Chapter 30: I Throw
The Gobi Desert, which had been raging with violent winds moments ago, was now calm, with sand scattered everywhere in swirling patterns.
Mo Lei, sitting on the ground, looked at the two figures ahead. Memories from the World of Paintings surged in her mind, making her heart race with panic. Being caught by Su Xiao not only threatened her property but also put her life in grave danger.
Mo Lei had always been acutely aware of one thing: even though Su Xiao hadn’t taken her life in the World of Paintings, the two were now on the verge of becoming enemies.
This wasn’t Mo Lei’s imagination. As a participant in this World War, she knew full well that Reincarnation Paradise, Death Paradise, and Sanctuary Paradise, due to their previous defeat, couldn’t take part in this world’s World War.
Su Xiao was a Hunter from Reincarnation Paradise. His appearance here could only mean one thing: World Invasion.
Mo Lei had encountered this once before in the Dark Star World. The one who had invaded Dark Star and robbed the Space-Time Power transaction was Su Xiao. To Mo Lei, Su Xiao conducting a World Invasion seemed perfectly normal.
Aside from Su Xiao, Kaiser had also entered this world. For a long time, Mo Lei had thought Kaiser was a Violator. When she learned he was an Arbiter from Reincarnation Paradise, her worldview nearly shattered. For the first time in her life, she felt a sense of awe toward the Arbiters responsible for balancing the World War’s final battle.
Now, Mo Lei had two choices: 1. Find an opportunity to escape using a life-saving item, or 2. Report Su Xiao to Apocalypse Paradise.
The latter might have some effect, but if Apocalypse Paradise’s expulsion attempt was blocked by Reincarnation Paradise, Mo Lei felt certain she’d be chopped into several pieces by the blade-wielding man across from her.
Reporting him would be satisfying, but the problem was the high risk. It would immediately escalate their semi-hostile relationship into an irreconcilable, life-or-death enmity.
Realizing this, Mo Lei quietly took out an item. It was a fish-shaped ornament, smooth and warm to the touch, resembling both jade and crystal.
Feeling the overwhelming pressure from the front, Mo Lei hesitated no longer. Biting back her reluctance, she chose to use the item clutched in her hand.
What Mo Lei never expected happened. This time, using the item was different. Instead of activating, the item in her hand was returned to her storage space.
Mo Lei’s pupils contracted. She took out the fish-shaped life-saving item again, tried to use it, and once more, it was stored away. Unwilling to believe it, she tried again, but the result was the same.
Mo Lei initially thought the enemy had an item or ability interfering with her use of the life-saving item. Considering its rating and price, she felt this shouldn’t happen. Suddenly, a possibility struck her, and she looked at Kaiser across from him.
Kaiser’s sly grin grew even more cunning. He held a clump of grayish-yellow, tattered cloth in his hand—a loosely tangled bundle of strips. Just one glance at it gave Mo Lei a sense of spiritual contamination, accompanied by an inexplicable nausea.
This thing in Kaiser’s hand was one of his three most powerful items.
It was one of Kaiser’s “Three Divine Artifacts.” Among them was his worn-out POS machine, the [Endless Greed].
As for the other two, the tangled, frayed, dirty cloth bundle Kaiser held was one of them. It was called the [Foul Foot Cloth].
Please don’t misunderstand—this wasn’t something Kaiser used to wrap his feet. When he took off his shoes, it was a “dual hybrid damage” of physical and magical. This [Foul Foot Cloth] dealt continuous “spiritual critical damage.”
Legend had it that this thing was a foot cloth used by some evil god for at least 5,700 years. Originally, aside from being filthy, it had no other properties. But in Kaiser’s hands, it began to shine.
The exact attributes of this item were unknown, but from over ten meters away, Mo Lei had tried to use her life-saving item three times. Without exception, within a certain range, using a life-saving item wasn’t ineffective—it was impossible.
It wasn’t that the use of life-saving items was sealed off. Kaiser wasn’t that powerful, but he was shameless. Using the [Foul Foot Cloth] in his hand, he confused a concept, turning “using an item” into “storing the item in the storage space.”
The real problem wasn’t the life-saving item; it was Mo Lei herself. Simply put, she was now under a control effect so subtle it was hard to detect.
It felt like she wanted to raise her left hand, but under the influence of this interference ability, she raised her right foot instead.
So when Mo Lei tried to use the item, in practice, she ended up storing it away.
Judging by Mo Lei’s bewildered expression, she hadn’t yet figured out the key. Her heart was half-frozen. Those two guys across from her were terrifying—they could even seal off life-saving items.
On second thought, Mo Lei felt this was too absurd. This was a high-priced life-saving item she had bought. How could it just fail like this?
She guessed the problem wasn’t with the item’s use but with her own condition—perhaps her actions and thoughts were being misled or interfered with.
Realizing this, Mo Lei smiled. She decided to pacify the enemy first, then execute her escape plan.
“Bai Ye, I surrender…”
As she said this, Mo Lei mentally added: ‘I surrender my ass! Now comes the moment of miracles. Watch closely!’
While speaking, Mo Lei chose to store the fish-shaped item in her hand.
If using the item equaled storing it in the storage space, then storing it in the storage space should equal using it. Mo Lei felt genuinely clever.
Just as she chose to store the item, suddenly, Mo Lei found her body out of control. Her mind went blank, her vision turned white, and in this state, she made a throwing gesture, tossing the fish-shaped item out of her hand.
“Wait a minute!”
Mo Lei really hadn’t expected that storing the item in the storage space wouldn’t equal using it, but rather throwing it away.
The scene was awkward to the extreme. The smooth fish-shaped item arced through the air and landed on the sand in front of Su Xiao’s feet.
Su Xiao was quite surprised. Originally, he planned to beat Mo Lei up, then put a blade to her neck. If she surrendered, he’d take her alive. If she chose to report him to Apocalypse Paradise, he’d kill her on the spot, permanently losing his ATM.
Although he had used Mo Lei as an ATM before, Su Xiao never underestimated any opponent.
Now, Mo Lei was showing too much sincerity by throwing her life-saving item over. For a moment, Su Xiao suspected a trick.
“Um… could you give it back?”
Mo Lei now wanted to rush forward and beat Kaiser to a pulp. Though she didn’t know the details, she was sure this was Kaiser’s doing.
Su Xiao ignored Mo Lei and picked up the fish-shaped item from the ground.
[Prompt: You have obtained Drifting Bait.]
[Drifting Bait]
Origin: Apocalypse Paradise
Category: Special Item / Unique Item
Durability: 1/1
Effect: After 1.57 seconds of mental guidance, you can perform a spatial drift, randomly appearing at a safe location 50 kilometers away.
Prompt: During guidance, you will gain Water’s Blessing (high toughness, high-strength defense).
Prompt: If you receive a control effect during guidance, the Water’s Blessing enveloping you can block up to 2 control effects.
Prompt: Spatial drift has extremely high stability, ignoring spatial seals, spatial barriers, etc., allowing spatial drift.
Prompt: After completing this spatial drift, you will be imbued with the Nectar effect for the subsequent 12 hours.
Nectar Effect: Slowly restore health and physical injuries, capable of repairing moderate organ loss injuries, highly effective for nervous system recovery (even allowing severely damaged nervous systems to regenerate), with no significant effect on limb loss.
Selling Price: Soul Crystal Core × 3.
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