Su Yunyun, lying on the ground, watched as her fellow disciples were on the verge of losing their minds, turning into mindless zombies. Her face was filled with urgency as she shouted with great difficulty, "Get up!"
"Don’t let that black mist affect you!"
"As disciples of our master, how can we fall so easily?"
"His target is our master. Even though we know he stands no chance against our master, we cannot afford to cause even the slightest trouble for him."
"Even if it means death, we cannot let him devour us!"
Su Yunyun's shout instantly reignited the fighting spirit of her severely injured fellow disciples.
From somewhere deep within, they summoned an overwhelming surge of power, and one by one, they took to the skies.
"Damn you, old man! I’ll chop you to pieces!" Chi Yitong roared wildly, wielding a flaming cleaver as he charged toward the shadowy demon.
"Hmph, nothing more than the futile rage of ants!"
The shadowy demon waved his hand, and a wave of black mist engulfed Chi Yitong.
Chi Yitong, mid-flight, was instantly dealt a heavy blow. Blood spurted from his mouth as he plummeted from the sky like a bird with broken wings.
"Fourth Brother!"
The disciples watching from behind let out furious roars.
"You deserve to die! Fight me one-on-one if you dare!"
Hong Fengkuang, who had only half-recovered his body, charged straight at the shadowy demon.
"Ha, one-on-one? You’re not worthy," the demon sneered, casually swatting Hong Fengkuang.
Hong Fengkuang’s half-formed body exploded once again.
At the same time, tendrils of black mist, like a parasitic plague, crawled over Hong Fengkuang’s meridians, bones, and hair. His body writhed in agony, as if subjected to some unspeakable torture, thrashing on the ground like a fish out of water.
"Damn it!"
Su Yunyun’s eyes burned with fury as she watched this scene. Gripping her sword, she charged forward.
But what awaited her was yet another wave of black mist.
The terrifying mist enveloped her completely, mercilessly attacking every nerve in her body. The pain was a thousand, no, a million times worse than being flayed alive!
Just then, a figure suddenly appeared behind the shadowy demon.
"Die, you bastard."
Wu Chang'an’s face darkened as he spoke in a low voice. This was his life-saving talisman, a talisman of assassination.
The talisman transformed into a humanoid figure, its fist aimed directly at the back of the demon’s head.
"Boom!"
The shadowy demon merely chuckled nonchalantly, casually waving his hand to meet the talisman’s fist.
The talisman’s figure exploded instantly.
"Clever tricks, but before the Heavenly Dao, your petty schemes are useless," the demon sneered, his voice dripping with disdain.
"Chang'an!"
"Tsk..."
At this moment, Su Yunyun, still engulfed in the black mist, endured the torment and bit the tip of her tongue. A stream of hot, crimson blood shot out like an arrow, aimed directly at the shadowy demon.
This was her lifeblood, condensed with all her vitality and life force.
After unleashing this attack, she collapsed, on the brink of death.
"Ding!"
But the blood arrow was easily blocked by the demon’s hand, as if a raindrop had struck metal, producing a crisp sound. It failed to harm the demon in the slightest.
"Hah, ants will always be ants. You can never shake the heavens," the demon sneered.
The black mist, like crawling insects, began to devour Su Yunyun’s fortune while tearing apart her flesh and bones.
"Senior Sister! Senior Brother! Junior Brother!"
Bai Qiyu’s eyes turned bloodshot as he watched his fellow disciples suffer such excruciating torment. His mind went blank, but the cold laughter of the demon and the agonized screams of his comrades echoed in his ears.
His eyes grew redder, and his aura became increasingly violent.
A white light began to emanate from his fists, growing brighter and brighter until it became blinding in just a few breaths.
In an instant, he had unlocked his latent potential, entering a state of berserk fury!
Even as the black mist entangled him, his cloak billowed as he let out a furious roar and launched a devastating punch toward the shadowy demon.
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.”
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.
close your eyes and open them again, only to find yourself transmigrated into the role of a villainous male supporting character. Readers familiar with urban wish-fulfillment novels know that it is only through the relentless antics of the villainous male supporting character that the plot between the male and female leads can progress. As the villainous male supporting character, Long Aotian not only has to bully the female lead, harass the second female lead, and flirt with the third female lead, but he also has to go all out to antagonize the male lead. In the end, when his body is discovered, he is still clutching half a moldy fried dough stick in his hand. Fully aware of the plot, Long Aotian is determined to change his fate, starting with the female lead! In the beginning, the female lead lacks confidence: "Big brother, I hope I didn't scare you?" In the middle, the female lead treads carefully: "Brother Long, please don't hit me, okay?" Later on, the female lead becomes coquettishly clingy: "Aotian, it's time to pay the 'public grain' tonight." Long Aotian's legs go weak, and he feels like crying: "I taught you to be thick-skinned, not shameless!"
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…
