Sky-excelling witch, night-slaying three wolves

Chapter 18 Hunting Werewolves Is My Specialty

Once the game format was confirmed, the audience immediately started discussing.

"Blood Moon Demon Hunt is so much fun—it's my favorite format.""In this format, werewolves have a high win rate. Demon Hunters often get themselves killed.""But a skilled Demon Hunter is really ruthless. Werewolves can't handle it.""Once, I got the Demon Hunter card and hunted four werewolves, but still lost. Totally frustrating.""If all werewolves were hunted, how did you lose?""Werewolves struck first. The last werewolf died at night, but they already met the victory condition.""Actually, I think the Blood Moon Apostle is highly playable. It can expose to kill gods or hide until the end with two lives.""Few Blood Moon Apostles expose without receiving a check. Most choose to hide until the end.""Exactly. A backstabbing Blood Moon Apostle is the norm.""For watching, I hope the Blood Moon Apostle plays aggressively. That's more interesting.""Do you think if Player Ling Zuo gets the Blood Moon Apostle, what tricks will he pull?""No idea, but I'd love to see it.""Me too, haha!""Actually, I still want to see Ling Zuo as Witch. Not saving but poisoning is the way to go.""I say Witch is worse than Demon Hunter. First-night hunt—it's either you die or I die!""Witch poisoning randomly is fine since it doesn't kill themselves. Demon Hunter hunting randomly is excessive.""Risking your own life to show off—that's real skill."

Little did the discussing audience know, Ling Zuo actually got the Demon Hunter card.

Ling Zuo's face remained calm. After glancing at his card, he began observing other players' expressions.

After seeing their cards, the players had various reactions:

Some sat stiffly with no expression.

Some exaggeratedly pretended to confuse others.

Some bowed in thought, avoiding eye contact.

Some looked excited, glancing around.

Ling Zuo scanned the room, made eye contact with several players, and mentally noted a few numbers.

As Demon Hunter, his goal was naturally to find werewolves.

While players observed each other, the live stream announced the viewing perspective.

"Today's game uses global perspective, showing all players' identities in action order from the first night."

"Wow, global perspective—I love it!" Xiaoyi's cheerful voice rang out.

"With global perspective, everyone can see all players' true identities. It makes their performances and the game's excitement very intuitive," Agu analyzed briefly.

"Most importantly, as viewers, we don't have to figure out their identities anymore!" Xiaoyi looked excited.

"You just want to know Ling Zuo's identity, right?" Agu teased.

"Of course! I love both Ling Zuo's individual perspective and everyone's global perspective," Xiaoyi admitted frankly.

"Do you hope Ling Zuo gets a good card or a werewolf card?" Agu asked again.

"Doesn't matter. Whichever side Ling Zuo is on, I support that side," Xiaoyi smiled.

"Impressive." Agu gave Xiaoyi a thumbs-up.

Seeing the global perspective, the audience erupted in discussion:

"Tsk, global perspective—easy to get high blood pressure.""No way around it. With global perspective, every mistake by misaligned players is shown clearly.""I love global perspective—it's not brain-intensive.""Can see Player Puzhao's wonderful performance again.""Player Husha is the strongest!""Strength doesn't matter—showmanship does. Focus on Ling Zuo!""No matter what card he gets, Ling Zuo makes it exciting.""I've watched Ling Zuo before. His style is too risky, not practical in competitions.""Hehe, Ling Zuo has plenty of MVPs and blame-shares.""Without this style, he couldn't break the scoring record.""True. Even risky, he still made it to nationals.""Nationals won't be as fun without Ling Zuo.""Hehe, 4 games stream simultaneously, but Group F has the most viewers—thanks to Ling Zuo's bold style.""Conservative players are less entertaining than Ling Zuo.""Must show off—either outplay opponents or teammates!""More viewers don't mean it's Ling Zuo. They might be here for Goddess Liuli.""Goddess Liuli—beautiful and fierce!""Such a beauty sitting there is attraction enough.""Liuli isn't just pretty—she's strong.""I love Ling Zuo's bold style, but I love Liuli's stunning face more!"

At the venue, identity card selection ended, and the game officially entered night.

"Night falls—please close your eyes!"

All players heard loud music in their headphones, masking other sounds.

Meanwhile, partitions rose around each player, blocking mutual vision.

"Demon Hunter, please open your eyes. Confirm your identity and choose your hunt target."

Ling Zuo's partition turned transparent, revealing others' numbers.

Looking at 1, 3, 8, and 12, these seemed most likely werewolves based on his initial reads.

After brief thought, Ling Zuo ** used the "Individual Perspective Scroll" from his awakening package, targeting Player 1.

Individual Perspective Scroll: Allows host to view a designated player's identity and night actions.

He chose Player 1 Ye Xiao simply because among his suspects, Ye Xiao had the highest qualifying round points.

Using the scroll, Ling Zuo immediately learned Player 1 was a werewolf!

Awesome!

Though not global perspective, a Demon Hunter with one werewolf's ** was basically taking an open-book exam.

Imagine how terrifying a Demon Hunter knowing werewolves' identities is.

No hesitation—hunt Player 1 first.

Ling Zuo directly selected Player 1 as his target.

