Xu Mu charged at Hathaway with his longsword in hand.
Hathaway spread her arms wide, and the golden light radiating from her body gathered before her chest.
"Sword of Victory!"
Crack!
The golden light dispersed, revealing a massive golden greatsword before her, its surface shimmering with strange symbols.
Hathaway gripped the greatsword, took a single step forward, and swung it with all her might at Xu Mu.
Boom!
A deafening crash rang out as their spiritual energies collided instantly.
Xu Mu could clearly see that the moment his red energy touched her golden one, hers devoured his power.
Xu Mu immediately activated his Spiritual Vein Armament, along with Demon Guardian.
Whoosh!
In an instant, the energy he released blocked Hathaway's attack.
Hathaway's single eye was filled with surprise, which quickly turned into an excited grin.
Boom!
Her power surged even stronger, and the golden light swallowed Xu Mu's spiritual energy entirely.
Swish!
Xu Mu's body was sent flying backward, crashing into the barrier of the formation in the distance.
With a heavy thud, he hit the ground.
"Can you still get up? If you go down after one hit, you're a real disappointment!"
Hathaway strode toward Xu Mu, greatsword in hand.
Xu Mu smiled and brushed the dust off his clothes. Still get up?
That impact had only stung a little.
Still, this woman was no joke—her pressure was stronger than any of the third- or fourth-tier opponents he'd faced before.
Xu Mu used his Eye of the Gods to check her identity.
Name: Hathaway
Identity: Second Captain of the Holy Light Clan's Sacred Domain Knights, female lead of Dragon King's Descent.
Affection: 2
Destiny Level: 9 (max 10)
Xu Mu nodded slightly. So she was one of Ye Chen's harem, and a level-nine at that.
This woman wouldn't be easy to deal with.
"What? Scared? Then I'll take the initiative!"
Hathaway closed the distance in two steps and swung her greatsword with fury.
The air exploded with a sharp crack as the blade swept toward Xu Mu's face.
Xu Mu blocked it instantly with his own sword, grinning. "Scared of you? You must be kidding!"
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
He swung his longsword repeatedly, his speed so fast the air burst with each slash.
Hathaway quickly parried.
Clang clang clang...
Their weapons clashed endlessly, each strike heavier than the last.
At first, Hathaway was thrilled, but as time passed, she realized something was off.
She hadn't been holding back—her full-powered slashes should have shattered every bone in Xu Mu's body.
Why was he still parrying, even sending numbness creeping up her arms?
Hathaway's gaze sharpened, and golden chains shot out from her body.
Rattle!
In the blink of an eye, the chains wrapped around Xu Mu's longsword.
"Die!"
Hathaway sneered as her greatsword came down onto Xu Mu's shoulder.
Xu Mu stayed calm under pressure. He released his grip on the sword, took a sudden step forward, and closed the distance.
Thud thud thud...
His fists, wreathed in Burning Heaven Sword Qi, hammered into Hathaway like falling rain.
Hathaway was forced back repeatedly, the spiritual energy shielding her body being smashed open by sheer force.
In just a moment, dozens of dents appeared in her white armor.
Hathaway's eyes went wide. She hadn't expected his punches to be this fast and this heavy.
She tried to retreat, only to find Xu Mu stepping firmly on her foot.
Hathaway raised her hand quickly. "Holy Baptism!"
Crack! Crack!
Above Hathaway's head, a golden cloud formed, and countless bolts of golden lightning came crashing down.
Whoosh!
A black shadow flew out from Xu Mu's body, but he himself didn't dodge.
His fists kept raining down without pause.
Hathaway's noble, cold face took countless blows in seconds.
Blood sprayed from her nose.
Crack crack crack...
Endless lightning slammed into Xu Mu's Demon Guardian.
The rebound damage struck Hathaway in turn.
Xu Mu could feel the attacks were strong, but he could still bear it. He threw another hundred-odd punches, then forcibly retrieved his longsword before retreating.
He stopped a few dozen meters away and checked his shattered Demon Guardian—especially his back, where blood was beginning to seep out.
No doubt about it, this woman was seriously strong.
Hathaway drove her sword into the ground to steady herself. Her entire body was numb.
Especially her head—the nerves in her nose and jaw were wrecked, and the overwhelming stimulation brought tears streaming from her eyes.
As for her body, the white armor she wore was forged from a seventh-grade heavenly treasure.
Yet Xu Mu's fists had smashed it into a mess of dents, and the broken pieces were now embedded in her flesh.
"Xu Mu!"
Hathaway wiped the blood from her face and suddenly exploded with power.
Boom!
The energy released from within shattered her armor completely.
Now, the only armor piece left was her silver boots.
She wore a black yoga top on her upper body, with a cross emblem at the center.
