His originally handsome and extraordinary face was extremely distorted due to the torture of the Silk-Tugging Gu. Bead-sized drops of cold sweat mixed with dirt smeared across his face, making him look utterly miserable.
However.
The moment Gu Yang walked out of the cyan cocoon of light, which emanated boundless vitality, carrying Luo Shenyao in his arms.
The madness and resentment in Ye Chen's eyes, which he had almost been unable to suppress, were forcefully swallowed back down in an incredibly unbelievable instant!
He saw the terrifying magical power fluctuations of Gu Yang's recent breakthrough, unfathomable like a deep abyss.
He also saw Luo Shenyao, who was held in Gu Yang's arms, clearly having completed the transfer of the Flower God Origin. Although her aura was weak, she still exuded an astonishing charm.
The supreme medicinal catalyst... the supreme medicinal catalyst I painstakingly plotted to obtain for so long... was actually swallowed raw by this demonic cultivator right in front of me!
Ye Chen let out a despairing roar in his heart, like a dying beast.
His heart was bleeding, and his Dao Heart was frantically collapsing and restructuring.
This was an ultimate humiliation ten times, a hundred times stronger than having his arm severed in the Yin-Yang Tomb!
This was right to his face!
This was stripping away his, Ye Chen's, dignity, providence, and future completely bare right in front of him, and ruthlessly trampling them into the mud!
However.
After experiencing extreme despair and incompetent fury, he actually displayed a terrifying level of endurance that ordinary people simply could not understand.
Ye Chen gritted his teeth tightly, having already bitten the tip of his tongue into a bloody mess.
He forcefully used this extremely tragic and intense pain to suppress all the resentment and killing intent in his eyes.
Not only that.
At the moment Gu Yang's cold gaze swept over him.
On Ye Chen's distorted face, he actually, incredibly bizarrely, squeezed out a smile that was like a spring breeze, even carrying a bit of weakness and relief!
Enduring the heart-piercing agony of the Silk-Tugging Gu, he raised his chin with extreme difficulty and looked at Gu Yang.
Many thanks... to this fellow Daoist for lending a helping hand!
He even tried to raise his only remaining left hand, wanting to make a clapping gesture of admiration, but unfortunately, it was sealed by the extreme cold spiritual energy and could only twitch weakly.
I am Ye Chen of the Dao One Sect. I have been tracking this Bloodthirsty Demonic Vine for a long time.
Ye Chen's eyes were clear, as if the beast whose eyes were full of greed, wanting to pluck and nourish himself with Luo Shenyao just now, was not him at all.
Just now, I was about to risk damaging my origin and use a sect heavy treasure to suppress and kill it. I never expected that fellow Daoist possesses such vast divine abilities, not only eliminating this demonic vine that brings disaster to the world but also saving Junior Sister Luo.
He panted slightly, and the corners of his mouth even curled into an extremely compassionate arc.
That wisp of Profound Yang True Fire... being able to help a peerless genius slay demons and eradicate evil, can be considered to have died a worthy death. As long as Junior Sister Luo is safe and sound, why should I care about mere worldly possessions?
His words were watertight.
He even extremely cleverly beautified Gu Yang's bandit-like act of forcefully devouring his Profound Yang True Fire into borrowing a treasure to slay a demon.
He both expressed his gratitude and subtly pointed out his identity as the Dao Child of the Dao One Sect, attempting to use this halo of a righteous path leader to make Gu Yang hesitate out of fear of the consequences.
...
Standing to the side, Su Wanyin and Zhao Yuelian almost laughed out of anger upon hearing this extremely shameless rhetoric.
Are there actually such brazen and shameless people in this world?! Su Wanyin's peach blossom eyes were full of disgust, and her fingertips had already clasped a poisoned dart. He clearly wanted to snatch the body of the Flower God, yet he can actually speak so high-soundingly!
However.
Gu Yang looked at the hypocrite before him, who, even when trampled in the mud and robbed of his fortune right to his face, could still adjust his mindset so rapidly and even wag his tail at his enemy in return.
A trace of solemnity flashed in his deep black eyes.
Able to bow and submit, with skin as thick as a city wall. Even if his Dao Heart is shattered all over the ground, he can still forcefully piece it together and continue his disguise.
This Ye Chen is truly worthy of being the Child of Destiny of this world.
This kind of person is ten thousand times more terrifying than the kind of idiot who only knows incompetent fury.
Killing intent flashed past the depths of Gu Yang's eyes.
He slowly raised his right hand, and at his fingertips, a dark golden flicker of fire quietly bloomed.
Since a deadly feud had already been forged.
Then there was no reason to keep such a disaster around for the new year.
Burning him directly with the Great Sun True Fire, erasing him along with his soul, would be the cleanest way to resolve this.
However.
Just at the moment when the flame at Gu Yang's fingertips was about to shoot out.
Buzz!
From deep within Gu Yang's sea of consciousness, an extremely violent crisis warning, even carrying a strong stinging sensation, suddenly transmitted!
That was a backlash from the Heavenly Dao in the unseen world!
It was as if should this strike of his fall, the underground palace of this Sacred Heaven City would instantly collapse, or a terrifying power far exceeding his current strength would descend across realms!
