Two minutes later, accompanied by a distortion barely visible to the naked eye, Mo Tan and Ya Ya simultaneously appeared beside the matching crystal.
The heavy armor Mo Tan wore was covered in cracks, especially a little below his chest, where there was a dent as if struck by a battering ram.
Many of the shattered armor plates had even pierced into his skin, and the surrounding area was covered in a large amount of blood.
When Lu Jiang first glanced at him, she thought Mo Tan had been stabbed clean through…
Ji Xiaoge looked at him with some unease: “Hmm, I was just thinking, this must hurt a lot, right?”
“It definitely hurts a lot!” Lu Jiang nodded quickly beside her and said loudly, “That First Chicken didn’t want to defeat you; it wanted to kill you!
What if that inexplicable barrier here went wrong, or if it reacted half a second too late…”
Ji Xiaoge gently bit her lip: “I agree.
You two had clearly lost your chances of winning, but First Chicken showed no mercy at all.”
“It’s fine, it’s not that serious.
I feel pretty good, it’s just that this breastplate can’t be worn anymore.” Mo Tan raised his arm, gently interrupting them, then with some effort, took off the 【Mass-Produced Emblem Breastplate】 on his upper body, whose durability had already reached zero.
He patted his sturdy chest, which was covered in fine scales in many places, and smiled, “See, it’s already healed.”
What he said was true; after taking off the blood-stained breastplate, Mo Tan’s bare chest showed no trace of injury.
The deep, bone-visible wound had unknowingly recovered completely.
“What a miracle.” Jia Deka smacked his lips beside him, his eyes filled with fanaticism as he looked at the matching crystal: “Before I came here, I never thought there would be such a miraculous thing in the world.
No matter how serious the injury, poison, or curse, it will recover completely in a short time.
Mo had at least three broken bones down there just now…”
Lu Jiang blinked her eyes curiously: “Never seen before?
I thought Arenas in other places would also have this kind of safety measure.”
“Let’s not talk about this first.” Ji Xiaoge knelt in front of the beast-eared girl beside Mo Tan and said with some unease, “Why is Ya Ya still unconscious?
Her injuries should be much lighter than Mo’s.”
Her words were not groundless; the three of them had clearly seen Mo Tan and Ya Ya being eliminated from above.
Ya Ya in her berserk state was very powerful, but she seemed to lack control over her strength.
She first shattered her own blade claws, then accidentally broke her longsword during an attack exchange with First Chicken, and finally had to fight First Chicken, which had sharp wings, pointed teeth, and a strange force field, with her bare hands.
Ya Ya’s strength and speed were astonishing, but she still failed to break through the opponent’s incredible force field.
Although she had several times made the light curtain, composed of many polygons, totter, she ultimately failed to deliver a decisive blow.
Not only that, her fists were covered in blood from the continuous recoil, and her strength inevitably weakened.
At that time, Mo Tan was trying to hold back Zero Chicken; the latter clearly wanted to rush over to help First Chicken deal with Ya Ya, but was held back by the Sheep Knight, who had used up most of his life and stamina.
Soon, Zero Chicken realized that it couldn’t support its companion without dealing with the trouble in front of it, so it decisively changed its tactics, fiercely knocking Mo Tan off the Self-Destructing Sheep, and prepared to deliver a heavy blow.
But Ya Ya, who happened to see this scene, burst out with a protective instinct.
The moment Mo Tan was knocked away, she abandoned her current enemy, roared, and with incredible speed, blocked in front of Mo Tan, then grabbed Zero Chicken’s slender neck.
With a crisp ‘crack’, Zero Chicken was teleported out of the Arena amidst a distorted fluctuation, and the situation suddenly became two against one, and then…
Something terrible happened!
The moment Zero Chicken’s neck was snapped by Ya Ya, First Chicken’s dark eyes suddenly turned blood-red, then gradually became a pale white.
The next second, it let out a silent scream, its sharp, tooth-filled beak wide open, and with a series of afterimages, it appeared in front of Ya Ya with a speed like teleportation, biting through her shoulder guard.
Everyone in the audience clearly saw it; if Ya Ya had retreated even a little slower at that moment, her neck might have been in danger.
First Chicken seemed to have completely gone berserk.
It flew high into the sky, then flapped its wings and began to roar silently.
