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"Meow!"

Nine cats, each with a different expression, all cried out. They had all heard a rumor about a cat that could speak human language. At first, they didn’t believe it.

Now, they did!

This stirred up mixed feelings among them.

Who would go first...

...became the question.

After all, this silver cat before them looked fierce. Was it actually holding a hammer and a wrench?!

"Stop dawdling! All nine of you, come at me at once! If I win, I’m the Cat King, and if you lose, you’re my subjects. Hurry it up! I, your Xiaomeng Queen, am in a rush to get home for dinner!" Gao Xiaomeng spread her front paws, one forward and one back, striking a pose. She then planted a hind paw on a stool, her expression exceedingly arrogant.

"Meow!"

The nine cats exchanged a look, then charged forward as one.

"Take this! Stool Skill!" The moment the first cat rushed over, a smile touched the corners of Gao Xiaomeng’s eyes. She didn’t use the hammer and wrench in her front paws. Instead, she used her hind paw to viciously flick the stool upwards.

"Meow!"

Watching the stool fly toward it, the first cat was horrified. It had anticipated that Gao Xiaomeng would use her hammer, but it never expected that the stool under her paw was the truly fatal weapon.

"BAM!"

Unable to dodge in time, the first cat was sent flying into the air by the stool.

Gao Xiaomeng, as light as a swallow, leaped powerfully. She actually used the mid-air stool as a springboard to launch herself up again, bringing the hammer in her right paw down on the airborne cat’s head.

"THUD!"

A muffled sound rang out.

The first cat fell to the ground.

"Meow!"

The entire audience was stunned.

Gao Xiaomeng, however, landed back on the ground by stepping on her little stool. She returned to her original pose: hammer in her right paw, wrench in her left, with one paw still on the stool.

The remaining eight cats were frozen in place. It was too fast, too incredible. The hammer and wrench were just a follow-up; the little stool was her real trump card.

Gao Xiaomeng completely ignored the expressions on the eight cats, looking at them with contempt, as if they were nothing more than ants.

"You common cats will never understand the meaning of the four words ’the loneliness of the master.’ I, your Xiaomeng Queen, don’t just plan on becoming the Cat King of you strays. I will become a god among cats!" Gao Xiaomeng spoke again.

"Meow!"

"Meow!"

The eight cats were enraged.

They scattered in all directions, then swarmed her.

But Gao Xiaomeng remained completely unfazed, swinging the hammer in her right paw like a whirlwind while her left paw used the wrench to make unexpected moves.

The most terrifying thing, however, was the little stool under her paw.

Because you could never know when Gao Xiaomeng would use her Stool Skill again. At this moment, that tiny stool weighed on the eight cats’ minds like a great mountain.

The eight cats’ gazes were all vaguely focused on the little stool.

And then...

"THUD!"

Another cat was hammered to the ground.

Next, the seven remaining cats grew furious. They stopped paying attention to the stool and refocused on the hammer.

And then...

The Stool Skill appeared once more.

"WHAM!"

The wind-whipped little stool spun relentlessly in the air as Gao Xiaomeng leaped again, repeating the exact same move she used to knock out the first cat.

"THUD!"

One swing of the hammer.

And the seven cats became six.

This time, all the surrounding cats were utterly shocked. They had never imagined that such a powerful cat existed in this world—one who could fight nine opponents at once without losing a single hair.

"Meeeoow!!!" Gao Xiaomeng let out a victorious cry.

The remaining six cats involuntarily took a step back. When they looked at Gao Xiaomeng now, fear had already taken root in their hearts.

’What a terrifying cat!’

’What a terrifying Stool Skill!’

They stopped, not daring to advance, but they were still unwilling to concede.

After a moment’s hesitation, they all exchanged a look and charged forward again. For the honor of the Cat King title, they had to give it their all against Gao Xiaomeng.

The great battle...

...raged on.

...

「Meanwhile, on Gao Neng’s way home.」

He, too, witnessed a great battle.

Three men in black, wearing clown masks, were ganging up on a "helpless girl" in a girls’ high school uniform. What’s more, he knew this helpless girl.

It was none other than his fellow student from the girls’ high school, Jin Lingling.

However, the Jin Lingling of this moment was a weeping mess, with none of the youthful bravado she had at the training base. Tears streamed from her big, wide eyes.

She struggled, sobbing.

She continuously screamed "Help, help, help..." in Gao Neng’s direction.

Her school uniform was torn, revealing patches of snow-white skin.

The three men in clown masks, each holding a short dagger, were constantly slashing at Jin Lingling’s body.

Jin Lingling’s clothes were being cut to ribbons.

But miraculously...

...only her clothes were being torn.

"..." Gao Neng stared blankly at the "battle" before him. He was suddenly reminded of Shen Ning’Er pretending to be a psycho. The difference between their performances was like night and day.

’Such clumsy acting...’

’Even without the Eye of Deprivation, anyone could see through this at a glance, right?’

Gao Neng sighed. He had already seen the faces hidden beneath the three clown masks. If he remembered correctly, those three were also students from the girls’ high school.

Time remaining on Eye of Deprivation: 1 day.

’Is this really all it’s going to show me?’

’It seems...’

’...that renewing this Eye of Deprivation skill isn’t really worth it.’

Just as he was thinking this, a fifth person suddenly appeared before him. It was a hunched-over old woman carrying a large black cloth sack on the night street.

"M-mugging..." The old woman seemed to have been frightened by the "battle" before her. She fell onto her butt, even dropping the trash-picking stick from her hand.

Gao Neng subconsciously moved to help her up.

He wasn’t afraid of being extorted.

Because he was completely broke.

But he quickly saw another face on the old woman. It was an incredibly enchanting face, full of amorous charm.

Most importantly, he also saw a pair of pointed ears hidden under the old woman’s wig.

’It’s her?!’ Gao Neng was shocked. He recognized this woman. After the Dream Toy Factory was destroyed, he had once seen her using his Spiritual Power.

It was by following her footsteps that he had found the underground factory.

He had always thought that this woman, like Wang Ju, had died in the underground factory. He never expected her to still be alive.

’What is this woman trying to do?’

Gao Neng didn’t dwell on it.

Because Jin Lingling was already running toward him, screaming. Behind her followed three "thugs" in clown masks, moving at a pace that was neither fast nor slow.

"Gao Neng... help me!" Jin Lingling looked utterly wretched, a complete mess of tears. If her acting weren’t so terrible, one might actually feel some sympathy for her.

’Sigh, why does everyone insist on serving themselves up on a silver platter? I just accepted a quest to be ruthless to a fair maiden, too... this is such a dilemma!’ Gao Neng felt helpless. He wanted to refuse, but in the end, he couldn’t resist the restless urge and felt the new hammer hidden at his waist.

As for why he had a new hammer?

The answer was quite simple. The old hammer from his house had been "absorbed" by Shen Ning’Er, so he had bought a new one on his way home to replace it.

He hadn’t expected...

...for such a coincidence!

(Gao Neng: Actually, what’s even more of a coincidence is that today is the super-handsome Xin Yi’s birthday! How exciting! In that case... let’s release this Chapter early!)