"She's out of bullets! Keep going..."
The man nicknamed Goat, who had been hiding behind, stopped mid-sentence as he glanced around. Aside from the man called Wolf hiding behind a pillar, he was the only one left from the Dark Palace team.
Their earlier confidence had come from the fact that Xie Yuyan was severely injured, but the sudden turn of events had caught them off guard. In just a few breaths, most of their team had been wiped out by Xie Yuyan.
"Damn it... Is this woman a monster? How is she still moving like this?"
Wolf tightened his grip on his weapon, his nerves on edge as he kept his eyes fixed on the gap, watching Xie Yuyan's every move. He had already pulled the pin on a smoke grenade, ready to use his most prized skill at the slightest sign of danger.
"Click."
"Step... step..."
A figure emerged from the gap, and Xie Yuyan slowly stepped out. In her hand was a bayonet, and if one looked into her eyes, they would see a deep, unfocused blue that filled her entire irises, like a dead sea—anyone who fell into it would surely perish.
Goat, with his sharp eyes, noticed that Xie Yuyan's wounds were still bleeding. After a full day of pursuit, she must have been at the end of her rope. He immediately pulled out a pistol from his coat, aiming it at Xie Yuyan. But just as he was about to pull the trigger, a flying dagger struck, embedding itself straight into his head.
"How... how could this..."
Goat stared in disbelief, unable to comprehend how Xie Yuyan's thrown dagger had been too fast for even him to react. His eyes widened as he collapsed to the ground.
After watching Goat fall, Xie Yuyan shifted her gaze to Wolf, who was dressed in a suit. She looked at him as if he were already dead and said, "You're next."
"......"
Wolf didn't say a word, but the fear in his eyes was evident. He was terrified of Xie Yuyan's terrifying state. Goat's gun was too far away, and trying to retrieve it would only expose his weaknesses.
No... If this keeps up, I'm dead! I have to... I have to take a gamble!
Wolf glanced down at the poison-coated talon knife in his hand.
If I can just inflict a wound on her, I can escape. Anyone poisoned by this will suffer excruciating pain, as if being devoured by thousands of insects, before bleeding from every orifice and dying. As for an antidote... there isn't one.
"Yah!"
Wolf threw a smoke grenade at Xie Yuyan's feet. As the smoke erupted from the concrete floor, Xie Yuyan was instantly enveloped in the haze.
Xie Yuyan stood still, unmoving, as if waiting for Wolf to make his move. Her lifeless eyes stared straight ahead.
"Whoosh!"
At that moment, Wolf burst out of the smoke from behind Xie Yuyan, slashing at her back with his talon knife.
As the blade drew closer to Xie Yuyan, and she still made no move to dodge, Wolf felt a surge of triumph. Victory seemed to be smiling at him.
But just as the knife was about to pierce her back, Xie Yuyan's body reacted instantly. She adjusted her stance and delivered a powerful kick to Wolf's abdomen.
"Ugh!"
Wolf was sent flying back into the smoke, the force of the blow causing him to spit out blood. Gritting his teeth against the pain, he retreated back into the smoke.
Impossible... With so many wounds, her strength should be waning, not increasing! This makes no sense! What's going on? Did she take some kind of stimulant?
No, attacking her from behind isn't working. I need to go for her front. Without any protective gear, she can only rely on her fists and feet. If I can just land one cut, it's over.
With that thought, Wolf lunged at Xie Yuyan again, this time aiming straight for her abdomen.
"Haah!"
Seeing his chance, Wolf put all his strength into this strike. If he didn't succeed now, it would be even harder to kill Xie Yuyan once she was on guard.
"Slash!"
The sound of a blade cutting through flesh echoed as Wolf's talon knife grazed Xie Yuyan's arm. Just as he was about to make his escape, a dark gun barrel was pointed at him.
"A gun?"
At first, Wolf was startled by the gun Xie Yuyan had aimed at his head, but then he remembered that her gun was out of bullets and burst into laughter.
"Cold Snake, have you lost your mind? Do you think I didn't hear your gun click empty earlier?"
Xie Yuyan didn't respond, only staring at him coldly.
"Tch, let's see how long you can keep this up."
Wolf laughed maniacally, reaching out to grab the barrel of Xie Yuyan's gun, a smug grin on his face.
"Do you know what's on my blade? A poison that will kill you in a short time. If you want the antidote, I suggest you let me go. Maybe if I'm in a good mood, I'll tell you where it is."
"So what?"
"Oh? Scared now... Wait, what did you say?"
"What does it matter? You're still going to die."
With that, Xie Yuyan pulled the trigger. A gunshot rang out, and Wolf collapsed to the ground, his expression frozen in disbelief. Until his dying breath, he couldn't understand why Xie Yuyan remained so calm even after being poisoned. Wasn't she running for her life earlier? Why wasn't she afraid of death now? And where did that bullet come from?
But he would never get the chance to figure it out...
As the smoke gradually cleared, Xie Yuyan glanced down at the wound on her arm, indifferent, and tossed the gun aside near a motionless Dark Palace member. Without looking back, she walked toward the gap.
Just as Xie Yuyan stepped through the gap, she froze at the sight of the destroyed ruins. The hand that had once belonged to Ye Feng was nowhere to be seen. She tilted her head and walked step by step to the edge of the ruins, peering closely. In the corner of the rubble, she saw someone breathing heavily, staring directly at her.
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Xie Yuyan's eyes widened, her previously lifeless pupils returning to normal. Her lips trembled slightly, as if she wanted to say something.
"Sorry, I couldn't be of any help."
Ye Feng spoke first, his voice filled with resignation.
"Ye... Ye Feng?"
"Yeah, it's me."
"You... you're okay?"
"Seems like it... but looking at your wounds..."
Before Ye Feng could finish, Xie Yuyan threw herself into his arms, her cries tearing through the air.
"Waaah! Thank goodness! You're alive!"
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…
rowess are unmatched, commanding a million-strong army! Yet, the Emperor wants to depose him for the sake of a false prince? Hold on, are you throwing me into some female-oriented romance plot? How can I tolerate this? With a grand wave of his hand—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! Slander the Emperor? Very well, all of you shall die! ... The False Prince: "Although I am not the biological son, Father and Mother love me more. The throne should be mine!" The Female Lead: "Qin Xiao, you are the Emperor, and I am a commoner. If you wish to marry me, you must abdicate. Otherwise, you will never have me!" The Empress: "After we divorce, you must give me half the empire!" The Transmigrator Consort: "You worthless Emperor, why should I kneel to you? All men are equal—I advise you to be kind!" The Great General: "The enemy general is my childhood sweetheart. For her sake, I willingly abandon the frontier defenses!" The Retired Emperor: "Although Yu'er was adopted, I prefer him. Qin Xiao, you should abdicate and let him become Emperor!" ... Very well! So this is how you want to play? Facing this twisted world of female-oriented tropes, Qin Xiao grins and raises his hand to unleash—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! I am the Emperor. Why would I bother reasoning with you? Seal the gates! Leave none alive!
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.”
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
