"Phew, that was close."
Hei Yu lowered his head and breathed heavily, secretly relieved as well.
"Luckily I pretended to be arrogant at first instead of attacking directly, otherwise I'd be finished!"
The combo of moves he displayed earlier seemed smooth and effortless, but in fact he was extremely panicked inside, with his heart thumping wildly.
The power behind that one finger from Lu Benwei that shattered the lightning tribulation, Xi Lin and the others may not understand what it signified, but it was crystal clear to Hei Yu.
To accomplish this, Lu Benwei's strength must be at least ten times greater than his own.
Perhaps even more!
Facing such a super expert, he didn't stand a chance at all.
So in the face of absolute power, what did face or betraying companions matter? Living was the most important thing.
However, Hei Yu's behavior fell into the eyes of the three demonic beasts, further enraging their already injured selves. Blood sprayed from their mouths as they glared at Hei Yu, their eyes full of hatred and unwillingness.
They never imagined that at this critical juncture, the esteemed Hei Yu they were so proud of would defect and become a sycophant.
"Disgusting."
"You traitor."
"You turncoat."
The three demonic beasts spewed vicious words.
"Don't spray your filthy words at me!"
Hei Yu's face flushed as he retorted, "You three demonic beasts are nothing but ambitious wolves, now that things have gone south you still want to drag me down with you, how malicious!"
"Skeleton, Dog, Centipede, Black Bear, please see clearly and do not believe the words of these treacherous dogs. As the Heavens and Earth can attest, my heart is clear."
"You, you..."
The three demonic beasts spat blood in anger.
"To think you are an emissary from the immortal realm, even attained the golden immortal level beyond ordinary immortals, yet your hands are stained with blood. You're nothing but a great demon."
"Yet you have no integrity or backbone at all. You are a disgrace to the immortal realm and a disgrace to your status." Xi Lin angrily berated.
Hearing this, Hei Yu panicked.
What if this skeleton found out about his identity and skinned him alive?
Thinking of this, Hei Yu's eyes glinted as he righteously argued, "Don't spew nonsense, when did I say I was an emissary of the immortal realm? I'm just a little peng bird who drinks dew and eats grass to survive, don't wrongly accuse me."
"You, you..."
The three demonic beasts spat blood in greater anger.
However, looking at their dog-bites-dog squabble, Lu Benwei and the others were filled with impatience. In a deep voice he said, "Enough nonsense from all of you, none of you are good birds, and none can escape."
Lu Benwei's words immediately frightened Hei Yu to his knees. Sobbing, he pleaded, "Your Excellency, I swear, as the Heavens and Earth bear witness, the Heavens and Earth bear witness!"
Slap!
Lu Benwei slapped Hei Yu to the ground, then kicked the Black Bear's bottom.
"Little Four, get up."
"Hmm?"
"Where's the lightning tribulation?"
"The lightning tribulation is gone? I'm okay?"
The Black Bear timidly lifted his head to look at the clear sky around him, then cried out in excitement.
"With Brother here, what's a little lightning bolt? Even if the heavens collapse, it would just take one punch." Lu Benwei held his head high.
"Thank you brother, you're so amazing!"
Tears brimmed in the Black Bear's eyes as he nodded, then asked, "Brother, do you have any orders for me?"
"Go, give each of those four one hundred slaps." Lu Benwei pointed at Hei Yu and the rest.
"That doesn't seem right..."
The Black Bear lifted his plump paws hesitantly.
"No, it's perfectly fine."
However, Hei Yu cried out in excitement.
Since it was just slaps, it meant Lu Benwei likely wouldn't take his life.
So in exchange for surviving this crisis with his life, a hundred slaps was nothing.
Besides, the Black Bear looked silly and probably didn't have much power. With his cultivation level, a hundred slaps would be like tickles.
How wonderful!
Truly wonderful!
Thus, he offered his cheek to the Black Bear and shouted, "It's my fault for not seeing through those three demonic beasts' sinister ambitions sooner. I am guilty and deserve to be punished with a hundred slaps. Come, hurry and hit me."
"Is this really okay?"
The Black Bear moved his plump paws, still reluctant to strike.
"This is Skeleton's command, you have to hit and I have to take it. Come on, strike with all your might." Hei Yu hurriedly said.
"Then I'll really hit hard?"
The Black Bear asked.
"Yes, go ahead, use your full strength on me."
Hei Yu moved his cheek even closer, while looking ingratiatingly at Lu Benwei, afraid he might change his mind.
"Alright, here I go."
Seeing Hei Yu insist, the Black Bear finally raised his chubby paw and swung at Hei Yu's cheek.
Seeing the oncoming paw, Hei Yu felt somewhat disappointed by the lack of force.
If the Skeleton saw the slap was unsatisfactory and changed his mind about sparing him, switching to killing him instead, that would be terrible.
Amidst his disappointment, the Black Bear's paw finally landed on his cheek.
Slap!
ave】 Shen Qingling was a man with peerless looks, a cunning mind, and the ability to play both the aloof noble and the innocent sweetheart—a master of seduction who could outplay any player. But after an untimely death, he found himself bound to a system and transmigrated into the tragic "true young master" of a melodramatic novel. In the original story, his childhood sweetheart treated him as a backup plan, his fiancée swore to break off their engagement for the sake of the "fake young master," and his own sister saw him as the family's disgrace. He was nothing more than a rat everyone wanted to stomp on. System 077: "Your mission is to change the original fate and conquer the goddesses." Shen Qingling: "Thanks for the invite. If seduction had tiers, I’d be max level." His childhood sweetheart knelt, begging for forgiveness: "Qingling, I was wrong. Please give me another chance." His ex-fiancée refused to marry anyone else: "Shen Qingling, I was blind before. In this life, I’ll marry no one but you." A yandere CEO went mad for love: "Shen Qingling, you can only like me. I’ll stop at nothing to make you mine!" His green-tea sister clung to him daily: "Brother, look at me, won’t you? I’m more obedient than them—I love you the most~" At first, they scorned and trampled on him. Later, they burned themselves like moths to a flame, all for his sake. His looks were his weapon, his sweet words the bait—heroines obsessed over him, villains turned to madness for him. Shen Qingling became a true male siren, igniting battlefield after battlefield of women fighting for his affection. Years later, when System 077—now one of the elites—was asked how to become as outstanding as it, it lazily exhaled a smoke ring and replied: "Just know how to cheer ‘666’ at the right time."
world slacker. But a genius female disciple just had to get clingy, insisting that he take her as a disciple. Not only that, she was always making advances on him, thoroughly disrupting his peaceful slacker life...
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…
lan, the Luo family, tracked him down - along with the babies in their arms. Mo Xuan stared pensively at the paternity test results from over a dozen top institutions, both domestic and international, showing a 99.99% match between himself and the two baby girls. At 23, Mo Xuan, a doctoral student, had become the father of two three-year-old children. The kicker? The mothers weren't even the same person! He gradually realized he was being lured step by step into an elaborate trap designed by these two yandere sisters. "Be good, little Xuan. Sister's life belongs to you entirely." "Brother, if you try to run away, I'll have no choice but to tie you up." Mo Xuan: "Do whatever you want, ladies. I give up."
