142: Chapter 142 It turns out that when the sky falls, there really are tall people to hold it up.

Jiang You sat at the bottom of the pit. After his Brain experienced a brief system crash and reboot, a terrifying memory surged in like a tide, making the hairs on his body stand on end instantly.

"That's not right!!"

Jiang You's Heart missed a beat, and subconsciously, he wanted to cover his head and crouch down in defense:

"Weren't we just in the middle of a team fight?"

"What about that ferocious Tier 5 Great Demon?"

"And what about those two Tier 4 lackeys who wanted to chop us up and feed us to the dogs?"

He vaguely remembered that the last second before he lost consciousness, that terrifying black-robed freak had raised his foot, and then he was kicked flying here, and immediately after, the world went black.

Faint sounds of everyone fighting still came from behind.

Logically speaking, this campsite should be littered with corpses and flowing with blood by now, and that Great Demon should be stepping on their dead bodies and laughing wildly!

But now...

Why is it so quiet?

Can't even smell that suffocating demon aura anymore?

"Strange..."

Jiang You looked around, suspicious and uncertain, and a more horrifying thought popped into his mind:

"Could it be that the Great Demon thought we tasted too bad and left in disgust?"

"Or could it be..."

Jiang You looked at the familiar faces around him—some bruised and swollen, others covered in blood, some holding half-burned paper money—and the mush in his Brain slowly started to turn.

He blinked, his gaze lingering for a few seconds on the wound still oozing blood on Lu Xingye's forehead, and the stack of underworld money in Gou Fugui's hand.

A feeling of "sudden realization" welled up in his Heart.

"Holy crap, did we get wiped out?"

"Is this an out-of-body experience where we're holding a review meeting?"

"Um..."

Jiang You swallowed his saliva and asked tentatively:

"Which hall in the Underworld are we meeting at? Has the King of Hell called our number yet?"

"Are there any boxed lunches for sale here? How do you pay?"

Everyone: "..."

The originally sorrowful atmosphere was instantly shattered by this sentence.

Upon hearing this, Teacher Shen Qing was so angry she almost couldn't resist kicking him back into the pit to bury him.

"Eat, eat, eat! All you know is eating!"

Teacher Shen Qing scolded him crossly:

"You're still warm! Everyone is still warm!"

"Not dead! No one is dead!"

"Not dead?"

Jiang You was stunned for a moment, reached out to touch his chest; it was warm, and his Heart was still beating strongly.

"I'm not dead?"

He looked around again and asked in confusion: "What about that Great Demon from before? That long worm that wanted to eat Bai Lan?"

"Dead!"

Lu Xingye snorted coldly from the side. Although the wound on his forehead was still bleeding, his tone was filled with awe:

"Killed by that senior, the Faceless Man!"

"You didn't see it!"

Gou Fugui was dancing with excitement on the side, vividly describing the scene:

"Right after you were kicked away, that mysterious big shot, the Faceless Man, suddenly descended!"

"He was too fierce! First, he used a stick to beat the Poison Python, then he tore through the void to chase it into the Subspace, and then dragged it out like a chick to beat it up!"

"In the end, he even went head-to-head with our principal and two other Tier 5 Grandmasters, and even triggered heavenly phenomena—that was a true Thunder God descending to earth!"

"Finally, he waved his sleeves, tore through the void, and left in style!"

Listening to everyone's chattering descriptions, Jiang You's mouth opened wider and wider.

"Hiss!"

He gasped, and then his whole body went limp like a deflated balloon.

"Whew..."

"Scared the hell out of me."

"So it turns out, when the sky falls, there really are tall people to hold it up!"

Jiang You patted his chest, wearing a look of relief that said "I knew it would be like this":

"I knew it!"

"For a big scene like this, how could there not be a real protagonist to hold down the fort?"

He, a mere passerby, had run out to play the hero; no wonder he was sent flying by the big BOSS.

