Under the mounting fury, Lin Chen's power surged to another level.
A fierce gale-force wind blasted toward Gabriel!
It forced him back relentlessly!
Gabriel smirked. Though isolated and without reinforcements, he remained composed.
He could see it clearly.
The brat who slew Chi Xiao was strong, but his body was already pushed to its limits—those exhausted eyes couldn’t lie. Right now, he was like a tiger with its fangs pulled, posing no real threat.
As for that little punk who took down the Iron Tower with his fists, he could barely even stand now.
That left Katies, who was currently fending off the remaining demon beasts and wouldn’t be free anytime soon.
As for Lin Chen? Honestly, Gabriel didn’t even consider him worth his attention.
Struggling just to withstand his attacks, holding on any longer would be nothing but a futile last stand.
"Rage will rob you of your clarity," Gabriel said coolly, swinging his serrated greatsword down.
Lin Chen didn’t dodge. The end of his Splinter Cloud Staff struck Gabriel’s chest.
The serrated blade left a gruesome wound across Lin Chen’s spine.
The Splinter Cloud Staff hit Gabriel’s torso, the force concentrated at its tip exploding outward, shredding his clothes and flesh to reveal a dense network of gears and mechanical structures beneath!
"A cyborg?!"
Lin Chen’s eyes turned icy.
That strike clearly hadn’t dealt Gabriel any critical damage.
Yet his own back had been slashed open, blood soaking his clothes until he was drenched in crimson, a horrifying sight.
"Old Lin!"
An Yi’s gaze sharpened, the Dragon Fang Demon Sword materializing in his hand as he prepared to charge forward.
"Stay back! I’ll handle him myself! No one interferes!" Lin Chen blocked An Yi’s path, his voice hoarse, his eyes locked on Gabriel with manic intensity.
"But—"
An Yi hesitated, then finally nodded. "It’s yours."
A surge of boiling white mist erupted from Lin Chen’s body.
"Oh? The Netherworld’s forbidden art—Seven Kill Fist!"
Gabriel’s careless expression finally turned serious.
He pulled a syringe from his coat and injected it into himself.
Instantly, his dark skin turned granite-like, his features twisting into something monstrous.
"Pity. The Four-Eyed Alligator Turtle serum is still incomplete."
Gabriel sighed faintly as he felt the terrifying surge of power within him.
"Still, even as a prototype, it grants a monstrous boost in strength."
Not to mention inheriting the Four-Eyed Alligator Turtle’s horrifying defense.
Lin Chen didn’t speak. After activating Seven Kill Fist, the pendant on his chest flashed, pouring an insane amount of power into his body.
His once-calm face contorted in agony, turning savage.
Hongtian sensed something and roared, "Kid, stop! You’ll die!"
He knew exactly what lay within that pendant.
"Die already!"
Gabriel’s eyes turned frenzied and cold after the injection.
A second pair of green eyes opened on his grotesque head, his back hunching as his body twisted further.
An Yi’s expression darkened.
"A prototype serum with a side effect of bestial transformation…"
At least the one he gave his disciple was the finished product.
Lin Chen’s eyes gleamed with an eerie green light, his skin splitting under the overwhelming force, blood seeping out.
He gripped the Splinter Cloud Staff, smashing it against Gabriel’s serrated greatsword before whipping the other staff toward his face.
"With your level of attack power, you can’t break my defense!"
Gabriel’s confidence was absolute.
He was already heavily defense-oriented, and the defensive capabilities of the four-eyed snapping turtle were downright terrifying! Combined, there were very few people in this world who could break through his defenses.
At that moment, a staff came swinging at him!
Thud!
Gabriel's face twisted in pain.
It hurts!
Thud!
Lin Chen deflected his serrated greatsword and struck again!
Gabriel's eyes darkened with malice as he blocked with one hand and slashed with his sword.
He was actually being suppressed by this kid!
The serrated greatsword came down—and stopped mid-air.
Ignoring the blade cutting into his palm, Lin Chen grabbed it barehanded, his icy gaze fixed emotionlessly on Gabriel.
"Let go!"
Gabriel finally felt fear and screamed.
Thud!
Lin Chen's staff smashed into his face again.
Cheekbone shattered, teeth sent flying.
Thud!
