[Consumption: 20% of the total spiritual power limit]
[Cooling Time: Can be used up to twice every 24 hours]
[Note: In the natural world, some creatures make stress responses when feeling threatened, such as turtles retracting their heads and limbs into their shells, red pandas standing up with arms spread to make themselves appear larger, and a certain unnamed vampire lord from the Red Demon Mansion squatting down in defense]
After using this title skill, Little Red Riding Hood’s overall defensive power is equivalent to her highest level armor— the fine quality patent leather shoes on her feet.
The special effect of this patent leather shoe is to absorb the energy contained in the earth, temporarily enhancing the shoe’s defense and weight.
And when used in conjunction with the title skill, it can produce an effect of 1+1>2.
Annie’s cat claw slap on Little Red Riding Hood’s head was just like hitting an alloy steel plate, not only failing to break through the defense but resulting in her claws being shattered. The pain caused her face to change multiple times.
Background music melodies change, mechanical arms holding cameras shift angles, and it was too late for Annie to make another move, so she throws herself into Will’s arms.
Little Red Riding Hood is also pulled up by Li Cheng, moving away from Will as if nothing had happened.
The previously eliminated Irfan, whose physical condition far exceeded ordinary people, was still mercilessly pierced by a mechanical arm. No player wanted to test the consequences of directly fighting in front of the camera.
Will and Annie, one with a sore arm and the other with bleeding fingers, their movements uncontrollably stiffened. At this moment, the voting segment on the TV screen intensified, with everyone’s votes closely matched, making it difficult to determine who would be eliminated.
Will suddenly extended his foot in front of Annie’s. Just as she was about to step on it, her pale legs under the red dress forcefully flicked back.
While showing off her body curves to the camera, she also avoided stepping on Will’s foot.
Annie glanced at Will flirtatiously, everything conveyed in her gaze, "Thinking of making me step on your foot to make the audience think it’s a dancing error so as to lower my impression score? Too naive."
The two were only cooperating temporarily, so a sudden betrayal was nothing unusual.
Will sneered inwardly, grabbed her by the waist, and spun her several times, positioning under the central air conditioning vent.
The villa used a central air conditioning + fresh air system design, with air conditioners hidden in the ceiling. Will stood with his back to the vent, as the constant temperature airflow passed by him, blowing towards Annie.
A scent, unclear whether pleasant or unpleasant, surged directly into Annie’s mind. Her face uncontrollably flushed, and her gaze gradually became hazy.
Annie instinctively tried to escape, but her hand was firmly grasped by Will. This update is available on novel⟡fire.net
"Trying to run? Do you think you can escape my control?"
My title, after all, is [Nation’s Love Rival].
Will’s lips slightly curved upwards, gazing affectionately at her.
He belonged to Gen-Sys Biotechnologies, and unlike those players who were hired only after becoming Summoners, he had been an employee from the beginning, a genuine insider, naturally receiving robust nurturance from the company.
The company utilized biological sciences technology brought back from the killing fields to implant multiple glands in his body that could regulate hormones and hormones.
These glands could both assist in combat, enhancing physical capability, and when necessary, release hormones to spontaneously induce neurotransmitters like neuroexcitant phenylalanine, neurotransmitter dopamine, endorphins, epinephrine, posterior pituitary oxytocin, and posterior pituitary vasopressin among others.
Making others involuntarily develop a favorable impression of Will.
Coupled with Will’s inherently high Charm Attribute and his Charming Skill, he could completely manipulate many script tasks, mesmerizing NPCs to assist, achieving goals without shedding blood—this was also the origin of his title skill.
’Humans are not as advanced and detached as imagined, their bodies are merely vehicles for their brains, and the brain itself is, objectively, regulated by biochemistry.
In the end, humans are merely slaves to biochemistry.’
Will held Annie’s palm with a smiling face, fully exerting his skill. He did not delude himself into making Annie fall in love with him, but instead aimed to make her lose composure and embarrass herself in front of the camera.
Will had figured out the three rules of this mission. One, make sure to not get eliminated.
Two, based on rule one, eliminate players of the same gender as much as possible.
Three, if unable to eliminate the same gender, prioritize suppressing and eliminating the most attractive player of the opposite sex. If all else fails, randomly eliminate someone.
The first two rules are easy to understand; the third rule is based on the concept of game theory. Suppose the charm values of three male players are all 90, and four female players have charm values of 90, 90, 90, 95.
Then, the person with 95 has the strongest ’bargaining power’ in the field and can secure an unbeatable position through alliances and provocation.
The breeze blown by the central air conditioning, carrying hormones, drifted inside the room.
Merely by smelling a slight scent, Jin Huixing blushed, Little Red Riding Hood’s eyes went round, her hands clenched between her thighs, not daring to move, and Li Cheng felt nothing—his infection by Insect Master made his body drastically different from ordinary people.
Her body stiffened, then with a heavy tap of her high heels on the ground, taking advantage of the moment when Will was fully focused on releasing his skill, she wrapped her arms around his waist, turned swiftly several times, and adjusted their positions, just right, coming in front of Leonardo and Harley.
What is happening?! Shouldn’t you be losing control right now?
Will was shocked to his core, a cold smirk appeared on Annie’s lips, whispering in his ear: "Don’t forget, I’m from the Witch Alliance."
In the early stages of the Slaughter Field Game, there was a guild named [Witch Alliance] founded around the same time as the Demon Scientist Alliance, also an old and powerful group, focusing on a power system of magic potions, astrology, tarot, and witchcraft, only accepting female players.
By the second and a half year after the game started, their guild leader [Dir] disappeared mysteriously, leading to a lack of leadership, failing to seize strategic resources in Hidden Room during the killing field, and falling into decline.
When the second guild leader took charge, she executed a major reform of the guild, introduced a new power system, salvaged the declining situation, and renamed the Witch Alliance to the Witch Alliance.
Outsiders simply thought it was a new officer making the first moves, but little did they know the fundamental difference between a witch and a magic woman—the former required innate physiological females, while the latter could be transformed from males.
Will tried to break free, but his continuous skill release significantly drained his energy, and his palms were firmly gripped by Annie, unable to escape. The look in her eyes was all too familiar.
’Thinking of escaping? Do you think you can escape my control?’
Annie, transformed into a witch, had been taking various medications for years, her internal hormone logic completely different from normal people. Will’s skill attacks couldn’t affect her.
Annie gave Jin Huixing a glance, then pulled Will around in circles to the piano, the strong hormone wafting with the wind; Leonardo and Harley, playing the piano and singing, their expressions changed drastically.
The former involuntarily leaned forward to cover his pants. The latter, supporting herself on the piano while singing, stumbled, falling face down on the ground.
Despite immediately supporting herself on the ground and leaping up like a fish, her embarrassing state, along with the ugly expression at the moment of falling, were still perfectly captured by the high-definition camera, displayed on the television screen.
"Sorry, my hand slipped."
Arguing loudly at this time was pointless, as the audience couldn’t smell the scent in the room. Harley squeezed out a smile reluctantly, her eyes filled with anger sweeping over Will and Annie, glancing towards the television screen.
This incident just allowed her votes to momentarily pause, dropping her to last among the remaining seven contestants.
The broadcast voice chimed in at the right moment, "Unfortunately, Ms. Harley did not receive enough votes, regretfully eliminated..."
Harley stretched out both hands, fingers interlocked, forming a triangle with her index finger and thumb, and from it, she blasted a bolt of lightning, shattering the corner of the ceiling where the broadcast was, forcibly interrupting the narration.