"Night actions begin. Let's see who got the Demon Hunter card," Agu said.

"Wow, Ling Zuo got the Demon Hunter!" Xiaoyi's voice held surprise.

"I have a bad feeling—do you think Ling Zuo will hunt on the first night?" Agu looked at Xiaoyi.

"Given his usual style, first-night hunt is probable," Xiaoyi smiled.

"Wonder if he'll tone down his style on the national stage," Agu chuckled.

"Ling Zuo's gaze shifts between numbers—he really wants to act," Xiaoyi kept her eyes on the stream.

"I notice Ling Zuo focusing on Player 1 Ye Xiao," Agu added:"Will he hunt?""Really hunt?""Ling Zuo is hunting!""He's really doing it!""Ling Zuo chose to hunt Player 1 Ye Xiao!"

Seeing Ling Zuo hunt first night, Agu stumbled over his words.

"I'm most curious—Is Player 1 good or werewolf?" Xiaoyi focused differently.

"Daring to hunt first night without info—Ling Zuo is really bold," Agu marveled.

"First night isn't completely info-less—there are initial reads!" Xiaoyi disagreed:"With reads, finding 4 werewolves among 11 is possible.""Even if wrong and he dies, he can reveal info during police speech or last words, correcting good players' perspectives.""That's an advantage of first-night hunting.""Unclaimed Demon Hunters dying later are worse.""Good players won't know how or what they died as. Even if deduced as Demon Hunter, no one knows their target."

After hearing Xiaoyi, Agu responded: "You have a point, but initial reads are unreliable—only ***""First-night death lets him reveal info.""But with Blood Moon Apostle, losing Demon Hunter first night puts good camp far behind. Winning becomes hard."

Xiaoyi waved her hand: "Optimistically—if Blood Moon Apostle is hunted first night, good camp gains huge advantage!"

"Honestly, first-night hunt rarely hits werewolves, let alone Blood Moon Apostle. Ling Zuo's odds are low," Agu sighed.

While commentators debated first-night hunting, the venue entered werewolf phase.

"Werewolves, please open your eyes. Confirm identities, recognize teammates, choose your kill target."

Partitions of Players 1, 4, 11, 12 turned transparent.

Player 11 Husha was Blood Moon Apostle; others were ordinary werewolves.

After confirming teammates, they discussed strategies.

During werewolf actions, commentators and audience learned their identities from the stream.

"Player 1 Ye Xiao is really werewolf—Ling Zuo hunted correctly!" Xiaoyi exclaimed.

"Congratulations to Ling Zuo for hunting a werewolf," Agu looked slightly surprised: "Seems he read Player 1 correctly."

"Pity Player 1 is just a small wolf, not Blood Moon Apostle," Xiaoyi regretted: "Hunting Player 11 would be better."

Agu: "..."

Audiences erupted when seeing Player 1 as werewolf, ignoring werewolf tactics.

"First-night werewolf hunt—Ling Shen is awesome~!""Ling Zuo's style blows my mind.""I called it reckless earlier—now I just say: awesome!""Rare to see first-night Demon Hunter hunt in so many games.""First-night hunt became allowed this year, but few dare.""Tsk, this rule is practically made for Ling Zuo!""Player 1 is still acting tough—he's already a corpse.""Too ruthless. With such a Demon Hunter, how can werewolves win?""I think werewolves will win—Husha got Blood Moon Apostle!""Husha plays werewolf brilliantly~!""As a candidate for Wolf King—of course he's strong.""Player 1's death puts werewolves behind. Let's see if they can recover.""If werewolves win from this deficit, it'd be amazing.""No chance. Husha is strong, but Puzhao's good cards are stronger!""Puzhao is known as the Light of Good—werewolves will struggle.""Husha's werewolf vs Puzhao's good—this will be interesting.""Depends on Puzhao's role. A civilian can do little."

While audiences debated first-night hunt, the four werewolves discussed tactics.

Ling Zuo, with Player 1's perspective, watched everything.

Knowing all werewolves' identities—thanks Player 1!

Audiences ignored werewolf strategy, but Ling Zuo paid close attention.

Among werewolves, 11 Husha and 1 Ye Xiao—recognized experts—naturally led the discussion.

Player 1 suggested this format lacks Guard, so werewolves could kill freely, playing straightforwardly.

One wolf goes on police to challenge Seer—either bluff or give gold water for credibility.

Three wolves stay off-police, voting based on speeches.

If their teammate outperforms the Seer, vote for him to take ** and eliminate the real Seer.

If not, all three backstab—sell their teammate daytime, kill Seer night for endgame.

Good camp struggles in such scenarios, especially with Blood Moon Apostle.

Unanimous, they decided Player 4 Jinchan would bluff on police; others stay off.

Choosing kill target, Player 11 Husha pointed to Player 8 Yaya, suspecting Witch.

First-night Witch kill is optimal—blocking healing and forcing random poison.

Good targets are more likely—even risking double god deaths.

Others agreed.

Werewolves chose to kill Player 8 Yaya first night.

When werewolf actions ended, Ling Zuo lost perspective, listening to music while waiting for night to end.

"Witch, please open your eyes...""Seer, please open your eyes...""i***t, please open your eyes...""Day breaks."