The Clown's Amusement Park

[Infinite Flow + Not a Saint + Competitive Gaming + Two Powerful Leads]

A struggling grad student who knows a little of every skill versus a gold-medal player who excels at everything (×)

A quick-learning, corrupted queen versus her wayward but useful blade (√)

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Nan Xi, a struggling graduate student, had lived by the rules her whole life.

Even right before she was pulled into the game, she was still buried in her books at the library.

Then she answered a phone call hiding a looming crisis, and her mother's gentle reminders turned into a clown's eerie laughter.

In a daze, she found herself on a black-and-white track where anyone who couldn't outrun the others would die.

Blood mingled with the white squares, while the black ones sat silent, seemingly laughing at her.

The girl's frail body grew strong, and she ran faster and faster.

The clown lumbered after her, its fat body writhing. “Miss Nan, wait for me!” it cried, before grabbing a nearby player's head and crushing it in one hand with a squeal.

From an ordinary girl who had never lifted a finger around the house to a demoness with blood on both hands, Nan Xi suddenly felt that she was better suited to her new identity.

She had met countless people along the way, and many had died by her hand.

Tall and short, fat and thin: some were spineless cowards, others men of unbending integrity.

But one person made her more and more curious.

He never fought for anything, often sank into strange bouts of self-doubt, yet could unleash speed and strength like a thunderbolt.

He made a very useful blade.

But Nan Xi hated seeing him like this.

The girl's pale hand brushed the man's face, wiping away the blood that had accidentally stained her fingertips.

“I've had enough of playing your little cultivation game. Pull yourself together, or I'll kill you first.”

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Reader's guide:

1. Characters have special abilities, but clearing the games mainly depends on physical and mental strength.

2. The heroine's growth is a slow burn. She isn't a queen from the start.