After seeing off Little Jiu and Dong Chengling, Ren Suo confidently activated "Flame Overlord," warming his hands while doing the dishes.

There was no dinner party tonight, just the three of them eating. Gu Yueyan and Lin Xianyu seemed to have run off to the city center as soon as their afternoon classes ended, and his sister didn't come over today either.

Washing dishes with warm hands wasn't cold at all; it was how being a Transcendent changed everyday life—it made doing dishes in the winter quite comfortable.

However, a few years ago, Ren Suo had discovered that his house was equipped with a 'kitchen treasure'—a faucet heater that produced hot water. This had an effect similar to his "Flame Overlord." Moreover, there was now something called a dishwasher that completely eliminated the chore of dishwashing...

As Ren Suo pondered this, he suddenly felt a bit stifled. After finishing the dishes, he took out his phone and called 'Skewer-Licking Dog.' "Hey, Yu Kuangtu, I need to ask you something."

Yu Kuangtu, who was sitting in the ChaoShan Beef Hotpot Restaurant with Qin Lian, noticed Qin Lian staring at him and leisurely said, "If you have any inquiries, please call during business hours on workdays, and I will respond within 1 to 7 working days..."

He had been waiting for this opportunity for a long time, just waiting for Ren Suo to call so he could let Ren Suo know what it felt like to be choked up!

Ren Suo paused for a moment and said, "Yu Kuangtu, you... you... I'm sorry, I didn't realize you were actually demoted to customer service. I thought Qiao Muyi would go easy on you, but I didn't expect you to be done for so quickly... To be demoted to customer service is just too, too, well, I actually saw it coming..."

"Wait a minute, I wasn't driven away by Qiao Muyi. You don't need to worry, I'm still doing fine as the deputy director," Yu Kuangtu said, grinning at the sincere concern in Ren Suo's voice. "So, you think Qiao Muyi would definitely get rid of me?"

"Not really, I think Qiao Muyi is quite nice. But if something like that did happen, I wouldn't be surprised..."

Yu Kuangtu tugged at the corner of his mouth, feeling depressed, and asked irritably, "What do you want to ask me?"

"Oh, right." Ren Suo, suddenly aware of Yu Kuangtu's negative emotions, snapped back and asked, "Apart from killing people and starting fires, what else can you do with your Awakened Spell?"

Apart from killing people and starting fires?

Yu Kuangtu hesitated for a moment, furrowing his brows in thought. Qin Lian, seeing the puzzled look on his face, asked, "Is there something wrong?"

"Ren Suo is asking what else my Flame Awakening Technique can do, apart from killing people and starting fires," Yu Kuangtu honestly replied.

Qin Lian frowned slightly. Was that dirty trotter coming to pollute my Little Yu again? She heard very clearly the conversation between Lin Xianyu and Gu Yueyan during the afternoon class.

Nevertheless, she didn't show anything on her face. Instead, after thinking for a bit, she took Yu Kuangtu's hand and said, "My hands are a bit cold."

Yu Kuangtu got the hint, and a warm current flowed from his palm into Qin Lian, filling her with warmth. Her cheeks flushed with color, she whispered, "See, with your flame, your girlfriend doesn't need any other way to keep warm."

Yu Kuangtu got it, and spoke into the phone, "Apart from killing people and starting fires, there are other great uses, but they have nothing to do with you. You just wrap up warmly by yourself."

Ren Suo stared at the disconnected call. That Yu Kuangtu dared to flaunt his love and mock me before running off!

Hmph, what comes around goes around, Yu Kuangtu, you just wait. One of these days, I will definitely—wait for you to become a single dog again. Then, I'll be able to crush you with my vast single experience!

Ren Suo muttered to himself, returning to the couch to warm himself up while gaming.

During the day, Ren Suo and Little Jiu had fun playing racing, brawl fights, and brain-teaser games like "Break Up Kitchen." Naturally, "Night of the Hunt" was left at last night's progress.

Upon entering the game, Ren Suo chose to wait quickly, discovering that the Silver Moon Crystal of the Waning Moon was appearing to the northeast of the city. After memorizing the location, he decided to load a save so Luna could get there early.

