"What the hell is an enema?" someone whispered to their companion, who looked equally clueless. "Is it some new kind of potion?"
"And what’s a rabies vaccine?"
But everyone could tell Fang Zhiyi was insulting Rhein.
Rhein’s hands trembled. He had imagined countless scenarios—Fang Zhiyi accepting his duel, or running away in shame—but he never expected to be cursed at! Some of the words were unfamiliar, but the venom in them was unmistakable.
"You... you stupid waste of space... you..." Rhein stumbled over his words. Insults weren’t his forte.
"I’ve seen toilets in bathrooms, but never one in someone’s mouth. Repeating the same garbage—did you just evolve into a human and forget how to talk? Out of the four words ‘scene evoking emotion,’ you’ve mastered two. Don’t get it? Fine, I’ll carve it on your tombstone! You mutt! If you’ve got nothing better to do, go home and dig your brain out of the toilet. Mouth bored? Go lick a urinal. Stop embarrassing yourself here!"
Gasps erupted from the surrounding students. No one had ever heard such creative insults before. Some even pulled out paper to take notes.
With a roar, Rhein drew his sword, ignoring the academy’s rules, and swung at Fang Zhiyi. Fang Zhiyi dodged effortlessly, eyeing the magic-infused blade with amusement while never letting up.
"You’re really just trash, huh?"
Rhein channeled his magic, certain he’d finish off this infuriating pest. But Fang Zhiyi gave him no opening, weaving through his strikes with surprising agility—though the swordplay clearly strained him.
The crowd buzzed with amazement—not just at Fang Zhiyi’s nimble evasion, but at his ability to shred Rhein’s dignity without a single vulgar word. By now, Rhein had been verbally reduced to a microbe.
Magic condensed visibly on Rhein’s blade, a testament to his fury. As he swung again, Fang Zhiyi spotted Vivian and abruptly stopped dodging. Seizing the moment, Vivian rushed forward and shoved Fang Zhiyi aside. Rhein panicked, but his momentum was unstoppable.
"Ah—!"
The commotion ended swiftly. Academy guards arrived, restraining the enraged Rhein while medics tended to the injured Vivian. Gritting through the pain, she smiled at Fang Zhiyi. "Don’t worry, I’m fine."
Fang Zhiyi remained expressionless. Vivian assumed he was just stunned.
The investigation concluded with Rhein’s expulsion. Fang Zhiyi should’ve faced suspension, but Vivian’s testimony reduced his punishment to a mere warning. It made him reflect on the perks of influence.
When the knight commander’s son was sent home yet again—this time expelled—the man nearly exploded. How had Rhein messed up so quickly? Rhein, fearing his father, pinned all blame on Fang Zhiyi.
Learning his rival was just some slum kid, the commander’s eyes narrowed.
With Vivian injured and Rhein gone, Fang Zhiyi pranced around the academy like a triumphant monkey, jumping into every class and volunteering for every chore. Though his magic was weak, his sudden enthusiasm charmed the faculty, who now schemed to keep him as a permanent apprentice. Vivian’s favoritism didn’t hurt either—most treated him kindly, at least superficially.
Only Ross was genuinely happy for him, relieved Fang Zhiyi might finally land steady work.
Their chat was cut short when Professor Li Mei summoned Fang Zhiyi to clean the mage tower. Normally an apprentice’s task, today’s shift had mysteriously fallen ill. No one feared this "magic-deficient waste" would understand the advanced spellbooks anyway.
By his next break, Fang Zhiyi headed home, planning to check on Lily’s family—only to learn of recent horrors. A dozen men from the capital had come searching for him. Finding him absent, they demolished his home. Lily’s father intervened and was beaten severely.
Staring at the wounded man, Fang Zhiyi turned slowly to Little Hei, who shrugged. "I can’t watch everyone all the time." Catching Fang Zhiyi’s glare, he added hastily, "I’ll look into it."
