The withered Lamp Realm late-stage monster raised Cang Yu's severed arm with a twisted smirk, licking the blood dripping from the stump. It was clear that its mind was deeply warped.
Zhi Xu leaped down from the building and rushed to Cang Yu's side, tearing off the bandage hanging from her waist to help him bind his wound. Her face was dark and solemn, and she didn’t foolishly charge at the withered monster for revenge. She knew she was no match for it.
Flames surged like a raging sea as Su Ze clashed with the withered monster.
"I need to help…" Cang Yu tried to stand but found his waist unable to straighten. Zhi Xu noticed something was wrong and immediately wrapped her arms around his soft waist.
Yes, soft—because one of his vertebrae was broken.
"Stop messing around! This isn’t the time for jokes!" Cang Yu tried to push his girlfriend away but froze when he realized his right arm, the one that once held his blade, was already gone.
At the same time, he felt a sharp pain as Zhi Xu bit down hard on his other wrist.
Cang Yu winced slightly. He had endured the loss of his arm without a flinch, but now, a bite from Zhi Xu made him react.
Drip, drip. Cang Yu was about to say something but hesitated as he felt the sting of tears falling onto the bite wound on his wrist.
Zhi Xu clung to him fiercely, like a crying puppy holding onto a bone, her teeth gripping his wrist as she looked up at him.
Cang Yu was stunned for a moment. Before him, Zhi Xu’s face was streaked with tears, her delicate and beautiful features marred by sorrow.
Her grip on his wrist slowly loosened and fell away.
"Can you stop being so reckless? Can you stop being so naive and foolish? Can you just know your limits…" Zhi Xu choked out between sobs.
"Shut up! I’m in charge here! I don’t want to hear you talk!" Zhi Xu shouted through her tears, cutting off Cang Yu before he could respond. He obediently closed his mouth.
Cang Yu knew that his impulsive actions earlier might have earned him a beating from Zhi Xu.
But in truth, Zhi Xu wouldn’t hit him. If it weren’t for Cang Yu, the tens of thousands of civilians would have died, as Su Ze wouldn’t have been able to reach the shelter before the withered monster destroyed it.
Still, Cang Yu’s attempt to recklessly support Su Ze had infuriated her. How could she have fallen for such an idiot?
Nearby, Li Zinian clicked his tongue, suppressing the urge to curse. "Three o'clock direction, seven hundred meters."
Zhi Xu drew her blade and darted out like a ghost.
Li Zinian sat down beside Cang Yu. "Hey, man, write a book sometime. I’ll read it on my knees."
"…"
Su Ze, at the early stage of the Lamp Realm, was no match for the withered monster without using his laws. He was covered in wounds and being forced to retreat.
Su Ze turned and drew a long blade from a case on his back. He crouched slightly, his left hand spread like an eagle’s wing, gripping the hilt of a straight blade with the back of the blade pressed against his arm.
His right hand held a Miao Dao, its tip resting low on the ground, angled in front of him.
It was an extremely peculiar stance, seemingly full of openings—and indeed, it was.
But his posture exuded immense offensive power!
As the withered monster charged like lightning, Su Ze’s dual blades swept like a tempest, the long and short blades crossing like scissors. The monster was startled and leaped back a hundred meters.
A lantern burning with blue flames slowly floated out from Su Ze’s body, hovering behind him.
Su Ze decided not to hold back any longer. The blue flames, combined with a trace of law, along with mirror images and illusions, quickly overwhelmed the monotonous attack patterns of the withered monster.
Su Ze masked the fluctuations of his laws, his attacks swift and ferocious.
The withered monster couldn’t understand how Su Ze had suddenly unleashed such power, but it knew it was outmatched and kept trying to create distance.
Its eyes darted around, searching for something it could use.
Suddenly, its gaze fell on Li Zinian and Cang Yu, who was leaning against a wall with a broken spine.
"Cang Yu!"
Su Ze noticed its gaze almost instantly, but it was too late. The withered monster was far faster than him—otherwise, it wouldn’t have been able to dodge Su Ze’s relentless attacks.
Li Zinian’s pupils contracted. He reacted quickly, grabbing Cang Yu and trying to flee.
