"Thanks, everyone, for opening the door for us!"
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A burst of footsteps came.
And it wasn't just one person!
On the screen.
Coming in through the main entrance were figures hidden and unknown to the three.
Some were dressed in clerical uniforms, some in Cloud Knights uniforms.
There were as many as a dozen of them.
"This time, Yaoqing's envoy will also return disappointed, and it will end with your defeat."
The foxian at the front sneered as he walked in.
"Who?!" Xueyi had already drawn her weapon and pressed.
"I am just a minor Inquisitor of the Eclipse pack, you may call me… Mok Tok."
Mok Tok crossed his arms before his chest.
This person was not unfamiliar to the audience. It was that very clerk who earlier had refused to sink into despair.
Only now, his face carried smugness, along with an extremely twisted, vengeful delight.
"Provide Backup." Xueyi pressed a hand to her ear, trying to call for reinforcements.
"At the bottom of the Shackling Prison, no one can hear your cries for help."
"Besides, the Shackling Prison has already fallen into our control."
Unable to contain the joy in his heart, Mok Tok laughed loudly and said:
"The most heavily guarded Shackling Prison of the Xianzhou Luofu has, for the first time, been breached by us. So Luofu is nothing special after all!"
"My advice to you all: surrender early."
"Of course, some of you may still be spared."
For how many years now the Borisin had never had a battle they could present proudly.
Defeats upon defeats piled humiliation upon humiliation, pressing them into madness.
Now, after 'breaking' the Shackling Prison, Mok Tok seemed to have found some of the former glory of the Borisin.
He wanted to see rage on the faces of the three Xianzhou people before him. But unfortunately, there was none.
Instead, the audience felt only extreme disdain toward this little lackey Mok Tok.
Mok Tok's gaze turned cold.
He glanced at the door where Hoolay was imprisoned, and a dark thought crossed his mind.
"Do it!" But the one who spoke these words was Jiaoqiu.
The three of them almost instantly broke outward from three different directions toward the exit.
The people behind Mok Tok revealed their true Borisin forms and clashed with the three.
Blades and shadows flashed. These Borisin warriors, relying on numbers, pressed hard.
Moze moved like a ghost.
On the screen, he almost disappeared into the shadows.
Each strike was marked only by a flash of violet-black light.
Meanwhile, Xueyi took out two short daggers. As she swung them, the chains hidden in her mechanical body extended their range of attack, sealing off dozens of meters around her completely.
In the blink of an eye, Xueyi leapt out from the smoke, eyes wide, locking onto Mok Tok behind the wolf pack.
Her right hand gripped the dagger, raised high behind her head.
"Hah!"
With a sharp shout, Xueyi hurled the dagger.
Chains shot out from her sleeve, carrying it straight toward Mok Tok!
Boom! Her attack streaked across the screen like lightning.
Mok Tok actually stepped back in fright.
At that moment, a wolf's howl pierced the sky.
Several Borisin threw themselves desperately in front of Mok Tok.
The short dagger pierced through one body, then, dragged by the chain, twisted at a strange angle, binding two more nearby.
A violet-black shadow flashed.
The two bound Borisin had no time to struggle before collapsing, their throats slit, blood spraying.
The shocking battle scene held the audience spellbound.
...
: So awesome, this fight!
: Didn't think Xueyi could fight like this, she's almost single-handedly suppressing them!
: That flash of shadow just now was Moze, right? Such teamwork!
: This synergy, this combat power!
: Moze even vanished from the battlefield completely, this guy's movements are ghostly, he's basically an assassin!
: Xueyi's amazing! Moze's amazing! What's Jiaoqiu doing slacking off?!
: This group of Borisin won't really be stopped here by just three people, right?
...
As many of the Borisin were already cleared out by Xueyi and Moze's teamwork, two Borisin circled around from the edges, running on all fours like wolves, charging straight toward the dark green door that held Hoolay.
"Not good!" Xueyi suddenly realized.
Today's battle was never about life and death! The true target of these Borisin was Hoolay!
She rushed toward the gate, but the remaining Borisin, fearless of death, blocked her path.
Though they were no match for her.
By the time she cut them down, it was already too late.
