[Azure Flood Dragon King and the others unconsciously retreated a considerable distance.]
[The old girl Duobao was gone, taking with her the spiritual treasures she had just lent to Azure Flood Dragon King and the others.]
[With top-grade spiritual treasures in hand, a group of Earthly Realm cultivators had dared to exchange blows with a Heaven-Reaching Realm expert.]
[Without those powerful treasures, they had to think twice about relying solely on their own foundations and cultivation.]
[But divine abilities were mysterious powers. Used properly, they could make killing an enemy across realms entirely possible.]
[That was why a Heaven-Reaching Realm expert could not afford to underestimate an Earthly Realm opponent.]
[Facing the top powerhouse who held sway over Firelight Star, your expression remained calm and carefree. You even looked faintly amused.]
“You’re from the Dragonkin, aren’t you?”
[Demon Calamity True Lord let out a mocking laugh. He raised an arm covered in black scales and shook the leathery wings on his back.]
“Isn’t it obvious?”
“Obvious? It’s painfully obvious…”
[Hold it in. Don’t laugh!]
“Cut the crap and answer my question!”
[Demon Calamity True Lord slapped you from a distance. The air pressure around you suddenly surged, and a gale as massive as a mountain came roaring at you, sending you flying like a feather.]
[The Female Heavenly Emperor’s red bellyband deflected part of the force, but the gale came from every direction, so you were still blown away.]
[You had no idea how many trees you broke or how many mountains you crashed through.]
[All you could feel was wave after wave of excruciating pain. Wolverine’s regenerative ability kept healing your wounds, only for the impacts to tear them open again.]
[It was agonizing.]
[A black shadow flashed before your eyes, moving incredibly fast.]
[It was not Demon Calamity True Lord himself, but a shadow he had released—one that resembled his own form.]
[The shadow had substance. Dodging the red bellyband, it seized you by the back of the neck and slammed you against the ground, grinding you across the earth all the way back from the distant battlefield to the vicinity of Profound Maiden Town.]
[You struggled against it the entire time, but numerous forces you could not understand suppressed and restrained you.]
[You guessed that these were probably divine abilities.]
[Demon Calamity True Lord completely overwhelmed you with his strength.]
[If he had wanted you dead, your simulation would already have ended.]
[But he wanted to know why you could attract the Female Heavenly Emperor’s relics, so he had merely been giving you a warning.]
[Seeing you stand up again, your wounds healing at a speed visible to the naked eye, Demon Calamity True Lord showed a hint of surprise.]
“Your injuries are healing awfully fast. You must possess some kind of special constitution.”
[You could clearly see the killing intent in Demon Calamity True Lord’s eyes.]
[Before, he had regarded you as nothing more than an insignificant ant. Now, it was obvious that he was calculating how he could kill you.]
[Seeing how brutally Demon Calamity True Lord had toyed with you, Azure Flood Dragon King and the other Earthly Realm cultivators had already begun considering retreat.]
“Demon Calamity True Lord isn’t even after the Profound Fire Mirror anymore. He’s willing to fight for that human brat’s jade slip…”
“Sure enough, the jade slip is the most valuable treasure!”
“What a pity we failed to get our hands on it earlier. What a tremendous opportunity we missed!”
[You continued to answer the wrong question. Facing Demon Calamity True Lord, who was far stronger than you, your eyes actually held a trace of disdain.]
“Dragonkin, you’re a defeated opponent! I advise you to hand over all the treasures on you and call me Grandpa three times. I might consider sparing your life!”
[Your words left everyone watching utterly dumbfounded.]
[They looked at you as if you were an idiot.]
[Demon Calamity True Lord showed no emotional reaction whatsoever. He merely snorted.]
“In that case, I can only kill you, then spend a little effort preserving your soul before finding someone from the Netherworld to extract your memories…”
[He had mentioned the Netherworld.]
[You remembered that the Netherworld was supposed to be part of the Void Realm, responsible for managing the souls of every living being within it.]
[Apparently, that was not the case.]
[Demon Calamity True Lord attacked again.]
[With a furious roar, the black flames swirling around him once more condensed into a gigantic shadow—an enlarged version of his own body.]
[Demon Calamity True Lord threw a punch. The impact carried the massive shadow with it as it came hurtling toward you with murderous force.]
[The shadow had yet to arrive, but the force of the punch already made it impossible for you to stand steadily.]
[The soil and shattered stones beneath your feet trembled. As the attack drew closer, they gradually lifted into the air and shot skyward at high speed.]
[You neither dodged nor retreated. Stomping down with both feet, you drove half your legs into the ground and planted yourself firmly in place.]
[You removed the red bellyband and began spinning it in your hand, making it serve as a shield before you. You hid your entire body behind it.]
[Your current stance looked just like Captain America holding up his shield.]
