Chapter 30: The Slaying

Chapter 30: Beheading

"Dance?" Ou Xiangrong was taken aback and couldn't figure it out for a moment.

This spiritual item was actually inviting him to dance.

Ou Xiangrong sneered. Of course, he couldn't dance with the enemy's dancing shoes during a battle. He immediately bit the tip of his tongue and spat a mouthful of blood from the tip of his tongue at the gleaming blade of the Willow Blade.

As an experienced Spirit Realm Walker and an evil class character, he had fought against Night Patrollers many times and knew the skill characteristics of this class.

Spiritual items were known for their eeriness. Ou Xiangrong had once been pestered by a spiritual item for several days, and it was extremely difficult to deal with.

However, their disadvantages were also obvious. That was, their actual lethality was slightly insufficient.

In addition, spiritual items generally feared things with strong yang energy. For items like this that were suspected to be inhabited by resentful spirits, a mouthful of blood from the tip of the tongue could suppress them.

It wasn't a big problem.

The red dancing shoes that rose and fell waited for a few seconds. Seeing that the human in front of them didn't want to dance with them, they seemed to be angry. A dim red light appeared on the shoes, and with a rapid "da-da-da" sound, they rushed towards Ou Xiangrong.

Ou Xiangrong stood still and waited for the red dancing shoes to approach. When they leaped towards the front of the car to attack him, he calmly swung the Willow Blade, trying to deal a heavy blow to the resentful spirit inhabiting the shoes.

However, when the blade slashed through the dancing shoes, there was no feeling of hitting a solid object. These strange red dancing shoes seemed to be in another time and space and didn't exist in reality.

"Bang bang!"

The next moment, Ou Xiangrong's chest and face were kicked twice severely.

He experienced the feeling that Zhang Yuanqing had felt before, where the pain was so intense that his heart seemed to stop beating and it was difficult to breathe. At the same time, his face burned with pain, and warm liquid flowed from his nostrils.

This, this wasn't a prop of the Night Patroller class... Ou Xiangrong looked惊愕and茫然, and said in a doubtful tone:

"Void?"

The characteristics of this item seemed a bit like those of a certain class from abroad. How could a Level 1 Night Patroller possess a prop of a foreign class?

There was no time to think more. In Ou Xiangrong's sight, those strange dancing shoes turned around and trampled towards him again.

He didn't have time to wipe the blood from his nose. He crossed his arms in front of his chest. With two "bang bang" sounds, this Demon of Seduction was kicked and rolled off the roof of the car.

Ou Xiangrong either pounced forward, dashed, rolled, or used the vehicles to take cover. He dodged and maneuvered in the spacious underground garage, avoiding most of the trampling of the red dancing shoes.

But he was still unfortunately stepped on several times. Each trampling made him feel extremely painful. The injuries left from the fierce battle last night flared up, and blood seeped from his internal organs.

So, so strong... The useless master Zhang Yuanqing watched the battle of the red dancing shoes in astonishment.

He once again deeply realized the terrifying nature of rule-based items.

Its pursuit couldn't be destroyed or interrupted. The target could only passively endure its pursuit unless the rule was broken, which was to dance.

But this was unrealistic. Even if Ou Xiangrong yielded to the red dancing shoes and endured the shame to dance the tap dance, he himself would intervene to make his dance go wrong.

And if the dance steps were wrong, all efforts would be in vain.

However, Zhang Yuanqing also had a clear understanding of the strength of the Demon of Seduction. With the trampling force of the red dancing shoes, Ou Xiangrong could actually withstand it.

His physical body was incredibly tough.

"Ou Xiangrong won't be so stupid as to wait for death. Once he realizes that he can only be beaten passively and can't fight back, he will definitely choose to escape..."

Zhang Yuanqing was clear-headed. He had to launch a sneak attack before the other party escaped.

He didn't expect to kill the enemy, but he must definitely hold this murderer back.

Bang bang!

