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"You're still so boring, so dull."

Gu Hange's smile faded slightly as she turned her head to look at the distance: "It's probably impossible for us to determine a winner in a short time, and both of us will be exhausted."

"If we continue fighting, it's easy for someone to sit back and watch the fight, and then reap the benefits."

"How about we join forces first, eliminate the other participants, and then decide the winner...?"

Yu Xuezhao remained silent.

However, the way she turned her gaze away already made her attitude clear.

At that moment, the three of them, Marcus, who were at the end of the two men's line of sight, felt their souls tremble.

Chapter 524 I'll sell everything I own to buy the Gold Service!

Marcus and his two companions never expected that their mere visit to watch the spectacle would lead to their own downfall... Well, he admitted that all three of them did indeed intend to sit back and watch the show, their thoughts were not entirely pure, and they all wanted to take advantage of the situation.

I just didn't expect the idea to be so tricky...

How could such an insane being appear in a C-rank dungeon?!

One side can tear through space and sever everything; the other side can block such an attack and instantly evaporate a large section of a massive river... How could they possibly win against such combat power?

They'd be killed in a single encounter!

"No, that's not right! This kind of powerful move must consume a lot of magic power, so it's impossible to release it continuously. It can probably only be released once in a short period of time."

"Moreover, our combat strategy is definitely flawed! We have greatly underestimated the native creatures here."

Many thoughts flashed through Marcus's mind.

They should have immediately sought the possibility of cooperating with the three great magical families after summoning the Holy Spirit.

This war is not about direct combat power, but about intrigue and scheming!

Because it's impossible for a C-level player to defeat these two in a head-on fight.

One wrong step leads to another, and now they have no chance to engage in any more strategic alliances or maneuvers.

A life-or-death crisis is looming!

"and many more!"

Faced with Yu Xuezhao and Gu Hange's hostility, Marcus quickly stepped forward and said, "We have no intention of fighting for the Holy Grail! How about letting us withdraw? We are willing to voluntarily withdraw from this war."

“Sure,” Gu Hange laughed from afar, “If you want to withdraw, just order your Holy Spirit to commit suicide.”

"...As long as you are willing to sign a magical contract with us and guarantee to protect our lives, we can meet your conditions."

Marcus said through gritted teeth.

His Holy Spirit, who was nearby, looked at him with disappointment upon hearing this.

Don't look at me like that, do you think I want to...? Marcus pretended not to notice.

“You can’t just sign a magic contract randomly,” Gu Hange said with a smile. “Besides… as long as the participants are alive, they have a chance to win. I don’t want to gamble.”

"..."

This was a fight to the death... Marcus immediately understood.

He exchanged a subtle glance with his two companions.

Then...

"Do it!"

Marcus and Luther issued the orders simultaneously.

Their holy spirits rushed towards Yu Xuezhao and Gu Hange.

At this moment, they are all at full mana, enough to supply the Holy Spirit with a powerful attack.

Taking advantage of the situation to eliminate those two terrifying women... is unlikely, but creating an opportunity for them to escape should be achievable.

At the same time, Qingxingdeng, who had not given the order to act, communicated with her Holy Spirit: "Xiaoxue, take us away from here."

The next instant, a mature woman wearing a mask, a light-colored long dress, and long, snow-white hair appeared and blew a breath toward the ground.

The surrounding temperature plummeted, and ice quickly formed on the ground, stretching all the way forward.

As the process continued, Aoandon placed her hands on Marcus and Luther's shoulders, and the three of them began to crystallize, quickly merging into the ice beneath their feet.

Northern Kingdom Imperial Decree—this is the B-level talent she possesses.

She can create a small ice and snow domain, within which her commands have near-absolute interference power over phenomena such as ice, snow, freezing, and low temperatures.

Ice-type interference talents and items of a lower level than "Northern Imperial Decree" will be restricted in this area.