From within the green gate came the chilling sound of chewing.
After the chewing gradually ceased,
Two wolf-like hands suddenly thrust out, clutching the door.
"..."
Xueyi gripped her dagger tightly, staring dead at the awakened door.
Moze also emerged from Jiaoqiu's shadow.
"Go, quickly!" Jiaoqiu turned and shouted to Moze.
Moze, expressionless, glanced around once, then disappeared without hesitation.
At that moment, the great door swung wide open.
A tall, ferocious werewolf, even more savage than the others, emerged from within.
Xueyi instantly charged forward.
Hoolay stretched out his right hand, and with a mighty swing crushed the space around him.
The audience never expected that the difference in power would be so vast.
When they saw Xueyi smashed to the ground, unable to move, their eyes went wide.
"Never thought that my first meal after regaining freedom… would be the flesh and blood of my own kin."
Hoolay murmured, his voice like air rasping through a bellows.
Heavy, oppressive.
He walked to Xueyi, and with his huge claws, lifted her up.
The camera zoomed in on Xueyi's face.
She clenched her teeth, eyes locked on Hoolay's feral gaze.
Electric sparks still crackled across her body from the force of the clash.
But in the next instant, Hoolay squeezed her like a toy, crushing her and tossing her aside.
Her shattered mechanical body rolled across the ground, exposing her face.
Those once bright eyes now nothing but empty hollows.
...
: Ahhhhh! Damn it! My Xueyi!
: The Xueyi fans are going to be broken!
: Damn! Hoolay! I'll kill you a thousand times over!
: Damn it, he just killed her like that?! Shit! Unacceptable!
: Yeah, she's a mechanical body, but that's no excuse!
: We know she won't really die, but I'm still furious! That bastard Hoolay!
: I don't even know whether to feel relieved or devastated, thankfully it was Xueyi, if it had been someone else, they might really be dead.
: This is bad, Jiaoqiu's the only one left.
: He's the only one still alive.
: Damn, no way, it's going to show that kind of… F scene again, right.
: No, please Mihoyo.
...
The barrage instantly went crazy.
Even though earlier, from the comments in the chat, many viewers already knew, whether it was Hoolay's prison break, or Borisin's schemes , it actually wasn't much to worry about.
But this scene, really did cool the audience down.
After all, no matter what, releasing Hoolay, and Borisin's plans, would both cause damage to the Xianzhou.
Right now, it was Xueyi being crushed.
But if it had been an ordinary Xianzhou passerby?
Not to mention, now Jiaoqiu, a completely defenseless medic, had actually been captured alive.
Based on the earlier introduction of Hoolay, the audience no longer dared to imagine what might happen next.
On the screen.
As Hoolay was rescued, more prisoners were also freed.
And the only one still alive, Jiaoqiu, naturally was taken as a prisoner.
"How many years has it been since the last hunt of Qingqiu?"
"Sons of Duran, tell me your names."
Hoolay looked down from above at his blood descendants.
"War Lord Hoolay."
"Enemy of the Foxians, hunter of all living beings,"
"It has already been, at least, seven hundred years since the last time you led our people to gallop across the starry seas."
Mok Tok excitedly replied: "Now, seeing you still as cunning and sharp as before, my joy is boundless."
"..."
Hoolay did not directly comment on this information, but instead asked: "Then answer me, sons of Duran, why did you don the skins of those lowly beasts, disguising yourselves to face their hypocrisy?"
"In order to rescue you, we had no other choice."
Mok Tok hurriedly said: "We have prepared beast ships, we have two hours' time to escape from here, the envoy told me, as long as you return, the tribe will no longer face extinction."
"Fools." Hoolay growled low.
Mok Tok trembled with fear, yet could not understand why their carefully designed plan, in Hoolay's eyes, seemed so stupid.
But Hoolay did not explain, instead said: "Give me one of your pills."
Mok Tok was even more shocked, hurriedly trying to stop him: "War Lord Hoolay, this, this would disgrace your greatness."
"Greatness without freedom is worthless!"
Hoolay rebuked: "Once I leave here, I must have a shell that looks less suspicious."
"Yes."