Ou Xiangrong failed to dodge again. He was kicked twice in the face by the red dancing shoes, causing him to stagger backward. His eyes went dark, and he felt dizzy.

An opportunity!

Zhang Yuanqing dashed out like a cheetah. He held the Demon Subduing Staff and ran, creating an arc-shaped parabola and going around to the back of Ou Xiangrong.

He thrust the Demon Subduing Staff fiercely towards the center of Ou Xiangrong's back.

"weng!"

Suddenly, a dense white light like fog blocked the three-sided spike of the Demon Subduing Staff.

This force came from the bronze waist token tightly held in Ou Xiangrong's left hand, an ancient waist token covered with cracks and bloodstains, as if it belonged to an old soldier who had experienced many battles.

This was the defensive item of Zhao Yingjun.

"A defensive item?"

Zhang Yuanqing, whose sneak attack had failed, was alarmed. He shifted his steps and walked quickly around Ou Xiangrong. The Demon Subduing Staff in his hand struck the white light air wall again and again, creating rippling halos.

This time, with the cover of the red dancing shoes, he wasn't "instantly killed" by this Demon of Seduction and惊险ly avoided several attacks from the blade and fists and kicks.

Click!

Finally, under the high-frequency attacks of the Demon Subduing Staff and the red dancing shoes, the bronze waist token shattered into pieces, and the white light dispersed into light fragments.

And at this moment, Zhang Yuanqing's Night Patrol time ended, and his body emerged.

Ou Xiangrong seemed to be waiting for this moment. Scarlet color welled up in his eyes, and twisted and strange runes appeared.

Seduction!

Zhang Yuanqing's mind went blank with a loud "bang". He lost his ability to think, as if he had forgotten that he was in a battle. At the same time, a voice echoed in his mind:

Put down your weapon and don't resist. Put down your weapon and don't resist...

Ou Xiangrong sneered grimly, and the Willow Blade slashed towards the young Night Patroller's neck.

The reason why he was willing to endure the attacks of those terrifying dancing shoes instead of using this defensive item was that he was waiting for the Night Patroller to take the initiative to attack.

This item from the Scout class was already half-damaged. If it was used in advance, it would at most withstand the dancing shoes for a short while and then be completely destroyed.

So he simply endured it and deliberately showed a flaw to lure the other party to take the initiative.

As he expected, this young Night Patroller lacked experience and couldn't hold his temper. He really fell for the trap.

However, just before the blade slashed across the young Night Patroller's neck, Ou Xiangrong saw the other party's body suddenly collapse. The Willow Blade swept past his scalp, cutting off a few strands of hair.

The pair of red dancing shoes that had been chasing and attacking him fiercely appeared on the Night Patroller's feet at some point and forced him to do the splits, avoiding his throat-slashing attack.

At the same time, the Night Patroller, who should have been seduced, had brilliant golden light welling up in his eyes and instantly got rid of the confused state. He bounced his legs and forcefully crashed into Ou Xiangrong.

Ou Xiangrong completely didn't expect such a situation. He didn't expect that a mere Level 1 Night Patroller could actually get rid of his seduction.

At this moment, he was still maintaining the posture of swinging the knife and couldn't stop the force. He could only watch helplessly as the brass staff stabbed towards his chest.

"pu!!"

Flesh and blood were torn. The tip of the Demon Subduing Staff burst out with a brilliant golden light, burning up all the vitality in the chest.

Ou Xiangrong's eyes went dark, and he almost fainted from the pain. But after all, he was a Demon of Seduction who had experienced many battles. In a near-death state, he burst out with potential. He pulled his right arm back and dragged the Willow Blade towards the Night Patroller's throat.

At the same time, he tensed the muscles in his left arm and flicked his elbow joint, making his left fist turn into a powerful spear full of strength. It stabbed towards the enemy's shoulder with a "pa" sound.

Zhang Yuanqing suddenly tilted his head back, avoiding the throat-slashing blade. Then he was hit on the shoulder by Ou Xiangrong's fist and flew out like a broken sandbag.

