(3.15, the second review failed again, leading straight to a full tribunal. I passed out from revising the draft. Meanwhile, a bunch of apocalypse-themed novels next door seem to get a free pass—what’s up with that?)
Su Qi’s drowsy eyes snapped awake in an instant.
The air trembled with a sharp, piercing shriek.
A blade sliced through the night, leaving behind ghostly afterimages.
Before the metallic hum of the blade faded, Su Qi had already flipped a card into activation.
A crackling azure flash, like arcing electricity, took barely half a moment to materialize into the faint outline of a sword in Su Qi’s hand.
[Card Name: Earth’s Harmonic Seal]
[Type: Illusion]
[Rarity: Primordial]
[Energy Tier: ? (Tier 1)]
[Description: The very earth humanity treads upon will sing praises when His gaze falls upon it.]
[Special Skills: Morning Dew’s Grace / Shattered Land / Soaring Kites and Dancing Warblers / Thunder and Judgment / Snow-Clad Lament]
[A portion of ‘World’s Power’ can be actively wielded by the bearer. Alternatively, it will autonomously block one fatal strike at the cost of imposing a stacking debuff. To dispel it, the bearer must complete an ‘amusing’ task as ‘equivalent exchange.’]
Truth be told, Su Qi really didn’t want to fight.
As mentioned earlier, Su Qi had spent three months crafting a total of four cards:
One cultivation manual—[Heaven’s Forged Chord]
One passive defense—[Earth’s Harmonic Seal]
One single-target nuke—[Tidal Moonfall]
One AoE wipe—[Mountain and Starfire]
And yet, they were utterly useless.
Not because the cards were weak.
In fact, each one was more absurd than the last.
As for the displayed Tier 1 energy rating, Su Qi suspected it wasn’t some pretentious flex—just that the cards required only Tier 1 energy expenditure to achieve what humans would deem ‘impossible.’
So, what was the catch?
Complete an ‘amusing’ task.
Not every assignment would be as lucky as the last one—flirting with a 160cm girl.
What if the next task was: ‘Publicly share your browser history with every contact’?
Su Qi would like to see you handle that.
But in this moment, hesitation wasn’t an option.
Survive first, worry about browser history later.
The killing intent radiating from the assailant wasn’t even concealed.
They wanted Su Qi dead.
The sword flashed like lightning, surging like furious tides.
It clashed with the descending blade behind Su Qi.
A rapid series of clangs rang out, sparks blooming like ephemeral night-blooming flowers. The scorching shockwave curled the strands of hair on Su Qi’s forehead.
Then came a violent whirlwind of displaced air, sending debris and foliage spiraling into the sky from the aftermath of the clash.
The sword tip quivered, and with a thunderous roar, it sent the enemy’s blade flying several meters back.
Only then did Su Qi get a chance to see who had attacked.
But the opponent seemed intent on staying hidden.
Under the moonlight, all Su Qi could make out was a shadowy figure shrouded in a black cloak.
“Intel was wrong?”
The voice was deliberately hushed, genderless.
Su Qi detected no trace of panic or fear—just puzzlement.
So, what was this person here for?
Why strike suddenly?
Hired by the Yun family? Surely they wouldn’t go this far?
Or was the target Li Hu or one of the students he brought along?
Su Qi didn’t bother asking.
Even if they answered, it’d likely be half-truths meant to mislead.
The only certainty was that the attacker was Tier 7—a top-tier one at that, bordering on Tier 8.
That clean parry just now? It drained half of Su Qi’s soul force in an instant.
Fighting a Tier 7 as a Tier 6 and holding back?
Suicidal much?
Of course, Su Qi still had a last resort, but that was a scenario best avoided.
Yet the enemy didn’t press the attack either. What were they thinking?
They—
Their sword arm was seared as if struck by lightning, the pain bone-deep, nearly knocking them unconscious.
What were they thinking?
They wanted to run.
They could block two strikes at most. The third would be fatal.
But turning their back now meant certain death.
And so, the two stood locked in a stalemate, each lost in their own calculations.
ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
iaobai: "Councilor Dad, front me some funds. I want to hire ten thousand professional miners for a project!" [Five-Star Mission Issued: Capture the leader of the Blood Heaven Pirate Gang, who is on the run in the Radiant Star Sector. It is said the gang has over a hundred members. Proceed with caution.] Lu Xiaobai: "Councilor Dad, lend me the family's hundred-thousand-strong Lu Army!" [Seven-Star Mission Issued: Subdue a juvenile Void Dragon Beast.] Lu Xiaobai: "Councilor Dad, I'm taking your tamed Void Dragon Beast King out for a family reunion!" I said, System, don't you have any slightly more challenging missions? You're just not up to par! [Nine-Star Mission Issued: Become the Human Councilor.] Lu Xiaobai: "Dad, there's a small matter I'd like to discuss with you..."
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!
g Yu was preparing for retirement when her organization decided to eliminate her. She transmigrated to a zombie apocalypse world. However, a tiny unexpected situation occurred: She somehow transformed into an adorable little girl?!
