Yan Yu spread his hands, the corners of his lips curling up.
His handsome face was full of an expression of watching a good show, and every word he spat out carried cruelty.
"Teacher Li Yan, it seems you can't even protect yourself now."
The response he got was not words, but a thunderclap that shook the valley.
Li Yan turned a deaf ear to the encirclement of the three Demon Generals around him. His body had already become the source of a thunderstorm. Dazzling electric lights burst out from deep within his muscles, outlining his burly figure into an descended God of Thunder.
He took a step forward, and the ground beneath his feet shattered in response.
Thousands of electric snakes surged in all directions with him at the center.
The hunched Bone Spike Demon General let out a sharp, eerie laugh.
He crossed his arms in front of his chest, and countless bone spikes pierced through his skin, weaving into a bone shield.
The electric snakes crashed into the bone shield, producing a sharp, ear-piercing explosion.
The bone spikes broke piece by piece under the electric light, eventually burning into charred dust.
The alluring female demon flicked her snake tongue, leaving an afterimage where she stood as she rapidly drifted backward.
Yan Yu silently dodged, no longer able to be locked onto by sight.
With one strike, he forced back three Demon Generals of the same tier!
The lightning on Li Yan's body grew even more intense.
He raised his hands to the sky, and surprisingly, he forcibly tore an opening in the darkness sealed by demonic power above the firmament.
Thick thunderclouds gathered and tumbled within it.
"Lightning Hell!"
His arms swung down with a mighty force.
Rumble!
Dozens of purple thunderbolts, as thick as buckets, tore through the sky and smashed into the basin, indiscriminately hitting both friend and foe.
The lightning seemed to consciously chase the places with the strongest demonic aura, burning most of the Wind Blade Wolves and low-tier demons crawling on the ground directly into charcoal.
The basin instantly became a purgatory of thunder and lightning.
Chen Guan's gaze moved across the entire battlefield, protecting the three people beside him while casually killing some small mobs.
Li Yan's strength exceeded his expectations.
But every time he triggered the lightning, his aura would weaken a bit. That weakening was extremely hard to detect, but Chen Guan's spiritual power happened to be relatively high, so he could see these subtle changes.
That was his life force being consumed.
"He is burning his life essence."
Baal's voice echoed in Chen Guan's mind, confirming his guess.
"Forcibly raising the level of his power with life force, overdrawing his future in exchange for immediate combat power, just like that silly kid with the sword. Hehehe, I really can't understand humans' boring obsession with protecting others."
Chen Guan did not respond.
Although Li Yan usually had a stinky face and added extra training every day, it was undeniable that he was a good teacher.
On the battlefield, the Lightning Hell gradually subsided.
The figures of the three Demon Generals reappeared.
They all looked somewhat battered, but they hadn't suffered any fatal injuries.
The Bone Spike Demon General half-knelt on the ground, the bone spikes on his body more than half broken.
The female demon's robes were torn in multiple places, leaving behind brands of electric arc burns on her snow-white skin.
Relying on his unreasonable abilities, Yan Yu recovered first and said, "His outburst won't last long. Let's wear him down to death."
Li Yan panted heavily, bloody foam spilling from the corners of his lips, but the battle intent in his eyes was still burning.
He understood that he had no time to waste.
He moved.
Target: Bone Spike Demon General.
His burly figure, wrapped in electric light, became a rushing thunderbolt, charging straight toward the enemy who seemed to be the most heavily injured.
"You're courting death!"
The Bone Spike Demon General felt that he was being treated as a soft persimmon and flew into a rage, firing all the remaining bone spikes on his back.
They wove into an airtight net of bone spikes, sealing off all of Li Yan's paths forward.
Li Yan neither dodged nor evaded.
He let those bone spikes, which were enough to pierce through steel plates, penetrate his shoulders, thighs, and arms.
The sound of flesh being torn was clearly audible.
The splattering blood was instantly evaporated by the electric arcs.
He used his own flesh and blood to smash open a path.
This fearless fighting style made the Bone Spike Demon General's eerie laugh freeze on his face, and for the first time, fear reflected in his pupils.
Right at the moment Li Yan closed in, a silent shadow spread out from under his feet.
Demon General Yan Yu launched a sneak attack.
The shadow condensed into sharp claws, silently piercing toward Li Yan's back.
Li Yan was fully aware of the attack from behind, and his body forcibly deflected half an inch during the extreme sprint.
Pfft!
Although the shadow claw did not hit his heart, it pierced through his left chest, bringing out a spray of hot blood.
The intense pain caused Li Yan's forward momentum to stagnate for a moment.
The Bone Spike Demon General seized this fleeting opportunity and, with a sinister smile, transformed his last and thickest arm bone into a spear, thrusting it toward Li Yan's heart.
