My incredible luck and the girl I picked up

"It doesn't hurt anymore..." Yan hope was still sobbing a little, but her eyes were filled with surprise, unable to believe that the pain had suddenly stopped.

"Yes, he's alright, he's recovered." Po Jinglei nodded, staring intently at Bei Yi in the distance. He had suffered a loss this time, almost getting himself into trouble while also harming Yan hope. He had to be extra careful.

"I need to think of something... otherwise, I'm afraid something will definitely happen to me. What should I do... she definitely won't attack Yan Xi. That attack just now was clearly meant for me, but she probably didn't expect that I would be saved by Yan hope sacrificing himself..."

"Judging from our previous conversation, Bei Hui probably won't make a move, otherwise she'll suffer the consequences herself. Does that mean she'll only target me... And then what? Is there anything we can use? With her power sealed, Bei Hui can't beat Bei Yi, and Yan Xi's combat strength... That's it!" After thinking about it, Po Jinglei quickly asked Yan hope if she knew any magic.

"Won't……"

Okay, hope is shattered, but I'll keep thinking; I still have other options.

Po Jinglei shook his head helplessly, but he was quickly filled with doubt again. There shouldn't be any revenge left, right? Why is the side quest still "Help Yan hope complete his revenge"? And the hidden character hasn't changed either… What is the truth about Yan Xi?

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and Bei Yi was getting through more and more minor tribulations. Failure seemed to be getting closer and closer to Po Jing Lei. Po Jing Lei frowned and thought about this.

By the way... why did my strength recover somewhat when I was holding Yan hope?

and many more……

"Yan hope, try to see if you can share some of your power with me."

"Ah? Hmm, I understand." Yan hope reached out his left hand and clasped it with Po Jinglei's right hand, trying to mobilize the power within his body and send it into Po Jinglei's body. Soon, Po Jinglei felt that his power had returned to a lot, and he could use some of the lower-level skills.

"Lei... I feel unwell..." Yan hope suddenly said in Po Jing Lei's arms. Only then did Po Jing Lei notice that Yan hope's body had become extremely ethereal.

"Yan hope! Stop transmitting energy immediately!" Before Po Jinglei could finish speaking, he had already released his grip on Yan Xi's hand. Yan Xi also stopped transmitting energy and collapsed weakly into Po Jinglei's arms, her face pale and her weight noticeably lighter.

"Yan hope... how could this happen?"

"..." Without answering Bei Hui's question, Po Jing Lei looked at the weak Yan hope in his arms with a heavy expression.

The truth... is already known.

Yan hope's true identity is that he broke the seal on the character Po Jing Lei...

The hidden quest has been completed.

The hidden quest has been refreshed.

Let's make a choice: sacrifice Yan hope to continue the competition, or let Yan hope live.

When the thunderclap fell silent, the comments section also went silent for a moment, creating a brief blank period. But the comments quickly resumed.

'No way?! Why...why is such a wonderful girl destined to die?!'

'The only way to win is through sacrifice, right?'

'Rationally, the obvious choice would be to continue the game without hesitation, but emotionally...'

'How many heartless people would actually do this? I suddenly want to see how Brother Lei actually does it.'

"..." Silence fell between the three of them for a long time. Po Jinglei was struggling with his inner turmoil, and his mind was racing.

"Is there any other way... Are there any other foreshadowing elements so far? Are there any?" Po Jinglei carefully considered every detail from entering the map until now, hoping to find a way without sacrificing Yan Xi.

But in the end, when I had to make a decision, I was completely taken aback, even though there was no way to do it.

Is this... the only way?

Po Jinglei trembled as he reached out and grasped Yan hope's hand again.

“…Lei?” Yan hope weakly raised his head, looking at Po Jinglei with a puzzled expression.

How could I possibly do it? The system is really making things too difficult for us!

"Forget it... I'll just let that guy Tianhuo get a point. It's just back to the same starting line. What's there to be afraid of?" Po Jinglei didn't keep these words to himself but said them directly, which also symbolized his determination.

