On the city wall, Gu Changyuan unleashed a sword strike. The sword aura arched like a rainbow, forcibly cleaving a massive chasm straight through the horde of mutated beasts ahead.
Watching their master's fierce and decisive move, a flash of excitement crossed Mo Yingluo and Mo Yingyue's eyes. The battle intent they had suppressed for so long began to surge within their hearts.
The two girls exchanged a glance. With a flicker of their figures, they transformed into two streaks of crimson light, instantly appearing on the other side of the Outer Boundary City.
There, several Half-Immortal realm mutated beasts were still struggling desperately, trying to break free from the oppressive might of the Nine Tribulations Sword Array.
Though suppressed to the point of immobility, they still exuded a berserk aura, their twisted faces filled with ferocity and unwillingness.
Mo Yingluo landed atop the head of a massive serpentine beast.
The snake-like creature was as black as ink, its body measuring dozens of fathoms long and covered in fine, dense scales.
Standing on its head, the crimson blood-eye on the right side of Mo Yingluo's face suddenly flared with light.
Blood-red light surged out like a tide, instantly sinking into the serpentine beast's skull.
The beast's massive body suddenly stiffened.
Immediately after, its eyes began to glow with a crimson hue.
The light grew increasingly intense and bright until, finally, a twisted, blood-red rune surfaced deep within its pupils.
Blood Contract.
In the next instant, the serpentine beast violently reared its head.
It let out an earth-shattering hiss, its colossal body lunging fiercely into the surrounding horde of beasts.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Its body swept across the battlefield, smashing the surrounding beasts into pieces.
Opening its giant maw, it spewed black venom; wherever the venom landed, the beasts died upon contact, their bodies rapidly decaying.
Its razor-sharp fangs and giant tail swept through the ranks. With every strike, several Tribulation Crossing realm beasts were shattered, sending severed limbs and broken bodies flying through the air.
Its destructive power was astonishing, instantly tearing a gaping hole in the beast horde.
Meanwhile, Mo Yingyue landed in front of a giant, spectral blue wolf.
The crimson blood-eye on her left side also lit up as she raised her right hand.
A long, blood-red scythe appeared out of thin air in her grasp.
The scythe was over ten feet long, its blade forming a graceful arc. The edge was as thin as a cicada's wing, gleaming with a blinding, bloody light.
Complex runes were engraved on the handle, faintly shrouded in a mist of blood.
Mo Yingyue's figure flickered. With a light flick of her wrist, the blood scythe slashed out instantly, leaving a crimson arc in its wake.
SquELCH!
The giant wolf's head fell in response.
Blood erupted outward like a fountain.
Mo Yingyue did not pause.
Her figure continuously wove through the beast horde. Every time she appeared, another beast's head was severed.
Before the blood of the slain beasts could even hit the ground, it was drawn by an invisible force, suspending in mid-air.
Under the control of her will, the suspended blood instantly transformed into countless tiny blood needles, shooting madly toward the surrounding beasts.
Swish swish swish!
The blood needles fell like rain, blotting out the sky and covering the earth.
Every single needle contained terrifying power, piercing through the beasts' scales and embedding deep into their flesh.
The beasts struck by the blood needles suddenly stiffened. Then, the blood within their bodies began to boil and riot, detonating them from the inside out.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
One after another, the beasts exploded within the horde like detonated bombs.
And the blood of the newly exploded beasts suspended once more, turning into blood needles again, and shooting toward the surrounding beasts once more...
This chain reaction spread through the horde like a plague.
High above, Mo Yingluo observed everything below, the blood-red light in her right eye growing ever stronger.
Her fingers twitched slightly. With every twitch, dozens of beasts were mind-controlled, becoming her blood slaves and joining the ranks of the slaughter.
Meanwhile, Mo Yingyue darted through the center of the horde, scythe in hand. Her speed was astonishing; before the beasts could even react, their heads were already rolling.
The two girls, one above and one below, one controlling the battlefield and the other killing at close range, coordinated flawlessly.
In just a few dozen breaths, more than half of the beasts on this side had been cleared out.
Their figures flickered, turning back into two streaks of crimson light. They quickly returned to the city gate, landing steadily beside Gu Changyuan, who was already waiting for them.
Their bodies remained as clean as before, untainted by the slightest drop of blood.
With their strength, slaughtering these beasts did not require them to catch even a speck of dust.
