"This guy's state is a bit off," Xia Lun said in a low voice, his warm breath brushing past Aina's ear.
"I can see that," Aina snorted lightly. Something this obvious didn't need Xia Lun to point out.
Elesha clearly hadn't realized that she was loudly conspiring right in front of Aina with Xia Lun.
Her perception seemed to be twisted and mistaken... but she didn't seem to have gone completely mad, either.
That was strange.
Why did she firmly believe that the being who gave her enlightenment was the hero, was Xia Lun himself... even when Xia Lun personally told her that he had never granted her any power at all? This groundless conviction left Xia Lun genuinely puzzled.
Watching Xia Lun and Aina whisper to each other, Elesha's eyes brimmed with deep-seated venom.
"Hero, get away from her! You'll be tainted by the filthy aura of the Demon King!" Elesha's voice turned shrill with urgency, her nails digging deep into her palms as she stared death at Aina, as if she wanted to devour her alive.
"Oh? Is that so?" Aina remained unfazed, but she seemed to suddenly think of something amusing, and a mocking smile curled upon her lips.
Before Xia Lun could react, Aina lightly rose onto her tiptoes, her soft arm looped around his neck, pulling him slightly toward her. The next moment, her warm, tender lips pressed against Xia Lun's mouth, right in front of Elesha.
"No!" Elesha let out a scream, her eyes splitting with fury as she stared at the scene before her. Like a wild beast provoked, she slammed her body frantically against the invisible magical barrier, producing dull thudding sounds.
"Damn you, Demon King! Let him go!" Elesha shrieked, completely out of her mind.
"I'm genuinely curious—who exactly told you I'm the Demon King?" Aina said slowly and leisurely as she released Xia Lun, even deliberately darting her tongue out to lick the corner of her lips, squinting with a hint of smug delight. Watching Elesha in this state seemed to please her greatly. "And about Xia Lun's identity, too."
Xia Lun was the hero, and Aina was the Demon King... Why would she believe these things without a shred of doubt? Any normal person should be skeptical of such claims.
And when they had first met, Elesha had clearly been a normal person.
It seemed something had tampered with her perception.
"Bastard! Scum! Shameless bitch!" But all Elesha could offer was filthy cursing toward Aina.
"Heh heh." Aina looked utterly unbothered, and instead slowly approached the contorted, furious Elesha through the magical barrier. "Well then, let me tell you something even more interesting... Every single night, this 'hero' you speak of is beneath me... He's long become my plaything to toy with as I please."
"Aaah—! What have you done to my hero?! I'll kill you! I'll kill you!!"
Elesha pounded against the magical barrier with reckless abandon, the crimson in her eyes nearly overflowing, as if she had completely descended into madness.
"Of course, we've done everything there is to do... isn't that right, Xia Lun?" Aina even reached out, using the tip of her finger to teasingly tilt Xia Lun's chin upward, all while smirking provocatively at Elesha.
Xia Lun, who had remained silent throughout, finally let out a helpless sigh and lightly tapped Aina on the head with moderate force.
"Alright, enough playing around," Xia Lun said, his tone carrying a hint of reproach, but far more indulgence.
The Demon King really did have a mischievous streak sometimes.
Aina lightly stuck out her tongue, apparently having also lost interest in continuing to provoke the Elesha before them...
With a casual flick of her slender white finger in the air, Elesha, who had been raging like a madwoman beyond the barrier, suddenly stiffened. The wild light in her eyes dimmed rapidly, and her entire body went limp like a puppet with its strings cut, collapsing softly to the ground.
Following that, another gentle beam of spiritual light shot from Aina's fingertip, precisely sinking into Elesha's brow. Moments later, countless shimmering memory fragments, like startled fireflies, drifted slowly out from the top of Elesha's head, intertwining and unfolding in midair to form a vast, flowing silvery screen of memories.
Wanting to know what had happened to Elesha... simply examining her memories was, of course, the easiest method.
In the past, Aina rarely used this trick, but recently she had been using it more frequently.
