Chapter 111: Double Misfortune

[Stop, man! Look carefully, I'm here to help!]

"I'm going to fucking hit you!" Wu He was furious. "Die!"

The enhanced black fists rained down like raindrops, their force so powerful that the ground trembled. The giant egg swayed from side to side, and the eggshell writing board whimpered incessantly. Wu He was truly furious this time. He didn't care about the previous losses or this idiot who showed up out of nowhere, but he cared about that talisman!

That was a talisman he'd paid dearly for, of such high quality that even he couldn't create it on his own. It could have been used to transform a broken Tear, but he had every confidence it could be transformed into a controlled Greedy Demon. That was a natural disaster under his control, and the subordinate units it generated alone were a vast resource...

But now all my plans were ruined. The blood sacrifice and the axe talisman only got me a layer of eggshell! A fucking layer of eggshell!!

Wu He, already emotionally unstable from the turbid tears, grew even angrier as he thought about it, and the angrier he became, the more he thought about it, completing a cycle of rage that was spontaneously generated by his heart. He picked up the eggshell brick and smashed it against the dome, "Compensate me with the talisman!"

The giant egg was also a shrewd one, fully aware that the most important thing in life was to be honest and upright. It raised its shell and struck the pestle, writing proudly: "Good man, remember now! You're not that kind of person! You should be using two Xuanhua axes!"

"I'm going to turn you into a Xuanhua axe right now!"

This time there was no room for conversation, only for beating. Wu He used all his kung fu skills on the giant dome, but left the useless Saislun aside.

The Iceman was about to explode, but now seeing no one paying attention to him, he froze in his tracks and whispered, "I..."

[A Jinling hero bullying an egg, how shameless!]

"So where is Jinling?!"

"..." Seeing the two men fighting further and further away, Sai Silun became a little anxious. "I, I'm going to explode! I'm going to blow myself up!!"

But the giant egg rolled away, and Wu He chased it, but no one paid any attention to it. Fander glanced at it furtively and suggested to the stunned Ji Huaisu, "This is a good opportunity, why don't we retreat first?"

"What the hell are you doing?" Ji Huaisu came to his senses and quickly stepped forward with his shield to stop the fight. "Hey, you! It's a good thing that you lost that weird talisman. You're just a particle 3, don't bother with me!"

Wu He was so angry that he grabbed an eggshell brick and hit him: "Get out of here! I'm going to beat you up too!"

Ji Huaisu, a veteran police officer who had worked in Huilong City for many years, was quite magnanimous. He immediately raised his Shadow Blade giant sword and shouted, "Huh?! You want to fight, you black-faced bald man?"

"Are you blind? My hairline is very healthy! That turbid tear is alopecia areata!" Wu He shouted, pointing at his head.

"Bald hair loss Mediterranean wig hair roots fall out greasy middle-aged!"

Ji Huaisu refused to give in and continued to press forward, and the giant egg chimed in, "He's pitch black from head to toe, his forehead and the top of his head are fused together. If he's not bald, then what is he?"

"Shut up, you hairless freak! You're the baldest bastard!!"

[How dare you, you little brat! General, I am naturally beautiful!]

The two of them, along with the other, cursed and fought, stirring the atmosphere to such a fever pitch that even the constantly falling ice couldn't stop it. Fander sat on Ji Huaisu's shoulder, grinning sinisterly. A small jade tablet hung beneath his head, and a familiar voice rang out from within.

(Everything under control?)

(It’s no big deal, leave it to me, Master Fander~)

Zhuolei's rampage had already stirred up the crowd, and Fan De, who had been observing the battle quietly, also possessed a weak IQ. The combination of the two was a powerful weapon, even a stone-cold assassin like Chu Hengkong could be transformed into a comedian. Having fully experienced the insidious nature of Fan De's hypnosis, he had the Eye Demon stay with Ji Huaisu to ensure his safety.

There are a lot of Sephiroth 3 in the field. If a true fire is unleashed, Jinye City will suffer. First, use the weak intelligence field to control the intensity of the battle, and wait until the surrounding citizens have mostly evacuated before taking action.

