Gamers Are Fierce-Chapter 86: Prey

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The old woman felt dizzy with rage, wishing she could transform back into her true form right there and then and grind this incredibly annoying young man into mincemeat.

But whenever she wanted to make her move, Li Ang would shift his steps, intentionally or unintentionally, positioning himself under the surveillance cameras and leaving her no chance to act.

Forget it, I’ll just endure it for now, she thought. Once we walk into a blind spot of the camera, I won’t have to listen to his grating voice anymore.

Li Ang chatted with the old woman in a leisurely manner, saying things like, "Grandma Gu Yuehu, your skin looks so nice. How about slapping yourself so I can see its elasticity?"

"Grandma Gu Yuehu, the age spots on your face are so peculiar. If you hadn’t told me, I would have thought they were genital warts."

"Grandma Gu Yuehu, do you know what an international superstar is?"

"Grandma Gu Yuehu..."

The old woman swore she had never met someone so irritating in her life. She believed that if murder weren’t illegal, this young man would have been beaten to death over a decade ago because of his mouth. ƒrēenovelkiss.com

Even a Fierce Ghost isn’t as annoying as you! Do you realize that?

The old woman lowered her eyelids, deceiving herself into thinking she could block out Li Ang’s annoying chatter, fixating on a deep alley not far ahead.

It was an alley seldom traversed by people and a blind spot for surveillance. Once inside... I can enjoy another meal.

The old woman quietly encouraged herself, her gaze fixed on Li Ang as he continued walking forward.

"Turn right up ahead, and then a little further on is our destination," she said in a gentle, kindly voice. "Thank you, young man. It’s rare for someone to talk so much with an old woman like me."

"Yeah, I’m pretty popular. Everyone tells me, ’If you can talk so well, you should talk more.’"

Li Ang nodded, his feet reaching the entrance of the shadowy alley, then suddenly paused.

"What’s wrong?"

Startled, the old woman wondered if he had noticed something amiss.

"Uh... wait here for a moment."

Li Ang’s Adam’s apple bobbed as he swallowed. He bent down to set the old woman down, letting her stand against the wall.

Under the old woman’s puzzled gaze, Li Ang walked along the street toward a house lit with pink lights.

"Handsome, come have some fun."

Li Ang smiled wickedly and sneered, "Silly tart."

With that, he leaped forward, tossed in a coin, and sat on the kiddy ride. A familiar song started playing, "Daddy’s daddy is called Grandpa, Daddy’s mommy is called Grandma~~"

Li Ang rode on the kiddy ride, one hand gripping the steering wheel, the other raised high in the air, swinging wildly like a Western Bounty Hunter from the United States, his expression wicked and unruly.

As the song ended, he got off the kiddy ride, panting and with wobbly legs, still mumbling, "A worthy opponent, a talent well met..."

A worthy opponent, my foot! It’s just a kiddy ride! Why act like you’ve been at it for three hours?! And why are you, a grown man, still riding a kiddy ride? Are you a four-year-old?!

The old woman’s face twisted, her urge to roast him blazing fiercely, almost breaking through her disguise.

Li Ang, with an unsteady stride, slowly walked back toward her, an apologetic smile on his face. "Sorry, I just couldn’t help myself back there."

"...Hehe, hehe."

She forced a few laughs, letting Li Ang pick her up again and walk into the alley.

Ten meters, eight meters, six meters...

The old woman mentally counted the distance to the surveillance blind spot, the corners of her mouth unconsciously stretching wider and wider, reaching her earlobes.

Without a sound, she opened her mouth wide. Her upper jaw and half of her skull tilted backward like an open nutcracker.

Her entire oral cavity stretched to its limit, large enough to fit a whole watermelon. Her teeth were arranged in concentric circles, three layers deep, each one as sharp and pointed as a saw blade, interlocking with the others to form a ring.

The old woman slowly extended her neck, raising it high into the air like a giraffe on the African savannah.

Their shadows, cast on the wall, were horrifying, terrifying.

"Grandma Gu Yuehu," Li Ang said casually, looking straight ahead without turning his head as he walked through the alley. "Where is your home?"

"Turn left. It’s right ahead. We’re almost, almost there."

The old woman’s throat gurgled as she spoke, her words muffled and indistinct, her eyes already blood-red. The fresh scent of flesh stabbed at her nostrils, and saliva involuntarily flooded her mouth.

SLURP.

She sucked in her saliva, gazing at Li Ang as he turned the corner, her eyes filled with Youyou. She slowly stretched her neck forward, lowering her head, as if intending to swallow the young man’s head in one bite.

"Grandma Gu Yuehu, it’s very dark here."

"Don’t, don’t be afraid of the dark," the old woman’s accent became even more indistinct as her hands, like iron pincers, gripped Li Ang’s chest tightly.

Her ringed teeth kept descending, nearly touching Li Ang’s scalp.

Just a little bit more.

"Grandma Gu Yuehu."

Suddenly, Li Ang stopped and, without turning back, spoke, his voice tinged with Youyou, "Has anyone ever told you that your breath is terrible?"

"Hmm?"

The old woman was momentarily stunned. By the time she reacted, her expression changed drastically. Her nutcracker-like head lunged down, her mouth snapping shut, intending to bite Li Ang’s entire head off!

CRACK—

Just as she was about to sever Li Ang’s neck, a pair of pale, slender arms emerged from behind him, one bracing her upper jaw, the other her lower.

It was Chai Cuiqiao, who had been hiding inside Li Ang’s body.

How disgusting. Chai Cuiqiao looked at the old woman’s saliva sticking to her palms and gagged. Anger rose in her heart, and a vicious impulse spurred her on. She exerted more force, intending to snap the old woman’s jaws apart.

Fueled by the Yin energy absorbed from the soul-summoning banner, the Fierce Ghost Chai Cuiqiao suddenly unleashed her strength. This left the old woman no room to break free. Her mouth, already stretched to its limit and held together by only a thin layer of flesh, was forcefully pried open further and was on the verge of tearing apart.

"Aaaaah!"

In agony, the old woman’s body trembled violently. Her color rapidly faded, taking on an unreal, papery texture.

She looks... like a paper shadow puppet.

The old woman, rapidly losing color, became as flat as paper. Chai Cuiqiao, who had been gripping a solid form, felt her hands loosen as the paper shadow quietly slipped from her fingertips.

"Don’t you run!" Chai Cuiqiao, her hand sticky with saliva, seethed. She grabbed the paper figure floating in mid-air and slammed it to the ground.

In the narrow alley, there were many shallow puddles. The paper figure, falling to the ground, became stained with sewage but showed no signs of dissolving.

The paper shadow, one corner gripped by Chai Cuiqiao, struggled frantically. With a snap, she, with grim resolve, tore off her own thigh, breaking free from Chai Cuiqiao’s demonic grasp.

WHOOSH—

The terrified paper figure flew towards the sky with lightning speed. If she could just get over this building, she could escape far away...

"Don’t run," Li Ang’s voice sounded from the ground.

He casually snapped his fingers in the direction of the paper figure, activating the skill ’Fragment Scatter.’

An invisible, intangible shockwave surged through the air. The paper figure, disrupted by the shockwave, came to an abrupt halt. In the next moment, she was impaled by a huge iron rod, charged with Ripple Energy, that shot up from below.

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