Chapter 67: Chapter 67: Gu Yuan’s Strength Exposed? The Shaken Dragon Country Audience

At this moment.

Piao Dagen had two choices before him.

He could either fight to the bitter end, killing the panda doll first, then Yun Zhenyue!

Or he could turn and run!

Without the slightest hesitation,

the cowardly Piao Dagen instantly chose the latter!

But just as he turned to flee!

VWOOM!

The panda doll’s right eye suddenly flew wide open!

A crimson beam of light, one that made Piao Dagen feel the encroaching shadow of death, shot out without warning!

That beam of light!

It seemed capable of annihilating all matter, obliterating even the air itself!

"Damn it!!!"

Piao Dagen’s eyes, shot through with blood, looked ready to pop from their sockets!

He never imagined the panda doll would attack him so suddenly!

The beam’s speed surpassed that of light!

He had no time to react!

He could only watch as the crimson beam struck his right arm!

SWISH!

In the blink of an eye!

Piao Dagen was overcome by a gut-wrenching pain!

Veins bulged on his neck, and his sweat-soaked hair clung to his brow. The agony, as if he were being torn apart alive, made his pupils shrink to pinpoints and his back arch unnaturally!

"PFFT!!!"

A mouthful of coppery blood sprayed from his lips!

Piao Dagen trembled as he lowered his head.

Only then did he realize his right arm had completely melted away!

Even the supernatural butcher knife he carried had been reduced to ash by the aftershock!

The power of that beam was beyond what a Fierce Ghost could withstand!

The residual supernatural energy continued to eat away at his body!

But the panda doll was like a cat toying with a mouse, watching him with a mocking expression. It clearly hadn’t used its full power. It was like a cat swatting a mouse with its paw, an attack so terrifying the mouse couldn’t possibly endure it!

After all,

even among Fierce Ghosts, he was one of the strongest!

He had sensed the auras of Crimson-robed Ghosts before!

But not a single one of them had ever made Piao Dagen feel such despair!

It was the kind of terror that offered no escape!

It made his mind go blank!

’This panda doll...’

’Could it be stronger than a top-tier Crimson-robed Ghost?’

’How could that Dragon Country rat have something like this!’

Piao Dagen’s face was ashen. He trembled as if his bones had been removed, his Adam’s apple bobbing violently, finding it difficult to even swallow.

He had lost all courage to fight back!

To survive!

He threw all caution to the wind!

He scrambled toward the balcony to escape!

VWOOM!

Another crimson beam shot toward him!

Piao Dagen felt his left arm go numb instantly!

He staggered back two unnatural steps, nearly collapsing to the ground!

But those two steps gave him an opening!

It was because Yun Zhenyue’s jacket just so happened to be hanging on the balcony.

The two were in a direct line.

The panda doll was about to finish Piao Dagen off when it suddenly paused, considering that casually killing this little mouse might damage Yun Zhenyue’s jacket.

And this was Yun Zhenyue’s favorite jacket!

Besides, Gu Yuan had told it to be good before he left!

So, the panda doll had to abandon the idea of killing Piao Dagen.

What harm could a little panda possibly do?

The night was dark and heavy.

The panda doll sat silently on the coffee table, as if it had become an inanimate object once more.

Piao Dagen’s arrival was as swift as his departure!

He fell from a great height!

Aside from the two new holes punched clean through the dorm room wall,

he left almost no trace of his presence!

Only the slight upward curve of the panda doll’s eyes remained, silently watching over everything in the room.

...

A short while later.

Han Sumei was sleeping on a waiting chair outside the obstetrics and gynecology department.

The sound of hurried footsteps suddenly woke her.

When Han Sumei warily opened her eyes,

instantly!

Her pupils dilated unnaturally. She couldn’t help but gasp, her eyes wide with confusion and terror!

The newcomer was none other than her marriage partner, Piao Dagen!

He was covered in blood, both of his arms were gone, and a large, grotesque hole was torn in the left side of his chest. His face was ashen, filled with a terror that spoke of a narrow escape from death.

"You... what happened to you?"

"Didn’t you go to kill that woman from Dragon Country?!" Han Sumei asked in horror.

Hearing this, Piao Dagen began to tremble with rage!

After taking a long moment to compose himself,

before Han Sumei’s incredulous gaze,

he finally gritted his teeth and said, burning with fury, "You lied to me!"

"That rat has a panda doll that’s a top-tier Crimson-robed Ghost! Why didn’t you tell me?"

"Do you have any idea how close I was to being killed?!"

"Huh???"

Han Sumei was aghast.

She didn’t know anything about a panda doll.

’Could it be that little trinket on Yun Zhenyue’s shoulder?’

’She had always thought it was just some vain accessory Yun Zhenyue wore!’

’Piao Dagen was almost killed because of that little doll?’

Han Sumei’s mind went reeling!

The color instantly drained from her lips!

At the same time, a sudden realization struck her!

’No wonder Yun Zhenyue completed her missions so easily!’

’No wonder all the ghosts reacted to her like they’d seen a ghost themselves!’

’Dragon Country became a friendly instance, while Great Cold Country was treated with hostility!’

’So this was all the panda doll’s doing?’

’But... a top-tier Crimson-robed Ghost?’

’Where did Yun Zhenyue even get something like that?’

’It’s even more deceptive than that ghost cat!’

’Could it be a gift from Gu Yuan?’

’And where did he get it from?’

...

Seeing the heavily wounded Piao Dagen

and hearing the words he stammered out,

the audience from the Great Cold Country was utterly stunned!

Some had previously speculated that the panda doll might have scared off a group of Fierce Ghosts and Crimson-robed Ghosts!

They never thought it would actually be true!

Another top-tier Crimson-robed Ghost!

And it was just a doll!

Gu Yuan had a whole drawer full of them!

Could each one be this powerful?

By now, no matter how much they wanted to call Gu Yuan a weakling and belittle him, it just wasn’t working anymore.

Most of the audience from the Great Cold Country felt dizzy!

Their cheeks stung as if they’d been slapped repeatedly!

[Impossible. Gu Yuan is just a Vengeful Spirit who got lucky with the Blood Moon Restaurant. Where did he get all these animal dolls?]

[First the ghost cat, now the panda doll... he can’t be a Vengeful Spirit. I think he’s at least a low-level Fierce Ghost!]

[A low-level Fierce Ghost? Maybe even a top-tier Fierce Ghost...]

[That damn Gu Yuan, has he been deceiving us all this time?]

[How can the people from Dragon Country be so wicked, deliberately making us think Gu Yuan was weak?]

[That must be it! It’s all Dragon Country’s fault! That’s why Miss Sumi didn’t choose him at the beginning!]

...

Meanwhile,

the audience from Dragon Country was ecstatic!

Because the more powerful Gu Yuan appeared, the more Dragon Country stood to gain when his instance was unlocked in the future!

[I told you Boss Gu Yuan was no simpleton! A bunch of idiots, calling him a Vengeful Spirit!]

[They’re just deluding themselves. They refuse to admit that Boss Gu Yuan is powerful!]

[Hiss~ I’m a bit curious, so what’s Boss Gu Yuan’s actual power level? Any veteran players know?]

[Well—if I had to make a guess, Boss Gu Yuan has to be at least a Crimson-robed Ghost, right?]

[A Crimson-robed Ghost... that’s possible. We just don’t know what tier.]

[Either way, any tier of Crimson-robed Ghost is basically T0 in Wansheng District!]