CRACK! CRACK! CRACK!
「Young Master Zhao, I heard you're some kind of big shot in Magic City, huh?」
Sun Qian's lips curved into a grin, but there was no mercy in the slaps he delivered.
Right now, he wasn't using any of his cultivation power—just mortal strength.
Yet Zhao Kun, a Fourth Realm Arcane Power cultivator, didn't dare to channel his spiritual energy to defend himself. He even had to weaken his physical defenses, letting the blows rain down on his face.
He was terrified of accidentally injuring Sun Qian with his aura.
Ding. Fated Female Protagonist Liu Yue's favorability toward you +1. Reward: 500 Villain Points....Ding. Fated Female Protagonist Liu Yue's favorability toward you +1.5. Reward: 600 Villain Points....Ding. Fated Female Protagonist Liu Yue's favorability toward you +0.5. Reward: 450 Villain Points....
With Villain Points pouring in nonstop, Sun Qian transformed into a slap-happy maniac, leaving Zhao Kun's mouth bloodied and swollen.
In less than a minute, Zhao Kun had taken over a dozen slaps, the handprints on his face as red and vivid as brand marks.
And in return, Sun Qian had earned a huge boost in favorability from Liu Yue—the mysterious Celestial powerhouse—as well as over 6,000 Villain Points.
Enough for another Villain Life Simulation.
Of course, as time dragged on, the rate of Villain Points gain slowed to a crawl, signaling that his little "point-farming" spree was coming to an end.
Otherwise, he could've kept this up until the end of time.
「What a shame.」
...
Watching the once-arrogant Young Master Zhao being reduced to a slapping dummy, his face swollen into a pig's head, every guest in the room hung their heads in silence, too scared to even glance in their direction.
This scene drove home a brutal truth: no matter how powerful you were in Magic City, there was always someone higher up the food chain—someone who could slap you around like a misbehaving child and make you thank them for it.
Li Yang, standing off to the side, swallowed hard, his scalp going numb with a sense of shared misfortune.
Zhao Kun was his equal in status, a fellow noble scion—and yet he was being treated like a dog.
Still, he had to step forward and defuse the situation.
Not out of any loyalty to Zhao Kun, but because he'd been the one to propose drugging Liu Yue in the first place.
He was the real mastermind behind this scheme.
If Zhao Kun panicked and ratted him out in his desperation, he'd be the next one getting slapped senseless.
But just as Li Yang was about to open his mouth, chaos erupted outside the suite.
BANG!
A squad of heavily armed security guards burst into the room, their guns trained directly on Sun Qian.
Leading them was a middle-aged man with a jagged scar slicing across his face.
This was Lei Hu, the head of security at the Century Hotel.
The Century Hotel was a Zhao family property, and Lei Hu was one of their most loyal attack dogs, tasked with protecting their assets.
Seeing his master getting humiliated in his own hotel, Lei Hu didn't hesitate to charge in, consequences be damned.
「Stop right there, you reckless madman! How dare you lay a hand on Young Master Zhao? Let him go!」
Lei Hu roared at Sun Qian, who showed no signs of stopping his assault.
As a lowly underling, he had no clue who Sun Qian was.
All he knew was that his boss was getting beaten up—and it was his job to stop it.
CLICK! CLICK! CLICK!
The security guards behind him racked the slides of their rifles in unison, the sound sharp and menacing, a clear threat that they'd open fire at the slightest provocation.
「STOP!!!」
「L-Lei... Hu... p-put... the... guns... down...」
Li Yang and Zhao Kun turned pale with terror, their voices trembling so badly they could barely form a coherent sentence.
If a single bullet went astray in this chaos, no one in this room would walk out alive.
「I've lived eighteen years, and this is the first time someone's dared to point a gun at my head,」 Sun Qian said, his grin never fading as he backhanded Zhao Kun once more. 「Not even in the imperial capital. Magic City really is full of surprises.」
Not that he had anything to fear.
With his cultivation base and the Ancient Dragon Elephant Scripture (Level 5) coursing through his veins, his physical body was as tough as a primordial beast—completely immune to bullets.
And even if that weren't the case, Sun Zhong was standing right behind him, ready to shield him from any harm.
Besides, he'd been praying for things to escalate.
「Sun Zhong,」 Sun Qian said, as if a thought had just occurred to him. 「I remember Qi Wei, the Deputy Director of the Magic City Security Bureau—he was a former disciple of the Old Master, wasn't he?」
The Magic City Security Bureau was responsible for maintaining order in the city and handling supernatural incidents, making it one of the most powerful government agencies in Magic City. Its directors were among the top-tier figures in the city.
Before coming to Magic City, his eldest brother had mentioned Qi Wei to him—a talented man with a hunger for power who'd never gotten the chance to climb the ranks, simply because no one was willing to give him a leg up.
In all three of his previous Villain Simulations, Qi Wei had never made an appearance.
That didn't necessarily mean he was innocent—but it was a good sign that he wasn't involved with the mastermind's forces.
Which made him the perfect pawn for the time being.
Before Sun Zhong could respond, Sun Qian made up his mind.
「Get him over here. Now.」
「Right away, Young Master Sun.」
Sun Zhong nodded, pulling a special communication talisman from his pocket and sending a encrypted message.
The Sun family hadn't sent their heir to Magic City without backup.
They just preferred to keep their cards close to their chest.
Watching Sun Qian gear up to escalate things even further, Li Yang's heart sank like a stone.
If this kept up, tonight's assassination plot would go up in smoke—and the resulting commotion would attract the attention of every power player in the city.
Worst of all, he'd get dragged into this mess, whether he liked it or not.
He rushed forward, desperate to smooth things over, and grabbed Sun Qian's right hand.
「Brother Qian! Zhao Kun's my friend—can you do me a favor and call it quits? Let him go, I—」
CRACK!
Li Yang's words died on his lips as a slap landed squarely on his face, sending him reeling in shock. He stared at Sun Qian, dumbfounded, his hand flying up to his stinging cheek.
Zhao Kun's eyes nearly popped out of his head.
「Do you a favor?」 Sun Qian scoffed, looking at Li Yang with undisguised contempt, a cold smile playing on his lips. 「Who the hell do you think you are?」
This little bastard had been hiding behind the scenes, pulling strings in all his previous simulations.
He'd been dying to get his hands on him for ages.
「Don't think that just because your Li family hosted me for a few days when I first arrived in Magic City, you can act like we're buddies,」 Sun Qian sneered. 「If your words annoy me, I'll slap you around just like I'm slapping him.」