Choose!

Zhang Chulan broke out in a cold sweat and asked somewhat apprehensively, "Hehe, everyone, my brothers! My sisters!"

"You didn't take any photos, right?"

Hidden Dragon hurriedly waved his hands. "Of course not! How could we do something that rotten?"

Hearing that, Zhang Chulan breathed a sigh of relief. He suddenly felt that this bunch wasn't quite so despicable after all. At least they had some standards.

"We took videos!"

"You!!!!" Zhang Chulan completely lost it, the veins on his forehead throbbing wildly.

"Wahahahaha!"

"Sky Lantern Bro!"

"You're fucking awesome!"

Their mocking laughter sounded especially grating now, trampling what little dignity he had left into a shoe sole.

Wang Zhuo patted his shoulder. "Don't worry, I charged them."

Zhang Chulan looked at him in disbelief, his facial muscles twitching uncontrollably.

"Am I supposed to thank you?"

"You're welcome."

"Fuck your mother!" After cursing, Zhang Chulan turned and lunged at Hidden Dragon and Wang Zhuo.

"I'll kill you bastards! Hidden Dragon, hand over your phone!"

"We were kidding! We didn't record anything!"

"Like hell I believe you! Hand it over!"

"And you, Liu Guanyi! Stop right there and cough up the money!"

"Nope! Catch me, and I'll let you hehehe!"

Watching them chase each other around, Lu Linglong quietly edged over to Zhi Jinhua. "Hua, what do I do? I can't look Zhang Chulan in the eye anymore..."

"..." Zhi Jinhua was engrossed in the notebook in her hands and gave no response whatsoever.

"Hua?"

"Hehehehe~"

Hearing her sleazy laughter, Lu Linglong grew even more bewildered.

Wang Ergou came over to explain. "Ignore her. She squatted beside him in the middle of the night and copied every last word."

"Now she's completely spellbound by those runes."

"Besides, why don't you go find your Brother Liu? You can't look at Zhang Chulan, but what about Brother Liu's abs?"

Bang!

Lu Linglong's cheeks burned, and for a moment she couldn't find a reply.

"Hey! Look! Over by the main gate!"

Someone shouted, and everyone stopped what they were doing and turned toward the main gate.

Wang Zhuo stepped forward to check his match schedule.

Liu Guanyi-Deng Youfu

Feng XingTong-Ye Niao

So that's it. First Deng Youfu, then Feng XingTong, then Zhang Lingyu in the semifinals...

[Options triggered:]

[1: Take the championship!]

[Reward: Great Method of Transformation into Freedom]

At the sight of the Great Method of Transformation into Freedom, Wang Zhuo's pupils contracted sharply, and his whole body began trembling uncontrollably.

If he cultivated this technique, he might well leap beyond the world of The Outcast and smash his way through all eternity.

While he trembled, the system continued issuing notifications.

[World mods unlocked simultaneously:

Worship of the Living

Child in Red

Five-Element Viscera

Layered Dream Return

Child-Bestowing Monk

Flower Within the Ancient

Skin Weds Bone

Play in the Rain

Heaven and Earth Bow Together

Mirror of Three Lifetimes

Dragon and Phoenix Candles

Resentful Lovers of Seven Lifetimes

Attaining the Dao Through the Nine Cauldrons

Heaven Bows to Me

Faces of All Beings

Weddings and Funerals

Heaven Is Watching

Mandarin Ducks at Play

Paper Dragon

Dragon Seeks Its Scales

Ghost Opera Troupe

Wedding and Funeral Processions Collide in Evil

Ghosts! Ghosts!! Ghosts!!!

An extremely yin physique born in a yin hour, on a yin day, in a yin year and a yin month: a red-clad senior schoolgirl who hanged herself in a pit of ten thousand vengeful souls, combined with a resentful infant suffocated in the womb during a yin hour]

[Summary: A wicked world of five defilements; hell stands empty. Vengeful ghosts revive, and the mortal world becomes hell.]

[You will take charge of Mount Longhu, gather faith, and embark on your own path to godhood!]

