One second later, the female ghost actually moved.
Not just the one in front of Yu Qing-even the fifty-odd ghosts behind the Doctor turned their heads, pointing their ashen toes toward the Doctor holding the belt.
The tables had turned. Overwhelming resentment gathered once more, and the Doctor froze. Even his hand gripping the belt briefly trembled.
His gray-white eyes blinked nonstop, and even the mouth that had stretched all the way to his ears drooped. "You... have you all gone mad? Aren't you afraid of being beaten?"
Step-
The female ghosts stepped forward again.
Their resentment thickened. His threats had no effect whatsoever.
Finally, the Doctor panicked and began to fight back. "You... do you really believe that thing can save you? Dream on! Those tentacles are clearly wrapped around him because they want him dead!"
"He can't even save himself!!"
The Doctor kept roaring, pointing toward Yu Qing and desperately warning the female ghosts not to step out of line.
Because right before his eyes, the tentacles were tightening, and Yu Qing's expression was growing more pained.
Then Yu Qing pulled out a bottle of something from who knew where. Struggling, he unscrewed the cap with one hand and dripped a single drop onto a pitch-black tentacle. The next instant, it tightened violently, as though something had intensely provoked it!
From the wall shrouded in black mist, a sixth tentacle emerged and reached for the young man's slender neck!
"He's going to die! He's going to die! Hahahahaha!" The Doctor was instantly ecstatic. His gaping mouth nearly split his entire head apart as he screamed desperately, "Look! Hurry, look! Those tentacles are going to kill that brat!"
Perhaps... his excitement was too intense. The female ghosts all turned around, pointing their toes toward Yu Qing, a bloodshot eye squeezing out from each curtain of thick, long hair.
In this deadly instance world, dozens of female ghosts stood in neat ranks in the dark, all staring at him.
The sight was truly eerie.
But the boss had squeezed too hard just now. Unable to stand it any longer, Yu Qing had decisively spent three million on a bottle of "Obedience Potion." Just one drop could make anything obey him meekly and bow before him.
It lasted one minute.
So now...
Before the female ghosts' eyes, the tentacles binding Yu Qing slowly lowered him. As though tending to a cherished king, several tentacles coiled together, weaving a bizarre, bewitching chair. Yu Qing sat upright in its center.
Then he picked up the tentacle wound around his neck and idly toyed with it between his fingertips, smiling. "Ladies, what are you waiting for? Get him."
One minute!
The Obedience Potion lasted only one minute and could only be used once a day, so Yu Qing had no need to act personally.
He wasn't very strong. Snatching the Doctor's belongings himself would only waste time and effort. Better to...
"Aaaaaaah-!"
An agonized scream assaulted his eardrums. Yu Qing frowned and was just about to cover his ears when two hands formed from black mist shot out from behind the wall, shielding him from the unwelcome noise.
Yu Qing paused, feeling a little... overwhelmed by the favor.
His slender fingertips brushed lightly over a tentacle. As he looked at it, a wistful regret gradually entered his eyes. "If only you could always be this good."
As his words fell, the Doctor's white coat had already been stripped off. Yu Qing took it and slipped it on. After a moment's thought, he realized that beating someone with his bare fists might get his hands dirty.
So, with a slight furrow between his brows, the young man spent another ten points on a pair of white gloves. He slowly pulled them on before lowering his gaze to the disheveled Doctor, looking at him as though he were trash. "Now it's my turn to hurt you."
Just then, Qian Lai finally finished sticking the last talisman by the door. Without waiting for his bleeding fingertips to heal, he hurried back inside to warn him. "Yu Qing! I set up a Ghost-Attracting Formation outside. The female ghosts will be drawn into it on their own. Come with me first...!!!"
Before he could finish, the scene of punishment filling the room sent his scalp prickling. He sucked in a sharp breath and immediately backed out.
Oh my god! Was Yu Qing the King of Hell? Why did all these monsters obey him?
It hadn't... been like this a moment ago.
It wasn't just Qian Lai. As his words fell, even the livestream chat, which had been screeching nonstop, erupted in astonishment.
Comments scrolled wildly, almost filling the screen with [Aaaaaah] and donations.
The stream's popularity kept soaring. Huge numbers of new viewers poured in, pushing the system to the verge of freezing.
[Heard about this and came to see! Absolutely stunned!]
[Aaaaaaaaah! My wife, that's my wife! I love how he goes from nearly dying to turning everything around! So cool aaaaaah!]
[That look, like he's staring at trash! I'm dead, I'm dead, aaaaaah! Step on me, wifey! Kill me, wifey!]
[Ohhh, I know why this instance gave everyone name badges now! It uses the badges to identify people! Yu Qing's wearing the "Xu Han" badge now, so he's the doctor and can hurt patients however he wants!]
[Holy crap, using the instance rules to turn the tables and kill an NPC! Badass!]
[Help, hahahaha! I came from the other stream, and I've got the same expression as Qian Lai. Our poor little Qian spent all night drawing talismans to save Yu Qing, only for them to be useless. Sob, sob.]
[Ding-] System notification: [Concurrent livestream viewers have exceeded 50,000 for the first time. Congratulations to streamer Yu Qing on earning the title "Newcomer King." Reward: one prize draw, redeemable after the instance ends.]
But inside the ward, Yu Qing wasn't watching the chat, nor did he spare any attention for the prize draw. He strode forward, seized the Doctor by the collar, and slammed his fist into that hideous face!
Bam, bam, bam, bam, bam!
Beating him until he spat blood wasn't enough. Yu Qing even gritted his teeth, mustered his strength, and brutally snapped his arms and legs.
[Obedience Potion duration countdown: 5, 4, 3...] [Boss game ending countdown: 10, 9, 8...]
Yu Qing's gaze sharpened. Damn it!
The boss's game would end after the Obedience Potion wore off!
So he made it quick, kicking the defenseless Doctor into Qian Lai's Ghost-Attracting Formation and calling to the female ghosts, "Ladies, your powers get stronger inside the Ghost-Attracting Formation, right? Here's your chance for revenge!"
The moment he finished speaking, [The Obedience Potion's effect has expired!]
Immediately afterward, bam-
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