Chapter 25: Forced Self-Detonation

  "Ding! Congratulations, Evil Shadow has finished reading 'The False Spring and Autumn Annals'! It seems like you've gained some insight! Intelligence + 1 point!"

  Haha……I didn't expect reading books could actually increase intelligence, no time to read them one by one, palm slapping, piano-like swift movement, all put away first, just thinking of turning around to continue searching for other items, suddenly saw two books on the bookshelf that were not put away, probably because they were collected too quickly, didn't collect them, with a thrifty spirit, Xiao Ying stretched out her hand and slapped again, but still couldn't collect them, damn it's weird, there are actually items that can't be collected, is the ring full? Damn, fake divine artifact, saying single-grid same-type item space is infinite, but maybe these two books are special, that means the ring has been filled with 1000 kinds of items, doesn't seem possible, the whole game only has a few categories of items, stretched out her hand to slap the chair beside her, muttered "collect", the chair disappeared, hurriedly summoned the chair again, really strange, there are actually books that can't be collected? Are they divine books? Xiao Ying wondered, immediately stretched out her hand to pull over the book to take a closer look, didn't expect that when she pulled it, she couldn't move it, pulled again, suddenly the two books were pulled out by me, followed by a faint rumbling sound, the bookshelf slowly moved outward.

  Whoa! Haha...... I've actually encountered the legendary mechanism? There must be... non-stop imagining, before the bookshelf fully opened, Xiao Ying immediately jumped in, and in front of her was a staircase over 100 meters long leading directly down, with a faint glow at the end. Treasure? Divine sword? Divine beast??????......

  Excitedly ran down, why do mountain bandits always like to build storage rooms and the like underground? Is it because they belong to the dark industry? Before he could think it through, a dazzling array of... a large pile of diamond coins, gold coins appeared before his eyes. He couldn't even see a single silver coin or copper coin. It's estimated that there were at least several thousand diamond coins (not many, though - the system can't let players do unprofitable business, otherwise who would do large-scale quests in the future?). Xiao Ying's mouth began to water profusely, but he wasn't someone who hadn't seen big scenes before. The Iron Blood Empire back then was truly rich and powerful, or else they wouldn't have turned against each other because of this brother. After coming to his senses, he quickly stretched out his hand and snapped up everything, putting it all into his ring. He also saw some weapons and equipment and a few blueprints, but didn't have time to examine them closely before swallowing them whole. After carefully checking again, he should have left no hidden compartments or secret treasures behind. Hurriedly flashed away!

  Out of the mansion, Xiao Ying took a deep breath. Having just obtained such a large batch of wealth, there was no need to waste any more effort searching everywhere else. It would be better to go to the inner hall and see how their BOSS was doing. However, Xiao Ying wasn't in a hurry, walking slowly while thinking about the mountain bandit leader's aura. In just a few hours, he definitely wouldn't be able to exhaust him to death. What's the point of rushing over to send himself to his own death?

  When I arrived at the inner hall, the killing cries had decreased significantly, and only the leader of the mountain bandits was left to hold on. At this time, the leader's body still had several arrows inserted, and he no longer had the same momentum as before when he could knock down two or three people with one slash. However, he was still quite fierce and managed to guard against the waves without letting them advance. Occasionally, he would even kill one or two people. I suppose it was only a matter of time now. It's really pitiful - not only were they surrounded, but they also had to fight in shifts. Let alone you, even if Lü Bu came with tens of thousands of troops, they wouldn't be able to finish them off... I'll offer my condolences for you...

  They quietly merged into the crowd of onlookers, and at this moment, if the archers fired in unison, it's likely that one round of shooting would be enough to kill them all. However, the archers retreated instead, replaced by a large group of swordsmen and shield bearers. Watching from afar, Xiao Yingyun felt like he was being toyed with, as if they were killing just for the sake of killing, continuing to send their subordinates to their deaths. Was it possible that they wanted him to surrender the leader of the mountain bandits? It seemed unlikely, for if the leader could be subdued, Gong Sunyang wouldn't have been so stubborn, refusing to leave his compound or take a step forward.

