Free Web NovelChapter 461: Chapter 78: Shen Shuyue and Dong Nianyu
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While people cheered for the Light Arrow Knight having prevented a new round of the "death game," several guests appeared in the desolate city where the Magic Tower stood.
The helicopter’s rotors whipped up a gust of wind.
Different from before, the woman was no longer barefoot in a hospital gown. A night had passed, which was enough time for her to reminisce about her past, enough to change into fresh clothes, enough to understand herself.
Splitter Bai Yuan, whether this name was a prank, a coincidence, or perhaps Bai Yuan was still alive, Dong Nianyu considered settling scores with her an inevitability. freewebnoveℓ.com
As for the twisted rules, the plan, High Tower, the future—she had been working on these things over the years, but that didn’t mean they were of great importance to her.
Dong Nianyu dressed in ordinary human attire, which in fact was not so ordinary; she had exchanged her hospital gown for a white dress and put on beautiful white dance shoes.
She appeared just like an ordinary girl-next-door, but her cool, clear eyes seemed capable of freezing the very air.
The ruby pendant on her chest shimmered brilliantly, like a red flower blooming amidst ice and snow.
Dong Nianyu did not come alone; the admirer—Club K Xi Yunzi was following right behind her.
"Not long ago, the artist told me that the rules in this area are severely distorted, such that even the most powerful people can become lost in a myriad of choices. Xiaoyu, what do you think?"
"You talk too much."
"Hahaha... Men always talk too much around beautiful women, but I’m a chatterbox by nature. I actually don’t believe that the Light Arrow Knight will be taken down by a mere tower."
Xi Yunzi chuckled and went back to his babbling:
"The red zone is very dangerous, especially with such pure twist in the rules—it’s the kind of helplessness that’s the worst. But from what I’ve seen of the pallid faces of various Qs, they’ve failed comprehensively, defeated thoroughly from every angle."
"Such a character can’t just be a brutish fighter; his intellect, his knowledge reserves must be extraordinary."
"Is that so?" Dong Nianyu uncharacteristically engaged in the conversation.
Xi Yunzi flicked his dust-whisk: "I know he’ll definitely come out alive, even though Club K holds a different view."
"Once he comes out, I’ll be able to meet him personally. Ah, I can hardly wait to become his follower. Imagine, if he dissolves the human crisis again, his fame could reach unprecedented heights, and quite a few people might even view him as their faith."
Xi Yunzi was as excited as a child:
"Just thinking about it is thrilling—he will have saved the world for the fourth time! What kind of merit would that be?
"His popularity will surge like never before, the followers will be countless. At that time, what saint, Buddha, Taoist Ancestor will compare to him! He will be my one and only true God!"
Dong Nianyu said:
"He won’t be trapped in this tower, coming out is just a matter of time."
"Right, you also think he’s very suitable to be the god of this world, huh? I can’t wait to worship him, how wonderful. Such an entity, how could he possibly die here? That would be too insincere of a game."
Dong Nianyu didn’t offer any explanation. It wasn’t that she looked down on Club K’s methods; the power to enhance rules was indeed terrifying. In the World Inside the Mist, Club K could even create a black zone.
But if the person challenging the tower was related to Bai Yuan, Dong Nianyu believed that Bai Yuan would not die in this tower.
"Indeed, he won’t die in the tower because he will die by my hand."
The expression was cold, the tone icy, causing Xi Yunzi to shudder all of a sudden.
But gossips are often chatterboxes, and Xi Yunzi thought to himself—Xiaoyu is showing signs, isn’t she?
Even though Xiaoyu was usually quite cold, this was the first time Xi Yunzi saw her with a killing intent.
"Anyway, Light Arrow Knight is my faith, Xiaoyu. You’d better finish him after my ritual is complete."
Xi Yunzi looked at Dong Nianyu with a gleeful smile, but she paid no mind.
The two were silently waiting in a corner of this city that has long been deserted. Xi Yunzi kept starting conversations.
Dong Nianyu didn’t find it annoying, but she rarely answered most of the questions, nor did she think there was anything wrong with that.
Xi Yunzi didn’t mind at all; a chatterbox talks just to talk. Whether others like to listen doesn’t concern a chatterbox, who doesn’t care.
These were the first two to arrive in this area.
Soon, as Xi Yunzi was relieving boredom by recounting stories of various mythological factions, another person joined them in the area.
