In the sky, all the illusions of Ning Yu were collectively gazing at Chen Xing, who was standing beneath a blood-red halo above her head.
Chen Xing felt as though she were a defendant standing in the center of a courtroom, being judged by countless judges.
There were too many targets to attack, yet none of the attacks could land on Ning Yu.
Only Ning Yu herself knew that these versions of her in the sky were all manifestations of herself placed at different points in time.
This was not a defense in the physical sense, but rather a defense across the dimension of time—like how someone in the present moment could never kill something that exists tomorrow.
It was as if she had folded a piece of paper, bringing all versions of herself from different times into this single moment.
All the illusions raised their hands, each holding a Kronos, and pointed them at the massive blood-red sun that blotted out the sky.
The enormous crimson sphere began to tremble violently, even though no attack had touched it.
Then, the blood-red sphere started to disintegrate and transform—it was turning back into living flesh and blood!
Chen Xing was stunned by the scene before her. The process of her transformation seemed to be reversing!
The blood-red halo above her head, as if under the influence of some uncontrollable force, also began to break apart.
Despite no physical contact, time seemed to be reversing only for her, undoing the power she had just used.
The blood on her hooded cloak began to flow backward, returning to the blood-red halo before it, too, disintegrated.
The hood, which had previously concealed her face due to the distorted and absorbed light, now disappeared, revealing Chen Xing's original ashen hair.
And her bewildered face.
The illusions of Ning Yu surrounding her began to diminish, gradually fading away, likely due to the use of Kronos's power.
On the ground, the scattered bones suddenly stood up one by one, reanimating into zombies.
The flesh and blood that had flowed back from the sky began to reattach to the skeletal frames on the ground, reconstructing their bodies.
The zombies Chen Xing had sacrificed were being resurrected, standing dumbfounded, utterly clueless about what had happened.
They looked at each other, dazed and confused, like a swarm of headless flies.
Chen Xing finally snapped out of her shock. With her transformation reversed, she regained the ability to speak.
"So what? I can just do it again!"
She gritted her teeth and raised her hand once more, a red barrier beginning to envelop her body.
In the sky, only two of Ning Yu's illusions remained, and the Kronos in their hands had turned translucent, indicating that their power was nearly depleted.
Chen Xing noticed this and, though she still didn't understand what kind of bizarre ability Ning Yu possessed to reverse her transformation, her determination to kill Ning Yu remained unshaken.
The zombies on the ground began to stiffen and collapse once more, signaling that the sacrificial process was about to repeat.
Chen Xing looked at the remaining illusion of Ning Yu in the sky, now reduced to just one—the real Ning Yu of the present.
"Your little trick is impressive, but you're still going to die."
The blood-red egg was about to fully encase Chen Xing, leaving only her pitch-black eyes visible.
She blinked once, and in that split second, something unbelievable happened. When her eyelids closed, Ning Yu was still far away.
But when her eyes reopened, Ning Yu was standing right in front of her, and the blood-red egg had vanished.
"This... how is this... possible?!"
Her mouth hung open in disbelief as Ning Yu swung the Kronos in her hand.
"This kind of defense is useless against me."
Ning Yu's golden eyes locked onto Chen Xing's, making her feel as though her very soul was being laid bare.
"Do you know what happens when you accelerate one half of an object's time and decelerate the other half?"
She posed an intriguing question to Chen Xing.
At the same time, Ning Yu swung the Kronos horizontally. Chen Xing had no intention of answering the question and raised her cross-shaped longsword to block.
But the Kronos seemed to exist in a different dimension, passing through Chen Xing's sword and her body like a phantom.
At first, nothing happened, and Chen Xing was about to swing her sword back at Ning Yu.
But in that instant, a pure black rift tore through the world, following the trajectory of Ning Yu's slash.
Chen Xing was split in two by the rift, her cross-shaped longsword also severed cleanly in half.
"It will be irreversibly cut apart."
Ning Yu answered her own question.
Behind Chen Xing, her blood-red throne appeared, attempting to catch her bisected body, but the throne was also split down the middle by the rift.
The once proud and indomitable throne fell to the ground in two pieces alongside Chen Xing.
The Kronos seemed to have reached its limit and was on the verge of disappearing. But Ning Yu knew that while such damage could severely injure a mutated zombie, it could not kill one.
Her golden eyes began to fade back to their original amber hue, a sign that the borrowed power from the source was dissipating.
She extended her right hand, as if summoning something.
"Whoosh!"
The Blood Kite cut through the air, transforming into a blood-red streak as it flew into her hand.
Ning Yu raised the now phantom-like Kronos in her left hand and the Blood Kite in her right, slowly bringing the two weapons together.
The Kronos merged into the Blood Kite like a high-quality enchantment material, serving its final purpose.
All of the Blood Kite's skill cooldowns were instantly reset.
Without the golden eyes, Ning Yu's divine aura faded, replaced by a human intensity. Her furious gaze locked onto the falling Chen Xing.
Gripping the Blood Kite once more, Ning Yu's eyes turned into beautiful rubies.
"Whoosh!"
She burst through the air with a powerful gust, diving toward Chen Xing's falling form. Holding the Blood Kite with both hands, she accelerated downward, piercing through the air and creating a sonic boom.
"You're dead!!"
Ning Yu's eyes blazed with rage, her silver teeth clenched, and her snow-white hair billowed upward as the Blood Kite sliced through the air.
"This... can't be!!!"
Chen Xing, now split in two, tried to muster a final struggle, summoning a broken light barrier in the air to block Ning Yu.
But suddenly, she noticed blood-red butterflies fluttering in front of her.
"How beautiful."
Amidst the countless flashes of blade light, this was her final thought.
pression Bureau] Transported to a fantasy world overrun by demons and monsters, Gu Qingfeng becomes a jailer in the Demon Suppression Prison of the Great Yan Dynasty's Demon Suppression Bureau. From this point on, bizarre cases frequently occur in the Demon Suppression Prison, once known as hell on earth and infamous for its gloomy, terrifying atmosphere! Why do the demons and monsters in the prison wail miserably every night? Why has the corpse demon, capable of transforming into various beauties, donned black stockings and switched careers to become a foot massage therapist? Why has the eye demon, expert in soul-snatching and illusions, turned into a VR headset? Why is the fox spirit performing otaku dances? Are all these occurrences a twisted expression of demonic nature, or a descent into moral depravity? After peeling away layer upon layer of mystery, all clues ultimately point to a jailer named Gu Qingfeng. Gu Qingfeng: "Hehehe... My dear demons and monsters, whose card shall we flip today?"
uld barely embark on the path to immortality. Just as he was on the verge of death, his golden finger awakened. No matter whether it was poison, drained blood and vital energy, diminished lifespan, or any other physical debuff caused by paying a price—once midnight passed, everything would be refreshed. From then on, whenever someone asked what kind of person Chu Ran was, the answer was simple: Forbidden arts that other cultivators dared not learn? Chu Ran would learn them. Prices that even demonic cultivators dared not pay? Chu Ran would pay them. Lifespan that even righteous cultivators dared not burn? Chu Ran would burn it. All the blood essence in his body? Take it. Want both his hands and feet? He would cut them off and send them to you. You say he’s finished? He wasn’t built to sit idle. You think he’s gone mad? No—he was simply waiting for midnight. From that day onward, Chu Ran would respect neither Heaven nor Earth, bow to neither gods nor ghosts. He had only one wish: For midnight to arrive a little sooner.
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?"
ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