Before the real protagonist appears, the meaning of existence for a small fry like me is to take the worst beatings to highlight the protagonist's awesomeness and the timeliness of their rescue!

Wouldn't that mean he can go back to lying flat in peace?

Jiang You accepted his "cannon fodder" setting with peace of mind.

Just like an NPC in a game, responsible for causing a little trouble before the protagonist appears, and then getting slapped away by the BOSS, so the protagonist can make a brilliant entrance stepping on colorful auspicious clouds to receive universal attention.

Thinking of this, Jiang You was even a little glad he had been kicked away. This kick was good, it was wonderful.

It kicked him directly from the "front line of death" to the "safe spectator area," and also served as a perfect setup for the protagonist's entrance.

Anyway, in any case, it's good that everyone is still alive.

"Alright, alright, since everything is fine, let's hurry up and retreat."

Teacher Shen Qing glanced at the sky and ordered:

"Although the crisis has been resolved, such a big commotion has been made, so there is no point in continuing the special training."

"Everyone pack up and get ready to return to the main group to leave!"

Everyone nodded one after another and began to tidy up their equipment.

Jiang You also patted the dirt off his butt, preparing to follow the group back.

He had to go back to his original position to bring his box, which contained things more important than his own life!

...

"My box!!"

"My Tier 5 essence blood! My space source crystal!"

"Which son of a bitch! Which heartless bastard!"

"I'm already this miserable! And you still stole my welfare!"

"That's my life!!"

Outside Bai Lan's cabin.

Jiang You was currently maintaining a posture of holding his head in a breakdown.

His face was filled with shock, anger, and despair, and he even squeezed out two crocodile tears from the corners of his eyes.

Jiang You wailed while beating his chest and stamping his feet, his acting skills worthy of an Oscar.

The surrounding classmates looked at him like this and couldn't help but redden their eyes.

Too miserable.

Really too miserable.

Took the worst beating, suffered the heaviest injuries, and in the end, even his reward was pilfered by someone.

What kind of human suffering is this?

Teacher Shen Qing sighed, walked up, patted Jiang You's shoulder, and comforted him:

"Jiang You, don't be sad..."

"It's good that you're alive. If the things are lost... Teacher will find a way to compensate you later."

Lu Xingye also turned his head away, unable to bear watching this miserable scene, and gritted his teeth:

"It must be that shifty-eyed guy who did it!"

"I was wondering why I couldn't see him after the battle ended!"

"In the same organization, how can there be two extremes with such a huge gap?"

Lu Xingye clenched his fists tightly, his eyes full of confusion and disdain, and complained indignantly:

"Look at that senior, the Faceless Man! His spirit swallows mountains and rivers, suppressing a Tier 5 Great Demon with one hand, going head-to-head against three Grandmasters without changing his expression! What unparalleled elegance is that? What kind of powerhouse demeanor is that!"

Speaking of this, Lu Xingye changed the subject, a disgusted expression appearing on his face as if he had eaten a fly, and pointed in the direction where Plum Blossom Three had previously disappeared, cursing:

"But look at that shifty-eyed guy again!"

"Sleazy! Vulgar! Dirty!"

"When fighting, he was timid and hid in the back like a coward, but now he's striking hard to rob us while we're down?"

"Stealing even from someone who is unconscious? How can such a person deserve to be in the same organization as that senior?"

The more Lu Xingye spoke, the angrier he got, and finally, he made a sharp summary:

"This is like throwing a rat dropping into a pot of top-grade shark fin soup!"

"It simply lowers the quality of the entire villain world!"

"I seriously suspect that the so-called Wusheng Divine Sect's human resources department is schizophrenic? The span of their recruitment standards is just too big!"

However.

While everyone was feeling sorrowful for Jiang You.

No one knew.

At this very moment, in Jiang You's seemingly broken Heart, he was frantically setting off firecrackers, beating drums, and even wanted to dance a piece of "Gokuraku Jodo"!