Ye Chuan's gaze slowly fell on the boiling quicksand beneath his feet.
His divine sense swept across the ground without any response, which could only mean that the monster guarding this floor, as well as the entrance to the next floor, were all hidden deep beneath this desert.
"Hiding pretty deep, aren't we," Ye Chuan scoffed, raising his hand to snap his fingers.
In an instant, thick chaotic black mist surged out from behind him. From within the black mist, an armored giant draped in dark purple flames slowly stepped out. The giant was tens of meters tall, holding a pitch-black Hammer of Dusk entwined with black light. It was none other than one of Ye Chuan's chaotic avatars—Della.
The moment the giant landed, the entire desert trembled slightly.
"Smash," Ye Chuan casually ordered with a lift of his chin after shielding everyone.
Della gave a slight nod, gripped the Hammer of Dusk tightly, and slammed it fiercely into the ground!
"Boom—!!!"
A deafening explosion erupted. The moment the hammer fell, terrifying power spread wildly across the ground, causing the entire desert to heave violently like ocean waves!
Countless streams of quicksand surged and blasted outward, the ground splitting into dense ravines, and even the distant sand dunes collapsed from the shockwave.
With this hammer strike, let alone a monster hidden underground, even a fortress cast from steel would be smashed to pieces.
Sure enough, before the tremors even subsided, the quicksand beneath their feet suddenly began to churn madly. A fierce aura, far more brutal than all the previous lesser mobs combined, erupted from deep underground!
"Careful!" Tian Xiaotian instantly gripped her spirit sword and stood in front of Luo Xi and Ye Yue, her eyes turning vigilant.
The next second, the ground exploded!
A colossal beast violently broke out from the quicksand, kicking up a sky full of yellow sand.
The monster was entirely covered in thick, pitch-black bone-like scales. Two thick, curved horns on its head gleamed with a cold light. Its four limbs were as thick as towering pillars, and its tail trailed a row of sharp bone spikes.
At this moment, the monster's crimson vertical pupils stared dead-on at the group before it. It snorted searing white steam from its nostrils and let out a deafening roar.
"A Horned Dragon," Wang Yanran recognized the monster. "This is the first time I've seen such a strong Horned Dragon."
Its aura was firmly at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage!
Such strength, if placed in the real world, would be a terrifying existence capable of sweeping through a nation's superpower forces. No wonder the top-tier squads that came in before were completely wiped out here. This guarding boss alone was not something level thirty super martial artists could contend with.
Seeing this mountain-like monster, Lan Xiaoke instantly shrank her neck and quietly took two steps back. Bending over, she hid behind Luo Xi, only poking out half of her little head, pretending to look at the distant scenery, playing the fool without any hesitation.
Ye Chuan glanced at her and couldn't help but laugh:
"Weren't you just shouting about taking them out with one punch each? What, chickening out already?"
"I-I am not!" Lan Xiaoke stubbornly shouted back.
"This thing is just too ugly, I'm afraid it'll dirty my gloves! You do it!"
"Alright, all of you step back a bit." Ye Chuan waved his hand and took a step forward.
"I'll just use this thing for some practice to test out the Origin Magic."
He originally wanted to let the girls practice a bit more, but this peak Nascent Soul monster was already beyond what they could handle at their current stage. If they really fought, they would inevitably get hurt.
More importantly, he could use this opportunity to thoroughly grasp the mechanics of the Origin Magic's law of words.
The Horned Dragon seemed enraged by Ye Chuan's nonchalant attitude. It suddenly lowered its head, aiming its sharp horns at Ye Chuan, and stamped its four hooves fiercely into the ground. Its massive body charged madly toward Ye Chuan like an out-of-control heavy-duty truck!
Wherever it passed, the quicksand was plowed into two deep trenches, and the ground trembled along with it. A fierce aura rushed forward, as if it was going to smash Ye Chuan to pieces in the next second.