[Demon Calamity True Lord’s attack was completely reflected by the red bellyband.]
[That was how absurdly unreasonable the Female Heavenly Emperor’s relic was.]
[But your opponent was still stronger.]
[You reflected the shadow he had released, but his true body circled around the red bellyband from above and pounced straight at your back.]
“Human ant! Die!”
[Demon Calamity True Lord’s massive claw reached down toward the back of your head.]
[That blow was powerful enough to crush your skull!]
[Azure Flood Dragon King, Know-It-All, and the others watching were preparing to leave.]
[They knew the outcome had already been decided—or rather, that the outcome had never been in doubt from the beginning.]
[How could someone in the Core Formation Realm possibly defeat an opponent in the Heaven-Reaching Realm?]
[The Female Heavenly Emperor’s jade slip was destined to fall into the hands of the Heavenly Calamity Sect.]
[Some people were already speculating that, with the Female Heavenly Emperor’s inheritance, the Heavenly Calamity Sect would advance even further and become the sole ruling power on Firelight Star—or perhaps even a colossal force spanning multiple worlds.]
[Yet what happened next shocked everyone present!]
[Faced with Demon Calamity True Lord’s swift and vicious attack, accompanied by numerous divine abilities that restrained your body…]
[At this unavoidable dead end, your right hand actually rose.]
[For that brief instant, Demon Calamity True Lord showed a trace of surprise.]
[He was cautious by nature. Even though you were two entire major realms below him and could not use divine abilities, he had still used divine abilities to suppress your body and render you immobile.]
[How had you managed to raise that hand?]
[However, Demon Calamity True Lord did not stop his attack.]
“So what if you can raise one hand?”
[It was nothing more than a dying struggle.]
[That was what he thought—until, when he drew near, that hand effortlessly severed his arm, then plunged straight through his chest and emerged from his back!]
“Thump! Thump! Thump!”
[It was a heart drenched in fresh blood.]
[Even after your right hand tore it from Demon Calamity True Lord’s chest, it continued beating powerfully, pumping the blood remaining inside it through the vessels.]
[The entire area fell silent.]
[Whether they were the cultivators watching or those still fighting over the treasures, every one of them was speechless.]
[They stared at Demon Calamity True Lord’s heart throbbing in your hand, utterly unable to speak.]
[But the most terrifying part had yet to come.]
[Demon Calamity True Lord’s body crashed to the ground, but he had not died.]
“This… How is this possible…”
[Demon Calamity True Lord flew into a rage, his eyes erupting with red flashes. He was on the verge of entering the second phase.]
[“Crack…”]
[Your two hands pried open the top of Demon Calamity True Lord’s skull like lifting the lid off a jar, then stirred around inside.]
] [Lone Wolf, No Male Gaze] [Protagonist is pursued early on; extreme protagonist-stans, stay away!] The "Carnival Paradise" descends and slowly devours the real world in the form of a game. By chance, Zhu Yan awakens the talent [Roleplay], becoming one of the first beta players. He thought he could develop safely, but after clearing the first instance, he is branded by humanity as the chief culprit behind the game's spread—a traitorous villain. A villain? Who would ever... become one! He'll be the villain! From then on, Zhu Yan is not only a player but also a lackey for the Carnival Paradise. Between the straight path and the crooked path, he chooses the con. With his left hand, he dons the villain's mantle, staging scenes within instances, infuriating players who decry him as a despicable traitor, all while the game happily promotes him. With his right hand, he joins the non-human organization "Fangcun Mountain," which opposes the Carnival Paradise, transforming into a mysterious player who slaughters game bosses, earning cheers of "Long live the expert!" from fellow players. Gradually, Zhu Yan rises to become an S-rank human player in Fangcun Mountain's archives, while also being the Carnival Paradise's certified top game Boss. But when the final war erupts and both major factions place their hopes in him— Players tag his various aliases: "Experts, this offensive depends on you." The Carnival Paradise's supreme Boss throws an arm around his neck: "Bro, you're the iron, I'm the steel; you can't let me down again!"
【Prologue: The Beginning of It All – Use holy water to heal the saintess tainted by demonic energy, then converse with her.】 Shen Nian stared at his older sister sipping yogurt, lost in thought. So you’re telling me my sister is the saintess, and yogurt is the holy water? 【Main Quest 1: Brave Youth, Become an Adventurer! Reward: Rookie Adventurer Title.】 【Side Quest 1: Find the Adorable Kitty! Reward: 1000 Gold Coins.】 Shen Nian: "Wait, I’m a high school senior here—did some guy who got isekai’d accidentally bind his system to me?" Hold on, completing quests gives gold rewards? Titles even boost stats? Is this for real? (A lighthearted, absurd campus comedy—not a revenge power fantasy.)
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!
