Forced to Act out a Strange Script with a Rival - Chapter 70

 Just like the most loyal worker bee will always return…

Had she truly reached a dead end?

The sudden downpour had rendered her final contingency—the long-awaited rescue—an impossibility, trapping her in a desperate siege.

Li Ting leaned against the cold, wet, broken wall, a bitter, almost ethereal smile tugging at her lips. In the end, she was a move too late. Neither the right time, nor the right place, nor the harmony of human relations stood on her side.

Yet, just as this boundless despair threatened to drown her consciousness like a tide, a hot, unyielding belief surged stubbornly from the deepest part of her heart.

Although her opponents had the right time, place, and people, she believed in the friendship and bonds on her side.

Especially…

“Si Xiaoxiao, you promised you would keep your word!” Li Ting suddenly raised her head, letting the rain wash over her face. She used the last of her lung capacity, her voice hoarse but carrying a resolution that pierced the rain curtain.

Since the Evil God had not focused its capture efforts on her, that meant… Si Xiaoxiao must still be alive.

Just like the most loyal worker bee will always respond to the queen bee’s summons—

As Li Ting’s heartbreaking cry fell!

“Boom! Roar—!!!”

The ground of the entire general store—no, the entire Aoming Island—seemed to tremble violently!

A dull, terrifying rumble from deep underground drowned out the clamor of the storm!

Immediately following—

“ROAR—!!!”

A low, deep, terrifying roar, seemingly from ten thousand meters beneath the deep sea, accumulating endless anger and brutality, suddenly tore through the rain curtain and exploded thunderously over the general store!

This sound was not transmitted through the air; it directly vibrated people’s bones and souls, sweeping over them with unprecedented power.

In the instant the next pale lightning bolt sliced through the pitch-black sky like a Sword of Heaven’s Wrath, a massive, suffocating, deep-purple scaled, thick-as-a-python, and terrifying tentacle, covered with densely packed, powerful suction cups at its tip, violently appeared in this small space.

She had come to fulfill her promise, a knight guarding her princess.

The rain continued to fall. The deep-purple tentacle, like a demonic whip, struck fiercely at the twisted creature with speed that tore the air. The two terrifying, non-human forces collided violently.

The resulting shockwave instantly flung several islanders who were too slow to dodge.

The remaining walls of the general store groaned under the strain, and more cracks spread.

With the experience of the first time, Li Ting began to try to cooperate with Si Xiaoxiao.

Si Xiaoxiao handled the bulk of the confrontation, while Li Ting seized the opportunity to inflict damage wherever possible. Since she had prepared weapons in advance, and, remarkably, she discovered that this Evil God was actually afraid of fire.

Afraid of both fire and water—this evil spirit was quite weak. After so many years of sacrifices, how could it be afraid of everything? Surely, this was the consequence of doing too many bad deeds.

Li Ting calmly observed the battle. She understood that confronting such a behemoth could not be done in a single stroke. This time, too, they had to find a way to escape.

Si Xiaoxiao’s materialized tentacle, while immensely powerful, was clearly not in optimal condition.

Its movements seemed slightly sluggish, and the color of its skin flickered, as if intensely fighting some internal force.

The monster it faced, however, was more agile and cunning. It also seemed capable of mobilizing the strange power permeating the island, showing no signs of exhaustion, and its movements were extremely elusive, with attacks coming from malicious and unexpected angles.

More critically, the surrounding islanders, driven by the Evil God’s will, were attacking the tentacle like fearless zombies with harpoons and machetes.

While unable to inflict fatal wounds, this dense, relentless assault undoubtedly greatly disrupted Si Xiaoxiao.

This time, the evil spirit no longer attempted to control Si Xiaoxiao, but genuinely intended to use force to keep her here.

“Si Xiaoxiao, we need to find a way to run.”

[I know that, of course!!]

As Li Ting spoke, a sweet yet distinctly anxious female voice suddenly rang directly in her mind without warning.

For a moment, Li Ting was taken aback. She was just trying to communicate normally with the tentacle-like Si Xiaoxiao, and she hadn’t expected to actually connect. It seemed her “bugged out, disconnected” teammate had finally returned.

Li Ting was both surprised and delighted. While kicking away an incoming villager, she asked, “You’ve recovered consciousness!?”

Si Xiaoxiao’s ethereal voice carried a hint of pride: [Of course! I am the great and beautiful Lady Si Xiaoxiao. Please praise Lady Si Xiaoxiao.]

This proud, reserved, yet somewhat attention-seeking tone—it was definitely the same “dog-cat.”

A conscious tentacle’s combat power was significantly stronger than an unconscious one.

The two entangled with the Evil God while moving toward the direction of the sea.

Si Xiaoxiao regaining consciousness was undoubtedly good news, meaning she had a reliable ally.

However, this reliable ally had started her incessant chattering.

[Wow, Li Ting, you have no idea how hard I’ve worked! I got stabbed the moment I entered this dungeon!]

“Stabbed? By whom?” Li Ting asked in surprise.

Si Xiaoxiao was now half a god, possessing power beyond human imagination, so she could send her words directly into Li Ting’s mind without opening her mouth.

But for Li Ting to reply, she still had to speak aloud.

Perhaps because she hadn’t spoken to anyone for too long, Si Xiaoxiao had a lot to say in Li Ting’s mind.

[I seriously suspect that damn system is deliberately targeting me!! And it turned this noble lady’s precious body into this ugly mess!! It’s absolutely despicable!]

[And you know what! You have no idea how difficult my mission was! That ghost system later realized it was impossible to achieve! So it just let this lady return early!]

[Be grateful to this lady! Thanks to this lady making a dramatic entrance at the moment of crisis, you were saved!]

