Xu Mu pulled open his sliced clothing and looked down. A red mark had appeared on his chest.
It felt as if he had been scratched by a woman's fingernail, accompanied by a very slight burning sensation.
Just now, facing Lei Ao's slashing attack, Xu Mu had used the Burning Heaven Sword Qi as a defense.
With the title of the God of Assassins, his precise retreat meant the opponent's short sword only managed to cut through his clothes and barely touch his skin.
Therefore, he wasn't injured at all.
He originally thought he could get a critical hit of points from Shi Fumeng, but to his surprise, he only gained four points.
If he had known, he wouldn't have gone through so much trouble.
"Boss! Are you alright?"
Seeing this, Tian Xi immediately ran over hugging the box, her face full of worry.
Shi Fumeng was also stunned. She looked at Xu Mu sitting on the ground and said coldly, "Serves you right! I told you earlier that a personality like yours will lead to an early death."
[Favorability +1]
After saying this, Shi Fumeng still dashed over to Xu Mu.
She squatted down and asked, "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine. The wound isn't deep."
Xu Mu shook his head.
Shi Fumeng took out a pill from her person. "This is a healing pill, eat it quickly."
After taking the pill, Xu Mu placed it under his nose and sniffed it.
Possessing Pharmaceutical Mastery, he could clearly identify the medicinal ingredients inside.
There was nothing messy or toxic in it; it was indeed a proper healing pill. Thus, Xu Mu swallowed it directly.
"Shi Fumeng, don't you think you're being cheap? Originally, if you followed me, you could have obtained grade-eight heavenly treasures. Now you get nothing, and you're going to die too."
As Lei Ao spoke, he looked towards Wu Tian in the distance.
Confirming that they weren't going to stop him, he continued walking towards Shi Fumeng.
"Master, are you sure we shouldn't save her?"
Wu Tian whispered from afar.
"No need. Shi Fumeng is of an alien race; she hasn't revealed her true strength yet."
Li Poshan's voice reached Wu Tian's ears.
Shi Fumeng gritted her teeth and glared fiercely at Xu Mu. She originally thought a simple honey trap would suffice.
She didn't expect that to get the cultivation method, she would have to go to such lengths.
If she couldn't get it in the future, she was going to castrate Xu Mu.
"Damn it! Lei Ao, do you really think I'm afraid of you?"
Shi Fumeng clenched her fists, and deep blue Qi appeared around her body, swirling around her like a vortex.
Right at this moment, another person appeared at the exit of the formation in the distance.
Tian Xi, who was beside Xu Mu, looked over, her face bursting with wild joy.
"Old man, save me! I'm going to die!"
Tian Xi shouted loudly into the distance.
The deep blue Qi swirling around Shi Fumeng completely vanished at this moment.
Lei Ao immediately turned his head and found a flat-headed old man leaning on two crutches already standing before him.
Xu Mu was startled. Just a moment ago, the man was still at the formation's exit.
In the blink of an eye, he had arrived right in front of them. This person's speed was incredibly fast.
Through the Eye of God, he checked the other party's identity.
Name: Tian Zhenyu
Role: Farmer
Favorability: 0
Destiny Level: 5 (Max Level 10)
Upon seeing this name, Xu Mu's eyes narrowed. Of course he knew this person.
One of the Two Cripples from the One Madman, Two Cripples.
The Two Cripples were known as the one missing an arm and the one missing a leg.
Zhang Que was missing an arm, while the Tian Zhenyu in front of him was missing a leg.
Xu Mu genuinely didn't know that the grandfather Tian Xi always talked about was actually him.
"You scared your grandpa to death. Let's see if you dare to run around recklessly in the future."
Tian Zhenyu leaned on his crutches and walked towards Tian Xi, completely ignoring Lei Ao as he passed by him.
"Old man! If it weren't for my boss this time, I would have died countless times already."
Tian Xi wiped the tears from her eyes. "My boss clearly wasn't their match, but he still insisted on protecting me. He is a great person."
"For those words to come out of your mouth, it proves that he truly is a good person."
As Tian Zhenyu spoke, some favorability points appeared above his head. "Kid, do you know me?"
"Senior, this junior does not know."
Xu Mu shook his head.
