In the corridor.
The supermarket boss ignored the terrifying creatures retreating in fear on both sides, striding toward the Treant.
That annoying, screaming cicada was also getting closer, its gaze toward him extremely unfriendly.
"Hunter!" Auntie Jin was so angry that her insect legs were trembling. "How... how dare you..."
That insect leg pointed straight at the supermarket boss's nose, incredibly rude.
The supermarket boss glanced back once more.
After confirming that behind him there were only a messy bunch of terrifying creatures cowering on both sides, not daring to move, he realized it.
"Are you saying I am the Hunter?"
The supermarket boss questioned coldly, his brows drooping even more.
He ignored Auntie Jin and turned directly to the Treant.
Beneath the thick bug skin, the corners of his mouth pulled up with effort, forming a stiff, hypocritical fake smile.
What else was there to not understand?
That idiot Hunter, who could disguise himself as a toad, could naturally disguise himself as him too!
"...This is probably a misunderstanding. The Hunter can—"
Squelch.
The supermarket boss's half-spoken words got stuck in his mouth.
The pain of his abdomen being pierced made him look down in disbelief.
A thick branch, covered in sharp barbs, had pierced right through his body!
Yellow substance from within his body was dripping down the branch, and a significant portion was being rapidly absorbed by the branch.
How could this happen...?
Weren't they supposed to be allies?!
"No!!"
He let out a shrill scream, hurriedly raising his head, thrashing and struggling like a boneless pupa, vainly attempting to break free from the branch piercing his body.
"It's not me! It's not me! You obviously know I'm not the Hunter, it's the absolute truth!"
"I don't know." The Treant's petal-shaped mouth opened and closed, its tone carrying a trace of an eerily cruel chuckle.
Several new branches extended over, wrapping around the supermarket boss's struggling, writhing body like a snake constricting a mouse.
The supermarket boss panicked completely, terror exploding within him, causing his bug-skin-covered body to struggle even harder.
"It's not me! It's not me! Mr. Frog! Mr. Frog!"
He began to scream for help, but the branches tightened their grip. The wooden thorns dug into his flesh, beginning to slowly suck the substance from his body.
"I know that whether you are or not, killing you is the safest bet."
The Treant seemed quite satisfied with this food, its petal-like mouth opening in comfort.
"I will temporarily reserve your right to speak."
The branches wrapped tighter and denser; only his head, with its loose, trembling skin, was left exposed.
"You mentioned the frog—where is Mr. Frog?"
Auntie Jin looked at the Treant, then at the supermarket boss who was being sucked dry like milk tea, feeling completely bewildered.
She shrank back in a shudder.
This, absolutely, was not quite right.
Initially, it was the frog who had revealed the Hunter's disguised form to her and promised to spare her life.
Mr. Frog should also be looking for this guy.
But the Bug-Skin Man said he wasn't the Hunter, and even screamed Mr. Frog's name loudly, as if calling for help.
It was as if this thing, just like herself, treated Mr. Frog as a life-saving patron.
She knew it.
This must be that cunning player's trick!
Auntie Jin was furious. Limping closer to the supermarket boss, she hopped around and started cursing.
"What are you pretending for?! Mr. Frog wants to kill you too! Stop acting innocent!!"
"Weren't you calling him Daddy left and right earlier? Why aren't you calling him that now?"
The more she thought about it, the angrier she got.
Auntie Jin spread her wings, the sharp buzzing sound like a demonic noise, deafening many terrifying creatures into covering their ears.
"Change back to your original form! Change back to your player form! Give me back my key!"
"What key?" a voice she was familiar with screamed, straining to overpower the noise Auntie Jin was making.
"Why is it so noisy! What exactly is going on!"
The buzzing stopped abruptly.
Auntie Jin turned around, looking at the toad that had appeared out of nowhere, and excitedly fluttered her wings.
"Mr. Frog! The Hunter you said you were looking for—"
She raised her insect leg, pointing at the supermarket boss caught by the Treant, ecstatic.
"We found him!"
...
In the room.
Zhu Yan pinched Key Fragment 2, cheerfully listening to the female voice broadcast that filled his entire world.
"Congratulations, player and Hunter."
"You have successfully obtained Key Fragment number 2 and caused a disturbance."
