Free Web NovelBai Six’s gaze turned cold.
One hand reached back and slipped something into Bai Liu’s pocket.
At the same time, his other hand snapped the whip outward with swift, ruthless precision.
The force of the strike rippled through the air like a wave, pushing back the surrounding Deformed Children as if sweeping away a tide.
Amid the piercing cries and roars of the Deformed Children, Bai Six stood atop the heap of child corpses and lowered his eyes expressionlessly.
“So noisy.”
The wrist hanging at his side flicked.
Another whip strike lashed out.
The swarm of children was instantly scattered, fleeing in every direction as their shrieks grew even sharper.
[System Notification: Abnormal behavior detected. Analyzing core data... Analysis complete—Player Bai Liu’s sub-identity line has reached 0 Mental Value and completed monsterization. It should act as a monster and attack game players. Abnormal behavior detected: protecting a player... Detecting data and compiling report...]
[System Notification: Player Bai Liu’s sub-identity line (deceased monsterized version) has exhibited behavior that violates the Monster Book guidelines... Initiating Monster Forced Mental Value Calibration Program—This monster identity line’s Mental Value is 0 and it has already fully monsterized. No calibration required.]
[System Warning: Unexplainable monster behavior detected. Despite having 0 Mental Value, the monster remains rational and capable of reasonable action. Attack and defense data unknown. Due to its 0 Mental Value, this monster is highly likely to experience a frenzied spike in combat power!]
[System Warning: Players, please proceed with caution. Stay away from this abnormal monster and clear the game as soon as possible! Afterward, the system will forcibly reset the game to eliminate abnormal data!]
Bai Six moved extremely fast, almost on par with Bai Liu when he used Mu Shicheng’s skill.
In just a few breaths, they had caught up to the fleeing Miao Feichi and Miao Gaojiang from behind.
Bai Six leapt several times, his bare feet striking the tunnel walls. Then he twisted midair and brought the whip down with clean, crisp force.
Miao Feichi turned his head at the sound.
Reflected in his eyes was a bizarre, pale monster child gripping the whip Bai Liu had used—the weapon supposedly worthless except for its judgment effect—and bringing it straight down toward him in a vertical strike.
Normally, Miao Feichi wouldn’t have cared much about taking that hit.
He had used Bai Liu’s Siren’s Bone whip before.
That whip was strange. It had judgment, but no damage. At most, being hit by it would make him stumble.
But the instant the whip was about to land—
Whether because Miao Feichi’s health had already dropped close to the Death Prediction threshold, or because of the sixth sense he had built through countless games, the intuition that had saved his life again and again—
Miao Feichi understood with terrifying clarity:
If Bai Six’s strike landed, he might die.
Miao Feichi threw himself sideways to dodge.
The segmented fishbone whip rolled past his face like a wheel, the barbs at both ends lightly scraping a bloody line across his cheek.
The Siren’s Bone smashed into the ground with unstoppable force.
Debris exploded outward along the path of impact, and the entire tunnel floor trembled violently for two seconds.
Amid the increasingly piercing screams of the Deformed Children, Bai Six expressionlessly dragged back the Siren’s Bone whip, which had carved a long crater through the ground.
Only then did Miao Feichi belatedly raise a hand to touch the wound on his face.
He stared blankly at the blood on his fingers.
It was a “kiss” left behind by his brush with the God of Death.
In Bai Six’s hands, the Siren’s Bone whip had become something entirely different.
It was like a legendary demonic blade that had finally been sharpened and placed into the hands of its most suitable master.
When Bai Six held the whip and lifted his eyes to look at him, Miao Feichi couldn’t help thinking of another player whose use of a whip had once given him the same suffocating pressure.
Spades.
And his Lizard Bone Whip.
Miao Feichi’s Carrion Zombies team had once fought a team battle against Spades’ Killer Sequence.
That had been their “best” record.
Spades had taken on all five of them alone and ended the match within one minute.
When Miao Feichi was logged out of the arena under the protection of a Death-Exemption Gold Medal, he had been completely stunned.
He hadn’t even had time to draw his twin blades.
At the end of that match, Spades had stood there holding a whip still dripping with blood, one foot planted on Miao Feichi’s head as he looked down at him with exactly that same gaze.
