Zhong Yi's expression was a jumble of emotions.
He had been hearing "You're nothing more than a little puppy, are you?" for four whole hours.
This was no longer physical torture, but a full-blown mental attack.
It was just too insulting!
At that moment, the live stream's danmu flooded the screen.
[Streamer, change your name. "Dog" suits you pretty well.]
[Everyone else gets Sekiro. Lao Zhong gets Dog.]
["Dog: Die Twice More"]
[Now he really is just some roadside mutt...]
"Damn it! Who do you think you're looking down on?!"
Under the combined mockery of Lady Butterfly and the danmu, Zhong Yi lost his temper.
He returned to the basement entrance, kicked the door open, and glared ferociously at Lady Butterfly.
"Old hag, I'm not that easy to push around!!"
Three minutes later.
"Ow..."
"Ow!"
"I was wrong, I was wrong! Stop hitting me!!"
"Stop hitting me! Aaaaargh!!!"
Zhong Yi let out another wretched howl.
He had lost count of how many times he had reached Lady Butterfly's second phase that night.
In her first phase, Lady Butterfly was hyperactivity incarnate, her combination of close-quarters combat and kunai fire often catching him off guard.
And that was only Lady Butterfly holding back.
Only in her second phase did Lady Butterfly begin displaying her prowess as an illusionist, casting illusions every so often that were extremely tricky to handle.
Zhong Yi had long since exhausted his [Snap Seeds], which dispelled illusions, during his previous deaths. Now he could only endure the illusions' mental attacks head-on.
Everything around him became bizarre and kaleidoscopic. Battered by the phantoms, Zhong Yi scurried about with his hands over his head before falling face-first to the ground.
"Shit... where am I?? Is this still the basement of the Hirata Estate???"
Zhong Yi rubbed his