The emerald green force field reappeared, but it was no longer the previous light curtain form; instead, it transformed into a set of narrow triangles overlapping in front of it, finally forming a sharp ramming horn that began to spin wildly.
Mo Tan only felt an unprecedented cold killing intent coming from above at that time.
Immediately after, he instinctively pulled Ya Ya behind him.
The next second, a dazzling green light flashed before his eyes, accompanied by an unreal sharp pain in his chest…
Then he and Ya Ya were teleported out together.
Mo Tan didn’t even notice the two system prompts whose content could be guessed without thinking.
First Chicken’s final attack was too strong, and he naturally couldn’t die under the Arena’s protection mechanism, so he fully experienced the bone-chilling sensation that was still excruciating even after being weakened by the system.
Honestly, if his will hadn’t been tough to the point of nerve ending necrosis, he probably would have been forcibly disconnected by the system by now.
“But Ya Ya shouldn’t have been too badly hurt.” Mo Tan put on a fine quality breastplate, covering the fine cold sweat that appeared on his back due to the severe pain.
He checked Ya Ya’s already recovered shoulder and whispered, “She should have been directly shocked into elimination by the impact just now.
I crashed into Ya Ya after being hit by First Chicken.
Although she became much stronger in all aspects after going berserk, the lost stamina and those injuries couldn’t be restored.
At that last moment, we were both at the end of our rope…”
Jia Deka gently waved his staff, seemingly wanting to cast a water-element healing spell, but only summoned a few warm wisps of steam.
He smiled awkwardly, then also squatted down to carefully observe the unconscious canine-eared girl: “All external injuries have healed, and there’s no fire element residue on her body.
How about I go upstairs and call a staff member?
They might be able to wake this girl up.”
“Call your grandpa.”
A somewhat muddled murmur squeezed out from between the girl’s teeth.
Ya Ya’s long eyelashes trembled slightly, then she groggily opened her eyes.
Her usually vibrant eyes were full of fatigue.
She looked at Jia Deka’s face, which was close at hand, and instinctively let out a low growl, then weakly snorted: “Take your face away, I’m fine.”
“Ah! You’re awake!” Jia Deka grinned, then suddenly widened his eyes in disbelief: “And you’re still so articulate!”
Ya Ya glanced at him: “So annoying, I want to hit you!”
Jia Deka was even more surprised: “Right! And you haven’t hit me!”
“Because I don’t have much strength right now.” Ya Ya gave a soft snort, then lazily rubbed Mo Tan’s shoulder and complained softly, “Mo Tan, you shouldn’t have pulled me back then…”
Ji Xiaoge hugged Ya Ya from the side: “Would that have won it?”
Ya Ya’s ears drooped, and she hung her head somewhat dejectedly: “No, with Mo Tan’s state at the time, he definitely couldn’t beat that poultry.”
“So, since it’s a loss either way, it’s normal for him to block for you, isn’t it?” Ji Xiaoge giggled as she scratched Ya Ya’s ear, then turned back and made a face at Mo Tan: “Can we interpret it as showing off?
Although it was quite cool~”
She was well aware that the pain NPCs and players endured when injured was different, so she greatly appreciated Mo Tan’s ‘correct’ action just now.
“You can interpret it that way.” Mo Tan smiled easily, as if he had only been bitten by a mosquito, then looked back at Ya Ya: “Why did you faint?
Are you still uncomfortable anywhere now?”
The beast-eared girl wrinkled her nose and shook her head: “All the previous injuries are healed.
Now I’m just tired…”
Mo Tan carefully observed Ya Ya and only breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that she was indeed fine (and her mind seemed exceptionally sharp): “Alright, then let’s go back and rest early.
That’s enough for today.
We played well.”
The others also nodded one after another.
But Ya Ya bit her lip fiercely: “I played terribly.
I was mostly dragging us down in the beginning.
If we keep going like this, we won’t win even if we try a hundred more times!”
“It’s not that serious.” Lu Jiang leaned down to wipe the cold sweat from Ya Ya’s forehead, then softly comforted her: “We’ve already improved a lot compared to before.
Ya Ya, you performed much better than me, so how could you be dragging us down?
Just take your time…”
“Can’t take my time.” Ya Ya interrupted him quickly, clenching her small fists tightly, and whispered, “I have a way, but it might be a bit troublesome.”
