Ning Yu picked up the Blood Kite that had fallen into her hand.
At first glance, it didn’t seem to have changed much, but along with the Blood Kite, a strangely designed scabbard had also descended.
It looked like a buy-one-get-one deal.
**[Blood Kite: Legendary]**
**[Experience: 0/0]**
**[Enchanted (Blossom): Grants the wielder +12 stamina and +12 spirit when equipped.]**
**[Passive Skills: Blazing Embrace, Curse of Weakness.]**
**[Active Skills: Blood Mirror, Myriad Instant Slash.]**
*(Repeated skill descriptions have been omitted.)*
Ning Yu glanced at the changes to the Blood Kite itself. Aside from the enchantment effects upgrading from +6/+3 to +12/+12, the other skill effects didn’t seem to have changed much.
Was this all the improvement a weapon got when upgrading to the legendary tier?
She then turned her attention to the scabbard beside it. The scabbard was a deep ashen brown, adorned with intricate carvings of irises.
Beside the irises, butterflies were depicted in mid-flight, so lifelike they seemed ready to flutter away.
The irises, which were supposed to be purple, were instead a deep crimson on the scabbard, as were the butterflies. The flowers and butterflies intertwined, a hauntingly beautiful dance of blood-red hues.
**[Song of the Kite: Legendary]**
**[Experience: 0/0]**
**[Special Ability: Perch. The Song of the Kite can be embedded within the host’s body, allowing the host to automatically recover from any non-fatal injuries within 3 seconds.]**
**[Active Skill: Heartblade. Combines the Blood Kite and the Song of the Kite, granting the Blood Kite a new set of Heartblade skills.]**
**[Additional Skill: Heartblade * Perception. Allows the host to see the death lines of any object for 0.5 seconds, with a cooldown of 30 minutes.]**
**[Additional Skill: Heartblade * Iris Flash. A draw-cut technique that allows the user to instantly reposition while slashing all targets along the path. If used while in Heartblade * Perception mode, attacking along the death lines will result in instant death for the target. Cooldown: 72 hours.]**
Ning Yu took the scabbard in her other hand and couldn’t help but marvel. It seemed all the benefits of the upgrade had gone into this new scabbard.
First, the **Perch** ability was incredibly powerful. Shen Yiyue’s healing required her to expend her spirit and had to be done through physical contact.
But with this ability, as long as the scabbard was embedded in her body, any non-fatal injuries sustained within 3 seconds—save for attacks like the burning flames of Morning Star and Leviathan, or the T-virus—could be completely healed.
As for the Heartblade skills, **Heartblade * Perception** was a terrifying ability. Under Ning Yu’s **High-Level Detection**, she could already see the death lines of mid-tier and lower mutated zombies.
Against attacks based on the death lines, they had almost no resistance.
But this **Heartblade * Perception** allowed Ning Yu to see the death lines of *all* objects, meaning that in her vision, whether it was living zombies, humans, or even inanimate objects like stones and sand, everything would reveal its destined end through these lines.
Everything in the universe had a predetermined endpoint, and now Ning Yu could bestow that end upon them equally, no matter what they were.
She hung the scabbard at her side, bending slightly as she swung the Blood Kite with her right hand, performing a sheathing motion.
When the Blood Kite was still at the epic tier, it didn’t have a scabbard, so Ning Yu had never had the chance to use this move before.
As the Blood Kite and the scabbard merged into one, the **Heartblade * Perception** and **Heartblade * Iris Flash** skills in Ning Yu’s skill bar immediately lit up.
Ning Yu activated **Heartblade * Perception**, and her vision of the world transformed.
Everything around her—including herself and even the Blood Kite—was marked with red and purple lines, just like the weak points of the zombies.
These lines glowed faintly, filling her field of vision.
After 0.5 seconds, the world returned to normal.
Ning Yu hadn’t expected there to be so many concepts of “death” or “endings” existing in the world.
She pondered that “life” and “death” were opposites yet unified. If the world was filled with vibrant and colorful “life,” then the unseen “death” must be equally abundant.
As she reflected, Ning Yu felt her understanding of the death lines deepen further.
She drew the Blood Kite from the scabbard again, exiting **Heartblade** mode.
She stored the Blood Kite in her system space but kept the scabbard out.