  Xiao Ying suddenly understood, it turned out that they wanted to leave the mountain bandit leader for Xiao Yao You to kill, so that he could level up and gain prestige and merit. Looking at the courtyard filled with knife shield hands, if she were to rush over and grab the BOSS, she would probably be discovered by Xiao Yao's people before even getting close to the BOSS and chopped into minced meat. With a flicker of movement in her heart, she reached out and patted the corpse of a nearby knife shield hand, quietly retreating to an empty area. The ring couldn't collect biological things, but corpses weren't biological!

  Put on the equipment and weapons of the sword shield hand, squeezed in the sword shield hand army and slowly squeezed towards the BOSS. There were too many people, oh my, almost squeezed into a human pancake! Finally managed to squeeze to the front of the BOSS, but the sword shield hand blocking the way was suddenly cut down by the BOSS with one slash, beheaded on the spot! Shiao Ying was so scared that he retreated again. Don't let it be "out of the woods before the battle is won" or it would really be "the hero's tears are full". Made a show of brandishing his claws and teeth, but in his heart, he quickly thought of a plan.

  "What's wrong with the shield bearer? Why is he shrinking back?" Just as Xiao Ying was thinking, a puzzled voice suddenly came over. Xiao Ying secretly thought that things were going to go badly. The NPC army was more soldierly than real soldiers, on the battlefield they would die without hesitation if ordered to do so, and wouldn't shrink back like Xiao Ying did. Of course, it wasn't that the NPC army was stupid, but rather they had a strong military spirit.

  "No! He's not NPC, he wants to rob BOSS, stop him quickly!" Just as Xiao Ying was hesitating, a loud shout suddenly came, and Xiao Ying made up his mind. Advancing might not necessarily lead to death, looking at the bandit leader who had lost his heroic spirit; while retreating would definitely lead to a miserable death, and being unlucky might even be dismembered! Having made up his mind, he threw down his steel knife, pulled out the Thunder Silver Tiger Gun, and staked everything on one throw. With a loud shout, he leaped into the air:

  "Bloodthirsty Thunderbolt!"

  "Stop him!"

  One Shot to Shock Heaven!

  Like a thunderbolt from the ninth heaven, although it was daytime, it gave people an illusion of sudden brightness in front of their eyes. A bolt of lightning struck directly at the leader of the mountain bandits, giving people the illusion that the BOSS in front of them had been pulverized into powder...

  "Ding! Congratulations to Xie Ying for completing the SS-level task, killing the 78th level BOSS Mountain Bandit Leader Sima Yong with force, specially rewarding strength +5, reputation +1600 points, and merit 2400 points! Since Xie Ying was the first person to complete the SS-level task, completion rate 10%, reward strength +1, reputation 500 points! As it is an official task, reward merit 1000 points!"

  The system prompt had just finished, Xiao Ying felt a warmth in her body and knew that she had leveled up again. Surrounded by enemies, she didn't have time to look closely, and with a swift motion of her left hand, she quickly stored the leader of the mountain bandits into her ring, a classic case of "eating someone without spitting out their bones".

  "Chop him into mincemeat for me!"

  A loud, shrill voice erupted, followed by a flurry of attacks. Fortunately, the archers had retreated, or they would have been shot full of holes like a beehive. Still, they were hacked at by the surrounding swordsmen and left scrambling to defend themselves. After all, this was no 78-level BOSS, the Great Bandit Chief, even if it was only level 78. It must have had its strength maxed out.

  "The lotus blooms!"

  Xiao Ying let out a loud shout, and a silver light enveloped him, shooting out in all directions. In an instant, over ten knife-wielding guards fell to the ground, exhausted. Before he could even catch his breath, another wave of blades came crashing down! His heart sank, thinking that he didn't have the skills to break through, and estimated that he would be chopped into minced meat! Amidst the desperation, Xiao Ying suddenly remembered a move he had never used before...

  A loud and proud voice boomed...

  "Nine Heavens Extinction!"