Chapter 137: The Ending of Yan Lingxiao!
"Daydreaming!"
Shen Anyu raised an eyebrow and smiled faintly. The corner of his mouth curved into a mocking arc that was sharper than any blade.
Even with the passive defense of his [God-Level Steel Body], he knew that Yan Lingxiao's desperate, full-force punch—aimed specifically at his family jewels—wouldn't be able to break his defense. However, allowing a man to touch him there, even in combat, was simply disgusting. He didn't want to leave a psychological shadow or feel "dirty" later.
"Since you want to play dirty, let's see how you handle true despair."
In an instant, Shen Anyu's eyes deepened, turning as dark as the abyss.
[Skill Activated: God-Level Telekinesis]
Swish! Swish! Swish!
The garden suddenly came alive. Thousands of fallen leaves, which had been resting peacefully on the ground, floated up out of thin air. Infused with Shen Anyu's mental energy, they stiffened, their edges becoming sharper than tempered steel razors.
With a thought, they shot forward.
Like a barrage from a thousand sniper rifles, the leaves cut through the air, creating sonic booms as they exceeded several times the speed of sound. They formed a green storm that fiercely attacked the lunging Yan Lingxiao from all angles.
Shen Anyu was serious! He was no longer playing defense.
And that wasn't all!
Crackling!
Arcs of blue and white electricity began to dance around Shen Anyu's body. The air smelled of ozone.
[Skill Activated: Five Elements Thunder Art]
[Skill Activated: Wind Control]
Wind and thunder intertwined, lifting Shen Anyu off the ground. His feet hovered in the air, his suit flapping in the gale he created. He looked like a deity from ancient mythology descending to judge a mortal.
Within a meter radius around him, a domain of death formed. Countless invisible wind blades and tangible lightning bolts emerged, spinning rapidly like a meat grinder.
"Ah…!!!"
Yan Lingxiao screamed. It wasn't a scream of fear, but of agony.
His protective True Essence armor, already weakened by the battle and the gunfire, was instantly shattered by the concentrated assault.
Slash! Slash! Zap!
He was pierced by countless leaves. They embedded themselves deep into his flesh, cutting muscles and tendons. Wind blades sliced his skin, and lightning bolts struck his open wounds, cauterizing them instantly and sending paralyzing shocks through his nervous system.
He was covered in blood, his flesh exposed, looking like a man who had been flayed alive.
If he hadn't instinctively crossed his arms to protect his chest and abdomen at the last second, perhaps a sharp leaf empowered by psychokinesis would have already pierced his heart or severed his throat.
"Monster..." Yan Lingxiao gasped, falling to his knees, his "low blow" attack completely neutralized before he could even touch Shen Anyu.
As Shen Anyu's true strength was fully revealed—floating in the air, controlling elements, immune to damage—the surrounding crowd was even more shocked.
Luo Yuhe covered her mouth, her eyes wide with awe. "My husband... is he a god?"
The Shadow Guards lowered their guns, realizing their assistance was redundant.
Yan Lingxiao, who bore the brunt of the attack, had a heavy expression. His heart sank into an abyss. The Shen Anyu before him was too strong. An indestructible external cultivation. Mysterious and unpredictable mental attacks. Elemental control.
Such strength was simply unshakeable! It was a mountain he could not climb.
It's just…
"I refuse to accept this!!! I am the protagonist! I am the Dragon King!"
Yan Lingxiao's eyes were bloodshot, bulging from their sockets. He looked like a gambler who had lost his fortune, his family, and his dignity, yet still wanted to bet his life on one last hand.
No matter to whom he lost, he was unwilling to lose to Shen Anyu. This rich silkpants had taken Luo Yuhe. He had taken Luo Xiaoxiao. He had killed Man Hu and Qingque.
"I will not die here! Even if I fall into Hell, I will drag you down with me!"
Boom! Boom! Boom!
In an instant, the sound of tigers and leopards roaring came from within Yan Lingxiao's body. It was the sound of his blood burning.
He ignited his Life Essence. He sacrificed ten years of his lifespan to force a breakthrough!
Violent True Essence surged out like a tsunami, pushing the leaves and wind blades away. A pillar of blood-red light shot up into the sky.
His cultivation, which had been suppressed by injuries, actually broke through the bottleneck in the heat of battle!
[System Alert: Child of Destiny Yan Lingxiao has triggered a "Battle Breakthrough"! Strength increased to Grandmaster (Late Stage)!]
"Hahaha! I broke through! The Heavens are helping me!"
Yan Lingxiao felt the surge of power. He felt invincible again.
