The toy army surged forward like a tide.
Yue Shi found this colorful mess nothing but annoying.
They were numerous, but it was all style and no substance.
His figure flickered through the pile of toys. Everywhere he passed, plastic warships weathered and shattered, turning into heaps of debris.
Metal robots were corroded by rust, clattering into piles of iron shavings.
The toy monsters, baring their fangs and claws, rotted away even faster, turning into discarded trash.
Before long, the toy army collapsed like a sandcastle swept by a gale.
The brat’s arrogance gradually froze, his expression turning to shock as panic crawled into his heart.
“No, this is impossible! My toy army!” he screamed, looking completely broken.
“Is this the extent of your house-playing skills? And you dared to come out and show off?” Yue Shi mocked, showing no restraint just because the other party was a child.
“Didn't your parents teach you that the world outside is dangerous? Or did you just sneak out on your own?”
“You bastard, don't talk about my parents!” The boy seemed to have been struck in a sore spot. His face twisted as he frantically mobilized his power to summon more toys.
More toys were manifested, only to be shredded in the next second by a few spatial rifts Yue Shi casually flicked out. They couldn't even get close.
Yue Shi took a step forward and appeared in front of the boy, looking down at him. “Hey, kid, besides hiding behind toys and screaming, what else can you do? Bring it all out for a spin.”
“I’m not a kid!” the boy roared, condensing a toy lightsaber in his hand and slashing at Yue Shi.
The lightsaber looked impressive at first glance.
Yue Shi extended two fingers and pinched the blade of the lightsaber. With a slight application of force, the lightsaber shattered inch by inch.
“Lethality is about the same as an adult toy poodle,” Yue Shi evaluated calmly, flicking his finger forward.
Boom!
A massive force struck the boy’s chest, sending him flying like a kite with a broken string.
After slamming heavily onto the ground, he coughed up a mouthful of blood.
The intense pain made him curl up, and his face, which had been feigning maturity, was finally overtaken by terror.
“You’re bullying a child! You’re picking on someone smaller than you! You’re shameless!”
Yue Shi nodded. “You only remembered you’re a child now? Isn't it a bit late for that?”
“But I should correct one thing. I don't just bully children. Men, women, the old, and the young are all the same to me.”
He could achieve true fairness and gender equality.
Equality in a miserable death!
The boy struggled to raise his head. Seeing Yue Shi approaching step by step, he shrieked with false bravado:
“Do... do you know who I am? I’ve been a Rank 4 transcendent since birth! I’m a national treasure of headquarters! I’m the hope of human evolution!”
“If you dare touch a single hair on my head, you’re dead! Even if you run to the ends of the earth, headquarters will never let you go!”
“Oh, I’m so scared~” Yue Shi rolled his eyes as if he had heard an incredibly boring joke.
“Do you think if I don't hit you, headquarters will be lenient with me and invite me back for tea?”
“You have value to headquarters, but you have zero value to me. Kid, your threats are so childish they’re laughable.”
Under the brat’s incredulous gaze, Yue Shi took out a pair of metal pliers. With a sinister, low laugh, he walked step by step toward the limp boy.
...
Deep within the labyrinth.
The Brazen Bull Punishment protecting The Executioner was now covered in spider-web cracks, and the internal temperature was still climbing.
Crackle, crackle.
The sound of shattering rang out.
The copper bull had reached its limit. It could no longer withstand the continuous erosion of the eight black mist giant snakes and exploded into fragments.
The Executioner stumbled out from within, his aura withered and his skin charred, with wisps of green smoke rising from his body.
But the fierce light in his eyes didn't diminish. Driven to a dead end, he launched a desperate counterattack.
“Ahhh!” he roared as the punishment device on his lower body transformed from a phantom into a solid entity.
Countless bolts of black-purple lightning erupted with him as the center, weaving into a storm of thunder that expanded in all directions!
Wherever the lightning passed, the eight black mist giant snakes were torn apart and dissolved by the storm, emitting silent shrieks.
The Curse Master groaned, the black mist around him roiling; he had clearly taken a hit as well.
But he endured, showing no opening.
At this moment, whoever faltered first would die.
More black mist was drawn out and injected into the giant snakes.
The confrontation between the lightning storm and the black snakes reached its peak. Finally, after exhausting all of The Executioner’s power, the storm slowly dissipated.
The eight black mist giant snakes were also gone, leaving only some remnants that reconsolidated into a single snake, its size reduced by nearly half.
The Executioner knelt on one knee, using his branding knife to support his body as he gasped for breath, no longer having the strength to launch an attack.
