No way, officer!
An Yi still hadn't fully processed what had just happened. Feeling the lingering warmth on his lips, he asked in confusion, "Was that your first kiss?"
"Impossible!"
Hearing An Yi's question, Yan Zhi stiffened slightly before forcing a dismissive tone. "Pfft, little guy, I've eaten more salt than you've eaten rice."
"Then drink more hot water—don't choke on it," An Yi retorted with the universal formula.
To be honest, the woman's kiss had been clumsy.
No doubt about it—it was her first.
But he didn’t dare say it out loud.
Yan Zhi faced the evening breeze and said seriously, "Don’t overthink it. It’s just a kiss. These days, kissing doesn’t necessarily mean liking someone. I’m sure you know that. It’s just—"
"I really don’t care," An Yi shrugged.
After all, he wasn’t the one at a disadvantage.
Yan Zhi snorted. "Good."
"When will Chi Xiao show up?"
An Yi’s gaze turned sharp as he asked.
"Patience. It shouldn’t be long now," Yan Zhi replied solemnly. "But there’s another problem—this ship isn’t just carrying Chi Xiao. I’ve already spotted people from other organizations."
An Yi took a sip of juice he’d somehow procured, a faint smirk playing on his lips.
He’d noticed them too.
"Hello, beautiful lady. Love at first sight—your beauty has captivated me. May I have this dance?"
Xu Chao suppressed his excitement, adopting an elegant posture as he spoke in fluent English.
Fortune hadn’t abandoned him!
Tonight, one stunning girl after another kept appearing.
His years studying abroad had given him a polished English accent, something he took great pride in.
He was confident his charm and wit would win over the blonde beauty before him.
Yes, this time his target was a foreign woman.
Her golden hair, delicate yet striking features—even by Daxia’s beauty standards, she was breathtaking.
A tight white lace dress hugged her curves, making her look like an angel straight out of Western mythology—pure and enchanting.
The girl offered an apologetic smile and replied in broken Daxia language, "Sorry, I don’t really understand what you’re saying."
Xu Chao’s face twitched. All that fluent English—wasted.
"Ahem. May I have this dance?" he coughed and asked again.
The blonde girl smiled sweetly. "Sure, but I have a boyfriend."
"Another one?!"
Xu Chao had a sinking feeling.
Then, the blonde girl dragged An Yi out from behind the crowd, where he’d been sipping his drink and enjoying the night view.
"Him! He’s the one!" she declared, clinging to An Yi’s arm.
Xu Chao was stunned.
He’d met scoundrels before, but never one this outrageous!
Three girls in one night?!
Including an international beauty?!
And each one a knockout?!
Xu Chao was furious. "You again?! Enough already!"
An Yi shrugged. "Honestly, I have no idea either!"
He was just as baffled about why this blonde had chosen him as her shield.
Truth be told, he’d been watching her for a while.
Not because she was pretty!
But because of that lace dress—ahem, because of the terrifying aura she carried.
She was no ordinary person.
If measured by Daxia’s martial arts standards, she was likely at the Void Realm!
"Darling, you’re here!"
The blonde girl suddenly leaned in, planting a light kiss on An Yi’s cheek with a sweet, delighted smile.
An Yi’s face went blank.
Ding! [Rogue Master] mission completed. No repeats allowed!
The system’s reminder chimed.
An Yi: "..."
Xu Chao, boiling with rage, turned and stormed off again.
"Screw this party! I’m out!"
"May I have this dance?" the blonde girl asked, extending her hand.
An Yi smiled. "With pleasure."
The ship’s grand hall filled with the elegant strains of live orchestral music, instantly elevating the atmosphere.
On the dance floor, An Yi held the blonde girl’s slender waist, moving to the rhythm—while stepping on her dainty feet.
"Sorry."
"Sorry."
After the fifth misstep, the blonde girl managed a strained smile. "It’s fine, darling. Take your time."
"Who are you, really?"
An Yi gripped her hand, his gaze intense as he studied her.
The blonde girl blinked playfully. "Katies!"
"That’s not what I meant," An Yi said flatly.
"Sky Knight Katies of the Templar Order!"
She announced her affiliation, pride flashing across her delicate features.
As the youngest Sky Knight in the Templar Order’s history, she had every right to be proud.
An Yi feigned surprise.
He’d never heard of it.
But he figured looking impressed would spare her feelings.
"You—strong. I—want to team up!"
Katies gave him a thumbs-up, mixing gestures with broken speech to get her point across.
"Not interested."
An Yi refused outright.
"The Hundred Ghosts want you dead. We can help you against them. They’re far stronger than you think," Katies said seriously.
An Yi nodded. "Welcome aboard."
Katies: "..."
As the performance ended, the spotlight shifted.
A slick, pudgy man in an ostentatious suit took the central stage.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the moment you’ve all been waiting for is here. I’m sure this is why you’re all gathered tonight—"
The man hyped up the crowd, microphone in hand.
The audience erupted: "Quit stalling and get on with it!"
"Patience, folks. The show’s about to start!"
The man grinned, his blue eyes glinting with an almost inhuman light.
Then, a covered cart was wheeled out, draped in red cloth.
All eyes locked onto it.
"Rest assured, our merchandise is top quality," the man said, yanking off the cloth.
Inside the cage was a girl.
Or rather, a half-beast, half-human girl.
Cat ears, a tail—but otherwise entirely human in appearance.
Her sheer dress clung to her alluring figure, her wrists bound in cuffs—only amplifying the urge to protect her.
"Holy crap! A real catgirl?!"
"Those ears! So damn cute!"
The moment the cage was revealed, the entire hall erupted.
An Yi’s eyes narrowed.
A shapeshifting demon beast?!
This defied everything he knew.
The girl was only a Tier 2 demon beast!
In the Ancient Continent, only Tier 4 and above could assume human form!
"This, my friends, is tonight’s star attraction—starting at 100 million! Any takers?"
The man grinned.
Wealthy men loved the exotic, and a shapeshifting beast was irresistible to most.
At the edge of the hall, Red Poison’s gaze locked onto the cage—then spotted An Yi. A cold smile curled his lips. "Boss Butcher, look—it’s An Yi!"
Butcher, his face scarred from explosives, snapped his eyes open at the name, murderous intent blazing.
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!
] [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!"
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!"
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?!
