Pang Shuo did not spend more time cursing the support. The lizardmen launched another wave of attacks.
It disappeared on the spot, and several afterimages approached closely.
Having learned from Lin Cang's experience, Pang Shuo did not dare to take the attacks head-on.
He grabbed Lin Cang and threw him out the door, while he himself rolled on the ground to dodge the attack.
Claws left a neat, smooth circular hole where they had just been.
Pang Shuo moved swiftly and nimbly, not giving the lizardmen a chance to get close.
"Liu Ying, how much longer?"
Hearing the captain's words, Liu Ying fired a bullet and looked at her watch, freeing up her hand.
"Eleven minutes."
The bullet hit the E-level monster, twisting and turning, transforming into a small meat grinder that shredded its arm.
This was Liu Ying's superpower, giving objects the attribute of shredding.
The one person and one monster in the room were like dancers in a duo, advancing and retreating in tandem.
Qi Yuan, however, knew things were developing in a bad direction.
"First paralyze this fool, take the opportunity to stab the wooden-headed guy to death, so there's no chance of a zombie surprise," he thought.
"Hmm... Better make it a stab from afar, just in case," he mused.
Aren't you being a bit too cautious?
After mocking the monster inwardly, he turned his gaze to Pang Shuo, drenched in sweat.
The monsters' physical fitness was much better than humans'. Pang Shuo had failed to dodge completely several times, relying on his superpower to protect himself.
Although not seriously injured, his strength and energy consumption were huge. It looked like he couldn't hold out much longer.
He had to do something to buy time for Lin Cang and Pang Shuo to recover some strength and hold out until the spatial distortion in eleven minutes.
Luckily, this monster was too cautious, which was its downfall.
It had so many cards yet didn't play them, when killing them all would have kept anyone from knowing what cards it had.
And he could take advantage of this.
There was no time to lose; waiting longer would mean Pang Shuo getting seriously injured too. That would greatly reduce the effect of buying time for two injured people to rest.
"Are you looking for me?"
Qi Yuan got up from his sneaky hiding place where he'd been since the start of the battle, and walked out.
The battling lizardman and Pang Shuo pulled apart, looking towards Qi Yuan.
Seeing the newcomer, the lizardman's slender pupils contracted.
"Who are you?"
Qi Yuan gasped.
This script was wrong; the director should yell "cut" for a retake!
But reality did not come with a rewind button. Qi Yuan awkwardly ad-libbed:
"Didn't the guy lying on the floor say you were looking for a human with golden eyes?"
"What's that got to do with you?"
Qi Yuan stood so unguarded and full of holes before the lizardman, yet it was even more wary than when facing the two superhumans earlier.
Abnormal things were sure to have tricks.
For the cautious monster, not knowing someone's depths was tantamount to unfathomable depths.
The lizardman considered for a moment, then decided to "friendly" communicate with Qi Yuan.
Qi Yuan chuckled lightly, looking around with a shrug.
"You're right, what does a golden-eyed human have to do with me, Qi Yuan?"
Everyone on the scene let out low laughter.
Not only was the cautious monster cautious, it was also suspicious.
Since Qi Yuan didn't admit it, it grew suspicious that he was actually Golden Eyes.
It looked Qi Yuan up and down dubiously, increasingly feeling something was off, and scrutinized his eye color even more closely.
"Maybe he said 'golden' because 'light brown' doesn't sound awesome enough? Or is the dim light messing with my color perception?" it wondered.
"Cut the crap. Don't think I can't recognize you, Golden Eyes."
The cautious monster decided on direct probing.
Qi Yuan neither confirmed nor denied, simply saying, "I don't recall running into you before."
"It's definitely Golden Eyes after all, luckily I probed," thought the monster.
Its eyes swiveled as it quickly recalled what its underling had said.
"I heard you like teaching monsters a lesson. How about a taste of this move?"
It condensed spatial blades in its palms, then turned both palms towards Qi Yuan and continuously unleashed them.
Swish swish swish—
The crescent-shaped spatial blades shot out without pause, aimed right at Qi Yuan.
Boom boom boom—
Qi Yuan was engulfed by the spatial blades, the swirling dust obscuring everyone's view.
"Hey kid, don't kick the bucket from carelessness!"
It had all happened so quickly. Believing the video represented Qi Yuan's true strength, Pang Shuo was totally unprepared for him to just stand there and take the spatial blade attacks without even trying to dodge.
The continuous bombardment ended, and the swirling dust gradually settled too.
A figure stood in place, one hand over his face.
From her spot in the corridor, Miao Miao Tu had been secretly livestreaming the scene. Seeing what was happening, her heart lurched.
He couldn't have hurt his face, right?
Oh no, such a handsome face can't just be gone like that!!
Just as everyone was worried,
"Pfff—"
Suddenly, the figure on the scene burst out laughing, as if someone had tickled him and he couldn't stop.
After laughing hard for over ten seconds, he finally spoke cheerfully.
"You're pretty smart, just not using your brains where you should."
"I've... been completely seen through..." thought the lizardman.