Bang!

Zhang Yuanqing crashed into a commercial vehicle, causing the car window to be covered with cracks. Before his falling body touched the ground, it was erased inch by inch and disappeared from Ou Xiangrong's sight.

He entered the Night Patrol state again.

Ou Xiangrong didn't look at him but stumbled towards Xu Yingying.

His heart had been destroyed. The only thing that could save him now was the blood of the living. He needed to kill someone to enter a berserk state.

Then he would rush out of the underground garage and massacre the campus. With the bloodthirsty nature of the Demon of Seduction, he could repair his injuries and reverse life and death.

But if he did this, his morality value would surely drop below 60, and he would be wanted by the Spirit Realm and besieged and killed by all the Spirit Realm Walkers in the city. But he couldn't care so much now.

"Da-da-da..."

Two dim red lights emerged out of thin air, turning into a pair of brand-new red dancing shoes that intercepted and attacked Ou Xiangrong.

To Ou Xiangrong at this moment, the sound of these footsteps was simply the tolling of the death knell, the sigh of the god of death, and the judgment of the King of Hell.

"Bang bang!"

Ou Xiangrong's face was trampled on, and his face was covered in blood and flesh. He couldn't control himself and fell backward with his head tilted. But at the last moment, Ou Xiangrong threw out the Willow Blade in his hand.

The sharp weapon, which was forty centimeters long in total, turned into a silver light and shot towards Xu Yingying in the distance.

Ou Xiangrong stared fixedly at the blade.

Ding!

Suddenly, sparks flew. The Willow Blade was knocked away by a brass staff that extended from the void. Beside Xu Yingying, a figure emerged.

It was Zhang Yuanqing.

Seeing this scene, the hope in Ou Xiangrong's eyes turned into despair and unwillingness.

At this time, the red dancing shoes descended from the sky and trampled on his face, crushing his nose, splitting his lips, and making his two eyeballs burst out.

Ou Xiangrong's hands and feet spasmed a few times and then completely lost his vital signs.

Zhang Yuanqing sat down beside Xu Yingying with a thud and let out a long sigh, feeling as if he was completely exhausted.

At this moment, a murderous intent was surging in his chest, and his hands and feet couldn't stop shaking.

This wasn't fear. It was the mental excitement brought about by the surging adrenaline. When people were in danger and in urgent need of self-rescue, adrenaline would be secreted crazily. In this state, people could truly kill without batting an eyelid.

Commonly known as being carried away!

The battle plan was successful.

Before this battle, he had already thought it through clearly. The only thing he needed to avoid was the opponent's seduction skill. Therefore, before deciding to launch a sneak attack, he had already sacrificed the Demon Subduing Staff.

Among the functions of the Demon Subduing Staff, there was one that was purification.

And the second form of the red dancing shoes was the support that allowed him to fight in close quarters. It indeed helped him avoid the fatal throat-slashing attack.

Marking, seduction, berserk state, close combat... He had calculated all of Ou Xiangrong's abilities clearly and made countermeasures. If he still couldn't win like this, Zhang Yuanqing felt that there was no need for him to stay in this world.

After gasping for a few minutes, Zhang Yuanqing calmed down his agitated emotions and heard the Spirit Realm prompt sound in his ear:

[Ding, you have killed a Level 3 Demon of Seduction and obtained 30 morality points and 15 reputation points. Reputation has been activated.]

Zhang Yuanqing was taken aback and quickly opened the character attribute panel, only to find that there was an additional column for reputation.

Reputation? Killing a Spirit Realm Walker from the enemy camp would reward reputation? As an old gamer, he was no stranger to reputation, but he didn't know what the reputation in the Spirit Realm world was for.

Zhang Yuanqing thought about it and decided to leave it alone for now and check the official forum later.

Compared with the reputation rewarded by the Spirit Realm, the spoils of war in reality were what he cared more about.

