Ahhhhh, high-altitude survival!

When He Feihong and the others saw Lin Yue's posture, they immediately realized what was going on. He looked at Lin Yue's body covered in small mushrooms and the two Emei daggers gleaming coldly, and quickly put on a wry smile.

Then he waved to Lin Yue and said, "Lin Yue, don't misunderstand. We absolutely did not mean to steal anything. What just happened was already troublesome enough, and we don't want to cause any more trouble."

"Oh?" Lin Yue slightly raised the corners of her mouth, responding with a half-smile, but her eyes still held a hint of scrutiny as she replied indifferently, "That's good then."

However, despite saying that, she still gripped the Emei Dagger tightly in her hand, showing no sign of letting her guard down.

Huang Wenmin, who was behind him, was clearly somewhat unconvinced after hearing He Feihong's words.

They wanted to trade weapons with Lin Yue before, but she said she didn't have enough energy and refused. However, she turned around and planted a whole bunch of small weapons all over her body, clearly showing that she looked down on them.

Now, the three of them took all the remaining treasure chests. Wasn't the work of destroying the statue a collective effort? Why should they monopolize the benefits?

Huang Wenmin opened his mouth to speak, but as soon as he moved, Lu Renyi behind him tugged at his clothes.

Seeing Lu Renyi constantly giving him meaningful glances, Huang Wenmin gritted his teeth and forced himself to suppress his anger, but his expression still showed resentment, and his eyes would occasionally glance in the direction of Lin Yue and the others.

Lin Yue naturally noticed Huang Wenmin's expression, but she didn't take it to heart. It was normal for them to be angry right now, and as long as they didn't deliberately cause trouble, she naturally wouldn't do anything unnecessary.

Just as the group was talking, the invisibility cloak on Wu Duan's body on the ground finally lost its effect. After it flickered a few times, Wu Duan reappeared in front of everyone.

But this appearance really surprised everyone.

Everyone saw it clearly: Wu's legs were crushed beyond recognition by the giant snake statue; they must have been shattered at least. But now, he's standing up!! That's unbelievable!! Could it be that he was just acting all along, and acting so convincingly at that?

Looking at Wu Duan's expression, it was completely different from before. His expression was indescribable, as if he had undergone some tremendous change. Lin Yue watched as his face flashed with conflict, struggle, joy, sadness... changing several times before finally settling into a smile.

Then, he nodded slightly to He Feihong and Lin Yue, and said politely, "Thank you both for your help earlier."

Before He Feihong and Lin Yue could respond, Huang Wenmin could no longer contain his curiosity. His face was full of surprise as he eagerly asked, "Wu Duan, how did you get better? Wasn't your leg broken?"

Wu Duan merely glanced at him indifferently, as if he hadn't heard him speak, and did not reply.

Huang Wenmin was now quite embarrassed. His face flushed red instantly. He took two steps forward angrily, his voice rising several octaves as he shouted, "Wu Duan, I'm talking to you! Are you deaf or something? Didn't you hear me?"

He always felt that if He Feihong was the boss, then he should at least be the second-in-command, right? But these Wu brothers had always been disrespectful to him because they thought he came from the Eighth District. Now that the Wu family's boss was dead, how dare they still ignore him like this?

Upon hearing Huang Wenmin's question, Wu Duan's expression grew even stranger. He let out a soft snort and looked at Huang Wenmin with a fake smile, saying, "What business is it of yours?"

After saying that, he seemed unsatisfied and, fearing that Huang Wenmin might not understand, added, "Is it any of your business?"

Enraged by this rebuke, Huang Wenmin lunged forward, intending to charge at Wu Duan. Wu Duan, however, merely glanced at him indifferently. That single glance slowed Huang Wenmin's movements.

After looking around at everyone present, Wu Duan turned his gaze to He Feihong, who was still injured, and finally spoke up: "I recovered by relying on the power of the stone skin."

As soon as he said that, Huang Wenmin, who had been in a dilemma, took the opportunity to stop and began to listen carefully to what Wu Duan had to say.

Wu Duan ignored him and continued, "You may all be underestimating that stone skin. It can not only heal wounds, but after the wounds are healed, its own power will continue to seep into the body from the wound site and begin to repair the internal meridians and muscles."

At this point, Wu Duan paused as if recalling something, before continuing, "I was lucky at the time. When you started grabbing the stone skin, there were two large pieces of stone skin not far from me, so I just took them and covered my legs with them. Perhaps because the contact area between my wound and the stone skin was relatively large, the power of the stone skin penetrated in exceptionally quickly, which is why I was able to recover so quickly."

After saying that, seeing the incredulous looks on everyone's faces, Wu Duan smiled again: "Moreover, I always feel that the places that have been healed by the stone skin seem to have become a bit harder, and even their defenses have become much stronger."

With such a vivid example before their eyes, after listening to Wu Duan's explanation and witnessing his effortless movements, everyone began to feel a little tempted.

Everyone had saved up quite a bit of the stone skin, but now that the statue was gone, no one planned to use it anymore. However, if the stone skin could improve attribute values, then it would be better to use it sooner rather than later.

Xiao Shu was the first to act. Having already experienced strengthening his muscle defenses once, he was bolder. This time, he took out a regular-grade knife, gritted his teeth, and carefully made a small cut on his neck, the weakest point in his defenses. Then, he quickly took out a piece of stone skin and applied it to the wound.

Xiao Bing was startled. Was the neck a place that could be cut so casually? But Xiao Shu had already made his move, so he could only glare at him fiercely. After seeing Xiao Shu's ingratiating smile and realizing that he seemed to be alright, he hesitated for a moment, then made a cut of medium length below his chin and applied a larger piece of stone skin to it.

Before long, Xiao Shu and Xiao Bing had absorbed all the power of the stone skin. This time, Xiao Bing took out the small knife again and made another cut on the previous wound.

Huh?

Lin Yue couldn't help but widen her eyes. This time, Xiao Bing used significantly more force, but the knife didn't cut through her skin like before!

It actually increased the defense!