“Big Bro Uncle?”
Bai Qiu found the unusual form of address rather amusing, but he didn’t dwell on it.
Instead, he said to the girl, “Kid, you’ve already been lucky enough to keep your life. Isn’t that enough?”
In truth, Bai Qiu had already decided to help.
After all, not one of those Eastern samurai had looked like a decent person.
If they had companions, he’d be more than happy to wipe them all out.
Still, he figured he should make things a little difficult first.
Otherwise, wouldn’t he seem far too easy to order around?
The girl’s next words, however, made him burst into laughter.
“I-I can hire you! I…”
“Hahaha… You’re just a level-twenty-something kid. What could you possibly use to hire m—”
Bai Qiu stopped mid-sentence.
The words caught in his throat as the girl pulled an enormous pile of high-grade items out of a small shoulder pouch he had never seen before.
One item after another poured out until they formed a small mountain.
The worst among them were C+-rank elemental ores, and there were even plenty of non-elemental ores that normally had to be exchanged from Sages.
Mixed into the pile were numerous transcendent-grade raw ores.
And it wasn’t just ores.
High-quality medicinal herbs, rare accessories, equipment…
Practically every valuable resource imaginable was there.
In terms of sheer variety, even Bai Qiu’s own collection couldn’t compare to what this little girl had dumped out in one go.
Did this kid stumble across some super treasure vault?
How could someone only in their twenties have this much wealth?
Bai Qiu was dumbfounded.
Compared to this little girl, his own assets back when he was level twenty-something made him look like a beggar standing beside Jack Ma.
Recalling what he had just said, he instinctively touched his face.
Fortunately, the Skyward Battle Armor completely concealed his expression.
“Big Bro Uncle, this is everything I own. Please… please save my sister and my friends!”
The girl pleaded through her tears.
Seeing how genuinely desperate she was, Bai Qiu decided not to stall any longer.
He symbolically took a few items before gesturing for her to put everything else away.
“Thank you, Big Bro Uncle!”
The girl immediately smiled through her tears and obediently stored the mountain of materials back into her pouch.
Pointing in one direction, she said, “This way! I’ll take you there, Big Bro Uncle!”
As she spoke, she grabbed Bai Qiu’s hand and began running.
Her hands were tiny.
Even without the Skyward Battle Armor, Bai Qiu’s hands were much larger than hers.
Rather than holding his hand, she could barely wrap her fingers around just two of his fingers.
Her short legs moved as fast as they could.
Yet Bai Qiu only needed two strides to cover the distance she managed in five, making him look as though he were merely jogging.
After a little more than ten seconds, Bai Qiu spoke.
“Alright, kid. Just point me in the right direction. I’ll carry you there. You’re too slow.”
The little girl gradually came to a stop, breathing heavily.
Blinking her large curious eyes, she stared at Bai Qiu, wondering exactly how he planned to get them there.
Bai Qiu bent his knees and lowered his body.
His powerful arm wrapped around the girl’s waist, tucking her securely under one arm before he straightened back up, lifting her off the ground.
“Ready?”
“Mm!”
Bai Qiu nodded.
Taking a deep breath, he activated the Skyward Battle Armor with his magic power.
He used Wind Manipulation and a protective layer of magic to shield the girl from any unnecessary harm.
Then— He leaped.
With a single explosive jump, he soared a hundred meters into the air, flying toward the direction the girl indicated at a speed of eighty meters per second.
The girl looked around in a daze.
But she quickly regained her bearings and focused intently on the landscape ahead.
Suddenly, she pointed forward.
“Over there! That place that looks like giant teeth! My sister and the others are trapped inside a cave!”
The direction she indicated was a forest of dark crimson stone pillars.
Looking over, Bai Qiu quickly spotted the group of Eastern samurai.
“I see them. I’m going to speed up now, kid. Brace yourself!”
After receiving her affirmative response, Bai Qiu condensed a platform of magic beneath his foot and kicked off violently.
At the same time, he poured more power into Wind Manipulation.
In an instant, he shot forward like a cannonball.
His speed climbed to nearly three hundred meters per second.
Even so, that still wasn’t Bai Qiu’s limit.
He only held back because he could tell the little girl was already struggling to endure the acceleration.
Twenty seconds later, Bai Qiu arrived at their destination.
He landed atop one of the towering stone pillars and gently set the dizzy, disoriented little girl back on her feet.
It didn’t take long for Bai Qiu to find the girl’s sister and her companions.
At that moment, they were backed against a natural cave within the stone forest, maintaining a magical barrier to withstand the relentless attacks of the Eastern samurai.
Although she was called the girl’s older sister, she was also just a child.
The two looked remarkably alike and were most likely twin sisters.
In fact, the younger sister standing beside Bai Qiu was actually more physically developed than her twin.
However, in terms of maturity, the older sister was far more composed than the tearful little girl.
Her sharp eyes remained focused as she swung the staff in her hand, skillfully neutralizing the attacks of dozens of Eastern samurai.
Moreover, her ability to seize opportunities was exceptional.
The instant anyone exposed an opening, she unleashed an enhanced lightning spell from her staff, killing them on the spot.
Behind her was another young-looking girl.
Her appearance was even more unusual.
She sat in a wheelchair, holding a spherical device that projected a magical barrier, sealing off the cave’s only entrance.
One of them was level 25, while the other was level 28.
That alone was already impressive.
After all, the two of them had managed to hold off dozens of players of similar levels.
After confirming they were still safe, Bai Qiu immediately drew the Fallen’s Dragon Bow and nocked Crystal Iron Arrows one after another.
From eight hundred meters away, the arrows streaked through the air like beams of light, piercing through one player’s chest after another.
More than a dozen of the forty-plus players had already died before the rest finally realized they were under attack.
“Damn! It’s an ambush!”
“Find cover! Get behind something! There have to be at least twenty archers firing at us!”
“Those arrows are all treasure-grade weapons! Run!”
Thrown into complete chaos, the Eastern samurai players were mercilessly harvested by Bai Qiu.
Their so-called cover was utterly useless against the Crystal Iron Arrows.
The arrows blasted straight through both the obstacles and the people hiding behind them.
The Fallen’s Dragon Bow might have struggled against Monarch-tier monsters with B-rank Strength, but against players who hadn’t even reached level thirty, it remained an overwhelmingly lethal weapon.
Of course, if Bai Qiu had used the Heaven-Earth Shattering Bow, none of this would have been necessary.
A single Radiant Star-Silver Arrow would have annihilated every last one of them.
However, the little girl beside him would likely have been blown dozens of meters away by the resulting shockwave.
Moreover, the arrow’s destructive power was so immense that it might have wiped out her sister and the girl in the wheelchair along with the enemy.
That was why he had reluctantly chosen to use his old companion instead.
Besides, Bai Qiu also wanted to continue honing his own skills and become more proficient with the Heaven-Earth Shattering Bow.
Inside the cave, the two girls stood frozen in disbelief.
In little more than ten seconds, an arrow storm had descended upon the battlefield.
Every single attacker had been shot dead.
Not one escaped.
Pressing herself against the cave wall, the silver-haired girl cautiously peered toward the direction from which the arrows had come.
Even at a moment like this, she hadn’t forgotten to stay alert.
That level of vigilance made Bai Qiu regard her a little more highly.
— The end of the Chapter–
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