Cat-Ear Girl +1

While Lu Li happily shopped to his heart's content, Alisa clutched the hem of her clothes tightly.

As a gladiator who had also won a hundred consecutive matches, she had earned the same number of Hub Points as Lu Li.

But Alisa did not dare spend them!

She knew very well that without Lu Li, she would have died long ago.

So in Alisa's eyes, these million-plus Hub Points should all belong to Lu Li.

Even her life had been given to her by Lu Li.

"Either way, I'd just be exploited and then die after going back. I might as well follow this man. Maybe I can live a better life..."

With that thought, Alisa gathered her courage and asked a question that could change her life forever:

"Lu, Lu Li... do you, do you need a slave?"

Lu Li froze.

He had never had any strange fetishes, and in his previous life, he had died after being betrayed by someone he trusted.

Although he had once made Lin Qinfeng acknowledge him as her master, that had really only been to teach her younger sister, Lin Qinyue, a lesson. In Lu Li's eyes, he had never truly treated the Lin Family as servants. Their relationship was closer to a mutually beneficial partnership.

So he had no intention of taking in slaves.

Seeing that Lu Li did not answer, Alisa grew nervous, and her words became even more halting:

"I, I can... I can give you all my Hub Points, and I, I can sign a Servant Contract too!"

"I can do anything. I eat very little, and I'm hardworking too..."

Lu Li frowned and raised a hand to interrupt her.

"I have no intention of taking in slaves."

"And you have a million Hub Points now. Even if you don't go back, you can still live comfortably in Hub Land for quite a while..."

"Isn't freedom precious?"

Alisa lowered her head, her tone suddenly becoming incomparably humble.

"To someone without strength like me, freedom is a curse."

Lu Li raised his brows, a faint spark of interest appearing in his eyes.

"If you become my slave, aren't you afraid I'll make you go die the very next day?"

"I'm not afraid. Going back means dying anyway..." Alisa looked up, her gaze resolute. "Why not give it a try? Maybe I'll survive?"

Having said that, Alisa used her Hub Points to purchase a Servant Contract. After dripping blood onto it, she held it up with both hands and dropped to her knees.

"Master, please accept Alisa. Alisa wants to live!"

Lu Li was stunned, then smiled.

He reached out and accepted the contract.

[Ding! A Servant Contract has been detected as completed. Player "Elisa Bucky" has voluntarily acknowledged Player "Lu Li" as her master. The contract is now in effect until death!]

Seeing the contract take effect, Alisa finally let out a sigh of relief.

Lu Li did not stand on ceremony. He bought Alisa a set of high-defense equipment and a Jade Token for entering and leaving Hub Land.

He spent all of the remaining five hundred thousand points on a shield.

[Item Name: Coward's Shield]

[Quality: Epic]

[Function Description: Cannot attack while holding the shield;

Speed attribute reduced by 80%;

Constitution attribute increased by 100%;

All types of damage reduced by 65%;

Resistance to all negative effects increased by 5%;

When attacked, there is a 50% chance of triggering a Perfect Block;

After a Perfect Block, the holder will remain Invisible for 1 minute.]

[Note: Isn't this just bullying honest people?!]

Equipment quality was divided into seven tiers: Inferior, Common, Fine, Excellent, Perfect, Epic, and Mythic.

Epic equipment was second only to Mythic equipment, so logically, it should have cost more than five hundred thousand Hub Points.

But because Coward's Shield had the traits of "unable to attack while held" and "speed attribute reduced by 80%,"

it had become complete garbage among Epic equipment!

Yet in Lu Li's eyes, this was extremely suitable for Alisa.

After all, he was not expecting this Cat-Ear Girl to deal damage. She might as well hold up a shield nearby and serve as a cheering mascot.

As long as they stayed alive, that was enough.

After spending the money, Lu Li prepared to leave the Hub Arena with Alisa.

Just then, an incomparably tall figure blocked their path.

Supreme Heaven blinked his six eyes, his face as cold and expressionless as a slab of bluestone.

Lu Li stepped forward half a pace and said neither humbly nor arrogantly, "Why are you blocking my way?"

Supreme Heaven pondered for a moment before speaking.

"Your match was spectacular, but while watching from the stands earlier, there was something I couldn't figure out."

"How exactly did you kill that Hellhound in the end?"

Lu Li naturally knew Supreme Heaven's true identity, but he did not expose the other party's disguise. He merely replied flatly, "Why should I tell you?"

Supreme Heaven's expression twisted as he said coldly, "Because if you don't, I'll kill you!"

Within the Hub Arena, fighting was forbidden outside of match time. That was one of the rules.

Even Supreme Heaven, as an administrator, could not violate it.

The reason he said he would kill Lu Li was simply to intimidate a newcomer and see whether he could easily pry the secret out of him.

As though frightened by Supreme Heaven's imposing manner, Lu Li showed a fearful expression. "I'll tell you, I'll tell you! Don't kill me!"

"Hmph!" Supreme Heaven looked pleased with himself. "Speak!"

Lu Li crooked a finger at Supreme Heaven, signaling for him to lean in and listen.

Then he whispered, "That dog was too weak. Even your grandma could handle it easily, let alone your grandpa here."

Upon hearing that, Supreme Heaven's six eyes nearly turned vertical with rage!

Not only had his attempt to intimidate Lu Li failed, he had even been mocked in return.

Supreme Heaven truly wanted to slap Lu Li to death.

But with the arena's rules restricting him, he could only swallow his anger and adopt a friendlier attitude.

"My friend, you jest. I won't make you reveal it for nothing."

"How about this? I'll offer 20 sixth-tier Origin Crystals in exchange. Please satisfy my curiosity."

"20 sixth-tier Origin Crystals?" Lu Li feigned hesitation. "I'm afraid that isn't enough."

"30!" Supreme Heaven gritted his teeth.

"That's my most crucial secret, my trump card for victory. You'll have to pay more..."

"35!"

"Deal!"

Lu Li swiftly took the Origin Crystals and said with a grin, "The reason I could kill that Hellhound with one punch was entirely due to luck!"

"Luck?"

Supreme Heaven was somewhat dumbfounded.

The secret he had spent 35 sixth-tier Origin Crystals to obtain came down to just one word: "luck"?

Supreme Heaven's first reaction was that Lu Li was messing with him!

However, just as he was about to fly into a rage, the Servo Skull hovering nearby spoke gloomily.

"No deception detected from the target. Information authenticity is as high as 100%."

"WTF?!" Supreme Heaven's six eyes went wide.

The Servo Skull's lie-detection device had been made by the Titanium-Silicon Clan, and its quality ranked among the best in the entire realm.

So if this skull covered in mechanical components said Lu Li had not lied, then Lu Li definitely had not lied.

But how was that possible!

A Lv.15 Player had killed a Lv.25 Hellhound through luck alone?

What kind of joke was this?!

Just as Supreme Heaven wanted to question him further, he discovered Lu Li staring gravely at the Data Panel.

A faint, almost imperceptible pressure filled the air.

Supreme Heaven shuddered.

What was going on?

He had actually been frightened by a level 15 newcomer?

Yet before Supreme Heaven could speak, Lu Li had already activated the Teleport Jade Token and left the Hub Arena with Alisa.