Lancang Desert, outside the Gobi.
Ye Xiaoxi stared blankly at the huge figure behind her.
Wait, where had this guy come from?
Six hundred and sixty-six—and there was a second trial?!
Mo Yong, dressed in a steward’s robe, glared coldly at Ye Xiaoxi. His eyes were filled with murderous intent. From the very beginning, he had felt that this little brat was suspicious, but he had never expected her to be so vicious.
He had also seen what happened inside.
She had actually brutalized his companions to such an extent!
This girl must have some deep connection with the Snakefolk. Since everyone else had ended up in such a sorry state, he could only swallow his tears and claim the credit for himself.
“Um… well…”
Ye Xiaoxi forced an awkward yet polite smile and stammered, “What if I told you that I only snuck over because they hadn’t come out for so long and I was worried about them? Would you believe me?”
She blinked repeatedly, trying to look as innocent as possible.
“And when you were laughing on that rock just now, were you doing that out of concern too?”
Mo Yong let out a cold laugh, his face full of disbelief.
“Uh… uh… well, this is…”
Caught red-handed, Ye Xiaoxi’s smile froze. She stood there awkwardly, at a loss for what to do.
“Actually, I was just…”
“No need to say anything more!”
Seeing that she still wanted to argue, Mo Yong suddenly flung back his sleeve, his expression darkening.
“I saw everything you did just now. Who would have thought that beneath that pretty, innocent face, you would have such a poisonous heart? You used such sinister methods to trap Brother Xian and the others! I cannot let you live!”
“Brother Xian!”
He raised his head toward the sky and cupped his fists, tears glimmering in his eyes.
“Rest in peace. I’ll claim the Young Master’s reward on your behalf.”
“Wait, that guy isn’t dead yet…”
Ye Xiaoxi looked utterly bewildered.
“How did you just sentence him to death?”
“Silence!”
“You demoness!”
Mo Yong flung back his sleeve again and glared at her fiercely, pointing at her nose as he cursed, “Brother Xian has fallen into such a state. Even if he went back, people would only laugh at him. He might as well die and preserve his honor!”
Ye Xiaoxi finally understood.
This guy was clearly planning to keep all the credit for himself.
Everyone in the Mo family was quite the character.
“Now that things have come to this, do you have anything left to say?” Mo Yong advanced slowly, looking down at Ye Xiaoxi. His right hand had already begun quietly gathering a mass of dark spiritual energy.
He was no useless lecher like Mo Xian.
One strike from him would be fatal!
“Now that things have come to this, I have nothing more to say.”
Looking at the icy light in his eyes, Ye Xiaoxi knew that there was no way she could get through this trial peacefully.
She lifted her head, her gaze filled with melancholy.
“I never thought that, despite planning everything so carefully, I would still overlook someone like you.”
“Heh heh.”
Mo Yong chuckled and generously offered his praise.
“You can only blame yourself for being too young and too impatient. Once I search your soul, erase your consciousness, and refine you into a human puppet for my enjoyment, at least your beautiful body won’t have gone to waste.”
With that, his eyes sharpened, and he thrust out a finger.
“Have a pleasant journey!”
Boom!
The air trembled. Sand and dust filled the sky as dark soul-light raged across the desert in a wild frenzy.
Yet a delicate little hand rose gently into the air.
With nothing more than a light squeeze, it seized the finger that carried such terrifying power and stopped it dead!
“What?!”
Mo Yong’s pupils shrank violently.
Ye Xiaoxi merely shook her head in disappointment. Still gripping his finger, she stared at his stunned face with an exasperated expression.
“Why? Why did you have to force me to make a move?”
“Wouldn’t it have been better to obediently let me lure you into the cave so you could enjoy yourselves?”
“Wouldn’t it have been nice to let me experience getting things done without using violence for once?”
Ye Xiaoxi sighed in annoyance.
“You… you…”
Mo Yong’s eyes widened to their limits, his face filled with disbelief.
How old was this girl? And yet she had effortlessly blocked his full-powered attack?
What kind of joke was this?!
“I originally wanted to live among you as an ordinary person, but since things have come to this, I have no choice but to reveal my true identity. I’m actually an expert!”
Ye Xiaoxi gave him a playful wink.
Then she suddenly bent his hand upward with one hand.
Crack!
Mo Yong’s finger made a crisp snapping sound as it bent upward at a ninety-degree angle. He cried out in pain and instinctively retreated.