Bang!
A blurry figure flashed by, and Li Zinian’s left arm, along with the wall, was shattered into pieces!
Without hesitation, Li Zinian threw Cang Yu toward the approaching Zhi Xu and drew his straight blade, slashing at the monster’s head.
Bang!
Li Zinian was kicked so hard that he embedded into the wall, coughing violently.
The withered monster, satisfied that Li Zinian was incapacitated, grabbed his head and dangled him in midair.
Su Ze stopped moving, his cold gaze fixed on the monster.
Surprisingly, the monster didn’t fully use Li Zinian as a hostage. Instead, it hurled him like a cannonball!
The force was immense—enough to kill Li Zinian on impact.
Su Ze instinctively caught him, but no one noticed that a black rod, resembling a steel bar, flew out with Li Zinian.
Thud!
The black rod pierced through Li Zinian’s chest, then through a stunned Su Ze, pinning them both to the ground.
At the same time, Uesugi Akizuki, who had been praying, shuddered. She panicked briefly but quickly calmed herself and continued her prayers for Su Ze.
Her prayer was simple, just four words:
"Su Ze, be safe."
Thanks to Su Ze’s catch, Li Zinian was flung dozens of meters, crashing into a wall, his head spinning.
Su Ze tried to pull the black rod out of his abdomen, but it felt as if it were nailed into the void—it wouldn’t budge!
Law!
Su Ze was shocked. The monster actually possessed a trace of law!
Though it was minimal, it was enough to achieve this.
As the withered monster lunged at him, Su Ze didn’t have time to activate his laws. The monster was too fast, closing the distance in an instant.
Just as the monster’s deadly fist was about to strike, a flash of blade light forced it back half a step.
The monster’s fist didn’t retract. Instead, it immediately redirected its attack toward Zhi Xu!
The punch landed, and Zhi Xu’s entire arm exploded into a shower of blood.
A few drops of blood splattered onto Su Ze’s widened eyes.
"I’ll kill you!"
Cang Yu, his eyes bloodshot, charged forward, his movements awkward due to his broken spine.
The withered monster flicked its wrist, and a black rod shot toward Cang Yu. He twisted his body, narrowly avoiding a direct hit to the heart.
But the rod still pierced his abdomen, dragging him and pinning him to the wall behind him.
"Get away from her! Get the hell away!" Cang Yu frantically grabbed the black rod, trying to pull it out, but it didn’t budge. His hands were soon raw and bleeding.
The withered monster seemed to relish Cang Yu’s screams. Its twisted mind didn’t prioritize killing Su Ze. Instead, it aimed another deadly punch at Zhi Xu’s head, wanting to see Cang Yu’s reaction.
"Erase!"
A voice as commanding as an emperor’s decree rang out.
The monster’s fist momentarily flickered, its power greatly diminished. The punch sent Zhi Xu flying backward.
lanned to earn money steadily and take life at a slower pace. But he never expected... his father's remarriage, and the stepmother bringing along a dependent, would completely disrupt his life's plans...
agon king storylines. At the start, I obtained the "Ultimate Lackey System" - the more I act as a lackey, the stronger I become. What else could I do? I chose to become the personal henchman of the ultimate villain, Su Muwan. I provoke all sorts of chosen ones, snatch away their opportunities, and commit every evil deed imaginable. You ask who's behind me? Hmph! You're not worthy of knowing my lady's name! ...... ....... I am Su Muwan, the eldest daughter of the Su family. Since childhood, I've possessed extraordinary talent in martial arts, which led to my arrogant and domineering personality in my past life. I was even foolish enough to repeatedly challenge those favored by heaven, ultimately resulting in a tragic death. In this life, I must behave and absolutely cannot walk the same path again!! However... SLAP!! "So you're the Dragon King, huh?!" When I saw my little lackey swagger over and viciously slap the Dragon King who was hiding his identity, I felt my heart sink. Su Muwan's suspended heart finally died as she watched Qin Luo, her utterly loyal lackey, standing before her. She fainted on the spot from shock. Heaven is determined to destroy me!! (Pure love 1v1, light-hearted, no angst, single female lead, villain, reincarnation, lackey)
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!
e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
