40: Yan Yan went berserk

"Big brother, big sister, my doll is missing. I'm here to find my doll."

Hearing Xiao Xing's words, Yan Yan stopped crying slightly and then spoke slowly.

With that voice and expression, she seemed like an ordinary little girl, looking quite pitiful.

"Ah? Little girl, is that your doll?"

Seeing that it was just a harmless-looking little girl, Qing Lan was no longer as afraid.

Hearing Yan Yan's words, she couldn't help but remember the doll she saw hanging on the wall when they first entered.

"Big sister, that's the doll I lost. Can you help me get it?"

Yan Yan glanced at the doll on the wall and then looked at Qing Lan, pleading.

She knew she was short and couldn't reach the doll on the wall, so she planned to let Qing Lan help her take it down.

"Don't tell me you can't reach it yourself!"

Xiao Xing stopped Qing Lan, who was about to go and get it, and then looked at Yan Yan, speaking coldly.

This was not a good place. The little girl's sudden appearance was very eerie, and she was no ordinary little girl. Xiao Xing's intuition told him that if they touched that doll, something bad would definitely happen.

However, he was a bit conflicted. There was nothing here except Yan Yan. If he didn't follow the plot, how could he investigate and eliminate the threat here?

Either Yan Yan was the one behind it, causing all the soldiers who came to investigate to die.

However, based on his knowledge from his previous life, members of the Demon Race had appeared here. He likely had to follow the plot for it to work.

"If you don't help me get it, I'll kill you."

Hearing Xiao Xing's words, Yan Yan immediately showed a fierce expression. If Xiao Xing didn't comply, she might actually attack.

This quest actually had two choices. If they attacked directly, even if they killed Yan Yan, the quest would fail because the mastermind behind the scenes wouldn't be drawn out.

Only by helping her get the doll could the quest proceed.

If it were an average team, they probably wouldn't help her get it. Since a BOSS had already appeared, they would think they could complete the quest just by killing her, and would never help her get it before attacking.

It's like fighting a BOSS; once you find it, you wouldn't buy it a meal to make sure it's full before attacking it. This is common sense in games.

"I can help you get it, but you have to tell me what happened here."

Seeing Yan Yan about to fly into a rage, Xiao Xing wasn't worried and began to set conditions with her.

If he could get information from Yan Yan's mouth, that would be for the best. The quest required investigating and eliminating the threat.

Currently, Yan Yan was the only Breakthrough point, so asking her was the most correct course of action.

"Okay, big brother, as long as you help me get my doll back, I'll tell you."

Hearing that Xiao Xing would help her get it, Yan Yan immediately agreed, appearing very straightforward.

"Go sit on the Divine Deer."

After placing Qing Lan on the Divine Deer, Xiao Xing walked toward the doll on the wall.

He felt the doll was very eerie, but he had observed the room several times and found no other information, so he could only take it one step at a time.

"Now the doll is in my hands. Tell me, why are you here? Is there anyone else here?"

After getting the doll, Xiao Xing began to question her.

He wasn't stupid. If he gave it directly to Yan Yan and she suddenly disappeared, where would he go to find her?

This kind of humanoid ghost was very strange. Unlike ordinary monsters that stay after spawning, they can disappear at any time.

"Here... here... ah! Give me the doll quickly, or I'll kill you!"

Yan Yan intended to speak, but as soon as she opened her mouth, her face turned into a look of extreme pain, and then she began to go into a frenzy.

She seemed to be under some kind of restriction and couldn't speak at all. Seeing this, Xiao Xing quickly handed the doll to her.

After getting the doll, her frenzied expression finally calmed down.

"Big brother, thank you for helping Yan Yan get her doll, but I don't remember anything. I'm leaving."

Yan Yan bowed slightly to Xiao Xing in gratitude and then turned to walk outside. Everything seemed very peaceful.

But just as she was about to walk out the door, the doll in her hand flashed with a red light. Following that, Yan Yan's eyes turned extremely red, and a red glow drifted from her pupils, making her look much like an evil ghost from Hell.

She slowly turned around. After her crimson pupils swept over Xiao Xing, she rushed toward him at high speed.

Nether Ghost Claws!

As Yan Yan rushed over, a red light flashed on her hands, and they turned into a pair of long red claw spikes that lunged at Xiao Xing.

Bang!

Xiao Xing raised his sword and directly blocked her sharp claws. In the next moment, her other claw lunged at Xiao Xing's heart from a tricky angle.

Xiao Xing didn't have time to shift his sword for a block, so he directly let go of the sword. With a slight twist of his body, his other hand caught the falling longsword and instantly swept it out.

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The Sword Qi swept across Yan Yan's body, and a damage value popped up from her.

The damage value wasn't high or low, but Xiao Xing obtained her approximate defense value.

His Aurora Slash had already reached level 2, so based on the damage dealt, Yan Yan had about 260 defense.

This defense value was not high for a Level 30 Lord. Monsters of her type were similar to mages, with low defense, low HP, and high magic damage.

Bang bang bang...!

Yan Yan was relentless after taking damage, her claws constantly stabbing at Xiao Xing.

But relying on his ultra-fast agility, positioning, and swordsmanship, Xiao Xing managed to parry all of her attacks.

Although parrying would cause some damage from the counter-shock force, his luck necklace's recovery ability was extremely strong, and his health didn't decrease at all.

Meanwhile, Yan Yan's health kept dropping. When she took damage, her health bar was revealed, showing 38,000 HP.

Ghostly Shadows Everywhere!

After fighting for a while, Yan Yan saw that she couldn't hit Xiao Xing and activated a skill again.

When Ghostly Shadows Everywhere was activated, eight Yan Yans appeared around Xiao Xing, all eight raising their claws to attack him simultaneously.

Aurora Step!

Xiao Xing instantly activated his level 2 acceleration skill. His figure turned into several afterimages, constantly appearing in various positions to block the simultaneous attacks of the eight figures.

With his speed, he still seemed to handle the simultaneous attacks of eight people with ease. However, Qing Lan, watching from the outside, couldn't see his figure clearly at all.

But Xiao Xing discovered a problem: the collisions between his weapon and the eight sets of Nether Ghost Claws consumed durability very quickly. If he weren't holding a dark gold weapon, the durability wouldn't have lasted long before being completely depleted.

After an unknown amount of time, when Yan Yan's skill ended, she was already fuming with rage. Her eyes began to go into a frenzy as she stared at Xiao Xing.

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But he didn't care about that. An Aurora Dance swept out continuously, directly taking away over 6,000 of Yan Yan's health.

By now, her health had been ground down by Xiao Xing by over 10,000, but she was clearly about to use a skill again.

She was seen raising her claws as a red aura spread out from her body.