Chapter 242 System: As expected of the Host, without saying a single word, you managed to scare the Child of Destiny into incoherence.
“Who?”
The bald brute immediately looked at the unexpected person in the crowd. But before he could act, Bai Feng snapped his fingers with a pop.
Instantly, the disciples of Refining God Sect around the bald guy stopped drawing their swords. Their eyes rolled back, and they fainted dead away.
For dealing with this type of person, Bai Feng didn’t unleash some Illusion Art—he directly hurled his long-neglected Divine Consciousness attack.
“Alright, now that the formalities are out of the way, let’s chat about this so-called lucky encounter.”
Bai Feng turned to the bald man, smoothly dragging him into the illusion.
“Let’s start from the moment you encountered the demonic energy.”
Suddenly, the bald man, who should have been trapped in the illusion, blinked his eyes open. Red as a lobster, twisted as a pretzel, he stood up.
“Huh?”
Bai Feng again snapped his fingers, but this time, nada—nada at all. Next instant, the bald guy lunged at him with the speed of a caffeinated cheetah.
“Ugh, trouble now.”
Bai Feng slashed at the bald man’s right hand with a sword, but the dude—probably lacking pain receptors—just lifted the other hand and grabbed again.
A few streaks of sword light flashed. The bald man’s limbs were chopped off and he collapsed onto the ground. But even then, the rascal crawled on his teeth, inching closer and closer.
Bai Feng frowned slightly, summoning the Immortal Fire, then promptly dismissing it. He detected that this guy was severely corrupted by demonic energy, and worse, someone behind the scenes had merged the demonic energy into him almost seamlessly. Using Immortal Fire to purify it wouldn’t leave him alive.
So Bai Feng gave up on interrogation and delivered a satisfying final blow.
From the earlier dialogue between the bald man and the other disciples of Refining God Sect, it seemed he wasn’t bitten by some beast, but corrupted by another method—one that apparently kept his sanity intact.
However, judging by his attempt to deceive others into accepting the demonic energy, it was clear that the bald man also had been influenced—more severely than a mindless monster beast.
What a pity he didn’t get to ask more—was the bad guy behind this detected by the Mastermind, or was it just some simple defense mechanism?
Bai Feng stepped out of the bushes, just in time to see the Red Peak Sect encampment’s battle nearing its end. Thanks to Bai Yu Mo and Yun Yue Yao, three of the five monster beasts were dead; the other two were riddled with wounds, only waiting for their final curtain call.
“Done?” Yun Yue Yao, after delivering the final blow to a beast, hurried over to Bai Feng.
Bai Feng nodded: “More or less…”
At least the bunch that drugged the Red Peak Sect disciples was taken care of.
“Is that Senior Brother Bai from Heavenly Sword Sect?” A disciple from Red Peak Sect came over, clasping his fists in gratitude. “Thank you for coming to help. If you hadn’t, we might’ve been dinner for these beasties.”
“Exaggerating,” Bai Feng waved him off politely before tossing them the location of the discipline from Refining God Sect. “By the way, the monsters attacking you were sent over by Refining God Sect. I already took out their leader—rest are over there.”
“You sons of sc*m!” the disciple cursed loudly. “Thanks again, Senior Brother Bai. If you need anything in the future, just let us know.”
Bai Feng nodded slightly. “Actually, I want to verify something. Do any of you have wounded fighters? Mind showing me?”
“Yeah. These beasties are rabid—biting anyone they see. We got quite a few wounded, but it’s not serious—just some bandaging and we’re good.”
The disciple from Red Peak Sect nodded and headed toward the wounded.
At the site of treatment, Bai Feng spotted a woman patching up the injuries of some disciples. Not unusual, but when she looked at him, she subconsciously took a step back, with a hint of terror in her gaze.
‘No way…’
Bai Feng stared at his system menu, his heart pounding. He had a bad feeling.
After hesitating for a few seconds, he finally opened the mini-map—and sure enough, this woman was the Child of Destiny.
F*** my luck. I just randomly came to another sect’s camp and bam!—there’s a Child of Destiny.
“Senior Sister Sun, is something wrong?” the girl lowered her head nervously. Maybe because of Bai Feng, she looked more tense.
“Li Zhi Yi, no need to be nervous. This is Senior Brother Bai from Heavenly Sword Sect. He and his friends helped us k*ll those attacking beasties,” Sun explained with a smile, his tone surprisingly courteous. Seems this girl’s status isn’t ordinary.
Bai Feng looked at Li Zhi Yi, trying to act casual. “Hello.”
“You… you… hello!!” Li Zhi Yi stuttered her reply, voice cracking at the end.
She promptly looked down and covered her mouth, sweaty forehead already beading.
What a terrifying aura—like a villain straight out of a bl**d-soaked nightmare. Isn’t he a genius of Array from Heavenly Sword Sect? Why does he feel so murderous? I…I can’t breathe… it’s getting hard to breathe.
Sun quickly chimed in to smooth things over. “Senior Brother Bai, don’t mind her. Li Zhi Yi has been living in the sect all her life, so she’s a bit shy and introverted.”
“No problem.”
Bai Feng chuckled softly, shaking his head. After all, she’s the Child of Destiny—what right does he have to complain?
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Then he turned to the wounded, asking Sun: “Can I check their injuries?”
Sun hesitated but nodded. “Sure. Honestly, I worry those crazy beasties might carry some disease.”
Bai Feng hurried over to a wounded disciple, reached out, and placed his hand on the guy’s wrist.
Of course, he wasn’t checking the pulse—just pretending.
A few minutes later, Bai Feng withdrew his hand, eyebrows furrowed slightly. Sure enough—inside this guy’s body, there was a wisp of demonic energy. If Bai Feng hadn’t known in advance and checked carefully, normal methods wouldn’t have caught it.
Sun saw Bai Feng’s change in expression and hurriedly asked, “Senior Brother Bai, what’s wrong?”
“Got some bad news,” Bai Feng shook his head. “I detected demonic energy in him…”
“Demonic energy, right? I just told them about it, but they didn’t believe me!”
At that moment, a voice—unmistakably the broken-speaking Child of Destiny—sounded nearby. Bai Feng instinctively turned—sure enough, it was Li Zhi Yi.
Her face was flushed with excitement, like someone proud to prove she wasn’t lying—until she caught sight of everyone’s gazes and suddenly turned pale.
What the hell did I just do? I interrupted Senior Brother Bai’s words—I bet he’s now going to remember and come after me!
She sank to her knees, hurriedly apologizing. “S-sorry! I shouldn’t have interrupt—hope you can forgive me! I’ll make it up to you!”
Bai Feng blinked: I didn’t say anything!
【System Tip: The host’s silence caused Li Zhi Yi to become speechless out of fright, establishing an inescapable terror—awarding 233 Luck Points and +23 to all attributes!】
“…”
System, I *you*—!
