Ye Chen's expression shifted, and he immediately glanced around, only to find Xu Mu and Wu Chao attacking him simultaneously from both sides.
He reacted swiftly, lunging toward Wu Chao instead.
In his judgment, Wu Chao, despite being at a higher cultivation level, was actually the easier target.
As he closed in on Wu Chao, electric currents suddenly shot out from Ye Chen's eyes.
Wu Chao's body stiffened, and all his attacks veered toward Xu Mu instead.
This was a spiritual attack technique Ye Chen had found earlier in the ruins.
Whoosh!
The wave-like attack, upon touching Xu Mu, vanished instantly—only to reappear directly above Ye Chen's head a moment later.
"Damn it!"
Ye Chen cursed, looking up.
Boom!
A deafening roar tore through the sky, and Ye Chen's body plummeted uncontrollably from the air.
[Tribulation Power -20]
Xu Mu immediately gave chase—this could be a golden opportunity.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Just as Xu Mu was about to strike Ye Chen, another black-robed figure appeared in the distance.
The figure waved both hands, and two golden chains shot out from the palms, wrapping around Ye Chen's body at breakneck speed.
In an instant, Ye Chen was pulled to the side of the black-robed figure.
"You came at the right time—quick, help me kill Xu Mu! I want that brat dead!"
Ye Chen growled in frustration.
"We never said we'd kill anyone for you."
A woman's voice came from within the black robe, and golden chains materialized from her body once again.
The chains bound her and Ye Chen together.
Bang!
The chains shattered into golden fragments, and both she and Ye Chen vanished from the spot.
"That formation is rather sophisticated—it's fused with a cultivation technique. Another one of his harem girls?"
Xu Mu landed from the heights, and after sensing around, found no trace of Ye Chen's whereabouts—meaning he had already relocated to over two kilometers away.
"Xu Mu, thank you."
Ma Henggu walked over from a distance. "If it weren't for you, the Second Elder would likely have been injured as well."
He had once felt a hint of envy toward Xu Mu, but after everything that had happened today, only admiration remained. This man was truly formidable.
Even the Second Elder couldn't finish off that person quickly, yet Xu Mu handled him with ease.
"You're too kind. We're all comrades."
Xu Mu waved his hand dismissively.
Ma Henggu, in the storyline, was a decent person overall—even if he liked to show off at the Sanitation Bureau.
But after all, he was the Sect Master's son and the Fourth Captain, so a bit of superiority was only natural.
"You know that man?"
Ma Henggu asked.
"I do. His name is Ye Chen. That man has incredible talent and is extremely vengeful. You should watch your back in the future."
Xu Mu warned.
"Don't worry—the Taichu Hall isn't some third-rate sect."
Ma Henggu said with a smile. "Want to come with us?"
Xu Mu shook his head. "No need. I have my own companions here—I still need to wait for them."
"Alright, we'll be off then."
Ma Henggu naturally knew that Xu Mu had entered this place alongside Yang Lielan of the Xuantian Sect.
After bidding Xu Mu farewell, they left the area.
Xu Mu first had the Devouring Spirit Gu consume the corpses, then walked over to the boulder where Ye Chen had been standing earlier.
During his earlier perception, he had seen Ye Chen studying this rock, which was why he hadn't left.
Generally speaking, anything a protagonist fixates on must have some remarkable quality.
Xu Mu circled the stone and noticed tiny cracks at its base.
Around the cracks were faint traces of green—looked like residue left from plant matter rubbing against the stone.
"That ninth-grade heavenly treasure must have been here."
Xu Mu stroked his chin thoughtfully.
It was clearly a rock, yet something like a heavenly treasure could grow from within. Ye Chen had probably been trying to figure out exactly that.
Xu Mu released his Qi energy and punched the spot where the crack was, but it didn't leave a single mark.
He glanced around—even with a Void-Breaking Second Stage battle happening earlier, not a scratch had appeared on the mountain peaks.
Clearly, within this formation, it was nearly impossible to damage the terrain.
"With such a tiny crack, looks like there's no way in."
No sooner had Xu Mu said that than his eyes lit up, and he activated the Divine-grade technique, "Phantom Slash."
A pitch-black shadow slithered into the crack.
Sensing the environment below, Xu Mu was taken aback—it really was a hidden space.
So he transferred himself into the shadow and entered a pitch-black cavern.
He looked up at the ceiling and casually shot a burst of refined Qi upward.
Boom!
Rocks and soil from above came crashing down.
Xu Mu then looked down at the ground—the floor beneath him had shifted to real earth as well.
He extended his perception and followed the tunnel ahead, walking for nearly fifteen minutes until the space in front suddenly opened up.
There was a stone path only two meters wide, stretching over a hundred meters long.
At the far end stood a stone gate.
Flanking the stone path were massive pits.
They were piled high with bleached bones—layer upon layer filling the pits completely.
Xu Mu walked along the stone path, glancing at the skeletal remains on both sides. He couldn't even guess how many people lay there.
"These bones—do they interest you?"
Xu Mu suddenly raised his left hand, and a faint, dark-golden glow slowly emerged.
But the Soul-Devouring Sacred Gu worm crawled back inside, clearly uninterested in corpses that had been dead for who knows how many years.
Xu Mu walked straight across to the opposite bank and arrived at the stone gate.
He pushed hard against the stone door, forcing a crack open, and a cool breeze immediately blew out from within.
Having come this far, Xu Mu certainly wasn't going to turn back, so he stepped inside alone.
The pitch-black scene flashed by, and the next moment, he found himself on a patch of grassland.
In the distance stood some white stone palaces, though most of them had crumbled, leaving only upright walls remaining.
He looked around and spotted a figure in a black robe sitting cross-legged on the ground beside a collapsed stone wall.
Xu Mu walked over step by step, crouched down in front of the robed figure, and reached out to touch the robe.
It had long since weathered away; the slightest touch caused it to shatter completely.
He gave a forceful wave, kicking up a gust of wind.
Not just the robe—even the garments underneath were blown to ashes.
What came into view was a woman's body.
She sat cross-legged, her long black hair loosely scattered. Since she was seated on the ground, her hair spilled out around her.
Her fair skin was coated in a thin layer of dust, and in front of her chest was something rivaling that of Dai Xingluo.
An eighth-grade heaven-and-earth treasure, the Fire Date, also vivid and bright.
Because she was sitting cross-legged, Xu Mu naturally caught a glimpse of something below.
"Damn! Isn't she…?"
Before Xu Mu could finish his sentence, the woman before him suddenly opened her eyes.
She glanced down, and fury instantly erupted across her face.
Boom!
Her power burst forth, blasting all the dust off her body, leaving her skin even smoother and whiter.
"You lecherous brat! You're asking for death!"
Flames erupted from her body, wrapping around her like a dress and covering up everything that was exposed.
"Beautiful lady… no, wait—Auntie, it's a misunderstanding! Are you Ji Qingge's mother?"
Xu Mu said quickly.
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."
] [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!"
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!