A man with a cat on his shoulder.
The man’s perception was very powerful, his Sequence Heart Net allowing him to detect the two people from a great distance.
The cat on his shoulder initially seemed somewhat lazy, but soon it slowly opened its eyes.
This man and cat were none other than Wu Jiu and his mysterious cat companion.
Ever since he learned that the cat might possess impressive strength, Wu Jiu treated it even better, but he never mentioned why, because he didn’t know what the cat had in mind either...
Anyway, just stick close to something powerful; people used to cling to him in the same way, and that feeling... Wu Jiu couldn’t describe it, but it was pretty cool.
The cat also enjoyed this atmosphere and even forgot it was not really a cat.
Together, the man and cat had gradually gotten used to the life in the World Beyond the Mist.
When Wu Jiu learned that Bai Wu was also Outside the Mist, he decided to look for Bai Wu, coinciding with the appearance of the Magic Tower.
The tower made Wu Jiu think a lot, so he brought the cat, preparing to come near the tower.
Wu Jiu was convinced that Bai Wu was inside.
"I don’t even remember when was the last time I spoke with him. It’s really strange, I originally thought I was the first to discover this new world, yet he had already found it."
"Now it seems he possesses many secrets and in exploring this world, his progress is undoubtedly far beyond mine, just like his strength."
Before reaching the Magic Tower area, Wu Jiu was reflecting on this, which made the cat very curious; the man treated life-and-death dangers with indifference along the way, as if he were a machine that knew only constant cultivation devoid of emotions.
But at this moment, his thoughts seemed to have changed somewhat.
Even though its true form wasn’t a cat, it possessed a cat’s curiosity and was even more eager to find out what kind of person this man wanted to meet.
Though in the cat’s eyes, the youth was not strong enough.
But objectively speaking, by human standards, it felt that this man had already surpassed the human realm.
Were beings far stronger than this man still human?
Wu Jiu wasn’t being modest; he didn’t know that with the help of this cat, he had created an astonishing record and his strength had improved to an incredible extent.
As they approached the Magic Tower, through the Sequence Heart Net, Wu Jiu sensed Dong Nianyu and Xi Yunzi in the distance.
The cat opened its eyes and scrutinized the woman ahead, sensing the terrifying spiritual power emanating from her.
It became alert.
Wu Jiu could judge the cat’s emotions through the subtle changes in its body language.
So, Wu Jiu stopped in his tracks. The cat was pleased. This man was quite perceptive; even without revealing its true form, he could understand its intentions.
The two ahead, the man seemed relatively weak, while the woman possessed extremely powerful spiritual power.
This was a strange combination; the cat guessed that the woman must have sensed them, Wu Jiu and itself, before they discovered her.
The cat and Wu Jiu didn’t get any closer to them; after all, the person Wu Jiu was waiting for had not yet emerged.
In this area, there were now a total of four living beings.
Two men, two women, three people, one cat.
Soon, another person appeared in this deserted area, which was no longer desolate.
She was a beautiful woman who captured everyone’s attention.
Wu Jiu was surprised when he saw the woman,
"How could she be here?"
The cat pricked up its gossipy little ears.
Meanwhile, outside the large black Magic Tower, Dong Nianyu and Xi Yunzi also noticed the woman.
While "Splitter Bai Yuan" was exploring the tower, things were quite lively outside.
The woman with the teardrop mole by her eye was none other than the Guardian of Jing Liu—Shen Shuyue.
Not long ago, Shen Shuyue and Jing Liu had found Jing Si.
Shen Shuyue was still shaken by that battle; she had always believed she was an immortal being.
But it was only during her confrontation with Jing Si that she realized her strongest power could be countered by such pure and simple methods...
If Jing Si hadn’t come to her senses at the last moment, Shen Shuyue might have died.
Jing Si’s attacks, each move like the most barbaric beating, seemed to tear apart the very rules with every strike.
After rescuing Jing Si, since Jing Si was always mad, and in her madness held some hostility towards Shen Shuyue,
in the crazed eyes of Jing Si, Shen Shuyue, who once struck terror into Zhong Xu, was merely a sponge to be torn apart at will.
Thus, Jing Liu arranged for Shen Shuyue to leave and do something else.
That led to the current scene.
"Ah, may Buddha forgive me, it’s not that my Buddhist heart is wavering, it’s just that the person across... is too tempting."
