The King of Black Fog

The white-haired bear woman, spotting Li Changzhou descending from the sky, covered in both human and animal corpses, subconsciously halted her footsteps.

But her body didn't obey her will and continued to "fall" forward.

Li Changzhou eyed her with a touch of curiosity; she was a person transformed from a polar bear. Although there was the precedent of Little Radish, she was too small, merely palm-sized, lacking any sense of reality.

The white-haired woman in front of him, in her twenties, looked no different from a normal person aside from her lack of clothing.

Watching was one thing, but his actions weren't disordered—the Emerald Bee Sword in his hand, dragging a trail of green light, aimed a slice at the bear woman's neck.

The bear woman's expression remained indolently scattered, as if she hadn't woken up fully, and she reached out with a swooping motion to grab the Emerald Bee Sword.

Wisps of cold air spiraled between her fingers, condensing into icy claw gloves.

Hiss!

The Emerald Bee Sword was unstoppable, gliding past and severing the bear woman's palm.

The half of her hand wrapped in ice shot up into the sky, scattering sunlight, looking like an exquisite piece of art, while Li Changzhou's sword maneuver continued unaltered, still aiming for the bear woman's neck.

Just as he was about to make a lethal cut, his foot suddenly slipped; unnoticed, a layer of ice had formed on the ground.

With his footing unstable, the force and position of his upper body became distorted in an instant.

The bear woman's chin narrowly missed the sharp sword light by a hair's breadth and, using the power of "Attract And Repel," she swiftly darted away.

In the moment she brushed past Li Changzhou, the Snowy Owl snatched at the toy attached to the bear woman.

"Ah Bei, save me!" the squirrel cried out in terror.

The bear woman turned a deaf ear to the squirrel's cry for help.

"Do I look handsome?" A question floated lightly from behind.

The bear woman's speed drastically diminished as she shook her head in agony, her white hair flailing like a jellyfish, desperately resisting Li Changzhou's mockery.

"Ahh—" Finally, she let out a roar and turned to charge him.

Ratatatatat!

The drone spit out tongues of flame, and a deluge of bullets engulfed both the bear woman and Li Changzhou.

The bullets outlined the shape of a telekinetic barrier, broadly resembling a bell.

The bear woman raised her arms, now missing half of their palms, to support an ice hut, warding off the barrage of bullets.

Li Changzhou glanced at Yafeiluna, who nodded respectfully; fifteen grey mist entities burst from the telekinetic barrier, ignoring the hail of bullets as they pounced on the drones.

Like tigers among sheep, the grey mist held down a drone and pummeled it.

After destroying one, they rushed towards the next target.

As Yafeiluna's patron, Li Changzhou had greater control over the grey mist and could command them directly.

But unless it was absolutely necessary, he didn't want to overstep Yafeiluna to command these mists that belonged to her—even with subordinates, respect is due.

Besides, if he did everything, what would he need Yafeiluna for?

Five drones armed with bombs headed towards the bear woman, aiming to kill her and take her Identity Card.

The grey mist was swift and powerful, possessing some flying abilities, but they were controlled by Yafeiluna, who couldn't react or stop them in time—the large number of mists required more attention.

As the drones were about to collide.

"Hmph!"

The drones froze mid-air as if encased in ice, Bi disdainfully holding her hand without a pot lid.

The speed of the drones wasn't too fast for her to react.

"Donghua, how many points now?" Li Changzhou greeted as if meeting a friend.

"4600," replied Wang Donghua from within a drone, his voice also calm, not discouraged or annoyed by this failure.

"Impressive! Impressive!" Li Changzhou admitted sincerely.

Even including the points of Yang Qinglan and Li Qianxia, they only had a total of 280 points so far.

"You're stronger than me," said Wang Donghua, "I hunt the entire city, while you rely on luck."

"That's because I don't have the strength to hunt the entire city, not for lack of wanting." Changing the subject, Li Changzhou then offered, "How about we cooperate, hunt players together? You provide the intel, I provide the strength, and we split the points evenly."

"Good idea."

"You agree?"

"Not realistic."

"Oh?"

Wang Donghua explained, "You worry I might feed you false information, sending you to dangerously fatal places; and for me, without strength, I can't take points from you, the split is entirely up to you."

"No, Donghua, I trust you. People who like 'Laughing in the Red Dust' can't be bad. The key is whether you trust me," Li Changzhou said.

There was silence from the drone, making one wonder if it had malfunctioned.

After a while, Wang Donghua's voice came again from the drone.

"What do you want to exchange?" he asked.

"Honey Pot World." Pausing, then stressing his words, Li Changzhou added, "Just that one!"

"There's nothing more to discuss; we don't have the foundation for cooperation," Wang Donghua also needed the "Honey Pot World."

Having exposed his abilities, once back in reality, he would face a storm of enticements and destruction; only "Honey Pot World" could help him avoid these troubles.

As soon as he finished speaking, the drones self-destructed, turning into balls of firelight, and a powerful blast of air rushed towards them.

Li Changzhou's hair was swept up by the wind.

"Can't you block the wind?" Yang Qinglan asked the Czar Princess on his back.

"Are you stupid? If we block the wind, we won't get any oxygen," she replied.

"What if there is an animal that emits poison gas?"

"..."

"Have you not thoroughly researched and experimented with your ability since you gained telekinetics?"

"..."

"It seems you have a lot to learn," Yang Qinglan concluded indifferently.

Bi quietly retorted, "I wouldn't be this close anyway."

But in her heart, she was on guard; she might not get close to others, but that didn't mean they wouldn't get close to her. For instance, using the "Invisibility Lantern," she wouldn't be able to detect someone invisible with her perception.