Pretending To Be A Boss

The trial knights were fully awakened.

The originally hazy-white eighth level, on the six-hundred-meter-high ceiling, those white lights began to change colors.

Just like the eyes of the trial knights.

The eyes were green at first, then blue, and immediately after, turned purple...

The twelve trial knights were activated one by one. The eighth level was like a colossal temple, and they were like ancient gods awakening.

The awakeners of order.

The purple in their eyes turned to orange, and a massive beam of orange light landed on Tang Xiaojiu.

Dong Ran was stunned, and so was Qiao Shanshan.

Li Xiaoyu shook his head in disbelief, while Li Zheng's eyes widened.

Li Wanye started to scrutinize the little girl as he recovered from the shock.

Ripples flowed stealthily on the ring on his finger.

No one knew what these colors signified.

But Li Wanye understood. These were the colors of the lights, distinguishing the rank of invasion creatures.

He was sweating profusely.

He hoped that the trial knights had made a mistake, because the orange glow represented...

The rank of invasion creature — Catastrophic.

Tang Xian only felt an extremely uncomfortable aura growing stronger and stronger.

And Tang Xiaojiu, suddenly the focus of everyone's gaze, fearfully clung to Tang Xian's pant leg.

"Brother Tang Xian, why are they all looking at us... I feel so uncomfortable..."

The vast orange pillar of light enveloped Tang Xiaojiu. Tang Xian was also shrouded within it.

This beam seemed to contain something that made Tang Xiaojiu extremely uncomfortable.

And the hazy-white eighth level also seemed to be covered by a sunset glow, coated with a layer of faint orange.

Tang Xian had already noticed that Tang Xiaojiu's ears had become a bit sharper than before.

He tried to run out of the beam with Tang Xiaojiu, but wherever he went, the light followed.

There must have been some mistake!

Li Xiaoyu looked towards Li Wanye.

Li Wanye was also at a loss.

The light in the eyes of the distant trial knights was still orange.

They had all adopted battle stances, with the patterns on their armor constantly shifting.

Every trial knight aimed their palms at Tang Xiaojiu, as if they were about to execute a horrifying technique that would annihilate everything.

Li Wanye tried several times to use his consciousness to stop the attack of the trial knights, but it was to no avail!

Tang Xian was certain that he couldn't take Tang Xiaojiu out of the beam.

He bent down, picked up Tang Xiaojiu, and said:

"Little Nine, don't be afraid."
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Tang Xiaojiu's face was buried in Tang Xian's chest, and the orange pillar of light made it impossible to see it all.

Only Tang Xian knew that by bringing Tang Xiaojiu here for safety, he might have endangered her.

His heart was full of mixed emotions, and many thoughts flashed through his mind.

But just then, the orange pillar of light abruptly vanished.

It receded so quickly, as if it had never existed, it seemed as if the sudden descent had just been a fleeting mistake.

The orange light in the eyes of those trial knights aimed at Tang Xiaojiu also disappeared suddenly.

It was as if their energy source had been forcibly cut off by some means. The engine sounds came to an abrupt halt, as if the creatures that had come to life were turned back into statues.

"It's a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding after all!"

Dong Ran and Qiao Shanshan, who knew the truth, were almost in tears with relief inside.

Although Li Xiaoyu didn't know the real situation, somehow, she felt as if Tang Xian had just had a close shave with the Grim Reaper.

Tang Xian also exhaled in relief. Because after the orange pillar of light disappeared, Tang Xiaojiu immediately returned to her normal self.

"It's okay, Little Nine, don't be afraid, it will be over soon."

Tang Xiaojiu nodded her head.

Li Wanye also exhaled in relief and said:

"It seems these machines are too old and have malfunctioned."

Even though the ring's feedback to Li Wanye suggested otherwise, he still cared a lot about Tang Xian.

In his heart, he didn't believe that a mining district creature could have infiltrated among their group.

Seeing that it was a false alarm, everyone was relieved.

The hazy-white eighth level, suddenly enveloped by orange light, had given everyone an extremely oppressive feeling.

If the twelve trial knights with perfect-level creature strength really launched an attack, their group could not be sure to be safe from the impact.

Li Zheng laughed and said:

"Hahaha, it seems the AI in this iron thing needs improvement. Let's dissect one later."

"Since there's no problem, let's continue on. Let's go see what materials we need for the ninth level," Li Wanye said.

The crowd agreed and were ready to leave.

But before they could turn around, the eyes of the trial knights once again flashed with light.

A more intense engine sound and a more piercing alarm than before rang out.

Everyone's hearts leapt to their throats again.

"Why is it happening again, isn't this endless? Who is it this time?" Li Zheng cursed.

Tang Xiaojiu clung to Tang Xian in fear again, trembling all over.

Above the six-hundred meters, the ceiling lights began to change again.

When the light turned orange again, the trial knights did not move.

They stood silently as if waiting for the next instruction.

The orange light did not fall.

But Tang Xian didn't feel any relief. An unprecedented sense of crisis hit him. He looked up at that distant ceiling.

It was as if, high above, a being called the Orderer was scrutinizing him.

Li Wanye's face suddenly changed; he turned pale as death, staring at the ceiling in disbelief.

The rest thought this was another malfunction.

Because on that massive ceiling, the orange light began to slowly change again, eventually turning into a blood-red glow.