Chapter 422 – Cathulhu Ignores Mu-Nyang's Warnings!
While Xiaomao's group collected the dragon corpses, Caesar made his decision. He shouted, trying to communicate with Xiaomao.
"Friend Xiaomao, I wish to talk!"
Xiaomao scoffed, "I'm not into perverted half-naked man, so no, munya."
"T-That was a misunderstanding! I can explain!" Caesar panicked. As his future and life were on the line, he tried his best to get on Xiaomao's good side. "I calculated karma and saw my death! I need help!"
Xiaomao shook his head, "That's none of my business, munya. You reap what you sow. You stole what's mine, so why should I help you?"
"I'm serious, friend. I NEED HELP! I'm going to die in an hour!"
Barbatos and Xiaomao stared at Caesar. The former narrowed his eyes while Cat Dad smirked.
Xiaomao gave him a tip, "Then, you should kill the person who might backstab you in the future first. By the way, who will kill you, munya?"
Caesar paused for a second. A moment later, he clapped his hands, "You're right. Belial will kill me if I go into that dungeon. If I stay outside, either Solomon, Barbatos, or you will kill me. So, if I kill you two now, I can solve two-thirds of the issues!"
"What?" Barbatos was taken aback.
Unfortunately for the dragon, it was too late to react. Caesar snapped his fingers. Two transparent hands pulled out Barbatos' dantian crystal and soul orb. As for the dragon, his consciousness faded to black without realizing what had hit him.
Caesar looked at the orb and the crystal with a deep frown. He looked at Xiaomao, targeting him next.
Xiaomao also sensed the tingling sensation inside him. He sensed an invisible hand grabbing his dantian crystal, fate crystal, and soul orb from inside his body.
He snorted and crushed the hands with his domain!
Caesar flinched as he suffered a slight injury because the spirit hands were destroyed. He frowned as he couldn't understand why his ability failed to kill Xiaomao when it worked against his past opponents.
"Odd. I used my ability on you. Why can't I extract your dantian crystal and soul orb?" Caesar complained.
"You must be retarded, munya. You knew that you are going to die if you pick a fight with me, but you do it anyway."
Caesar smirked, "From the future I saw, you won't attack me no matter how brutal I attacked you. You will not kill me. No, YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO KILL ME! My only way out of this mess is to kill you!"
"Are you sure about that?"
Xiaomao inwardly laughed at Caesar. He found this guy dumb. Still, to make sure, Xiaomao consulted with his Senpai.
'Can I kill the fool?'
[Foresight]: "No. He's necessary cannon fodder. He has to fight Belial and die. If you kill him and take his fate crystal now, Solomon will dispatch Belial and attack you within two minutes after you killed Caesar."
DING
Mu-Nyang also whispered as he found the situation critical.
[Mu-Nyang]: "Master, the second portal to the Netherworld Realm is opened. Solomon and Belial can easily teleport to your location at any moment. If you carry too many fate crystals on you, you will be their primary target. Let Solomon and Belial kill one or two protagonists first and allow him to recover from his injuries, munya. After that, their attention will be on your father, and you will have more time to recover your lifespan."
Xiaomao pursed his lips. He hated being ordered around. Although Xiaomao wanted to rely on his judgment in this situation, he put his faith in his cat and his Senpai once more.
"One last time, guys. I'll let this SOB die to Solomon... as long as he behaves."
[Mu-Nyang]: "Good choice, munya."
"But that idiot needs to be taught a lesson!"
Xiaomao smirked and brought out his fishing rod. He hurled the fishing line toward Caesar, and the hook accurately latched onto the dantian crystal of Barbatos.
"Mine, munya!"
Xiaomao reeled the orb in and grabbed it. He purified the crystal, killing all residents inside Barbatos' dantian universe. Then, he ate it. As soon as the crystal melted in his mouth, Xiaomao could sense a massive flow of life force entering his dantian.
Meanwhile, Caesar blankly looked at how Xiaomao stole his item from his hand.
"Hah! Keep eating. In the end, you'll die by my hands!"
"How cliché. Don't assume that you can kill me. It's me that allows you to live, munya." Xiaomao shrugged and sent the fishing hook at Caesar again.
Caesar had enough. He bellowed and activated his domain.
