Within the blood mist, under the blood moon, a crimson city trembled, its surface covered in squirming flesh and blood.

Suddenly, this flesh and blood began to retract, ultimately all converging into the body of a woman, as if the entire city had been devoured by her!

"Huff~ My injuries are finally healed."

The woman possessed the same facial structure and eyes as Senior Sister Red Butterfly, but her charm was even more terrifying, like an abyss that could make one sink into it at a single glance.

"That damnable ghost dormitory actually injured me so severely."

"Hmph!"

"However, I also left a hidden hand behind. Let me see what's really going on inside that dormitory."

The woman narrowed her long, beautiful eyes, seemingly sensing something, then her eyes suddenly widened.

Holy crap!

Where's my freaking huge doppelganger?!

……

Having successfully exploited a bug in the Mad King Building once, Senior Sister Red Butterfly was feeling quite smug.

If she had a tail, it would probably be wagging all the way up to the ozone layer by now.

"Red Butterfly, you really are amazing." Xu Lang forced a stiff smile onto his face and continued blowing smoke up her ass.

He was bottling up his anger.

This way, when it came time to farm points, his motivation would be even stronger.

"Hahahaha!!!!" Senior Sister Red Butterfly laughed maniacally.

Given Xu Lang's good performance, she could temporarily let slide the matters of him cutting her off and exposing her secret.

Senior Sister Red Butterfly was exactly the type of person who grew more arrogant the more you flattered her.

Xu Lang couldn't hold back any longer and gave her butt a slap, which finally made her settle down.

"Take off your outfits. I'll upgrade them for you." Xu Lang looked at the girls and spoke.

Cao Yaxuan and the others had also made many guesses about Xu Lang's upgrade skill, but they always ended up completely baffled.

Because this skill was just too unpredictable!

What decent person has a divine skill like this that only works on clothing!

Therefore, they all suspected that Xu Lang's skill had some kind of limitation or major flaw, otherwise it wouldn't be this absurd.

Xu Lang used all his fusion charges in one go. Looking at the increased charm stats of the girls, he felt somewhat satisfied.

"For a long-duration instance like this, wouldn't it be more cost-effective to use Nightmare Coins to improve clothing quality? After all, there are still so many days left."

The girls' clothing styles were already set. They could improve the quality later by following the clothing fusion rules, so there was no need to waste Nightmare Coins now.

However, the supermarket's large-scale resource refresh would have to wait until the game ended. There was still a seventeen-day gap period now.

Overthinking was pointless. How to proceed specifically still depended on the movements of the Rakshasa Ancient Kingdom.

What if they went all-in again next round? Xu Lang would be too busy trying to stay alive to even consider how to develop further.

Xu Lang didn't doubt for a second that the game difficulty of the Rakshasa Ancient Kingdom would keep increasing.

Because any player who harbored doubts about that wouldn't live to see the sixth round.

Tong Qi's combat power had increased significantly. Wang Yazhi took her to the training room to practice, and everyone else went to watch. 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

Xu Lang didn't go because he had more urgent matters to attend to.

Before that, he checked his own skills, equipment, stats, and backpack inventory.

This was a preparatory action he always performed before every battle.

"Dammit! The Golden Core Technique upgrade has become so cheap. Each price is so tempting, all trying to seduce me!"

Xu Lang gnashed his teeth, feeling like he was in a supermarket clearance sale where everything was only 9.99.

Putting on clothing that concealed his information, Xu Lang opened the door and went out.

……

Late at night.

Xu Lang wandered outside, occasionally opening a Treasure Chest, killing a couple of monsters, just like an ordinary player.

Until a certain moment, he arrived at the territory of the second-floor players.

Bai Wuya was leading a large group of players back to the dormitory building and happened to run into Xu Lang.

At first, Bai Wuya didn't pay it much mind.

Players who concealed their information like this usually weren't very strong and would just slip away when encountering a large group.

Watching Xu Lang approach bit by bit, reaching a somewhat dangerous distance, Bai Wuya frowned and shouted, "What do you want? Stop right there!"

All the second-floor players stared at Xu Lang, watching him like hawks.

Players like Xu Lang who went out alone were generally quite annoying because they were easily associated with "thieves."

Although the Floor Leader factions didn't have property rights over certain areas, they had already tacitly assumed those places were their territory.

It made no sense.

But this world didn't operate on logic.

"It's me." Xu Lang removed his mask.

Instead of relaxing, Bai Wuya grew even more vigilant. He cupped his hands and said, "Lang... Xu Lang, is there something you need?"

"Hand over these few people." Xu Lang pointed out three players.

"Han Dongping! What does Xu Lang want with them?!"

Everyone was shocked simultaneously. They looked at the three players while also putting some distance between them.

In their eyes, these three were already a source of danger.

All three came from a six-person dormitory, and Han Dongping was the Dorm Owner.

"What's the reason?" Bai Wuya didn't back down.

Although Xu Lang's intentions were clearly hostile, he was the Floor Leader and had to show some responsibility.

"He tipped off Azeman before." Xu Lang said calmly.

The faces of Han Dongping and the other two changed drastically.

"You're talking nonsense! How could we possibly do something like that!" Han Dongping said in a deep voice.

Bai Wuya's expression also turned unpleasant. He glanced back at the three, then looked at Xu Lang again. "Evidence?"

"Not needed." Xu Lang drew his blade.

The moonlight reflected off the Demon Blade, casting a crimson glow on the ground.

"Wait!" Bai Wuya knew Xu Lang struck fast and hurriedly said, "Remember when you asked me about martial arts skill combinations before? I want to spar with you unarmed! Just a couple of exchanges, it has nothing to do with Han Dongping and the others!"

Xu Lang chuckled lightly. "Fine."

The surrounding players showed strange expressions.

Who didn't know Bai Wuya was the number one hand-to-hand combatant in the Mad King Building? For Xu Lang to accept was truly overconfident.

Could it be that Xu Lang was actually a brainless brute?

Some players swallowed hard, their hearts pounding.

Maybe when Bai Wuya injured Xu Lang, they could sneak attack and take down this Five-Time Champion!

With Xu Lang dead, Dorm 200 would be leaderless. Wouldn't its resources be ripe for the picking?!

"Xu Lang, I know you're strong, but I, Bai, am not undeserving of my reputation either..." Bai Wuya shouted lowly, explosive energy erupting around him, making his clothes flutter violently. He charged forward like a battle flag tearing through a gale.

Bai Wuya went in, but before he could finish his sentence, he came back out.

—He was knocked back!

He flew backward without his feet touching the ground, while a series of crisp, popping sounds like bursting beans came from his chest.

Xu Lang retracted his fist. "I thought I'd hit a rubber ball."