Qin Hao glanced at the few of them, unable to help but laugh and shake his head. These people, having eaten their fill, were now ready to flip the table.
"Stop laughing! Be serious! We mean it! If you bring another person back, we really will kick her out!" Jiang Xinyao puffed out her cheeks, speaking with a face full of indignation. The memory of being betrayed by everyone still fueled a fire in her heart.
Qin Hao nodded in agreement:
"Alright, alright, no problem. I absolutely won't bring anyone home."
Qin Hao chuckled inwardly. Not bring them home? Then I just won't bring them back. I can just keep them outside, right? It's not like I can't afford it.
After kissing them goodbye one by one, Qin Hao activated his jade pendant and arrived at the Myriad Demon Kingdom.
......
"Who's there!"
Sensing someone approaching, Ji Ruxue abruptly stood up, looking at Qin Hao with a face full of caution.
At the same time, Qin Hao was also curiously observing Ji Ruxue. The first thing that caught his eye was not her face, but her ears.
Two fluffy white fox ears stood erect from her silver hair, the tips tinged with a faint pink, like maple leaves dyed by frost.
Only then did Qin Hao take in Ji Ruxue's appearance. She was very beautiful, not a meticulously sculpted beauty, but a wild, unrestrained kind of beauty.
Ji Ruxue's facial features were deep and three-dimensional. Her brow ridge was slightly higher than ordinary women, carrying a heroic spirit. The corners of her eyes slanted slightly upwards, and her pupils were a pale gold, like molten lakes. Her lips were a soft pink, and her expression held a touch of arrogance.
"Don't misunderstand, I am your rented Dao Companion. I came here to fulfill the order you placed."
Hearing Qin Hao's words, the vigilance on Ji Ruxue's face relaxed a bit. She used those golden eyes to curiously size him up:
"Hmph, you are more handsome than I imagined. However, how did you enter my heavily guarded Myriad Demon Palace?"
Hearing this, Qin Hao smiled lightly: "In these Three Realms and Nine Heavens, as long as it is a place I want to go, there is nowhere I cannot enter."
"Tch—arrogant. You are even more arrogant than the guy my royal father wants me to marry! However, this is perfect. I need a madman like you to deal with him!"
"But before that, I need to test your strength. That guy is the legitimate son of the Northern Wasteland Demon Emperor, and his strength is not much inferior to mine..."
As soon as her voice fell, Ji Ruxue had already moved. Her speed was astonishingly fast, but it was not a straight dash. Instead, like a falling snowflake, her trajectory was erratic and unpredictable, making it impossible to see the direction of her attack.
Facing such a bizarre attack method, Qin Hao simply closed his eyes.
Seeing this, Ji Ruxue could not help but coldly snort in her heart:
"Closing your eyes? Who are you looking down on? What an arrogant guy! I have to show you some color!"
Ji Ruxue formed her five fingers into a claw, and the pale golden demonic energy condensing at her fingertips became a bit more solid.
Just as her fingertips were less than three inches from the back of Qin Hao's neck, Qin Hao opened his eyes.
In a flash, Qin Hao's pupils split into two, and Ji Ruxue's movement trajectory was easily deduced by his eyes.
"Too weak!"
Qin Hao sighed lightly, and then, as if he had eyes on the back of his head, he grabbed Ji Ruxue's wrist with absolute precision.
After being caught by Qin Hao, Ji Ruxue's eyes widened in shock. Her Snow Shadow Illusion Steps had produced a full seven afterimages. How did this guy manage to catch her without even turning his head?
When Qin Hao turned around, Ji Ruxue understood. Dual Pupils!
This was her first time seeing such eyes. In a single person's eye, there were actually two pupils, one in front and one behind, one deep and one shallow, like two overlapping worlds. When these eyes looked at her, Ji Ruxue felt as if she was completely seen through.
It was not just the simple feeling of being scrutinized by an expert, but a feeling of being turned inside out, from head to toe, with even her soul being rummaged through.
What made Ji Ruxue palpitate even more was that there seemed to be something flowing faintly within Qin Hao's Dual Pupils. It was not spiritual energy, but a more ancient, more essential power, like time, or perhaps fate.
Right at this moment, Ji Ruxue's ears suddenly twitched. It was a subconscious, completely uncontrollable movement, like a cat turning its ears upon hearing a sound.
Qin Hao's gaze was drawn over. Ji Ruxue's pair of white fox ears first stood straight up, then quickly twitched twice, the pink tips swaying gently with the rhythm of the twitch.
Qin Hao smiled lightly, then reached out and pinched Ji Ruxue's ear to stop it from continuing to twitch.
