"VIP player... I can't believe such a thing exists... I haven't heard anyone mention this on the forums..."

Looking at the glowing screen information in front of him, Wang Zhifan had to admit he was somewhat bewildered, as he seemed to have heard of hidden tasks, but VIP players were entirely unheard of; his entire being was in a state of surprise.

"I suppose this counts as an unexpected gain... But it's really quite unexpected, I never thought I would complete a hidden task in this way, and then have a reward pop up..."

After mentally complaining a few times about this newly acquired status, Wang Zhifan activated his thoughts to close the screen information in front of him, and continued with his task at hand.

He held the apparently unremarkable Filthy Holy Grail with both hands, closed his eyes, and then through his spirit connection with this extraordinary tool, began to activate its exclusive ability: Corruption Curse.

The Corruption Curse is the only curse-type ability Wang Zhifan currently owned. It possesses the ability to curse targets within the same world, ignoring distance, once certain target information is known. It's quite formidable.

"Male, in his thirties or forties, lean physique... Currently located in Paradise City north side..."

Wang Zhifan then constructed, in his mind, everything he knew about the curse target, including the specific appearance, location, approximate age, etc. He could have tried to inquire about the former second-in-command's name from Kun and others, but considering the remaining time might be insufficient or simply due to laziness, he decided to proceed directly.

A few seconds later, as he transmitted the known information about the lean man to the Cursed Holy Grail, he sensed an unknown mysterious fluctuation emitted by the cup he held. This fluctuation was a form of secretive change, and only someone with extraordinarily strong perception like him could detect it.

Immediately, in Wang Zhifan's mind appeared scenes in succession; it was the feedback given by the Cursed Holy Grail during its target-locking process. These scenes consisted of lean men with somewhat similar appearances, some were at work, some were sleeping, and some were shopping, totaling around twenty to thirty.

"It's him!"

Wang Zhifan carefully distinguished the protagonists in these scenes and quickly locked onto one man drinking at a chaotic bar-like place, flirtatiously bantering with a streetwise woman; his appearance and micro-expressions instantly confirmed to Wang Zhifan that he was the former second-in-command of the Iron Wolf Gang who had fled!

Thus, with his personal confirmation of the target, the Filthy Holy Grail truly began exerting force, its mysterious fluctuations became concentrated and intense, launching terrifying corruptive power at the identified target!

Wang Zhifan almost immediately perceived, through the feedback from the Filthy Holy Grail, that the lean man who had been drinking beer and flirting with the streetwise woman a second ago, suddenly had his entire body turn black and swell rapidly, bursting through his clothes in the blink of an eye, transforming into a hideous, terrifying, and naked humanoid monster! Moreover, he established a mental connection with this monster right away!

"Excellent, this enemy is as good as dead now. He has transformed into a mindless monster entirely under my control; the next step is to manipulate the creature to bury itself somewhere... No, it seems I don't need to worry about that step anymore."

Wang Zhifan initially intended to remotely control the monster, cursed by the Filthy Holy Grail, to meet its end independently, but he then noticed through the vision the monster transmitted, that the entire bar had descended into chaos. The streetwise woman in front of him screamed with terror, and fled in panic, followed by many others. However, the bar's security personnel were not among those fleeing; they pulled out their guns and started shooting at the monster from all directions, transmitting much pain and damage feedback to Wang Zhifan.

"Just let it die here, anyway, even if I tried hard to control it, it would probably not escape."

Given that this monster was no longer the enemy but had become the demon controlled by Wang Zhifan, he should have guided it to escape elsewhere to end on its own, but since its original form was of poor quality, naturally rendering the transformed monster rather weak, Wang Zhifan decided against expending effort on it, opting instead to let it stand still and allow the bar's security to shoot it into smithereens, completely losing vitality and severing the mental connection with its master.

"I didn't expect the Cursed Holy Grail to be so useful; even when the information I provided was insufficient, it could still lock onto multiple targets for me to select, indicating potential as a reconnaissance tool."

Though not the first time using the Filthy Holy Grail tool, this practical application deepened Wang Zhifan's understanding of it, recognizing this extraordinary item's powerful and impressive potential.

"Finally done; time to return."

Having completed this last task, Wang Zhifan took another look at the Icebound Building where he currently was, and at the nearby woman with blonde hair and blue eyes frozen into an ice sculpture; he quickly activated his thoughts to pull up the player panel and opted to exit, departing from this alternate world.

In an instant, everything around him transformed completely, from the frozen scene to a warm bedroom, located on the second floor of his personal private sanctuary at his East City villa.

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