Ji Xiaoge blinked: “What way? What trouble?”
“Woof!?”
Ya Ya let out a cute murmur.
She seemed dazed for a moment, then quickly shook her head, and her eyes returned… well, her eyes had always been quite clear: “Hmm, can’t be muddled, can’t be muddled, it would be hard to explain clearly then, woof…”
“Are you okay?” Jia Deka leaned closer again and asked with concern, “Is the muddled state you’re talking about your usual self?”
“Sort of, Wang Dejia, you don’t have to worry, woof.” Ya Ya blinked hard, revealing a gentle smile: “I don’t know why, I’ve been like this since I can remember, hmm, what was I going to say…”
Everyone looked at her with some concern.
“Ah, right, we need to win.” Ya Ya forced herself to perk up, frowned, and said, “But it’s too hard like this now.
Wang Dejia alone can’t handle two woofs, so I have to handle two woofs.
I should be able to do it, as long as I use Dragon Language Magic when I’m not muddled, but the weapon problem is troublesome, it’s too unwieldy.
I need a very weighty weapon to unleash my combat power.
As long as I have a suitable weapon, I alone can handle two chickens, then Sister Lu can block that number three woof, ah, Jia Deka can definitely handle that damn red poultry alone, anyway, you blow yourself up every day, so in that case, Mo Tan and Sister Gezi will hold back that purple one, and after Jia Deka and I defeat those three chickens, we’ll fight it head-on.
This is the only way, otherwise we can’t win, but I need a weapon, hmm, I need to figure out a way…”
Ya Ya spoke somewhat dazed, biting her tongue hard in the last few sentences, finally managing to say what she wanted to say.
Then she collapsed softly into Ji Xiaoge’s arms as if exhausted.
“Ya Ya!” Ji Xiaoge immediately exclaimed, but before her next words could come out, she was choked…
“Woof, hmm?”
Ya Ya was staring fixedly at her, her bright big eyes blinking rapidly: “Did I explain it clearly, woof?”
Ji Xiaoge looked at Mo Tan blankly: “Did she explain it clearly?”
“Clearly.” Mo Tan shrugged, stood up, and smiled: “Very clearly.
We’ll discuss it thoroughly later, but the immediate priority is to let Ya Ya rest.
Honestly, I’m a little worried…”
Jia Deka nodded: “Me too.
This is the first time this girl has spoken to us for so long in standard common language.
I wonder if there will be any side effects, uh, of course, it’s also possible that her current state is a side effect, her head is a bit… Ah!!”
He was suddenly bitten hard on the wrist by Ya Ya, who had jumped up.
“Wang Dejia is talking bad about me, woof!” The canine-eared girl bared her teeth and looked at Jia Deka complainingly: “My head is fine, woof.
Everything I woofed just now came from me, woof!”
Jia Deka grimaced and nodded: “I was wrong.”
But he still exchanged an uneasy glance with Mo Tan, and a hint of worry also showed on Lu Jiang and Ji Xiaoge’s faces.
In short, everyone decided to first take Ya Ya back to the resting area for a good sleep.
…
Twenty minutes later,
Ji Xiaoge tiptoed out of Ya Ya’s room and nodded to the three people outside the door: “She’s already asleep.”
“That’s good, that girl looked really exhausted.” Jia Deka, leaning against the wall, stretched his neck, then quickly applied an ice pack to his staff, which had suddenly started smoking.
He said with a wry smile, “Could it be that the crystal didn’t work on her?”
Lu Jiang objected: “No, it must have worked.
Ya Ya’s wounds have indeed all healed.”
“I have a guess.” Mo Tan looked thoughtfully at the door in front of him and whispered, “That kind of fatigue might be a side effect of Ya Ya using Dragon Language Magic, coupled with the side effect of her drastic change in personality.”
“That’s right, I think so too.
Every time Ya Ya used that ‘Claw of Woof’ last time, she would feel a bit exhausted, though not as severely as today.” Ji Xiaoge also nodded in agreement, then stroked her smooth little chin and mumbled softly, “Speaking of drastic personality changes, do you think Ya Ya might be…”
“Might be what?”
“Might be suffering from multiple personality disorder?”
“Pfft!”
“Hey, Mo Tan, what’s wrong?”
“Cough… cough cough, nothing, nothing…”
Chapter 248: The End