He then released Yan hope's hand, his gaze unwavering as he looked at Bei Yi in the distance, waiting for the time to run out...

"Lei... what are you saying..."

"It's nothing, I just feel really sorry for me," Po Jinglei said nonchalantly. "But no matter what, I will definitely make sure you live." His words were firm, like a reassuring stone pressing down on Yan Xi's tense heart.

The hidden quest has been completed.

The hidden quest has been refreshed.

[A good choice. Keep fighting to survive! The game isn't over yet. Breaking Thunder...]

"Yes, I believe in Ray... we can definitely survive together..."

85 Kitahara (4)

During the downpour, the four people split into three different locations.

The most severe lightning tribulation occurred at the center of the storm, in the direction where Bei Yi was located.

Secondly, there's the occasional lightning strike that hits Bei Hui, who is in the middle of the circle.

Finally, there were Po Jinglei and Yan Xi, who didn't have much fighting power. Since neither of them had much fighting power at the moment, the two of them sat together on the edge of the storm. While watching from a distance, Po Jinglei chatted idly with Yan hope out of boredom.

"Yan hope? Yan hope?"

"Ugh... Lei... I'm so sleepy..."

"Then you should get a good night's sleep." Po Jinglei crossed his legs, and Yan hope sat on his lap, leaning on his shoulder as she fell asleep, a sight that truly made the audience envious.

It's a pity this is just an NPC... huh?

Ha ha.

Yan Xi gently closed her eyes, curled up in Po Jinglei's arms, and fell asleep. By this time, the two of them were basically used to the downpour, so it didn't affect them much anymore. Moreover, there were one or two places nearby that were big enough for the two of them to take shelter from the rain, so Yan hope could finally rest in peace.

Po Jing Lei won't sleep, after all, he's only been active for about an hour and a half so far, and this is the longest battle so far, lasting a full hour and a half.

The tension that had been building for so long could finally be released at this moment.

After all, it's important to get some rest quickly in a short period of time, otherwise how will we deal with Bei Yi next?

Po Jinglei closed his eyes and leaned against the stone wall behind him. After losing his sight, he clearly felt that his hearing had become much better.

That's why Po Jing Lei sensed a sound that seemed particularly different in the rain—footsteps, human footsteps.

Po Jinglei suddenly opened his eyes and looked in the direction from which the footsteps came. Soon, the footsteps in the downpour became clearer, and a figure appeared and disappeared in the rain. Finally, through the rain, a middle-aged man in tattered clothes stood in front of him.

At the foot of the cliff, the two men first looked at each other, and then simultaneously began to sized each other up. The middle-aged man scanned Po Jinglei, and his gaze lingered on Yan hope, who was in Po Jinglei's arms.

"This is... a ten-thousand-year-old thunder spirit? How did she end up with you? I remember... she should be with that little girl from Bei Hui." The middle-aged man asked, his voice weak, as if he hadn't eaten for many days.

"Who are you……?"

"My name is Lei Shuo," Lei Shuo said. Po Jinglei paused, recalling a sentence Bei Yi had said when he was chasing him.

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"Tch, it's a hassle, really. You should have been mine all along. If that good-for-nothing Lei Shuo hadn't handed you over to that guy Bei Hui, why would I have had to endure this all this time?"

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"You are... Lei Shuo?"

“Yes.” Lei Shuo nodded. “And you? What’s your name? Why is this girl with you?” Lei Shuo pointed to Yan hope in Po Jinglei’s arms.

"...My name is Po Jinglei, and this is within the range of Bei Yi's Heavenly Tribulation." Po Jinglei said, believing that Lei Shuo would understand what was happening. At the same time, he became curious. This guy did not attract heavenly lightning, which meant that he was not from Beiyuan, but he could withstand the cold outside.

"What? What's your name? Po Jinglei?" Lei Shuo's expression changed.

"Yes, I will not change my name or surname, I am Po Jing Lei."

"A seventh-tier, fifth-level lightning mage?" Upon hearing Lei Shuo's words, Po Jinglei was surprised and dumbfounded this time.

