Chapter 44

"——Skills in the game?!"

This shocking revelation was no less surprising than when Zhou Xian himself had gained the ability to save and load his progress.

"Exactly," Li Zheng said, his gaze fixed on Beidou. "If it weren't for you two ruining my plans today, I wouldn't have had to ask the大人 to temporarily grant me power just now. But now, you can no longer threaten me!"

Zhou Xian also looked at Beidou. If it weren't for Li Zheng's words, he might have forgotten that Beidou had once subdued an armed criminal with her bare hands.

"So, you mean your power is also temporary?" Beidou looked at Li Zheng, seemingly noticing this.

"Exactly, but this power will last for three days. So if you think you can buy time, you're completely wrong!"

With that, Li Zheng waved his tin staff, and three fireballs immediately shot toward Zhou Xian!

Zhou Xian and Beidou quickly dodged to the side.

After these three fireballs were dodged, they hit the wall directly, creating a large hole in it! The power of these fireballs was even greater than in the game!

"Run!"

Seeing the hole in the wall, Zhou Xian had a sudden idea and pulled Beidou into another classroom, avoiding Li Zheng who was blocking the door.

"Ha ha ha, run all you want! This place has become my domain. No matter how much you run, you're just meat on the chopping board, ha ha ha!"

Li Zheng didn't rush to chase after Zhou Xian but instead laughed loudly.

On the other side, Zhou Xian was about to continue running with Beidou, but suddenly, Beidou stumbled.

"What's wrong?"

Zhou Xian looked closely and saw a wound on Beidou's leg.

"Sorry, I didn't expect the fireballs to be so powerful." The usually carefree girl finally showed a hint of a bitter smile. "I'll have to trouble you to carry me."

"…You really don't know how to be polite."

"Because I know that even if I say, 'Don't mind me, run,' you won't leave me behind, right?"

"…"

Zhou Xian couldn't just leave a girl like her. He shook his head, pulled her behind him, and carried her.

"So light…"

Beidou seemed to weigh almost nothing, and Zhou Xian easily carried her.

Running out of the classroom, Zhou Xian immediately took Beidou to the first floor.

But before they could even get down the stairs, Zhou Xian saw Li Zheng waiting at the bottom of the stairs!

"Ha ha ha, surprised, aren't you?!"

Li Zheng laughed and then shot three ice spears at Zhou Xian and Beidou!

The ice spears were more than twice as fast as the fireballs, and in the narrow space of the stairs, Zhou Xian barely dodged the first one and had no place to retreat. The remaining two ice spears seemed impossible to avoid!

But at that moment, Beidou suddenly threw something from behind Zhou Xian. It collided with the ice spears, altering their trajectory!

The two ice spears grazed Zhou Xian and hit the ground, embedding themselves in the wooden stairs, seemingly emitting a cold aura.

"Run, big dummy!"

Beidou tapped Zhou Xian's head, and he immediately snapped out of it. He ran upstairs, leaving Li Zheng behind.

Running all the way to the third floor, Zhou Xian found a classroom and hid behind it with Beidou. He caught his breath and asked, "What was that thing?"

"My sandal."

Zhou Xian looked down and saw that Beidou's shoes were gone, clearly thrown just now.

"The ice spears were so powerful, and you changed their trajectory with your shoes…?"

No, it was more impressive that Beidou could hit the ice spears with her shoes at such speed.

How did this girl's athletic ability develop?

At this moment, Zhou Xian's attention was drawn back to the wound on Beidou's leg.

He didn't know how much power Li Zheng had, but if Beidou hadn't been injured, Zhou Xian might have had a plan to take a chance.

"Hehe, you think hiding here will stop me from finding you? I told you, this is my domain. No matter where you are, I know exactly where you are!"

At that moment, Li Zheng suddenly appeared at the door.

Beidou immediately grabbed a chair and threw it at Li Zheng. But the chair shattered upon hitting Li Zheng's protective shield. Instead, Li Zheng used an explosion flame, and Zhou Xian pulled Beidou behind the podium, but they were still pushed against the wall by the explosion flame!

