Chapter 317: Boss Fang Showed Off His King of Fighters Skills Again

“You mean to say this grand master must slay monsters herein and raise his own rank to the thirteenth level just to learn this ‘Lure of Light’?” Daoist Redwing remained in a state of dazed disbelief, never having imagined that learning a spell could involve such bizarre theatrics!

When others learned spells, they recorded them upon jade slips and then extracted the information through spiritual essence, yet this present display…

“This manager kindly offers a word of warning to you all,” Jin Wu addressed the cultivators waiting in line behind them to receive other items. “Once you have obtained your goods, if your level is insufficient, remember to store them in the warehouse first. Otherwise, should you be slain by another in this virtual realm, your items might well drop out. Do not blame this manager for failing to warn you when you lose your belongings!”

“…That sounds incredibly unsafe. What if the warehouse itself is plundered by someone?” Daoist Redwing grumbled in discontent.

“The warehouse sector of this small village belongs to a safe zone within the laws of this world, where no one can initiate an attack, so there is no need for worry.”

“Does that not imply that once stored in the warehouse, no one else can dream of taking it away save for oneself?!” The gathering of cultivators lining up behind him could not help but reveal looks of astonishment. To have possessions preserved in another world meant that no matter how formidable your might in this world, it was impossible to plunder items from the next!

This revelation caused the cultivators who were still harborng designs against Daoist Redwing to instantly extinguish their fervor. Short of pillaging this very shop, they would never seize the treasure even if they slaughtered the man!

The various cultivators, who had previously worried about having their treasures seized by others, immediately set their minds at ease, and even those dissatisfied with this method found themselves appeased.

“Yet this establishment truly is miraculous…”

“To think Half-City still possessed such a place…”

Even as the cultivators conversed in hushed murmurs,

Ruan Ning approached, cradling a massive pile of instant noodles and spicy sticks, and barked, “Bill me!”

“I say, having wealth does not mean you can do whatever you please!” Fang Qi said displeasedly. “Only one bowl of instant noodles and one box of spicy sticks per person each day!”

“This young lady is treating them!” Ruan Ning declared grandly. “From this day forth, this young lady shall treat them to instant noodles for an entire month!”

“Pfft—” Boss Fang, who was sipping his cola, nearly sprayed it everywhere.

“Where is Xiaoyue? This young lady will go to Penguin Communication to inform her. Xiaoyue gets some too, hehehe!” With a highly magnanimous wave of her slender hand, Ruan Ning picked up the entire tab!

“Heheh! This wench.” Beside her, Mo Tianxing sighed with emotion as he watched Ruan Ning head off to open her Penguin chat. “It has only been a single day, yet she has transformed into a little wealthy lady.”

“It is still this boss who guided her well!” Of course, while some rejoiced, others despaired. For instance, Daoist Redwing, who had expended over three hundred thousand spirit crystals, had not only been chased and hacked along the path but was currently slaving away to grind his levels. Watching this red-robed maiden squander the money he had provided with such grand generosity while casually placing a bowl of instant noodles upon his table, Daoist Redwing—clothed in tatters and consuming the noodles in great gulps—felt his heart dripping blood.

“Hey! Xiaoyue has her own money!” Having mingled with Boss Fang, Ruan Ning had earned so much that it was naturally impossible for Xiaoyue to earn not a single copper.

…

“Mistress… do you truly deem it necessary to condescend to a place like this to try this so-called game?” Following behind Ning Bi was a white-haired, slightly stooped elder clad in a black robe.

The words she had spoken previously to Fang Qi regarding taking good care of her were naturally taken seriously by no one. In truth, had another person heard such words, they would likely have been struck with terror; to answer so composedly with a casual “easy to say” was a feat managed perhaps only by Boss Fang.

“That little fellow is quite interesting,” she spoke. “Have you not noticed? He does not seem to fear me in the slightest.”

“In your servant’s view, that brat is purely foolish,” the elder said coldly.