Seventh tier, fifth level... that's probably level 75, right? How could this guy tell my level? Although somewhat puzzled, Po Jinglei nodded and responded to Lei Shuo's words.

"Is your power currently sealed?!"

"How did you know?" Upon hearing this, Po Jinglei became alert; this guy knew far too much.

"...Great!!! Hahahaha! Heaven has spared my Beiyuan! We are saved! Beiyuan is saved! Our savior has appeared!" After a long silence, Lei Shuo suddenly burst into laughter, his face overflowing with long-lost joy.

"Huh?" Po Jinglei stared blankly at Lei Shuo, who was laughing wildly.

"Come on! Follow me!" Lei Shuo waved to Po Jinglei, turned around and quickly walked back into the rain. After a moment of confusion, Po Jinglei picked up Yan hope in a princess carry and hurriedly chased after him.

In the torrential rain, Po Jinglei followed closely in Lei Shuo's footsteps. He did not leave the area of ​​the storm, but instead took a strange route.

Po Jinglei vaguely sensed that something was wrong with the surroundings, but as they approached the end of their journey, he realized that the terrain was not right. The terrain here was man-made, but disguised as natural.

It's likely that the path we just walked on was a passage leading somewhere. A few minutes later, Po Jinglei followed Lei Shuo and brought Yan hope to a mountain wall.

"Okay, follow me." Lei Shuo bit his thumb, and when the blood flowed out, he splashed it onto the stone wall. The blood slowly flowed down the cracks in the stone wall, and suddenly the stone wall also started to bleed. In the trembling, the only place on the stone wall where no blood had flowed, a passage appeared before Po Jinglei's eyes as the mechanism door opened.

"Come on! Follow me. If we hurry, we might still make it in time. The 'doomsday' is fast approaching..." After Lei Shuo finished speaking, he walked ahead and led Po Jinglei into the passage opened in the mountain wall.

The hidden quest has been completed.

The hidden quest has been refreshed.

[The seal is broken.]

The appearance of the hidden quest seemed to give Po Jinglei a boost of confidence, and he decisively followed Lei Shuo's back into the passage...

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Deep beneath the North Plains—

"Is there anyone else?" Tianhuo stood on the arena, his face expressionless as he surveyed the 'monsters' around him. Before these monsters, no fewer than twenty had already come up, but unfortunately, none of them even left behind ashes.

"Master, why don't I just take care of them myself?" A female voice suddenly rang out. The blood-red rose carved on the staff in Tianhuo's hand suddenly disappeared. In an instant, a girl appeared next to the staff, which was tinged with blood red in the darkness. She was wearing a black dress, her crimson hair fell to her shoulders, and her blood-red eyes faintly revealed a hint of murderous intent.

Her name is Lai, and her true form is... a ten-thousand-year-old fire spirit, which clearly corresponds to Yan hope, who is a ten-thousand-year-old lightning spirit.

However, unlike Yan Xi, Lai knew that she was a ten-thousand-year-old fire spirit, so it would be more difficult for her to control her than for Yan hope. However, Tianhuo temporarily restored the original strength of 'Tianhuo' through some means and successfully 'permanently' controlled this ten-thousand-year-old fire spirit.

Lai and Yan hope are extreme examples, as are Po Jing Lei and Tian Huo. They are extremely rational, so they can do things without any emotion, no matter what, they must subdue this ten-thousand-year-old fire spirit.

Po Jinglei is extremely emotional, and his actions are not always the best. He only follows his deepest inner thoughts, so he has not yet truly 'controlled' the power of Yan hope, the Ten Thousand Year Thunder Spirit.

In the match, Skyfire is currently in a stronger position, and time is running out; the end time is drawing ever closer.

"Those who disobey will be killed." Tianhuo issued this order, his eyes devoid of any emotion.

“Okay.” Lai smiled and raised his hand, a wisp of blackish-purple flame igniting at his fingertips…

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"Um... this guy..."