Si Xiaoxiao’s non-stop noise attack successfully targeted her ally, Li Ting, causing Li Ting to be momentarily careless and take a hit from a villager’s club.

Before she could react and counterattack, the tentacle, which had been constantly paying attention to her, instantly erupted in rage!

The pink wrist-tentacle that was always guarding her unleashed a horizontal sweep, like clearing trash, instantly batting away the few approaching villagers like smashing cucumbers.

But precisely because it was distracted dealing with the small-fry harassment, the Evil God seized the opportunity. Its coiled, dragon-like vines instantly tightly bound two of Si Xiaoxiao’s tentacles.

Accompanied by a suppressed groan from Si Xiaoxiao in Li Ting’s mind, flesh and blood instantly flew. The purple tentacles were swallowed in a flash, and the green vines visibly swelled in that moment.

The situation on the battlefield naturally changed rapidly. Losing two limbs, Si Xiaoxiao’s combat effectiveness was immediately greatly reduced. With the rise and fall of power, the Evil God once again gained the upper hand, suppressing Si Xiaoxiao.

Li Ting naturally grew anxious: “Si Xiaoxiao, focus on dealing with that monster! Don’t worry about me!”

She knew she couldn’t intervene against such a behemoth.

A sense of powerlessness again enveloped Li Ting. She hated feeling like a liability.

However, Si Xiaoxiao stubbornly split off a relatively intact limb, which circled Li Ting with unyielding resolve, trying its best to shield her from the storm-like attacks.

Her voice was filled with stubbornness and a hint of almost imperceptible fear.

[You are the brain. The body won’t let the brain get hurt.]

How did you… learn how to coax people too…

Li Ting was stunned. She felt that Si Xiaoxiao seemed to have changed somehow. She stopped speaking further, only gripping the cold knife in her hand, fighting hard toward the sound of the waves, and fiercely striking every crazed villager who rushed at them.

The rain was falling harder, as if the entire sky was about to collapse. Li Ting felt her vision becoming increasingly blurred. Ending this fight had become an urgent necessity.

The result of this confrontation was that both were injured to varying degrees.

Of course, Li Ting only suffered minor injuries, but Si Xiaoxiao was left with only one limb precariously supporting her, the others having been devoured by the despicable Evil God, which had directly fed and enlarged its opponent considerably. But the good news was that the sea was now close at hand.

However, correspondingly, the closer they got to the sea, the more frantic the monster became, and the fiercer its attacks.

This time, the Evil God would not let them escape as easily as before. It wanted to consume Si Xiaoxiao as food, to devour her completely!

“Xiaoxiao, listen carefully!” Li Ting was a certain distance from the main battlefield. She lowered her voice and urgently spoke to the pink tentacle that was constantly protecting her side: “In a moment, use this limb to throw me at that monster!”

Si Xiaoxiao was naturally confused: [What’s wrong with you? Are you trying to die? Don’t pull that self-sacrifice stunt on me!]

“Of course not!” Li Ting’s eyes shone startlingly in the rain, filled with a look of do-or-die determination: “Trust me!”

They were almost at the seaside. She was afraid that if the Evil God was cornered, it would unleash a desperate killing move regardless of the consequences.

So… they had to strike first! Catch it off guard!

After a brief silence, Si Xiaoxiao’s reply came, carrying absolute trust: [Alright! I promise you!]

“CRACK—!”

Another bolt of lightning tore the sky, followed by an ear-splitting roll of thunder across the heavens!

“Now!” Li Ting shouted, her voice hidden by the thunder!

The pink tentacle did not hesitate. Like the most loyal arm, it instantly wrapped gently yet firmly around Li Ting’s waist, then erupted with astonishing power, tossing her high and steady into the air like a stone from a sling, tracing a decisive arc directly towards the massive body of the Evil God.

The evil spirit’s full attention was on the confrontation with Si Xiaoxiao’s main body. It never anticipated this surprise attack descending from the sky.

At the apex of her trajectory, Li Ting seized the moment. She slammed the sea-water bottle—whose cap she had already unscrewed—pouring the clear water, imbued with a power of restraint, entirely onto the core area of the Evil God’s massive body.

She was like a beautiful, fluttering bird, spreading her wings and soaring, performing a waltz unique to her.

“Hiss—Sizzle Sizzle Sizzle—!!”

The moment the seawater was poured, like a red-hot iron splashed with ice water, the mountain-like, squirming body of the evil spirit instantly erupted in the most intense tremor!

Countless vines twitched and withered painfully, emitting a non-human, sharp shriek mixed with agony and rage, as if the earth itself was shaking for it!

It desperately wanted to tear the woman before it to shreds, but could only watch helplessly—

Just as Li Ting began to descend due to gravity, the deep-purple main tentacle, which had been poised all along, scarred but intact, broke through the rain curtain with an agility and precision unbefitting its immense size, soaring through the air to meet the woman.

The tentacle deliberately retracted its aggression. The fearsome suction cups at its tip were completely suppressed, like the softest petals, carefully, almost piously cradling Li Ting’s descending body.

The massive limb curved slightly, forming a natural, protective arc, catching her steadily and completely cushioning the force of the fall.

The cold, slick touch enveloped her, yet brought an undeniable sense of security.

Rain lashed down on the tentacle’s tough skin, splashing up fine mist that blurred Li Ting’s vision.

Against the backdrop of the collapsing world, the pouring rain, and the Evil God’s painful roar, this colossal, terrifying deep-sea monster and the slender, fragile human woman in its embrace formed an incredibly impactful, bizarre, yet breathtakingly beautiful picture—it was destruction, yet also guardianship; it was terror, yet also tenderness.

The Evil God, forcibly restrained in place by the seawater, could only watch helplessly as the two vanished into the sea, where it could not reach them.

It let out a venomous curse: “I! I will never let you go!!!”

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