Don't pretend, everyone knows you're the villain!

Xi Mingzhu was surprised by what was happening before her eyes. Since the awakening of her spiritual root, the eldest daughter of the Lin family had the purest fire attribute.

Burned to death by his own soul fire? How could that be?

There's only one explanation: that Miss Lin from before was an imposter.

Xi Mingzhu couldn't understand how the Lin family could let someone else infiltrate the family and impersonate the eldest daughter. If this got out, it would be a complete disgrace to the three upper families.

For the rest of the days, Xi Mingzhu spent his time refining pills and testing his eldest disciple's alchemy skills.

Surprisingly poor, not up to par.

To put it bluntly, even a newly initiated disciple is better than his senior disciple who has been with him for decades.

Even someone as cold-hearted as Xi Mingzhu couldn't help but want to reprimand someone for such a poor performance.

Fortunately, the day to deliver the elixir to Master Zhang was approaching, so Xi Mingzhu took his eldest disciple out first.

The behavior of the people he met along the way always made Xi Mingzhu feel uncomfortable, but his eldest disciple blended in without noticing anything amiss.

Perhaps I'm just overthinking things, Xi Mingzhu told herself.

Even after two days of travel, they were still on their way, and Xi Mingzhu frowned.

"Do you really know the roads in Qingquan Town?"

The eldest disciple looked at Xi Mingzhu blankly, "Master, how could I not recognize the way after delivering medicine to Master Zhang for so many years?"

“There are teleportation arrays between Qingquan Town and the Lin family, and more than one. You preferred to travel by water rather than use the arrays, which doesn’t seem like someone who has been delivering medicine for many years.” Xi Mingzhu placed his sword against his eldest disciple’s neck.

He couldn't figure out how the person impersonating Miss Lin got into the Lin family, nor could he figure out where his eldest disciple had gone, and he couldn't understand why everyone he met here seemed strange to him.

"Who are you anyway?"

The eldest disciple looked terrified as a sword was held to his neck.

"Master! It's me, Meng Chang! Don't you recognize your disciple?"

"You still haven't told the truth?"

Meng Chang looked pitiful and innocent. "Master, are you going to kill me?"

"Although Meng Chang's alchemy skills are not perfect, they are not as bad as yours. His cleverness would only be beneficial in dealing with people, unlike you who have not yet arrived at Qingquan Town in two days."

Upon realizing he had been exposed, the eldest disciple's face contorted with rage, and he was about to charge at Xi Mingzhu when Xi Mingzhu swiftly and decisively struck with his sword. There was no blood splattering as expected; he vanished into thin air once more.

It's fake too.

Xi Mingzhu set the fire ablaze. Despite the screams, wails, and resentment, he knew perfectly well that everyone and everything he encountered vanished in an instant.

They're all fake.

So is he real? Is he still Xi Mingzhu? Or is he still alive?

Wherever Xi Mingzhu went, he burned everything in his path, and the scenes of things turning into nothingness made him feel eerily calm.

Lu Tiannan finally managed to kill the bats that kept swarming around him and get close to the vampire.

That vampire's red umbrella was truly fascinating; the swirling black mist spawned new bats.

During a brief moment of evasion, Lu Tiannan glanced at Shen Yi. Something was wrong with her sitting motionless by the window for so long.

"Brother." Lu Tiannan called out without expecting a response, but at least he should see a change in the other person's expression.

He had no expression at all, not even blinking.

A cold glint flashed in Lu Tiannan's eyes, and he began to act recklessly the next time he made a move.

I've finally met someone as interesting as my brother, and I don't even know his name yet, I'm absolutely not going to let him go.

Without using his talent, Lu Tiannan's extreme speed and heavy striking power gave him the upper hand in his fight against the vampire, and the sharpness of the spider dagger left marks on the red umbrella.

A quick and decisive battle is all about speed, ruthlessness, and accuracy. Whoever hesitates too much and is afraid to fight with all their might will be at a disadvantage.

Moreover, Lu Tiannan possesses a talent that was tailor-made for madmen, and even without using that talent, he is a complete madman.

Lu Tiannan plunged the dagger into the vampire's body and casually tossed the silver cross from the center of the red umbrella at the vampire.

Just as Lu Tiannan was about to rush towards Shen Yi, thinking it was all over, he became careless for the first time and was bitten by a vampire.

Lu Tiannan felt a sharp pain, and the strange sensation in his body told him that he was being assimilated by the dying vampire.

What a ridiculous scene.

His eyes grew even colder as Lu Tiannan saw the vampire being destroyed by the silver cross, and the red umbrella also disappeared.

Licking its teeth, it looked out at the empty room.

Gu Junbai and the other two have not returned yet, and it is unknown whether they are dead or alive.

Rushing towards Shen Yi, they discovered that the person couldn't even maintain the most basic breathing.

An empty shell... chillingly terrifying.

Is he really dead this time? Shen Yi died so easily, and the fake Shen Yi wasn't much better. It's truly disappointing.

Lu Tiannan looked at the bloody teeth marks on his body, feeling utterly miserable. He had never done anything so stupid as to take a bite from a vampire for an empty shell.

Lu Tiannan concealed his wound, his expression gloomy as he pinched Shen Yi's chin, his eyes half-closed. The other's empty, lifeless eyes made this body lose its original beauty.

It has to be admitted that his cold gaze and indifferent tone were drawing Lu Tiannan closer.

"Brother, I'm so disappointed. I still don't know your name..."

Lu Tiannan tightened his grip on Shen Yi's chin slightly, his brows furrowed with a sinister and ruthless expression.

"Why did I think you could last so long? I shouldn't have impulsively come along."

Lu Tiannan had no interest in abusing an unresponsive shell, and feeling frustrated, he left the room and wandered around.

He went down to the first floor and saw the NPC staring at him with a cold gaze.

The NPC at the front desk walked right into the line of fire, giving Lu Tiannan an outlet for his frustration.

Lu Tiannan smiled wickedly and approached the NPC at the front desk.

"You're not convinced? I almost forgot this morning that I was going to gouge out your eyes."

The NPC stared at Lu Tiannan and said, word by word, "You will die here."

“I know better than you where my end is. You’ll definitely die before me.” Lu Tiannan licked his lips and gave a bloodthirsty smile.

The dagger moved deftly in his hand, its sharp blade held between his fingers and stuck into the countertop.

"You're not the first NPC to die at my hands. I'll give you a chance to go berserk."

Lu Tiannan paused for a moment, then chuckled maliciously.

"But I'm in a bad mood, and going on a rampage won't save you. Goodnight, rude lady."

After Lu Tiannan finished speaking, he plunged the dagger into the throat of the NPC at the front desk. It went straight in, and then he gripped the dagger in his hand and spun it around the neck.

The NPC's head was brutally severed, yet Lu Tiannan still smiled cruelly and maliciously.

Once the head was sewn back onto the body, the NPC was reassembled, its scarlet eyes fixed on Lu Tiannan, its blood-red maw wide open.

It must be said that NPC berserk mode is an indispensable factor in increasing the difficulty of dungeons. Attack and defense are drastically increased, and speed is boosted by more than one order of magnitude.

Lu Tiannan felt the stinging pain from the wounds left by the vampire, and a sense of displeasure enveloped him. This time, he directly and without reservation chose to unleash his talent—Malignant Berserk.

Relying on his pain immunity, Lu Tiannan targeted the vital points of the NPCs' bodies when he made his move.

The NPC's rampage was indeed impressive; the lobby on the first floor was a complete mess due to the fight between the two.