The Curse Master had also sustained significant injuries, but he acted as if nothing were wrong, feigning ease and composure.
He manipulated the last black mist giant snake to move in front of The Executioner, looking down with a sneer:
“A captain of headquarters... is only so-so.”
...
Li Hua and Su Qingqian were each wandering aimlessly through the labyrinth.
Suddenly, the surrounding space fluctuated, and the light and shadows shifted rapidly.
The distorted streets and inverted floors were undergoing a magical transformation.
Space was being restored.
A few seconds later, the labyrinth dissolved.
Both were shocked. The actual distance between them was very close—less than twenty meters.
What made their skin crawl even more was that the nearby ground was littered with the mangled corpses of their teammates, blood flowing everywhere.
Su Qingqian immediately saw two dead investigators by Li Hua’s feet, their bodies tightly wrapped in letter paper.
Her pupils shrank as she faintly guessed something.
But right now, she had no time to look deeper into Li Hua’s issues.
Her gaze quickly swept the surroundings. Fragments of toys were everywhere.
Yue Shi stood leisurely at the hotel entrance, a boy lying at his feet with a mouth full of blood, his life or death unknown.
Not far away, the Curse Master approached with a black mist giant snake.
The snake’s tail was coiled around The Executioner, who looked like a dead dog.
The worst-case scenario had occurred.
The Executioner had been defeated, and everyone else from headquarters was dead, leaving only Su Qingqian and Li Hua.
Yue Shi’s gaze, which looked at them as if they were already dead, had already landed on the two of them.
Su Qingqian shuddered as the fear of death overwhelmed her.
Her mind held only one thought: she had to survive!
She forced out a smile that looked purely delicate and feminine, slightly puffing out her chest as she spoke in a steady voice:
“Mr. Yue Shi, I am the eldest daughter of the Su family's direct line. I know many secrets of this world.”
“I can give you many, many resources—supernatural objects, classified intelligence, and even some of the industries controlled by the Su family. As long as you are willing to stay your hand, I am willing to do anything, give you anything...”
In all honesty, as long as Yue Shi didn't wear a savage or twisted expression, his appearance was indeed very pleasing to the eye.
But at this moment, Su Qingqian wasn't the least bit blinded by his looks; her heart was filled only with endless humiliation.
The grand eldest miss of the Su family had actually fallen to the point of needing to please a commoner to survive.
But as long as she could live, this bit of grievance was nothing.
Only by living were there infinite possibilities.
She would remember this debt!
Li Hua watched from the side, dumbfounded. During his time with the headquarters members, his worldview had been refreshed many times, and now it was being refreshed again.
So it turned out that even high and mighty figures would beg for mercy like dogs in a life-or-death crisis.
Those in power seemed no fundamentally different from the commoners at the bottom.
Immediately, a thought germinated in Li Hua’s heart.
‘If Su Qingqian can do it, why can't I?’
An older sister works, and a younger sister works too.
Oh no, a younger brother can work too~
‘Although I’m a man, what if...’
After all, the prerequisite for a honey trap is to first determine the target’s orientation.
Seeing Yue Shi’s expression become more and more peculiar, Su Qingqian boldly walked toward him, speaking softly:
“There are no eternal enemies in this world, only eternal interests. The benefits I can bring you are beyond imagination.”
Su Qingqian wasn't doing what Li Hua thought—using a clumsy honey trap to seduce him.
Beauty was just an extra; the key was how much interest she could offer as a bargaining chip for her life.
“If you are still not satisfied, I can swear in the name of the eldest daughter of the Su family that as long as I can become the head of the Su family, the entire family will be yours.”
As she got closer to Yue Shi, Su Qingqian elegantly reached out her hand, wanting to gently stroke his chest.
Yue Shi folded his arms across his chest and casually raised a leg, as if kicking away a pebble in his path, and sent her flying.
“I’m really sorry, but I have Sad Nipple Syndrome. I can't have intimate contact with others.”
What the fuck? What kind of bullshit reason is that!
Su Qingqian wanted to curse, but her body was already flying back. She hit the ground and spat out blood, unable to even speak for a moment.
The delicate mask she had feigned shattered inch by inch, revealing her original arrogant colors.
Su Qingqian felt she had already cast aside her dignity and deigned to sue for peace.
Yet this person dared to humiliate her like this?!
How ungrateful!
Did he really value a bit of grudge over the benefits handed to him on a silver platter?
That such a fool could obtain such great power—how unfair the heavens were!
Li Hua was trembling with fear at this scene, but a small spark of hope inexplicably rose in his heart.
Could his guess be right? If a beautiful woman didn't work, then maybe a beautiful man would?
