As the onlookers watched in alarm, Demon Ox slowly approached.
"Hey, please stop," he said indifferently, "It doesn't matter if you kill each other, but please take it outside this room."
The two men were unyielding and paid no attention to Demon Ox, both gritting their teeth and exerting force in secret.
Demon Ox then bent down, effortlessly removed the arm of Yang Jiajin from Zhang Shan's neck, and with his left hand grabbed Zhang Shan's collar and right hand grabbed Qiao Jiajin's arm. With a gentle toss, the two men flew out like pebbles, knocking over all the chairs.
"Damn..." Qiao Jiajin felt as if his bones were about to break.
On the other side, Zhang Shan was not faring much better, lying on the ground and rolling in pain, with all his wounds bleeding.
"Damn you, old cow, one day I'll skin you alive..." he muttered.
At this time, the crowd hurried forward to check on the two men.
"Hey, Qiao Jiajin, are you still alive?" someone asked.
Qiao Jiajin gave a bitter smile and replied, "What do you think?"
Tiantian and Lin Ju also gathered around, and the three of them helped Yang Jiajin to stand up.
On the other side, Zhang Shan was also helped up by Small Glasses and Old Lu.
"Are you alright, Zhang Shan?" Small Glasses asked.
"I'm fine," Zhang Shan said, scratching the wounds on his body. He didn't feel very good, but he regained his composure and said to Small Glasses, "It seems you were right. Those two are quite something."
"Right?" Small Glasses seemed to be praised himself, and he smiled happily, "The man with the tattooed arms is very strong, and the one called 'Cheater Boy' is very smart. They are definitely qualified."
But Lao Lu kept pursing his lips on the side, as if he didn't quite agree with what Small Glasses said.
"Let's go and talk again," Zhang Shan said with a hearty laugh, leading the two men forward once more.
Before they could take three steps, Demon Ox extended a dark hand and pressed it on Zhang Shan's shoulder.
"Still planning to cause trouble?"
Zhang Shan looked at Demon Ox and said, "Don't worry, it's just a simple conversation."
Demon Ox thought for a moment and then withdrew his hand.
"Be careful, I'm watching you."
In a few steps, Zhang Shan, Qiao Jiajin, and Qi Xia were face to face again.
Qiao Jiajin took a step forward and stood in front of Qi Xia: "Big guy, are you ready to compete with me again after we leave?"
"Forget it," Zhang Shan said, scratching the conspicuous wound on his chest. "I don't have the strength today. Let's make an appointment for another time."
"Ha," Qiao Jiajin laughed at the other's jest, "Since you're not here to fight, what do you want with us?"
"This is really unreasonable," Zhang Shan said with a helpless shake of his head, "I never came to fight you from the start. It was your brother who suddenly attacked me."
Qiao Jiajin thought for a moment and realized it was true.
"Not here to fight?" Qi Xia felt the person in front of him was a bit strange, "Then why did you come to us?"
Zhang Shan turned his head and waved to Small Glasses and Lao Lu, who then took out cloth bags from their waists and handed them to him. Although Lao Lu looked reluctant, he seemed to be wary of Zhang Shan and did as he was told.
Zhang Shan weighed the two cloth bags in his hands and then tossed them to Qi Xia.
"A total of thirty-eight 'Dao', for you."
Qi Xia took the two bags in disbelief, opened them, and saw that they were indeed golden spheres.
"What does this mean?" Qiao Jiajin looked at Zhang Shan suspiciously, "We haven't decided the winner yet. Why are you giving us the 'Dao'?"
"Because that was the agreement in the game, a bet is a bet," Zhang Shan said, looking back at Small Glasses and continuing, "Besides, Small Glasses has repeatedly praised you in front of me, saying you two are quite good."
"Quite good?" Qi Xia and Qiao Jiajin looked at each other, not knowing what the other was doing.
"I didn't come to you from the start to cause trouble," Zhang Shan said, tapping his temple with a finger to Qi Xia, "Small Glasses told me that you defeated that black bear with your mind. Is that true?"
Qi Xia did not answer but looked at Zhang Shan warily.
"Don't overthink it," Zhang Shan said, "We are gathering a group of powerful individuals to leave this place together. Are you two interested in joining?"
"No," Qi Xia replied.
"Don't refuse so quickly..." Zhang Shan said with a simple laugh, patting Qi Xia on the shoulder, "You can think about it again."
"Yes!" Small Glasses also stepped forward and said to Qi Xia and Qiao Jiajin, "Mr. Qiao, Mr. Cheat, both of you are outstanding in your abilities, and we have..."
"Mr. Cheat?" Qi Xia thought he had misheard, "Are you talking to me?"
"Yes..." Small Glasses thought he had said something wrong, "Isn't Mr. Qiao always calling you 'Cheater Boy'...?"
Qi Xia shook his head helplessly and said, "Forget it, a name is just a title, you can call me whatever you want, but I will not join you."
"Why so determined?" Small Glasses didn't quite understand, "As the saying goes, there's strength in numbers. Moreover, I've played the game with you and know you are a trustworthy teammate. If we were together..."
"But I don't trust you," Qi Xia interrupted, "And this place only allows one person to leave. No matter how many people you gather, in the end, they will just be cannon fodder."
"Only... only one person can leave?" Small Glasses was slightly taken aback, "What nonsense are you talking about? Why can only one person leave here?"
"Isn't it?" Qi Xia retorted, "Those animal masks said..."
Qi Xia was about to say something when he suddenly stopped.
Wait a minute.
Why do I think only one person can leave?
Has anyone said anything like that?
No, not really.
Renyang (Person Sheep) once told Qi Xia that if they won the game, one of them would become a 'God'.
At that time, Qiao Jiajin had asked Renyang in a dreamy voice, "What if we can't win the game?"
Renyang's answer was, "It would be a pity if we can't win."
He never mentioned the issue of escaping from here.
"Did I misunderstand...?"
The word "pity" is very ambiguous.
Whose "pity" was Renyang referring to at that time?
For himself... or for the participants?
Qi Xia blinked, feeling as if he had understood something.
In this ghost place, besides becoming a 'God' and being destroyed, is there also an option to 'escape'...?
"You... Why do you think you can escape together?" Qi Xia asked.
"Of course, because we have seen people escape from here," Zhang Shan replied.