Five hundred meters away, Chu Hengkong yanked a tentacle and pulled a small creature resembling a plush white bat from the half-collapsed family restaurant. It shivered with cold, a fist-sized bubble of icy snot emanating from its nose. He flung the unfortunate creature far away. "Canxin, speed up."

"Wait, I'm being controlled... This thing is so annoying!!"

Guang Shi Qingye leaned forward, standing on one foot, like a female sprinter whose time had been suspended just after the start. She angrily threw two shadow shurikens, scattering the gray, unidentified creatures that were insidiously stepping on the shadows from behind. Without being able to see their form, they couldn't see their methods. They couldn't even predict the enemy's next move, while the enemy often foresaw the future and could preempt them. This battle would be difficult for anyone.

Chu Hengkong used his Qi to sense his surroundings and discovered that the number of unidentified creatures emerging from the ground was not decreasing but increasing. Qingye also noticed this and sped up the rescue efforts: "I only have two buildings left, at most thirty seconds!"

"I'll finish it right away." Chu Hengkong opened the communication relic. (Fander, what is the origin of that ice man?)

(The Sephiroth 3 Tear of the Supreme Path is not a Scourge, but just an ordinary Mutator. This guy was originally a water enthusiast, but he turned him into an ice cream. It's crazy.)

(Isn't Sephiroth 3 of the Supreme Path Pure Fire?)

(Seriously, every time you open your mouth, I doubt the level of education in Huilong City. On the Path to the Supreme, to upgrade your Sephiroth Points to 3, you have to choose one of Turbid Tears, Pure Fire, or Unfixed Dust, corresponding to the three demons of Greed, Anger, and Ignorance in the Spiral Tower. This one is relatively good at defense and a bit difficult to control...)

Two streets away, on a battlefield rife with words like "bald man, wig, idiot, retarded," Finder carefully dodged attacks and observed the enemy's movements. The three men, aided by a weak intelligence field, engaged in a chaotic battle, but failed to truly ignite. Iceman Sethron, instead, was left out in the cold.

It obviously also found this scene rather absurd, and was trying to warn: "You, you guys! It was because of me that—"

"Seborrheic alopecia!" [Born bald!] "I'll tear you apart alive!"

“…”

Sethron huddled in his ice shell, feeling like a turtle. He moved to the side and spoke in the direction of the Heartless Ones: "It's about time for you—"

"I'll use my super heavy crime technique here!" "You accidentally hurt me." "I'm telling you, being too petty will make you bald." "There's no connection between the two."

“…………”

Ice Shell Sethron remained silent for quite a while. He felt cold and trembling in the silence. Finally, he almost collapsed and shouted, "How could you ignore me!!!"

"This giant baby is so annoying!" X4

Wu He's comment about "giant baby" hits the nail on the head. For such fragile and gloomy individuals, the only thing more unbearable than being scolded is being ignored. They enjoy venting their emotions and messing things up on their own, but if they don't get attention, no amount of crying or making a fuss will help. For them, this is like mental torture!

Sethron was being tortured like this. He howled in anger and grief, and the entire ice shell suddenly grew larger, ready to explode. Fander had been observing the situation, and when he saw that things were getting worse, he quickly pulled out something that looked like a blowgun.

【Peeping Leopard Tube】

Rating: 2

[Origin: Senluo Secret Realm - Jingsha City-State]

[Effect: Slightly increases the range of abilities activated by gaze and improves vision]

【Missing: "Where are you, manager?" "Come out to work." "Stop touching me!"

Standard equipment for Seafood Bookstore employees, mainly used to find the missing store manager.

This strange tube was a gadget that Fander had bought at the market. Although it had no combat power, it was extremely effective in hypnotizing. He zeroed in on the large mass of ice that was about to explode and said in a sinister voice, "Stop!"

However, the battlefield is synonymous with rapid change. Often, events can deviate significantly from expectations. Just as Wu He hadn't expected his talisman to collide with an egg a minute ago, so too had Fander never imagined that, at this moment when his goal was so crucial and absolutely certain—

An unlucky egg could be sent flying by the talisman master's heavy punch.

"ah."