A thousand small hands emerged inside Xiaomao's body, grabbing every internal organ. They pulled them with great strength, attempting to rip his innards and spinal cord apart.
Xiaomao ignored the hands inside him and focused on the fishing hook. It latched on the karma string of Caesar. He reeled in the karma string and grabbed it.
"PPPFFFFTT!"
Suddenly, Caesar vomited blood. His domain was destroyed, and he suffered from the backlash.
"H-How?!"
Caesar was baffled. Xiaomao didn't do anything fancy, but he negated his proud killing move by just holding his karma string.
Xiaomao gently yanked the karma thread. Caesar also got pulled, and his body was launched toward the cat dad.
Without hesitation, Xiaomao pointed his finger at Caesar's face. Then, he clenched his fist.
BOOM!
Caesar's head exploded! His HP bar was depleted instantly! All items in Caesar's game inventory were transferred to his inventory as Xiaomao's passive skills were still at work. Some of the stolen dantian crystals and soul orbs returned as well.
Although Xiaomao managed to finish off a troublemaker in one move, the two caretakers panicked.
[Foresight]: "I told you not to kill him!"
[Mu-Nyang]: "What are you doing, munya?! Solomon will notice you now!"
On the other hand, Xiaomao giggled. He had an idea.
"Don't worry. I'm just securing a bait."
[Mu-Nyang]: "A bait, munya?"
"I'm a fisherman, so I should be preparing baits before we go fishing, right? I'm going to fish Belial and Solomon, so we need a heavenly fate crystal to draw them here, right?"
Xiaomao had a wicked idea. As he learned that bearing too many fate crystals would bring him harm, he could simply steal Caesar's fate crystal and give it to someone that he wanted death.
Xiaomao wasn't finished. As Caesar was a player, his soul would return to his real body on Earth. Thus, Xiaomao held the karma string and pieced it with the fishing hook. Then, he allocated his life force to his weapon and started reeling.
The trick worked. Caesar's soul orb, heavenly fate crystal, and dantian crystal came out from the karma thread. He juggled them with one hand and chortled.
"Ladies and gentlemen, this is how you kill players, munya," Xiaomao flickered the soul orb over his head, flexing to Mu-Nyang, "Now that he's dead. The cannon fodder is gone. Mu-Nyang, Foresight, you two can calculate my future again."
[Mu-Nyang]: "You're being reckless, munya! Belial is not a small fry like Caesar and other dragons!"
Xiaomao held the dantian crystal and cleansed the universe, removing all population. Then, he started eating the crystal. While he was at it, he sent Caesar's soul orb to Mu-Nyang as a tribute.
After sending Caesar's soul away, his karma string vanished, signifying his true death.
"Mu-Nyang. You shouldn't underestimate your mentor. I know what I'm doing."
Xiaomao snickered. He closed his eyes and focused on digesting the new elements that Caesar had been collecting.
One of them was the mysterious power that could snatch people's souls, dantian crystals, or internal organs with a thought. Xiaomao found it funny and useful, so he decided to learn it.
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Cairo, Egypt
"AAAAAAHHHHHH!!"
Caesar screamed in pain after his game character died. His consciousness returned to Earth, and he jumped out of the game capsule.
He panted for a moment. Then, he touched his head, checking if it was still there.
Upon realizing that he had returned to Earth, Caesar let out a long sigh of relief.
"It's just a game. It's just a GAME! Nothing will kill me…*PU*"
Suddenly, a one-meter-long transparent fishing hook appeared out of nowhere and dug into his chest. It pulled out three round objects from him, but his chest burst open.
Caesar stared at the hook in shock. He tried to grab it, but he couldn't touch it.
SWUA
The hook pulled his heavenly fate crystal, dantian crystal, and soul orb out of his body. Caesar's physical body collapsed on his leaked intestines and blood.
Just like that, Caesar in the real world met his demise as Xiaomao had proclaimed.
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South Pole
WHOOM
A massive portal was opened. Paimon gazed at the large red oval gate, watching how countless dragons from the other side rushed into the game world.
Among them, a massive black demon dragon stepped out of the portal. His level far surpassed the limit of this world, but he suffered no side effects.
Nero, the Great Chaos Dragon King, Level 99,999 (100,000)
The quasi-sage dragon arrived!