However, what greeted him was Li Yan's eyes, burning with lightning.
"Caught you."
Li Yan grinned, and a blood-stained smile bloomed on his face.
He completely ignored the bone spear thrusting at his heart, letting it pierce through his abdomen.
At the same time, he reached out his large hand wrapped in electric light and grabbed the Bone Spike Demon General's head like an iron pincer.
"Uh..."
The Bone Spike Demon General's sinister smile froze on his face.
"Accompany me... to hell!"
The lightning on Li Yan's right arm gathered to its peak, condensing into a tangible lightning spear.
He used all his strength to drive this spear, along with his left arm, through the Bone Spike Demon General's chest.
The lightning burst out inside his body.
The Bone Spike Demon General's body was burst open from the inside by the power of lightning, scattering into chunks of flesh and blood filling the sky.
After doing all this, Li Yan's body swayed.
He looked at the two bloody holes in his chest and abdomen, blood gushing out.
He forcefully pulled out the bone spear stuck in his abdomen and casually threw it on the ground.
[Teacher Li—]
[Trading injury for injury... No, this is trading a life for an injury.]
[One for one... But there are still two on the other side...]
The bullet screen was left with only a dead silence of despair and wails.
To severely injure a Demon General, the price Li Yan paid was heavy.
Every breath he took tugged at the wounds on his chest and abdomen.
The jumping electric arcs on his body began to become intermittent, their light dimming.
An opportunity.
Demon General Yan Yu and the snake-like female demon exchanged a glance and moved at the same time.
This time, Li Yan couldn't keep up with their speed anymore.
The shadow on the ground squirmed, extending dozens of tough chains to bind his limbs, firmly pinning him in place.
He struggled, lightning flashing, but he couldn't break free from this bizarre restraint at the first moment.
The figure of the snake-like female demon appeared in front of him.
She flicked her snake tongue, unmasked pleasure in her eyes.
She brought her nail-polished fingers together, her nails suddenly growing long and turning into five pitch-black sharp blades, easily tearing open the already weak lightning barrier in front of Li Yan.
Pfft!
The sharp claws sank into Li Yan's lower abdomen, frantically churning inside.
Li Yan's burly body convulsed.
He lowered his head, looking at the arm that had pierced through his body.
The lightning burning in his pupils finally extinguished inch by inch.
In the end, only a few faint electric sparks remained, dissipating into the air.
The shadow restraint loosened.
His tall body fell heavily to its knees on the ground.
"Teacher..."
An Changqing and Long Ao had woken up at some unknown time.
They struggled to stand up, but could only powerlessly watch the figure who had always sheltered them from the wind and rain fall down.
Hope was completely shattered.
Yan Yu approached slowly, his black robes dragging across the blood-soaked ground.
He paid no attention to the students. Instead, he stopped in front of the kneeling Li Yan, staring down at him from above.
"You have fulfilled your duty as a teacher."
Yan Yu kept his voice soft, yet the mockery laced within it pierced Li Yan's heart like a jagged blade.
"Now, you can watch with your own eyes as your students, one by one... join you in death."
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.
s + Rent Collection Wealth】 At the start, he inherited a rundown house in the urban village from his grandfather. The house had no tenants, but the moment he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, a self-proclaimed empress from the Tianxuan Continent arrived as his first tenant. Ye Chuan soon discovered that with every new tenant moving in, not only did he receive massive daily payments, but he also obtained unique items related to their backgrounds. 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Tiger Strength Pill—dramatically enhances physical power!】 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Deer Blood Pill—significantly boosts vitality!】 …… From that day on, all sorts of bizarre tenants began appearing in the house: the empress from Tianxuan Continent, an apocalyptic sorceress from the Magic Realm, a mysterious scientific girl who fell through a spacetime rift… Every single day, he received strange, powerful items and endless money. Then one day, he suddenly realized—he had become invincible. Enough, enough! Stop giving me more!
with countless casualties. As a top-tier gamer, Liu Xuan volunteered to join the fight, intending to dominate with his skills, but instead he obtained the hidden class: [Pacifist]. Unable to attack. Unable to use active skills. Fortunately, with each level gained, he acquired a new passive skill. And so, armed with a body full of passives, Liu Xuan slaughtered his way through the battlefield of ten thousand races! [You attacked Liu Xuan] [You gained the debuffs: 'Poison', 'Fear', 'Burning', 'Bleeding', 'Freeze', 'Silence', etc.] [Your attack speed has been reduced by 99%] [Your armor and magic resistance have been reduced by 99%] Warriors of the Ten Thousand Races: How the hell am I supposed to fight this?!
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."
