Final thoughts, Qiao Yu decided to give the Wisdom Staff to Shi Shaorong as a reward.

After all, he used this staff the least. The other two C-grade equipment, whether it was the Gale Boots or the Skeleton King's Ring, were very useful to him and could not be traded.

As long as he could catch Lin Lang, Ji Pingyang's Qiongqi pendant would be his.

Using a C-grade equipment to gamble for an A-grade +5 enhanced equipment was a low-risk, high-reward, thrilling deal!

Shi Shaorong looked at the attribute values of the Wisdom Staff, and a faint smile appeared on her lips, obviously very satisfied with it.

"I will find a way to lure Lin Lang out for you. I will notify you of the specific time. Thank you for the staff."

Shi Shaorong smiled slightly. For some reason, seeing Qiao Yu's distressed expression, she felt a little secretly pleased.

This seemed to be the first time that a man could affect her emotions.

"Rongrong, if you wanted a C-grade staff, you could have just said so. I could have gotten you a B-grade one." Gu Su said from the side. He had never seen Shi Shaorong smile so happily.

However, as soon as he spoke, Shi Shaorong's smile stopped abruptly, and she instantly returned to her cold, aloof demeanor.

"No need. I don't accept gifts for nothing. Also, don't call me Rongrong!" Shi Shaorong turned around, opened the light gate, and left the dungeon directly.

"Rongrong, wait for me!" Gu Su hurriedly followed.

"Brother Yu, shall we go too?" Yang Xiangdi asked.

At this time, his temperament was somewhat different from before, but Qiao Yu couldn't quite put his finger on what was different. He figured it must be the change the Five Elements Heart brought to Yang Xiangdi.

"Wait a moment, I want to see someone else."

Qiao Yu quickly returned to the palace of the Scarlet Flame Kingdom.

After confirming that the emperor Kang Shun had indeed kept his promise and made Consort Yang the empress, Qiao Yu silently turned around.

"Let's go, nothing else."

"Brother Yu, you came all this way just for an NPC? But everything in this dungeon resets when it refreshes." Yang Xiangdi was a little confused.

"Xiangdi, have you ever thought about what if these NPCs have their own consciousness? Would they be considered NPCs or real people?"

Qiao Yu's gaze was somewhat deep as he looked into the distance. He couldn't help but think of the draft paper left by his parents and what Bai Ze had done.

"NPCs awakening their own consciousness? How is that possible?" Yang Xiangdi looked surprised. "Isn't the Reverse World just a virtual world made up of a bunch of code?"

"Qiao Yu, are you kidding me? NPCs are created by humans, how can they have their own consciousness?" Ma Fei also looked incredulous.

"Maybe." Qiao Yu shook his head with a wry smile, suppressing the terrible thought in his mind.

He hoped he was just thinking too much...

The three of them turned around and left the dungeon, but as soon as they stepped out of the light gate, a large group of fierce-looking people surrounded them.

Each of those people exuded an aura above the intermediate level, and there were even nearly ten advanced levels...

Qiao Yu and his friends instantly felt a tightening in their chests.

However, these people didn't seem to have any intention of attacking them.

"Please come this way." They opened a path, signaling for Qiao Yu and his friends to move forward.

Qiao Yu and the others exchanged glances and could only obediently do as they were told.

When they arrived at a huge pit in the Endless Forest, the group surrounding Qiao Yu finally stopped.

A young man in gorgeous clothes with a somewhat arrogant expression walked out of the crowd with a gloomy face.

"You three bastards are really good at hiding! I finally caught you! Remember this place?"

"What a coincidence, Brother Huang Ying... So it's you." Qiao Yu smiled awkwardly. The person in front of him was none other than Huang Ying, the young master of the Hunter Guild.

And the place they were now was the pit where they had imprisoned Huang Ying before. The surroundings were full of towering trees, and the low roars of monsters could be heard from time to time. m..oΓg

"It's not a coincidence at all. I specifically brought people to intercept you!" Huang Ying sneered. "Keep hiding, why don't you?"

