"It is Luo Lun."
Aina noticed the guest's presence from afar.
"The leader of the Blood Alliance?" Xia Lun was a bit surprised. "Why is she here?"
"I am not sure. It is not like I know everything," Aina said, poking Xia Lun's arm with a hint of dissatisfaction. "Xia Lun, you need to use your own brain more. You cannot just ask me about everything... or sooner or later, you will turn into an idiot like Liana."
"I was just asking casually. I did not actually expect you to answer." Xia Lun patted Aina's head. "I just wanted us to have a bit more interaction."
"Fine, I will believe that excuse for now." Aina gave a soft snort, looking reasonably satisfied.
Mo Lini ran over with Little Lan balancing on her head... Little Lan's body bobbed up and down on Mo Lini's head, a sight that was quite relaxing to watch.
"Hmm?" Xia Lun suddenly sensed that someone was faintly probing him with their perception.
However, his aura was completely concealed at the moment, so it would not be an issue.
Xia Lun glanced at Aina beside him, but she did not show the slightest reaction.
Xia Lun then noticed Luo Lun not far away, and could not help but feel a bit helpless.
Her eyes were completely closed... Wasn't this a bit too blatant? This was practically announcing to Xia Lun that she was the one probing him.
Xia Lun remained silent, focusing only on keeping his aura well-hidden.
Suddenly, Aina raised her arm and gave Xia Lun's backside a hard smack.
Smack—
Xia Lun was startled. For a brief moment, he lost control of his aura, and a trace of it leaked out...
"Aina, what are you doing?"
"As your wife, isn't it perfectly normal for me to want to cop a feel out of nowhere?" Aina looked up and asked with an innocent face, looking like she was practically begging to be ravaged.
By the time Xia Lun turned back around, Luo Lun was already sprawled on the ground, vomiting uncontrollably.
Ah...
Xia Lun hurriedly retracted his aura, pinched Aina's cheek reproachfully, and walked towards Luo Lun.
"Are you alright?" Xia Lun reached out a hand to Luo Lun.
After all, he had accidentally terrified her. Even if a jealous Aina were to tie him to the bed and humiliate him later, he would just have to bite the bullet and accept it.
Luo Lun did not accept his kind gesture, stubbornly standing up on her own.
Xia Lun's gaze carried a hint of appreciation; she was a promising talent.
Catching a glimpse of Xia Lun's aura... was like being intimidated by the might of a dragon. If one could not overcome the fear in their heart, they might never step out of the shadow cast by Xia Lun for the rest of their life, making it difficult for their strength to ever break through again.
But as it stood now, Luo Lun's strength might actually take a step further.
After getting up, Luo Lun subconsciously took a few steps back, looking at Xia Lun with dread in her eyes.
What just happened?
Luo Lun could not fathom that she would be frightened to such an extent just by a wisp of someone's aura.
Could it be that the poison from Ned's dagger had not been completely purged and had suddenly flared up?
The more Luo Lun thought about it, the more convinced she became that this was the cause, and her wariness toward Xia Lun gradually relaxed.
Xia Lun noticed a faint light glowing at Aina's fingertips.
"Concept substitution," Aina explained to Xia Lun via telepathy. "A minor spell that is simpler than altering memories."
"But why did you want me to scare the kid?"
Although Luo Lun did not look like a child by any stretch of the imagination, in Xia Lun's eyes, she was indeed no different from one.
Aina stuck out her tongue and did not reply.
Aina definitely had her own considerations. She seemed to appreciate the kid quite a bit, so she probably would not intentionally harm her... Xia Lun decided not to say anything more.
"Xia Lun... Miss Luo Lun accidentally fell from a tree and smashed a hole in Liana's house," Mo Lini immediately reported what had happened at home, trying very hard to make herself look useful.
Fell from a tree? Accidentally or intentionally?
Xia Lun gave Luo Lun a surprised look.
"I... I will find a way to pay for the damages," Luo Lun said, a bit embarrassed. "When Miss Liana returns, I will do my best to agree to her demands."
Well, knowing Liana's personality, she might just demand that Luo Lun offer her body in return or something like that...
