Qing Li curled her lips, remaining silent.
Seeing Qing Li holding her position, I also decided to watch events unfold quietly.
"Qing Li, come out, where on earth are you hiding?" Yuan Hong stopped fighting with the remaining Fish People.
He brandished the Red Gold Longsword, hacking wildly in the Mushroom Forest.
Large swaths of mushrooms were chopped down, wilting once detached from the dead fish's mouth.
In my heart, it was crystal clear: Yuan Hong never intended for Qing Li to save him.
He wanted to expose my and Qing Li's hiding spot, dragging us down with him to die together.
Qing Li and I were hiding in the largest mushroom, in the perfect blind spot.
With Yuan Hong's intelligence, he would overlook this largest mushroom.
His reckless hacking and cursing drained him significantly, losing his chance to stand equal against the Fish People.
The Fish People caught up with the exhausted Yuan Hong, stabbing him repeatedly from behind with their spears.