Ning Yu walked over to Shen Yiyue, who was still asleep in a cloud of gray mist. After Ning Yu had taken the **Origin of Time** from her earlier, Shen Yiyue’s body had become incredibly weak.
As Ning Yu approached, the gray mist dissipated, and Shen Yiyue fell from it, her soft, fragrant body landing in Ning Yu’s arms.
Ning Yu raised the scabbard, **Song of the Kite**, and placed it next to Shen Yiyue’s body. The scabbard began to emit a faint red glow.
She activated **Perch**, but instead of embedding it in her own body, she placed it within Shen Yiyue’s.
After Ning Yu had used the **Gate of Xuanpin**, Shen Yiyue’s abilities had likely degraded significantly, leaving her with little means to protect herself.
The **Song of the Kite** trembled slightly, becoming semi-transparent before slowly merging into Shen Yiyue’s body.
Ning Yu could clearly feel Shen Yiyue’s body warming up, her breathing becoming steady and strong.
A faint crimson iris pattern appeared on Shen Yiyue’s forehead, its saturation low enough to not be too conspicuous.
It complemented Shen Yiyue’s jet-black hair perfectly.
Ning Yu reached out, brushing aside the bangs on Shen Yiyue’s forehead to reveal the iris pattern. She thought it made Shen Yiyue look even more beautiful.
She touched her own forehead, relieved that she hadn’t embedded the scabbard in herself. Otherwise, it might have overlapped with the golden vortex pattern already there, creating a tacky, mismatched look.
If the **Song of the Kite** had a consciousness, it would probably never have imagined being so unceremoniously dismissed.
Suddenly, Ning Yu noticed Shen Yiyue’s eyelashes fluttering. Her eyes opened, filled with confusion.
It was as if she had just woken from a long dream, though it didn’t seem to have been a nightmare.
A faint smile lingered on her face.
Shen Yiyue suddenly realized she was being carried princess-style by Ning Yu. She bit her lip shyly, her cheeks flushing slightly.
She squirmed a little before Ning Yu set her down.
“Xiao Yu? What’s going on?”
She seemed completely disoriented.
“The situation is, we’ve finally reached the Steins Gate worldline,” Ning Yu said with a smile, dropping a reference Shen Yiyue didn’t understand.
y came from. The chests contained supplies, currency, class-change scrolls, skills, talents… and even godhood! The laws of the world were completely rewritten. This became a world where everyone gambled with their fate! Some people, despite having nothing, opened a divine artifact and rose to the top, eventually ruling the world. Others went bankrupt, opened nothing but worthless junk, and leaped from skyscrapers in despair. Lin Ye arrived in this world from another reality, utterly bewildered. “What is going on? Why is everyone a gambling addict?!” “Opening chests? No way. I refuse to gamble. I’ll start with myself!” Until— On his first chest, he obtained a Mythic Talent: Void Incarnation! He could become completely intangible, pass through all things, and reduce everything to nothingness! … On his fiftieth chest, he obtained a Mythic Weapon: Blade of Karma! With a single slash, karma shattered, twisting the universe and overturning the myriad phenomena of creation! … On his ninety-ninth chest, he obtained a Mythic Divine Treasure: Primordial Purple Energy! It could split open the heavens and earth, create all things, and evolve countless worlds with a single thought! Lin Ye: “Now that I think about it… shouldn’t someone have told me that every chest is guaranteed to contain something Mythic?!”
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…
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.”
orn and Humiliation】【Forced Love】 In his past life, Lin Ran was betrayed and murdered by his girlfriend and family, while the yandere female aristocrat, who had treated him as a mere plaything, avenged him by doing in his enemies. Upon seeing the yandere female aristocrat lying in the same coffin, ready to die with him, Lin Ran realized how profoundly mistaken he had been. Reborn, he abandoned the fickle campus beauty and wholeheartedly embraced the yandere female aristocrat's arms. "Ran! If I dig out your eyes and turn them into a specimen, you'll only be able to look at me!" Lin Ran: "Darling, kiss me!" "Ran! If I break your legs, you won't run away anymore, right?" Lin Ran: "Love, hold me tight!" "Ran! If..." Lin Ran: "Hush now! Love me more!" Luo Yao: ... Seeing his scumbag dad: "Take him out!" Seeing his stepmother: "Get rid of her!" Seeing his brother: "Eliminate him!" Seeing his white moonlight: "Send that to Southeast Asia!"