"Shen Anyu, die for me!!!"
He roared, preparing to unleash his ultimate technique, the [Asura Blood Explosion].
However.
"Noisy."
Before Yan Lingxiao's roaring voice could finish, a shadow loomed over him.
Shen Anyu didn't wait for him to charge up. He didn't wait for the anime transformation sequence to finish.
He simply appeared above Yan Lingxiao and slapped down.
Bang!
A fierce, giant palm composed of wind and True Qi knocked Yan Lingxiao to the ground like swatting a mosquito!
The ground cracked, forming a crater. Yan Lingxiao was flattened, his breakthrough momentum interrupted violently.
Then, with a thud, Shen Anyu landed. He stepped firmly on Yan Lingxiao's chest, pinning the "Dragon King" to the dirt.
"You..." Yan Lingxiao struggled, trying to channel his Qi.
"Stay down."
Shen Anyu's eyes glowed blue.
[God-Level Telekinesis: Tendon Severing]
Snap! Snap! Snap! Snap!
Invisible waves of force directly tore through Yan Lingxiao's wrists and ankles.
"Arghhhhh!"
Yan Lingxiao howled in misery as his hand and foot tendons were severed simultaneously.
But Shen Anyu wasn't done. He stomped down harder. Violent True Essence poured from his foot into Yan Lingxiao's body, rushing straight to the Dantian.
Crack!
The sound of something precious shattering echoed. Yan Lingxiao's Dantian—the source of his cultivation—was crushed. All his resistance evaporated like smoke.
"A Breakthrough in battle? How cliché."
Shen Anyu narrowed his eyes, looking down at the crippled Yan Lingxiao beneath his feet, and said faintly:
"You still lose. Because in the face of absolute power, your 'plot armor' is just thin paper."
"You… you demon..."
Yan Lingxiao spat out a mouthful of blood mixed with visceral fragments. His eyes were splitting as he looked at Shen Anyu. His blood boiled with rage, but he could do nothing. He vomited blood repeatedly, his body convulsing in spasms.
[Ding! Child of Destiny Yan Lingxiao suffered a crushing defeat! Plundering +66666 Destiny Value!]
[Ding! Child of Destiny Yan Lingxiao was utterly defeated! Plundering +99999 Destiny Value!]
[Ding! Child of Destiny Yan Lingxiao's martial arts were crippled! Plundering +300000 Destiny Value!]
[Ding! Child of Destiny Yan Lingxiao's Destiny Value is below 30%! His Luck has entered a low point, and the probability of killing him has significantly increased!]
…
"It's almost time for the final harvest!"
Shen Anyu smiled internally. The notification sounds were like music.
If Yan Lingxiao had thought of escaping at the very beginning, instead of trying to fight for his ego... or if he had successfully completed his breakthrough... there might have been a 1% chance.
But now? He was a cripple.
Shen Anyu narrowed his eyes, sensing that Yan Lingxiao's Destiny Value was already dangerously low. The "Halo" protecting him was flickering out.
Now, if Shen Anyu wished, he could stomp down and crush Yan Lingxiao's heart, ending the story.
However, Shen Anyu never liked to waste.
"He still has hundreds of thousands of Destiny Value left. Rage, regret, despair... these emotions are the best seasonings for extracting value."
Shen Anyu looked around. At this moment, due to the intensity of the fight, they had broken through the courtyard wall and entered the neighbor's private underground garage. It was dimly lit and secluded. There was no one around—not Luo Yuhe, not the guards.
It was just the two of them. The Victor and the Loser.
Looking at Yan Lingxiao, who lay in the dust filled with anger, unwillingness, and deep hatred, a cruel, elegant smile suddenly appeared on Shen Anyu's handsome face.
He crouched down, bringing his face close to Yan Lingxiao's ear, whispering like a devil:
"Yan Lingxiao, do you know when I saved Luo Yuhe and Luo Xiaoxiao?"
Yan Lingxiao was stunned for a moment. His vision was blurry from blood loss. He didn't understand why Shen Anyu was asking this now. The two of them had just been fighting to the death.
"W-what?" he rasped.
Shen Anyu's lips curled up. His eyes playfully looked at Yan Lingxiao, shining with malicious intent. He said leisurely, savoring every word:
"Six days ago. At 3:37 PM. On Luojin Bridge in the suburbs of Magic City. It was raining heavily that day."
Yan Lingxiao frowned, his expression puzzled. The date... the location...
Suddenly, a memory flashed in his mind.