Mok Tok dared not speak further, and handed over the pill with trembling hands.
"And this one?"
"Is he your tribute to me?"
Hoolay looked toward Jiaoqiu.
"No, War Lord Hoolay, he is an envoy of the Yaoxing Xianzhou, keeping him alive will be of greater use."
Mok Tok hastily explained.
Hoolay said no more, but in his eyes, that flash of disappointment was unmistakable.
He didn't need to think to know what Mok Tok's intentions were.
Nothing more than wanting to take Jiaoqiu hostage, so that if anything went wrong on the road of escape, they could use Jiaoqiu to buy time.
But Hoolay was not satisfied with this plan.
Still, he did not argue with Mok Tok.
And Jiaoqiu, already captured, at this moment seemed completely dumbstruck with fear, hiding behind Hoolay's massive figure.
Seeing this, the audience already felt that Hoolay was not quite as they had imagined.
Those glories, that greatness the Borisin cared about.
Hoolay seemed not to care at all. He didn't even mind becoming as weak-looking as a foxian.
For the audience, this news was actually good news.
It proved Hoolay truly was a very difficult opponent.
...
: Without hesitation he eats his own kin and he's willing to lower himself to take the form of a foxian…
: Flexible yet cruel, cunning and ruthless.
: A man like this, unless defeated by absolute force, will surely be a nightmare.
: Huh? I'm suddenly getting nervous.
: Even though I know the Xianzhou has three Arbiter Generals, it's still terrifying.
: I have only one thought! Please don't torture Jiaoqiu! Damn it, I just can't get it out of my head.
...
The screen went black.
The story shifted to the upper level.
Stelle, Dan Heng, and Hanya, having eliminated the nearby threats, finally reconnected with the judges.
"Lord Hanya!"
"The judges of each area are regrouping."
"Those mechanized enemies are roaming around, killing many comrades."
"And more Borisin have broken open cells, releasing many criminals. We have already sent for external aid, but the communications of the Shackling Prison are completely blocked."
"Earlier, Lord Xueyi led the envoy of Yaoqing to the 'Bottom floor', they must have already gone to the bottom of the dungeon to investigate. Based on the current loss of contact, the criminals' true target is precisely there."
Listening to the Judge's report, Hanya calmly gave the order: "Preserve strength first, prioritize suppressing isolated prisoners , by order of the Ten-Lords Commission, all escapees and criminals are to be executed on sight."
"Yes!" The Judge withdrew after receiving orders.
Stelle and Dan Heng also exchanged their own findings.
Mainly Dan Heng.
"This time the enemy breached the dungeon from within, not just the IPC automatons but also Borisin's disguises."
Dan Heng took a breath and said slowly: "Some of them can even conceal themselves."
"Invisible?"
This new information made Hanya's heart sink: "Is this some new technology?"
"No,"
"I smelled rain water."
Dan Heng hesitated, then said tactfully.
"We can't wait any longer, let's go together."
"At the very least we must intercept them inside the dungeon!"
Hanya took a breath.
"Yes!"
Stelle nodded firmly: "Don't worry, if that Hoolay dares to come, I'll make sure he suffers a crushing defeat!"
As she spoke, she displayed her baseball bat.
'You have the power of abundance, Hoolay. But I still have a Stellaron.'
The three of them united, leading their elite soldiers, already heading toward the prison bottom.
On the way, Hanya indeed saw those invisible soldiers, impossible to guard against.
And just as they turned a corner, they saw a familiar figure.
It was Moze!
After a brief exchange, learning what had happened at the dungeon's depths, the three were shocked into silence.
But Moze remained incomparably calm, even confidently sharing his thoughts.
"At least two groups of raiders of different origins have broken in here."
"The wolf cubs, and these demonic hidden soldiers."
"This kind of concealment technique, is very similar to the Alchemy Commission and the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus. Do you have any clue about this?"
Whether Hanya had any clue was unclear.
But the audience's thoughts had already exploded.
...
: Mara? Alchemy Commission and Disciples of Sanctus Medicus, plus what Dan Heng just said about the smell of rainwater, and Moze's words, this is work of the preceptor!
: Even these inner traitors couldn't resist making a move!!