My Notoriety Spreads Throughout the World

"Don't, don't come any closer, ugh!"

The pale monster loomed large in the eyes of a family member, who felt his lower body begin to dissolve and merge with the monster, his skin shedding entirely to reveal fresh red flesh.

A companion beside him was so frightened he couldn't stand steadily, witnessing the once familiar face appearing on the slick white chest of the monster, a sinister smile on the pallid face as countless arms reached towards him:

"Join us..."

"Join us!"

The monster's chest cavity split open, engulfing his head entirely, and the headless body became part of the Siren King as the monster moved over him. The Siren King's massive form crawled forward, dragged by slender, sickly arms, countless people's limbs and faces swirling on its slick skin, leaving behind a trail of despair.

Angelina and Xu Xiaoyou observed this scene from the second floor; the Siren King was growing stronger by consuming others this way. Ten minutes ago, its length was nearly ten meters, and now its rising back was near the ceiling of the double atrium, its pale, slick body almost filling the banquet hall, like a solid small mountain.

The Siren King grabbed a fleeing bystander, lifting him up into the bloody maw amidst terrified stares, reducing him to bone shards with a few chews.

A few children were running towards the fireplace under the maid's cover; above the fireplace was a square cabinet space, enough for those kids to hide in. The Siren King spotted them, swiftly crawling towards their direction, shattering bricks and stones, splintering banquet tables, and compressing gem lights into glass shards, while sparks crackled and fell in cascades.

"Hide well, hide well."

The maid hadn't had time to climb up before the Siren King's slender, sharp claws pierced her chest, yanking her backward.

The children covered their mouths, curling their slim bodies on the cabinet without making a sound. After some bone-crunching sounds, silence fell, and one younger child sighed in relief, only to see the bloody face of the maid before him, hair loose in death with an unwilling gaze.

"Ah!" The kids above the fireplace screamed.

The maid was long lifeless; her neck attached to the slender arms, the Siren King found the hiding children, its mountain-like body crashing towards the fireplace, shaking the entire manor violently, teetering on collapse.

Then, a gunshot drew the monster's attention, a bullet embedded in its body, causing it to turn dazedly, seeing a blonde girl behind the second-floor railing, mouths on countless faces open wide in sharp roars.

The creature's slender arms reached from below, smashing the railing to pieces. Xu Xiaoyou's Rose Rifle spat smoke, delicate golden patterns illuminated as Dragon Breath Bullets loaded.

After merging multiple Skill Cards, the Dragon Breath Bullet's power multiplied exponentially; fan-shaped flames spewed out, engulfing the entire arm of the monster in an instant, but did not halt the monster's advance. Xu Xiaoyou saw the slender arm tear through the fire curtain, smashing towards her head!

She rolled away from the monster's sweep, stepped on its arm, leaping upwards, landing smoothly, and darted forward swiftly, with the long arm wreaking havoc in the hallway behind her. Angelina's reminder sounded in her ear: "Watch out ahead."

Xu Xiaoyou regained composure. Another long arm of the monster swept directly at her, instinctively raising her long whip to block, but the segment of the arm eerily sunk into the whip, sweeping against her body without hindrance, flinging her dozens of meters away.

She struggled to stabilize herself in mid-air, landing just as the Siren King's long arms lunged from both ends of the corridor, pursuing her agile leap piercing through the air.

Xu Xiaoyou had to adjust her stance, vigorously waving the long whip forward, splitting open a crack, just in time to fall into a new space. The piercing arm following her was sliced smoothly in half as the crack closed, far-off came the Siren King's roar of anger.

Did she manage to harm it?

Before Xu Xiaoyou could relax for a moment, the fallen arm twitched as if brought to life, stabbed into the air!

At that moment, Angelina appeared beside her, grabbing her collar, making a throwing gesture, tossing her far away. At the same time, countless long arms surged from all directions, instantly occupying her previous spot, engulfing Angelina as well.

"Anya!" Xu Xiaoyou muttered.

"Stop dazing," Angelina's slightly weak voice came to her ear.

In a blink, Angelina returned to her side, her hospital gown torn and soaked in blood, trailing four or five slender arms. These arms transformed into bloody maws at the tips, growing sharp teeth biting into the girl's back, shoulders, and abdomen.

Xu Xiaoyou slashed with her long whip at the arms biting Angelina, but the whip's sharp bone spikes sunk into these eerie arms, feeling like they were piercing into soft cotton.

This sensation wasn't due to the opponent's ability using something like her [Attack Deflection] to neutralize the attack, but rather her attack had never truly landed on the Siren King from the beginning.

Angelina waved her hand:

"Don't waste your efforts, I said besides Chichu Hong, no one can solve this guy," Angelina said. "It's a manifestation of miracles, a projection above the garden; your attacks cannot land on the Siren King because you can't touch its essence. The monstrous twisted form we see is just what our naked eyes perceive; nobody knows its true appearance."

"You also said you'd abandon me if anything really happens," Xu Xiaoyou glanced at Angelina's injuries.

Angelina grunted without objection.

It appears that Chichu Hong, being a Fifth Tier Battle Banner Master, can resonate with consciousness and the "garden," allowing him to confront the Siren King.

It's somewhat akin to the concept of higher-dimensional beings in science fiction she read before; these beings exist in higher dimensions, and what three-dimensional creatures see is merely a three-dimensional projection of them, they don't actually exist in three-dimensional space. Human cognition cannot understand the essence of such beings; even if the projection is killed, another identical face from the higher dimension will appear to greet you within seconds.

"I have a way to hit the entity of the Siren King in the 'garden,'" Xu Xiaoyou said. Far away, the monster roared, the Siren King was frantically charging towards them.

Angelina raised an eyebrow, while Xu Xiaoyou materialized [Life and Death Boundary], an art-grade Skill Card with a guaranteed hit effect combined with powerful Skill Cards, confident she could deliver a devastating strike to the Siren King.

[Skill Card: Life and Death Boundary]

[Quality: Art (Gold)]

[Effect: Activate by pairing with Mimicry 'Hundred-sided Dice' for dice rolls. When the number exceeds 50, forcibly activate regardless of priority, executing a 'certain hit' effect based on the dice roll. When the number is below 50, the card's durability decreases permanently by 1, granting the user the 'Life and Death Boundary' effect. Remaining durability: 3]

"Watch closely, Anya."

The Siren King screeched as it charged before them; Xu Xiaoyou's lips curled in a confident smile, gripping the long whip, her trench coat fluttering in the fierce wind, she rolled the dice coolly.

"We will win."

Angelina watched expressionless as the bronze die spun wildly on the ground, and finally settled on a number

—49

Xu Xiaoyou was flung away like a spinning top by the Siren King.