Another strike, and one of Gabriel's mechanical eyes exploded, releasing a wisp of smoke.
Thud!
The next blow destroyed his remaining organic eye.
Thud!
"Spare me—"
Gabriel couldn't take it anymore, pleading in agony.
Thud!
His face caved in, blood splattering as he fell silent, his grip on the greatsword loosening.
The sword clattered to the ground.
Gabriel, one of the Twelve Leaders of the Heaven Organization, an SSS-ranked assassin, had fallen!
Thud! Thud! Thud!
The relentless sound of strikes echoed.
Lin Chen, gripping his Cloud-Splitting Staff, was driven by fury—he kept smashing down until Gabriel was reduced to a bloody, unrecognizable mess.
Clang!
His arms trembling, blood dripping, the twin T-shaped staves slipped from his grasp and hit the deck with a crisp ring.
Staring at Gabriel's corpse, Lin Chen's chest still burned with grief and rage. He let out a furious roar.
Thump.
As if all his strength had drained away, Lin Chen collapsed slowly.
"He'll live. Just exhausted," An Yi checked Lin Chen's pulse and sighed in relief.
Uncle Fu wiped his sweat and finally relaxed.
By then, Katies had taken down the last demon beast.
Hongtian scampered excitedly across the deck, digging out spirit cores and swallowing them whole.
Fang Jueming lay sprawled on the ground, too drained to move.
The sixth strike of the Flash Fist packed 7.6 times the power of a normal punch. If not for his newly mastered metal-attuned spiritual energy, his fists would’ve long since turned to mincemeat.
Hongtian licked his lips, trotting over to An Yi and whispering, "An Yi, there's something off about his jade pendant."
An Yi glanced at the dragon-shaped pendant around Lin Chen's neck and raised an eyebrow. "What about it?"
"Ever heard of dragon veins?" Hongtian's eyes gleamed.
An Yi paused. He hadn’t, but something about it felt vaguely familiar.
Hongtian explained, "The Great Xia has nine dragon veins governing the nation’s fate. But the one around his neck? That’s the tenth—a nearly depleted, sealed-away dragon vein. The power inside is terrifying!"
"Carrying a dragon vein with him?"
An Yi marveled silently.
Typical protagonist privilege.
No treasure in the world could compare to this sealed dragon vein. What kind of supreme being could even trap a withered spiritual vein inside a pendant?
Hongtian’s eyes brimmed with greed. "An Yi, if we kill him and take the pendant, we’re set for life—"
Suddenly, Hongtian felt his neck tighten—An Yi had yanked his soul chain, hoisting him up.
"Don’t even think about touching that pendant!" An Yi warned.
Hongtian flailed. "Why not?!"
To it, thousands of spirit cores were worthless compared to this dragon-shaped jade pendant.
It was certain—if given three years to refine the power within this pendant, its strength would not only return to its peak but even surpass it!
An Yi glanced at the unconscious Lin Chen and said coolly, "He's my subordinate. What I say goes."
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!
shall grant"] ["Inscribing the glory of our race upon tombstones"] ["All that is threatened, I shall protect"] How his younger sister sees her brother: A brother who only makes eye contact once a day, mostly fading into the background as he tinkers with who-knows-what in his room all day. Their life paths should have remained largely separate. Until one day. Su Qi created an equipment card for his never-met "online girlfriend." His sister fell into silent contemplation upon receiving the "white stockings." [Card can be upgraded] [Upgrade by fulfilling any of the following conditions] [Condition ①: Consume one hundred higher-tier cards] [Condition ②: Complete one 'Heart-Pounding Adventure'] What constitutes a Heart-Pounding Adventure? [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Beginner Level): Equip the card and invite 'Su Qi' to admire it.] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Easy Level): Equip the card, invite 'Su Qi' to touch it, and analyze the equipment's texture.] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Entry Level): Equip the card and invite 'Su Qi' to...] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Challenge Level): Freely combine the words 'Brother' 'Out' 'Brother' 'Me' 'Please' into a complete sentence...] "Please help me analyze both teams' mistakes in this match, brother..." His sister exhaled in relief—surely... surely there couldn't be anything more difficult? [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Suicide Mission Level): Sneak a peek at the names of the galgames in 'Su Qi's' hidden E-drive folder]
] [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!"