【ah. 】

Thus, Finder's hypnosis landed squarely on the giant egg. Even the Immortal Machine was susceptible to hypnosis, and its effect on a single egg was even more pronounced, instantly halting the giant egg's subjective consciousness. But the trouble with battlefields is that many things aren't solely driven by subjective consciousness; they also have to consider objective changes in the surroundings.

At that moment, Jinye City was shrouded in ice crystals, and the giant egg, a perfectly smooth sphere with minimal friction, tilted due to inertia and crashed down upon the impending Sethron. The impact was fluid and unforced, like a mountain of gold being toppled by a jade pillar. Sethron had never imagined he would receive such a gift, let alone the egg's weight, which was far beyond his capacity to bear.

The moment the egg struck, the previously smooth flow of energy came to a screeching halt, like a valve being screwed shut, forcing the nearly exploding Sethron to a critical point. Then, the second sphere, also smooth in surface, began to move according to the laws of physics.

He started rolling.

Rolling with huge amounts of ice and snow.

Rolling with the dizzy giant egg.

The giant object, formed from the two balls, grew larger and larger, advancing rapidly along the smooth ice surface...

He was galloping towards Wu He who had just thrown a punch!

"Wow," said Vander.

"Wow!" Ji Huaisu also exclaimed.

Wu He's tempering talisman's effectiveness diminished, and his face, once as black as the bottom of a pot, now turned as green as Qi Su's hair. Without a second thought, he turned and ran, only to find himself at the end of the fleeing group, with Ji Huaisu running even faster than him.

"Stop and stop that thing first!"

"Aren't you the awesome particle 3? Why don't you go?"

Wu He dejectedly pointed at the giant snowball behind him and said, "Open your eyes and take a look! Do you dare to stop that alone?!"

Saislun's weeping face and the rounded shell of the giant egg rolled back and forth on their axis, merging into one due to the illusion created by the rapid speed, resembling the grief-stricken face of a middle-aged man with a bald head, looking as greasy and terrifying as it could be. Ji Huaisu glanced at him from a distance and immediately quickened his pace: "No! You'll go bald if you get close!"

"It's not a matter of being bald or not. If you get caught in that thing, you'll develop a third face! Can you bear to see a third face grow on a bald snowball?"

Ji Huaisu said righteously: "Don't worry, I will pray for your hair!"

"You'd better be buried with me first!" Wu He was furious.

The two former teammates fought as they ran, fearing that if they were even slightly slower than the other, they would become part of the bald snowball. And the snowball continued to grow larger and larger as it rolled, now reaching the height of a three-story building, a true bald snow monster.

The situation was deteriorating, and the future looked bleak. At this critical juncture, a young voice suddenly rang out: "Don't be afraid, both of you! The remnant Guang Shi Qing Ye is here to help!"

The surrounding townspeople were finally rescued, allowing Miss Qingye to join the battle and showcase her skills. She rushed towards the two men, meeting their surprised gazes, ready to unleash her secret technique to slay the demon. Then she spotted the massive monster relentlessly pursuing them. It resembled a middle-aged office worker's resentment, a beer-bellied, bald demon exacerbated a hundredfold!

Qingye's face turned pale: "The remnant of the heart, Guangshi Qingye, retreat!"

"What the hell are you running for?"

"There's an idiot here who ran away before even starting a fight!!"

Qing Ye switched from defender to forward and ran at the front of the team without hesitation: "I'm sorry, I'm still young and I don't want to be bald!"

Ji Huaisu began to reason: "Is this just your baldness problem? If you keep dragging it on like this, everyone in the city will be bald!"

"It's a lie! They'll freeze to death before they become bald!"

Wu He shouted, "If you understand the truth very well, then come and help!"

"You two sound so nice, why don't you go first?"

"I don't want to be bald!" X2

The screams of the three were gradually drowned out by the roar of the rolling snowball. The alopecia areata snow demon was growing ever larger and larger, like a composite of all the baldness in the world. The scene was so brutal and chaotic that even Chu Hengkong temporarily chose to watch from the sidelines.

Across the city, far from the battlefield, an experienced assassin crouched behind his sniper rifle. He carefully reviewed the entire process, looking at each person being chased by the puck one by one. Then, after a thirty-second pause, he looked away and took a sip of iced milk.

“What the hell?” Shax said.

(End of this chapter)