He got up and walked to Ou Xiangrong's body. He kicked the eyeballs under the car and then dragged the body to the shadow in the corner.

He carefully searched the body and found a mobile phone and a wallet.

The mobile phone was an old-fashioned one that could only make calls. The wallet was quite bulging. When he opened it, there was a stack of hundred-yuan bills and a fake ID card inside.

Zhang Yuanqing counted carefully, "As a wanted criminal, he only has more than 1,500 yuan on him. Is this reasonable..."

It's confiscated! He took out the money and stuffed it into his pocket.

Then, he walked over and picked up the sharp Willow Blade.

The moment he touched the weapon, a piece of information appeared in his sight:

[Name: Bloodthirsty Blade]

[Type: Weapon]

[Function: Bleeding, Bloodthirsty, Armor Piercing]

[Introduction: A certain powerful Demon of Seduction fed this blade with his own blood essence. Over time, it became extremely bloodthirsty. Its blade can cut through hard steel, and the wounds cut by it are difficult to heal. It will absorb the blood essence of the prey and feed it back to the master, making the master stronger.]

[Remarks: A knife that doesn't miss its master is not a good knife.]

"This knife seems really powerful. If it had killed Xu Yingying just now, Ou Xiangrong could have received the nourishment from the weapon... Fortunately, I was careful and stayed by Xu Yingying's side."

Zhang Yuanqing ran back to Ou Xiangrong's body again, untied the knife sheath from his lower back, equipped it on himself, and then inserted the "Bloodthirsty Blade" into the knife sheath.

This knife was still ownerless for now. It was very simple to make it recognize its master. All he needed to do was put it into the item inventory.

But Zhang Yuanqing didn't want to collect it for the time being because the [Remarks] in the item information made him a bit uneasy.

The Bloodthirsty Blade should be a cost-based item, and that line of remarks was the cost of using it.

Combined with the introduction of this knife, Zhang Yuanqing could probably guess what the cost of this knife was. There were only two possibilities. One, the person who obtained this knife would be cursed and eventually die a miserable death.

Two, this knife required the master to feed it with blood essence regularly. This possibility was the greatest.

Feeding with blood essence again. The Demon Subduing Staff has already made me anemic. If I add this Bloodthirsty Blade, how can I live my life?

At this time, Zhang Yuanqing saw the red dancing shoes "da-da-da" walking in front of him, rising and falling. A piece of information appeared:

[Would you like to dance with me? If so, please march in place.]

Only then did he remember that he hadn't put this item back into the item inventory. Just as he was about to refuse and take back the item, he suddenly received a prompt sound from the Spirit Realm in his mind:

[Note: Each time you use this item, you need to dance once. If you refuse, the red dancing shoes will no longer favor you and will launch a pursuit against you.]

Zhang Yuanqing opened his mouth in surprise little by little. This was the first time he used this item in reality after subduing the red dancing shoes. He completely didn't expect that using this rule-based item would require paying such a price.

Kill you if you don't dance with me? This is too much of a rip-off... Zhang Yuanqing stood up with a smile on his face, "I'd be more than happy to."

Soon, the clear tap dance sound rang out in the empty and quiet parking garage.

This time, Zhang Yuanqing didn't trigger his old illness. Instead, he completed a dance with his extraordinary physique, but his dance steps went wrong frequently.

Fortunately, as the master, he didn't suffer the attack of the red dancing shoes.

After finishing the dance, the red dancing shoes stepped back with their right foot, stood on tiptoe with both feet, and curtsied.

Just as he put the red dancing shoes back into the item inventory, his ears twitched, and he heard the rapid sound of footsteps coming from the slope.

Looking in the direction of the sound, he saw Li Dongze leading Guan Ya and seven or eight unfamiliar Spirit Realm Walkers rushing into the underground garage.

Some of them were holding guns, some were holding knives, and some were holding cats... They were fully armed.

Fortunately, I've already finished dancing... Zhang Yuanqing was extremely relieved.

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