Published: February 7, 2025
Since Ye Zhongming entered the battlefield after the chaos began and quickly killed the Aberrant Blood Relative and the Hooded Monster when he teamed up with Red Hair, very few people took the initiative to cause trouble for them. However, there was one exception.
Lou Xiaoling.
Pang Cheng was dead, and most of the members of the Unicorn King Freedom Master were also dead. Even during the initial chaos, many of those used as scapegoats had been killed, as they were also considered 'points.'
Except for Lou Xiaoling.
Her identity as a four-star evolver allowed her to temporarily preserve her life, but she knew she would die today. Her mental state had completely collapsed. Since the start of the chaos, she had recklessly attacked everything around her until she accidentally found a box.
Fortunately, she had time to open the box, and upon receiving the rewards inside, she became clear-headed.
"Cursed Bamboo Lady: disposable item, target's skill power halved within one hundred hours."
At that moment, Lou Xiaoling became clear-headed and felt an uncontrollable desire.
She wanted to use this Bamboo Lady on Ye Zhongming.
Yes, Lou Xiaoling couldn't kill Ye Zhongming. The gap in strength meant that even ten of her wouldn't be a match for this enemy who had killed her father and brother. Even the man she had allied with couldn't defeat one of Ye Zhongming's subordinates.
But now the opportunity had come. As long as she used this Cursed Bamboo Lady on her enemy, his power would be halved. In this chaos, that would undoubtedly be a death sentence for him.
It was fine that she couldn't kill him; she just needed someone else to do it!
So Lou Xiaoling was always looking for an opportunity, observing Ye Zhongming's every move.
Until, for some unknown reason, an accident occurred at Cloud Summit. Many people exited the shield and began fighting with those from the zero commerce association. Such commotion naturally attracted Ye Zhongming's attention, and he began to turn around, intending to rush back.
Lou Xiaoling immediately dashed forward like a madwoman.
She knew this might be her only chance; in the chaotic battlefield, it was indeed easier for her to get close to Ye Zhongming.
She just forgot that even if Ye Zhongming wasn't paying attention to her, Red Hair was still right there.
Just as she threw the Bamboo Lady, Ye Zhongming and Red Hair almost simultaneously turned their heads toward Lou Xiaoling's direction.
A thorn sprang up from the ground and swatted the Bamboo Lady away, while another thorn protruded from in front of Lou Xiaoling's feet, wrapping around her like a python.
"You..."
Lou Xiaoling's crazed face could only utter a single word before the thorn tightened violently. The protruding spikes pierced her body, and with immense force, her body was crushed into three segments within seconds.
Ye Zhongming merely glanced at her before turning away again, while Red Hair couldn't be bothered to look.
Lou Xiaoling's body twitched as she suddenly found everything to be quite humorous. She had been living for revenge, even forsaking all her dignity, to be toyed with by a smelly fat man, but... everything was just a dream.
With her remaining strength, Lou Xiaoling wanted to see the man who had left a trace of beauty in her heart, the former boss of the Starved Tiger Knight, the Young Master Yun who had once shown her kindness.
She saw him, but he didn't look at her, didn't know she was dying. He was fighting for her enemy...
So... it was fine like this.
Lou Xiaoling closed her eyes and fell into a sleep from which she would never awaken.
On the other side of the battlefield, Chou Zhi Song and Cheng Tianji stopped when Ye Zhongming retreated.
The two had not been using their full strength earlier.
"If we continue like this, even if we surpass Cloud Summit in points, it won't last long."
Chou Zhi Song's mood was extremely poor. Since the chaos began, the Radiant World Army had not suffered significant injuries, but the zero commerce association had suffered heavy losses.