Moreover, she only needs to expend a very small amount of mental energy to interfere with concepts such as ice and snow and low temperature to the greatest extent.

Creating an iceberg would be a piece of cake for her.

Even the northern domain can corrode the human body; under certain conditions, she can freeze the target directly from the inside of the body.

Of course, the most powerful function this talent can achieve is "elementalization".

Within her domain, she can use touch as a medium to interfere with five individual life forms, including herself, turning them into ice elements and enabling rapid teleportation in areas with ice—this ability is not for attacking and has no offensive effect.

Because the transformation into ice element does not lead to the extinction of individual life forms, but rather a change in the state of existence.

However, it can be used to assist in attacks.

Normally, when Aoandon uses this ability, she combines it with other items and her own melee skills to form a combined attack pattern.

Even she never imagined that one day she would use this method to escape.

As the ice layer extended, the three of them, including Qingxingdeng, moved rapidly—Qingxingdeng's movement caused the domain to move, and the domain's movement caused the ice layer to continue to extend. Through this relay method, the three of them escaped the riverbank area at a rapid speed.

At the same time, an explosion was heard from behind.

Marcus and Luther's Holy Spirits unleashed their ultimate attacks on Yu Xuezhao and Gu Hange, respectively.

The aftershocks of the battle caused the already ravaged riverbank to crumble once more, leaving it in ruins.

Yu Xuezhao and Gu Hange had no choice but to take defensive action.

Both of them are dream creatures, and their strength is naturally vastly different from that of their original counterparts who are top-tier A-rank players.

If not handled carefully, the ultimate move of a C-level Holy Spirit can harm or even kill them.

On the other side, after escaping a great distance, Aoandon ordered the Holy Spirit to reclaim the "Northern Kingdom" territory.

The three leaped out of the ice, materialized, and then blended into the frightened crowd, fleeing towards areas with more buildings.

After several twists and turns, the three figures disappeared into the jungle-like cluster of buildings.

About ten minutes later.

In the filthy sewers, Aoandon looked at the filth piled up around her, sniffed the disgusting stench, and frowned slightly.

After a moment of silence, she lowered her voice and said, "It seems... they haven't followed us."

“I’ve lost contact with the Holy Spirit,” Luther said, frowning.

“Me too,” Marcus sighed. “Our Holy Spirits should have been destroyed. Those two women were incredibly powerful! But… they couldn’t have been without any losses. They’ve probably already returned to replenish their magic power.”

“So…” Luther said in despair, “we only have one night to live at most?”

“Not necessarily,” Marcus shook his head. “This city isn’t big, but it’s not small either. It will be a bit difficult for them to find us.”

"The premise is that there is no magic used for finding people."

Aoandon added to this.

This statement silenced both Marcus and Luther.

Through their previous observations, they had discovered a secret—the members of the three major magic families, in addition to possessing powerful holy spirits, could also use some magic themselves.

For example, Yu Xue Zhao's ability to fly on a sword seems to be achieved through her own magic.

Magic—this is a special ability that humans in this world can use.

These players actually have the potential to use magic, but they only have the magic power; they lack the corresponding theory and skills, so they can't use it at all.

Magic can only make their physical abilities a level higher than those of ordinary people here.

Marcus and Luther were worried about the same thing—magic has been developing in this world for so many years, and even the Holy Grail is a product of magic. Surely, finding someone shouldn't be more difficult than the Holy Grail system, right? What are the chances that such magic doesn't exist?

“The phenomena that magic can achieve are far less than those of the Holy Spirit,” Marcus said. “Even if a magic spell to find people really exists, it would probably not be an easy task to pinpoint us in a city. Let’s try to stay as far away from the three major families as possible, making it more difficult for them to search, which should allow us to hold out for a while longer.”

"I think it's better to take the initiative than to avoid war."

Qingxingdeng suddenly retorted, "Yuxuezhao and Gu Hange's Holy Spirits are very strong, but their personal strength is not much higher than ours, and they are capable of being killed by us."

