54: Two against one, the advantage is on our side!

Under Yuan Hao's persuasion, Song Yang finally decided to face his inner fears head-on.

Of course, the main reason was that he felt everyone else was right.

Goethe's appearance was very likely due to the sun having disappeared and night falling.

If they could leave the castle before dark, they wouldn't have to face that terrifying chainsaw.

Regrouping, the group set off again.

Because of their previous experience, this time, they had almost zero casualties.

The wall lamps on the fourth floor served as a guide, leading them straight downstairs.

With the help of the crucifix, they obtained the second parchment.

Originally, Song Yang didn't plan to get any more parchments, as he felt that since all the parchments had been obtained, there was no need to waste the crucifix's uses.

However, Yuan Hao felt that the parchment might be a very important item, so he ultimately took it.

In the stairwell from the third floor to the second floor, the group encountered Ellie again.

Dai Xiaomei happily hugged her once more.

No one noticed that Ellie, who was originally cute and well-behaved, seemed to become very nervous after seeing them, as if she was worried about something.

Following Ellie's hint, the group hid in the butler's room on the second floor, escaping the pursuit of the Demonic Hounds.

This time, when the group arrived on the first floor, they still had plenty of time.

Without much delay, after finding the third parchment, they carefully took Ellie to the castle's main gate.

The castle gate was carved with ancient and eerie patterns, and besides the patterns, its surface was smooth and clean, with nothing else visible.

Yuan Hao guessed that the gate must have been locked from the outside.

After putting down Ellie, Dai Xiaomei told her to approach the gate and see if she could push it open.

However, no matter how hard they tried, the gate remained motionless.

As time ticked by, Song Yang looked at Yuan Hao and asked, "Didn't you say you saw the gate open before?"

Yuan Hao looked at the innocent-faced Ellie, then at the patterns on the gate, muttering in confusion, "Strange, I clearly saw it open before!"

"Could it be that I was mistaken?"

Shaking his head, Yuan Hao decided not to waste any more time.

Since Ellie wasn't the key to opening the door, it proved that the key should still be hidden somewhere in the castle.

He instructed everyone to start searching again.

However, before night completely fell, the group searched almost every corner of the castle, top to bottom, but still couldn't find the so-called key.

Finally, they were all sent off by Goethe again.

Being beheaded once more, everyone's faces were not looking good.

That feeling of knowing what the other party would do, yet being powerless, was simply maddening.

Especially Song Yang; he was genuinely starting to consider quitting now.

He didn't know why, but Goethe seemed to have specifically targeted him.

No matter if he was at the front, back, or middle of the team, the first one to die was always him!

This couldn't help but make Song Yang feel a bit indignant, even suspecting that Li Zhou had intentionally arranged all of this!

..."Achoo!"

"Why do I feel like someone's talking bad about me behind my back?"

Outside the castle, Li Zhou, who had finished his conversation with Red Spirit, rubbed his nose and asked in confusion.

Shaking his head, he didn't think about it anymore.

After instructing Red Spirit on a few matters, he directly left the Hundred Ghosts Cemetery.

It was already past six in the evening, but Song Yang and his group still hadn't come out.

A somewhat puzzled Li Zhou, upon returning to the monitoring room, subconsciously checked the situation inside the castle.

He just happened to see Song Yang and his group die for the third time at Goethe's hands.

"Tsk tsk, that's quite a gruesome death!"

Watching Song Yang and the others being beheaded by Goethe as if they were chopping vegetables, Li Zhou shook his head, his tone revealing a hint of inexplicable amusement.

The final boss faced by other players, the vampire, had a terror level of at most 0.1 to 0.2, barely reaching half the level of a zombie.

Goethe's terror level was far higher than that of a zombie.

Even though he had deliberately restrained his aura as per his instructions, he was still incomparable to a vampire.

That feeling of being beheaded by a chainsaw must certainly not be pleasant.

This could be seen from the increasingly fearful eyes of the group.

"Are they planning not to come out until they clear the level?"

"Is there a need to be so desperate?"

Sitting on a chair in the monitoring room, Li Zhou watched the situation in the Devils Castle and raised an eyebrow.

After their third death, the group seemed to have completely lost their cool.

Even though they had developed a sense of fear towards Goethe, this time they didn't need Yuan Hao's persuasion; they all walked into the passage on their own.

From initially thinking about how to clear the level, now, everyone only wanted to figure out what the key truly was!

That's right, it was the key!

No matter how much they searched or tried before, the key was nowhere to be found, and the gate remained motionless.

It was as if there was no such thing as a key in this castle at all.

And the gate couldn't be opened.

Arriving on the first floor once again, this time, Yuan Hao seemed to have thought of something and specifically took Ellie from Dai Xiaomei's arms.

After Goethe appeared again and again and again with his chainsaw, he pushed Ellie towards Goethe, under the incredulous gazes of the group.

"What are you doing?!"

Seeing Yuan Hao's actions, Dai Xiaomei was the first to react.

She subconsciously wanted to go forward and hug Ellie back, but then a series of clicking sounds suddenly came from behind her.

Turning back sharply, the gate, which had never moved before, was actually slowly opening!

"She really is the key!"

"I guessed right before!"

"It's just that this key only works when the butcher approaches her!"

Yuan Hao exclaimed in surprise.

Hearing his words, everyone came back to their senses.

"Go!"

Without hesitation, Yuan Hao took the lead, being the first to run out of the castle.

Qin Yao and Ye Kexin, seeing this, instinctively followed him.

The assistant also wanted to run out, but was suddenly stopped by Song Yang.

"Brother Yang, what are you doing?"

"The door's open, run!"

The assistant was very confused by Song Yang's actions.

He looked at Yuan Hao and the other two who had already run out, his tone very anxious.

"Run for what? Did you forget whose side you're on?"

Song Yang rolled his eyes and forcibly turned his body around.

Only then did the assistant realize that Dai Xiaomei had, at some point, fallen in a pool of blood.

However, even in death, she still protected Ellie beneath her.

Goethe's chainsaw was already raised again, aimed directly at Ellie, who was beneath Dai Xiaomei.

"Sigh, it's just a game, if we don't clear it, we don't clear it!"

"Damn it, I, Song Yang, can't do something like abandon my teammates!"

"And you're not allowed to run either!"

"Anyway, we won't really die, let's fight him!"

"Two against one, the advantage is ours!"

Song Yang spat, rubbed his hands, and charged directly at Goethe.