Chapter 54: Come Face Me Head-On!
In this final match, Lu Li did not hesitate for a second. He pulled his opponent directly into the dream world!
Then, he made her take off her helmet.
Beneath the helmet was a stunning face.
Wavy blonde hair, fair skin, and sharp, three-dimensional features.
She was a rare, heroic beauty.
Yet her pink eyes instantly gave away her identity.
"Huai Xu."
No wonder she had been trailing him all this time, only to vanish for days right after arriving at the martial arts arena.
So she had entered the competition herself.
Except...
"This probably isn't your real body."
"Does my good man like it?"
Huai Xu spun around gracefully. "Anything that has perished is under my absolute control—whether it's Cleopatra from history, Joan of Arc, Princess Europa from myth and legend, or even the Four Great Beauties of China. As long as my good man desires them, I can present them to you as handmaidens.
"Moreover, under my control, they will be entirely submissive to you, indistinguishable from the living in every single aspect.
"As long as..."
The blonde beauty with long legs slowly walked up to Lu Li, reached out, and lifted his chin. "My good man yields to me."
Lu Li maintained a blank expression.
As if he would fall for this in such a life-or-death situation!
With a mind as resolute as Lu Li's, he was about to refuse right this instant!
"Let me think about it..."
Oh no! His heart skipped a beat!
Oh Lu Li, oh Lu Li, you really are a hopeless, lustful piece of trash!
Taking a deep breath, he frantically reviewed the high-definition pictures stored in his mind ten thousand times over—such as "Bai Muli's lap pillow," "Bai Muli's tentacle ear-cleaning," and "Luo Qianning sleeping beside him." Only then did Lu Li manage to hold his ground.
"I'm sorry, I refuse."
Lu Li stood as upright and righteous as a saintly gentleman. "When facing matters of great principle, I, Lu Li, can still maintain my bottom line."
Probably.
Huai Xu tilted her head. "So that means there's no room for negotiation?"
Lu Li hesitated.
He hesitated for a full three seconds.
During those three seconds, he replayed the mental CGs another ten thousand times before finally resisting the temptation once more.
"No room for negotiation."
A decisive tone.
A righteous expression.
A resolute gaze.
At this moment, Lu Li looked just like that tight-lipped chef from the movie *Sorry, Baby*.
Huai Xu gave a slight nod. "Then I suppose I'll have to use force."
"Hah, even if you get my body, you'll never get my heart," Lu Li sneered with disdain. "Besides, we're in my dream world now. You surely don't think a mere avatar is enough to deal with me, do you?"
No way, absolutely no way!
Did she really think a single avatar could defeat the invincible dream world?
"Oh?" Huai Xu widened her lovely eyes. "Really? I find that a bit hard to believe."
"Hah," Lu Li chuckled as well. "Within my invincible dream world, it is impossible for you to win against me."
He wasn't confident in himself; he was confident in Miss Bai!
After all, this was Miss Bai's invincible dream world!
Even though the version he possessed was merely a teenage edition, relying on the dream world previously allowed him to instantly slaughter paper dolls, Lü Bu, Spartacus, and even the two ancient legendary transcendents that followed!
Now that Huai Xu had merely descended with a fragment of her consciousness, there was no way he could lose!
Raising his left hand, Lu Li snapped his thumb and middle finger together. "Huai Xu, I don't actually dislike you, but the worst thing you could do is interfere with the world I live in, and you shouldn't try to force me.
"I'm sorry."
He snapped his fingers.
One second passed...
Two seconds passed...
Three seconds passed...
"Huh?"
Lu Li froze.
Looking at Huai Xu, who stood before him with curved eyes and a beaming smile, Lu Li snapped his fingers frantically.
Yet, still nothing happened.
Move! Dream World! Why aren't you moving?!
Lu Li rubbed his fingers so hard they turned red!
