"Can’t understand words, huh? How did you find the Totem Altar so quickly?"
The young priest, wearing a half-faced mask and gripping a staff, had hair standing stiffly atop his head.
"Want to know? Keep dreaming." Lin Xuan knew that even if he spoke, they wouldn’t spare him.
Besides, there was no real reason—finding this place was just dumb luck.
"Insolent human." The young priest decided to keep them alive for a few days, slowly torturing the truth out of them.
Su Luo, standing nearby, couldn’t just watch—this opponent was far beyond what Lin Xuan and the others could handle.
Of course, if Lin Xuan somehow survived this, Elder Yan would be the one to die.
And Elder Yan was a crucial figure.
In an instant, Su Luo donned a black robe with practiced ease, appearing abruptly before the young priest.
"Hello. Fight me instead. Somewhere else."
He gave the priest no time to question, kicking him away with a single strike.
The Wind Shadow Leopard King froze—how could the young priest, so powerful, be sent flying like that?
A human expert!
Impossible—he’d scanned the area earlier and sensed no strong presence!
The young priest should be able to handle this… this was the young priest, after all.
Still, to ensure no mistakes, the Leopard King resolved to finish off the others quickly and rush to the priest’s aid.
In his eyes, the young priest’s life mattered far more than his own.
With the beast’s strongest fighter gone, Lin Xuan and the others found their burden lightened—now, the remaining enemies weren’t unbeatable.
......
The young priest flew a considerable distance before steadying himself.
Su Luo arrived before him just as he halted.
Only then did the priest take a proper look at the black-robed figure.
He hesitated—the High Priest had warned him to flee if danger arose.
But this situation…
The man didn’t feel particularly threatening. No overwhelming sense of peril.
Then Su Luo drew Xia Ying.
No—this was danger!
The priest’s staff flared, conjuring a green barrier around him.
Still uneasy, he layered two more shields, basking in the security of triple protection.
"Overkill, don’t you think? My cultivation’s beneath yours."
"Can’t afford carelessness. Answer me—do you know the location of our altar?"
The question was a bluff, nothing more.
"Enough talk. Time’s precious—let’s fight."
The young priest struck first.
"Vortex of Thunder!"
A whirlpool of lightning erupted beneath Su Luo’s feet.
He barely dodged—only for another vortex to form above him, impossible to evade.
Su Luo stopped resisting, letting the electricity engulf him.
The priest grinned, certain of victory—until pain lanced through his own body.
What? How had the attack bypassed all three shields?
Frantically, he searched for any trick Su Luo might have played, but found nothing.
Naturally, it was Shared Suffering.
"Troublesome." Su Luo flicked the residual lightning away dismissively.
Currently, Su Luo was at the mid-stage of Dongxu, while the priest had reached the late stage.
Not a major gap—Su Luo’s accumulated stat boosts helped bridge the difference.
But seeing Su Luo’s strength, the priest wasted no time, channeling the altar’s power.
A priest drawing on an altar’s energy was formidable—he devoured its reserves greedily until satisfied, then ceased.
His cultivation surged from late-stage Dongxu to peak, albeit temporarily.
Hence the trouble.
Victory wasn’t impossible, but it wouldn’t come easily.
After steamrolling weaker foes, this sudden high-stakes battle was… jarring.
"Frostbound Realm!"
The priest excelled in spellcraft—this domain slowed movement and revealed enemies.
Su Luo answered with a simple sword thrust, already at the priest’s throat.
An ice shield materialized, spikes lancing toward Su Luo in retaliation.
He didn’t bother dodging—his blade shattered both ice and one green barrier.
The priest scrambled back; close combat wasn’t his forte.
"Meteor Shower!"
Searing fireballs rained down.
These, Su Luo didn’t even try to avoid.
The moment they formed, he seized control.
Shielded though he was, the priest couldn’t comprehend it.
Even if Su Luo hijacked his spells, there should be traces—yet he detected nothing.
This human… was unnatural.
Su Luo closed the distance again, his sword piercing through the last two shields.
A beam erupted from the priest’s staff, blasting Su Luo point-blank.
He retreated hastily.
By now, he’d noticed—every injury he dealt, he suffered in turn.
Some twisted curse, he assumed.
But he wouldn’t stop attacking. He was confident he’d outlast Su Luo.
Buffing himself with speed and power enhancements, the priest unleashed a relentless barrage.
Su Luo didn’t tank every hit—while his damage reduction halved the pain, 50% wasn’t 100%. No need for unnecessary suffering.
Still, dodging everything proved impossible. The priest’s prowess was real, leaving Su Luo with minor wounds.
The priest swelled with pride—killing such a human would be worth it.
Seizing an opening, Su Luo stepped forward—and in the next instant, stood before the priest.
His sword lashed out.
"Phantom Shift!" Panicked, the priest blurred, reappearing yards away.
Su Luo’s gaze was already locked onto his new position.
A shiver of dread ran down the priest’s spine.
Why? He held every advantage—why did this feel so desperate?
"No! His cultivation is inferior! The altar empowers me! I can’t lose!"
Swinging his staff wildly, he drained a massive portion of his mana, coalescing it into a spear—plain, unremarkable, its power concealed.
"Piercing Spear."
It shot toward Su Luo at blinding speed.
The priest watched eagerly. This was one of the Ten Forbidden Arts of the priesthood—all force concentrated into the spear’s tip, capable of piercing anything.
Even if dodged, it could be guided.
Su Luo knew taking this hit, even with damage reduction, would hurt.
So he didn’t evade.
[Tiny Shield]
The priest smirked. Foolish—this spear’s true might erupted on impact.
That pathetic shield blocking the Piercing Spear?
Laughable.
The spear struck—and the shield held.
The priest detonated its power, amplifying its piercing force tenfold.
"Die!"
Yet… nothing happened. The spear vanished against the shield, not even a scratch left behind.
The priest gaped.
"My turn."
Su Luo’s sword descended, a wave of sword qi roaring toward him.
lan, the Luo family, tracked him down - along with the babies in their arms. Mo Xuan stared pensively at the paternity test results from over a dozen top institutions, both domestic and international, showing a 99.99% match between himself and the two baby girls. At 23, Mo Xuan, a doctoral student, had become the father of two three-year-old children. The kicker? The mothers weren't even the same person! He gradually realized he was being lured step by step into an elaborate trap designed by these two yandere sisters. "Be good, little Xuan. Sister's life belongs to you entirely." "Brother, if you try to run away, I'll have no choice but to tie you up." Mo Xuan: "Do whatever you want, ladies. I give up."
] [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!"
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."
ap a wealthy young lady? Or else I'll be eliminated by the system? Ye Feng, who awakened the Kidnapper System, originally wanted to live a peaceful life but never imagined he would become a kidnapper of young women. However, after some time, he discovered that all the girls the system ordered him to kidnap were far from ordinary. "Big brother Ye Feng~ You've kidnapped my heart, and now you're not allowed to leave me ever again~" "Ye Feng~ You kidnapped me back then, now it's my turn to capture you♡" "Little Feng, you're mine! You can only be mine!" "Ye Feng, none of them deserve you. Only I love you the most♡" ... This is madness, they've all gone mad! Wait, what? Why are all the girls I kidnapped yanderes?!