Gu Yang frowned slightly, and the flame at his fingertips forcefully stopped in mid-air.
He looked at Ye Chen in the pool of blood, who, although smiling, hid extreme vigilance deep in his eyes.
Heavenly Dao protection?
The providence on this Child of Destiny was even more profound than he had imagined.
According to common sense, if one wants to kill this kind of Child of Providence, one must first strip away his providence little by little, strip away all his trump cards, make him deserted by his followers and his providence fall to rock bottom, before a fatal blow can be delivered.
Gu Yang retracted his finger, and the flame at his fingertip quietly extinguished.
Take it slowly.
Just treat it as raising a treasure-hunting meat hound in captivity first.
Gu Yang paid no more attention to Ye Chen.
He turned around and scooped up the unconscious Luo Shenyao by the waist.
Just now, the casting of the fifth-layer Dao Platform, the Great Sun True Fire devouring the Profound Yang True Fire, and the demise of the ancient demonic vine had already triggered a tide of spiritual energy deep within this underground palace.
This place was not suitable to stay for long.
Let us go.
Gu Yang's voice was as cold and hard as iron, without the slightest attachment.
Holding Luo Shenyao, he transformed into a gray afterimage and swept towards the exit of the underground palace at extreme speed.
Yes.
Zhao Yuelian and Su Wanyin did not even spare Ye Chen another glance.
In the eyes of this demonic sect master and disciple pair, that so-called righteous path leader was now nothing more than garbage casually discarded by the young master.
They closely followed behind Gu Yang, their figures instantly blending into the dark corridor.
...
The empty underground altar.
Only the ground full of crushed stones and shriveled vine residue remained.
As well as the Blind Sword Attendant frozen into an ice sculpture, and Ye Chen slumped in a pool of blood like a dead dog.
After confirming that Gu Yang's aura had completely disappeared.
Ye Chen's face, stiff from his disguise, finally collapsed little by little, extremely slowly.
The smile like a spring breeze vanished.
Replacing it was an ultimate resentment that was twisted and ferocious like a malicious ghost.
Pfft!
He could no longer suppress the injuries within his body and violently spat out a large mouthful of foul-smelling black blood.
Mo Bufan... Blood River Sect...
Ye Chen gritted his teeth tightly, his nails digging deeply into the hard bluestone slab, his fingertips dripping with blood.
The humiliation of today, in the future... I, Ye Chen, will definitely pull out your tendons and extract your bones... I will definitely ruin your reputation completely...
The extremely sinister, low roar echoed for a long time in the depths of this deathly silent underground palace, like the hissing of a poisonous snake.
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ap a wealthy young lady? Or else I'll be eliminated by the system? Ye Feng, who awakened the Kidnapper System, originally wanted to live a peaceful life but never imagined he would become a kidnapper of young women. However, after some time, he discovered that all the girls the system ordered him to kidnap were far from ordinary. "Big brother Ye Feng~ You've kidnapped my heart, and now you're not allowed to leave me ever again~" "Ye Feng~ You kidnapped me back then, now it's my turn to capture you♡" "Little Feng, you're mine! You can only be mine!" "Ye Feng, none of them deserve you. Only I love you the most♡" ... This is madness, they've all gone mad! Wait, what? Why are all the girls I kidnapped yanderes?!
] [Lone Wolf, No Male Gaze] [Protagonist is pursued early on; extreme protagonist-stans, stay away!] The "Carnival Paradise" descends and slowly devours the real world in the form of a game. By chance, Zhu Yan awakens the talent [Roleplay], becoming one of the first beta players. He thought he could develop safely, but after clearing the first instance, he is branded by humanity as the chief culprit behind the game's spread—a traitorous villain. A villain? Who would ever... become one! He'll be the villain! From then on, Zhu Yan is not only a player but also a lackey for the Carnival Paradise. Between the straight path and the crooked path, he chooses the con. With his left hand, he dons the villain's mantle, staging scenes within instances, infuriating players who decry him as a despicable traitor, all while the game happily promotes him. With his right hand, he joins the non-human organization "Fangcun Mountain," which opposes the Carnival Paradise, transforming into a mysterious player who slaughters game bosses, earning cheers of "Long live the expert!" from fellow players. Gradually, Zhu Yan rises to become an S-rank human player in Fangcun Mountain's archives, while also being the Carnival Paradise's certified top game Boss. But when the final war erupts and both major factions place their hopes in him— Players tag his various aliases: "Experts, this offensive depends on you." The Carnival Paradise's supreme Boss throws an arm around his neck: "Bro, you're the iron, I'm the steel; you can't let me down again!"
m back to his original world. In the end, he realized he had overthought things. [Hey, why is Shen Manni, the female lead, acting strange? Shouldn't she be fawning over the male lead at this point?] [Zhou Qiaoqiao, are you sick? Weren't you supposed to break off your engagement today?] [Damn it! An Youyi, please do your job as an undercover agent and sell my information to the protagonist, you idiot!] ... At this moment, Xu Mo himself didn't know that these female leads had already heard his inner thoughts. Then they decided not to play by the rules. Xu Mo: Please respect my profession as the big villain!
