Chapter 295
**[Forced Stay]:** Unable to leave the battlefield; even after death, the body remains in place.
**[Time Hater]:** For five minutes, no time-related skills can be used.
The former had a one-minute countdown.
She immediately shifted her thoughts, trying to summon Tu Lan back to her pet space.
But Sha Leng's voice continued, this time directed at Tu Lan, and he even used the Dragon language with a hint of mockery:
“If you go back to your space, I’ll make your master suffer and humiliate her before she dies! Let me think... how about crawling around the oasis like a dog? Or should I personally choose a race for her to mate with?”
After saying this, he muttered to himself in frustration, “Ah, I wonder if your civilization on Zai Jiu Xing cares about this... How about shaving off all her hair? Or ripping off her wings?”
As he spoke, he traced rules with his finger on a wooden board handed to him by the thorns, his fingertips gliding across it like a brush on snow or sand.
Tu Lan immediately gave up struggling and rejected Yu Xun Ge's call. They had an equal contract, and she had the right to refuse Yu Xun Ge's summons. She clenched her teeth, not making a sound, letting the dragon scales fall away to reveal her flesh and blood.
The furious moon was still cooling down, and Tu Lan's Thief Dragon skill was unusable. In that moment, she had no other options.
Yu Xun Ge was filled with rage and hatred, and she began to exhaust her essence, tirelessly attacking the thorn wall that stood between her and Tu Lan. Yet, the thorns grew back quickly each time, blocking her path, whether in the sky or underground.
She didn’t even know what she could do if she managed to break through, but at that moment, it felt like someone had wiped her mind clean. Her calmness and rationality seemed to have vanished.
All she knew was that she couldn’t just stand by and do nothing, waiting... perhaps hoping that when she broke through, she could knock Tu Lan unconscious and put her in the space? Or maybe there was another way.
She hoarsely shouted, “Tu Lan, come back! It’s okay, I have a plan, really, I do!! Sha Leng, let her go! I’ll translate everything for you! From now on, I’ll translate all the rules for every game!”
Sha Leng ignored her.
Yu Xun Ge tried again and again to summon Tu Lan, but was rejected each time.
She transformed into a dandelion and passed through the thorn wall, but the thorns grew rapidly, becoming impenetrable, overwhelming the dandelion. Yu Xun Ge was pushed back, her body riddled with holes.
The pain from the thorn punctures was excruciating, a hundred times worse than any injury she had ever suffered! This wasn’t just psychological; it was the inherent attack effect of the thorns—**[Agony]:** every time damage was inflicted, it caused immense suffering to the target.
She couldn’t bear to think about how much pain Tu Lan must be in at that moment.
Using **[I’m in a Hurry]** to teleport, but the hateful thorns seemed to predict her landing spot, moving Tu Lan away just in time and erecting spikes where she would have landed, the desert almost soaked with Yu Xun Ge’s blood.
Sha Leng didn’t even spare her a glance.
Yu Xun Ge kept trying, pleading with Tu Lan in her heart, threatening her: “Tu Lan, come back! Trust me, you have to trust me! If you want to keep being with me, come back!”
Tu Lan’s eyes were red, but she remained still. All her skills were disabled, and she believed Yu Xun Ge was in the same situation. Perhaps... perhaps Yu Xun Ge really had a way, but she didn’t want to risk Yu Xun Ge’s safety.
She watched as Yu Xun Ge charged through the thorns again and again, using guns, whips, long knives, and fists, switching from one weapon to another, one skill to another.
The spikes carved wound after wound on her body, blood pooling around her. She didn’t scream or beg for mercy; she only wished for Sha Leng to spare her dragon.
She saw the tears in Yu Xun Ge’s eyes fall one by one, silently weeping, looking so disheveled. How could it be so pitiful?
After knowing each other for so long, this was the second time she had seen Yu Xun Ge cry, but it was the first time she saw her so helpless, the first time she witnessed Yu Xun Ge lose her composure. Hadn’t they promised to stay calm in battle, no matter what?!
The desert wind howled, and the dandelion seeds once again rushed against the thorns. Tu Lan knew this was Yu Xun Ge’s favorite skill; there was a time when she wouldn’t even walk properly, even going downstairs to grab a soda, she had to turn into a dandelion.
But the dandelions that used to be white now appeared blood-red through the gaps in the thorns.
Tu Lan didn’t want to cry; she was a dragon, and her presence in the outside world represented the Holy Grail of the North and the Snow Pile!
Even if the pain was overwhelming, she held back her cries, but seeing Yu Xun Ge in tears, she couldn’t hold back her own. Large drops of dragon tears fell onto the desert, mixing with dragon blood and sand.