As though looking at meaningless data.
At an ant unworthy of even a second glance after being crushed.
At something mediocre that did not deserve his attention.
“Dad!!!”
Miao Feichi roared as he turned and ran wildly.
“Activate your defense and run!! Don’t look back!! Head for the exit!”
“You have to dodge the whip!!”
“That whip’s damage is insanely high!!”
Miao Feichi ran at full speed.
Miao Gaojiang gritted his teeth and activated his defense.
Unmoved, Bai Six retracted the whip, then swung his entire arm and lashed out again.
The whip moved so fast it carried a flash of white light, like an arc of lightning cleaving into the ground.
The impact shook the tunnel.
Miao Feichi was directly buried beneath the shattered stones sent flying by the strike, while Miao Gaojiang was Bai Six’s true target.
Although he managed to roll away at the last second, the tip of the whip still smashed into his ankle.
[System Warning: Player Miao Gaojiang’s Health has dropped by 7. Remaining Health: 16. Players, please leave the dangerous scene immediately!]
[System Warning: Player Miao Feichi’s Health has dropped by 1. Remaining Health: 9. Players, please leave the dangerous scene immediately!]
Light from another exit spilled across Miao Gaojiang’s face.
Because of his shattered ankle, his gait became unsteady, and he staggered as he ran. One hand supported the unconscious Xiao Miao Gaojiang. Blood seeped from his ankle, leaving a bloody footprint behind with every step.
There was not a trace of sympathy or mercy on Bai Six’s face.
Seeing that he was about to lash out again, his target was still Miao Gaojiang.
Bai Six’s objective was perfectly clear.
His aim with the whip was only average.
Miao Feichi moved too quickly and was hard to hit.
So he would kill the slower Miao Gaojiang first.
One by one.
That would reduce the burden on Bai Liu and the others.
Miao Feichi coughed as he dragged himself out from beneath the rubble and drew his twin blades.
Before he could even stand firmly, he saw Bai Six aiming at Miao Gaojiang again.
Miao Feichi gritted his teeth and threw his twin blades.
The crescent-shaped blades turned into two boomerangs in midair, flying straight toward Bai Six as if to interrupt his strike.
[System Notification: Player Miao Feichi has used the long-range attack personal skill: Lock-on Boomerang Blades.]
Bai Six bent down to dodge the boomerangs.
His gaze remained cold.
The whip in his hand was still poised to strike Miao Gaojiang.
Miao Feichi screamed, “Look behind you!!”
“The one I want to kill is your investor!”
The {N•o•v•e•l•i•g•h•t} boomerangs really did bypass Bai Six and fly toward the space behind him.
Bai Six’s pupils contracted.
Without hesitation, he turned and lashed out, catching one of the boomerangs with the whip.
But the other blade was still spinning toward Bai Liu.
Bai Liu remained very calm.
He reached out with the monkey claw, ready to catch it.
But the success rate of [The Thief’s Trained Capuchin Monkey] against Miao Feichi’s attack judgment was only fifty percent.
And right now, one hit was enough to kill Bai Liu.
Bai Six couldn’t gamble on that fifty percent.
He instantly gave up chasing Miao Gaojiang.
Gritting his teeth, he sprinted toward the blade flying at Bai Liu.
Just as the blade’s tip was about to spin in front of Bai Liu’s eyes, Bai Liu caught the tip with the monkey claw—
And Xiao Bai Six, rushing in, firmly caught the handle.
His chest rose and fell slightly.
Although he was already dead, he had not been dead for long. When his emotions fluctuated too intensely, he still subconsciously imitated the reactions of the living.
For example—
If he still had a heartbeat right now, it would have been racing.
Taking advantage of that opening, Miao Feichi quickly dragged Miao Gaojiang and Xiao Miao Gaojiang out through the exit on the chapel side.
Bai Six’s “breathing” was somewhat ragged.
The blade he held gradually turned transparent, then disappeared.
It had likely been recalled by Miao Feichi.
This was why disarming someone could not permanently seize their items.
Personal skill items were tightly bound to their players and could be recalled at any time. They did not drop easily and could only be transferred through a final transfer agreement like Liu Huai’s.
