The Puppeteer's Rabbit

The collision of energy sent Bai Yang stumbling, and Sheng Qingqiao caught him firmly.

He quickly regained his footing, his baby face turning cold in an instant. All traces of laughter vanished from his dark eyes.

[Ahhh, that scared me to death!]

[Is this guy crazy? He is, right?!]

[Why did he suddenly attack? No martial virtue!]

[The doll sacrificed itself! That Weird Object was a defensive type!]

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Coming to his senses, An Ying warily opened his bamboo umbrella to shield Tao Yuan and Sheng Qingqiao. His gaze settled on the rabbit, which had been split in two by the blade and lay motionless.

The rabbit Bai Yang had been holding in his arms all along really was a Weird Object, but it didn't seem particularly strong.

Weren't those two on the same side? Why were they fighting?

"Moonlit Night..." The youth bit out every word, his expression dark. He looked nothing like the pitiful figure he had been moments ago. His black eyes were utterly opaque, malice threatening to spill from them.

After that single slash, Moonlit Night made no further move. He simply stood with his long saber in one hand and the other behind his back. There was laughter in his eyes, and he looked so calm and gentle that one might have thought he wasn't the person who had just launched that sneak attack.

Bai Yang slowly turned around, lowered his head, and bent down to carefully scoop up the rabbit's two halves. The plush rabbit's head hung limply, and it looked as dead as could be.

His fingers dug into its hollow eyes as he fitted the two halves of its body together. His voice was icy. "You think you can kill me?"

Moonlit Night narrowed his green eyes. "Whatever you old things are thinking or planning has nothing to do with us. I just can't stand watching you use that harmless appearance to deceive people again."

"So what if I kill you?"

"If you kill me, both you and your younger brother will die." Bai Yang stood up, a mocking smile on his rounded cheeks. "Do you think he'll tolerate you for fighting one of your own? Our first rule forbids infighting. Do I need to remind you?"

"..." At the mention of him, Moonlit Night seemed to stiffen for an instant. He glanced at the others who were eavesdropping and watching the drama, then smiled gently. "Our affairs are not for outsiders to know."

"Heh." Bai Yang smiled and swept one hand over the two halves of the rabbit's face. At the same time, he stepped back and tossed the rabbit high into the air. His smile stretched almost to his ears, with none of his usual gentle, well-behaved demeanor left.

"Then you can—go fucking die!"

The Rabbit Plush Toy hung motionless in midair. Its separated body seemed to come alive, countless fine strands of flesh surging wildly from within and crisscrossing to stitch the two halves back together. A faint bloody light appeared in its hollow eyes.

The sound of flesh tearing rang out. The decorative mouth on the rabbit's face suddenly ripped open, revealing rows upon rows of fangs amid the stuffing.

"Boom!!"

Without any warning, a deafening explosion rang out, sending dust flying. Before the stunned eyes of the four people and the livestream viewers, the rabbit, which had stood only a few dozen centimeters tall, suddenly grew thousands of times larger and blasted the roof away with ease.

The doors, the floors, and the uncanny rules all failed at that moment. Its enormous body burst through the entire floor, and the sturdy walls were like fragile toys beside it, easily broken open to leave a huge rabbit-shaped hole.

"Stabilize!"

Seeing the floor beneath them begin to shake as well, Sheng Qingqiao immediately plunged his greatsword into the ground. Surging energy quickly enveloped them and slowly carried them to an unaffected patch of ground in front of the first-floor entrance.

As dust rained down and the earth shook, the surrounding buildings creaked incessantly with an ear-splitting sound, and sharp fragments of stone fell in a torrent.

When the dust settled, their vision cleared.

Only then did they see that the entire roof of the casino had been torn off. The stairs outside the building were also in shambles, with only a few scattered sections still hanging from the wall. Moonlight fell on their faces, illuminating their bewildered expressions.

They had just been inside a bustling casino, which was now a pile of ruined walls and rubble. It was quite a thrill.

But even more alarming than the ruins was the rabbit that had caused it all.

Elsewhere in the Weird World, San Shen was huddled in a corner of the street beyond the reach of the moonlight, recovering his strength and tending to his injuries. Warm blood from his teammate's death still spattered his cheek.

Before he could catch his breath, he suddenly felt that something overhead seemed to be blocking the moonlight.

He looked up and saw a pair of enormous rabbit eyes glowing red beside the blood moon, swallowing up all its dim light.

The rabbit lifted one thick, furry leg slightly, and its massive foot easily crushed a lavish casino he hadn't dared risk entering to explore, sending dust billowing into the air.

Looking at the uncanny creature, whose single step was enough to crush a person to pulp, San Shen despaired.

This was truly an eye-opener.

If an uncanny creature this huge was also one of those hunting them, they had no chance of escaping!

He wasn't the only one. Everyone in the instance was frightened by the commotion. They watched the giant rabbit straighten up, the fur on its head brushing the dark clouds churning low in the sky. The shadow cast by its enormous body blanketed the entire street, and the slightest movement sent the ground beneath it rumbling and shaking.

It had to be one of the most powerful uncanny creatures in this survival instance!

They had to stay away!

Only the livestream viewers and Qin Rang's group knew that all of this had come from a tiny uncanny doll in the hands of an inconspicuous youth.

"Rumble—"

The giant rabbit slowly raised its hand, lifting a tiny youth from its feet onto its head.

Standing on the soft, fluffy doll, Bai Yang looked down in satisfaction at the miniature Moonlit Night below. He gave a cold snort, his provocation unmistakable.

Moonlit Night tilted his head back to look at the rabbit, so furious that he laughed. "That same trick again."

Before the others could recover from the sight of the enlarged rabbit Weird Object, Moonlit Night had already leaped onto the plush rabbit's leg with his long saber.

A deep red light flared in the plush rabbit's hollow eyes, and its enormous furry paw slammed down at Moonlit Night, but he nimbly dodged it.

"Boom!"

A thunderous crash rang out as the furry paw scraped against a nearby building, bringing bricks, stone, walls, and debris crashing down. The four who had still wanted to watch the show could no longer stay put. If they lingered, they feared they would be buried alive.

"Go, go, go!"

They hurried away from the gambling house and rushed onto the long street, then turned back to continue watching the fight, all taking care to remain silent.

Behind them, the rabbit smashed another building with a swipe of its paw. Planks, bricks, and stones flew everywhere, pelting down like a hardcore rain of construction debris. It had cleared out all the buildings in that area.

Just as they were wondering whether such destruction would draw powerful uncanny creatures from this world, a crimson chain shot out from a pile of rubble and bound the rabbit's paws tightly, like a rune.

The rabbit, which had been destroying everything at will, paused, its red eyes looking somewhat bewildered.

Bai Yang patted the rabbit's head to soothe it, then bent down and poked the tightly bound chains. The power of rules seeped out of their red markings.

This rule seemed to come from...

He exchanged a glance with Moonlit Night, who was also atop the rabbit's head, and they looked at the moon in the sky in silent understanding.

This was actually the "moon's" rule... No, it wasn't a rule. It was more like a furious, flustered intervention that "broke the rules."

"Heh." Moonlit Night chuckled and exchanged a look with Bai Yang.

A smile appeared on Bai Yang's face as well. This was truly an unexpected gain.

He patted the rabbit's head. The next instant, the plush rabbit rapidly shrank and vanished from everyone's sight.

Where did the person... ah, no, the rabbit go?