"My good man, it's useless~" Miss Huai Xu said in a light, breezy tone. "If the dream world were being operated directly by Bai Muli herself, it might be a bit troublesome, but... my good man, you might as well save your energy."
Lu Li lowered his hand, fell silent with his head bowed for a full minute, and then looked up to ask, "Can we strike a deal?"
Huai Xu readily obliged. "Please go ahead, my good man."
Lu Li wore a deadpan, serious expression. "Can you not kill me? Look, I can see you now, and I can touch you too. Why don't we just live together like this? Of course, you'll have to handle Miss Bai and Miss Luo on your own.
"Also, let's not destroy the world either; I think keeping it around is quite nice.
"By the way, have you ever read *A Chinese Ghost Story*? I mean the original novel. At the end, Nie Xiaoqian marries Ning Caichen, and even as a female ghost, she bears him children. I think the two of us could do the same.
"Of course, Nie Xiaoqian started out as a concubine, but I think you'd make a fine primary wife.
"However, like I said before, as long as you can handle Bai Muli and Luo Qianning, I wouldn't mind yielding to you."
That was simply Lu Li's personality.
If resistance was truly futile, he might as well enjoy the gifts of fate.
As long as the terms were acceptable to him, otherwise he would rather drag everyone down with him in mutual destruction.
Huai Xu was taken aback. She asked cautiously, "So as long as I don't destroy the world or kill you, my good man is willing to yield to me?"
Lu Li nodded solemnly. "Of course! I, Lu Li, never lie! Huai Xu! You have to trust me! But as I said, you need to help me deal with Bai Muli and Luo Qianning first."
Not a single word of this sentence was true from start to finish.
Well, perhaps not entirely.
After all, if Huai Xu really could help him handle Bai Muli and Luo Qianning, he would genuinely yield.
"Is that so..." Huai Xu's lips curved upward. "Unfortunately, I must decline. As long as this world consists entirely of the dead, my good man can stay by my side forever."
Lu Li struggled frantically. "But this way you won't get my heart! I swear I'd rather die than submit! I'll commit suicide right now!"
"Don't forget, I have dominion over death. And even if I don't get your heart, getting your body isn't a bad alternative. Since your body already belongs to me, your heart or whatever else will belong to me sooner or later anyway.
"As long as..."
A faint blush tinged Huai Xu's cheeks, her gaze rippling like water. "As long as I make you experience my cold exterior and warm interior day after day, year after year, you'll eventually be 'slept' into submission..."
Lu Li's mouth dropped open.
That escalated way too fast!
Damn it! A classic aristocratic lady blushing while dropping suggestive innuendo completely bypassed his mental firewall!
"I don't believe it!"
Lu Li stiffened his neck in defiance. "I'm not that kind of casual man! Unless you actually sleep me into submission!"
He grabbed his own collar.
"If you've got the guts, come try it! Take me head-on! Whoever backs down is a coward!"
Huai Xu: "..."
She was utterly dumbfounded!
Was her good man really such a shameless individual?
She... liked him even more now!
A witty and humorous man was naturally far more appealing than a rigid, boring one.
Moreover, she was quite tempted by Lu Li's proposal.
If she managed to be the first to taste the forbidden fruit, wouldn't she be miles ahead of those other little bitches?
When a fight eventually broke out, no matter how much the others stamped their feet in anger, a single sentence from her—"I've slept with my good man"—would utterly crush them in one blow!
Alright! Let's do it!
She lifted a hand, and Lu Li's dream world shattered instantly with a crisp crash.
Then she took a step forward, ready to grab Lu Li by the collar and run off—after all, if they were going to do it, she would naturally use her real body!
The very next moment, however, she suddenly froze!
Then, a billow of thick black fog erupted from the back of her neck!
The body she was possessing was instantly decapitated, head and torso parting ways!
Today's matchmaking diary of a loser: Your best friend is prettier, has a better figure, and is gentler than you—so why wouldn't I pursue your best friend? Simple. She isn't interested in me.