Jiang Kai stood up and looked at his watch.
Only six hours had passed since those two people barged in.
"Siyao, I still need to level up once more to unlock the Tier 4 class skills. Let's go down and clear out some Snow Monsters first."
The little mouse saw that Jiang Kai was about to go down and quickly jumped onto his shoulder.
Chang Siyao nodded and followed Jiang Kai down the mountain.
Level 1 of Tier 4 didn't require too much experience, only 200,000 experience. After they killed a few elite-level Snow Monsters, Jiang Kai leveled up.
After leveling up, Jiang Kai obtained two class skills.
The first skill was "Fool's Insight": By sacrificing a large amount of one's reaction speed, one could quickly identify flaws in the opponent's attacks.
The second skill was "Balance of Fate": Both enemy and ally would randomly obtain a status effect already possessed by either side, which could be a debuff or a buff.
Jiang Kai carefully studied these two skills. Neither could be considered true attack skills.
While he still had some time, Jiang Kai reviewed all of his current skills.
From the Gambler class, two talents: Multiplier and Super Critical, and two skills: Ghost Hand Flying Cards and Ghost Eye Focus.
From the Trickster class, talents: Deceive the Heavens and Strong Agility, skills: Deceptive Substitute and Add Insult to Injury.
From the Fate Manipulator class, talents: Fate's Crowd, Strong Strength, and skills: Long-range Attack and Fate's Aura.
And from the Fool class, talents: Fool's Dream, Strong Enhanced Agility, skills: Fool's Insight and Balance of Fate.
Important equipment effects: From the Arsonist, Ignite; from the King Yama's Order: "Spirit's Wrath," "Not Yet Time," and Wheel of Fate; from the Light God's Order: "Ricochet" and "Divine Descent"; two Spirit Cards that gave a 60% boost to all attributes.
Treasures: Divine Might Pearl granting Divine Aura, Qi Pearl granting Qi Shield.
Also, a skill he had learned, Moonlight Immortal Sword, with "Memory of Past Life" and "Lingering Regret."
After two days of rest, Deceptive Substitute and Wheel of Fate had both recovered, but Fate's Crowd still hadn't.
"Too bad my Ghost Armor and Necro Outer Armor are broken. I'm missing two effects: Phantom and Undead State," Jiang Kai muttered.
"Speaking of which, King Yama's Order has a hidden effect: Wheel of Fate, so the Light God's Order should also have a hidden effect, right?"
Maybe he hadn't triggered the activation condition yet.
Just then, the system's voice rang out again.
An hour later, Jiang Kai returned with Chang Siyao and the little mouse to the entrance of the secret realm.
Chang Siyao looked solemn. "Jiang Kai, should we go out and fight, or wait for them to come in? I've already decided—it's best to wait for them to come in. I'll help you stall one of them."
"But… I probably won't be able to hold out long. I'll just try my best to drag one away. At that time, you…"
Jiang Kai listened carefully, nodded as he approached, then suddenly struck with his palm.
With that palm, Chang Siyao was sent flying three or four meters.
"Damn!" Watching Chang Siyao get flung so hard, Jiang Kai covered his mouth in shock.
When he ran over to check, thankfully, Chang Siyao was just unconscious.
Jiang Kai let out a long sigh of relief. "Didn't control my melee strength… I'm sorry…"
He picked up Chang Siyao and carried her to the rock they had used as a temporary hiding spot before, gently laying her down.
Looking at Chang Siyao's slightly furrowed brows and gently closed eyes, Jiang Kai softly said, "They probably don't know you're with me. If we go out together, it'll definitely bring you a lot of trouble in the future."
"Thank you for saving me. I won't forget that night…"
As he spoke, Jiang Kai looked at Chang Siyao's face, gritted his teeth, leaned down, and gently kissed her on the cheek.
"Ahem, I hope we get a chance to meet again." Jiang Kai turned around, just about to leave, when he saw a guy nearby staring intently at him.
It was that little mouse. It had witnessed the entire scene of Jiang Kai taking advantage. Its eyes, filled with shock, stared straight at Jiang Kai.
At this moment, Jiang Kai panicked!
"Crap! You, you… Wait! You saw me ambush Chang Siyao just now too?"
That palm had sent her flying three or four meters… If Chang Siyao found out, let alone any hope of progress between them, she'd probably kill him on the spot.
What's more, he'd stolen a kiss from her!
