Jiang Ruoxue’s words left both Old Lu and Zhang Chenze somewhat dazed.

But the situation was urgent now, and there was no time to think too deeply.

Zhang Chenze took three deep breaths, gripped the glass shard, and rushed out.

Qi Xia was currently taking off his outer jacket and binding it around his arm, trying to maneuver against the two men.

“Qi Xia! I’m here to help you!” Zhang Chenze raised the glass shard and stood beside Qi Xia.

“Help me?! Are you crazy?” Qi Xia said through gritted teeth. “Run!”

“It’s fine…” Zhang Chenze seemed to be comforting herself. “We’ll be fine…”

Seeing Qi Xia distracted, Blondie immediately ran forward. If he could thrust the knife into his opponent’s chest at this critical moment, everything would be over.

“Qi Xia, watch out!” Zhang Chenze also stepped forward, closed her eyes tightly, then randomly thrust the glass shard forward.

Seeing this, Blondie couldn’t help but find it laughable. Did she really think she could kill someone with that piece of glass?

He sidestepped to dodge the woman before him, never anticipating that his foot would step on the metal box on the ground.

“Eh?!”

His body tilted, and he immediately lost his balance. Then he lunged forward, his throat colliding with the glass shard.

“Cough… cough…” Blood immediately poured from Blondie’s mouth. “You…”

Qi Xia was startled and quickly pushed Blondie away.

Separated from the glass shard, his throat became like an open faucet, gushing blood profusely.

“A’Li!!” Baldy roared and quickly stepped forward to support his companion.

Baldy continuously pressed his hands against the wound on Blondie’s throat, looking extremely panicked.

Qi Xia was also still in shock as he looked at the scene before him.

That metal box had been dropped on the ground when he attacked Green-hair earlier. He never expected it would be such a great help at this moment…

What an incredibly fortunate coincidence?

Zhang Chenze finally opened her eyes at this moment, suddenly discovering that her hands were covered in blood.

“Ah!!” She was so frightened that she quickly threw away the glass shard in her hand.

Previously she had been saying she would kill someone, but now that she had actually killed someone, Zhang Chenze, who was originally a lawyer by profession, turned pale with fear.

Qi Xia didn’t hesitate. The moment Zhang Chenze dropped the glass shard, he immediately picked up the dagger that Blondie had dropped on the ground.

The battle wasn’t over yet. They absolutely couldn’t let their guard down.

“You fucking bastards are looking for death!!” Baldy roared like a madman, then raised his dagger and swung it wildly.

Qi Xia immediately pushed Zhang Chenze into the room, then retreated several large steps.

This kind of attack without any technique was the hardest to dodge because there was no way to know where the opponent would strike. Qi Xia could only try his best to distance himself from Baldy.

But Qi Xia was standing at the end of the corridor after all. After just three to five steps, he had already been forced into a dead end.

Although both sides were holding daggers, Qi Xia’s intention was only to preserve his life, while his opponent was like a mad dog that had lost its senses.

“I’ll fight you to the death!!” Baldy swung the dagger down viciously. Qi Xia hurriedly dodged to the side.

Taking advantage of the opponent’s missed swing, Qi Xia decisively cut his opponent’s arm. Qi Xia knew this cut was very deep—it seemed to have reached the bone.

“Come at me if you want to die!” Qi Xia threatened.

Baldy didn’t care about the pain of the wound at all. He raised the knife and turned to stab at Qi Xia’s heart.

Qi Xia knew he couldn’t dodge in time and hurriedly lowered his stance. The knife that should have stabbed toward his heart instead stabbed into his shoulder.

He groaned in pain, then immediately thrust his own dagger toward the opponent’s abdomen.

But in the next second, Baldy extended his left hand and firmly blocked Qi Xia’s blade. The dagger also mercilessly pierced through his palm.

“You think you can kill me with just this…?” Baldy glared viciously. “Have you ever killed anyone?!”

Before Qi Xia could answer, Baldy immediately twisted the dagger in Qi Xia’s shoulder viciously, and a large piece of flesh was gouged out.

“Ugh!!!”

Qi Xia screamed in agony. The entire person was in so much pain he was about to pass out.

Just then, a fat figure suddenly rushed over and tightly embraced Baldy from behind.

Baldy was startled, and the dagger in his right hand also slipped from his grasp.

“Damn it…” Baldy discovered that the person holding him was the “traitor” Old Lu, which made him even more furious. “So it was you who destroyed our key, right?”