Silent, Fang Zhiyi rose, apologizing to Lily and her mother before vowing, "I’ll make this right."
Lily’s mother paled. "Don’t do anything reckless. We’ve reported it to the guards."
Fang Zhiyi exhaled. He already knew who was responsible. With a strained smile, he said, "I’m heading back to the academy."
Meanwhile, a healed Vivian returned, annoyed Fang Zhiyi hadn’t visited. Then again, palace gates were hardly accessible to a slum kid.
With this incident over, her plan could finally begin. Using Fang Zhiyi, she’d repel the beastmen invasion, boost her reputation, and pin the blame on the necromancers. Thinking of her betrayers, her expression darkened.
But Fang Zhiyi never came back—or so Ross told her. He’d cleared out his dorm, taking even the bedsheet. Staring at the barren room, Vivian sensed her schemes unraveling.
In the Neke family territory, the brooding lord debated siring another heir when a servant burst in.
"My lord! Outside! It’s—!"
"Spit it out, or I’ll cut your tongue!" the lord snapped. The servant gulped. His master had grown even crueler since the young master’s disappearance.
"The young master—he’s returned!"
The lord bolted up, his bulky frame moving with unexpected speed.
"But..." The servant eyed the silverware on the table. Maybe fleeing was wiser.
Stepping outside, the lord knew today was cursed.
Before his castle stood ranks upon ranks of the undead. Even a fool could feel the darkness radiating from them.
] This is a dark fantasy-themed dating simulation game. The main gameplay involves containing various monster girls and investigating the truth of a world shrouded in mist alongside your companions. However, due to his love for the dark and bizarre atmosphere, Luo Wei ended up turning a dating game into a detective mystery game. Women? Women only slow down his quickdraw! To Luo Wei, the female leads in the game are more like tools to perfectly clear levels and squeeze out rewards. For Luo Wei, flirting with every girl he meets and then discarding them is standard procedure. Worried about characters losing affection points? No need. With his maxed-out charm stat, Luo Wei is practically a "human incubus." A little psychological manipulation and those points come right back. It's a bit scummy, but the paper cutout heroines in the game won't actually come at him with real cleavers. However... Luo Wei has transmigrated. He's accidentally entered the second playthrough of this game. His past actions have caused all the girls to transform into terrifying yanderes. Due to the game's setting, most of the heroines he once contained are "troubled girls." Obsessive, twisted, mentally unstable, all aggressive yanderes... The type who will kill you if they can't have you... Luo Wei wants to cry but has no tears left. "I really just want to survive..." In short, this is a story of battling wits and engaging in a love-hate relationship with yanderes.
iemie, male, Race: Moon. Hobby: Collecting anomalies. At first, he thought he possessed two systems: the Crimson Rainbow Moon and the Clear Cold Frost Moon. One day, he discovered that he himself could also become a system for others, holding the chessboard of fate. The Eighth Epoch, also known as the Eternal Moon Epoch. Humans, witches, elves, bloodline descendants, specters, demons, and spirits together compose a new history. Walking the path on behalf of the moon, before he knew it, Chen Miemie's footsteps were followed by all manner of strange and wondrous anomalies. As time passed, many titles circulated about him—The King in Yellow, Lord of Anomalies, Heart of the Eternal Moon, and more. "Me? I'm just a traveler who enjoys collecting interesting creatures," Chen Miemie said.
lity and could only live as an ordinary mortal. He only wished to live a peaceful life. Yet he didn't know— The dog he adopted, because it ate his food, became a legendary demon king. The kitchen knife he casually forged became a peerless divine weapon, causing numerous experts to fight desperately for it. The young disciple he took in became an immortal lord that led an era, due to cultivating the techniques Ye Feng taught him. Even the skeletons he looked down on the most were ominous demon kings that suppressed countless worlds. Many years later, looking at the void shattered with a punch, Ye Feng murmured to himself: It turns out the peerless kings were myself all along...
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!
