After dealing with Zhu Xianxian, Chen Feng took out the key and headed back to the real third floor.
Here it came. 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 a dream.
The Landlady licked 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.
It was that damned husband of hers.
The Landlady frowned. Zhu Xianxian and She Qingqing are useless. I had them lie in wait 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."
The Landlady 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 is he here?
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 enjoy 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?
The Landlady distinctly remembered her damned husband vomiting, suffering diarrhea, and fainting from fright after seeing just one human skin.
Yet this man could look at so many of them without batting an eye?
The Landlady couldn't 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 laughed it off, but secretly issued an attack command through the system.
I'm not shouting it out this time.
"What?"
The Landlady was still speaking when her throat suddenly tightened. The Water Ghost, lurking invisibly beside her, snapped her fair-skinned neck in an instant!
An ambush?
The Landlady sneered. She Qingqing might have fallen to that move, but she was the Demoness. As long as she had Yokai Power, 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 smelling blood, they swarmed toward the Water Ghost and Chen Feng!
The Water Ghost was about to suffer the same fate as last time, pinned beneath a pile of human skins.
But Chen Feng suddenly activated a Blessing:
[Wield beauty with skill, and turn foes against each other] [You have activated Diaochan's Blessing: Discord. The protected can force male creatures present to duel each other.]
Discord only worked on male creatures.
But Old Li had explicitly said they were investigating the disappearance of "male" homeless people. And from Chen Feng's own experience, the Landlady's draining ability seemed to work only on men.
Which meant every one of these human skins belonged to a man!
Discord, activate!
A white apparition lit up behind Chen Feng. A beautiful young woman of sixteen appeared, her brows knitted and tears in her eyes. Pointing at the human skins filling the air, she cried in an alluring voice, "Husband, you must stand up for me!"
At her words, the human skins froze in midair. Then they slipped out of the Landlady's control and began tearing at one another!
For a moment, ghostly shapes filled the third-floor hall. The human skins tangled and ripped at each other, no longer attacking Chen Feng or the Water Ghost.
"That's impossible!"
For the first time in her life, the Landlady looked stunned. No matter how she called to the human skins, she couldn't regain control.
That human did this!
All I have to do is kill him!
With that thought, the Landlady secretly activated her ability, trying to drain Chen Feng's life force and leave him a dried-out husk. But this time, none of that delightful vitality flowed into her body.
"What's going on?"
The Landlady's head lay on the floor, its eyes wide. For the second time, she looked stunned.
Her signature ability had failed?
Behind Chen Feng stood the green-glowing apparition of a sword-bearing gentleman. It was the Blessing he had activated before coming upstairs.
[A modest gentleman, gentle as jade] [You have activated Lu Xun's Blessing: Humility. The protected is unaffected by spells, Magic, Sorcery, or abnormal conditions.]
This is bad. Very bad!
Her formation of human skins was broken, and she could no longer replenish her life force. The Landlady's sense of danger grew.
I need to teleport out of here. As long as I can hide, I can make as many human skins as I want. Yes! If I harm enough people, I can rise again!
The Landlady prepared to teleport away in secret.
But just then, the Water Ghost rushed at her headless body, reaching straight for her heart.
Too late!
The Landlady teleported and vanished.
Trying to escape?
Chen Feng summoned the Three Kingdoms Mythology System and activated his third Blessing.
[All forces, charge!] [You have activated Ma Chao's Blessing: Iron Cavalry. The protected's next attack cannot be dodged and is guaranteed to hit!]
A third apparition appeared behind the Water Ghost, this one red: a handsome man on horseback, holding a long spear, with a face like polished jade and eyes like shooting stars.
There's no dodging this strike!
Outside the Internet Cafe, the Landlady held her head in her hands. She had already escaped by teleportation when a sharp pain suddenly tore through her chest.
What's happening?
Still clutching her head, the Landlady 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 pulled out a beating heart!
Pop!
The Water Ghost crushed the heart in his hand.
"No!!!"
Horror and despair filled the Landlady's eyes. Then she went rigid, fell to the ground, and moved no more.
At the same time, the human skins that had been tearing at one another dropped to the floor with a rustle, like puppets with their strings cut. All life left them.
[Ding! Mission to destroy the Happiness Internet Cafe complete!] [Mission rating: Perfect] [Without relying on the police, you completely eliminated the evil yokai Human-Skin Spider and Demoness, with no ordinary people injured or killed.] [Reward: 9 System Points] [Water Ghost's wish fulfilled] [All conditions for taking permanent control of the Water Ghost have been met. Water Ghost (temporary control) has become Water Ghost (permanent control).]
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.
Chen Feng checked the system interface. His Save-Load Count was still at 4, but his System Points had climbed to a staggering 10 (1+9)!
I'm rich!
Even in his excitement, Chen Feng remembered to Save here.
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 now?
Chen Feng looked around, unsure what to do. Then he remembered that 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 figures rushing toward him.
White Coats?
Chen Feng suddenly remembered the Happiness Internet Cafe's third rule: "Watch out for those people in white coats."
This is bad. Very bad!
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