Wang Zhuo was stunned. Truly stunned. As those strings of notifications flashed through his mind, this internet addict from a previous life was utterly dumbfounded.

How the fuck am I supposed to play this? I surrender!

Let me put it this way: even if you called Shi Jian over, he'd have to take a few slaps before leaving.

With this whole bunch of underworld horrors gathered together, never mind whether he could survive.

The entire Outsider world and all the ordinary people would collectively ascend.

One slight misstep, and everyone would be dead.

[2: Give up on the championship]

[Reward: Wear the Nine Heavens]

[Wear the nine heavens upon your body, bear the sun and moon upon your shoulders.

Should you one day gain a method that reaches heaven, dare to challenge heaven and earth for dominion.]

[Reward: Red-Fire Three-Legged Golden Toad (spirit)]

The toad was a tomb of devoted love, daring to provoke vicious wolves for his beloved.

He journeyed to the Jade Pool for a miraculous medicine, willing to trade his life for the swan's.

He begged the Spirit Mother with thirty thousand kowtows, obtaining a golden pill to restore the swan's soul.

Yet the swan's heart was cold as ice; she spread her wings and left without looking back.

From then on, the toad became a golden toad, recognizing money alone, not people.

[Summary: If the King of Hell wants you dead at the third watch, I can keep you alive until the fifth!]

[Mod added: Spiritual Energy · Revival]

[Summary: This differs from the spiritual energy revival you know. Please consider it very carefully...]

You know what, you bastard system? I always thought I was in an invincible-protagonist power fantasy...

Wang Zhuo wanted to cry but had no tears.

System, can I choose neither?

[Kill, kill, kill!]

How about we don't kill?

[Kill!]

Those three simple cries of "kill" made him understand that refusing wasn't an option.

Spiritual energy revival, fine. That's a million times better than vengeful ghosts reviving.

Wang Zhuo consoled himself with that thought, overlooking a single "·".

One absolutely crucial "·".

System, option 2.

[Quest binding successful]

[Audience anticipation +10]

Wang Zhuo: ???????

Where the fuck have you sent me?!

Did you switch to the wrong show?!

Fuck your mother!

Noticing that something was off with him, Zhang Chulan came over and asked, "What's wrong, Brother Liu? You look out of it."

Wang Zhuo let out a long sigh. "Nothing. Life really is full of ups and downs and downs and downs and downs and downs and downs and downs and downs."

"Huh???"

"Nothing. Just drank too much." No longer as carefree and composed as before, Wang Zhuo spoke with a hint of helplessness and slowly walked away.

For the rest of the morning, Wang Zhuo sat cross-legged in meditation alone in the woods, continuing until the afternoon.

By then, the arena for his match was packed. Young Outsiders, the Old Celestial Master, the Ten Elders, and others had all come to watch.

"Liu Guanyi! Deng Youfu!"

"Please enter the arena when your names are called!"

Under everyone's gaze, Wang Zhuo and Deng Youfu emerged from the entrance together, walking side by side.

"Brother Liu, I won't hold back."

"Neither will I. This time, I hope you'll all truly take this seriously."

With his hands in his pockets, Wang Zhuo stood on the left side of the arena, watching his opponent quietly.

Deng Youfu was completely different from before. Dressed in shamanic clothing and carrying a Wenwang Drum, Deng Youcai climbed down from the spectator stands with a female companion.

"What are you doing?!" the referee barked upon seeing them.

"This is a match! What do you think you're doing coming down here?"

Wang Zhuo waved a hand. "Taoist priest, you may not know this, but this is the authentic way to invoke a spirit. Please make an exception. I agree to it too. Let them invoke their spirit properly."

"Only one person will be fighting in the end anyway."

Deng Youcai smiled apologetically. "Heh, my young Brother Liu really knows how things work. Don't worry, referee. We know the rules. We're just here to provide vocal accompaniment. We promise we won't do anything else."

The referee looked a little troubled. Glancing around, he could only turn to the Old Celestial Master. Only after seeing him nod did he say, "Fine. Hurry up!"

Zhang Chulan frowned. "They didn't do this in the previous matches..."