The moment Luo Feng finally got the Demon King's toddler to sleep (by letting him use Li Qing's frozen sword arm as a teething toy), the air itself ripped apart.
A blade of liquid darkness shot toward his throat—
CLANG!
Luo Feng barely parried with a fire-infused chopstick, but the force sent him crashing through three walls.
[SYSTEM ALERT: HOST UNDER ATTACK!]
[Threat Level: Void Dynasty Elite Assassin – "Silent Blade Yan Luo"]
Yan Luo moved like living shadow, his attacks leaving afterimages in the air.
"The Void Emperor wants you dead," he whispered, his voice echoing from every direction at once. "But I'll make it hurt first."
Luo Feng rolled as another blade sliced the space where his head had been.
"Yeah, well, I've got plans tonight!" he snapped, hurling a fireball—only for Yan Luo to step through it like mist.
[SYSTEM: ASSASSIN'S ABILITY – "PHANTOM SHIFT" (IMMUNE TO PHYSICAL/ELEMENTAL ATTACKS FOR 5 SECONDS)]
Luo Feng: "Oh, COME ON—"
With no weapons (thanks to the toddler melting them) and no backup (the Fox Spirit was somewhere laughing at him), Luo Feng did the only thing he could—
He checked in.
[EMERGENCY MISSION: "SURVIVE THE NEXT 60 SECONDS"]
Reward: Shadow Void Energy (Death God)
Failure: Death (Obviously)
Yan Luo lunged again—
Luo Feng dove straight into his own shadow.
For a heartbeat, the world stretched and warped, and Luo Feng found himself standing behind Yan Luo, his body woven from darkness itself.
Yan Luo spun, eyes wide. "Impossible! Only the Death God's chosen can—"
Luo Feng punched him in the throat.
[MISSION COMPLETE!]
[SHADOW VOID ENERGY (DEATH GOD) – ACQUIRED!]
The Death Queen's Interest
As Yan Luo vanished in a swirl of curses, a familiar voice purred from the rooftops:
Death Queen: "Mmm, shadow-walking. Very attractive in a man."
She dropped beside him, tracing the new sigils glowing on his arms.
"The Death God's mark…" She smirked. "My fiancé just got more interesting."
[SYSTEM: WARNING. DEATH QUEEN AFFECTION +50% (DANGER: YANDERE MODE ACTIVATING).]
Before Luo Feng could react, Li Qing's ice spear impaled the ground between them.
Li Qing (eyes glowing frost-blue): "Explain. Now."
Behind her, the Demon King's toddler rode in on a newly summoned hell-boar, chewing on what looked like Elder Zhao's beard.
Luo Feng: "…Can I plead temporary insanity?"
[To Be Continued!]