That cross twisted in three bends, altered by the two monstrous entities hidden deep within her.
Even Xu Mu was amazed—at this state, she was almost approaching Xu Ningbing's level.
Her lower body was clad in tight black shorts, her hips and thigh lines extremely firm.
No wonder she felt so powerful—just looking at that body, it was clear her physique was monstrous.
As for the skin she exposed, it was covered in thick patches of bruises, with several spots already bleeding.
"Interesting! Fine, I don't believe this!"
Without putting on any other clothes, Hathaway lunged at Xu Mu in just her top and shorts.
Xu Mu rested his longsword on his shoulder and shook his head with a smile. "See, you're getting flustered."
Boom!
Their weapons clashed again, and Xu Mu was sent flying by the terrifying force.
Hathaway immediately gave chase, launching attack after attack.
Suddenly, Xu Mu stopped mid-air, steadied himself, and swung his sword once more.
Hathaway assumed it was just a normal slash and readied her guard—but then she realized something was wrong.
Crack!
Hathaway's body stiffened as if made of shattering glass, and she froze completely.
Pfft!
Xu Mu had already pulled out a spray bottle from the Eternal Life Research Institute and sprayed it right into Hathaway's nose and mouth.
Sure, Xu Mu planned to wipe out the Eternal Life Research Institute, but their poisons were effective—really effective.
Even someone like Hathaway, a Boundary Breaker at the second tier, couldn't guard against it.
Hathaway was dazed for a moment, then swung her sword at Xu Mu again.
But after a few more attempts, her body grew weak, and her strength drained away.
Thud!
After ten counts, she collapsed to the ground, her golden greatsword dissolving into light and vanishing.
"Xu Mu! What did you do to me?"
Hathaway propped herself up with one hand, trying to release her spiritual energy, but it simply wouldn't respond.
"Poison from the Eternal Life Research Institute."
Xu Mu shook the spray bottle with a grin. "At your level, it should paralyze you for about five minutes."
Hathaway's single eye bulged wide.
"Five minutes is all I need."
Xu Mu smiled and walked toward her.
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.”
he colors of other people’s emotions. Light red meant anxiety. Gray meant exhaustion. Orange meant excitement. Yellow... meant repression. At the same time, he could gain unlimited control over one of those colors. Pale cyan: relaxation. Using this ability, he started offering “two-yuan hugs,” spending an afternoon exchanging emotional-color experiences with others. Then came his final female customer of the day— a girl whose emotional color was pure black... —— A week later, Xu Chuan had become skilled at using pale cyan—Relaxation—treating it like a bottle of menthol balm whenever he needed it. That was when he discovered he had unlocked another unlimited emotional color: Purple, the color of fear. So these emotional colors refresh every week? Fine, I take it back—I’ll never call you useless again... —— Much later, after Xu Chuan had accumulated countless emotional abilities, one night, he suddenly found himself inside someone else’s dream. There, he could use the emotional colors he possessed to paint. And in her dream, he painted her a shower of pink shooting stars, spreading across the depths of the night sky...
【Prologue: The Beginning of It All – Use holy water to heal the saintess tainted by demonic energy, then converse with her.】 Shen Nian stared at his older sister sipping yogurt, lost in thought. So you’re telling me my sister is the saintess, and yogurt is the holy water? 【Main Quest 1: Brave Youth, Become an Adventurer! Reward: Rookie Adventurer Title.】 【Side Quest 1: Find the Adorable Kitty! Reward: 1000 Gold Coins.】 Shen Nian: "Wait, I’m a high school senior here—did some guy who got isekai’d accidentally bind his system to me?" Hold on, completing quests gives gold rewards? Titles even boost stats? Is this for real? (A lighthearted, absurd campus comedy—not a revenge power fantasy.)
s the Eldest Princess, renowned for her cold and aloof detachment, became the most docile of lambs, obeying his every command without question. But when the final move was played on the chessboard, as Gu Chenghan seized everything and ascended on the verge of apotheosis, that very Princess suddenly embraced him from behind, her tone carrying a dependence never heard before: "Wait... you haven't yet... commanded me to love you forever." Gu Chenghan froze abruptly. She... hadn't been hypnotized?! ... [The Eldest Princess's Diary] [When my soul was extracted, becoming the sole spectator outside my own shell] [At first, there was overwhelming fury, until I saw] [How he used my sword to effortlessly shatter my inescapable doom] [How he wielded my authority to eradicate fatal conspiracies I had never even detected] [Like a deity, he rescued me from the deep mire I was trapped in] [If not for those annoying vixens, he and I would be a match made in heaven] [I think I am ill, gravely ill] [My deity should belong to me alone] ... "Hypnosis? Oh, it succeeded, my dear Master." "Only this time, it's my turn to hypnotize you."