With its scaly skin, it was hard to discern facial expressions, but one could clearly see its shocked expression from the intense impact.
"How did he know about my spatial movement, spatial restraint, tail regrowth..." it wondered.
Qi Yuan: I didn't know before, now I do.
The lizardman put up a front. Its words were completely unconvincing.
"If you want to trick me, you're still too young."
The successful stall boosted Qi Yuan's confidence tremendously. He nodded at its hopeful gaze and casually said, as if making small talk:
"Ah right, I was tricking you."
He paused a second before continuing:
"You definitely don't have spatial movement, spatial restraint, tail regrowth..."
With each revelation, the lizardman's initial elation vanished bit by bit, until its last glimmer of hope was snuffed out. It felt its scales tingle all over, really wanting to quickly flee the scene to scratch them for relief.
But it couldn't; a cautious monster would never turn its back on an enemy to run away.
It let out "he he" laughter, acting tougher than it felt: "Looks like you can give me an even more wonderful battle experience. I hope you're not just full of hot air like those two humans."
Having read the lizardman's inner voice, when the barrage of spatial blades descended, Qi Yuan stood stock still at the center, not moving a muscle, too nervous to even breathe.
When humans get nervous enough, they use laughter to relieve the pressure.
After the big laugh, Qi Yuan's pressure plummeted and his mind cleared.
The more abnormally he acted, the less the lizardman dared make a move, since its reason wouldn't crumble without absolute necessity.
That meant he could keep reading its inner voice.
"A wonderful battle experience?"
Qi Yuan looked relaxed, as if just making meaningless small talk like "Have you eaten yet today?"
"Indeed, you still have a few unused cards. Why not tell me what they are so I can have a listen?"
!!!
The lizardman paled in shock. With its scaly skin, it was hard to see expressions, but one could clearly discern its shocked mien from the intense impact.
"How did this human pierce the heavens and see through all my cards - spatial movement, spatial restraint, tail regrowth..." it wondered.
It struggled to stay calm, completely unconvincing as it spoke.
"If you want to trick me, you're still too young."
grated, and just when he finally managed to get into an elite academy, he discovered that he actually had a system, and the way to earn rewards was extremely ridiculous. So for the sake of rewards, he had no choice but to start acting ridiculous as well. Su Cheng: "It's nothing but system quests after all." But later, what confused Su Cheng was that while he was already quite ridiculous, he never expected those serious characters to gradually become ridiculous too. And the way they looked at him became increasingly strange... (This synopsis doesn't do it justice, please read the full story)
] [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!"
e, Immortal Body, Transmigration, System, Progression Fantasy, Academy Setting, Third-Person Perspective. Alternate Title: Transmigrating into a High Martial World and Reading Live Comments. Bad news: I transmigrated. This is a terrifying high-martial world, and my original, pathetically weak body fell into a coma and never woke up. Good news: I got a Popularity Points system upon arrival. I can see live comments and even create an unkillable alternate identity. Starting out, the alternate identity has all stats at 1. The system tells me that to grow stronger, I must participate in the plot, gain popularity points to allocate stats and grow stronger, and ultimately awaken my original body. And so, carrying my original body on my back, I officially entered Huaqing Academy, where the story's protagonist resides. From that moment on, Chen Guan kicked the original plot to pieces. Live Comments: [Doesn't anyone find this mysterious coffin guy creepy? He can summon indescribable grey misty hands.] [Is this guy a hero or a villain? What kind of onion became a spirit?] [By the way, does anyone know who's in the coffin? Shouldn't the debt for saving his life be repaid by now?] [According to unofficial histories, the person in the coffin was Chen Guan's first love. Their love was once passionate and earth-shattering, but they were separated by life and death due to worldly circumstances. What a star-crossed pair.] ... Years later, the world knew of a demon god born from a coffin, shrouded in grey mist, impossible to gaze upon directly. His foremost divine emissary often wielded a scythe, reaping lives like the god of death. As war approached, facing former friends and a boundless sea of enemies, Chen Guan merely raised his scythe. "Would you like to dance as well?"
close your eyes and open them again, only to find yourself transmigrated into the role of a villainous male supporting character. Readers familiar with urban wish-fulfillment novels know that it is only through the relentless antics of the villainous male supporting character that the plot between the male and female leads can progress. As the villainous male supporting character, Long Aotian not only has to bully the female lead, harass the second female lead, and flirt with the third female lead, but he also has to go all out to antagonize the male lead. In the end, when his body is discovered, he is still clutching half a moldy fried dough stick in his hand. Fully aware of the plot, Long Aotian is determined to change his fate, starting with the female lead! In the beginning, the female lead lacks confidence: "Big brother, I hope I didn't scare you?" In the middle, the female lead treads carefully: "Brother Long, please don't hit me, okay?" Later on, the female lead becomes coquettishly clingy: "Aotian, it's time to pay the 'public grain' tonight." Long Aotian's legs go weak, and he feels like crying: "I taught you to be thick-skinned, not shameless!"