Others might need Miracles like prophecies to determine where the Silver Moon Crystal would appear, but Ren Suo, with his save-and-load technique, was practically endowed with a prophecy Miracle free from side effects. Thus, even without the advantage of Character Tags, Ren Suo didn't care at all—unlimited save-scumming was the ultimate advantage.

However, as Ren Suo neared the location where the Silver Moon Crystal appeared, he quickly noticed something amiss.

The site where the Silver Moon Crystal appeared was on the roof of a five-story tavern, with the words "Dragon Carving Pavilion" hanging on the establishment's entrance.

Looking at the map earlier, Ren Suo hadn't reacted yet, but now seeing the place in person, if Ren Suo remembered correctly, the samurai had mentioned in the doctor's clinic that this place was supposed to be a wild game restaurant opened by someone named Zhou Bofu.

More importantly, wasn't this the very spot where the Silver Moon Crystal first appeared?

Not only that, but as Luna approached, her body suddenly became enveloped in a red glow, and a golden inverted-triangle mark appeared above her head, which was quite conspicuous.

*Bounty Mark: Luna will be discovered by other Apostles of the Moon God. When attacked by other Apostles, she will lose usable Dream Quota.*

At the same time, four red figures appeared on the screen, each with the same golden inverted triangle mark atop their heads, clearly Apostles afflicted with the Bounty Mark debuff!

Including Luna and the Apostle who cast the Bounty Mark Miracle, a total of six Apostles of the Moon God were present here simultaneously!

Why were they all gathered here? Was it a coincidence? An ambush at a place where the Silver Moon Crystal had previously appeared? Was it a Miracle? Had they all prophesied the next location of the Silver Moon Crystal? No, that's not it!

Ren Suo quickly grasped what was happening. The Apostles of the Moon God had actually formed an alliance! Presumably, five Apostles had allied, one with the Bounty Mark Miracle and another who prophesied the location of the Silver Moon Crystal. This allowed them to set up an ambush in advance!

Luckily, the Bounty Mark Miracle was an indiscriminate aura skill, exposing the positions of the other Apostles. Otherwise, Ren Suo would certainly be befuddled, caught in a "Who am I hitting? Who's hitting me?" state of blindness.

Ren Suo immediately instructed Luna to retreat and dodge, but the four Apostles of the Moon God seemed to bear deep grudges against her. They chased after the fleeing Luna even more furiously, and one Apostle, a man in yellow clothing, either used a Spell or Miracle to traverse nearly a hundred meters in an instant, appearing right before Luna!

This yellow-clothed man, who could Flicker, boldly activated an Earth Spell. The ground in the residential area, at most wide enough for two lanes of traffic, began to rumble as walls of earth rose up. However, Luna's Moon Step, while not as agile or unpredictable as the Ghostly Rapid Step, was adept at lateral and vertical movement. This allowed her to instantly leap onto a building to escape.

But the man in yellow continued to Flicker, once again blocking Luna's path. He did nothing but raise walls to obstruct Luna's way!

By this time, the others had also caught up, but they were all Apostles of the Moon God glowing with a red hue, with no partners of the opposite sex in sight.

Ren Suo quickly understood: most Miracles target Apostles of the Moon God, and when it comes to stealth, their partners could hide much more easily. Furthermore, if an Apostle died, they would still have the Dream Death State, allowing their concealed partner to act quickly to rescue them, potentially saving their life.

At that moment, Ren Suo suddenly realized he had misunderstood the relationship between the Apostles of the Moon God and their partners. He had originally thought the partners were mere pawns brought by the Apostles. But now, due to the rules of the Moon Masked World, it appeared the Miracle-wielding Apostles capable of Dream Death were at the forefront, while their partners became the commanders.

Once the Apostles approached, they immediately initiated magical assaults and Miracles to siege Luna. Ren Suo no longer instructed Luna to flee but instead engaged them in a fight, ultimately being defeated and entering the Dream Death State.

Ren Suo had thought they would deliver the final blow, but after defeating Luna and taking her Silver Moon Crystal, they surprisingly left her a way out.