"Now that they have just finished a great battle and destroyed your Holy Spirit, their magic power must be severely depleted, and they may not be able to support the activities of the Holy Spirit for the time being."

"Now is actually our best chance to make a move! If we miss tonight, we will lose our only chance to win."

Her tone, unusually serious, lost its elegance: "Yu Xuezhao and Gu Hange certainly won't fight each other to the death before eliminating the other participants. Their fight just now might have been a strategy to lure the others out."

"Whether it's to win the Holy Spirit War or to decide the outcome as soon as possible, they will definitely come to hunt us down and eliminate us as soon as their magic recovers tomorrow."

"After tonight...we're doomed! Our only option is to take the initiative tonight and gamble."

"..."

Marcus and Luther were silent for a moment.

Marcus then spoke first: "Among the three major magic families, Yan Keke, a member of the Pure White family, has remained silent. Should we take the initiative to approach her and seek cooperation?"

"Now that Azure Silver and Crimson have joined forces, Pure White has no allies. Considering the stakes, she might agree to our cooperation proposal."

“We have lost the Holy Spirit, and there is no value in cooperating now,” Luther suddenly said. “If we go now, there is a good chance that we will be kicked while we are down.”

“I know,” Marcus sighed, “but the success rate of assassinating Azure Silver and Crimson on our own is too low. And we don’t know what’s going on with the seventh participant; he hasn’t shown up yet…”

"Fortune favors the bold," Qingxingdeng suddenly suggested. "The seventh participant should have been drawn away by the previous battle. Let's go look around there and see if we can find him...or rather, find her?"

“What if we can’t find it?” Luther asked.

"If we can't find it, then we'll go to the Pure White Family and explore the possibility of cooperating with Yan Keke."

Aoandon said, "If the cooperation fails... I should just run away. I'm faster on my own, so I should be able to escape."

"So you don't need to go to the Pure White family's place."

"After I escape and reunite with you, we will devise a strategy to assassinate Yu Xuezhao and Gu Hange."

"Well... that's the only way."

Marcus sighed, then reminded Aoandon, "If your magic can't hold up, remember not to force it. You can transfer the Holy Spirit Contract to us first, and the three of us can take turns. This way, we can maximize the power of the Holy Spirit."

"Ok, I know."

Aoandon nodded.

Marcus and Luther only lost the Holy Spirit; their own magic remained.

By transferring the contract, the Holy Spirit can indeed be kept in full fighting condition, increasing their chances of winning.

“Let’s go, we need to act quickly,” Marcus said. “The longer we delay, the more those two women’s magic will recover, which will be disadvantageous for us.”

The three stopped talking and, through the spirit of the Blue Lantern, transformed into ice elements and left the sewers, heading towards the previous battlefield.

To save time, the Blue Lantern did not conserve her magic power and entrusted the task of traveling to the Holy Spirit.

With Marcus and Luther around, Holy Spirit Xiaoxue is essentially like having three "power banks," so she doesn't need to conserve too much magic power.

Efficiency is the most important thing now.

Of course, to avoid being discovered by making too much noise while traveling, Aoandon only allowed the Holy Spirit to unfold a very small area of ​​the "Northern Kingdom" environment—about five meters.

Tiny, five-meter-long icicles appeared on the ground and then melted rapidly.

The three of them continued to teleport five meters at a time, quickly approaching the destroyed riverbank area.

Just then, a voice that made their hearts leap into their throats suddenly appeared: "We've been waiting for you for a long time, you three little mice."

Gu Hange walked out from a dark corner of the ruins.

Looking at the icicles that had appeared on the ground, she smiled gently and said, "People guessed that you might come looking for allies, but I didn't expect... you actually came."

"..."

To prevent the ice bar from being destroyed, losing its place of storage, and causing a backlash of abilities, Aoandon quickly led her two teammates out of the ice element state.