Quick Transmigration: The Villain is Destiny, the Protagonist Takes a Backseat

"What are you yelling about? You shameful idiot!"

Zhao Tiansheng found these people ridiculous. As a genius of the Xuanmen sect, he had an innate and extraordinary ability to sense ghosts and monsters. How could he not know whether this dilapidated orphanage was haunted?

"There's nothing fishy going on inside. You've been ambushed, do you even know that? A bunch of brainless idiots!"

Ji Qiuzhe must have known he was coming and made preparations in advance; he was simply courting death.

Zhao Tiansheng stared at the dilapidated building shrouded in night with a sinister look in his eyes. There was no ghostly aura, but rather an inexplicable strange energy was circulating. It was likely that the bastard had found a powerful figure to help him. No wonder he dared to openly break the contract.

No matter, Zhao Tiansheng was very confident in his abilities. He decided to take matters into his own hands and risk losing merit to kill that old woman and vent his anger!

Thinking this, he ordered, "You guys, stand guard at the door. If you spot that guy surnamed Ji coming, beat him to death. I'm going in to meet that legendary 'ghost'."

"Yes."

"Wait a minute."

A voice interrupted Zhao Tiansheng's steps as he walked in.

Ji Qiuzhe appeared slowly and confidently in front of everyone, bathed in moonlight, exuding a cool and aloof aura.

Even Zhao Tiansheng was stunned and didn't react for a moment.

He remembered this person as a useless orphan who couldn't even support himself and was so disheartened that he wanted to commit suicide. How could he have learned magic in just over half a month?

Was it all a pretense all along?

Zhao Tiansheng's face grew increasingly grim, his handsome features contorted slightly, making him appear ferocious and ugly.

Enraged, he laughed bitterly: "So, you little bastard, you were lying to me from the very beginning!"

As proud as Zhao Tiansheng was, he had been pampered since childhood and had never met anyone who dared to deceive him. What was even more despicable was that this person had been deceiving him from beginning to end.

"Let me guess, you didn't do all this on purpose to use me to get close to that ancient monster, did you?"

"Could it be that you want to keep him all to yourself? Well, after all, he is a two-thousand-year-old zombie king, and his whole body is a treasure. Soaking his head in wine would surely prolong life!"

Zhao Tiansheng looked as if he saw right through Ji Qiuzhe, and nodded confidently after speaking.

[Damn it! Damn it! Host, the villain's corruption level is hovering between 99% and 100%. What's going on? Wasn't he dead asleep? Is he having a nightmare?] 003's mechanical voice was full of panic.

"What's going on?" Ji Qiuzhe was also puzzled. "Your system shop sells fake items?"

"[Slander! This is slander!]" 003 shouted, then suddenly froze. "[Wait, wait, the location shows the villain is less than ten meters away from you, host. This shouldn't be happening. Could there be a problem with my system?]"

【What! ! ! 】

Ji Qiuzhe felt a chill run down his spine and couldn't help but turn around to look.

The dark street behind me was deserted, except for a few uncleaned garbage bags.

Just to be on the safe side, he used his mental energy to explore carefully again, but still couldn't detect any familiar aura.

Ji Qiuzhe's tightly furrowed brows relaxed slightly. "I told you your system was broken! It couldn't detect favorability before, and now it's even messing up my darling's corruption level and location. You should probably just go back to the drawing board and start over!"

This time, 003 didn't answer him. Instead, a piercing electronic voice announced: [Warning—Warning—The villain's corruption level has reached its maximum. System 003 has been blocked. Task participant Ji Qiuzhe must resolve the crisis and reduce the villain's corruption level within five minutes. Otherwise, the small world mission will be deemed a failure, 10 billion points will be deducted from Ji Qiuzhe's account, and System 003 will be eliminated.]

Ji Qiuzhe shook his head, trying to shield the system space that was flashing a crimson light, but it was of no use. Instead, the blinding red light made his vision go black.

He didn't care if the mission wasn't completed, but 003... he had to take care of him.

As for Li Yu, Ji Qiuzhe was certain that he had followed them, but was hiding in a place that Ji Qiuzhe could not detect.

He overheard his conversation with Zhao Tiansheng and misunderstood that he and Zhao Tiansheng were in cahoots, plotting against him. He felt that he had been lying to him all along.

Having figured this out, Ji Qiuzhe felt an unprecedented calm in his heart, but his previously somewhat detached expression gradually turned cold and was replaced by a ruthless look.

Seeing that Ji Qiuzhe's expression was getting increasingly strange, yet he didn't seem guilty about having his secret exposed, and instead exuded a terrifying aura that seemed capable of destroying the world, Zhao Tiansheng realized that he might have guessed wrong.

He felt a little guilty, but not afraid. "Was I wrong? Or do you have another motive?"

As he spoke, he seemed to have thought of something, and gave a lewd smile: "Could it be that you're lusting after his body?"

High above, the figure hidden in mid-air froze, the violent aura momentarily stagnant before raging wildly, revealing the unrest of its owner.

"So, you like that blue-faced, fanged zombie? You really have a unique taste, Ji Qiuzhe, liking a monster that has eaten countless people and drinks blood!"

"Could it be that the monster is exceptionally large in some part, making you unable to resist?" Zhao Tiansheng shook his head, rejecting the guess. "No, you haven't even gotten close to it..."

Before he could finish speaking, his body suddenly flew backward, spitting out a mouthful of blood.

"Ah—you son of a bitch, you dare hit me?!?"

Zhao Tiansheng lay sprawled on the ground, clutching his chest and cursing. He was covered in dirt and his black hair was disheveled, a far cry from his initial pristine appearance.

Ji Qiuzhe simply withdrew his foot and stood there, saying calmly, "You deserve to die."

Zhao Tiansheng spat and retorted, "I didn't say anything wrong! You don't crave his body, nor do you want to eat him for longevity, so what do you want to do? Just play with him?"

[Warning—Warning—The villain's corruption level has exceeded the limit again, and the time limit has been reduced to 1 minute. Please complete the mission actively—*sizzle*]

Ji Qiuzhe impatiently used his mental power to frantically attack the source of the sound, finally silencing the annoying thing.

He stepped forward and swung a hard punch at the clueless Zhao Tiansheng, leaving Zhao Tiansheng with a bruised and swollen face, his mouth agape revealing a few gleaming white teeth.

"It's none of your business what I do with him!"

As Ji Qiuzhe spoke, he swung his fists, using his brute force to beat Zhao Tiansheng, who was unable to cast a spell, into a pile of mud. Suddenly, the jade pendant hanging on his chest began to flash violently, and a red-clad phantom suddenly broke through the air. With a change of form, it plunged its entire hand into Ji Qiuzhe's chest cavity with lightning speed, and with a slight exertion, a bright red heart was ripped out.

Enraged to the point of losing his mind, Ji Qiuzhe had no time to resist before his body collapsed to the ground...

[—Buzz—Warning—The mission taker has died unexpectedly—The villain has entered berserk mode—Buzz—Detection…failed—Slap—]

【Host--】

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