Chapter 55: Cheaters Must Be Severely Punished!

“Take off your clothes; you’re soaking wet. Although, I wouldn’t mind starting like this.”

“Mm.”

In the room, Xing Yu sat on the bed, while Luoyou remained expressionless and motionless.

The atmosphere was a bit awkward.

Seeing Xing Yu’s utterly unresisting, zombie-like blankness, Luoyou threw a bath towel over her head.

“No, you should show a bit more emotion.”

Luoyou said dissatisfied.

“Where’s your anger? Your fear? You’re making me feel no sense of achievement like this!”

“Uh…”

“Forget it. Take a shower first, get yourself clean. I’ll come over afterward.”

“When afterward?”

“When I reach the summit!”

Luoyou closed the door without hesitation and left.

Right now, Xing Yu was unable to stir any desire in her.

This kind of thing only had meaning when the magical girl was unwilling, or when she cooperated gracefully like a tolerant Saintess.

Either way was much better than Xing Yu’s lifeless attitude.

Taking the elevator up one more floor, the hotel corridor felt unusually quiet.

Her footsteps echoed clearly.

Stopping in front of room 8032, Luoyou reached out her hand.

Knock knock—

Inside came the sound of slippers scraping on the floor, followed by slow, deliberate footsteps.

The door opened, and Xing Yue stood blocking the doorway in a bathrobe, apparently just out of the shower, carrying a pleasant fragrance.

Her hairstyle was still dangerously wild.

“You’re late.”

Although she said it, Xing Yue showed no blame in her tone.

“Some things took longer.”

Luoyou felt her voice deepen slightly, her body burning with an inexplicable heat.

Seven years of searching for a heart, seven years of bitter storms—all for this moment.

Today, she was going to slaughter her opponents…

“You’re drenched all over. Want to shower first?”

“We can also do it in the bathroom.”

“Oh my, so eager to throw yourself at me?”

“Yeah, I’m already eager to see you crying out ‘Daddy.’”

Luoyou clenched her fists tightly.

Today she wouldn’t use gentle methods.

Today, she was prepared with heavy-handed tactics.

Ordinary play could bring comfort and pleasure, but heavy-handed play only inspired fear.

Like before, Ji Yue had been covered in honey and tormented by ants for half an hour—she probably would never forget that in her life.

Kicking open the bathroom door, Luoyou pointed fiercely inside.

“You, go in!”

“Alright, alright~~”

Xing Yue happily went in, loosening her bathrobe halfway, then glanced back with a sultry look that could pull silk threads.

Luoyou followed, closing the door and locking it.

Like a predator, she exuded a strong aura of a dangerous woman.

“What are the rules?”

Xing Yue asked.

“Same as before. I go first, each of us takes turns for fifteen minutes, two rounds each. If no winner emerges, then it’s an all-out no-rules brawl.”

“I think the first-move advantage should be rotated, or at least decided by rock-paper-scissors?”

“No.”

Luoyou rejected immediately.

“Ah, so if I get the first move, you’d lose without a doubt?”

“Your clumsy provocation won’t work.”

Her response made Xing Yue sense Luoyou’s underlying reluctance.

Hmph—she looked at Luoyou as if trying to shake her resolve.

Luoyou remained unmoved and said:

“It’s useless. I was merciful in the Astral Sea and gave you a second chance at a duel. Otherwise, both you and Xing Yu would’ve been thoroughly crushed by me.”

“Eh~~ Really no way?”

“No, I must go first.”

“Fine then…”

Xing Yue finally gave up on fighting for the first move and settled for a compensation condition.

“No.”

“This can’t do, that can’t do—aren’t you a bit greedy?”

Xing Yue gave her a playful look.

“A cat too protective of its food will get trained by its owner.”

“Just say whether you agree or not. For me, forcing it is the same either way.”

This was the confidence that absolute strength brings!

Luoyou puffed out her chest proudly.

“Even if you escape today, your companions will suffer. For example, Xing Yu, who you saved before—I believe she’d be very willing to have a one-on-one duel with me.”

“…You win. Let’s do it your way then.”

The bathrobe fell loosely to the floor—that was the signal to begin.

Xing Yue turned on the showerhead, and the steam from the hot water filled the room, shrouding her shapely body in a hazy beauty.

She sat down in the bathtub, arms open as if ready to accept everything from Luoyou.

“So, how will you start?”

Luoyou became cautious, looking left and right.

Activating her Deep Crimson Authority, her hair instantly turned a vivid red.

“Just asking in advance… you haven’t poisoned yourself or anything, right?”

Xing Yue, already prepared in the bathtub, clearly froze for a moment.

That was a rather unusual question.

“What did you go through to ask something like that?”

“Don’t worry about it.”

Previously in the hot spring, Luoyou had indeed been scared by Ji Yue.

A little caution was absolutely necessary.

“…Though I don’t know what you experienced to ask that, I have no need for such cheap tricks.”

“Sounds arrogant. I think you should use a few tricks.”

“I will win by strength.”

“Hmph, confident, aren’t you.”

Luoyou slowly licked her lips.

“Cheaters don’t have to cut off their fingers, but you can’t just get out of the water and call me ‘Daddy’ like nothing happened, right?”

Xing Yue met her gaze without retreating.

“Then it depends on whether you can catch evidence of cheating.”

“Hmph!”

As if her fighting spirit turned solid, Luoyou’s clothes exploded into pieces, revealing skin so fair it hardly seemed human, then submerged into the water.

Like a dragon plunging into the depths!

Suddenly, the bathroom steamed up several times more, so hazy that only blurred silhouettes were visible.

Two beautiful girls pressed tightly together—an exquisite picture, a marvelous moment.

But soon, this atmosphere was tainted by something like Cthulhu’s presence.

“Hm?”

Xing Yue was the first to notice: in the foggy bathroom, dozens of shadowy tendrils appeared!

They twisted and writhed wildly!

Luoyou slowly stood up—the tendril shadows were emerging from the space behind her.

As they drew closer, it became clear they were white corals, covered with fuzzy tiny tentacles.

“So you did cheat, huh?”

Luoyou looked down on her, the corals moving at her command.

“Oh my… do you have proof?”

Xing Yue didn’t even change her breathing rate.

“Proof? Forget it last time, but you want to try the same trick again? Do you take me for a fool? Unless you’re not human, how could you not react at all under my assault?”

“Maybe you’re just bad at it.”

That comment made Luoyou’s blood boil, and the writhing of the Jue Ling Coral grew even wilder.

“Whether yes or no, just compare before and after. If you’re brave enough, keep that poker face of yours.”

“Hehe, if you can’t find proof after comparing, then… hmm?”

“Ah ha! I told you!”

Luoyou laughed triumphantly.

“Brace yourself. You’re the face of the Magic Alliance; show some backbone worthy of the First Seat!”

“The world to come will be painful for you!”