That was because she hadn't been skilled enough with it before... and directly manipulating memories was undoubtedly a dangerous act, easily causing irreversible memory loss. Hence, under Xia Lun's supervision, Aina rarely resorted to it.
Recently, however, Aina seemed to have made a new breakthrough.
Even now, Aina continued to grow stronger, making Xia Lun begin to wonder if he would ever catch up to her.
Pushing aside his tangled thoughts, Xia Lun took a deep breath and refocused his attention on Elesha's memories before him.
From the moment they had met, to Elesha receiving her enlightenment and becoming a Dusk Apostle; to her using her suddenly acquired power to ruthlessly purge neighboring clans through iron-fisted means; to later fleeing alongside the other apostles, and eventually parting ways due to irreconcilable ideals... scene after scene flashed by rapidly.
"Find anything?" Aina looked at her husband beside her.
"Wait a moment..."
Xia Lun pondered briefly, then pointed at one of the segments. Aina immediately enlarged it, rendering it with greater clarity before them.
It was the moment Elesha received her enlightenment.
In the image, Elesha was in the corridor of the Norman Estate, her face brimming with a morbid ecstasy, her form darting and leaping lightly, as if dancing a spellbound, self-forgotten dance.
"What did she see here... what did she hear?" Xia Lun narrowed his eyes. "Is there a way to find out?"
"Of course there is, but..." Aina's fingertip glowed with a faint magical radiance, yet she seemed less than optimistic about Xia Lun's idea. "What's called 'enlightenment' should be some kind of spiritual imprint that Aise left on this woman. Just hearing the voice alone won't reveal much of its effect."
"No matter," Xia Lun said, his gaze locked tightly on the image. "Let's listen first."
Under Aina’s manipulation, a hoarse voice soon began emerging sporadically from the memory screen, like the grinding of rusty gears: “Elesha... lost little lamb... are you willing... to accept the enlightenment of the hero Xia Lun... to gain the power to sweep away the darkness... to become... his agent in the mortal world...”
In the image, Elesha hugged her own arms excitedly, her face full of devotion: "Of course, I am willing, Hero... Lord Xia Lun, please guide me... I will surely save you from the clutches of the Demon King..."
Outside the image, Xia Lun and Aina's expressions gradually grew grave.
In the air, it was as if an invisible string had quietly tightened.
It was only at this moment that they realized—the voice that had delivered the enlightenment was clearly not Aise's.
ng to die together with you." Lin Xuan is dead, his body thrown into the river by his scumbag lover and her accomplice. She, the president of the Su Group, is decisive, ruthless, and ice-cold. For three days and three nights, she had his body fished out of the river, and without hesitation, she kissed the bloated corpse of Lin Xuan. She laid down beside him in a cold coffin, their fingers intertwined, a smile lingering on her lips as she closed her eyes. The noble and cold-hearted woman, only bending for one man—Lin Xuan. Lin Xuan, with his golden finger, is reborn and returns to the day of his wedding to the treacherous woman. Su Qiang comes to steal the bride. Lin Xuan's eyes light up, eager to pledge his loyalty on the spot, but instead, her kiss transfers a glass of drugged wine into his mouth, causing him to pass out... 【Male Protagonist with Single Female Lead】【Yandere Tycoon】【Action-Packed】【True vs. Fake Heir】
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."
with countless casualties. As a top-tier gamer, Liu Xuan volunteered to join the fight, intending to dominate with his skills, but instead he obtained the hidden class: [Pacifist]. Unable to attack. Unable to use active skills. Fortunately, with each level gained, he acquired a new passive skill. And so, armed with a body full of passives, Liu Xuan slaughtered his way through the battlefield of ten thousand races! [You attacked Liu Xuan] [You gained the debuffs: 'Poison', 'Fear', 'Burning', 'Bleeding', 'Freeze', 'Silence', etc.] [Your attack speed has been reduced by 99%] [Your armor and magic resistance have been reduced by 99%] Warriors of the Ten Thousand Races: How the hell am I supposed to fight this?!