The moment Qin Hao's fingers pinched that pair of white fox ears, Ji Ruxue stiffened as if she had been struck by lightning.
It was a shock that exploded from the top of her head down to the soles of her feet—numbness, burning heat, and an indescribable shudder that spread all the way from the tips of her ears down her spine to her tailbone, finally erupting into a blank void.
Her brain crashed for a full two seconds.
Then—
"!!!"
Like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, Ji Ruxue violently shot backward, her speed so fast it left an afterimage in the air. Her back slammed hard against the window frame with a muffled thud, but she remained completely oblivious, only widening those golden eyes and staring fixedly at Qin Hao.
The pair of fox ears slipped from Qin Hao's fingers, snapping back to their original position and standing straight up. The pink on the ear tips instantly exploded into a rich crimson, as if they had been burned by fire. And it was not just her ears—her entire face, neck, and even the collarbones exposed outside her collar were dyed with a faint layer of pink.
"You—you—you—"
Ji Ruxue's voice was trembling. No, her entire body was trembling. She covered the top of her head with both hands, pressing the pair of fox ears out of shape, but they still stubbornly poked out from between her fingers, trembling non-stop.
"What are you doing!!!"
Ji Ruxue stared dead at Qin Hao. Did this bastard know that ears were one of the most sensitive parts of the whole body? Being suddenly touched would cause extreme discomfort, loss of control, and even a loss of the ability to resist.
Moreover, they beastkin only touched ears during marriage proposals, courtship, and when establishing a mate relationship. This bastard actually reached out and touched them right upon meeting!
Qin Hao's fingers still maintained the posture of pinching the ear, suspended in mid-air, and he too froze.
Qin Hao looked at his own fingers, then looked at Ji Ruxue shrinking by the window in the distance, and the corner of his mouth twitched. I just touched an ear, is it really that serious? Those who didn't know would think I did something terrible.
"Sorry, it's my first time seeing a beastkin. I was curious and couldn't hold back."
Ji Ruxue did not answer, only staring fixedly at him. A thin layer of mist covered her golden eyes, and her lips were pressed into a tight line. She looked as if she would rush up and bite him at any moment, yet also like she might cry at any moment.
Qin Hao coughed and decisively chose to change the subject.
"Um... let's get back to business." Qin Hao's tone instantly became serious, as if nothing had just happened:
"Didn't you want to test my strength just now? Now that the test is over, what do you think? Is it enough to help you deal with the legitimate son of that Northern Wasteland Demon Emperor?"
. As long as he maintains the villain image and follows the plot to the grand finale, he can obtain generous rewards and return to the real world. So Gu Chen'an entered the role and began to act as a scumbag villain, but who would have expected that the female leads could hear his inner thoughts. Miss Su from the Su family was shocked: "I originally thought Gu Chen'an was a scumbag, but I didn't expect he turned out to be a gentleman! What? You said I have to call off the engagement? I definitely won't, I'll piss you off!" Bai Yuan Tian was dumbfounded: "Young Master Gu is usually unreasonable and a complete brat, but he actually calls me little sweetie in his heart? What, Young Master Gu even said he likes me?" As the female leads' images collapsed more and more, the plot also collapsed with it. Gu Chen'an looked at all this chaos. "Ladies, don't aggro me, if you keep this up the male lead really will stab me, I still need to survive to the grand finale!"
] [Lone Wolf, No Male Gaze] [Protagonist is pursued early on; extreme protagonist-stans, stay away!] The "Carnival Paradise" descends and slowly devours the real world in the form of a game. By chance, Zhu Yan awakens the talent [Roleplay], becoming one of the first beta players. He thought he could develop safely, but after clearing the first instance, he is branded by humanity as the chief culprit behind the game's spread—a traitorous villain. A villain? Who would ever... become one! He'll be the villain! From then on, Zhu Yan is not only a player but also a lackey for the Carnival Paradise. Between the straight path and the crooked path, he chooses the con. With his left hand, he dons the villain's mantle, staging scenes within instances, infuriating players who decry him as a despicable traitor, all while the game happily promotes him. With his right hand, he joins the non-human organization "Fangcun Mountain," which opposes the Carnival Paradise, transforming into a mysterious player who slaughters game bosses, earning cheers of "Long live the expert!" from fellow players. Gradually, Zhu Yan rises to become an S-rank human player in Fangcun Mountain's archives, while also being the Carnival Paradise's certified top game Boss. But when the final war erupts and both major factions place their hopes in him— Players tag his various aliases: "Experts, this offensive depends on you." The Carnival Paradise's supreme Boss throws an arm around his neck: "Bro, you're the iron, I'm the steel; you can't let me down again!"
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!
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...