In a sense, Xu Mu wasn't lying.
He truly didn't know that Tian Xi was Tian Zhenyu's granddaughter. He only saved Tian Xi because she was the female lead, and he wanted to gain justice points from her.
"Since you don't know me, you naturally don't know my granddaughter either. Then why did you risk your life to protect her?"
While talking, Tian Zhenyu glanced at Tian Xi. "My granddaughter looks like a boy and isn't even that pretty."
"Senior, I can't agree with what you said. She just has short hair and her dressing style is quite masculine, but if you look closely, you can still tell she's a girl."
Xu Mu said from the side.
[Favorability +10]
Tian Xi directly kicked Tian Zhenyu's crutch, almost making him fall to the ground.
"Old man! I told you your eyesight was bad."
Tian Zhenyu grinned. "Now I'll tell you, my name is Tian Zhenyu."
Hearing this, Shi Fumeng, who was standing nearby, had a solemn expression. Seeing how fast the other party was just now, and the fact that he was disabled.
She had guessed it might be him, but she didn't expect it to actually be true.
"What? Tian Zhenyu, one of the Two Cripples?"
Hearing this, Lei Ao's expression changed drastically, and he quickly retreated a few steps.
"Master, so this person is the one they call one of the Two Cripples?"
Wu Tian frowned in the distance.
"When Tian Zhenyu was young, he was a famous genius. Later, for some unknown reason, he lost a leg and disappeared for decades."
Li Poshan's voice immediately transmitted over. "Let's go quickly. Don't worry about whether it's ripe or not; if we don't take it now, we won't be able to get it at all!"
Wu Tian nodded secretly, silently stepped back a few paces, turned around, and ran.
In the distance, Tian Zhenyu looked at Lei Ao. "It seems you are the boss here."
"That's right. What do you want?"
Lei Ao asked calmly.
"The Sanitation Department said that whoever takes care of you can get two types of grade-eight heavenly treasures, free to choose. What do you think I want?"
As Tian Zhenyu spoke, he lifted his crutches.
Tian Xi immediately opened the wooden box nearby and took out one of the short swords from inside.
The end of the short sword had threads. She grabbed the short sword and, like tightening a screw, twisted and pressed it into the bottom of the crutch.
She did the same with the other one.
Now, short blades had been added to the ends of Tian Zhenyu's two crutches.
Xu Mu nodded to himself. So that's what the threads were used for.
Lei Ao first saw Wu Tian fleeing in the distance. He sneered and immediately chased after him.
One didn't even need to think to know what they were going to do.
Right now, he couldn't care about anything else. He needed to eat the divine medicine first.
...
Deep within the ruins.
Lei Ao's second brother lay in a pool of blood, his body almost completely shattered.
Chen Xuan was carrying a woven urea bag on his back, with bloodstains on his front and face.
At this moment, the golden electric currents all over his body gradually disappeared.
"Woodchopping Fifth Stance: Myriad Woods Returning to Ruins. Unless absolutely forced, I wouldn't use it. It's simply too cruel after all."
Chen Xuan ran towards the inside of the cave.
In the blink of an eye, he had reached the deepest part and saw the divine medicine there.
"This... should be the Soul Replenishing Fruit. I remember Master saying that it turns pure gold when it matures."
Chen Xuan approached and noticed there were still a few silver spots on the fruit. "It's not fully ripe yet. Should I pick it or not?"
He stroked his chin in deep thought. This was a divine medicine. Now that it had fallen into his hands, he could completely consume it all by himself.
] 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.
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.
ap a wealthy young lady? Or else I'll be eliminated by the system? Ye Feng, who awakened the Kidnapper System, originally wanted to live a peaceful life but never imagined he would become a kidnapper of young women. However, after some time, he discovered that all the girls the system ordered him to kidnap were far from ordinary. "Big brother Ye Feng~ You've kidnapped my heart, and now you're not allowed to leave me ever again~" "Ye Feng~ You kidnapped me back then, now it's my turn to capture you♡" "Little Feng, you're mine! You can only be mine!" "Ye Feng, none of them deserve you. Only I love you the most♡" ... This is madness, they've all gone mad! Wait, what? Why are all the girls I kidnapped yanderes?!
young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."
