Chapter 22: Battlefield Mutation.

Xiao Fen looked again at the place in the mist where the Stitched Monsters and the Web were fighting, no longer lingering, and turned to leave. Sylvia followed silently behind him. The two randomly chose a path, turned a few times, and completely disappeared into the Mist.

A few minutes later, the sound of walking came again from the main battlefield. The two men gradually emerged in the mist, still holding their double blades, observing the surrounding environment with extreme caution.

This observation lasted at least 5 minutes. Nothing abnormal happened under the Web. Only then did one of the two men blow a whistle in the direction they came from.

Not long after the whistle of three long and one short ended, a response of three long and one short came from the distance.

2 minutes later, a man quickly approached this battlefield. After signaling with his companions, he walked into the building where Xiao Fen had stayed before and observed carefully. Then he walked down and sent a new message to the rear, signaling that everything was normal and safe here.

Only then did Li Ruran and Sayena, who cherished their lives, slowly walk to this vicinity.

The two looked at each other. It was finally confirmed that the Web had been fighting only the Stitched Monsters and not attacking them.

Similarly, in the past few minutes, under the dense attacks of the Web ropes, a few more Stitched Monsters had fallen. Beside their corpses, 4 crystals were glowing faintly, which made Li Ruran suddenly widen his eyes.

“The key drop rate is too high,” Li Ruran said: “Such a place is hard to find. Let them do it. Move faster.”

Sayena nodded repeatedly and led Li Ruran quickly to the center of the squad. The other three guarded Li Ruran from different directions. Staring at those Stitched Monsters that kept coming but whose defense had clearly improved again, the group began to whisper about how to fight more efficiently to kill these Monsters.

Just then, a sudden change occurred!

Just as these people walked into the Web’s coverage area, the Web above their heads made a slight noise, seemingly confirming the identities of the group.

The result came out quickly; clearly, these people were neither the quest taker nor within 30 meters of the quest taker.

Two ropes silently appeared from behind Li Ruran and his group. When these people were completely unguarded, the ropes suddenly tightened and stabbed fiercely into their backs.

The black-clad man standing at the very back was the most alert. Sensing something was wrong, he suddenly shoved Li Ruran forward with force. He wanted to follow and leave, but it was already too late.

With a “puh” sound, a rope pierced through his thigh, nailing him to the spot. Then came another “puh” as a second rope pierced through his shoulder.

Just as Li Ruran and the others turned their heads, dozens of ropes floated up behind them, stabbing continuously at the black-clad men without pause.

In just one second, the black-clad man’s entire body was pierced through by the ropes. The ropes constantly sucked the blood from his body. His body slowly stopped trembling, withered in the mist, and it was clear he would not live.

The ropes, which could not break the defense of the Stitched Monster, were extremely terrifying for Li Ruran. Not to mention that Li Ruran and his group were only around Level 13; the impact force of the ropes was enough to nail them all to death on the spot.

“What is going on?”

Li Ruran quickly retreated from the battlefield, asking in a low voice, “Didn’t they say they wouldn’t attack us? What is happening here?”

“We were tricked, Young Master. That guy laid a trap here.”

Li Ruran angrily reached out and slapped each of the two gray-clad men, shouting in a low voice, “Go pick up those keys. You bunch of idiots. If even one key is missing, you don’t need to come back with me.”

The two nodded repeatedly, not daring to say more, and hurriedly leaped toward the front lines of the battlefield.

Just then, in another direction, a series of gunshots suddenly rang out in succession. Bang, bang, bang, bang—it was very lively. Li Ruran glanced in that direction and was just about to say something when Sayena beside him whispered, “Young Master, watch out for traps.”

Hearing this warning, Li Ruran’s face twisted violently. After a long while, he slowly recovered and said with hatred in a low voice, “Don’t let me go back. If I go back, I will definitely make my grandfather take action and make that guy wish he were dead.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the ropes from behind caught up. Dozens of rained down on Li Ruran and Sayena like dense raindrops.

A distance of nearly ten meters was covered in an instant. At this moment, the two seemed defenseless, and it looked like they would be nailed through on the spot by the ropes in the next second.

By this time, Li Ruran was also burning with rage. He glanced at the ropes and whispered, “Do these guys also want to bully others while they have the advantage?”

A “boom” was heard as the first rope to hit Li Ruran’s clothes suddenly caught fire. Then came several more booms, and all the ropes touching Li Ruran’s clothes caught fire. Those ropes struggled repeatedly in the flames, looking like living creatures.

On the other side, Sayena also remained calm in the face of the attacking ropes. His body arched slightly, and hundreds of Bone Spurs surged out from various parts of his body, constantly nailing into the ropes and knocking back all the incoming ropes.

The two acted quite effortlessly, but only they knew the bitterness of it. Only the two of them knew how much consumption it took to use such methods to save their lives.

At this point, if they tried to find that Trialist, they would probably encounter even more danger after just a few steps. Whether they could keep their lives then was still uncertain.

“Young Master, do not be hasty in fighting for a moment’s pride. That guy’s S-rank quest probably has something strange about it. If we go over like this, we might fall into his trap. It would be better to watch from the sidelines for now. Just as Young Master said, once we return to the Real World, the Li Family will have plenty of opportunities to make him beg for death.”

Listening to Sayena’s words, Li Ruran’s expression twisted again. He whispered, “This is truly raising a tiger to invite trouble. Letting one guy go has brought so much trouble. Fine, let’s do as you say. We will watch and wait. Once his quest is finished, we’ll see how he continues. The Main Quest is still in our hands, and we will eventually meet that guy.”

The two stopped talking and accelerated. In an instant, they left the battlefield and disappeared into the mist.

Meanwhile, in another part of this block, Sylvia was quickly reloading two Revolvers.

Just now, while moving rapidly through the mist, she had suddenly encountered a group of Stitched Monsters. In her urgency, Sylvia used a tube of Quick-Effect Gene Potion, increasing her Agility by 10 instantly. She rushed out, firing continuously with both hands, keeping the group of Stitched Monsters pinned on the spot.

Xiao Fen watched from the side, deep in thought.