Sensing Yin Xiu's anger, the young boy quickly let go, "Don't be angry, it's just a deal with you."
"As you can see, your fate is now in my hands. If you are willing to let bygones be bygones, we can even cooperate. The fact that you were able to enter here proves that you are not actually a hunter, but a player, right? You pretended to be a hunter for a reason."
"Then why don't we cooperate and infiltrate the hunters together?"
The young boy smiled and tightened his grip on the elegant red thread in his hand. "I'll help you reconnect this bond, okay?"
He appeared to be making a deal with Yin Xiu, but in reality, it was almost a passive plea for mercy, using threatening conditions to force cooperation.
Yin Xiu stood there, staring coldly at him, showing no sign of concealing his chilling aura. "Are you finished speaking?"
"Hmm..." The young boy nodded, feeling inexplicably afraid in front of Yin Xiu. He could sense that the person in front of him was really angry, and his aura was completely different from before, changing from a faint coldness to an extremely aggressive chill. He felt a little uneasy.
"Since you've finished speaking, I'll say something too." Yin Xiu slowly drew his knife in front of him, staring coldly at the boy. "The God of Slaughter does not cooperate with anyone, especially those who have angered me."
The young boy was stunned, his expression turning ugly almost instantly. "You...you're Yin Xiu?"
He stumbled back a step, his face, covered in hideous scars, contorted in pain. "No, you're lying... How could Yin Xiu possibly be in this instance? There's no reason for you to be in an instance like this..."
His face was filled with disbelief, and his fear was clearly visible.
Zhong Mu exuded the awkwardness of a newcomer, completely lacking vigilance towards people; he could tell at a glance that it was all an act.
But if it's this person in front of me... those cold eyes and the defense that I can't kill no matter what, it's highly likely that it really is Yin Xiu.
If it were a player of unknown origin impersonating a hunter, he could threaten them into a deal, but if it were Yin Xiu, saying those words would be tantamount to death.
Among advanced players, who doesn't know Yin Xiu's triggers? They fear Yin Xiu just as much as those monsters fear him. In the past, Yin Xiu would kill anyone or anything that got in his way, and the sense of horror he brought to the players went straight to their hearts.
It's already quite remarkable that someone who's always alone has managed to have so many connections, and now that he's torn one off, the other party will definitely not forgive him.
Cold sweat broke out on the young boy's face. He swallowed hard and forced a smile. "I...I've never met you before...but I've seen the dungeon environment after you left..."
The scene was bloody and littered with corpses; it was a sight no human could have created. The legendary, terrifying player, even after years of seclusion, remained a psychological shadow for countless high-level players.
"I…I didn't know you were Yin Xiu before…Let me help you reconnect this…this connection…" He was trying to salvage something, his hands trembling as he tried to connect the red thread.
I never imagined that Yin Xiu would actually enter the dungeon, be in the same dungeon as me, and be on the opposite side of me, and that I would be angered by him.
But Yin Xiu remained expressionless and spoke in a cold voice, despite his trembling and fawning. "Don't be nervous. I have been cultivating my character for a long time."
The young boy paused, sensing the surging killing intent beneath his calm tone. Trembling, he raised the small doll of Yin Xiu in his hand. "You...look...I've already reattached the broken thread that was torn off...You're still the same as before...you haven't lost anything..."
He stumbled and tried to ease the tension and restore everything to normal, but Yin Xiu just stood there, slowly raising his knife, his eyes filled with a dark, icy coldness, as deep and chilling as a still pool.
He curled his lips slightly, a cold smile blooming like a flower, "Don't worry, I won't dismember you."
The fierce killing intent flashed by, and a cold light leaped out, slicing straight towards the boy's throat, from which a gush of blood instantly gushed out.
"Ugh..." The boy clutched his neck in panic, his face filled with terror. Even though the killing intent only lasted for a moment, Yin Xiu's knife still touched him. Even though Yin Xiu had now been turned into a small wooden figure by the props and fallen to the ground, the tearing pain made the boy's face turn pale.
"Your head...your head..." The player next to him stared wide-eyed in fright, pointing tremblingly at the boy, "Your head is going to fall off..."
The boy clutched his neck in terror, too afraid to move. "Quick...quick, get me the healing item...it's...it's in my pocket...in a little ant's storage item...hurry..."
His voice was trembling, and he held his head with both hands, afraid that if he moved, his head would roll directly to the ground.
But the players around him didn't approach him; instead, they huddled to the side in fear.
"Useless! You are all useless!" the boy shouted in terror and anger. With the slightest violent sway of his body, he felt dizzy.
Even though Yin Xiu had been turned into a wooden doll, he dared not pick it up at all. He couldn't do anything to the person on the ground, and he couldn't even pick up the Yin Xiu doll with the red thread tied to it that had fallen to the ground.
"Damn it...! Damn Yin Xiu! Since I'm going to die, I won't let you get away with this!" He shouted through gritted teeth, staring at the Yin Xiu doll on the ground, his eyes growing increasingly bloodshot.
The young boy crouched down shakily. Even if it meant ripping off all of this person's connections the moment their head broke, even if it was just for a moment... he could make this person suffer unbearable pain from now on!
He moved with extreme caution, enduring the intense pain and fear, slowly crouching down and reaching out a hand to touch the little figure on the ground.
Just as her trembling fingers were about to pick up the Yin Xiu doll, a hand suddenly reached out from the side and snatched the doll away.
The boy glanced incredulously out of the corner of his eye at the player who had taken the doll, his expression suddenly turning ferocious. "What are you doing? Give it back to me!!"
"Sorry, boss..." The player holding the small doll took a step back in a panic. "It's...it's a quest that monster outside gave me...You're about to die, and if I don't do it, I'll die too..."
Li Mo threw in three people.
One was used to praise Yin Xiu's cuteness, another to tell Yin Xiu that he couldn't get in, and the last one came in without any verbal communication; he had been given a task from the very beginning.
...Help Yin Xiu, help that monster's boyfriend.
Initially, it was a task they were unwilling to do but had to. When they were threatened by the young boy, he almost blurted out the task to beg for his life, but Yin Xiu actually took the initiative to save them.
Now... consider it a way of giving back...