Destroying the Happiness Internet Cafe

After dealing with Zhu Xianxian, Chen Feng took out the key and headed back to the real third floor.

Here it comes. The final battle.

On the third floor, the Landlady, He Ting, was strolling through the Skin Forest. Suddenly, she closed her eyes and smiled strangely.

Another homeless man had entered the dream.

The Landlady pursed her lips. She felt much stronger now, and more confident about facing her Water Ghost husband.

Just then, footsteps sounded from the stairwell.

Someone was coming up.

The air grew colder, too.

Her damned husband had arrived.

The Landlady frowned. Xianxian and Qingqing are useless. I told them to lie in ambush on the third floor and even prepared sand and wood to counter the Water Ghost. They still couldn't stop him?

Looks like I'll have to do it myself.

She looked toward the stairs, only to find that the person coming up was not the Water Ghost. It was the new Internet Cafe attendant!

Huh? Why him?

I told him not to come up to the third floor. Is he that eager to die?

The Landlady hid in the shadows, hoping to savor the panic on his face when he saw the Skin Forest. But Chen Feng looked perfectly calm, without a trace of fear.

Strange. Why isn't he scared?

She clearly remembered how her damned husband had vomited, suffered diarrhea, and fainted from fright after seeing just one human skin.

Yet this man had seen so many and still looked unruffled?

The Landlady could not help stepping out. "Didn't I tell you not to come upstairs?"

"Sorry, wrong floor. I won't bother you. I'll be going now." Chen Feng played dumb while secretly issuing an attack command through the system.

I'm not calling it out this time.

"What?"

The Landlady was still speaking when her throat suddenly tightened. The Water Ghost, lurking invisibly beside her, snapped her pale neck in an instant!

An ambush?

The Landlady sneered. That move might have finished Qingqing, but she was a Demoness. As long as her demonic power remained, she could keep regenerating.

A mere fatal wound was nothing!

Human skins, attack!

At her command, the human skins hanging from the ceiling sprang to life. Like sharks scenting blood, they surged toward the Water Ghost and Chen Feng from every direction!

The Water Ghost was about to suffer the same fate as before, pinned to the floor beneath the human skins.

Then Chen Feng activated a Blessing:

[Wield beauty with cunning; lure foes into harming each other]

[You activated Diaochan's Blessing: Discord. The blessed can force male creatures present to duel.]

Discord only worked on male creatures.

But Old Li had explicitly said they were investigating the disappearance of "male" homeless people. From Chen Feng's own experience, the Landlady's energy drain also seemed to work only on men.

So all those human skins had belonged to men!

Discord, activate!

A white phantom appeared behind Chen Feng. A girl of sixteen frowned through her tears and pointed at the human skins flying overhead. In a voice brimming with allure, she cried, "My husband, you must stand up for me!"

The human skins froze in midair. Then, slipping free of the Landlady's control, they began tearing at one another!

The third-floor hall filled with writhing shadows as the skins tangled and ripped each other apart, no longer paying Chen Feng or the Water Ghost any attention.

"That's impossible!"

For the first time in her life, the Landlady looked stunned. No matter how she called to them, she could not regain control of the skins.

It's that human's doing!

I just need to kill him!

With that thought, the Landlady secretly tried to drain Chen Feng's vital essence and leave him a dried-out husk. This time, however, none of that delicious life force flowed into her.

"What is going on?"

Lying on the floor, the Landlady's severed head widened her eyes. For the second time, she looked stunned.

My signature move failed?

Behind Chen Feng stood the green-glowing phantom of a gentleman holding a sword. Chen Feng had activated this Blessing before coming upstairs.

[A modest gentleman, gentle as jade]

[You activated Lu Xun's Blessing: Humility. The blessed is unaffected by spells, magic, demonic arts, or abnormal statuses.]

This is bad. Very bad!

Her human-skin formation had been broken, and she could no longer replenish her life force. The Landlady felt increasingly uneasy.

I have to teleport away, now. If I can hide, I can get as many human skins as I want. Yes! As long as I hurt enough people, I can rise again!

She prepared to teleport away in secret.

Just then, the Water Ghost raced toward her headless body, reaching straight for her heart.

Too late!

The Landlady teleported and vanished.

Trying to run?

Chen Feng called up the Three Kingdoms Mythology System and activated his third Blessing.

[All troops, charge]

[You activated Ma Chao's Blessing: Iron Cavalry. The blessed's next attack cannot be dodged and is guaranteed to hit!]

A third phantom appeared, this one red. Behind the Water Ghost sat a handsome man on horseback, spear in hand, with a face as fair as jade and eyes bright as shooting stars.

You won't dodge this strike!

Outside the Internet Cafe, the Landlady had escaped by teleportation, holding her head in her hands. Suddenly, a sharp pain tore through her chest.

What's happening?

Still clutching her head, she turned it toward her body. In the pouring rain, she saw a huge hole in her chest.

Meanwhile...

The Water Ghost's Black Tiger Rips Out the Heart had struck empty air, yet he had pulled out a beating heart!

Pop!

The Water Ghost crushed it in his fist.

"No!!!"

The Landlady's eyes filled with horror and despair. Then her body went rigid and fell to the ground, never to move again.

At the same time, the human skins that had been tearing at one another dropped to the floor like puppets with severed strings, lifeless.

[Ding! Mission to destroy the Happiness Internet Cafe complete!]

[Mission rating: Perfect]

[Without relying on the police, you completely eliminated the evil monsters Human-Skin Spider and Demoness. No ordinary people were injured or killed.]

[Reward: 9 system points]

[Water Ghost's wish fulfilled]

[All conditions for binding the ghost have been met. Water Ghost (temporary binding) has become a permanent binding.]

It's over. It's finally over.

Chen Feng stood amid the wreckage and let out a long breath.

The Demoness is dead. The curse is gone. I can finally get a good night's sleep without worrying about being drained dry.

He glanced at the system interface. His reload count was still at four, but his system points had climbed to an astonishing ten: one plus nine!

I'm rich!

Despite his excitement, Chen Feng did not forget to save his progress.

Those Warlord's Protections were all one-use. Without them, he had no confidence he could kill the Demoness a second time!

[Save successful!]

All right. What should I do next?

Chen Feng looked around, momentarily at a loss. Then he remembered She Qingqing, whom the Water Ghost had knocked unconscious, was still outside. He hurried downstairs to bring her back.

But when he stepped out of the Internet Cafe, She Qingqing was nowhere to be seen.

Has she already left?

Chen Feng was about to go back inside when he saw a group of white-clad figures rushing toward him.

White Coats?

He suddenly remembered the third rule of the Happiness Internet Cafe: "Beware of those wearing white coats."

This is bad. Very bad!