"A seventh-tier half-dragon warrior, and I'm currently at the fourth tier, which means..." Ye Chuan counted on his fingers, "Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Crystallization, Golden Core..."
"Nascent Soul... Etherealization... Dao Comprehension..."
"So this guy's at the Dao Comprehension realm?" Ye Chuan suddenly realized. No wonder this lord was so hard to deal with—his combat power was on par with Qin Tianya, the sect master of the Qingyun Sect.
Back then, Qin Tianya had instantly obliterated him in one strike, but the fatal damage was reflected back due to Ye Chuan's immunity trigger.
Fearing that lethal counterattack, Qin Tianya had kept his distance, letting Ye Chuan's magic resistance work to his advantage. But Kaiaolen was different—he just charged in and threw two punches without hesitation.
"This little dragon is so annoying." Ye Chuan muttered under his breath before turning his gaze to Irena, who sat despondently on a rock.
Her ears drooped low, her fingers fidgeted nervously, and her emerald-green eyes were filled with confusion.
Putting himself in her shoes, Ye Chuan could understand. Her entire family was dead, yet she had to wear their skins and interact with others with a smile every day. And now, the pillar of support she had painstakingly found was trying to capture her—anyone would be lost in such a situation.
Not to mention, even that big oaf Torres had been captured.
"Torres... right, what about Torres?" At this point, the only person Irena could rely on seemed to be Ye Chuan beside her.
"What can we do? I can't save him." Ye Chuan shrugged.
He was no match for that little dragon. Its scales were too tough—Ye Chuan's sword couldn't even scratch it, and activating his void form was pointless.
"Lord XiXi..." Irena tugged at Ye Chuan's sleeve, looking up at him with pleading eyes like an abandoned little animal.
Ye Chuan tilted his head.
"You know, since that little dragon isn't actually possessed by the skin-wearing monsters, maybe we can negotiate?"
That was Irena's thought. If she could just make Count Kangong believe her, Torres wouldn't be in any danger either.
"But... he doesn't seem to trust me."
"I don’t think he necessarily distrusts you." Ye Chuan suddenly smiled.
Irena tilted her head in confusion. "?"
"If my guess is right..." Ye Chuan pondered for a moment before grinning. "Alright, let’s run a little test."
"A... test?"
"But before that, there are still some things I need to investigate." Ye Chuan waved his hand, and a dark mist began to spread. A figure clad in armor appeared beside him.
This was...
"A familiar?" Irena gasped. Did Ye Chuan have this ability all along?
"Familiar? Well, you can think of it that way. Della, stay here and protect Irena. I’m heading into the city." Ye Chuan commanded the Rider of the End.
Della remained silent, merely gripping her small hammer and standing by Irena’s side.
Staring at the armored figure beside her, Irena tried to strike up a conversation, but Della gave no response—only the flicker of flames seeping through the gaps in her armor.
"Here’s some water and food. Stay here for now. I’ll be back." Ye Chuan tossed the supplies down before vanishing in a flash.
"Lord XiXi..."
...
Milar City. Ye Chuan had returned.
This time, however, he wore a mask and a different coat—at least no one here would recognize him now.
"Let’s see..." His eyes scanned the alleys and edges of the streets, searching for something.
Finally, his gaze settled on a group of ragged children. Unlike the passersby, their clothes were filthy, and some even had missing limbs.
These were street kids—wanderers who knew the city’s secrets better than anyone.
One half-grown girl stared intently at the crowd, as if waiting for an opportunity.
Then, she spotted a plump coin pouch on a passing woman’s belt and stealthily moved closer.
"Hey." A hand suddenly tapped her shoulder.
"Ah?!" The girl yelped, tumbling onto the ground. When she saw Ye Chuan’s smiling face, she scrambled to run.
Ye Chuan flashed in front of her, blocking her path.
"Oof!" She crashed into him and fell again, too weak to stand.
She was painfully thin, as if she hadn’t eaten in days. Curling into a ball, she covered her head, bracing for a beating.
But instead of pain, she heard a question: "Kid, I’ve got some questions for you."
The girl slowly sat up, eyeing Ye Chuan warily. Her clothes were tattered, her feet bare, her whole body covered in grime.
"If your answers satisfy me, this money’s yours. Deal?" Ye Chuan dangled a few silver coins with a grin.
The girl stood, studying the coins skeptically. "Liar."
"Liar?"
"You won’t give me anything, even if I answer." She seemed used to being tricked.
Seeing her prickly defiance, Ye Chuan tossed the coins. She caught them instinctively, clutching the cold metal tightly in her palm.
"Well?"
"..." She stayed silent, but her stomach betrayed her with an audible growl.
"I’ve got more." Ye Chuan smiled, pulling out two more coins.
The girl gulped. "W-what do you want to know?"
"Simple. Any strange happenings in the city lately? Especially about Count Kangong."
At the mention of the count, fear flickered in her eyes.
"I... I can’t tell you."
"Oh?" Ye Chuan held out his hand. "Then give the money back."
"N-no! Fine, I’ll talk."
Under his expectant gaze, she relented.
"The lord’s manor... people go in sometimes, but most don’t come out. And the ones who do... they act weird."
"Interesting. What kind of people does he take?"
"All kinds. Maids, street kids like us... but no one ever really leaves."
"Anything else?"
"N-no... wait." She hesitated, then fell silent again.
"Thought of something?"
"People say... the lord’s turned into a monster. That he eats people."
"I see." Having gotten what he needed, Ye Chuan straightened up. The girl tensed, gripping the coins like her life depended on it.
Seeing her pitiful state, he tossed a small pouch of silver at her feet.
"Keep it."
"?!" The girl instinctively picked it up and opened it, only to find several hundred silver coins inside!
She looked up, but Ye Chuan had already vanished.
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?!
ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
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!
tions: attribute allocation, analysis, proficiency, and simulation. Specializing in mechanical alchemy, from crafting sorcerous battle armor to handcrafting mechanical maidens, his mechanical legion conquers endless realms... Relying on his wits, he begins with a student-teacher romance, wins over a female director, enslaves a female assassin and a underworld queen, becoming the husband of a Grand Duchess... He enslaves the Goddess of Magic from the divine realm, developing his power simultaneously in both the Wizard World and the Realm of Gods...
