Chapter 68: Another One with a Crooked Smile

“…”

Seeing the young man across from him crack a crooked smile at his exclamation of “a peak Hua Jin at such a young age?!”, Wang Haoran couldn’t help but feel speechless.

Zhao Dong likes to smirk slightly, and you like to smirk widely, huh?

No wonder you happened to save him; it turns out people with crooked smiles attract each other!

Let’s look at this status panel:

Xiao Longchen: “Return of the Urban God of Death”

Protagonist Halo: 4000

Martial Strength: 480 (Peak Hua Jin)

Physique: 259

Mental Strength: 215

Trust: -20

Charm: 65 (The perfect crooked smile doubles charm to heroines)

Golden Finger: Seven Kill Judgment Technique;

Seven Kill Token (Symbol of the Seven Kill Hall Master, those who master the Seven Kill Judgment Technique can use this token to command the entire Seven Kill Hall);

Loyalty Halo (Anyone who becomes a Seven Kill Envoy will unconditionally be loyal to the protagonist)

Seeing the aggressive book title, Wang Haoran felt a bit intimidated at first glance. But seeing Xiao Longchen’s crooked smile, he felt things were more complicated.

Could it be… this is a book that pretends to be one thing but is actually another?

Title and Description: “Return of the Urban God of Death, for enemies, those who don’t submit, kill, thrilling!”

Actual Content: “Return of the Urban God of Death becomes a pig, gets mocked daily, slapped around! Gets verbally abused from start to finish without fighting back, frustrating!”

Probably… not, right?

Seeing the imposing Xiao Longchen before him, Wang Haoran felt it was unlikely.

But there was no time to think further.

Tonight, Zhao Dong must die. If you want to protect him, then let’s go head-to-head!

Who’s afraid of who!

“System, hurry up, ten-draw!!!”

[The system is on it, Host, don’t worry!]

[Shua—Shua—]

[Ding! Draw successful! Congratulations to the host for obtaining the following rewards: Ability points +2; Ability points +2; Skill—Iron Fortress lv1; Ability points +2; Ability points +2; Item—Enhancement Pill; Item—Enhancement Pill; Ability points +2; Ability points +2; Item—Pure Desire Potion ×1.]

“…Damn! Why are they all twos?!”

“I can’t even use the Enhancement Pills right now!”

“Do you expect me to give the protagonist Pure Desire Potion?!”

[Host, very sorry!!]

“I think you just want to see me get beaten!”

“Whatever, whatever, I don’t care anymore!”

[Host, don’t say that, the system will definitely improve next time!!!]

“…You said it!”

“Fine, put all the skill points into Martial Strength!”

Wang Haoran: “Villain’s Counterattack System” Host

Fate points: 200

Ability points: 0

Martial Strength: 409 (Mid Hua Jin)

Physique: 230 (情蛊)

Mental Strength: 254

Charm: 180

Skills: Appraisal;

Seize;

Ability Shield;

Enhanced Perception;

Burst lv2 (Temporarily boosts Martial Strength by 20%, followed by a period of weakness);

X-ray Vision lv2;

Iron Fortress lv3;

Cooking lv2;

Shadow Step lv2

Items: Pure Desire Potion ×2;

Enhancement Pill ×2;

Reason’s Edge

With 32 ability points added, Wang Haoran’s Martial Strength reached 409, still Mid Hua Jin.

Facing him.

Xiao Longchen, with his unruffled demeanor, stood in place, his clothes fluttering without wind, exuding a grand aura as if disdainful of making the first move.

Alright, you want to show off by standing there? Just you wait!

Skill—Burst, activate!

Wang Haoran didn’t play fair, pulling out “Reason’s Edge,” using “Shadow Step” to appear behind Xiao Longchen.

The brick descended!

With no mercy or compromise, “smack,” a direct 200% critical hit.

Xiao Longchen, caught off guard by Wang Haoran’s rapid movement, was startled. Just as he focused to fight, his head was struck hard.

He stumbled forward, seeing stars.

However, being battle-hardened, he quickly recovered, rolling forward to dodge Wang Haoran’s follow-up attack.

Standing quickly, Xiao Longchen shouted.

“You sneak—”

Before he finished, “bang,” another hit.

“You are dishonorable—”

“Bang—”

After three strikes, Xiao Longchen felt his head splitting, unable to bear it anymore.

“Enough, you despicable scoundrel! You forced me!”

“Xuanwu Golden Body, protect!”

“Vermilion Bird Blood Burn, activate!” (tln : bro, its real battle, not japanese shonen battle with 1 episode of talking and 5 minutes of battle)

Seeing Xiao Longchen glowing faintly with gold, Wang Haoran stopped, using Appraisal. Goodness, his Martial Strength boosted to 500.

Seeing the faint glimmer of his energy, he might be on the verge of becoming a Grandmaster.

Xiao Longchen, seeing Wang Haoran halt, coldly snorted, his face full of killing intent.

“You’re impressive, being the only one weaker than me to force out my secret arts!”

“As repayment, I’ll show you the consequences of angering the God of Death!”

“Greedy Wolf Devours Moon, shake!”

As Xiao Longchen stomped, Wang Haoran felt momentarily dazed.

Though it lasted less than two seconds, Xiao Longchen had already closed in with thunderous momentum.

Wang Haoran quickly used “Iron Fortress,” crossing his arms to block.

“Bang,” he was sent flying a great distance.

“Haha, no damage! Luckily I upgraded to lv3, this skill is strong!”

Wang Haoran shook his hands, looking at the approaching Xiao Longchen.

If he didn’t deal with Xiao Longchen first, there was a high risk of being ambushed while dealing with Zhao Dong.

But defeating Xiao Longchen wasn’t guaranteed.

Wang Haoran could tell Xiao Longchen also used a temporary power-boosting technique but didn’t know how long it would last.

While his “Burst” had just over thirty minutes left.

No choice, safety first!

Thinking this, Wang Haoran spoke in a hoarse voice.

“Kekeke, I’ll spare you this time!”

“Next time, I’ll smash your head again!”

Flipping the bird, Wang Haoran didn’t wait for Xiao Longchen to respond, using “Shadow Step” to reach his car, getting into the passenger seat.

“Bye-bye, everyone!”

Xiao Longchen, surprised by Wang Haoran taking his full-strength hit without a scratch, saw him disappear and quickly tracked him to his car.

Hmph, insult the God of Death and think you can escape?

Having been hit by three bricks, if he let Wang Haoran leave unscathed, where would his dignity be?

“Azure Dragon Ascends, rise!”

Xiao Longchen crouched, leaping in an arc onto Wang Haoran’s car roof, then stomped heavily where Wang Haoran sat.

“Boom,” the car roof shattered.

Seeing Wang Haoran roll out, Xiao Longchen smiled smugly, preparing to continue the attack.

But suddenly, Xiao Longchen felt a sense of unease.

He quickly glanced at Wang Haoran, who wasn’t standing, but rolling a few times and then lying flat.

“A trap!”

Xiao Longchen panicked, trying to pull his leg out, but before he could jump down—

“Boom—! Boom—!”

Two explosions sounded from the car, followed by—

“Boom!!”

The gas tank exploded.

The series of explosions blew everything around to pieces.

Xiao Longchen, unable to escape, was engulfed in the flames.