CH 498

498: Two People As Canon Fodder

Feng Wu was worried as she stepped aside and looked at the scene in front of her. Rui Baby wasn’t back yet, what should she do?

Xiao Chun was in the process of leveling up from all the purification he did earlier, so he couldn’t come out to help her.

Without Xiao Chun’s help, no matter how fierce Feng Wu’s fighting spirit was, she couldn’t do anything to an undead, after all she wasn’t actually a necromancer.

Without Xiao Chun, there was nothing she could do.

Ming Xi’s light magic combined with Yaoyue’s necromancer magic would not be enough to defeat the little girl spirit. All it did was buy everyone some time.

They had to admit their attacks were useless after seeing how it didn’t damage the little girl in anyway.

The situation was desperate.

Right then, Zi Cheng made her move.

“Everyone, step back. There’s a way we can escape, probably.”

Zi Cheng had thought long and hard before taking out her Boundary Breaking talisman. She would gain a lot of favorability points if she could save them, which meant she could at least make up some of the points she spent to buy the talisman.

All around, people's eyes lit up as a glimmer of hope flared in their hearts.

There was no time to tell if her words were true or not. They wanted to live and this was an opportunity. Of course they would seize it!

“Miss Zi Cheng, what can you do. Please tell us.”

People spoke cautiously and they looked at Zi Cheng differently now.

Ai Lin was surprised. She didn’t expect Zi Cheng to take out the Boundary Breaker talisman. Wasn’t she afraid of exposing her system?

But then upon thinking about, as long as it wasn’t worn on the body, who, other than a fellow transmigrator, would imagine a something like a system was possible?

Other people were more likely to think what opportunities Zi Cheng had, and not so much if a system was possible or if one existed.

“This talisman is called the Boundary Breaking talisman and it can break through any enchantment. However, the enchantment we are in is so powerful that it can’t completely break it. It can only open a passage out. The passage will sustain for a very short period of time, three breaths only. So if you want to escape, you must do so within those three breaths.”

“Then what are we waiting for?! Miss Zi Cheng, hurry and open the passage we’ll leave now!”

Who would want to stay in such a terrifying place? Of course they wanted to leave as soon as they could. They didn’t want to wait around and be turned into ice sculptures!

Zi Cheng shook her head. “Not yet. Once the passage is opened, it must not be disturbed. If the spirit attacks, I’m afraid we won’t be able to escape in time and we will all die here.”

People looked at each other in dismay. This meant someone would have to stay to attract the spirit’s attention; in other words, they needed a sacrifice.

Who would be willing to do that?

One person looked at someone, another looked at someone else. Eyes shifted everywhere. No one wanted the job.

Then they turned to look at Ming Xi and Yaoyue fighting the little girl. Their eyes shone bright. Weren’t those two good candidates?! As long as those two kept the spirit busy, everyone else could escape!

In order to survive, the selfish side of human nature reared it ugly head.

Mogefei could see were their thoughts were headed. His face turned ugly. Both people were members of his team; plus Ming Xi’s identity was special.

When Mogefei left school, the teachers had taken care tell him to watch out for Ming Xi and ensure no accidents befell him.

He didn’t know why the teachers were so particular about Ming Xi, but it was clear Ming Xi’s background must have been so extraordinary that even the teachers didn’t want to offend the forces behind him.

Tian Ya, who had the best relationship with Ming Xi, frowned at the group. These guys actually wanted to use Ming Xi as some kind cannon fodder? The prince of the Ancient Moon kingdom? One of the four future emperors? Ha.

Ming Xi and Yaoyue were focused on dealing with the little girl and weren’t aware they had drawn the short straw.

From their perspective, the group didn’t think there was anything wrong with sacrificing two people for the good of the group. Besides they were the only two who could deal with the spirit. They had the ability, so why would they mind being sacrificed?!

This was of course because they themselves weren’t the ones being sacrificed, so naturally they didn’t feel any pressure. If they were the ones to be left behind, they wouldn’t be so openminded.

“Miss Yaoyue and Ming Xi are both students from Xingguang Holy academy, it must be in their bones to sacrifice themselves for others. It would be their honor. They would definitely agree to stay behind!” Someone said as though it was the most natural thing in the world.

Mogefei and his group did not look good. It seemed these people were intent on leaving Yaoyue and Ming Xi behind in order to save their own butts.

“You dare?! If you think it’s so great why don’t you stay behind?!” Houzhuo looked at the speaker disdainfully.

“I would totally stay behind! But I’m not a necromancer. I couldn’t stop the spirit even if I wanted to.” The man who spoke up was even more assertive now.

“Then why should Ming Xi and Yaoyue stay?” Tian Ya’s voice was cold and flat.

Even in a life and death situation, his face remained placid and calm.

“If it means we all live, isn’t that a good enough reason?”

“Do you want us to die together?!”

“As long as the two of them are willing to make this small sacrifice, we’ll all live. Of course the two of them would agree to such a reasonable request.”

The gall. Ai Lin rolled her eyes at their ugliness.

Tang was silent throughout. He wanted to live, but the only way to do so was to sacrifice two of his teammates. Though he wasn’t particularly close to either of them, they did come from the same school. Everyone won the challenge and got into the top ten together. How could he watch the two of them get shafted when they started this together?

But if they didn’t leave Ming Xi and Yaoyue behind, everyone would die. He was torn. He didn’t have the words so he left it to the team captain to decide.

“You call dying a small sacrifice?!” Ai Lin was speechless. If death wasn’t considered a big sacrifice, then what was?

“They won’t necessarily die! You don’t know that. Maybe they’ll get lucky and survive?” Someone yelled out, but it was obvious they didn’t believe their own words.