"Hahaha..."
The Dark Demon laughed maniacally, as if he had just heard the funniest joke in the world.
"You? You're not even worthy to be my enemy."
As the Dark Demon mocked, his figure flickered, and in the next moment, he appeared directly in front of Su Xiyan.
Lifting her up with one hand, his eyes revealed nothing but contempt: "I admire your courage, but you know, courage alone isn't enough."
"Since you wish to die, let me grant you that wish."
As his words fell, his grip began to tighten gradually.
A suffocating sensation left Su Xiyan completely powerless to resist.
"Let go of my daughter! If you want to fight someone, fight me!"
Su Yuanying roared, charging forward with his Demon Hunter Sword that gleamed like a destructive blade.
This was Su Yuanying's strongest attack, fueled by his life force - something he would never resort to unless absolutely necessary.
But when someone threatened his daughter's life, he couldn't care about anything else.
Even if it meant burning away his life force completely, he would protect his beloved.
"Such speed!"
Sensing Su Yuanying's obvious transformation, the Dark Demon took him more seriously.
After all, this was a life-force-burning attack, with power nearly matching that of a Legendary Demon Hunter.
But almost wasn't enough - not being a true Legendary Demon Hunter still left him short.
Just as Su Yuanying came incredibly close to the Dark Demon, the latter simply dodged with a casual movement, avoiding the lethal strike.
While evading, the Dark Demon reached out and grabbed Su Yuanying in his other hand.
"Since both father and daughter are so eager to die, why don't I grant both your wishes?"
The Dark Demon licked his dry lips, revealing a hint of excitement.
"You know, it's been a long time since I've tasted the blood of a Semi-Legendary Hunter. I bet it will be delicious."
"You... if you want something... come at me... don't... don't hurt my daughter..."
Su Yuanying's voice came out weak and powerless, yet even now, his only thought was protecting his daughter.
"Dad, are you okay? Please, let my father go. If you want someone, take me instead!"
Su Xiyan cried out in pain, tears rolling down her cheeks like rain.
She had always thought she was strong enough now to stand on her own, but facing a real crisis, she realized she wasn't nearly enough - she was still far too weak.
To truly protect those around her, she needed to work much harder.
"Tsk tsk tsk, what a touching father-daughter scene. I'm almost moved! But haven't you realized something yet? You're merely insects in my hands - you don't get to decide what I do."
The Dark Demon said with cold eyes and a smile, enjoying this emotional scene and the thrill of holding others' lives in his hands.
"Chen Shuo, why... why haven't you come out yet? Quick, save Xiyan!"
In this desperate moment, Su Yuanying didn't know how else to save themselves. Perhaps out of pure instinct, he used his last bit of strength to shout.
Even though he knew what might happen, he could only place his final hope in Chen Shuo.
"Chen Shuo? Who's that nobody? You weaklings are truly amusing, always trying to band together to increase your strength. But weaklings are still weaklings - gathering together just makes you a group of weaklings."
The Dark Demon sneered, his contemptuous words showing he had lost all patience.
He now had only one thought: to savor the blood of these two hunters.
"Hey, who are you calling weaklings?"
Just as the Dark Demon's fangs were about to reach Su Yuanying's neck, a lazy voice spoke from nearby.
The Dark Demon looked over to see a young man standing in the distance, arms crossed.
His handsome features, with fine eyebrows and bright eyes, radiated both good looks and youthful energy, much like the lead actor in an idol drama.
Upon seeing him, the Dark Demon's brow slightly furrowed.
He despised such appearances, even hated them.
But what puzzled him more was that he couldn't sense any power from this person - he appeared just like an ordinary human.
This was what shocked the Dark Demon the most.
Because no normal person could remain so calm after witnessing such a scene, unless...
"Who exactly are you?" the Dark Demon asked in a deep voice, lowering the father and daughter.
Having sensed something extraordinary about Chen Shuo, he dared not be careless.
"What do you think? I'm obviously that nobody you were just talking about," the young man replied with a cold smile.
This young man was none other than Chen Shuo.
At this moment, he had completely absorbed the spirit, whose power far exceeded Chen Shuo's expectations.
After absorbing it, his power had reached an entirely new level.
Indeed, it was a height no vampire had ever achieved, not even in legends.
Beyond the Demon Saint, an existence that looked down upon all living things.
Now in his eyes, even the Dark Demon with his Demon Saint-level power was nothing more than a speck of dust in the air.
"So you're that whatever Chen Shuo? Fine, since you want to play the hero saving the beauty, let me see what you're capable of."
The Dark Demon licked his dry lips again, and as his words fell, his hands transformed into blades. Pushing off the ground, he shot toward Chen Shuo like a cannonball.
Chen Shuo just stood there, quietly watching everything.
"Die!"
The Dark Demon shouted as his twin blades pierced through Chen Shuo's body.
The speed was so fast that everything happened in an instant.
Looking at the Chen Shuo he had just impaled, the Dark Demon's lips curled into a sinister smile: "And here I thought you'd be something special, but you're just as pathetic as the rest."
"Oh really? That's funny, because I was thinking the same thing about you. I thought you'd be something special, but you've really disappointed me."
As the Dark Demon was mockingly speaking, a voice came from beside his ear.
The Dark Demon turned to look and found the same person standing beside him, just quietly watching.
Especially that calm, peaceful gaze - it gave him an inexplicable sense of terror in his heart.
"How is this possible? You... this..."
The Dark Demon exclaimed in shock. When he looked back at the Chen Shuo he had impaled, he was astounded to see that body turn into a mere afterimage and disappear.
"Impossible, this can't be possible!"
The Dark Demon couldn't believe it, his entire mind starting to collapse.
He had always prided himself on never losing to anyone in terms of speed, but the scene that had just played out before his eyes forced him to accept that he had been completely outmatched in speed.
Indeed, he had been thoroughly defeated - what he had struck was nothing more than Chen Shuo's afterimage...
s + Rent Collection Wealth】 At the start, he inherited a rundown house in the urban village from his grandfather. The house had no tenants, but the moment he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, a self-proclaimed empress from the Tianxuan Continent arrived as his first tenant. Ye Chuan soon discovered that with every new tenant moving in, not only did he receive massive daily payments, but he also obtained unique items related to their backgrounds. 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Tiger Strength Pill—dramatically enhances physical power!】 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Deer Blood Pill—significantly boosts vitality!】 …… From that day on, all sorts of bizarre tenants began appearing in the house: the empress from Tianxuan Continent, an apocalyptic sorceress from the Magic Realm, a mysterious scientific girl who fell through a spacetime rift… Every single day, he received strange, powerful items and endless money. Then one day, he suddenly realized—he had become invincible. Enough, enough! Stop giving me more!
lity and could only live as an ordinary mortal. He only wished to live a peaceful life. Yet he didn't know— The dog he adopted, because it ate his food, became a legendary demon king. The kitchen knife he casually forged became a peerless divine weapon, causing numerous experts to fight desperately for it. The young disciple he took in became an immortal lord that led an era, due to cultivating the techniques Ye Feng taught him. Even the skeletons he looked down on the most were ominous demon kings that suppressed countless worlds. Many years later, looking at the void shattered with a punch, Ye Feng murmured to himself: It turns out the peerless kings were myself all along...
] [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!"
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