But Ye Chuan stood in place, not even moving a foot. Looking at the charging monster, he faintly spat out one word: "Barrier."
The moment his voice fell, a transparent white wall of light instantly formed in front of him, seamlessly blocking the Horned Dragon's charge.
"Bang—!!!"
A deafening crash erupted. The Horned Dragon's sharp horns slammed fiercely into the barrier, but the seemingly thin wall of light didn't budge an inch. Instead, the Horned Dragon itself was violently sent flying by the massive rebound force. Its huge body crashed heavily into the quicksand, sliding more than ten meters away and collapsing a small sand dune before stopping.
It shook its head, clearly dazed by the impact. Its crimson eyes were filled with fury as it let out another deafening roar, struggling to its feet, ready to charge again.
Ye Chuan raised an eyebrow, finding it somewhat interesting. He spoke again, still just a light word:
"Sword."
In an instant, a sky full of white sword shadows formed behind him, dense as a rainstorm. Each sword shadow carried the rule power of Origin Magic, sharp to the extreme.
As Ye Chuan lifted his fingertip, countless sword shadows shot toward the Horned Dragon like meteors!
"Pfft, pfft—"
The sword shadows accurately pierced into the gaps of the Horned Dragon's scales. Blood instantly spurted out, dyeing the yellow sand beneath it red.
The Horned Dragon let out an agonizing roar, its body instantly covered in dense wounds. But the ferocity in its bones was completely stimulated. Instead of retreating, it lowered its head again and charged madly toward Ye Chuan against the sky full of sword shadows, looking like it wouldn't stop until one of them was dead.
"Oh? Quite the hot-blooded one, still trying to hiss at me in this situation?" Ye Chuan raised an eyebrow, losing his mood to continue playing around.
He tapped his fingertip lightly, looking at the charging Horned Dragon, and faintly spat out one word:
"Die."
The Horned Dragon's forward charge suddenly froze. Its massive body paused in place for two seconds, the light in its crimson vertical pupils rapidly fading before it collapsed with a crash, kicking up a sky full of yellow sand.
Word Spirit. Just a single word Die, and it took effect.
Such an ability was simply too strong.
Although Ye Chuan himself could easily one-shot this Horned Dragon anyway, he still liked to experiment with his Origin Magic.
Good stuff, good stuff. As expected of Great Aunt Lilith.
After instantly killing the opponent, Ye Chuan looked at the massive corpse not far away. He seemed to be moved by the beast's bloody courage to keep charging at him even while its body was pierced by countless blades—
He spoke faintly: "Stand up."
Black mist appeared and devoured the corpse.
A few seconds later, the black mist dispersed. The colossal beast slowly stood up, lowered its huge head toward Ye Chuan, bent its front hooves, and knelt on one knee, completely becoming his new chaotic avatar.
"Not bad, not bad. From now on, you are my Truck-kun. I can send whoever I want to another world." Ye Chuan patted the Horned Dragon avatar.
And right inside the deep underground pit where the Horned Dragon had originally laid dormant, a portal glowing with a dark black halo slowly revealed itself—
It was none other than the entrance to the fifth floor.
ine. During your journey, you save an abandoned baby girl and become her elder brother】 【You rely on each other, becoming each other's support】 【At the end of the simulation, you shield the now-grown girl with your life, sacrificing yourself to block numerous demonic cultivators. You die, and the light in the girl's eyes fades】 …… 【Second Simulation: You are transported to a world where steam and magic coexist】 【You immerse yourself in the study of magic, obsessed with its research. One day, while out, you encounter a half-blooded demon girl wandering the streets. You take her in as your student】 【You teach the demoness what it means to be human, show her the beauty of the world, and nurture her into a miracle that surpasses even the gods】 【At the end of the simulation, you die of old age in front of the nearly immortal demoness due to your mortal lifespan】 …… One simulation after another, one encounter after another. Xu Xi suddenly felt something was off: "Wait, you said you're coming to the real world to find me?"
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.
transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”
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."