“Giggle, giggle…” Hearing the elder’s words, Ning Bi lightly covered her vermilion lips, laughing so intensely that her form trembled like flowers in the wind. “To open such a shop in Half-City and survive for so long—if he truly were a fool, how grand do you imagine his luck would have to be?”

“Regarding this little fellow and this shop, a certain old fellow in the Inner City is paying quite close attention!” Ning Bi lost her smile. “Yet even now there are no grand movements. Have you not considered why that is?”

“In any case, staying in the Inner City is boring to death.” As for leaving the city, she feared the various grand factions of the Morning Star Sea Realm would instantly treat it as the descent of a demoness. Ning Bi let out a bored yawn. “Those old fellows in the Inner City spend all their days either in secluded cultivation or plotting this and that—a bunch of miserable old men!”

The old man following behind her remained silent.

“With such a novel thing available, why can I not come?”

“Miss, your… your instant noodles are ready…” Zou Mo was still trembling; this was the very first time he had encountered a non-human entity!

Of course, in the eyes of the elder behind her, this was the only normal reaction.

“You… consume this sort of thing?!” The elder looked at her taking the instant noodles, his eyes nearly popping out of his skull.

“It smelled quite fragrant earlier, so I could not resist trying it.” Her sense of taste differed from that of humans, and she would not normally experience any culinary delight from human cuisine, which was why the elder questioned her so.

Yet for some unknown reason, the moment a mouthful of noodles entered her lips, her jade-like green eyes suddenly flared with brilliance.

She naturally did not know that what the system produced was bound to be a masterpiece; even if her palate differed from a human’s, it could similarly grant an extraordinary experience!

“This… is edible?” The elder watched open-mouthed as Ning Bi slurped a mouthful of instant noodles into her mouth.

“What do you mean edible or not?” Ning Bi spoke indistinctly. “If even this were inedible, would the food of your Half-City not all be swill for swine!”

“Uh…”

“Little boss.”

Fang Qi watched Ning Bi approach while holding a bowl of instant noodles. For some reason, while such an action would look utterly ridiculous on anyone else, the figure before him looked less like a high and mighty demoness who beguiled all living spirits and more like a charming sister from next door; save for being a bit more down-to-earth, there was not the slightest sense of incongruity.

“Do you not intend to introduce to this lady what fine things you have in your shop?”

“Very well.” For the sake of the King of Fighters joystick and the deep-sea black iron, Boss Fang called out, “Xiao Mo, look after this side yourself. This boss will briefly introduce things to this young sister.”

…Thus, before the King of Fighters arcade machine in Boss Fang’s space, another regular customer appeared.

“A-ri-nong-KING-na!” In Boss Fang’s space, a certain brown-haired, green-eyed enchantress cried out. Accompanying Kyo Kusanagi’s battle cry, her delicate hand rattled the joystick, and the flames around Kyo Kusanagi on the screen soared into the heavens!

The Final Ultimate Secret Technique: “Mu-Shiki” was simply far too domineering!

“No, no, no!” Song Qingfeng and the other King of Fighters players watching from behind shook their heads, offering their expert commentary. “Although this move is immensely powerful, it is easily blocked!”

Sure enough, having blocked the attack, Boss Fang controlled his Kyo Kusanagi to rush forward, executing a Naraku Otoshi into a heavy punch, a 75 Shiki: Kai into an Orochinagi. The flame-shrouded Kyo Kusanagi unleashed the fire from his hand, a combination string that was breathtakingly cool.

“A lifetime spent in wandering struggles, confident that the future can be changed…” This time he hummed the tune of “Glorious Years.” Set against the victory animation of Kyo holding the flame on the screen, it appeared exceptionally magnificent!

“It truly is quite amusing!” Ning Bi laughed softly.

“It is my first time seeing someone so happy after being thrashed by the boss…” Song Qingfeng and the others murmured in hushed tones.