Six days ago. He had just arrived in Magic City. He was driving past Luojin Bridge. He felt a sudden, strange pull in his heart—a feeling of loss—but he ignored it because he was rushing to a meeting.
His eyes widened. He looked at Shen Anyu in disbelief.
"No... you don't mean..."
Shen Anyu smiled pleasantly, like a friend sharing a joke.
"What a pity. You missed out. Just five minutes... literally five minutes after I rescued Luo Yuhe and Luo Xiaoxiao from Jin Shiming's men under that bridge, you passed by."
"I saw your car. I saw you drive right past them."
"If you had stopped... if you had looked down... the one who saved Luo Yuhe and Luo Xiaoxiao would have been you! You would be the hero! They would be hugging you right now!"
"But you didn't. You drove away. You left them to me."
Shen Anyu leaned closer, his voice dropping to a whisper that cut deeper than any knife:
"You don't know how grateful Luo Yuhe and Luo Xiaoxiao were to me when I saved them. The mother and daughter were so vulnerable... so eager to repay me."
"Especially Yuhe. She made me very satisfied! She is a wonderful woman, Yan Lingxiao. You have good taste. Her skin is so soft... her voice when she cries out my name is so sweet..."
[Ding! Child of Destiny Yan Lingxiao's psychological defenses were broken! Plundering +30000 Destiny Value!]
…
"Shut up!!! SHUT UP!!!"
Yan Lingxiao roared like an angry lion. Tears of blood streamed from his eyes. His heart felt like it was being ripped out of his chest.
The regret was overwhelming. He missed them by five minutes! He passed them by! He handed his wife and daughter to this devil!
"I'll kill you! I'll kill you!"
Even with his pale face and crippled body, his imposing presence surged with pure hatred.
However, would Shen Anyu shut up just because Yan Lingxiao told him to?
To kill, one must also attack the heart! To harvest a protagonist, one must destroy his soul.
Facing someone who wanted to kill him, Shen Anyu couldn't afford to be soft-hearted in the slightest. Only after plundering all the Destiny Value and completely draining him would he directly humanely destroy him!
Looking at the angry, unwilling, and annoyed Yan Lingxiao, Shen Anyu smiled faintly and continued his assault:
"Also, the ambush you encountered yesterday at Ankang Hospital... I informed An Zhiyue. I gave her your exact location. Otherwise, how could it have been such a coincidence that the Special Forces were waiting for you?"
"Impossible!" Yan Lingxiao gasped, denial his only shield. "How would you know my whereabouts? I used the highest level of stealth! My disguise was perfect!"
"I have eight Grandmaster battle generals! We changed identities! It is absolutely impossible for outsiders to know!"
"Stealth?"
Shen Anyu scoffed. He reached out his hand towards Yan Lingxiao's shoulder.
With a pinch of his fingers, he plucked something invisible from Yan Lingxiao's tattered collar.
He held it up. A faint, tiny golden light flickered.
It was a nanometer monitoring robot, smaller than a grain of dust. It projected a tiny holographic screen into the air.
On the screen, a series of images played: Yan Lingxiao eating, Yan Lingxiao sleeping, Yan Lingxiao planning the ambush... and Yan Lingxiao hiding in the villa next door.
"You have been bugged since the moment you stepped into Magic City, 'Dragon King'."
Watching the scenes of his secret life being displayed, Yan Lingxiao gnashed his teeth until they cracked.
Especially the footage of him hiding in Villa 86 yesterday... listening to the sounds next door...
"You knew?" Yan Lingxiao whispered, horror dawning on him. "You knew I was next door?"
"Of course."
Shen Anyu smiled cruelly.
"I did it on purpose. I purposely brought Luo Yuhe and Luo Xiaoxiao out into the garden this morning. I purposely kissed her where you could see. I purposely provoked you."
"Everything... every single thing that happened... was scripted by me."
At this moment, Yan Lingxiao understood everything.
He thought he was the hunter. He thought he was playing 4D chess.
But Shen Anyu was the one holding the chessboard.
Just as he and Man Hu were discussing how to take advantage of the situation to capture Shen Anyu, Shen Anyu was laughing at them, treating them like clowns in a circus.
Yan Lingxiao thought he was on the second level, but Shen Anyu was on the fifth level. He had already been firmly grasped by Shen Anyu; everything was in Shen Anyu's hands.
At this moment, while Yan Lingxiao was angry and resentful, a cold, creeping sensation climbed up his spine.
Fear.
A primal fear of the man standing above him.
This Young Master of the Yanxia Shen Family... he wasn't human. He was a devil. He was truly terrifying…
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