"What? You?"
Li Qingxuan was stunned.
Then, as if she had heard the biggest joke ever, she said mockingly, "Lu Chong, there are better ways to seek death. The gap between us is as vast as heaven and earth, yet you dare to challenge my master? How ridiculous."
However.
Faced with Li Qingxuan's mockery, Lu Chong didn't even spare her a glance.
Because Li Qingxuan wasn't even worthy of his attention.
He just silently stared at Li Hongtian.
This made Li Qingxuan very displeased.
How dare this fellow display such an arrogant attitude!
"Hahaha!"
Li Hongtian burst into laughter, and when his laughter ceased, his expression turned cold.
"Young man, are you here to play games with me?"
"This Province Lord doesn't have time to waste with you!"
"Just die!"
The cold words came from Li Hongtian's mouth, and as his voice fell, he raised his palm.
With a fierce squeeze.
In an instant.
The space surrounding Lu Chong began to compress rapidly, closing in on him.
Seeing this.
Li Qingxuan's lips curled into a cold smile.
Lu Chong's death would be the best thing that could happen to her, as it would nullify their marriage agreement and save her a lot of trouble.
It was only because of her status and to avoid gossip that she hadn't dealt with Lu Chong directly before, which was why she had made that one-year agreement.
However.
Several breaths passed.
Lu Chong stood quietly in mid-air, completely unaffected, as if the compressed space around him had no impact whatsoever.
What was most unbelievable to her was that Lu Chong's lips curved into a smile that carried a hint of mockery.
"What's going on?"
Li Qingxuan's eyes widened.
This level of spatial compression would be fatal not only to Lu Chong but even to her, Li Qingxuan.
Involuntarily.
She turned her questioning gaze toward Li Hongtian.
But what she saw shocked her even more – Li Hongtian stood there with his mouth agape, looking even more surprised than she was.
Indeed.
As the one who initiated the attack, Li Hongtian's heart was in turmoil, like stormy waves.
The feeling he got when he tried to compress the space around Lu Chong was like a normal person trying to squeeze a piece of iron.
No matter how red-faced you got, even if you strained until you soiled yourself, you couldn't make that iron budge an inch.
It was too bizarre.
"Kid, I underestimated you," Li Hongtian said in a hoarse voice. "You're clearly not the waste everyone claims you to be. You've been hiding your strength, hiding it very deep. At the very least, you're on par with the elder beside you."
"What?"
"Hiding his strength?"
"On par with the elder beside him?"
"Doesn't that mean... he's at the late stage of True Essence Immortal Realm!"
On the side, Li Qingxuan's eyes widened, completely unable to believe this fact. She hurriedly called out, "Master, there must be some mistake. I saw him just over a month ago, and he only had the strength of a Heavenly Immortal. Although he's somehow concealing his power now, how could he have made such a leap in just a month?"
Li Qingxuan couldn't accept this reality.
This person she wanted to break off her engagement with.
Someone she had always looked down upon and despised was actually stronger than her?
He even had cultivation levels that she could only look up to?
It should be known that she possessed the Ancient Immortal Physique and was a heaven-blessed genius. In the Xining Immortal Continent, if anyone claimed to be second in talent, no one would dare claim first.
Yet this Lu Chong, who was the same age as her...
"No..."
"Impossible."
"This is absolutely impossible..."
She muttered to herself.
This was too fantastical, and it dealt a massive blow to her self-confidence.
"As expected of someone at the Star Immortal Realm!" Lu Chong was somewhat surprised that Li Hongtian could see through his strength at a glance. He then continued calmly, "Since you know my strength, let's stop with these childish moves. Come at me with your full power!"
After speaking.
Lu Chong took a slight step back.
His face showed excitement while also becoming serious.
After all, this was his first time fighting against someone from the Star Immortal Realm.
However.
Just as Lu Chong was looking solemn and had even taken up a fighting stance, Li Hongtian suddenly produced a small white flag from somewhere.
"I surrender!"
He said while raising the white flag.
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?!
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.
lities. One day, Qi Yuan was buying groceries when he unfortunately came face-to-face with a monster. Just when he thought he was going to die on the spot, he suddenly heard the monster's thoughts... "This aura, he's definitely not an ordinary master!" "So terrifying, so terrifying." "A fight with my back against the wall, I can't take it anymore." Qi Yuan: Ah, no one told me that my awakened ability isn't telepathy, but rather the stronger my enemies imagine me to be, the stronger I truly become. PS: Zhou Hai in the first chapter is not the protagonist.
young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."