Clinging to a final shred of hope, Li Hua summoned his courage and looked at Yue Shi with a fawning gaze.
He happened to meet Yue Shi’s smiling eyes.
Li Hua’s heart hammered and his stomach churned.
Then he heard Yue Shi speak in the tone of an old friend chatting casually, uttering words full of malice:
“Li Hua, it’s all thanks to your timely tip-off this time. We were able to prepare in advance and wipe out these idiots from headquarters in one go. You did well. Keep it up in the future; the organization won't treat you poorly.”
This one sentence was like a bolt from the blue, striking not only Li Hua but also Su Qingqian, who had only a breath left nearby.
The color instantly drained from Li Hua’s face, leaving him as pale as paper.
He opened his mouth, wanting to scream, wanting to explain that this was a blatant frame-up!
But before he could utter a single sound, Su Qingqian, using all her strength, roared with bone-deep hatred:
“So, you were the traitor!”
Her incredulous, venomous gaze was pinned firmly on Li Hua.
“Traitor... deserve to die!”
“Well said. Traitors do indeed deserve to die.”
A deep male voice rang out, echoing Su Qingqian’s words.
The hearts of everyone present skipped a beat.
Immediately after, a figure suddenly appeared.
The newcomer held a long sword and, without a word, slashed at Li Hua!
Before the strike even arrived, the chilling killing intent made Li Hua’s scalp tingle.
Whoosh!
The Curse Master raised a hand, and a pitch-black chain shot out, coiling around Li Hua’s waist and jerking him away violently.
Li Hua was dragged away by the force.
Almost at the same time, the slash grazed past him, cleaving into the spot where he had been standing.
With a hiss, a deep, narrow sword mark was left in the ground.
Yue Shi turned his head in surprise, looking at the Curse Master who had acted.
The Curse Master retracted the chain and said, “You said he was our inside man, so I stepped in to save him.”
“Alright then,” Yue Shi said helplessly.
He had only seen the argument in the labyrinth earlier and knew Li Hua was the informant, so he had acted on a whim to frame him.
He hadn't expected the Curse Master to be so diligent.
Seeing the newcomer, Su Qingqian’s despairing face burst with joy.
Fantastic, she was saved.
Finding a path of life in a desperate situation—this was exactly it.
“Be careful! He can create large-scale spatial distortion and can teleport. Don't get too close to him!”
Su Qingqian hurriedly spoke to warn him, passing on critical intelligence.
After speaking, she spat out another mouthful of blood, her aura becoming even more withered.
The newcomer was a slender young man wearing ancient-style robes, looking very high-class.
He also had long hair, but his hair, eyebrows, and eyelashes were all white. His hair was tied in a bun, and he held a long sword, looking like a Daoist from a TV drama.
This person was another captain from headquarters, The Resonant Daoist.
Hearing Su Qingqian’s words, The Resonant Daoist frowned deeply, his gaze sweeping over the scene.
He saw the charred Executioner and the boy lying in a pool of blood. Anger instantly rose in his heart, and he glared at Yue Shi, rebuking him sternly:
“To not even spare a child... your actions are so ruthless. Truly despicable!”
Yue Shi scoffed. “Do the people at headquarters all have their brains caught in doors?”
“So what if he’s a child? Since he dared to come and kill me, he should be prepared to be killed by me in return.”
“What, because he’s a kid, I should just stand there and let him blow me to smithereens? Or should I pat his head and tell him how brave he is?”
“How can a captain of headquarters be so naive and childish? With a captain like you, I truly worry for the future of headquarters~”
The Resonant Daoist’s face grew even colder, the long sword in his hand humming. “A villain like you is only good at slick talk and sophistry!”
Yue Shi nodded, admitting it frankly. “I am a villain, that’s true. I’ve never denied it.”
“But what kind of saint are you? That eldest daughter of the Su family behind you—her family has been secretly conducting illegal human experimentation for years!”
“How many children were snatched into those dark laboratories to be tortured and die miserably? Why don't you look into that? Why don't you call the Su family ruthless?”
“Or are you simply birds of a feather!”
“Silence! How dare you slander someone’s reputation out of thin air!” The Resonant Daoist roared, pointing his sword directly at Yue Shi.
“A hypocrite like you is only good at slick talk and sophistry,” Yue Shi threw his own words back at him.
“I won't deign to argue with you. You have committed heinous crimes. Die!”
With that, The Resonant Daoist raised his sword and slashed at Yue Shi.
Yue Shi feigned helplessness and shook his head with a sigh. “Truly, bitches are so dramatic. A low-life who can't even afford his own inflation... if you can't win the argument, you start a fight.”
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