And the one who searched Luna for the Silver Moon Crystal was a red-haired girl. The girl wore a Nano Combat Suit that Ren Suo found very familiar. As she took the Silver Moon Crystal from Luna, she whispered, "I don't kill you, not out of kindness or mercy, but because the Prophet of the Watchers told me that in this competition, we must not kill other Apostles, we must not seek to please the Moon God."

"When you come back to life, please be merciful towards other Apostles."

Ren Suo thoughtfully reloaded the save, forming some speculations about the five who pursued Luna. He didn't know who the red-haired girl was, but he felt that this group of five was likely very much related to the Federal Watchers, and the Prophet within them… If there really was a Prophet, perhaps the Watchers could find the other Apostles of the Moon God before the Night of the Hunt began. But they only made up a team of five, which indicated that the Prophet's ability was limited. Perhaps they could only find Apostles of the Moon God within the Federation's territory, for example, by having the Prophet perform divinations on each of the Federal Transcendents' names from a list.

With this, the Federal Watchers who had successfully teamed up possessed a tremendous advantage in this competition—as if a squad of five appeared in a solo Battle Royale game, ganging up on others right from the start. Moreover, during the Night of the Hunt, individual strength was almost nullified by the Moon God's Miracles. No matter if you were an unbeatable swordsman who could cut down the sun, moon, and stars with a single strike, under a Sheep Transformation Spell, you'd obediently bleat in confusion. Meanwhile, a real-world First-turn Cultivator might miraculously defeat an enemy many times stronger than themselves. At this time, the advantage of teamwork was immensely amplified. The Watchers' Prophet indeed gave them a significant head start.

Unless someone was cheating, who could beat them? I might not cheat, but I... am diligent!

This man, who had even outsourced his cultivation to "Lazy Diligence's Body," had his spirit as a Player ignited at this moment. I'll show them that not even a well-coordinated team of five is guaranteed to win!

After four consecutive loadings and combat encounters with the Black Opening Group, Ren Suo quickly gleaned the abilities of the five Apostles of the Moon God on the opposing team:

The Apostle of the Moon God whose Miracle was the Bounty Mark never appeared nor participated in battle.

The Apostle of the Moon God with the Infinite Teleportation Miracle was responsible for creating terrain to intercept; the cost, it seemed, was blindness.

The red-haired girl's Miracle neutralized all Spell Attacks, likely at the cost of being extremely vulnerable to physical attacks.

There were also two Apostles of the Moon God who had not yet revealed their Miracles and were responsible for Spell-based attacks and suppression.

Ren Suo had no intention of handing over the Silver Moon Crystal on a silver platter. After probing for information, he thought for a while and came up with a strategy. Once again, he loaded a save and stood outside the activation halo of the Bounty Mark, quietly waiting for the Waning Moon to arrive.

When only 20 seconds remained, Ren Suo instructed Luna to continuously use Moon Step and "Mage's Death-Defying Feather" to quickly approach the location where the Silver Moon Crystal would appear.

The Black Opening Group immediately discovered Luna's presence and surrounded her, ready to eliminate her!

The first to approach was naturally the blinded Blinker. Luna casually punched the ground.

"The Demon King Returns" + "Flame Overlord"!

The asphalt ground was instantly blasted apart by high-pressure flames, and the explosion continued unabated, extending along the road in both directions!

Five seconds of consecutive explosions!

The blind Blinker was instantly bewildered; having lost his sight, he had always relied on his hearing to Flicker. Now with his hearing severely disrupted, he was completely out of commission.

Atop the roof of Dragon Carving Pavilion stood the red-haired girl who could neutralize all Spells, making her the prime candidate to seize the Silver Moon Crystal. Watching Luna approach, she showed no fear, raised her assault rifle, and was about to shoot Luna down!

But her ability to neutralize Spells didn't mean the floor she stood on could do the same!

"The Demon King Returns" + "Moonlight Pulse"!

A thick beam of moonlight descended from the sky and poured down on Dragon Carving Pavilion like a cascade of light, instantly puncturing the five-story building!

Caught off guard, the red-haired girl, losing her footing, fell straight down!

Two consecutive floor-smashing tactics gave Luna the best advantage!

