Chapter 28: Chapter 28: Flickering Fire Element, Wondrous Array Pattern

On the flat ground at the foot of the hill.

Yu Boyuan and Nie Tai couldn’t run even if they wanted to, as Fang Xiu had crippled all four of their limbs. They simply lay on the ground, enduring the pain and waiting to be captured.

"Yu Boyuan, did you really tell that Fang Xiu to kill Lu Yu’Er? She’s your goddess!" Nie Tai asked.

Having known Yu Boyuan for so many years, Nie Tai knew him very well.

A C Level Awakener who, for Lu Yu’Er’s sake, neglected his duties and goofed around all day just to be her simp.

But Lu Yu’Er never paid him much mind.

Just an occasional text back or a phone call was enough to make Yu Boyuan happy for an entire day.

Now Yu Boyuan was actually telling Fang Xiu to kill Lu Yu’Er. ’Can he really bear to do it?’

"Hehe, you don’t get it!"

Yu Boyuan chuckled. "Since it’s come to this, I won’t hide it from you anymore. Actually, this was all part of a plan I made with Yu’Er!"

"Hmm?"

Hearing this, Nie Tai grew curious.

’What on earth does he mean?’

"Yu’Er and I discussed it before. If I could kill Fang Xiu, that would be great—a perfect ending. Hiss..."

Yu Boyuan got a little excited as he spoke, pulling at his wounds and sucking in a sharp breath of cold air.

He then continued, "If I failed and was accidentally Sacrificed by Fang Xiu, and if his punishment wasn’t too severe, we would move on to the second plan!"

"So this is the second plan?" Nie Tai asked.

Yu Boyuan wanted to nod but couldn’t, so he just said, "That’s right, this is the second plan. It was originally based on the premise that I’d be Sacrificed, but who would have thought that Fang Xiu’s Power would be even greater than someone from the Power System. We ended up getting beaten like this."

Yu Boyuan said helplessly, "Fortunately, we’re not dead, which is good. But it’s close enough. We can still execute the second plan."

"You two planned all this out long ago but didn’t tell me?"

Nie Tai said through gritted teeth, "Didn’t you say it wasn’t dangerous?"

"I said the risk wasn’t high!" Yu Boyuan argued.

"Is there a difference?" Nie Tai retorted.

Yu Boyuan fell silent for a moment before saying, "Well, we’re not dead, are we?"

"Getting caught and sentenced to death is the same thing!"

Nie Tai felt like killing Yu Boyuan.

He had been tricked into coming here, and now he was literally crippled, unable to even walk.

"Don’t worry. You know Lu Yu’Er’s background. She’ll vouch for us. We definitely won’t get the death penalty—a suspended death sentence at worst."

Yu Boyuan was clearly very familiar with Lu Yu’Er’s family.

"That’s still dying!"

Nie Tai twitched, but he still couldn’t lift his hand.

He really wanted to give this idiot a hard slap.

"A suspended sentence can be commuted to life imprisonment with good behavior. Life can become a fixed-term sentence, and a fixed-term sentence can eventually be commuted for release. It wouldn’t take that many years."

It seemed Yu Boyuan had already calculated everything.

But Nie Tai held out no hope. It was never as easy as it sounded.

Besides, Lu Yu’Er’s family only had some status within this city.

Their influence might not even work outside of it.

Let alone against the law?

"Also, what did Lu Yu’Er promise you in return?"

Nie Tai suddenly remembered what Fang Xiu had just said.

He was wondering if it was true.

"Um... well... it’s nothing, really!"

Yu Boyuan started to stammer when the topic came up.

"So, what Fang Xiu said was true? If you killed Fang Xiu, Lu Yu’Er would..."

Nie Tai didn’t say more, but Yu Boyuan understood.

The word was *sleep*.

"Er, that’s what she said, yes!"

Yu Boyuan finally stopped trying to hide it.

"Fuck! If I get out of this, I’m definitely going to kill you. It’s one thing to be a simp yourself, but you fucking dragged me down with you."

Hearing Yu Boyuan’s answer, Nie Tai exploded with rage.

He and Yu Boyuan had known each other for three years, if not five.

He thought their brotherly bond was deep.

When Yu Boyuan came to him, he agreed without a second thought.

But it turned out to be all for Yu Boyuan’s simping, and he’d even hidden things from him.

Yu Boyuan had nothing to say in response to Nie Tai’s words.

After all, he was the one who had dragged Nie Tai into this. Otherwise, Nie Tai would still be out there living it up, not lying here with his limbs broken by Fang Xiu, waiting to die.

After that, the two fell silent.

"You two are the Awakened with spider Beastification?"

After a long moment, a voice suddenly broke the stalemate between them.

They opened their eyes and struggled to look.

They saw a woman with an excellent figure standing before them.

When Nie Tai saw her, he felt his heart begin to race.

"What spider? You must be a teacher from this school, right? Take us away!" Yu Boyuan said.

He had just heard Fang Xiu make a phone call to notify a teacher.

This person who had just arrived must be the teacher Fang Xiu mentioned.

"So it is you two."

Xia Yunmeng didn’t ask any more questions.

She checked their injuries and couldn’t help but suck in a sharp breath.

’Their injuries are too severe, aren’t they?’

’All four of their limbs have been done for.’

"What? Surprised? We fell on our own!"

Seeing Xia Yunmeng examining his injuries, Yu Boyuan said casually.

Xia Yunmeng: ...

Nie Tai: ...

’Do you take me for a three-year-old? How could you fall and end up like this?’

’This was clearly done by someone. Their arms are twisted like pretzels.’

"Did Fang Xiu do this?" Xia Yunmeng asked tentatively.

Even though she knew Fang Xiu was just a Sacrificial Master.

"Who’s Fang Xiu? Never heard of him!"

Yu Boyuan seemed to have his story ready, answering without a moment’s hesitation.

"Never heard of him? Then where is he?"

Xia Yunmeng nodded slightly and asked, as if it were a casual question.

"I don’t know!"

Yu Boyuan answered again.

"Heh, you know who I’m talking about?"

Xia Yunmeng sneered.

Yu Boyuan froze.

But Xia Yunmeng had already taken out her phone and was dialing a number.

She was now certain these two had come for Fang Xiu.

’But... where is Fang Xiu?’

...

「On the hill.」

Fang Xiu looked around. He could feel the temperature slowly rising.

This time, it wasn’t his imagination.

’Someone’s using the Fire Element nearby?’

Fang Xiu scanned his surroundings warily. "Lu Yu’Er, I know you’re here. Come out!"

Most likely, Lu Yu’Er was the only other person here now.

"You really have some nerve. A mere Sacrificial Master dares to come looking for me!"

Just then, a voice drifted over from a short distance away.

Fang Xiu looked up and saw Lu Yu’Er standing nearby, a cold sneer on her face as she watched him.

Then, she began muttering something under her breath.

Fang Xiu felt the surrounding Fire Element begin to gather around him.

At the same time, the ground where he stood began to glow, tracing out the strange lines of an Array!

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