"So what?"
The Monster-Taming Elder cackled wickedly, as if he had devoured many soul temple elders, and said grimly, "What help can rats who've been hiding for years offer you?"
"Their only bargaining chip is mutual destruction. Otherwise, why would you have lived in anonymity for so many years?"
Everyone listened intently to the dialogue between the two sides, their nerves relaxing briefly before tensing up again.
It seemed the Commune Operators were at a disadvantage...
That made sense - if it weren't the case, the mysterious organization would have already stepped in to resolve the San Zhu crisis, and the Stolen Operators wouldn't have repeatedly crossed the boundaries.
The Strong Man's raised smile froze for a few seconds before dropping, his expression becoming resolute. "You've been squatting in others' nests for too long. You seem to have forgotten that our leader is gradually awakening and regaining their former strength."
The Monster-Taming Elder fell silent, then suddenly his energy surged.
The marks on the monsters' foreheads brightened, their auras climbing steadily in resonance with the elder. More than a dozen monsters lunged at them.
"Punishment: Decapitation."
Facing the horde of monsters, another organization member spoke two words without changing expression, his aura also surging.
For a moment, everyone seemed to see executioner's blades rising behind the monsters, ready to behead them...
The ability that had instantly turned the Gumantong into meat paste earlier now hit a wall, only cutting halfway through their necks.
How could this be?
Everyone was shocked - how could there be such a huge gap between SS-Level Monsters?
With half their necks severed, the monsters' heads drooped forward, but no blood flowed...
When the Priest and others clearly saw the wounds, they finally understood the source of their unease.
These monsters were already dead - they were merely puppets and specimens... no, just moving corpses.
That terrifying being had impacted them so deeply that, like the High Priest, they had almost believed it was omnipotent.
Though they hadn't consciously thought so, their subconscious had believed the Monster-Taming Elder could truly control monsters, proving their thinking had changed.
With just a moment's reflection, they should have remembered that monsters could only be suppressed, not completely controlled.
Unless the elder had happened upon a monster nest, he would have had to control the monsters without rest to maintain such numbers.
Not crushing the monsters immediately, the organization member's second attack on the monsters failed to stop the Monster-Taming Elder.
Marginalized since its revival and hoping to be forgotten by opponents, the Gumantong's twelve eyes widened, its face turning ashen as an ominous feeling arose.
"Wait..."
Its body moved faster than its mind, reaching out with its right hand, only to see the High Priest leaving without looking back...
Everyone watched helplessly as the High Priest's group used spatial tools to make their escape, leaving them with nothing but regret.
What a wasted opportunity - if only they could have detained them. If the Commune Operators had followed suit, they could have significantly reduced the masked ones' power...
"Why didn't you act?"
They heard another organization member calmly questioning the Strong Man, their emotion lacking the same regret, instead carrying a hint of certainty.
"You're one to talk!"
The Strong Man regained his hearty laugh, his large hand slapping his companion's back. "You had the chance to stop them, why did you let them go?"
"If they hadn't been unwilling to gamble, your performance would have exposed us, and we'd have had to fight them to the death."
The hearty laugh sent chills down everyone else's spines - deceiving even teammates truly embodied the principle of abandoning humanity.
They recalled their earlier concern about the Strong Man shouting "I reject my humanity!" and their faces grew hot.
This guy admitted it so readily - he clearly had a clear self-awareness.
The Strong Man's large palm kept slapping his companion's back loudly. Everyone began to wonder if he was using this as an excuse to get revenge on his companion.
At this thought, they fell silent. With that deceptively straightforward face, it was hard to say what this cunning person was really thinking...
For some reason, an image flashed through their minds - the scene of Qi Yuan toying with them overlapped with the Strong Man's laughing figure.
Damn it!
Is this what the world of the strong is like?
Thinking this, their gazes toward Qi Yunzheng became complicated. He was from Dragon Country and not weak in power - he only lacked one thing: being a psychopath (crossed out)... mental enhancement, before falling in with their crowd.
It seemed mental enhancement played a bigger role.
But... why did Dragon Country produce so many men... mental enhancers?
Their nerves had gotten quite the workout today. Everyone had truly forgotten about the Gumantong's existence, focused only on sharing information with their team and quickly devising countermeasures.
Constantly relying on the mysterious organization wasn't necessarily good.
For instance...
Dragon slayers becoming evil dragons themselves - in a world with only Commune Operators, would they still maintain their principles?
It was all uncertain.
Thinking of this, they shook their heads and smiled wryly.
Placing hope in others' moral bottom lines wasn't advisable - it was just like others' view of them. They never thought they'd one day have such feelings.
The problem remained unsolved, yet somehow they'd made peace with others being wary of them.
Lost in thought, they didn't notice until the Strong Man caught the Gumantong from some corner, destroyed its domain, and completely extinguished its vitality.