But Ye Xiaoxi had already appeared behind him.
“You were planning to keep the reward for yourself, weren’t you?”
She leaned close to his ear, her voice dripping with sinister amusement.
“Heh heh… In other words, you really are the only one left.”
Mo Yong froze, cold sweat pouring down his face.
It was absolute domination.
The seemingly harmless little girl had possessed the ability to kill them all from the very beginning. The only reasons she had held back were probably because she found it amusing and because she had been wary of acting without knowing enough about them.
And his behavior just now…
Had already told her that there was no one else behind him.
“Heehee…”
A wicked smile slowly curled across Ye Xiaoxi’s lips.
From his reaction, it was clear that he had not been lying.
That made what came next easy.
One word.
Kill!
With that thought, Ye Xiaoxi no longer held back.
Her eyes sharpened, golden light flowing through her pupils. She slightly bent her right arm, then drove her elbow down with full force, smashing it into the back of Mo Yong’s neck and sending him flying.
Thud!
Mo Yong crashed to the ground and rolled several times. His neck hung limply to one side, his eyes rolled back. He was clearly dead beyond any doubt.
“Sigh…”
Ye Xiaoxi withdrew her hand, her face filled with regret.
“Why did you have to do that?”
“Seriously, why?”
“Why did you have to force me to use violence? Don’t you know that I’ve never liked resorting to violence unnecessarily?”
“Sigh…”
With one foot planted on Mo Yong’s corpse, Ye Xiaoxi shook her head and sighed.
“It’s too late for words now. I’d better go back first. If Mother finds out that I snuck out and killed someone, she’ll probably lock me up until next year.”
“Job done!”
She clapped her hands and was just about to head back.
But the moment she turned around, she collided headfirst with something soft and fragrant, carrying a faint, delicate scent.
“Ow!”
Caught completely off guard, Ye Xiaoxi staggered backward from the impact. Rubbing her reddened nose, she looked up angrily.
“Don’t you have eyes when you walk?”
As soon as she raised her head, she saw Medusa staring fixedly at her, the corners of her lips curling into a cold smile.
“Why don’t you take another look behind you?”
“Eek!”
Ye Xiaosu’s expression changed dramatically. The arrogant look she had worn just moments ago vanished in an instant. Her lips slowly stretched into an awkward, ugly smile.
“Um… can we call a truce?”
his freshman year, Su Bai accidentally bound the "Indulgence Tycoon System." 【Sleeping in? Reward: +$1,000】 【Spent $288 at a street barbecue stall? Cashback: +$2,880】 【Dropped $14,396 on in-game skins? Special reward unlocked: A brand-new Porsche Panamera!】 Luxury cars, penthouses, corporate shares, financial empires… College life was all about living freely and doing whatever he pleased! … When the adorably naive academic genius faced family medical bills and financial struggles, Su Bai waved his hand dismissively: "Your future is on me." "Wuwu~ Big Brother is so good to me! I’ll become a scientist to repay you!" When the genius girl got bullied by a shady professor? Su Bai casually dropped a billion-dollar investment, forcing the university to grovel and beg for her return. A company’s funding chain collapsing? Su Bai smirked—cash was the one thing he’d never run out of. Years later, when people traced the rise of the AI prodigy beauty, who was the man behind her success? Not just that—Su Bai also became the tsundere campus belle’s unattainable dream, the contrast senior’s daily necessity, and the beautiful counselor’s emotional anchor…
transmigrates into the role of a villainous rich second-generation kid in an urban fantasy novel, and gets bound to a god-tier choice system. Right at the start, he catches the female lead stealing exam papers! This triggers the villain's choice options! [Choice 1: Pretend you didn't see anything] [Choice 2: Loudly call her out, drawing everyone's attention] [Choice 3: ...] And thus, a twisted villain is born. To avoid getting killed by the protagonist, he has no choice but to take down all the protagonists first. Jiang Che: Nobody understands being twisted better than me!
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
to panic—he has a system. As long as an investment target dies, he can claim a reward. And since he is immortal, the one thing he has plenty of is time. ... Countless years later. “Immortal Emperor of Longevity? I invested in him.” “Supreme Celestial Venerable? I invested in him.” “Undying Empress? I invested in her.” “...” “Heh. Once they’ve all died, even the Heavenly Dao will have to kneel and call me Dad.”