Master.
The two girls bowed slightly. Their tone was obedient, and their eyes held a hint of expectation, waiting for praise.
Gu Changyuan nodded slightly. His gaze swept over the two girls, his tone carrying a touch of approval.
Well done. Your strikes were clean, and your teamwork was seamless.
Hearing their master's praise, radiant smiles instantly bloomed on the girls' faces. The expectation in their eyes completely melted into joy, and even the demonic aura surrounding them softened a bit.
Gu Changyuan lifted his gaze toward the depths of the Outer Boundary Region. A cold light flashed in his eyes as he spoke evenly.
I plan to head deeper in and drag out that beast hiding in the shadows. You two wait here for my return. Keep an eye on the Outer Boundary City and do not wander off.
With that said, without waiting for the girls to respond, Gu Changyuan's figure directly transformed into a streak of light, speeding away and flying toward the depths of the Outer Boundary Region.
His speed was pushed to the extreme, disappearing into the distant dust and sand in the blink of an eye.
Watching Gu Changyuan's departing back, Mo Yingyue swallowed the words that had reached the tip of her tongue. She couldn't help but pout, her tone laced with a bit of grievance and reluctance.
Why won't he take us out to play? How about we secretly follow him? We'll just watch from afar and won't cause any trouble!
Mo Yingluo shook her head helplessly. Mimicking Gu Changyuan's manner, she lightly tapped Mo Yingyue on her smooth forehead, her tone carrying a note of warning.
Don't forget, we promised Master that we would follow his arrangements for this trip and not act on our own. If we violate Master's orders and make him unhappy, he won't bring us out next time.
Holding her head, Mo Yingyue stuck out her tongue.
I know~
Mo Yingluo nodded, her gaze falling upon the depths of the Outer Boundary Region. Her expression turned uncharacteristically serious.
Furthermore, I can clearly sense that the aura of the entity deep within the Outer Boundary Region is incredibly strong, far beyond our imagination. It is absolutely not something we can handle. Even if we went together, we would only hold Master back and become his weak point without offering any help. Therefore, staying here obediently and guarding the Outer Boundary City is the best way to help Master.
Hearing her sister's words, Mo Yingyue instantly calmed down, recalling the two attacks that the beast deep in the Outer Boundary Region had just unleashed.
Not to mention the earlier sonic wave that could injure a Half-Immortal, the white laser beam that followed possessed terrifying might.
Asking herself honestly, she knew she absolutely could not withstand it.
She could clearly sense that the opponent's cultivation was likely far beyond the simple Half-Immortal realm; it might have already touched upon a higher echelon.
As Gu Changyuan left, the Nine Tribulations Sword Array in the sky moved along with him, slowly advancing toward the depths of the Outer Boundary Region in tandem with his figure.
The moment the sword array withdrew, the surviving beasts that had been swarming the perimeter of the Outer Boundary City were fiercely intimidated by the residual oppressive might of the array.
Trembling all over in sheer terror, they lost every ounce of their ferocious aura. One by one, they turned and fled miserably into the distance, not even daring to cast a second glance at the beast corpses littering the ground.
The Half-Immortal beasts have all been taken care of, and half of the Tribulation Realm beasts have also been slain. The remaining ones pose absolutely no threat whatsoever.
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his freshman year, Su Bai accidentally bound the "Indulgence Tycoon System." 【Sleeping in? Reward: +$1,000】 【Spent $288 at a street barbecue stall? Cashback: +$2,880】 【Dropped $14,396 on in-game skins? Special reward unlocked: A brand-new Porsche Panamera!】 Luxury cars, penthouses, corporate shares, financial empires… College life was all about living freely and doing whatever he pleased! … When the adorably naive academic genius faced family medical bills and financial struggles, Su Bai waved his hand dismissively: "Your future is on me." "Wuwu~ Big Brother is so good to me! I’ll become a scientist to repay you!" When the genius girl got bullied by a shady professor? Su Bai casually dropped a billion-dollar investment, forcing the university to grovel and beg for her return. A company’s funding chain collapsing? Su Bai smirked—cash was the one thing he’d never run out of. Years later, when people traced the rise of the AI prodigy beauty, who was the man behind her success? Not just that—Su Bai also became the tsundere campus belle’s unattainable dream, the contrast senior’s daily necessity, and the beautiful counselor’s emotional anchor…
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...
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.”