Xi Yunzi, looking at Shen Shuyue’s face, couldn’t imagine that anyone in Sheng Country could possess such beauty.
Shen Shuyue walked toward Dong Nianyu and Xi Yunzi with unhurried steps.
Xi Yunzi, despite marveling at the woman’s beauty, did not forget his other purpose—to protect Xiaoyu.
In Xi Yunzi’s view, this woman might not be as oppressive as the subordinate of the Light Arrow Knight from that day, but she was clearly no minor character.
Shen Shuyue was also tactful, not getting too close:
"You must be Dong Nianyu, right? You look really good, that outfit is just like my sister’s."
Dong Nianyu didn’t speak, just looked coldly at Shen Shuyue.
Shen Shuyue didn’t mind; she stood with Xi Yunzi between herself and Dong Nianyu.
But Xi Yunzi always felt like he should be under the car, not inside it...
He felt very strange.
"Such a cold gaze, oh~ it really pains my heart, I’m younger than you, how about if I call you Sister Nianyu?"
"Who are you?" Dong Nianyu asked.
"My name is Shen Shuyue."
"Don’t know you."
"I am just a minor character, so it’s quite normal for Sister Nianyu not to know me, but I have long admired Sister Nianyu."
Shen Shuyue’s demeanor always blurred the line between a playful laugh and a seductive smirk. But to Xi Yunzi, no matter what kind of laughter it was, it seemed like a test of his faith in the divine.
Dong Nianyu did not speak, and Shen Shuyue continued:
"Don’t worry, Sister Nianyu, I don’t have any hostility towards you, and I couldn’t possibly be your adversary."
Far on the other side, Wu Jiu and the cat looked on like two idle spectators, silently watching the two women talk.
Wu Jiu, who was very perceptive, speculated that something important might happen soon, and Bai Wu might not be able to witness this scene. He had to remember it well.
Wu Jiu didn’t know that the battlefield beyond the mist was like a chessboard, and the players upon it were not beings like Jing Wu and Jing Er.
Though the World Beyond the Mist was less distorted, the players engaged in the game were incredibly powerful.
The appearance of Shen Shuyue signified that one of these players had made a move with a "younger sister" piece.
Dong Nianyu’s perceptive abilities were even more formidable; she had long since detected Wu Jiu and that cat, neither of whom were pushovers.
But she also didn’t pay it much mind, as she was curious about what this hauntingly beautiful woman wanted from her.
"I always believed that the great person I followed was the strongest in this world, although her strength was not shown through martial ability."
"But later on, that person also told me that among humans, there were those who had surpassed her in spiritual power."
"If it weren’t for peering into cause and effect, she wouldn’t even have discovered that her memories and cognition had been altered by someone else."
Shen Shuyue spoke slowly, her words laced with admiration for Dong Nianyu—more accurately, awe.
After all, the great person she followed was Jing Liu.
A being of the Well Level. Even such beings could be influenced, which was a testament to the might of Dong Nianyu.
"What exactly are you trying to say?" Dong Nianyu’s tone remained icy.
"Don’t rush, Sister Nianyu. I am here not to be your enemy or cause you any trouble, but to help you."
"Help me?" Dong Nianyu was puzzled.
Xi Yunzi also looked stunned, feeling an ominous premonition about this charlatan’s intentions.
"There was a man who deceived you, who betrayed you. You really want to see this man, right?"
Dong Nianyu, who was always stone-faced, showed a slight change in expression at Shen Shuyue’s words.
In that moment, Shen Shuyue could feel an immense power that seemed to entwine her own soul.
But she didn’t care, speaking with a tinge of sadness:
"I envy people like you who can trust someone without reservations. At least I find it hard to maintain feelings for someone for long, especially considering my innate disdain for men."
"What a pity it is, Sister Nianyu, if only you could have had a better ending."
Dong Nianyu was confused. Nobody in the farm now knew about her affairs, so how could this woman know?
"Standing guard here is meaningless, Sister Nianyu. The person you are waiting for is not here. Inside is his son. Tormenting his son might give you temporary joy, but it is only fleeting."
If Bai Wu were here, he would certainly try to silence Shen Shuyue, but alas, it was impossible.
Shen Shuyue laughed:
"The person who owes you has to repay the debt eventually, for only then can you truly find closure. And my master can let you meet the person you want to see."
(Dizzy, not quite in the right state, I might correct any typos later, goodnight everyone.)