The skills that didn't cause much damage in the game had such power in the real world, something Zhou Xian never expected.

Seeing Li Zheng still standing at the door, mocking them, Zhou Xian, in pain, hid behind the overturned podium with Beidou, using it as cover. But he knew this was just self-deception.

"Think of something!"

Beidou shouted.

But Zhou Xian was at a loss: "You can't expect me to use game skills, right? Who knows what Li Zheng is. I'm just a normal human. You can't expect me to use a healing spell on you and have your wound heal, right!"

As he spoke, Zhou Xian's hands suddenly glowed white, and he felt something being pulled out of his body, floating toward Beidou, and then attaching to her. The burn on Beidou's leg healed almost instantly.

"…" Beidou looked at Zhou Xian in surprise.

"…" Zhou Xian was also speechless.

Is this a healing spell?

It actually works?

"Are you kidding me?"

Am I still in the game world?!

Both were shocked by this sudden turn of events, but Li Zheng wasn't about to let them off. He shot three more fireballs at the podium, shattering their cover and causing a strong shockwave.

Beidou hugged Zhou Xian and rolled on the ground twice to avoid the shockwave.

"Take this, I'll hold him off. It's up to you now."

Beidou threw a stack of something to Zhou Xian and immediately stood up, throwing broken chairs and tables at Li Zheng.

Zhou Xian, still dazed from the explosion, picked up the stack. It seemed to be a stack of papers with a label on it.

"15th Zhongzhou Comic Con Souvenir, 100 Daoist Talismans from 'Legendary World.'"

"Can this thing work?!"

As this thought flashed through Zhou Xian's mind, a strange panel suddenly appeared on his retina.

"COSPLAY Talisman: Spell Effect -20%, Spell Failure Rate +5%."

"Game panel?! Daoist talisman? COSPLAY toy?" Zhou Xian almost fainted at the sight of this bizarre thing.

At that moment, Beidou's words snapped him out of his shock: "—Forget it! You used a skill just now, so you can definitely use it again! Right?!"

Don't be so sure!

Zhou Xian didn't know what had happened just now, but he had somehow used a Daoist healing spell.

At that moment, Zhou Xian suddenly remembered the moment the game had changed. Yes, besides his save and load ability, there had indeed been a fleeting panel at that time!

"Life is a game, and a game is life."

The last words of his father's email echoed in Zhou Xian's ears.

"Danger!"

At that moment, three ice spears pierced through the wooden desk and shot toward Beidou's face!

Almost instinctively, Zhou Xian threw the COSPLAY talismans!

Three soul talismans instantly formed and shot toward the ice spears, shattering them right in front of Beidou!

"You?!"

Seeing Zhou Xian's skill, Li Zheng was also stunned.

But Zhou Xian didn't give Li Zheng a chance to recover. He immediately shot three more soul talismans at Li Zheng.

The soul talismans hit Li Zheng, sending him flying!

"Ugh—How can you use skills in the real world?! How is that possible?!"

Li Zheng, injured by Zhou Xian, looked fierce.

Li Zheng waved his tin staff, and the ground beneath Zhou Xian's feet began to glow with a dark red light.

"It's Hellfire, be careful!"

Hearing Beidou's warning, Zhou Xian immediately dodged, and then he quickly shot two soul talismans, forcing Li Zheng to stagger and dodge as well!

Fiery flames rose in front of Zhou Xian, feeling even more intense than in the game, and the air was filled with heat.

He wiped the sweat from his forehead, relieved that his three great skills could still be used in the real world.

"I don't know if other skills will work, but let's try."

Zhou Xian took out a talisman and immediately used the summoning skill.

As he used the skill, Zhou Xian clearly felt something trying to break through the barrier of space, but at that moment, this power suddenly disappeared, and Zhou Xian felt as if his head had been hit hard.

"Idiot, you actually tried to use a summoning skill in the real world. This skill requires breaking through the barriers of two worlds. You're just asking for trouble!"

Seeing Zhou Xian's dazed expression, Li Zheng took advantage of the situation and sent a Flame Blade toward him!

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