"Alright, we were wrong before. How about this, give Ma Fei some face, and let's just let this matter go. Everyone, disperse."

Ma Fei suddenly took a step forward and even gave Qiao Yu a reassuring look, which left Qiao Yu somewhat puzzled. Where did Ma Fei get this confidence?

"That's right, Brother Huang Ying, why bother being so tense? I admit that I was wrong before, I shouldn't have fed you my holy water..."

"Shut up!"

Huang Ying interrupted Yang Xiangdi before he could finish speaking. His forehead veins were popping, and he seemed to have recalled some bad memories as he began to secrete saliva like crazy.

"Because of you three bastards, our Hunter Guild has lost all face and lost two advanced-level experts! You deserve to die ten thousand times over!"

"Oh? So you're not going to hold me feeding you holy water against me?" Yang Xiangdi's face lit up with joy.

"You bastard!" Huang Ying couldn't take it anymore. "Black, cripple them for me! I want to see them crying and kneeling in front of me!"

"Yes, Young Master Huang."

A burly man who was nearly 1.9 meters tall, covered in fat, and looked to be nearly 150 kilograms, separated from the crowd and walked over.

Many people in the Hunter Guild showed looks of awe.

Black's tank-like body blotted out the sky, bringing a great sense of oppression.

This was definitely an advanced-level!

Qiao Yu came to this conclusion in his heart. Intermediate-level couldn't give him such a strong sense of oppression.

"Hello, level 32 advanced-level meat shield. My name is Hei Ji." Looking at Qiao Yu's face, Hei Ji smiled shyly.

Qiao Yu: "..."

Huang Ying's eyebrows were twitching. "Black, hurry up and attack! Don't waste time talking to him!"

Hearing this, Hei Ji didn't say a word, raised his fan-like hand, and slapped it down towards Qiao Yu.

A sharp glint flashed in Qiao Yu's eyes, and he slowly clenched his five fingers and punched towards Hei Ji.

With his current high attribute points, he should be able to face an advanced-level player head-on, right?

Bang!

The fist and the big palm collided together, and the violent force wave stirred up dust everywhere.

When the dust settled, two figures, one fat and one thin, stood quietly.

Evenly matched!

Everyone, whether it was the people from the Hunter Guild or Ma Fei and Yang Xiangdi, was shocked!

Although Hei Ji was a meat shield and not good at attacking, he was a genuine advanced-level player!

Qiao Yu and him had clashed head-on and actually fought to a draw? Was this even possible?

Ma Fei clenched his fists tightly, his eyes red. He had thought that the gap between him and Qiao Yu was closing, but who would have thought that it would only widen?

Qiao Yu, you bastard, how many hacks did you use!

Ma Fei cursed inwardly.

As expected! A head-on collision with bare hands, he was not weaker than an advanced-level!

Qiao Yu grinned, a hint of excitement flashing in his eyes. He flashed, kicking Hei Ji in the stomach.

Not good!

The moment he made contact, Qiao Yu realized something was wrong!

His full-strength kick on the other person's body felt like kicking a cotton ball, without any effect!

He had to know that his current attack power was as high as 1,500 points!

"Little baby, you tickled me, now it's my turn~"

Hei Ji grinned, and his other hand immediately took the opportunity to grab Qiao Yu's ankle and swing him around.

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

The slender Qiao Yu was like a doll in the hands of the tall and mighty Hei Ji, being swung around and slammed into the ground, making Qiao Yu dizzy.

Finally, Hei Ji threw him hard, and Qiao Yu's body flew out like it had been hit by a train, breaking more than a dozen trees before barely stopping.

"Phew!"

Qiao Yu opened his mouth and spat out a large mouthful of blood, his face full of disbelief.

How was this possible?

His total attribute points had clearly exceeded two thousand, but why couldn't he gain any advantage against Hei Ji, this level 32 advanced-level meat shield?

What exactly was going on?