417: Chapter 416 A Sudden Thought

"Please, I beg you, save us. We can't hold on much longer..."

"Just a little bit is enough..."

Li Na pleaded bitterly, but Chu Xuan acted as if he hadn't heard her, not even sparing her a single extra glance.

He simply tilted his head back to drink, then slowly continued his ascent up the mountain.

Seeing Li Na's miserable expression, the Double Cannon Brothers couldn't bear it: "Li Na, stop begging him. He might not even have enough of such a treasure for himself, so how could he have any extra for us? We'll save you!"

"No! If this continues, you'll both die..."

Li Na shook her head, unwilling to drink the brothers' blood, but the next second, her head was pinned down, and her tightly shut mouth was forced open by her jaw.

Blood flowed from the wrists of the two men and poured into Li Na's mouth; the blood actually gave off a faint golden hue.

Li Na's eyes were filled with pain. With her head tilted, she stared at Chu Xuan. Although her mouth was held shut, a muffled voice came through:

"I was wrong before. I wasn't friendly enough to you and spoke too arrogantly. I know I was wrong now. Please, I beg you, give me another chance..."

Li Na wanted to continue pleading, but at that moment, the expression on her face suddenly froze, her eyes filled with uncontrollable sadness and pain.

For at this time, the Double Cannon Brothers were already as thin as matchsticks, their faces haggard, and even their voices had become much hoarser:

"Li Na, this blood contains the essence of life of us two brothers. Your Physique should have been greatly improved... at least..."

"At least your stamina attribute should have been enhanced, right?"

The Double Cannon Brothers no longer had the strength to control Li Na and collapsed under the heavy pressure, yet they still looked at Li Na with eyes full of anticipation, hoping for an affirmative answer.

Li Na scrambled up and knelt beside them, nodding through her sobs: "agility and spirit have recovered to 95 points, and stamina... stamina has reached 118 points..."

"That's good..." The Double Cannon Brothers both breathed a sigh of relief. Their eyelids drooped as they said weakly:

"The road ahead, you'll have to walk it yourself... Control your emotions... Don't get angry easily... and especially don't be dominated by bloodthirsty and insane thoughts..."

"Don't be sad because of our deaths. You were the one who saved our lives in the first place; now we're just returning them to you..."

"To be able to become teammates with you, we were actually very happy and lucky..."

"I really miss the days before we started on this path. Back then, we were classmates and friends. We could work out together, sing together, together..."

"If only this world were still the way it used to be..."

The two brothers seemed to have endless things to say, but their voices grew smaller and smaller until they were barely audible: "We can't do it anymore. We can't withstand the pressure any longer. Go quickly, don't worry about us..."

Li Na stared blankly at them, her pupils shrinking to pinpoints. Her mouth hung open, wanting to say something, but she couldn't make a sound.

Just then, a calm voice slowly rose from down the mountain.

"I can try to save them."

Hearing this, Li Na snapped her head around to look at Chu Xuan, who was gradually approaching from below. She immediately knelt on the ground and shouted like crazy, "Please, help me save them! I'll do whatever you want!"

Tears fell like broken pearls, wetting the steps.

"Just don't get in the way."

Chu Xuan took a few quick steps up to the higher stairs and tilted the greed tank. Immediately, the high-grade life essence within flowed out.

The two brothers had been at death's door, with their health points showing less than 20 in Chu Xuan's eyes, but now they were recovering rapidly, and their breathing gradually stabilized.

Chu Xuan spent more than three catties of high-grade life essence. Not only did the two men's health points return to normal, but their stamina even increased slightly.

He poured another two catties, and the two men's stamina attribute continued to rise, both reaching 98 points, while their spirit attribute was only at 95 points.

But after that, he poured another half catty for each of them, and yet it couldn't be raised any further. It seemed their bodies could no longer absorb it.

Chu Xuan stopped pouring: "That's enough. Whether you can pass this trial now depends on yourselves."

The two brothers were hazy with drunkenness. They slapped themselves hard several times, but they were still dizzy and their eyes remained blurry.

Immediately after, both of them reached up, grabbed their own teeth, and yanked hard, forcibly pulling out two teeth. Only then did they manage to clear their heads a bit and stand steady.

"We... we're actually better? And the attribute points that the rules limited and couldn't be added to are actually still growing..."

Their eyes were full of disbelief: "Our spirit and stamina attributes have all recovered to their Peak state before the attribute reset!"

The two brothers both knelt before Chu Xuan and kowtowed repeatedly: "We can never repay you for saving our lives. From now on, you are our benefactor. Our lives belong to you!"

After speaking, they both looked up at the same time and added through gritted teeth, "You can take them back at any time!"

"I have no use for your lives. Don't pass out drunk here; get moving up." Chu Xuan stood still, continuing to wait for the approaching darkness from below.

The few of them kowtowed to Chu Xuan a few more times and then hurriedly climbed upward.

After walking a few steps, Li Na suddenly turned back: "I begged you so much earlier and you wouldn't save them. Why were you willing to do it later?"

Chu Xuan said, "Whether I save them or not has nothing to do with you."

Li Na's expression looked a bit dazed.

At this moment, she suddenly felt that the current Chu Xuan was somewhat mysterious.

"In any case, I'll remember this favor!" Li Na nodded heavily, then supported the Double Cannon Brothers as they headed up together.

Chu Xuan's gaze was indifferent; he didn't care whether these people lived or died.

He had already informed everyone that it was best to balance their basic attributes before the countdown ended, and he had even started a global livestream for that purpose.

As for whether they believed him or not, that was everyone's own choice, and they should naturally bear the consequences.

However, the Double Cannon Brothers' parting words suddenly reminded him of someone.

Tang Zheng!

Back when they were being hunted by the Night Demon in the dormitory, Tang Zheng felt he was about to die and had said something similar. He had also said how wonderful it would be if the world were still the way it used to be.

"Yeah, how wonderful it would be if the world were still the way it used to be..."

Chu Xuan murmured softly, unexpectedly feeling a wave of exhaustion.

Over these past days, whether in reality or in dreams, he had been working non-stop.

Even though Chu Xuan's spirit and stamina attributes had been increasing significantly, he still felt very mentally weary.

A thought welled up in his heart: "If only someone could do all this in my place." That way, he could just slack off and lie flat.

"No!"

Chu Xuan was startled.

"At this very moment, the mission is still ongoing, and I could face a death crisis at any time. How could I be so sentimental?!"