Chapter 498: Dizzy Rabbit, Lost Direction
Because of the several rounds of fighting he and Earth Rabbit had just been through in this small room, there was no need to mention himself… even Earth Rabbit had probably lost his sense of direction.
There were closed doors in all four directions here, and after countless explosions, the room was filled with smoke.
So which room was the one where he had thrown the magic artifact?
Earth Rabbit was also puzzled, glancing around. This room with doors on all four sides truly made it hard to tell directions—each side looked exactly the same.
But Earth Rabbit was Earth Rabbit after all. Even if the "participants" might get lost here, he never would.
He shook his bleeding ears, trying to listen for any sounds around him, but instead felt a ringing noise in his ears.
Maybe his hearing was really failing, or maybe there was no sound at all from the other rooms. Apart from his own tinnitus, everything nearby was dead silent.
"Damn it…" Earth Rabbit shook his head, his long ears flopping along. "What the hell is going on…"
"Heh…" Song Qi pulled the hair tie from his head and tightly wrapped it around his left wrist several times, then revealed a carefree, defiant grin. "This is too funny… a long-eared rabbit gone deaf… hahahaha…"
Earth Rabbit looked down at this man covered in burn scars, sighing inwardly at how he'd been knocked flat by him. Now he had lost his "magic artifact," and his hearing was failing… so in this game, how much of an advantage did he still have?
"Song Qi has probably lost his direction!" a man shouted from another room.
"It's fine! I'll go find him!" a woman called out.
Earth Rabbit turned his head in confusion. The remaining few seemed to be not far from his location.
"My hearing… is gradually coming back…" Earth Rabbit reached up to wipe the blood off his ears. "What exactly am I afraid of?"
All these "participants" were going out of their way to avoid him; none dared to enter the room he was in—didn't that say enough?
Forget being deaf, even if he were mute and blind, wasn't he still a "Earth-level" fighter?
Of everyone present, aside from the burn-scarred man in front of him, no one could possibly threaten his life.
"I'm really overthinking this…" Earth Rabbit stretched out a leg to kick Song Qi away, only to find Song Qi still gripping his ankle tightly. Song Qi spat another mouthful of blood onto the ground and said, "Kid, don't you understand who the hunter is and who the prey is now?"
"Prey…? I've always been the prey…" Song Qi gave a bitter smile, slowly stood up, and faced the towering Earth Rabbit head-on.
Both men revealed their muscular upper bodies. Song Qi was covered in old scars, while Earth Rabbit bore fresh burns.
Superficially, Earth Rabbit's injuries seemed far worse than Song Qi's, with blood still pouring out. But in reality, Song Qi was in so much pain that his mind was hazy, barely able to force a smile.
"Kill me before you leave," Song Qi said.
"Ha!" Earth Rabbit was driven to a smile by this man's audacity. "So what's your thinking here? It's my turn now. I can just go grab the magic artifact. What difference does it make whether I kill you first or go get it?"
"No difference." Song Qi nodded. "But if I let you walk through this door alive, I can't face my teammates."
As he spoke, he raised his right hand. If Earth Rabbit made a move against him, Song Qi would go for broke and punch him in the face again—the last thing he could do.
"Got some spine." Earth Rabbit took a step toward Song Qi and asked, "What did you say your name was just now?"
"Song Qi."
"Good." Earth Rabbit moved slowly, muttering under his breath, "Song Qi, if fate allows, we'll meet again. I'll send you off to die now… Next time, if you still dare to come, I'll take your life without hesitation."
Song Qi, who had been bracing for a life-or-death struggle, suddenly witnessed an extremely bizarre scene.
Despite Earth Rabbit's murderous intent, he slowly turned around, his back to Song Qi, and walked toward a door behind him, still murmuring to himself.
"So this time, just go on your way nicely… After all, you've done well enough. Wounding an 'Earth-level Zodiac' and expecting to walk away unscathed? Dream on."
Earth Rabbit approached the door and reached for the handle.
"I'll remember the man who left me with all these scars. Go to hell, Chen Jun…"
His hand was already on the door, about to push it open, when a sharp pain from his burned wounds jolted him, making his mind contract abruptly.
"Chen Jun… Nan…?" Earth Rabbit unconsciously mumbled three characters, then suddenly snapped back to reality, breaking out in a cold sweat.
He realized he had been about to push open the door and leave the room. When his murderous intent had surged just now, it seemed even his own consciousness had slipped out of control. The target he wanted to kill was no longer Song Qi in front of him, but rather someone named Chen Junnan.
If not for the jolt of pain that woke him up, he would have already been standing in the next room.
But who the hell is Chen Junnan?
Earth Rabbit involuntarily stepped back, feeling something was wrong. If he hadn't snapped out of it… would he have been controlled?
"Heart-Stealing Soul…?" He raised a hand to touch his head, puzzled. "That still doesn't seem right… Is there someone with 'Heart-Stealing Soul' among them? Can it even confuse consciousness now?"
Song Qi saw Earth Rabbit lost in thought, gritted his teeth, and reached his right hand toward his completely broken left arm…
Earth Rabbit was still pondering the strange feeling when he suddenly heard an unusual sound behind him. He turned around, and before he could speak, a dark object flew straight at his face. Startled, he hurriedly raised his arm to block it.
Boom!!
Earth Rabbit hadn't expected that Song Qi, who had apparently exhausted all his resources and resorted to hand-to-hand combat, still carried a throwing object. He was blown aside by the moderately sized explosion.
"You're really asking for it!!" Earth Rabbit rolled on the ground, endured a whole body of pain, climbed to his feet, turned around, and unlocked the door. "Chen Junnan… you son of a bitch…"
Now, only one thought filled Earth Rabbit's mind—I will kill Chen Junnan.
But when he came to his senses, he found himself in an empty room. Not only was no one there, but he had also wasted all his action points for this round.
He felt he had been played, but years of game experience couldn't tell him how.
Where had those two impulses to kill Chen Junnan come from?
Who the hell is Chen Junnan?
"Strange… can I not afford to have murderous intent…?"
Before Earth Rabbit could figure it out, Song Qi threw another dark object through the door from the other room.