This villain, please exercise some restraint.

"Huh? Not to mention, the terrain is getting higher and higher as we go, but the road to Xinzong is getting a bit hotter and hotter..."

Xia Xiaotong was wearing a light green dress. The winding road in the mountains was not easy to walk. Since entering the Xinzong area shown on the map, apart from the occasional green trees on the roadside, the most common thing they saw were hyacinths of various colors.

Red, pink, yellow, blue, to name a few.

As for the traces of other flowers, there are very few and they are traces of artificial planting.

"When can we get to Xinzong? I'm so tired."

After wiping the beads of sweat on her forehead, Xia Xiaotong asked An Xu next to her.

They walked non-stop along the map, taking shortcuts from time to time to rush to Xinzong. They were already at the front of the group of players. In addition to the many players they saw at the beginning, the further back they went, the fewer players there were.

When we got here, we haven't seen any other players for a long time.

Just like when you first entered the Central Plains, only if you reach Xinzong in person may the transmission points related to Xinzong be opened.

It’s called exploration.

After looking at the map carefully from the player's perspective, An Xu felt helpless.

"There's still some distance."

"That's it again...how far is it? You're not lost, are you?"

Xia Xiaotong questioned.

An Xu was about to reply when a sudden voice from nearby interrupted the negative he was about to say.

"No, no, how could you get lost? The road to hell, you two walked... quite smoothly."

Those words were full of condescension and ridicule, as well as malicious intentions, which made Xia Xiaotong panic for a moment.

"Temperance...yes! It must be Temperance! He's not planning to let us go yet!!"

Her expression changed drastically and she said to An Xu.

"No...we heard Temperance's voice at the end of Ten Thousand Gu Tower. Although he may have said it when he was quite angry, the tone doesn't sound like him."

An Xu did not get confused because of this, he analyzed it calmly.

As soon as he finished speaking, when he looked around, he saw a person turning around from behind a big tree on the right. It was a short Shota.

As if aware of his gaze, Shota grinned, revealing the sharp fangs on both sides.

His cat-like pupils were staring straight at An Xu. He stepped on the purple hyacinths under his feet and walked towards the two of them unhurriedly.

"What...a child, pretending to be restrained, scared me."

Seeing that it was not the familiar black cloak, Xia Xiaotong's heart suddenly fell to the ground and she complained softly.

"No, Xiaotong, look carefully, he...seems to be...temperate."

An Xu stared at the approaching Shota with a cautious look on his face.

He subconsciously took two steps forward, blocking Xia Xiaotong behind him.

"How is that possible! If he is temperate, then I am also temperate, and my height and everything else don't match up."

Xia Xiaotong retorted, putting her hands on her waist.

"Hmph, now I am also in moderation!"

She smiled at An Xu.

An Xu had no intention of teasing Xia Xiaotong. He felt that this little guy seemed to have bad intentions.

Moreover, although no characteristics can successfully match the temperance in memory, but...through the player's perspective...this is the NPC - temperance.

Although I don’t know why this is happening——

But the word "temperance" was enough for him to pay attention to.

"Maybe we should talk."

Pulling Xia Xiaotong back, An Xu said tentatively.

"Talk about it? What's there to talk about with you low-level species? I'm full of unintentional words. Saying one more word to you is my...gift to you."

An Xu adjusted his glasses. Although this temperance man was short, his words were quite bad and condescending.

Such words made him uncomfortable.

But regardless of whether he felt comfortable or not, the next moment, before he could react, he was kicked hard in the abdomen, and his head fell heavily to the ground.

What followed was Xia Xiaotong's anxious cry, "An Xu!!!"

The joke on her face was gone now, and she ran towards the direction where the bespectacled boy fell to the ground.

"Be careful--"

An Xu looked up and saw the short brown figure that had already flashed behind Xia Xiaotong like a ghost.

He quickly shook his head, which was already dizzy, and tried to remind him loudly.

How could this restraint be so strong? Even the newly created armor seemed to have no effect under this blow.

That one... and this one, in terms of their own strength, are simply in the sky and on the earth.

Although he was reminded of the birth, he still knew that Xia Xiaotong, who was not as good as him with his speed and unpredictable attacks, could not escape at all.

"slow--"

He used his skills to try to slow down the attack slightly, but the effect seemed... minimal.

His heart sank.

At the critical moment, whether it was an illusion or not, under the slowed down angle of view, An Xu's eyes appeared out of thin air with countless small white feather arrows passing quickly. Those arrows seemed to have afterimages, as if they were pointing towards Xia Xiaotong, It's also like... Temperance towards her back.

"Be careful, Xiaotong."

He endured the pain and struggled to speak out, blood flowing out of the corner of his mouth uncontrollably.

"Woo!"

The next moment, with a muffled groan, a hand stretched out from behind followed An Xu's temporarily opened mouth and dropped something into his mouth.

When An Xu reacted, the thing had already been swallowed into his stomach by surprise.

The warm feeling that quickly appeared in his limbs made him feel comfortable and wanted to fall asleep immediately.

But he still kept his eyes wide open, and the double image in front of him was disappearing. Xia Xiaotong had already ran to his side, and the "temperance" had an arrow in his right arm, and his face was fierce.

It turns out... I just shot an arrow... It turns out... those just now were all ghost images.

Very...very accurate.

Even in reality, he must be a pretty good shooter...

An Xu thought a little divergently.

He felt that the wound was healing quickly, and it might not be long before he could be alive and kicking again.

What a powerful blood-restoring medicine...it's comparable to the Healing Land.

Does this... count as saving a lot of experience points? It feels so good to have sex for free.

But the next moment, he saw the injured short man Temperance, bearing the pain, attacking towards the direction of him and Xiaotong again.

Although the speed has been reduced, it is not unpleasant.

"Small--"

He subconsciously warned aloud, but the next moment, the fist of restraint suddenly enlarged in front of him, accompanied by the onomatopoeia of "bang" behind him -

In front of him, he rolled directly to the ground.

To be precise, the entire right arm of Temperance in front of him fell to the ground.

"how come!"

"Xi" lowered his head and stared blankly, his shock clearly evident.

The severe pain at this moment was incomparable to the surprise in his heart.

With the power of the world, it’s okay for him to break his arm, but—how could his arm suddenly break! !

Raising his head, his angry little beast-like eyes met a pair of dark, unwavering eyes.

These eyes made Shota subconsciously look away.

"Shi Si... Shi Si, right! Damn despicable species, I remember you, I am... I will not let you go, and you... just wait for me!!!"

He glanced at the injured member of the protagonist group on the ground again, with unwillingness flashing across his face, he bent down to pick up the arm on the ground, turned around, and disappeared.

That looks quite a bit like running away.