Chapter 43: Time Reversal

“What’s up with you two? Did you survive a game from two years ago, or are your abilities already at Level 10? Are you this arrogant because you’ve never been beaten since you were kids?” Ling Yao hid half his body behind Chu Xihen, poking his head out to retort at the couple.

“Although our abilities aren’t at Level 10, we’re definitely stronger than cowards who don’t even dare to show their nameplates or acknowledge their teammates,” the woman said, her chin held high as if something was wrong with her neck.

“What abilities? Tell us about them,” Ling Yao asked.

The woman said, “Besides our individual natural attribute abilities, my husband and I both possess special skills. Killing Variants is routine for us.”

Ling Yao felt a pang of envy upon hearing her words. From this perspective, they indeed seemed formidable. Unlike him, he not only had a strange ability that was practically useless, but he also hadn’t awakened a natural attribute ability. He was truly trash!

Just as he was feeling sour, he heard Lou Su whisper to Chu Xihen, “Can you hit both of them with an arrow at the same time from this distance?”

“Yes, but they might die,” Chu Xihen replied calmly.

The two spoke in a volume only Ling Yao could hear, and his eyes widened instantly.

Even though these two teammates were a bit brainless and arrogant, it wasn’t to the point of killing teammates right at the start, right?

“What are you muttering about? If you’re scared, just obediently follow us. Do whatever we tell you to do, dare to…” The woman’s words were cut short as her vision suddenly blurred, followed by a sharp pain in her chest. She slowly lowered her head and saw an arrow piercing her chest.

The man beside her was in the same state. Despite their different heights, the arrow struck them both right in the center of their hearts.

No matter how many abilities they possessed, being shot in the heart by Chu Xihen’s unexpected arrow was futile. They didn’t even have time to retaliate!

The couple’s bodies slowly fell backward. They never imagined Chu Xihen’s attack would be so swift and decisive!

Just as they were about to hit the ground, Lou Su activated his ability.

His body swayed as his mental strength was instantly depleted. Chu Xihen noticed this and reached out to support him.

Ling Yao stood behind Chu Xihen, and he was subconsciously drawn to look at Lou Su because of the latter’s action.

At this moment, Lou Su’s face was pale, covered in a sheen of cold sweat, as if he had been struck by the arrow as well.

As if sensing something, Ling Yao suddenly turned to look at the couple. The two who should have fallen to the ground, dead, suddenly stood up again. Their actions reverted to before they were shot.

The woman stood next to the man with her chin slightly raised, while the man looked at them with disdain.

Seeing this, Ling Yao was dumbfounded. His eyeballs almost popped out of their sockets.

Equally dumbfounded were the couple who had just experienced death.

They first touched their chests and then looked at each other.

“We’re not dead, we weren’t shot? Was it an illusion?” the woman asked the man.

After confirming that he was unharmed, the man was instantly enraged. He raised his foot, wanting to rush toward the three and beat them up.

But his foot stepped on something, making a soft “crack” sound.

He moved his foot away and looked down, seeing that he had broken an arrow. The arrowhead was stained with blood!

“Ah!” the man screamed and fell to the ground.

The woman beside him also took several steps back, frightened by the bloody arrow on the ground.

When she realized she had no injuries, she thought the other party’s ability was related to illusions, at most scaring them and nothing to be afraid of.

But seeing the arrow, the couple recognized one thing: they hadn’t experienced an illusion but had truly been shot in the heart and could even say they had died once!

“Wh-what kind of skill is this?” the man asked, his voice trembling.

The couple were proud of each possessing a special skill, since many people they encountered didn’t have one. That was why they dared to be so arrogant in front of Chu Xihen and the others.

But now they had been killed once and still didn’t know what skill the other party had used.

This kind of skill that killed completely invisibly was truly terrifying.

What was even more terrifying wasn’t that this skill could kill easily but that after killing someone, it could save them unharmed!

“What skill doesn’t matter. What’s important is, do we still need to obediently listen to your commands?” Lou Su’s mental strength was depleted, and his voice was still somewhat weak.

But this didn’t hinder the couple’s fear of him at all.

“No need, we were blind. In this instance, our couple will listen to your arrangements. We’ll do whatever you tell us to do!” the man immediately corrected his position.

The woman didn’t dare to say a word at this moment. Her husband’s words were also her thoughts.

They had awakened two skills, and their future was bright. They couldn’t be folded into this instance because of the dominance of a team.

Besides, no matter who commanded, their goal was to get more points and better rewards.

Moreover, based on Lou Su’s move, it was impossible to drag them down; it would only carry them!

“Get up.” Having reached a consensus, Lou Su didn’t say anything more.

Chu Xihen supported Lou Su and found a slightly larger rock to sit down and rest.

Ling Yao followed and whispered, “Lou-ge, what skill is that? I’ve never seen you use it before?”

Lou Su leaned on Chu Xihen’s shoulder and said weakly, “It leveled up after killing that pile of Variants. I tried to use it when you were bitten by the Green Fur Wolf, but I wasn’t familiar with it and couldn’t use it. I just wanted to try it just now.”

“But isn’t your skill instant kill? How can it save dead people?” Ling Yao couldn’t understand.

The incident just happened in a short moment, and he didn’t even see it clearly.

“Time Reversal,” Chu Xihen uttered these four words.

Lou Su didn’t even know what his skill was called. When Chu Xihen said this, he felt that it was indeed Time Reversal.

It’s just that his special ability is only at level three and can only reverse a very short time, and the scope is also very small. He just estimated it himself, about thirty seconds or so, and the conditions for using the ability are also very harsh, just like just now. Without Chu Xihen’s appropriate cooperation, his reversal would not have been possible.

“That… three big brothers, may I ask, aren’t we going to kill Variants to save points? Look, team twelve already has two hundred points.” The man had been holding back for a long time, and finally he was stimulated by the first-ranked points, and couldn’t help but ask.

Everyone is an Esper, as long as the use of powers will consume mental power, Lou Su just taught them a lesson that should have consumed a lot, it is normal to need to rest.

But they rested for a long time, and the three of them started chatting, completely unable to see the tension in the instance, like they came on a spring outing.

But even so, facing the strength of the unknown three people, their couple did not dare to take advantage of Lou Su consumed mental strength and rise up to fight back, who knows where his limit is? If you can use the trick just now again, wouldn’t they be cold?

“Don’t worry, the higher the points, the more dangerous, we’ll wait and see.” Chu Xihen said to the couple, “Everyone is a teammate, don’t be restrained, sit down and chat, introduce yourselves or something.”

Although Chu Xihen’s attitude was gentle, the couple walked over as if they had received an irresistible order.

“My name is Wang Heng, and my wife’s name is Ding Hui. May I ask how to address the three big brothers?” Wang Heng pulled his wife and sat down a meter away from Chu Xihen and the others, not daring to get too close.