The Dean, who was wildly chopping to vent his frustration, suddenly furrowed his brows.
He pulled out his axe and charged down towards the source of the sound.
As soon as he reached the staircase, he saw Sophia climbing up the stairs at the other end.
He gripped his axe tightly and quickly gave chase.
On the other side, Li Andy jumped out of the window and climbed onto an adjacent compartment.
His strategy for clearing the level was simple: the classic "King Qin circling the pillar."
He would use the terrain to maneuver around the Dean and purify the array cores in sequence.
This orphanage building was actually an old church. It was donated to the relief organization because the original church was newly built and relocated.
Dean John was once a devout priest. It was only due to some unforeseen circumstances that he became the madman he was now.
...
In the southern corner of the first-floor main hall.
Yuquan Youxi held a handful of salt, reciting a prayer as she sprinkled it over a puddle of bloodstains in front of her.
When the salt touched the bloodstains, it actually began to boil, like cold water sprinkled on hot oil.
After the boiling stopped, the bloodstains turned into a puddle of dark, black sludge.
"Ugh!"
At the same time, the Dean, who was chasing Sophia, suddenly knelt on one knee and began to vomit.
A large puddle of sticky, oil-like black water gushed from his mouth.
After vomiting, his body was noticeably weaker, but his eyes became a tiny bit clearer.
"An array core is damaged?!"
"These little dog bastards!"
He angrily stood up and accelerated his pursuit of Sophia.
But as soon as he reached the stairs, he slipped on the grease on the ground and tumbled down to the first floor.
As he got up, he happened to see Yuquan Youxi running up the stairs on the other side.
"Damn it!!"
The Dean roared furiously, the sliver of sanity he had managed to regain instantly vanishing.
Only one thought remained in his mind:
Chop these little bastards into minced meat while they're still alive!
Offer their suffering to the great Benefactor!
On the second floor, after Li Andy met up with Yuquan Youxi, he pushed a large wheeled cabinet down, symbolically blocking the staircase.
"You go straight to the top floor and deal with the two array cores up there!" Li Andy said quickly.
Youxi nodded and continued running with the salt bag.
For some reason, her heart... was actually a little excited. The feeling of fear seemed to have vanished.
After Youxi left, Li Andy pushed over several barrels of lamp oil.
Once the large cabinet at the staircase was smashed, he decisively threw out a flame.
The rising flames instantly engulfed the Dean.
But the Dean seemed to feel no pain, like an iron man.
When he saw that the one who lit the fire was actually Li Andy, his sanity completely went into the negative:
"It's you!"
"You betrayed me!"
Li Andy said nothing, giving him an international friendly gesture.
Then he kicked over the last barrel of lamp oil and turned to run!
Behind him, flames soared, and the Dean's roar echoed through the building.
Li Andy dodged left and right, avoiding the obstacles he had set up.
The Dean, covered in flames, crashed through the obstacles and chased fiercely.
One bright, one dark, two figures moved swiftly through the corridor.
When he reached another stairwell, Li Andy leaped high, pushing off the wall to avoid the oil stains on the ground, turning three steps into one, and quickly rushed up to the third floor.
As he rounded the corner, he also lit a match and casually tossed it behind him.
The match spun, touching the oil fumes.
"Whoosh!" With a sound, flames engulfed the staircase.
At this moment, the staircases on both sides of the second floor of the building had turned into a sea of fire, terrifyingly hot.
Originally, this lamp oil was for the Dean to destroy bodies and evidence, but he never expected it to be used on himself this time.
The Dean walked through the fire, his clothes and hair long since burned to black ash, his skin red and purple, looking more and more like a fiend.
"Die!!"
The fiend raised his axe, leaped forward, and fiercely chopped at Li Andy.
However, Li Andy seemed to have eyes in the back of his head, performing a side roll that perfectly dodged the fatal blow.
The axe embedded deeply into the hardwood floor.
At the same moment, Youxi, located on the rooftop, sprinkled a handful of salt onto the bloodstains.
"Ugh!!"
The Dean vomited again.
Li Andy got up and, aiming for the Dean's crotch bell, delivered a powerful kick:
"Here's one back at you!"
"Ah--!"
The Dean let out a heart-wrenching scream.
Because two array cores were broken, the invulnerability buff had been greatly weakened.
Li Andy did not linger to attack further, turning to continue his escape and rushing to the top floor.
Yuquan Youxi and Sophia had already met up and were working together to weave a long rope from curtains and bedsheets.
"Are you ready?!"
Li Andy was panting heavily.
"Yes, brother!"
Yuquan Youxi nodded, tying one end of the rope securely and throwing the other end down to the ground below.
Li Andy looked at the long-legged blonde girl and said:
"Sophia, you first, just like before."
Sophia nodded, wrapping the rope around a wooden stick, coordinating her hands and feet to maintain a steady speed, slowly sliding down. Her movements were very skilled.
Before the sacrifice incident erupted, she, Li Andy, and Yuquan Youxi actually often snuck out like this.
Those were relatively peaceful and beautiful days; all the darkness had not yet been revealed, still hidden where the sunlight couldn't reach.
After Sophia reached the ground, she shook the rope, signaling for Youxi to go down, and finally Li Andy.
Li Andy followed Sophia's movements, securing himself. This familiar yet strange feeling made him feel quite novel.
After landing safely, Li Andy lit the cloth rope.
Every section of the cloth rope was soaked in lamp oil, and the flames quickly climbed to the rooftop.
Then Sophia gave a gentle tug, and the cloth rope broke into several pieces, scattering with the embers.
"Bang!!"
The door to the rooftop was kicked open.
The Dean quickly came to the edge, only to see a section of extinguished shredded cloth.
The three small figures below quickly slipped into the building.
"Damn it!!"
Dean John wanted to leap down and pursue, but his body's instinct stopped him in time.
If he had jumped directly before the two array cores were broken, his body wouldn't have sustained much damage.
But jumping now would mean severe injury, if not death.
The cost of power was sanity; now that his power was weakened, his sanity had also recovered a bit.
He finally began to think:
"Damn it, why would Andy betray me?!"
"He was the most devout!!"
"Why! Why?!"
"He was the one who brought that notebook!!"
Dean John clawed at his face, his eyes wide, unable to comprehend it no matter how hard he thought.
"That's right! The array cores... there are still array cores!"
The Dean sprinted downstairs, only to find that both return paths were cut off.
But the staircase at this moment was incredibly hot.
The carbonized wooden steps were emitting a dangerous red glow.
"Heh... heh heh heh..."
The Dean stood dazed, then suddenly let out a foolish laugh, "plop" kneeling on the ground, holding the axe reversed with both hands.
Then, he pulled his arms together with force!
"Bang!"
The axe blade deeply struck his crown.
His shoulders slumped powerlessly, and blood poured from the top of his head, drenching his entire body.
Those crimson eyes turned utterly black, even the whites of his eyes completely taken over.
At the same time.
Li Andy, who had just entered the basement, felt a chill run down his spine.
'The BOSS has entered phase two...'