Although Old Lu was very afraid, he still held on tightly. He knew that once he let go, Qi Xia would surely die.

Baldy turned his left hand over, pulled the dagger from the bloody flesh of his hand, and with a reverse thrust, stabbed it into Old Lu’s ribs.

“Eh?” Old Lu was stunned. He only felt something cold enter his flesh—a sensation he had never experienced before.

Baldy gritted his teeth, pulled the dagger out, and stabbed several more times in succession.

Only now did Old Lu finally feel the bone-piercing pain.

Old Lu’s entire body trembled, but he still didn’t let go. He opened his mouth and bit Baldy’s shoulder, twisted his head violently, and actually tore off a large piece of skin and flesh.

Baldy howled. Just as he raised the dagger to finish off Old Lu completely, Lin Qin appeared from nowhere, holding a glass shard that stabbed into his arm.

“Qi Xia!! If you don’t move now, Old Lu is going to die!!” She shouted in panic.

This shout woke Qi Xia, who was about to pass out. Although his entire left side had lost feeling, this was absolutely not the time to collapse.

When he saw the situation before him clearly, his expression changed in alarm. Without hesitation, he pulled the dagger from his own shoulder, roared, and thrust it into Baldy’s neck.

Baldy instantly lost his strength, and several people also fell to the ground due to the loss of force.

“Old Lu…” Qi Xia pushed Baldy aside and quickly checked on Old Lu’s condition. But after just one glance, Qi Xia’s voice began to tremble. “Old Lu… how are you?”

Old Lu lay on the ground convulsing constantly. His left ribs were already a bloody mess.

“Little Qi… you’re not very smart at critical moments…” Old Lu smiled bitterly, his face already deathly pale.

“Yes… I’m not as smart as you…” Qi Xia extended his trembling hands and pressed hard on Old Lu’s wound, but blood still flowed out from between his fingers. “Old Lu, don’t die… I still haven’t paid you back for the admission ticket this time…”

“How the hell could I die…” Old Lu sighed and said, “Little Qi, if you knew what my real name was, you definitely wouldn’t worry about me…”

“What is it…?”

“Don’t laugh when I tell you…” Old Lu smiled bitterly. “Whenever I told people my real name before, they would all laugh…”

“I won’t laugh… I promise not to laugh.” Qi Xia was trying to find a way to stop Old Lu’s bleeding, but Baldy’s strikes had been too vicious—the blood simply wouldn’t stop.

“My name is Lu Fengxian…” Old Lu laughed dryly a few times. “The name my parents gave me… doesn’t it sound like someone who can’t die?”

“You’re fucking Lü Bu reincarnated—of course you won’t die…”

Qi Xia knelt on the ground, trembling constantly.

Until his head was splitting with pain. Until Old Lu stopped moving.

Qi Xia pulled Old Lu close to him and said in a low voice: “There are a few things I need to tell you.”

“Tell me?” Old Lu was somewhat puzzled. “Little Qi, do you have some kind of countermeasure? The game is about to start. Tell me quickly.”

After hearing this, Qi Xia pondered for a moment and said: “It’s not really a ‘countermeasure.’ Old Lu, if the other side invites you to join them, you can also agree.”

“What?” Old Lu was stunned for a moment, then understood. “A ‘scheme within a scheme,’ right? I’ll agree first, then from the inside I’ll…”

“No.” Qi Xia shook his head. “Old Lu, let’s part ways here.”

“Huh?”

“I’ve thought about it carefully. We’ve only known each other for a very short time. If we gamble our lives for you, the entire team won’t feel at ease.” Qi Xia explained seriously. “So the best method is for you to leave the team in advance. Once we start fighting, none of us will have any pressure.”

“You…” Old Lu’s expression was somewhat dejected. Clearly a middle-aged fat uncle, he looked as aggrieved as a child.

“I’m sorry, Old Lu. I’m just making the most correct choice.”

“Little Qi.” Old Lu suddenly interrupted. “You say you all can’t gamble your lives for me, but I can.”

“What?”

“No matter what method you have, don’t act yet. I’ll present my own ‘sincerity’ first. After you see it, it won’t be too late to make a decision.” Old Lu said.

“But if we don’t accept you at the final moment, you’ll die.” Qi Xia said.

“You’re not that kind of person.” Old Lu smiled honestly. “Although I, Old Lu, have sold socks all my life, at critical moments I’m very good at judging people. Just wait and see!”

“Sigh…” Qi Xia shook his head helplessly. “Even though you say that, I still won’t completely trust you. I can only see how you perform first.”