"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.
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!
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?!
ions, keeping it grounded and realistic】 After quitting his job, office worker Su Yang accidentally binds with the "Enjoy Life System." As the name suggests, simply by indulging in life's pleasures, he can earn random rewards from the system—no need to spend money on beautiful women or grovel before anyone. Just enjoy, and the money follows, making it all about effortless fun. The system comes with a scanning feature, allowing him to establish a favorability bond with women rated 85 points or above. Every 20-point increase in favorability unlocks additional rewards. After suffering through over twenty years of hardship, Su Yang trembles with excitement, his dull eyes suddenly gleaming with newfound hope. "Enjoy life? How hard could that be?"
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...
