My Misfortune Crushed Instances-Chapter 58: The Same Clue
Kang Hongliang was dumbfounded, feeling his brain buzzing.
"That’s the Black Bear Spirit! What class are you, a Berserker? How can you go toe-to-toe with him? It’s not scientific!"
Li Rui spread his hands and swallowed back the fact that he was a Rain Summoner, fearing that this guy might get overly excited and, being injured, might faint directly.
"You should be able to make it back to the camp on your own, right? Are those two a team? If so, just hurry along, there’s only one person left, there’s no hope for you anymore." 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢
"Hmm..."
Kang Hongliang said, "Thank you, thank you. Hey, wait a minute, that Black Bear Spirit isn’t dead yet!"
He was about to express a few words of gratitude and hurry to leave, but suddenly realized the event hadn’t concluded, and shouted in horror, fearing the creature might revive and attack again.
However, Li Rui waved nonchalantly: "Of course it’s not dead, I purposely left it with a breath."
Before Kang Hongliang could react to what was happening, he saw two figures emerge from behind, proceeding to punch and kick the Black Bear Spirit.
Since there was already an event, of course, everyone had to get a piece of it.
Seeing this scene, Kang Hongliang felt even more dizzy.
He intentionally didn’t kill it? That was a berserk Black Bear Spirit, just how strong is this person?
At this point, all three had participated in the Black Bear Spirit’s event and received the payout - 2500 experience points, a few strengthening materials, and one consumable.
Nowadays, event rewards are indeed more than those at the Demon Wind Temple, but that doesn’t mean the event is more difficult, as levels go up, everything certainly has to improve.
"We won’t be escorting you back."
Li Rui deliberated his words, "After all, we are actually still in a competitive relationship."
Kang Hongliang wouldn’t put on airs having benefited, he quickly said: "No need, no need, brother, you guys just go."
He Chengli said: "Just follow the Black Wood Forest route, we just came from there, it should be safe."
"Thank you, thank you!"
Originally just a chance meeting, none of them said much more and headed in opposite directions.
"Wait."
As they were pulling apart a certain distance, Kang Hongliang suddenly called out to Li Rui and the others.
"That, that, we just caught a glimpse of the mission target, it was heading towards Little Moon Lake."
Hearing this news, Li Rui turned around and thanked him once more, then bid farewell.
As they walked forward, He Chengli asked, "Brother Rui, why didn’t he mention such an important thing earlier?"
Li Rui chuckled: "He definitely had an internal struggle, even though he couldn’t be the winner anymore, he was still reluctant to hand over the hard-sought clue to others. But in the end, he still told us, after all, we saved him."
No matter what, the three of them inadvertently received a clue, giving them an advantage.
"But indeed it feels wrong, you see their team, encountered several waves of attacks as well, Silent Forest doesn’t normally have such intensity. I think, it’s very likely everyone who entered the forest is the same." Wu Sun said, frowning.
He Chengli, however, said lightly: "Isn’t that better, there are monsters to stall them, we just need to worry about Huo Yun."
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In this Secret Realm, the only group eligible to compete with Li Rui and his team, are Huo Yun’s people.
At this moment, they also just went through a fierce battle, saving three people.
In comparison, the trapmaster Li Shi has been through many real battles and is more ruthless, he wanted to take out those three injured people, to eliminate future trouble.
However, Huo Yun stopped him.
"I’m Huo Yun from the Huo family of Lingyou, now at level 15. I have an Epic Level bow, and a piece of armor with a savior effect."
"I must emphasize, you were chased by the Aquatic Demon Monkeys earlier, it was my team that saved you."
"But, as fellow compatriots from the real world, I don’t want to first target those without resistance here, if you recuperate and still want to compete with me, you’re welcome to, but by then, we will be enemies."
Huo Yun looked down at the three sitting paralyzed on the ground, silent for a few seconds, then suddenly smiled, "I hope you don’t do that, because you would have died here originally. Just quit, and if we meet again, we can sit down and reminisce, right?"
The three nodded quickly, as both strength and power, they couldn’t compete with this person in front of them, having gone through near-death and survived a calamity, their emotions were already very tumultuous.
His words, soft yet firm, completely dispelled their competitive thoughts.
To show their sincerity, one of them said: "Young Master of the Huo family, we can’t possibly beat you, it’s a blessing to give up and stay alive, oh, the mission target seems to have headed towards Little Moon Lake, I used a skill to trace its shadow."
"Great, I’ll remember your help."
Huo Yun made a gesture to assist them, waited until the three left, and turned back, "You see, if we impulsively acted, we would have lost this important clue."
Li Shi scratched his head as he found there was no way to refute this statement.
But the Cangyun Association, which they belong to, constantly struggles with illegal Secret Realm agents, and even infiltrators from enemy countries, has long been heartless as stone. His stance wouldn’t consider anything else, as in reality, when facing real enemies, it’s only life or death.
Huo Yun didn’t dwell on this topic, issuing a call.
"Let’s go, we’re heading to Little Moon Lake, move quickly."
Three people embarked on the path towards the small lake, walking only a few steps, Huo Yun secretly laughed again.
He already planned that upon winning and heading to Huangliang City, he would take a gift and present it to Li Rui, then try to say as gently as possible.
We are still one of our own, let those small discomforts pass.
Yes, dealing with things before courtesy is the style of the Huo family.
He was starting to get excited.
...
"Old Song, the meeting has been going on for so many days, can’t you give a little hint about what’s so special about Li Rui?"
Hee Qiunian was concerned about his grandson, so he wanted to know why Song Yao was so optimistic about Li Rui’s potential victory.
Normally, one is the provincial Chapter president, the other the highest committee member of the organization, the latter’s rank is higher.
But Song Yao is different, he rose through military merit, in an organization that speaks through power, he is greater than a typical president, so the committee members are rather polite to him.
Faced with the question, he smiled: "Old He, as you know, that can’t be disclosed, the department explicitly told me, his detailed situation can only be kept on a line from the city Chapter to me, you should worry about more important matters."
He thought for a moment before adding: "Instead of trying to pull strings with me, you might as well send someone to Huangliang City, to pressure his direct superiors, maybe they’ll divulge something."
Hee Qiunian scoffed: "I can’t bring myself to do that."
Song Yao wanted to steer away from this topic, so he asked Huo Yingjun: "Commissioner Huo, I’ve heard Huo Yun has a bit of a conflict with that kid, what’s going on?"
Huo Yingjun didn’t hide anything, answering directly: "Huo Yun is trying to build his own team, initial contact difficulties are normal, kids messing around, nothing to worry about."
"Trying to win over Li Rui?"
Song Yao remembered the report Wu Mengying gave him solo, documenting various ’wrongdoings,’ such as beating up administrators, clinging to global NPCs, unauthorized access to overlapping domains, etc.
He hesitated a bit, saying: "Trying to recruit him using your family’s usual means might be difficult."
Huo Yingjun seemingly disagreed: "I know, that kid is tough, right? But, if Huo Yun prevails in the Silent Forest, they’ll surely suppress his aura a bit, don’t you think?"
He won’t win.
Song Yao thought to himself, but didn’t voice it out, knowing how stubborn Old Huo can be.
