"Commander Chen!"
Several nearby security team members tried to rush to his aid, but they were pinned down by other Source Beasts, unable to break free.
Just as the claws of the cyan wolf-like Source Beast were about to slam down on Chen Yuan’s head—
"Whoosh—!"
A razor-sharp spear streak, like a meteor tearing through the night, arrived in an instant!
"Thud!"
The spear pierced precisely through the eye socket of the cyan wolf, skewering its brain!
The once-arrogant ninth-tier Source Beast froze mid-motion.
Its massive body stiffened for a split second before collapsing to the ground with a heavy thud. After a few spasms, it fell completely still.
A pitch-black spear was lodged diagonally into its skull, the shaft still trembling faintly.
The battlefield fell into dead silence.
It was as if everyone had been paused mid-action.
Su Qi reached out, gripped the Lu Jin Spear embedded in the wolf’s head, and pulled it free with a slight tug.
Chen Yuan, too weak to lift his head, spoke in broken gasps: "Wasteful… That spear… shouldn’t have been used here..."
But Su Qi didn’t seem to be in a good mood. "I don’t take orders from you."
A dark purple shadow spread from beneath Su Qi’s feet, creeping across the battlefield like a living thing.
Then came an unbroken chain of explosions.
"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom—!"
Each detonation was accompanied by the violent rupture of one or several Source Beasts.
No dazzling light effects, no wild surges of energy—just pure, internal disintegration.
Flesh, shattered bones, and organs, mixed with foul-smelling fluids, rained down in a macabre storm.
The ferocious beasts that had been roaring and charging mere moments ago were now reduced to scattered fragments in the air.
They didn’t even have time to let out a complete cry.
The assault came to an abrupt halt.
The chaotic, clamorous battlefield was suddenly plunged into an eerie stillness.
The scene was nothing short of breathtaking.
But by all logic, Su Qi’s decisive spear strike shouldn’t have been used here.
A tenth-tier Source Beast still lurked in the distance, watching intently.
Yet, when you’re actually on the battlefield, witnessing scenes like this firsthand—
How much rationality can you really hold onto?
Humans are contradictory creatures.
Su Qi had the optimal solution from the start.
He could’ve used his spear to instantly kill a ninth-tier Source Beast, then let the spillover AOE damage clear the field.
As for the tenth-tier beast, he could’ve relied on Liu Yuan’s fatal-counter ability or simply awakened "The Abyss."
But he refused.
The former—what if the damage wasn’t lethal enough and left the beast critically wounded?
The latter… Using power far beyond his limits in battle might invite backlash. Or worse, what if the authorities forcibly conscripted him into the "Celestial Abyss" afterward?
Too many things to consider.
It sounded cold-blooded.
But humans are creatures driven by self-preservation.
Put another way…
People starve to death every day in the world.
You know it happens.
Yet most wouldn’t risk everything to stop it.
Or take some outrageous injustice—you might rage online with the crowd, but how many would actually step forward and say, "Let’s gather evidence together. We can win this"?
Most acts of kindness stem from situations where personal stakes are low.
But when you truly have the power to save lives…
Watching them vanish before your eyes…
That’s asking too much of anyone.
Yet even Chen Yuan—a man infamous for valuing his own skin—had charged onto the battlefield, ready to die…
Su Qi couldn’t help but feel he should do something.
So why are humans born so conflicted?
With Su Qi’s spear strike turning the tide, the rest became much easier to handle.
"Hummm—!"
The jagged breach in the barrier suddenly flared with a surge of pale blue energy, the fractured edges reconnecting!
Though far dimmer and unstable compared to the rest, it was finally… repaired!
The flood of Source Beasts pouring in was abruptly cut off.
A few that had charged too fast slammed into the newly formed barrier and were torn apart by the violent recoil of energy!
"It worked! The barrier’s restored!"
Relief and joy spread rapidly among the survivors.
But soon, that joy was overshadowed by overwhelming grief.
They saw Chen Yuan lying in a pool of blood, saw the comrades who had fallen defending them.
This was war…
Chen Yuan struggled to roll onto his back, gazing up at the sky. "Hey, where’s the medical team? Someone save this old man first—"
Wait… the sky?
ts me of treason?" "Correct. The host must return to the capital and gradually build up influence." "Wait—I have half a million soldiers, and you want me to go back to the capital to 'build influence'?" "Host, you are currently the Northern Garrison General, loyal to the Great Xia Dynasty." "Of course I am loyal to Great Xia! Absolutely loyal!" "But you keep referring to yourself as 'We'..." "Never mind the details! Summon all the regional commanders and military officers! We suspect treacherous officials are manipulating the court! They shall march with Us to the capital and purge the corrupt!" "......"
Cheng's father told him he was getting remarried—to a wealthy woman. Cao Cheng realized his time had finally come: he was about to become a second-generation rich kid. Sure, it might be a watered-down version, but hey, at least he'd have status now, right? The wealthy woman also had four daughters!! Which meant, starting today, Cao Cheng gained four stunning older sisters?? But that wasn't even the whole story... "My name is Cao Cheng—'Cheng' as in 'honest, smooth-talking gentleman'!"
iemie, male, Race: Moon. Hobby: Collecting anomalies. At first, he thought he possessed two systems: the Crimson Rainbow Moon and the Clear Cold Frost Moon. One day, he discovered that he himself could also become a system for others, holding the chessboard of fate. The Eighth Epoch, also known as the Eternal Moon Epoch. Humans, witches, elves, bloodline descendants, specters, demons, and spirits together compose a new history. Walking the path on behalf of the moon, before he knew it, Chen Miemie's footsteps were followed by all manner of strange and wondrous anomalies. As time passed, many titles circulated about him—The King in Yellow, Lord of Anomalies, Heart of the Eternal Moon, and more. "Me? I'm just a traveler who enjoys collecting interesting creatures," Chen Miemie said.
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!
