Cold...
Bone-chilling cold...
Before Yu Qing could adjust, his breath turned white, dissipating into the void and freezing into frost at a visible speed.
The young man frowned slightly, his lips gradually turning purple. Was this thing trying to freeze me to death?
Since he had already been marked as Angel's sacrifice anyway, he had planned to rest for a while and go exploring again after dark. But now... "Ngh..."
The tentacle around his waist suddenly tightened. Yu Qing gave a muffled groan and gritted his teeth, tentatively clenching his fists. Just as he was about to struggle free, he discovered that his wrists and ankles had also been bound tight.
The more he moved, the tighter they constricted.
His fists were forced open. The writhing tentacles spread over his limbs, making his breathing quicken.
Suddenly, a hand stroked his left ear!
The hand had smooth skin and felt icy cold. Its touch was gentle, yet it sent a jolt through Yu Qing's heart, scattering the breath he had finally managed to draw. At the same time, he could finally open his eyes...
The first thing he saw was a pair of uncanny eyes glowing blood-red!
Those eyes were deep, sinister, and dangerous, like bloodthirsty flowers blooming in hell. Yet on closer inspection, an outer layer of elegance surrounded them-the elegance of a ruler looking down upon all living things. They made him want to prostrate himself, compelling profound reverence to rise from the depths of his heart.
After a few more looks, Yu Qing quickly realized that this was a man. His pure-black short hair was slightly disheveled, making his already pale skin look white as snow.
His thin lips were perfectly shaped, his nose high and finely sculpted. His entire face seemed to have been meticulously painted by a god's own hand, without a single flaw.
He was clearly a monster dwelling in darkness, yet he was as beautiful as a deity.
Those red eyes watched him, filled with indifference, like an endless wasteland without the slightest ripple of any other emotion.
Forced to meet his gaze, Yu Qing felt his heart slowly rise into his throat. A moment later, "Ah!"
The earring in his left ear was yanked, pulling at his entire ear with searing pain. Blood slowly seeped out. Gradually, Yu Qing's pain became soundless. In the cold, shadowy void, his breathing came fast, and a layer of cold sweat covered his forehead.
He tentatively turned his head, hoping to seek help from the livestream, but the streaming system had stopped working.
Stopped! Working!
This place was completely cut off from the outside world. No one could help him, and there were no viewers to offer advice. Was this... the black mist boss's true form?
Yu Qing couldn't figure it out, but staying alive mattered more than finding answers.
He could find no opening in those eyes. Then I'll create one!
"So all those hands you sent to touch me yesterday were after this earring too? Hiss..."
The pain in his ear didn't ease. Yu Qing suddenly raised his voice. "Then you should know!" This thing has grown into my ear. It's part of my body, and the power inside it has already fused with me..."
"So what exactly are you trying to uncover? What do you want to get from me?"
The boss gradually loosened his grip, finally easing the pain in Yu Qing's ear. Yu Qing slowly lifted his gaze to face those scarlet eyes.
As he met the boss's gaze, the fear in his eyes gradually vanished. Before long, a hint of provocation actually appeared. "I swallowed the earring's power long ago. What? Are you going to eat me to get it?"
As his words fell, silence returned to their surroundings.
The man watched him without moving for a long time, as though weighing the advantages and disadvantages of eating him-or perhaps thinking about something else.
But one thing was certain-the boss was distracted!
The surrounding void seemed to have grown less cold. Before long, Yu Qing even heard a "ding."
It was the sound of the system reconnecting!
He hurriedly glanced sideways to check. The small blue livestream screen lit up, and the comments instantly erupted.
[Aaaaaah! Wifey, wifey, I finally found you! You were offline for five minutes, and I missed you so much, aaaaaah!]
[Holy shit!!! What is this? Two men alone together, tentacle bondage?]
[Hehe... There are red marks around wifey's waist, and on his wrists and ankles too. So perverted. I love it. Hehehe...]
[OH! MY! GOD! Is this the black mist boss's true form? He looks like an evil god's statue. I'm on my knees, knees, knees, knees, knees, knees, knees, knees! Lick, lick, lick, lick, lick, lick, lick, lick, lick!]
The noisy livestream pulled the boss out of his thoughts. He turned his head again, only to find that Yu Qing had freed one hand amid the chaos. His slender arm rose and hooked around the boss's neck, and he kissed him straight on the lips!!!
In an instant, everything fell silent.
The boss seemed never to have been treated this way before. He froze, his scarlet eyes abruptly widening. Even the black tentacles extending from his back and wrapped around Yu Qing briefly trembled.
The situation changed in an instant. Soon, Yu Qing had freed both hands on the livestream, though the tentacles around his waist remained tight, leaving faint red marks that made his pale waist look all the more lovely.
The fragile young man looked as though he had been abused. The corners of his eyes were red, his white hair lay loose, and blood dripped from his pierced ear, drop by drop, falling into the boundless void.
Despite his utterly disheveled state, he strained to lift his body, capturing the evil deity's lips and clinging to him with desperate determination.
[Aaaaaaaaah! Aaaaaaaaaah! Aaaaaaaaaah!]
[Where are the tissues? Where are the tissues?! Is this something I can watch for fucking free? (Tip: +100 points)]
[(Tip: +100 points) Boohoo, even my tipping hand is shaking.]
But beyond the screen, the boss seemed to quickly realize something was wrong. He lifted his head slightly and was about to push Yu Qing away, only for Yu Qing to grit his teeth again and desperately kiss him once more, biting his lips until they bled and refusing to let go.
The boss froze. At last, a crack appeared in the unchanging indifference of those eyes, allowing Yu Qing to breach his defenses and fight for a sliver of survival.
Gradually, the tentacles around his waist finally loosened.
The viewers holding their breath in the livestream finally realized something was wrong-this wasn't merely a kiss. It was a gamble between life and death within an infinite instance.
Just moments earlier, Yu Qing had been completely overpowered. His ear had been pulled until it bled, and death had seemed his only possible outcome.
Yet now, with a single kiss, he had forcibly broken through that all-encompassing encirclement. Slowly, in this land of nothingness, he kindled a chance of survival that belonged to him alone.
A faint spark gradually grew into a small flame.
On-screen, Yu Qing slowly sat up. Tentatively, cautiously, he went from helpless prey at another's mercy to meeting the all-destroying boss at eye level. His long, slender fingers slowly loosened, moving to grip the man's neck.
The boss before him wasn't breathing, but his expression was clearly no longer as utterly still as before. Yu Qing knew his chance to survive had arrived!
So, while continuing that lingering kiss, he took the razor-sharp double-edged blade out of his system inventory.
[Streamer "Yu Qing" has drawn the weapon "I'll Cut You Down."]
A second later, the blade's tip dropped. Just as he was about to drive it toward the boss's heart, suddenly!
As though the boss had realized something, the tentacles wrapped around Yu Qing's waist again and viciously dragged him away.
Then the young man's panicked eyes and the sharp blade in his hand were reflected together in those dangerous blood-red eyes.
A faint gleam shifted within those eyes, and Yu Qing's heart slowly rose into his throat.
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