That was why “disarming” usually meant cutting off the player’s hands.
Bai Six looked back at the tunnel opening and clicked his tongue softly.
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“And to think you offered me such high prices.”
“A hundred thousand to kill Miao Feichi, and two hundred thousand for Miao Gaojiang.”
After saying this, he covered his mouth, frowning as he coughed and slid down against the tunnel wall.
A strange black, viscous liquid—like decomposed internal organs—dripped through Bai Six’s porcelain-white fingers, mixed with fragments of viscera.
Bai Liu crouched down and patted Bai Six’s shoulder.
“Even if Miao Feichi hadn’t ambushed me, this body—or rather, this corpse—wouldn’t have lasted much longer.”
Using the sleeve of his hospital gown, Bai Liu wiped away the blood-like fluid constantly leaking from Bai Six’s mouth.
But Bai Six no longer had blood.
He had been completely drained dry.
Bai Liu looked at Bai Six curled against the wall and spoke in a tone that sounded both like a sigh and a compliment.
“The physical toll from your forced 0 Mental Value monsterization outbreak was too heavy. I could feel your condition declining sharply during that last whip strike.”
“You were already pushing yourself too far.”
“You did very well.”
“I’ll pay you.”
Bai Six looked at Bai Liu with pitch-black eyes.
“Blood” was still seeping from the corner of his mouth, and his voice came out broken between coughs.
“...Even if I’m dead...”
“The money you give me...”
“I don’t want hell money.”
Bai Liu: “...”
Where did these strange concerns come from?
The big and little Mu Ke came over from behind, supporting the half-conscious Liu Huai between them.
The moment Xiao Mu Ke saw Bai Six, he shoved aside Bai Liu—the “hateful investor”—and knelt on the ground in front of Bai Six.
His tears flowed even faster than Bai Six’s blood.
He reached out as if he wanted to touch Bai Six.
But the instant he felt Bai Six’s icy body temperature, Xiao Mu Ke yanked his hand back as though burned by the cold.
His tears fell harder.
Snot ran down his face as he sobbed.
“Waaa, Bai Six, how are you? Are you okay?”
“Cough, cough. I’m okay.”
Bai Six’s voice remained flat.
“It wasn’t a painful death. Liu Jiayi gave me a quick end.”
At the mention of Liu Jiayi’s name, the dazed Liu Huai managed to lift his head slightly.
He muttered “Liu Jiayi” a couple of times.
But after several seconds, his gaze scattered again, and he lowered his head, unfocused.
Bai Six shifted his gaze toward him.
“This is the gege Liu Jiayi wanted to save, right?”
“You people already turned him into this?”
“With her vengeful personality, she’ll definitely kill all of you.”
“It wasn’t us who made him like this.”
Mu Ke gave a helpless, bitter smile.
“This is the aftermath of his health dropping and his Mental Value collapsing. The only reason he’s still in this state is because we’ve been continuously feeding him Mental Value Bleach.”
“We didn’t have any other choice.”
“I don’t think we’re the primary cause.”
Bai Liu’s gaze met Bai Six’s as he spoke unhurriedly.
“Isn’t this exactly what Liu Jiayi wanted to see?”
“Her gege finally sacrificing everything for her, just as she wished.”
“And compared to killing us first, she’ll probably try every possible method to keep Liu Huai alive, won’t she?”
Bai Six stared fixedly at Bai Liu.
Then he suddenly sneered.
“So that’s why you gave me the coin back then?”
“To let Liu Jiayi see you hand over the most important game manager to me, making her believe you had completely abandoned the Investor side’s clearing route?”
“You made her think she had already gotten what she wanted—Liu Huai abandoning his own life because he loved her that much—so she would reveal herself while trying to escape?”
Bai Liu took the coin from his pocket and slowly put it back on.
This was the item Bai Six had returned to him just before chasing after Miao Gaojiang.
Bai Six’s gaze moved from the coin hanging around Bai Liu’s neck back to Bai Liu’s face.
He asked very calmly, “Bai Liu, since the moment I met you, have you ever said a single sentence that didn’t have an ulterior motive?”
“The sentence where I said you were very important to me was one.”
Bai Liu smiled as he said it.