This was the boldest thing Jiang Kai had ever done in his life, and this little guy had seen the whole thing!
Jiang Kai swallowed hard. "You little thing, y-you… let's talk this over!"
The little mouse darted into the depths of the rock crevice and disappeared.
"Hey!" Jiang Kai's eyes widened. He had actually let the eyewitness escape. What use was 20,000 agility now?!
Right then, Jiang Kai heard the system's voice.
[A player is launching a strong forced attack on the entrance to the Great Snow Mountain secret realm. Estimated entry in 10 minutes.]
"Only 10 minutes left?" Jiang Kai was surprised.
Although he had considered that the system's previous estimated time was based on earlier attack strength and might not be accurate, he hadn't expected that he only had 10 minutes left now.
To ensure Chang Siyao's safety, he had to go outside to fight!
Thinking of this, Jiang Kai had to give up destroying the evidence.
He shouted at the rocks, "Little guy, I'm heading out. Here's some food for you. Can you help take care of her for me?"
"Squeak squeak squeak…" The little creature's voice came from inside the rock crevice.
Jiang Kai didn't understand what it said, but since this little mouse had gone to save Zhong Qiang before, it probably would take care of Chang Siyao.
Looking back at Chang Siyao, Jiang Kai felt reluctant. This feeling was a bit different from his crush on Su Nuannuan—it felt even stronger…
Moments later, Jiang Kai turned his head, looked toward the light gate, and his eyes grew cold.
"Alright then, you want to kill me, huh? Here I come!" With that, Jiang Kai stepped into the light gate.
Xie Huo, the Tyrant, and Zhong Qiang were fiercely bombarding the entrance of the secret realm.
To be fair, although Zhong Qiang had been captured, he knew that Jiang Kai was the one these two masters were looking for, so he worked extra hard.
The man in black launched a wave of sword aura, then turned around to rest.
He walked to the cave entrance, sat on a rock at the mouth of the cave, and looked at the man tied to the rock. He said indifferently, "What's the point of being so stubborn? As long as we open the secret realm, we can kill Jiang Kai."
The person tied to the stone pillar was none other than Zhao Tiequan.
At this moment, Zhao Tiequan's legs had been severed, one arm had been removed, his chest was covered in wounds, and large patches of burn marks were visible.
Without a close look, one wouldn't even recognize that this person was Zhao Tiequan.
Zhao Tiequan weakly lifted his head and looked at the man in black. "Kill me…"
"Kill you? Weren't you all tough before?" The man in black took out a water bottle, walked over to Zhao Tiequan, grabbed his chin, and roughly poured water into him.
"Drink it!"
"You can't die yet. We want Jiang Kai to see just how tragic his friend's end will be!"
Just then, the man in red walked over.
He had a small flame in his hand. He flicked it onto Zhao Tiequan's chest. The flame burned slowly until the flesh turned black.
"Ah! Kill me!" Zhao Tiequan screamed in agony!
The man in red quickly retrieved the flame, a slight smile playing at the corner of his lips. "Didn't you say before that no matter what we did, you wouldn't make a sound? Why are you screaming like a slaughtered pig now?"
"Sigh, weren't you trying to protect the Chinese national spirit? What a load of crap. Let me tell you, we don't care about the national spirit. Once you understand more about the Ghost Star's secrets, things like national competition—your perspective is too narrow."
"I'm actually quite curious now. You've gone to such lengths for Jiang Kai. If he sees you like this, will he come to rescue you, or just turn and run?"
"I think it'll definitely be the latter. No one's not afraid of death. Look at how fast he ran before—faster than a rabbit."
Zhao Tiequan struggled to lift his head, eyes blazing with fury as he glared at the man in red. "You think everyone… is as spineless as you?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhong Qiang, who had been working hard, was suddenly pushed back by a strong light.
The man in red and the man in black turned their heads in surprise and looked toward the entrance of the secret realm.
Then, a tall figure stepped out from the white light.
His gaze immediately locked onto the man who had been tortured beyond recognition.
The moment he saw Zhao Tiequan, blood vessels filled Jiang Kai's eyes.
"Big Brother Zhao!" he said in a trembling voice.
A wrath he could no longer suppress exploded in Jiang Kai's mind.
He turned to look at the two of them, and said each word clearly and coldly, "Even if the Heavens come down, even if it's the Heavenly King himself protecting you two—you still… must die!"
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