77: Chapter 77 You really look down on me!

"Boom—!!!"

A millstone-sized explosive fireball slammed fiercely into the empty air where Su Xiaoxiao had been hovering, just an instant before it would have touched the hem of her clothes.

Towering flames and rolling heat waves instantly evaporated the surrounding humid air into a sheet of white mist.

However, there was no expected scene of gore and blood.

"Zzzzt."

A faint sound of electric current rang out.

At the moment the fireball exploded, Su Xiaoxiao's figure transformed into a purple phantom.

She nimbly teleported dozens of meters backward, landing steadily on a giant rock on the other side of the Echo Pool.

"Who?!"

Li Murou, still shaken, looked angrily in the direction from which the fireball had flown.

In the shadows of the winding path to the side and rear, a slender figure slowly walked out.

He was wearing a crimson mage robe, playing with two balls of happily dancing flames in his hands.

It was Yan Zidong of the Shenfeng Battle Team.

He stared intently at Su Xiaoxiao:

"Xiao Xiao, long time no see."

Su Xiaoxiao slightly raised the magic staff in her hand, pointing the tip at Yan Zidong, her voice cold as frost:

"Yan Zidong?"

"Are you trying to steal the BOSS?"

"BOSS?"

Yan Zidong glanced disdainfully at the rampaging Echo Frog nearby, then shook his head, tossing the fireballs in his hands up and catching them:

"No, I have no interest in that toad."

"What I am interested in is you."

Yan Zidong took a step forward, his flame magic beginning to churn, and the surrounding air twisted due to the high temperature:

"My teammates just told me that you have been reborn and have become the well-deserved strongest damage dealer in the freshman year?"

At this point, a flash of jealousy and defiance crossed Yan Zidong's eyes:

"I don't believe it."

"I want to verify for myself just how much water is in this so-called 'strongest' title of yours!"

Facing Yan Zidong's aggressive battle intent.

Su Xiaoxiao was not angry; her expression didn't even fluctuate much.

She just quietly looked at this former teammate and said indifferently:

"Forget it."

"I don't mean to humiliate you."

"It's just that I have indeed pulled away from you now; you cannot beat me."

These words, to the ears of the arrogant Yan Zidong, became the most grating mockery.

"Huh? Pulled away?"

Yan Zidong laughed in extreme anger, the veins on his forehead bulging:

"What kind of act are you putting on for me!"

"You've just been hanging out in this trash team for a week; what kind of progress could you possibly have made?!"

"I advise you not to ask for trouble."

Su Xiaoxiao frowned slightly.

"Enough with the nonsense!!"

Yan Zidong was completely enraged.

Although the two of them were previously said to be evenly matched in strength.

However.

Upon feeling the genuine disdain in Su Xiaoxiao's tone.

This Su Xiaoxiao.

Really looked down on him!

Yan Zidong couldn't hold it back anymore.

He suddenly clapped his hands together, fiercely crushing the two fireballs he had been playing with into one.

"Boom!"

The two flames merged, instantly expanding into a giant lava fireball over two meters in diameter, emitting suffocating heat and an aura of destruction.

"Want to kill the BOSS? Then step over my dead body first!!"

"Explosive Flame · Meteor!!"

Yan Zidong roared and violently swung his arms forward.

The giant fireball, like a small sun, dragging a long tail of flames and carrying the momentum to incinerate everything, whistled toward Su Xiaoxiao!

"Croak—!!!"

Meanwhile.

The Echo Frog, which had been left aside, could no longer tolerate it either.

Good grief.

You come to my territory to play a duel?

Do you have any respect for me?

This intense energy fluctuation of ice and fire.

Severely provoked its dignity as a BOSS.

The Echo Frog's huge cheeks suddenly puffed up, and it let out a terrifying croak capable of shattering mountains toward the two people confronting each other!

"Hum—!!!"

A visible white shockwave of sound, like a fan-shaped blast, swept indiscriminately toward both Su Xiaoxiao and Yan Zidong!

The magnetic field of the Echo Gobi was instantly triggered, and the rock walls in all directions resonated simultaneously!

In an instant.

Su Xiaoxiao, Yan Zidong, and the Echo Frog.

The three sides instantly clashed by the Echo Pool!

The situation became chaotic to the extreme!

...

"Captain Chen! This... how do we handle this?!"

Li Murou, standing on the periphery of the battle circle, watched the terrifying battlefield ahead, where ice and fire intertwined and sound waves exploded everywhere, becoming visibly anxious.

"That Yan Zidong is crazy, and the BOSS is also attacking Xiao Xiao!"

Li Murou held her electronic keyboard tightly, wanting to rush up to help, but dared not act rashly:

"Should I go help her?!"

"Although this damn map restricts my music, and I can't use it for control, I still have the [Thorn Echo] passive!"

"As long as I rush in and take the hits, I can reflect the damage back to them!"

Li Murou gritted her teeth, looking ready to sacrifice herself to block the bullets.

Chen Xi stood to the side, his gaze calmly observing the battle situation the entire time.

He did not answer Li Murou immediately, but instead looked with deep eyes toward the direction from which Yan Zidong had appeared.

"Strange..."

Chen Xi pondered inwardly:

"Why is it that only Yan Zidong has rushed out like a mad dog? Where are the others? Where did they die?"

However, the current situation did not allow him to overthink.

The Echo Frog, plus a Yan Zidong.

Xiao Xiao is strong, but two fists are no match for four hands after all.

Must break the deadlock as soon as possible!

Chen Xi withdrew his gaze, looked at the anxious Li Murou, and shook his head:

"No, Mu Rou, you cannot go."

"The trigger mechanism for [Thorn Echo] is within 5 seconds after you cast a skill."

"In this Echo Gobi map, as soon as you dare to cast a skill, the reflected sound waves will backfire on you immediately; you won't even have time to reflect others' damage."

"Besides, without Xiao Xiao's teleportation to take you, your small frame would probably be shaken to death by the BOSS's sound waves before you even reached Yan Zidong."

"So..."

Chen Xi's tone was gentle but unquestionable:

"You should just stay here quietly, protect yourself, and don't distract Xiao Xiao."

"Ah?!"

Hearing this, the light in Li Murou's eyes instantly dimmed.

She lowered her head, looking at the electronic keyboard in her arms, a deep sense of powerlessness welling up in her heart.

It's happening again...

This feeling.

Clearly, her teammate is fighting for her life in front, yet she can only hide in the back like a useless person.

Because of the map's restrictions, in a situation where she can only fight alone, her effectiveness drops directly to zero.

"Have I become that drag again..."

Li Murou bit her lip, her eyes turning slightly red, filled with frustration and self-reproach.

Chen Xi keenly sensed the change in Li Murou's emotions.

He smiled slightly:

"What drag or no drag."

"We are a team, everyone has times when they are countered, and times when they carry."

Chen Xi pointed to himself, the corners of his mouth curling up:

"You can't make a move, but don't you still have me?"

"Don't worry, if the sky falls, the captain will hold it up."