The changing environment jolted them awake. They looked up, searching with their gaze for the two mysterious organization members, but they had vanished without a trace.
This really was...
Jeanna smoothed her messy hair, unable to ignore the devastation around them. Taking a deep breath, she summoned her army to search for survivors.
With her taking the lead, others no longer regretted failing to connect with the mysterious organization, and likewise used their abilities to search through the ruins.
"Hmm?"
Jeanna sensed two vibrant presences from a crevice, directing her army to move aside the stones.
Her eyes lowered, noticing a dust-covered camera lens stubbornly protruding from the gap...
No way...?
The Strong Man had been standing in this spot earlier - if fighting had broken out, there would have been no survivors.
That's why this area was left for last.
Her gaze wandered, discovering a recording device extending from another gap, leaving her feelings extremely complicated.
The war correspondents were even braver than her - Jeanna was momentarily speechless.
When the stones were completely removed, a man and woman were found curled up in the cramped space, their eyes half-open but consciousness hazy.
The army moved them up, and the woman sensitively furrowed her brows, struggling to rise, though her strength was barely there.
As she lay on the floor, Jeanna came to check on her. The woman called out in a weak voice: "Blaine! It's Jeanna! Quick, take the shot!"
The semi-unconscious man heard the voice, his arm twitching as he felt around.
Jeanna: "..."
She suddenly felt these two might have the makings of powerful individuals.
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."
e vast world of cultivation, where he becomes the master of the Heavenly Ruins Sacred Hall, a dying old man with barely a tenth of his former cultivation remaining. He is immediately confronted with a deadly crisis: his subordinates have rebelled, and his protectors are forcing him to abdicate. At the critical moment, the system descends from the heavens: [Ding! The host has been detected facing a life-or-death crisis. The system is now officially activated!] [As a gift, you have received the Supreme Beginner’s Pack and awakened the ultimate cheat: ten thousand years of pure cultivation essence every second!] Yin Tianjue: “Wait… ten thousand years of cultivation every second? That’s six hundred thousand years a minute, and in one day… I can’t even calculate it. Either way, I’m already invincible!” You’re a peerless prodigy rarely seen in ten thousand years? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. You’re an undying ancestor who has guarded a sacred land for countless ages? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. You’re the strongest chosen one, blessed with heaven-defying destiny? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. From this day forth, I have only one thing to say: “I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. Now, how exactly are you supposed to deal with that?”
e, Immortal Body, Transmigration, System, Progression Fantasy, Academy Setting, Third-Person Perspective. Alternate Title: Transmigrating into a High Martial World and Reading Live Comments. Bad news: I transmigrated. This is a terrifying high-martial world, and my original, pathetically weak body fell into a coma and never woke up. Good news: I got a Popularity Points system upon arrival. I can see live comments and even create an unkillable alternate identity. Starting out, the alternate identity has all stats at 1. The system tells me that to grow stronger, I must participate in the plot, gain popularity points to allocate stats and grow stronger, and ultimately awaken my original body. And so, carrying my original body on my back, I officially entered Huaqing Academy, where the story's protagonist resides. From that moment on, Chen Guan kicked the original plot to pieces. Live Comments: [Doesn't anyone find this mysterious coffin guy creepy? He can summon indescribable grey misty hands.] [Is this guy a hero or a villain? What kind of onion became a spirit?] [By the way, does anyone know who's in the coffin? Shouldn't the debt for saving his life be repaid by now?] [According to unofficial histories, the person in the coffin was Chen Guan's first love. Their love was once passionate and earth-shattering, but they were separated by life and death due to worldly circumstances. What a star-crossed pair.] ... Years later, the world knew of a demon god born from a coffin, shrouded in grey mist, impossible to gaze upon directly. His foremost divine emissary often wielded a scythe, reaping lives like the god of death. As war approached, facing former friends and a boundless sea of enemies, Chen Guan merely raised his scythe. "Would you like to dance as well?"
+ Slow Paced + Main Character Thrives Together with His Disciples】 Transmigrated into a cultivation world, Chu Xingchen awakens a discipleship system that reveals the tags of his disciples! Starting from scratch, he builds the strongest sect. Disciple One: Li Yingling 【Gold Tag: Genius Cultivator】【Purple Tag: Extremely Lucky】【Blue Tag: Bewitchingly Beautiful】 Disciple Two: Li Hangtian 【Gold Tag: Reincarnated】【Purple Tag: Ruthless and Decisive】【Blue Tag: Loyal and Noble】 Disciple Three: ??? 【Orange Tag: Alluring Demoness】【???】【???】 Thus, in the cultivation world, an unremarkable little sect appears out of nowhere, but little do others know that each member of this sect is a powerhouse in their own right. The book is also known as: Cultivation? It's Exactly Like This!