The more precious something is, the harder it is to obtain. Yet at this moment, she felt no joy in what she had gained, for her happiness was overshadowed by Yu Xun Ge’s emotions, the overwhelming pain and anger nearly drowning her.
When she returned to Dragon Island, she would tell the Holy Grail that she had finally become the only flower in the desert, but those precious feelings were buried too deep, and only extreme pain could tear through that barrier.
The bloodied heart was both sweet and bitter; in truth, it didn’t matter if she couldn’t have it. She was simply too greedy.
The dust raised by the desert winds blew against Tu Lan’s flesh, now unprotected by dragon scales, yet she still found the strength to comfort Yu Xun Ge in her heart:
“It’s okay, our dragon clan sheds a layer of scales every hundred years. Really, we have to rub our scales off on the reefs ourselves; I just did it a little early.”
She wanted to tell Yu Xun Ge that this skill only lasted a minute, that she should just wait quietly. It was such a waste of effort for her to struggle like this.
**[Forced Stay]** had only a minute left, but that minute felt so long!
This was the first time Yu Xun Ge felt regret. Even when Su Yi Tong successfully used the death escape, she had never regretted it... but at this moment, she was filled with immense regret!
She hated her own arrogance! Hated that she remembered to protect Tu Lan on Blue Star, but forgot that Tu Lan herself was a precious resource once they entered the battlefield!
She regretted not acting sooner; she had foreseen that Sha Leng would attack her. Why didn’t she just use the death escape immediately? Why did she even think she could negotiate with him?!
What right did she have? What right did she have to negotiate with a stronger opponent?!
At this moment, she realized just how cruel the battlefield was.
Sha Leng taught her a lesson with blood.
**[Chapter 383: I Could Have Just Stolen It—A New SSS-Level Talent!]**
Unlike the soldier-to-soldier or king-to-king battles in the tower, and unlike on Blue Star where she could borrow strength from allies to deter enemies, this was different from when she faced Wu Ren Feng Ran, using her advantages to negotiate.
Here, a different set of rules applied—everything in sight was a resource. Use every means possible to exploit it to the fullest before the enemy dies, to plunder all her resources!!
Hiding her strengths? Useless.
Negotiation? Unnecessary!
Death as a fallback? No, death was the easiest outcome.
There was no fallback, and no such thing as a win-win!
If she had known this... if she had known this, what could she have done? Every step was her own choice.
Even if her power hadn’t weakened due to the soul shock, she was still no match for Sha Leng.
Perhaps from the moment she stole the World Tomb from Wu Ren, her and Tu Lan’s fate was sealed for today!
Like a cycle of cause and effect, she moved too quickly, entering the game ahead of everyone else, and now she was being pushed into a world she shouldn’t have entered.
When **[Forced Stay]** had only ten seconds left, whether the thorns had absorbed enough dragon blood or were following Sha Leng’s orders, they released Tu Lan first and swept away the dragon scales on the ground.
Almost 50% of the dragon scales on Tu Lan’s back were scraped off. Lying on the ground, she glared fiercely at Sha Leng, who grinned back. Yu Xun Ge sensed danger and immediately stepped in front of Tu Lan, decisively shielding her in her arms—Sha Leng wouldn’t kill her until the translation was complete!
Sure enough, a skill cut through the air behind them, and a large pit appeared in front of them, where Sha Leng had intercepted her skill.
Yu Xun Ge no longer insisted on putting Tu Lan back in the space. After using a healing skill on Tu Lan, she helped her up and faced the menacing Sha Leng.
Before she could say anything, Yu Xun Ge felt a heavy blow to her chest, sending her flying into the thorns. She spat out a mouthful of blood, her health reduced to 0.01%, and Tu Lan was in the same state.
Such terrifying control!
Sha Leng said, “Translate these rules for me, and I’ll escort you to the next safe zone.”
Yu Xun Ge didn’t speak or cry out in pain; the physical suffering paled in comparison to the mental anguish. She got up, used her skills to clean up all the blood on the ground, and walked back to Sha Leng.
**[Forced Stay]** had completely ended.
Sha Leng mocked, “Trying to show off your pathetic courage to maintain some dignity? No way, haha, you don’t really think weaklings have dignity, do you?”
Yu Xun Ge replied coldly, “I’m just in a hurry for revenge.”
As soon as she finished speaking, Sha Leng’s expression changed dramatically—fear! Panic! Shock! As if he had seen something terrifying!
But it was too late; before she could finish her sentence, Yu Xun Ge had already unleashed her strongest skill!
—**[I Could Have Just Stolen It]**!!!
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