Warning! The evil god's minions are invading the eerie dungeon.

That sounds kind of familiar...

Qi Xie's lips twitched, and he raised the blood axe.

Jia Yu seemed resigned to his fate, staring blankly at the ceiling, his tone filled with resentment:

"My plan failed, not because of my fault, but because of fate..."

"You should blame it on the unscrupulous contractor, if anything is weird."

puff!

Qi Xie delivered a decapitation axe blow, then swung it again, quickly dismembering the corpse and finishing it off. His skillful technique even prompted a poll in the live stream asking viewers whether they should call 110 (the police emergency number).

Once he was certain that Jia Yu was dead beyond any doubt, Qi Xie withdrew his blood axe. But feeling uneasy, he added another cut to the man's head, slicing it in half vertically.

Bai Yiyi then cautiously approached:

"Is he dead...!?"

Before she could finish speaking, she saw Jia Yu's gruesome death, and her face turned pale as she turned away and dry heaved.

"Isn't this guy's technique a bit too skilled...? Is he from a legitimate business?"

"He's from Changsha, that's normal."

"What kind of habitual killer is this?"

[Link: Collection of headshots of wanted fugitives in China]

"There isn't one? That doesn't make sense."

"Ugh—where did this guy learn to finish off enemies? Who taught him to slash vertically?! My God!"

"The infamous Jia Yu, who killed over a dozen pilgrims, was killed by a mere newcomer. It's truly lamentable."

"Heh... You don't actually think that's all a notorious scumbag like Zabuza is capable of? If that were all, he would have been killed by his enemies long ago."

"Do you think he obtained one or two rare and valuable sealed artifacts after harming so many people?"

"Um?"

At this moment, inside the instance, Qi Xie suddenly sensed an unusual aura and turned around abruptly.

The corpse of Jia Yu on the ground gradually faded into the air like a phantom, leaving only a rusty copper coin with illegible patterns.

The copper coin shattered into several pieces, seemingly representing Jia Yu's death.

At the same time, an extremely venomous voice rang out:

"Kid, I'll remember you!!"

Qi Xie looked over upon hearing the sound.

Suddenly, Jia Yu appeared before the light gate, his eyes filled with murderous intent and resentment, staring intently at him.

"You ruined my plans, and not only that, you caused me to damage a level-three sealed artifact! I'll remember this grudge!"

He grinned maliciously, a smug look on his face:

"You like to act all high and mighty, don't you? You like to show off, don't you? Fine, I'll remember your face! You dare mess with me, Jia Yu? You're dead!"

"From now on, in every dungeon you'd better be on your guard, wary of everyone you know and don't know. I'll haunt you like a ghost, and even if I can't kill you head-on, I'll make you experience a deep-seated fear, that feeling of having an arrow always aimed at your back!"

"Oh, right~ I'll also investigate you in the real world and kill everyone connected to you! Your family, friends, neighbors, everyone! Hahahaha!!!"

Jia Yu laughed wildly as he jumped into the portal, his figure disappearing in the white light.

Qi Xie, with the blood-red axe slung over his shoulder, watched Jia Yu disappear with a calm gaze.

"This is a complete menace, we can't let him live... although we never really intended for him to survive anyway."

Qi Xie has no habit of leaving himself with hidden dangers. Once he has made an enemy, he won't be able to eat properly until the other party is dead.

"I'm so sorry... for getting you into such big trouble..."

Bai Yiyi stood to the side, her expression slightly apologetic.

Strictly speaking, if it weren't for accepting her commission, and given that the other party was already wary of Qi Xie, they wouldn't have ended up with such a deadly feud.

"Um?"

Qi Xie snapped out of his thoughts, glanced at Bai Yiyi, and shook his head:

"There's no such saying. You don't need to blame yourself. You're paid to do what's right. Besides, that bastard included me in his scheme. Although I was also looking for the supernatural, the feeling of being schemed against is very unpleasant."

Upon hearing this, Bai Yiyi didn't know what else to say.

After a moment of contemplation, she said softly:

"Then...then I'll add another million...as a personal token of my gratitude!"

"Huh? Oh dear, how could I possibly accept this?"

Qi Xie was taken aback at first, then rubbed his hands together like a fly, a bright smile spreading across his face:

"Oh dear, most people would be so embarrassed, hehehe..."

"Then you don't want it?"

"Luckily, I have thick skin, so I'm shameless."

Qi Xie didn't even change his expression, and answered seamlessly.

"Pfft..."

Bai Yiyi was amused and covered her mouth slightly, her eyebrows curving into a smile.

"Cough cough."

She chuckled twice, then composed herself and said seriously:

"Besides the reward you deserve, I will do everything I can to investigate that man."

Bai Yiyi said, "That man is my mortal enemy. If we meet again, he will definitely kill me without hesitation. I don't want to leave such a hidden danger outside..."

She paused, then added:

"But guys like that have a lot of enemies, and for safety, they're probably hiding very well in real life. It'll probably be hard to find them in a short time."

Bai Yiyi's thinking was very clear, and she put forward corresponding suggestions.

The sentiment in the live stream almost mirrored hers.

"This girl is impressive. She came up with this idea in such a short time. She looks like she's still studying, but she definitely has a lot of work experience."

"Surname Bai...never heard of him. He's probably not from a wandering monk family, but his family background is definitely not simple."

"It's useless if they're not simple. The methods of the unpredictable traveler are varied and difficult to deal with, making them extremely hard to guard against, let alone this kind of guy who lives on the edge of a knife and makes a living by harming other travelers."

"Indeed, this thing hides in the shadows, impossible to find, impossible to chase away—it's utterly disgusting. As the saying goes, it's not the thief you should fear, but the one who's eyeing you."

"The lolicon master should probably hide for a while, but I wonder if he has any family and if it's convenient for him to relocate."

Inside the instance, Bai Yiyi and Qi Xie had reached the portal. Bai Yiyi looked at Qi Xie earnestly and said:

"After I get out, I will try to avoid going out as much as possible, and I will ask my family to stay at home as well, and hire someone to protect them. If you need, I can also hire a few people to protect you or your family. I will cover the resources and expenses incurred, after all, you saved me, and I owe you a favor."

"Great suggestion."

Qi Xie revealed a gentle smile, but in Bai Yiyi's eyes, that smile was somewhat inexplicably... eerie.

"But that's the mindset of the weak."

Qi Xie stepped into the portal:

"Only rats need to scurry through the sewers, I don't."

Bai Yiyi was momentarily at a loss, unable to discern whether Qi Xie was confident or arrogant. After a moment's hesitation, she finally asked:

"So what do you plan to do?"

"If I hear the Way in the morning, I can die content in the evening."

Bai Yiyi was taken aback.

"It means,"

Qi Xie's figure gradually disappeared in the white light, leaving only a light, fleeting sentence:

"If I find out the way to your house this morning, you can die tonight."