As the Moon Phase shifted to the Waning Moon, Luna grabbed the third Silver Moon Crystal, but at that moment, the other Apostles of the Moon God were already on their way to her!

Ren Suo, who already knew what Miracle ability Luna had obtained this time, shook the screen and immediately found a suitable target for casting the Spell.

In the Dragon Carving Pavilion on the first floor, a shirtless man holding a chicken leg walked out. This man's body was all spongy fat, and he was covered in greasy sweat. Looking up at the chaos in the sky, he showed no fear and instead let out a long howl: "Is it finally my turn to be demolished?!"

Ren Suo had Luna say this, "Boss, they are the environmental enemies who are demolishing your house. In the name of the Environmental King, I bestow upon you the power to clean up this trash!"

A glimmer of light rose from Luna's fingertip and landed on the man, who in an instant transformed into a hundred-meter-tall... greasy Giant.

Meanwhile, Luna also disappeared in the sky, with only the Apostles of the Moon God barely able to see a small red dot where she vanished.

Information flashed:

*Your Miracle is to make others turn into Super Giants.*

*Your price is to become a super tiny person yourself.*

One had to say, this Miracle took Ren Suo by quite a pleasant surprise! If used well, both the Miracle and its price could be extremely powerful for Luna!

Due to the Environmental King persona, as long as there was a just cause, Luna could command the natives to fight for her, and the natives would believe her rather than other Apostles of the Moon God. For instance, now, after she demolished Boss Zhou's house, she could pin the blame on other Apostles of the Moon God. Then, giving Boss Zhou a Giant buff would help him hold off the other Apostles.

While being the size of a mosquito and attempting to attack could be quite troublesome, if the goal was to escape, it couldn't be more perfect.

"What? You actually demolished my store!? Pay up!"

As the boss roared furiously, shaking the heavens, Luna quickly left the scene of the crime, disappearing into the night sky.

However, moving in her tiny form was excruciatingly slow, and it took Ren Suo quite a while to control Luna and leave that neighborhood. She ran and ran until she reached a place similar to an amusement park.

Under the moonlit night, the brightly lit amusement park was packed with children. Ren Suo had an idea—To earn Wealth Points, I must complete tasks for the natives. Adult tasks are complicated, but children are different. Perhaps I could trick them out of their pocket money with just a piece of candy!

But since Luna's body hadn't recovered yet, Ren Suo had to let her find a rest area to stay in, planning to go straight to those gluttonous children to ask if they had any tasks...

As they passed by the shooting game shop—the kind where one could shoot for prizes with a crummy gun and keep whatever was hit—Ren Suo noticed an NPC doctor playing by himself. He was brandishing a cool-looking Fire Kirin AK, RAT-TAT-TAT-ing at the prizes, while the shop owner looked on with a complicated expression.

"You've won the best prize!" the owner announced loudly, and then a big gift box wrapped with a red ribbon descended from the sky, landing in front of the NPC doctor.

As Ren Suo curiously wondered what the prize was, the gift box suddenly opened on its own, and a Little Nurse stood up from inside: "TA-DA-DA-DAH! It's me!"

"..."

With an expressionless face, Ren Suo let Luna continue to search for the rest area.

At that moment, the patio sliding door was hit by a little stone.

Ren Suo quickly saved the game's progress, turned off the gaming console, and deactivated his own heating—since he hadn't exchanged for Flame System Spells, he needed to be mindful of keeping it secret while using "Flame Overlord."

But immediately, he felt a bit cold. The damp cold of Lianjiang was like a magical attack; although a Third-turn Cultivator wouldn't catch a cold, he could still feel chilly, so he had to grab a jacket from the bedroom to wrap up...

"Yu Kuangtu was right, I really do have to wrap myself up to stay warm alone," Ren Suo muttered to himself, checked his appearance, and there were no issues—his underwear wasn't showing.

Then, the doorbell rang. When Ren Suo went to open the door, he glanced at the clock and saw it was almost midnight.

Who could it be this late? Could it be Zhao Huo coming over for a life consultation? That would be quite interesting if true.

Ren Suo opened the front door and saw a large gift box wrapped in a red ribbon at the doorstep.

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