286: Chapter 286 Xiang Batian's Sudden Enlightenment

At this moment, the "source of all evil" that had ignited this earth-shattering melee, Gou Fugui and Xiang Batian, were taking advantage of the sky-filling dust kicked up by Lu Xingye's ultimate move to slide out from the edge of the sandstorm with extreme fluidity.

The two lay on a dirt slope, turning back to look at the terrifying battlefield behind them that seemed as if it were going to tear the sky down.

The world-destroying collision of spiritual energy made their eardrums bleed.

The two exchanged a look with extreme tacit understanding, and without a shred of hesitation, they turned and ran!

"Fugui! Are we just leaving like this? Are we not going to care about Old Lu?!" Xiang Batian asked, glancing back with lingering fear while sprinting with his thick, long Legs.

"Care about him, my ass! When gods fight, mortals suffer!"

Gou Fugui pushed up his precarious gold-rimmed glasses, running with tears streaming down his face: "He has the Black Flame Dragon protecting his body! And he has plenty of lackeys to protect him, so he should be fine for a short while!"

"If we stay there, we'll just be cannon fodder! This is what we call a tactical retreat!"

"Brother Jiang! Where on earth are you sleeping? Hurry up and come save your logistics manager!!!"

The two shamelessly wore the halo of the "Magic City Runners" and sped off, leaving behind the peerless geniuses who were fighting until their Brains were almost boiled into hot porridge, all for the sake of an imaginary "earth-shattering treasure" and the reputation of their prestigious schools.

Not far from the edge of this extremely chaotic battlefield, atop a towering abandoned tower, a young man with long, silver-gray hair and wearing a deep purple team uniform stood elegantly against the howling wind.

It was the first-team chief of Yaodu University, Ji Daixu.

The silver pocket watch in his hand ticked away, and his absolutely rational eyes were looking down at the super melee below with great interest.

"Arrogance, prejudice, impulse, and the extreme asymmetry of information... Just two butterflies flapping their wings can trigger a superstorm that destroys all reason."

Ji Daixu's lips curled slightly as he closed the pocket watch: "Human stupidity is sometimes even more unfathomable than time."

...

On the other side.

The "Magic City Runners" duo sprinted for several more kilometers before diving into a dense, primordial forest that blocked out the sky.

"Huff... huff... Batian, I can't do it anymore, my lungs are about to pop out..." Gou Fugui leaned against a large tree, his Legs as soft as two cooked noodles.

Just as the two were about to lean against the tree trunk to catch their breath.

"Swish! Swish!"

Two extremely sharp, lightning-fast sounds of breaking through the air suddenly rang out from the canopy above their heads!

Before Gou Fugui and Xiang Batian could see who it was, they felt their collars tighten suddenly!

Two large hands, like iron pliers, grabbed the backs of their necks with extreme violence.

Immediately after, the surrounding scenery blurred and flashed!

"Oh, what the f*ck!"

Gou Fugui and Xiang Batian instinctively thought they had been caught by some expert chasing them, and they were scared out of their wits on the spot.

"Spare us, heroes! We don't have the treasure! That was just made up by that blind man and the bandit! We only have second-hand junk!!!"

Gou Fugui squeezed his eyes shut, pressed his hands together, and skillfully entered light-speed begging mode.

"Shut up."

A cold, somewhat disgusted feminine shout suddenly rang out above their heads.

Hmm?

This voice... why does it sound so familiar?

Gou Fugui and Xiang Batian opened their eyes, trembling.

Upon seeing this, their eyeballs almost popped out.

Immediately, an unprecedented sense of ultimate security, like returning to a mother's embrace, instantly enveloped them completely!

They saw six extremely familiar figures standing in the hidden clearing before them.

The ones who had just grabbed them like little chicks were none other than the muscular Cong Nanshan and Gu Changfeng, who carried a long sword on his back!

And behind them.

The frost-faced Qiu Yunan, Ji Youyou playing with poison needles, Xie Fuyao with his hands in his pockets and a depressed face, and Bai Zimo, who was furiously typing on a micro-computer!

The six core high-end combatants from the first and second teams of Magic City Martial Arts University had actually gathered here in this hidden forest!

"Wuwuwu! Family!!!"

Gou Fugui and Xiang Batian instantly wept with joy, their faces smeared with tears and snot.

In this cruel S-rank secret realm, after experiencing the inhuman torture of being chased across the map by the four great chiefs, seeing these six pillars of their own team was even more heartwarming than seeing their own fathers!

"Senior Ji Youyou! Senior Sister Yunan! Save us!!!"

Gou Fugui cried miserably, scrambling forward and opening his arms to hug Senior Ji Youyou's long, slender Legs.

"Swish!"

Ji Youyou's eyes turned cold, a dangerous purple-black toxic gleam flashed at her fingertips, and she coldly spat out two words:

"If you dare to touch me, I will poison you into a paralyzed eunuch."

"Gulp."

Gou Fugui's movement came to a smooth, screeching halt in mid-air.

He looked at the poison needle at Senior Ji Youyou's fingertips, then at Qiu Yunan, who looked equally disgusted.

His hands, having nowhere to rest, waved awkwardly in the air. Finally, he could only turn around abruptly, and he and the equally aggrieved Xiang Batian—two grown men—hugged each other tightly and sobbed bitterly.

"Alright, stop howling."

Ji Youyou frowned impatiently and put away her poison needle: "We just gathered nearby. We were just about to go to that battlefield with all the commotion to see if we could pick up some scraps when we saw you two running over like stray dogs."

Ji Youyou looked the two over and asked, speechless:

"What on earth is going on? With all that earth-shattering fighting over there, how did you manage to provoke so many top-tier experts?"

"You two are practically walking, humanoid disaster magnets!"

Asked by Ji Youyou, the two cried even more aggrievedly.

Especially Xiang Batian, whose rugged face was full of unwillingness and frustration: "Big Sister! I'm really wronged! As soon as I entered the secret realm, I met Fugui, and then I was inexplicably chased by that woman who can cast fire, then chased by a blind man, then a sword-user came, and then someone playing with sand..."

"My muscles, which I pride myself on, have been used for running the whole time. I'm almost developing a psychological trauma from all this running!"

As Xiang Batian complained, his Brain rapidly recalled the past hour, which was comparable to hell-mode difficulty.

As he thought about it.

Xiang Batian's rugged crying suddenly came to an abrupt halt.

He froze in place, looking stunned.

"Wait..."

A flash of extremely clear logic suddenly struck Xiang Batian's Brain, which was usually occupied by "biomechanics"!

"That fire-casting female demon... she was targeting Gou Fugui from the very beginning, wasn't she?"

Xiang Batian slowly raised his head.

That's right!

I didn't do anything! I'm a law-abiding, honest man who only knows how to lift iron!

Why the hell did I follow him and run?! The enemy's target was clearly from beginning to end...

Swish!

Xiang Batian turned his head abruptly, his copper-bell-sized eyes staring fixedly with extreme resentment and anger at Gou Fugui, who was in his arms!

"Fugui..." Xiang Batian gritted his teeth.

At this moment, not only Xiang Batian, but the six top experts—Cong Nanshan, Gu Changfeng, Xie Fuyao, and the others—had also keenly noticed the blind spot. Six pairs of highly oppressive eyes were fixed squarely on Gou Fugui.