"That won't be necessary." Xia Lun waved his hand dismissively. "There is no need for compensation, Miss Luo Lun."
That girl Liana would not be coming back anytime soon anyway.
"Is that really okay? That is quite impolite of me." Luo Lun gave a generous bow without trying to feign politeness. "May I take my leave now?"
"Please go ahead."
Luo Lun left in a massive hurry; she clearly still had things to do.
However, she failed to notice a blood bat trailing behind her.
"She is the leader of the Blood Alliance?" Xia Lun asked Aina beside him. "She feels a bit different from what I imagined."
"She is quite an interesting person, isn't she?"
Xia Lun suddenly remembered the incident where Luo Lun went to assassinate the king.
Aina had said that this girl possessed frontal combat abilities no weaker than Dorian's.
Xia Lun had previously been amazed that an assassin could fight head-on against a vampire duke under Aina's command. If that was the case, just how terrifying must her specialized assassination skills be? To think the human race had produced such a frightening powerhouse... Yet in reality, this person did not know how to assassinate at all; what she excelled at most was frontal confrontation.
But it had to be said, for her to possess such strength at this age was already quite heaven-defying. Her actual age was about the same as Mo Lini's.
"Are you interested in her?" Xia Lun suddenly asked Aina.
Aina had never shown such an attitude towards any other human before.
"I am still observing. If she is willing, I can bestow upon her the power of the vampires and make her my subordinate... It would be a bit of a pity if an outstanding talent failed to reach the heights she deserves simply because of lifespan limitations," Aina said lightly.
Everyone's strength has an upper limit. Talent, race, and so on—this limit is determined by many factors... but many people begin to age before they can even touch their limits.
The reason long-lived species are generally stronger than the human race is that they have enough time to cultivate and reach their maximum potential.
It is like a water cup that everyone pours water into... but due to lifespan limitations, the cups of humans begin to crack before they can be filled.
Before reaching the limit, the increase in strength is rapid... but once the limit is reached, making further significant improvements becomes quite difficult.
Take Liana, for example. She reached her limit a long time ago. Now, if she wants to continue refining her strength, she can only rely on accumulating it bit by bit... It is already quite an achievement just to keep from regressing.
This is a biological limiter. The world could never allow anyone's power to expand endlessly without bound.
Naturally, there will also be those who start pursuing forbidden powers that do not belong to them.
e school belle recognized by the whole school, a genius girl from the kendo club. She also has a hidden identity, the youngest legendary demon hunter. Chen Shuo just transmigrated and found himself turned into a weak, helpless little vampire. He was caught by Su Xiyen and taken home at the very beginning. Since then, Chen Shuo's life creed only had two items. "First, classmate Su Xiyen is always right." "Second, if classmate Su Xiyen is wrong, please refer back to item one." Many years later, Chen Shuo, who had turned back into a human, led a pair of twins to appear in front of all the vampires to share the secret of how he turned back into a human. "It's simple, I tricked a female demon hunter into becoming my wife!"
transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”
ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
rowess are unmatched, commanding a million-strong army! Yet, the Emperor wants to depose him for the sake of a false prince? Hold on, are you throwing me into some female-oriented romance plot? How can I tolerate this? With a grand wave of his hand—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! Slander the Emperor? Very well, all of you shall die! ... The False Prince: "Although I am not the biological son, Father and Mother love me more. The throne should be mine!" The Female Lead: "Qin Xiao, you are the Emperor, and I am a commoner. If you wish to marry me, you must abdicate. Otherwise, you will never have me!" The Empress: "After we divorce, you must give me half the empire!" The Transmigrator Consort: "You worthless Emperor, why should I kneel to you? All men are equal—I advise you to be kind!" The Great General: "The enemy general is my childhood sweetheart. For her sake, I willingly abandon the frontier defenses!" The Retired Emperor: "Although Yu'er was adopted, I prefer him. Qin Xiao, you should abdicate and let him become Emperor!" ... Very well! So this is how you want to play? Facing this twisted world of female-oriented tropes, Qin Xiao grins and raises his hand to unleash—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! I am the Emperor. Why would I bother reasoning with you? Seal the gates! Leave none alive!
