Chapter 2: Disguise as a Beautiful Sister, Save the Male Lead
[Gentle reminder to the Host: when performing missions disguised as other characters, please remember absolutely not to expose your identity as the big villain in front of the protagonist~]
Xiao Yuan spoke up to remind him: [Otherwise, it will violate the main storyline, leading to the instability of the small world. At that time, you really will have only a dead end awaiting you~]
Ning Ke snapped back to reality and couldn’t help twitching the corner of his mouth. He thought to himself that this dog system’s voice sounded gentle and soft, but in reality, every sentence was laced with threats. It was really too much.
He replied with his consciousness: I understand. Isn’t it just filling in the various plot holes my sister created when writing the novel? Specifically for the mission, it means I play various different roles without blowing my cover, so that all developments become logical and well-founded.
[Heavens, Host, your comprehension ability is top-notch~]
Ning Ke sighed speechlessly: Wait until I get back. I definitely won’t let my sister write novels recklessly anymore. This is truly a case of ‘sister digs a pit, brother fills it.’ A real-life version of screwing over your brother!
“Reporting to Your Honor, apart from this boy, there are no survivors left in the Liuyun Sect.”
Hearing the voice behind him, Ning Ke immediately entered character. He used his fan to cover his face, which was twisted with gnashing teeth, and when he moved it away, it had transformed into the naturally enchanting smile customary of the invisible killer villain in the novel.
He turned around, feigning unfathomable depth, and let out a “Hmm?”
The nasal tone was soft and crisp, exuding laziness.
The Demon Race subordinate’s body stiffened slightly. A trace of a blush appeared on his stoic face as he quickly lowered his head and asked, “This subordinate wishes to ask Your Honor, how do you intend to dispose of this remaining boy from the Lou family?”
Ning Ke lowered his eyes, his gaze landing on the pile of bloody flesh on the ground.
His heart gave a sudden thump, and he quickly asked Xiao Yuan: That is the male lead??
[Yes, indeed.]
Ning Ke: …I suddenly understand why the male lead hates me so much.
He saw a mini-version of Lou Yunxiao, his white clothes soaked in blood, prostrate on the ground. Several wounds on his back were torn open and emitting black energy. The Golden Core in his abdomen had been forcibly dug out and crushed. Not a scrap remained of the cultivation he was once so proud of. That handsome face, which should have been high-spirited, was now ash-grey and bleak. On it, a pair of open eyes were hollow and lifeless; having lost their light, they could no longer reflect any image of the world.
Novel creators, when crafting a story, might not imagine that it would become a real world.
And Ning Ke was the same. Only by truly being on the scene did he feel that this male lead had truly been written too miserably by his own sister.
Originally, he had only agreed to do the system tasks to survive, but now he genuinely felt guilt and heartache for the male lead.
“Monster Ning Ke…” Lou Yunxiao’s blood-stained fingers clawed tightly at the stone slabs on the ground, not caring even if his fingernails broke. He coughed up half a mouthful of blood and said hatefully:
“You had best kill me now…”
“Otherwise, as long as I have one breath left, I will absolutely never let you go!”
The boy spoke ruthless words, but two streams of bloody tears meandered down his face. It was hatred for his fate, resentment for today’s humiliation. After all, he was not old; he couldn’t hide his emotions. His entire state was bordering on madness, pounding the stone slab, unable to control the trembling of his body even with clenched teeth.
“Presumptuous! You dare speak to Your Honor like that! Who gave you the nerve?!” Before Ning Ke could speak, a female subordinate who was obviously a die-hard fan of Ning Ke got angry on his behalf. She flew into a kick and booted Lou Yunxiao off the cliff.
Ning Ke: ???
“Ah…”
The subordinate also froze for a moment, then hurriedly said, “I’m sorry, Your Honor, this subordinate didn’t mean to!”
Ning Ke stammered for a second, then recalled that beneath that cliff was exactly the Demon Abyss where Lou Yunxiao fell in the plot, and also the starter dungeon where Lou Yunxiao began his Dual Cultivation of Dao and Demon.
He could only twitch his mouth and reply, “In the future, do not act on your own initiative again. However, falling down in that condition, the kid probably won’t survive. No need to worry about him.”
“Reporting to Your Honor, people from the Sword Sect and the Buddhist Sect are about to arrive.”
“Mm.” Ning Ke waved his fan. “You all go first. I’ll stay behind to handle some matters.”
Although the subordinate found it strange, he didn’t ask further. He led the Demon Race and left quickly. Little did they know, as soon as they were out of sight, their beautiful Sovereign, usually indifferent to everything, turned around and jumped off the cliff in a burning rush.
Straight towards the Lou family boy who had just been kicked flying.
He even remembered to follow the system’s guidance, deftly transforming himself into a pure and refined “Fairy Sister” look mid-fall.
And he perfectly concealed his own fox demon aura.
Let alone a blind person with ruined cultivation like Lou Yunxiao, even if those awesome big shots from the Buddhist and Sword Sects came, they might not necessarily recognize him as Ning Ke.
In the novel’s plot, the Demon Abyss was a place that appeared randomly. It didn’t mean that just because it was under this cliff, it would stay under this cliff forever.
Rather, it just happened to have a portal here today, taking both Lou Yunxiao and Ning Ke away in one go.
When the people from the Sword Sect and Buddhist Sect wanted to come down to rescue Lou Yunxiao, all they would see were ordinary cliffs and precipices.
The people were long gone.
A middle-aged man dressed in simple cloth clothes, carrying a long sword on his back, looked at the rugged and steep cliff and wondered, “Although the Demon Race often conflicts with our Human Race, they wouldn’t go so far as to indiscriminately wipe out a clan. Ning Ke’s act of destroying the Liuyun Sect today is somewhat illogical.”
Beside him, an old monk with white hair and eyebrows, holding a staff, scolded, “That monster has always had an eccentric personality. After becoming the Demon Sovereign, he acted even more recklessly, killing based solely on his whims. What is there that he wouldn’t do?”
The middle-aged man suppressed the doubts in his heart and replied, “Regardless, let’s find the Lou family child first. His life lamp hasn’t extinguished yet, so he should still be alive…”
Meanwhile.
Ning Ke closed his eyes and opened them again, seeing a crimson moon hanging in a sky covered with dark clouds.
Surrounded by towering ravines and jagged rocks, a pitch-black stream flowed past his feet from the distance. As it passed him, dozens of human hands made of black mist suddenly shot out of the water, rushing straight for his face!
“F*ck! What the hell is that?!”
Likely due to the body’s conditioned reflex, Ning Ke stretched out his hand, and a ball of cyan-blue Fox Fire abruptly generated from his palm. The moment it touched the black hands, a teeth-aching sizzling sound of corrosion and ear-piercing screams rang out.
Xiao Yuan explained dutifully: [Host, this is the Demon Soul River. Whether Demon or Human, anyone tainted by a Demon Soul will be corroded from the inside out. Your Lifebound Fox Fire is naturally their nemesis, but Lou Yunxiao isn’t as lucky as you.]
Lou Yunxiao?
Ah, right! Ning Ke snapped back to reality and hurriedly asked Xiao Yuan: Where did Lou Yunxiao fall to?
[Right at the bottom of this river.]
Ning Ke: ???!!! Why didn’t you say so earlier!
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