowly, then looked at Zhang Yang. "If there's a next time, you're not coming with us!"

"You also think I did it on purpose?" Zhang Yang asked.

"You know it in your heart." After saying that, Lin Xi ignored Zhang Yang.

The others remained silent, while Zhang Ting and a few other girls surrounded Lin Xi.

Zhao Kai then went to see Wu Qingquan.

“Wu Qingquan just woke up and is still very weak. Let’s rest for a bit and wait until he’s recovered before we continue!” Zhang Ting said.

Everyone has no objection.

After resting for about ten minutes, Wu Qingquan's body recovered somewhat.

“Let’s keep going!” Wu Qingquan said.

"Follow the previous order, and be careful not to step on the wrong step again," Lin Xi reminded everyone.

"Zhang Yang, you walk in front. If you dare to try anything again, I'll show you no mercy!" Zhao Kai was still indignant.

"Why should I!" Zhang Yang looked at Zhao Kai with a smile.

"Just in case you stumble again, it will save others from getting dragged into it."

Zhang Yang thought for a moment, then stopped arguing, forced himself to nod, and walked to the front.

Following Zhang Yang, everyone carefully stepped over the red runes in the same order as before and entered the area with the golden runes.

The golden runes emitted a soft light, illuminating the entire passage and making the spiritual energy within even more concentrated.

After walking about twenty steps, the group finally passed through the golden rune area and arrived at the other end of the passage.

At the other end of the passage is a wide platform with some ancient stone tables and chairs, which are engraved with complex runes.

In the very center of the platform, there is a huge stone box with patterns of the Ghost Marrow Flower carved on it, clearly containing something important.

"What is that?" Zhao Kai asked excitedly. "Could it be the Ghost Marrow Flower?"

When Zhang Yang saw the stone box, his eyes lit up, and he strode over to open it.

"Don't touch it! Be careful, there might be a trap!" Lin Xi warned.

But Zhang Yang wouldn't listen at all. He grabbed the lid of the stone box and tried to open it.

The moment his hand touched the lid of the stone box, the stone box suddenly emitted a dazzling light, and countless runic energies shot out from the stone box, heading towards Zhang Yang.

"what!"

Zhang Yang let out a scream as he was struck by the rune energy. His body flew backward and crashed heavily into the stone wall, spitting out blood and losing consciousness.

The herb he had secretly hidden in his backpack also fell out and landed on the ground.

Everyone else was startled, not expecting that there would be such a powerful trap on the stone box.

Lin Xi stepped forward and carefully examined the stone box, discovering that the runes on the stone box were the same as those in the passage, all being the guardian runes of the Spirit Race.

"The runes on this stone box are sealing runes of the Spirit Clan. To open it, you need either Spirit Clan blood or the juice of the Netherworld Flower," Su Qing said weakly. "The stone box doesn't contain the Netherworld Flower; it should contain other treasures of the Spirit Clan. The Netherworld Flower is still deeper inside, near the array's core." Wang Xiaoyue picked up a spirit herb from the ground and handed it to Lin Xi.

"This is the spiritual herb that Zhang Yang stole."

Lin Xi glanced at Zhang Yang, who was lying unconscious on the ground, and then at the Mind-Concentrating Grass in her hand.

“He brought this on himself. Let’s tie him up first and deal with him when he wakes up. Now, let’s continue on our way and look for the Ghost Marrow Flower.”

Everyone nodded, and Zhao Kai and Wu Qingquan stepped forward, tied Zhang Yang up with a rope, and threw him in a corner of the platform.

Lin Xi handed the medicinal herb to Su Qing.

"We have no use for this, so here it is. It might increase your spiritual power."

Subaru accepted it, thanked her first, and then sighed.

"What a pity, if the spiritual herb had continued to grow, it would have generated even more spiritual energy." With that, she picked up the herb and said to everyone, "Let's continue on our way!"

The group headed towards another passage deep within the platform. The passage was still covered in runes, indicating that new dangers awaited them.

Hahahaha, that's great!

Zhang Yang deserved it; who told him to be so greedy!
—Trying to steal a chicken but losing the rice instead!

—I secretly picked a small flower, but it ended up belonging to someone else.

—I've warned him that there might be a trap, but he just won't listen.

—Well, now they're tied up!

--Very good!

—Finally, I don't have to worry about him playing tricks anymore!

—Hey, shall we all take the treasure before we leave?

—They probably felt it was too dangerous.

The runes inside the passage were more complex than before, and the spiritual energy fluctuations in the air were also more intense.

Lin Xi walked at the front, carefully observing the surrounding environment.

At the end of the passage, a strange roar could be faintly heard, as if some huge monster was howling.

Everyone held their breath and looked at each other.

"There's no other way. We've come this far; we can't just turn back," Zhang Ting said. "Let's keep going!"

—It's not that we can't back down now that we've come this far, it's that if we back down we won't be able to clear the game!
—That's right, we have to go no matter how dangerous it is.

—123 didn't even summon the hammer, and didn't dare to use too many items.

—Yes, who knows what else might be coming.

—Maybe 123 is reluctant to use more items, after all, this broken game doesn't give them away anymore.

—The hammer is reusable, and once summoned, it can be used repeatedly, counting as a single item.

—I guess they're trying to avoid relying on props as much as possible!
The main problem is that they're hard to carry. If the passageways were wide, it would be fine, but if they're narrow, it's difficult to even walk through them.

Everyone carefully stepped on the runes, afraid of making a wrong step.

The occasional roars made Zhou Lili tremble and become even more cautious.

We finally reached the end of the passage.

The moment they stepped out of the passage, the sight before them stunned everyone.

Ahead lay a bottomless cliff.

Below the cliff, clouds and mist swirled, obscuring the bottom, and a thin layer of white frost covered the rocks at the edge.

A faint, psychedelic atmosphere permeated the air, making even breathing feel slightly dizzy and lightheaded.