CHAPTER 1989: CHAPTER 1632: WANG CAI’S OPPORTUNITY (DOUBLE CHAPTER)

"Senior, could you please stop being so startling? You’ve almost scared the soul out of me!"

As Gu Yue had anticipated, the blacksmith hadn’t left; he was still hiding nearby. Yet, even so, he still startled them, making his scalp feel cold.

"Two warriors, answer my question: why are you abandoning this stone door?"

The blacksmith’s head emerged from the ground, his cold gaze sweeping over the two, "Don’t dodge this question, I need an explanation from you!"

"Senior, isn’t this a bit unreasonable? Whether we open the stone door or not is our business; why should we explain it to you?"

On hearing the blacksmith’s accusation, the dandy immediately refused to back down. Standing her ground, she retorted without showing any weakness, "If you find it unacceptable, you can take back the stone key. The terrain behind the stone door, we might as well not explore it!"

"You!"

The blacksmith’s face suddenly turned somber; he didn’t expect this woman to be so resolute and uncompromising, which surprised him. After a moment of silence, he said, "Two warriors, perhaps I wasn’t clear enough earlier—this stone door is a rare encounter in a hundred years, and it might disappear at any moment. It’s such a rare opportunity; it’s a pity to miss it. Yet, you don’t seem to care. When it’s completely gone, you’ll regret it!"

"Senior, it’s our choice, why should we regret it? Here’s your key back; I don’t want the opportunity inside the stone door anymore. You might as well keep it yourself!"

After the blacksmith finished speaking, the dandy threw the stone key back, leaving no room for negotiation.

Even Gu Yue next to her was quite surprised, not expecting Sister Dandy’s attitude to change so quickly.

"Foreigners, have you even considered what the consequences are!"

The blacksmith’s face showed anger, "Mind your language; this is not the Imperial City of the Human Race!"

"Who are you trying to scare? Sister, I’ve decided to defy you today. The more you say this, the less I’ll go into this stone door space!"

Having been held hostage for several days, along with the distressing issues of Overturning Water, the dandy exploded with anger and responded without backing down, "If you have the guts, kill me. Otherwise, forget completing this task!"

"Hahaha, fine, that’s what you said!"

The blacksmith laughed in rage, advancing towards the dandy step by step, "Since you’re eager to seek death, I’ll fulfill your wish!"

"Senior, don’t get angry. Sister Dandy was just speaking out of anger. Please don’t take it to heart. Without Sister Dandy, how can you reclaim the Twin Heart Source’s remnant soul?"

Gu Yue rushed over in a panic, shielding Sister Dandy with herself, continuously speaking nicely. She couldn’t understand why Sister Dandy was so out of control. If they angered the blacksmith NPC here, this dungeon run might as well be over. But if that happened, Overturning Water Brother’s task would be affected, and that couldn’t happen!

"Little Yue, don’t worry. Dungeon NPCs won’t attack players; they don’t have the authority to go against the system’s settings!"

The dandy was confident that the blacksmith wouldn’t dare to act, just putting on a show of force. Once he realized he couldn’t scare her, he’d yield to her instead.

"I thought you could send yourselves to death willingly, but it turns out you’re quite vigilant. Fine, then I’ll do it myself to send you on your way!"

The blacksmith ripped off the mask, shouting harshly, "Die!!!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the stone key below Sister Dandy’s feet rose into the air, transforming into two gray ropes, which bound the two of them.

"How dare you!!!"

The dandy hadn’t expected the blacksmith to really dare to act, even disregarding the system settings—this was outrageous!

"Hahaha, why wouldn’t I dare! To open this stone door requires two sacrifices, and you’re just right!"

The blacksmith laughed heartily, "It’s not me killing you; this doesn’t break Heavenly Dao’s rules! Forbidden ropes, go!"

"Swoosh!"

Upon hearing the blacksmith’s command, the gray ropes dragged the two women, crashing them against the walls on either side of the stone door, embedding them into it.

"That treacherous bastard, he was indeed setting us up!"

After hearing what the blacksmith had said, the dandy finally understood. No wonder the blacksmith kindly gave her the stone key, no wonder the stone door had no keyhole—it was all the blacksmith’s trap! And a deadly one at that!

Seeing that they weren’t taking the bait, the blacksmith had shed his fake mask, tearing their faces on the spot and forcibly taking them as sacrifices—utterly despicable!

"Sister Dandy, what should we do? We can’t use any skills; we can’t just sit and wait to die, right?"

Gu Yue struggled unwillingly, but couldn’t break free from the binding of the forbidden ropes. Helplessly, she looked towards Sister Dandy, hoping she could come up with a solution to resolve the immediate trouble.

She had no desire to be a sacrifice for the stone door!

"The plot has already forcibly started; it’s no longer within our control. We’ll take it one step at a time; surely this dungeon won’t force players to die so quickly. After all, this is just a dungeon!"

The dandy firmly believed that no matter how difficult the dungeon, it would provide players with breathing space. The first phase of the task was just received; it couldn’t possibly end so soon.

"The sacrifices are complete; stone door, open!"

With his hands raised high, the blacksmith once again issued the command.