"You did not disappoint the expectations of the Court of Performances audience, and received a small tip worth 10 bone gold coins from the audience member Pale Decree."
"Now, you have three items to choose from."
There are item choices too?
Zhu Yan stored Key Fragment 2 into his ring.
Taking the clingy box at his feet, he stumbled toward the door by the faint light of his phone's flashlight.
What disturbance?
He really wanted to see it with his own eyes on the spot, but that was definitely impossible now.
Listening from afar through the door should still be okay, right?
"Item One: A one-time invisibility item that allows you to remain invisible to all players and terrifying creatures for 8 hours."
Good stuff.
Zhu Yan, rushing to watch the drama, thought absentmindedly.
"Item Two: Erasure Ointment. It can erase the Hunter mark on your body for 8 hours. One tube can be used 3 times."
Good stuff.
With this, he could return to his dorm, peacefully pretend to be sick, and get a good sleep.
"Item Three: Temporary Use Right of an Empty Shop. You can freely use any empty shop within the building for 8 hours."
Alright.
Zhu Yan said in a low voice, "I choose the Erasure Ointment."
He needed his dorm; he needed his soft bed.
He also needed to go back to cover up the lies he told earlier.
"Congratulations, you made the correct choice!" the female voice said happily.
"The audience member Pale Decree is very satisfied with your choice!"
What did that mean?
Wanted to watch him trick Yang Zhan, Bai Qi, Yin Ming, and that gang for entertainment, huh.
Zhu Yan looked up into the void and fell silent.
The female voice just said this was the correct choice.
Could it be that if he chose something else, he wouldn't get any item at all?
"Yes." The female voice seemed to see through his thoughts.
"The audience naturally has the right to take back their tips!"
Damn.
So insidious!
Zhu Yan wanted to curse, but when the words reached his lips, they took a rather smooth turn.
The female voice seemed to chuckle.
"Player, please check your item."
"Looking forward to your performance. Goodbye!"
The female voice disappeared.
Zhu Yan stopped about 3 meters away from the door, waiting for his item reward.
This position was just enough to hear a bit of Auntie Jin's highly penetrating voice.
Her tone still carried intense emotion, rapidly and loudly arguing about something.
rowess are unmatched, commanding a million-strong army! Yet, the Emperor wants to depose him for the sake of a false prince? Hold on, are you throwing me into some female-oriented romance plot? How can I tolerate this? With a grand wave of his hand—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! Slander the Emperor? Very well, all of you shall die! ... The False Prince: "Although I am not the biological son, Father and Mother love me more. The throne should be mine!" The Female Lead: "Qin Xiao, you are the Emperor, and I am a commoner. If you wish to marry me, you must abdicate. Otherwise, you will never have me!" The Empress: "After we divorce, you must give me half the empire!" The Transmigrator Consort: "You worthless Emperor, why should I kneel to you? All men are equal—I advise you to be kind!" The Great General: "The enemy general is my childhood sweetheart. For her sake, I willingly abandon the frontier defenses!" The Retired Emperor: "Although Yu'er was adopted, I prefer him. Qin Xiao, you should abdicate and let him become Emperor!" ... Very well! So this is how you want to play? Facing this twisted world of female-oriented tropes, Qin Xiao grins and raises his hand to unleash—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! I am the Emperor. Why would I bother reasoning with you? Seal the gates! Leave none alive!
ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
ng to die together with you." Lin Xuan is dead, his body thrown into the river by his scumbag lover and her accomplice. She, the president of the Su Group, is decisive, ruthless, and ice-cold. For three days and three nights, she had his body fished out of the river, and without hesitation, she kissed the bloated corpse of Lin Xuan. She laid down beside him in a cold coffin, their fingers intertwined, a smile lingering on her lips as she closed her eyes. The noble and cold-hearted woman, only bending for one man—Lin Xuan. Lin Xuan, with his golden finger, is reborn and returns to the day of his wedding to the treacherous woman. Su Qiang comes to steal the bride. Lin Xuan's eyes light up, eager to pledge his loyalty on the spot, but instead, her kiss transfers a glass of drugged wine into his mouth, causing him to pass out... 【Male Protagonist with Single Female Lead】【Yandere Tycoon】【Action-Packed】【True vs. Fake Heir】
