Dominating the Pugilistic World With My Detective Skills

Upon hearing Youyou's words, Ye Weiming sneered and said, "So in other words, she was the first one to find the task clue yet she did not carry out the task herself. Instead, she indirectly leaked this information to you and let you complete the task. Then, she set up an ambush to attack and seize the Zhuge Crossbow from you?"

Listening to Ye Weiming's analysis, Youyou nodded helplessly, "This is the only way to obtain the Zhuge Crossbow without betraying the Tang Sect."

Ye Weiming nodded lightly, showing his understanding.

The Zhuge Crossbow is strong indeed, but if it ends up in the hands of an ordinary player, it only counts as an initially intimidating and unwieldy weapon. Without a skillset to match it, its full potential cannot be utilized.

To bring out the true power of the Zhuge Crossbow, only the skills of the Tang Sect can achieve it so far.

If the holder of the Zhuge Crossbow betrays the Tang Sect, even without considering the issue of being hunted by the sect's NPCs and players, they would lose the opportunity to learn subsequent skills from the sect. Without the support of subsequent skills, they could only show off the Crossbow for a while before having to switch strategies, at which point the effectiveness of the Zhuge Crossbow would drastically decrease.

Compared to that, Boiled Pork Slice's scheme seems much more comprehensive.

It's just too sinister!

She was completely willing to set Youyou up for her own benefit.

Such a woman is truly as venomous as a viper!

Right then, Youyou continued, "Boiled Pork Slice was not alone. She entered the game alongside a few others who seem to be quite close to her. Their names are Crystal Grape, Heart Protecting Meat, Jelly Pudding, and Jumping Candy. They're all Tang Sect disciples, and I presume they're all waiting outside."

Ye Weiming nodded and looked upward before saying, "So that means, there are at least five powerful crossbows waiting for us outside?"

Youyou shook her head, "Apart from hand crossbows, there are also ordinary hidden weapons, the ones you were referring to that can be thrown. Unfortunately, we're trapped in this dilemma; otherwise, with the Zhuge Crossbow, why would I fear them?"

"I have a way to get you up there, and it can also draw some of their fire. Get ready; we're going in immediately."

"Aren't you going to refill your health?"

"We need to act now to catch them off guard." Ye Weiming wasted no time talking, and pulled out the "body of Chen Ming" wrapped in a straw mat from his bag. With a heave of his arms, he threw it out of the entrance of the underground palace.

Right after disposing the body, Ye Weiming turned around and backed himself against the ladder below the entrance, dropped his waist, and crossed his fingers under his stomach – adopting the position military troops use in training to aid each other in climbing walls.

Coming from a special forces background, Youyou instantly understood his intent. Without any hesitation, she sprinted and jumped, stepping onto Ye Weiming's clasped hands. With a mighty upward push from Ye Weiming, Youyou added her own effort and jumped upwards, following the upward trajectory of Chen Ming's body.

The entrance to the underground palace was just over two meters from the ground. Such a height was impossible for Ye Weiming or Youyou to jump without any assistance but in terms of throwing objects, Ye Weiming had no problem tossing either Chen Ming's body or Youyou.

Outside the underground palace, in the hall on the first floor of the Leifeng Tower, five Tang Sect players led by Boiled Pork Slice stood at various positions around the entrance of the stone cave while maintaining their distance of three to four meters.

Apart from the first sneak attack, they dared not stand directly at the entrance of the palace. Without the advantage of a surprise attack, they had no confidence in instantly killing Youyou emerging from below. But with the Zhuge Crossbow in hand, it wouldn't be too hard for Youyou to instantly kill them. Only by maintaining this distance could they maximise their combined firepower, ready to instant-kill Youyou the moment she showed herself.

Just then, the five players saw a white object suddenly flying out from below the underground palace. Judging by its size and length, it appeared as though a person was hidden inside.

Without any hesitation, all five simultaneously fired their crossbows and hidden weapons at the white object. They couldn't risk taking chances. If Youyou managed to land successfully, with the terrifying power of the Zhuge Crossbow, even a five against one match could end in their defeat.

However, their consecutive attacks didn't trigger any decrease in health points from the bamboo mat roll. Just as they realised they were tricked, Youyou's figure had already sprung from the entrance of the underground palace. Before they could adjust their tactics, she launched her assaults—powerful crossbow arrows shot from the Zhuge Crossbow in her hand. Nearly every arrow struck, turning one of them into a white light!

-741! Instant kill!

-736!One shot, one kill!

- 750! Another immediate kill!

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Though Ye Weiming's own inner strength breathing technique is but at a lower level, it's already at Level 7, so his health attribute is a bit more substantial than ordinary players', but it's just 760 points. At full blood, he was confident that he could survive an arrow from Youyou that wasn't a critical hit. Yet, even though these Tang Sect players had basic inner skills, how many levels could their inner strength really have?

In any case, when confronted with the Zhuge Crossbow, their health and defense were as good as paper. One touch and they were done for!

While still in the air, Youyou eliminated three opponents. However, she herself was also hit by two flying knives and a locust stone, but these ordinary attacks couldn't kill anyone instantly.

Immediately after landing, she rolled to evade two hidden weapons. When she got up, two more arrows were shot out.

-735!

-1580!

One regular attack, one critical hit, another two neat and clean instant kills!

The power of an artifact is just so domineering!

It was at this point that Ye Weiming managed to climb up the steps.

System Announcement: Hangzhou City has opened a new instance dungeon "Leifeng Underground Palace", suitable for Level 10-20 players. Players can enter the dungeon via the Leifeng Tower on Sunset Mountain.

System Announcement: Hangzhou City...

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The map of the Underground Palace turned into an instance dungeon?

Ye Weiming didn't worry about this too much. When he had time, he could try to run it again, wondering whether he could find a couple of Buddha Scriptures or Shariputras. Silently recording this message in his mind, Ye Weiming scanned the surroundings and saw that after Youyou and Chen Ming's corpses, there were no people. He couldn't help but sigh, "They're all taken care of?"

"Yeah, ended." Youyou nodded, but her expression seemed a bit lost. The feeling of being betrayed by a friend didn't sit well with her, and even though she had managed to kill the enemy, she wasn't exactly bubbling with joy.

Picking up "Chen Ming's corpse," Ye Weiming patted her shoulder and said, "Let's go."

Youyou looked at Ye Weiming strangely: "Why do you always carry this corpse around, picking it back up even after throwing it away?"

Ye Weiming shrugged: "It's a Sect Skill, to collect the body as evidence. However, these bodies must be handed over to the Divine Capture Sect or buried once they're collected. I was deducted 2 points for justice when I used it as bait before, but picking it up and selling it can make up for 1 point."

"It really suits the style of your Divine Capture Sect." As she spoke, Youyou's face suddenly turned rigid, and her expression became a bit frosty.

Seeing Youyou's sudden change, Ye Weiming couldn't help but wonder, "What's wrong, did my Sect skill upset you?"

"It has nothing to do with you." Youyou replied with gritted teeth: "Boiled Meat just announced in the Sect channel that I obtained the Zhuge Crossbow and was eager to return to the Sect to completed the task, and told all the players in the Sect!"