Unlike the narrow path Bai Yue Ling’s team took, Xuejianhua’s entrance led to a complex maze.
Though the labyrinth was winding and intricate, Xuejianhua followed Xueyu’s planned route meticulously since entering the dungeon, encountering barely any slimes along the way.
“Follow this path to the end, turn right, then left, then left again, defeat a Lightning Slime, and we’ll reach the boss room,” Xuejianhua muttered, staring at the map, her brows furrowed tightly.
A guild member beside her asked with concern: “Why so glum? Isn’t Big Sis’s plan going perfectly?”
“It’s not about the plan,” Xuejianhua shook her head repeatedly. “I’m just annoyed I can’t find the Priest Hero.”
The others were puzzled: “Why look for her? Isn’t it better she’s not here?”
“You don’t know,” Xuejianhua sighed.
“Big Sis once said she wanted to tie up the Priest Hero with ropes and teach her a lesson. I want to capture her and present her to Big Sis as a gift.”
“Ohhh…”
The other three nodded, one speaking with a regional accent: “That white-haired, curvy gal looks real fine, perfect for warming Big Sis’s bed.”
Another agreed: “Yeah, Big Sis is too intense. She needs a cute, curvy girl to cool her down.”
“No, you don’t get Big Sis,” Xuejianhua sighed, eyes dreamy. “Cute alone just fuels her sadistic streak. What Big Sis really likes is a strong opponent who can face her head-on.”
“What? That’s way too hard.”
“But the Priest Hero’s not weak. Didn’t she have that 2v100 video?”
“Hah, that’s because Xue Zhongxun Mei was dumb!” Xuejianhua scoffed. “Her newbie village recruits were trash. Big Sis could take on 100 of them alone. That’s worth bragging about?”
One member pondered: “True, Sky Treader’s folks don’t PK daily like us. They’re way weaker.”
Another said: “But the Priest Hero’s Holy Light Orb does hit hard.”
Xuejianhua sneered: “Beating newbies doesn’t count.”
“Aren’t you scared of her, Xuejianhua Sis?”
“Of course not,” Xuejianhua said confidently. “Let me put it this way: if the Priest Hero fired a Holy Light Orb at me, I wouldn’t even dodge. I’d tie her up and deliver her to Big Sis as a pet.”
Just then, a soft hum came from the nearby stone wall.
The solid wall dissolved into mist, and a white-haired, curvy girl poked her head out, blinking her big, cute eyes—
“Priest Hero?!”
Xuejianhua nearly jumped, quickly drawing her blood-red scythe: “Crap, everyone spread out! Don’t underestimate her—her damage is insane!”
Her teammate squinted, teasing: “Xuejianhua Sis, what happened to not dodging?”
Despite the jab, they scattered instantly, constantly moving to avoid being wiped out by a single Holy Light Orb.
***
Thus, Bai Yue Ling watched four red-clad big sisters perform a frantic side-to-side dance in front of her.
After a long silence, Bai Yue Ling gave them a look like they were idiots: “…Are you guys nuts?”
What rotten luck to run into enemies.
Princess poked her head out curiously: “What, enemies? They… ugh, don’t pull me!”
“Level 3 trash, stay back,” Ying Ye said, standing beside Bai Yue Ling, drawing her recently bought dagger. “Little White, what now?”
Before Bai Yue Ling could speak, Xuejianhua interrupted: “Surrender, Priest Hero!”
She spun her giant scythe like Sun Wukong twirling his staff, brimming with confidence: “This isn’t some straightforward bridge map—it’s a dark, winding maze. Attacks can come from any direction. Your Holy Light Orb won’t work so well here!”
“Exactly!” another chimed in. “Go be Big Sis’s bed-warmer obediently, and maybe you’ll die one less time!”
“Bed… bed-warmer?” Ying Ye gripped her dagger, flashing a cold smile. “I’ll kill your Big Sis 10,000 times.”
She hadn’t even warmed Little White’s bed yet—how dare Xueyu try?
The more she thought about it, the angrier she got. After clearing this dungeon, she’d deal with Little White!
[Player “Ying Ye”’s Dark Fall value increased by 1%.]
[Current “Ying Ye” Dark Fall value: 79%.]
Bai Yue Ling shrank back. 79… That’s a bad number.
Would hitting 80 trigger another Dark Fall quest?
She quickly signaled Ying Ye to stand down: “Just a bunch of weaklings. Leave them to me.”
Xuejianhua scoffed: “You? All you’ve got is a sharp tongue.”
“Oh? Really?”
Bai Yue Ling locked eyes with Xuejianhua, diving into full taunt mode: “Xuejianhua, I’ve wanted to say this for ages. In your guild’s ‘Scythe, Bow, Blade, Spear’ combo, you’re the weakest.”
It was Xuejianhua’s turn to flush with anger: “What did you say?”
The Scythe, Bow, Blade, Spear combo referred to Blood Era’s four vice-presidents, the guild’s top fighters aside from Xueyu: “Xuejianhua,” “Jiangong Duzou”, “Wuren Menghuan”, “Chongji Qiangwu.”
Most considered them equally matched, the four pillars of Blood Era, the Four Heavenly Kings.
But Bai Yue Ling clearly didn’t agree: “I said you’re a weakling~ You can’t even use a scythe properly, yet you swing a giant one to look cool. Bet you hit your teammates all the time.”
Xuejianhua snapped: “Nonsense! I never…”
“Xuejianhua Sis, you just knocked off 5% of my HP.”
“Sorry.”
The scene grew awkward.
Seeing Xuejianhua trembling with rage, ready to charge, Bai Yue Ling shrugged and stepped back.
“I’d love to take you down myself and show you the gap between us, but my kill count’s already high, so…”
She waved, and Ying Ye, Silver Fang, and Princess followed her toward the maze’s depths, completely ignoring Xuejianhua’s group.
“You brat, don’t underestimate us!” Xuejianhua raised her scythe to charge.
“Xuejianhua Sis, wait, look over there…” a teammate said, voice shaking. “There’s… there’s so many…”
“So many what?” Xuejianhua turned, her pupils shrinking.
Dozens of slimes surged from the opposite passage, maliciously surrounding them.
“How… how are there so many slimes?”
“No idea. Looks like the Priest Hero led them here…”
“Wait, don’t come closer! This outfit’s expensive… Waaah—!!!”
Squelch—
Slurp—
The screams behind them faded as the slimes engulfed them. Bai Yue Ling wiggled her round hips, smiling slyly: “Slimes dissolve gear in a minute, then kill them fast. Without spare clothes, they’ll respawn in the plaza and get thrown in jail by the guards.”
“Why?”
“For public indecency.”
Silver Fang paused, then said: “I think I’ll avoid messing with you in the future.”
Princess shook her slime-coated fan: “No, no~ That’s where you’re wrong. With someone like Little White, you can’t show fear. The more scared you are, the more she’ll bully you.”
Ying Ye glanced at her: “Oh? You sound experienced.”
“Of course,” Princess said, half-covering her face with her fan, smirking.
“My little sister’s a cheeky brat too. Since she’s young, Mom always spoils her, and she uses that to bully me. Until…”
“Until what?”
Princess grinned wickedly: “Until I spent a whole night teaching her ‘the power of adults.’ After that, she never dared talk back with her head held high again~”