I'm bound to the World-Destroying Witch

Chapter 57. Xia Feng becomes a major bug in the game - stealing life points!
However, the only thing to consider now is how to conceal one's identity in this murder mystery game.

Each round of the game has four phases, namely—

Freedom Phase (Spiritual Master Trading Information)
Basic predation phase (gain life points by using cards to prey on prey)

Hunting and preying phase (gaining life points by killing people in real life)

Evolution stage (buying skills).

After nearly two rounds, Yan Xujia's game qualification was directly replaced because Xia Feng stole the spiritual weapon.

The third round of free trading is currently underway.

Xia Feng picked up a stack of cards on the table and counted them carefully; there were 16 cards in total.

Each person starts with 14 cards; the extra two are probably due to some manipulation by Yan Xujia.

According to the rules, to prey on a player of a certain number, you must use a predation card with that specific number. Xia Feng glanced at his own number on the panel: {10}
"Ten?" He looked at the cards in his hand again. There were thirteen predator cards in total, with all kinds of serial numbers, but there was no predator card with serial number 10.

According to the rules, each player has fourteen predator cards corresponding to their assigned number, meaning that fourteen predator cards that can be used to hunt them are currently unavailable.

This is not good news for his status as a top-tier black card holder.

After all, every identity can be used to prey on him, and once his identity is discovered, he will become the target of all attacks.

The more prey cards he has outside, the more dangerous he becomes.

Just as I was pondering this, a message popped up.

Player #11 has initiated a trade conversation with you. Do you accept?

Xia Feng looked up to his left, and the blurry figure on the high platform not far away seemed to turn his head and look at him.

There's no need to hesitate; it's always good to learn more information.

"accept."

The surrounding environment once again transformed into mottled pixels, rushing towards you.

In the blink of an eye, a high platform appeared just three meters away on the opposite side. A blurry figure stood in front of the control panel, and the figure wore a pure black mask with the number 11 painted in blood red.

The surroundings were pitch black, leaving only masked figures number 10 and 11 standing facing each other on the cylindrical platform.

"Change your card or change your identity?" Number 11 spoke first, his voice sounding like a synthesized male voice from a short video.

Xia Feng judged that "changing identities" likely referred to exchanging identity information. He noticed the man's confident demeanor, like a seasoned veteran in the game. The newbie Xia Feng calmly asked, "Just exchanging cards. How do you want to do it?"

Changing identities is impossible; the Ace Black Card will have to be hidden until later in the game before being revealed.

"If you're asking about card swaps, I only accept exchanges," Number 11 asked in a deep voice.

Hey~ What a coincidence, me too~ Xia Feng pondered for two seconds and said, "Okay."

Xia Feng is number 10, and he plans to try to recover as many number 10 cards that are currently out there and can hunt him down.

While I was thinking, a message popped up on the panel.

Player #11 has traded {Predator Card #10} for {Predator Card #11} with you. Please insert the corresponding card into the slot for inspection and transfer.

Xia Feng took out card number 11 and inserted it into the card slot.

The next second, the card slot dispensed a brand new pure black card with the serial number 10 marked in red in the upper right corner.

【Successful transaction】

“Very good.” Number 11’s tone was smiling as he looked up. “Player Number 10, I have another deal to make. I wonder if you’d be interested?”

Xia Feng frowned slightly; the guy's tone seemed to be turning hostile. "Go on, I'm listening."

"Didn't I buy the {Detection Skill Card}? This time I checked the counter relationship with you, and it shows that {I can prey on you}."

Number 11 said with a mocking tone, "Perfect timing, I just got one of your {location cards}, which allows me to find you in reality and hunt you down."

Follow the rules.

In the basic predation phase, you only need to use the 'numbered predation card' to eat the target player's life points, similar to the Three Kingdoms Kill card game.

The hunting and predation phase requires an additional 'location card' with a corresponding number, which allows you to hunt targets in reality. After a successful hunt, you can gain greater benefits, such as all of the target's predation cards, location cards, real-world skill cards, and double the life points compared to the basic predation phase!

Such generous rewards during the hunting and predation phase are clearly a sign that someone behind the scenes is encouraging players to engage in a killing spree.

"Player #10, my conditions are actually very simple~"

The man in number 11 chuckled, "All you need to do right now is give me 8 health points, and I'll give you this location card and not hunt you down, how about that?"

Exploring a skill card can reveal two pieces of information: 1. Whether the user is 'preyable' to the target player; 2. The target player's spirit rank.

Player #10's spiritual pressure status is: Tier 1, 28 days.

Having become a first-tier spiritual master for less than a month, he could easily defeat this piece of trash with one hand. Number 11's lips curled slightly.

Hearing the threat from the other side, Xia Feng rolled his eyes speechlessly. The price was 8 points of health, while he only had 9 points of health in total.

Seeing that Xia Feng ignored her, Number 11 held up two cards: a Predator Card (Number 10) and a Position Card (Number 10).

He said with a cold laugh, "Number 10, is your dog's life more important, or your life points? You should weigh it yourself."

Xia Feng narrowed his eyes slightly. He remembered that No. 11 had just bought the Jupiter Flower during the evolution stage, which meant that this guy hadn't advanced to the second tier yet. Well, even if he did advance to the second tier, there was nothing to be afraid of.

"Little Karami, how dare you threaten me?" Xia Feng smiled slightly and raised his middle finger at the other side: "If you want to fight, shut up. If you have the guts, come and hit your daddy!"

After deliberately letting out a mocking laugh, he abruptly shut down the trading channel.

"you--"

Just as Number 11 was about to speak, he discovered that the other person had disappeared. His face instantly darkened. He hadn't expected Xia Feng to be so tough.

"Fine, fine! You idiot, just you wait."

After turning it off, Xia Feng fell into deep thought, his eyes gleaming with excitement.

When Number 11 threatened him with the 'Slot 10 Card', he suddenly realized a crucial point he had previously overlooked—the artifact and the game identity are uniquely linked!!

His ability is to steal magical artifacts!

In other words, he could first squander all his life points to buy spirit garments and spiritual materials during the auction phase, and then, like he did with Yan Xujia, plunder other people's spiritual artifacts to replace their game identities!

After continuing to squander their life points on a shopping spree, they plundered a third person's spirit weapon! And so on.
"I lost it."

Xia Feng grew increasingly alarmed, "Holy crap! There seems to be a major bug!!"

According to the introduction, the purpose of this Roulette of Life game is to determine the successor to the "Sumeru Throne".

The ultimate victor will ascend the throne and receive the inheritance of the Holy Realm!

Xia Feng didn't understand anything about thrones or inheritances; he only understood one thing: there were opportunities to profit from them!
No, that's not right. This is no longer just shearing sheep. Given time, he could shear the wool off the entire flock!
It's important to know that the evolution stage has all sorts of real-world skill cards, from N-grade to A-grade spirit garments, spiritual materials for advancing to the next level as a spirit master, materials for achieving sainthood, and so on.

Forget about ace cards, black cards, or hidden identities; Xia Feng's eyes gleamed, barely able to contain his elation, hoping only that player number 11 would arrive soon.

(End of this chapter)