She hurriedly helped the girl onto the sofa.
"Huaiyu, what happened? Take your time."
Shen Huaiyu clutched Shen Huaiyue's shoulders and began sobbing uncontrollably.
"Sis, I was wrong. I shouldn't have disobeyed you. I'll never leave the city on my own again!"
When Shen Huaiyue heard that, she flew into a rage.
She directly shoved Shen Huaiyu out of her arms.
"You little brat!"
"How many times have I told you not to leave the city by yourself?"
"But you just wouldn't listen!"
"If something happened to you, how could I answer to our parents?!"
Seeing her sister so furious,
Shen Huaiyu sobbed even harder.
She slowly shuffled in front of Shen Huaiyue.
Her big eyes wide, she looked at her pitifully.
"Sis, I was wrong. I really was."
"Please forgive me."
Who would have thought that Shen Huaiyue would push her away again in disgust.
At the same time, she shouted, "Hold out your hands!"
Hearing that, Shen Huaiyu timidly stretched out her trembling hands.
Shen Huaiyue angrily grabbed a bamboo rod from the table.
Again and again, she struck Shen Huaiyu's hands with it.
Whoosh! Smack! Whoosh!
Before long, Shen Huaiyu's hands were covered in bloody welts.
"Gah... wuu!"
Even though her hands were covered in wounds,
Shen Huaiyu continued to cry as she endured the pain.
She did not dare pull her hands back.
She wanted to use this method to calm her sister's anger.
Shen Huaiyue looked at the wounds she had inflicted on her sister's hands.
She forcefully held back her tears.
With a flick of her wrist, she threw the bamboo rod aside.
She forcibly raised Shen Huaiyu's rain-soaked, pear-blossom face,
making her look into her eyes.
"Huaiyu, ever since Mom and Dad went missing in the Tiger Roar Mountain Range,"
"I've told you again and again that you could go play at your friends' houses, but you must never leave the city."
"The city outskirts are extremely dangerous. They are not somewhere your current strength can let you explore!"
"If you need Crystal Cores, the family assets our parents left behind are more than enough for us to buy them ourselves."
"But you just wouldn't listen! You treated every word I said like wind whistling past your ears!"
"And now? You ran into danger, and now you know fear!"
"What were you doing before?!"
After that round of scolding, Shen Huaiyue collapsed onto the sofa.
"Ah..."
"Now some stranger has ruined your innocence."
"What man would ever like you?"
Hearing this, Shen Huaiyu immediately tried to explain.
After hearing the rough outline of what had happened, Shen Huaiyue finally relaxed a little.
"Whew..."
"It's good that your innocence wasn't ruined."
"What was the name of the man who saved you? Where did he live?"
"When we have time, we should go thank him in person."
Shen Huaiyu shook her head through her tears.
"Sis, I don't know who he was."
"And I feel like he didn't need our thanks either."
When Shen Huaiyue heard that,
she shot Shen Huaiyu an irritated glare.
It frightened Shen Huaiyu into immediately lowering her head.
"Now!"
"Get back to your room!"
"You are not allowed to use your Healing Ability!"
"As punishment, you are not allowed to eat all day tomorrow!"
"Reflect properly on your mistake!"
Hearing that, Shen Huaiyu immediately stood up.
She hurried back to her room.
Sitting alone on the sofa, Shen Huaiyue shook her head wearily.
"Ah..."
"My little sister."
"If anything happens to you, I'll be the only one left in this world. How am I supposed to live?"
The following afternoon,
Su Luo returned to the city after a day of hunting.
He had not encountered any of those roadblock robbers today.
So his haul was rather poor.
If he had run into any, he would not have minded slapping a few more of them to death.
After hurrying about all day,
he had only managed to hunt down a little over thirty Crystal Cores.
But what surprised him was that,
during this trip outside the city,
he had actually encountered a Tier 2 Beast.
It had to be said that Tier 2 Beasts really were formidable.
He could casually crush a Tier 1 Beast to death with one hand.
Against a Tier 2 Beast, he had to use both hands to casually crush it to death.
It truly took much more effort.
Adding yesterday's earnings to today's,
his assets had finally broken through the two-million mark.
He could buy a Level 3 Crystal Core to feed the Devil Fruit Tree.
But after buying the Level 3 Crystal Core,
his savings immediately dropped to just over two hundred thousand.
It left him with a sense of emptiness.
Out with the old, in with the new, he thought.
After returning to the hotel,
he immediately took out the Level 3 Crystal Core and fed it to the Devil Fruit Tree.
For some reason this time,
after absorbing the Level 3 Crystal Core, the Devil Fruit Tree
began emitting waves of brilliant light.
It seemed as though something extraordinary was about to happen.
Once the bright light faded,
a blue, gourd-shaped Devil Fruit
shot into Su Luo's heart like a comet.
"This is... the strongest Paramecia-type Fruit! The Tremor-Tremor Fruit!"
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Su Luo impatiently reached out and plucked the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.
As he looked at the beautiful fruit,
his eyes gleamed as he bit into it.
Filled with excitement, he devoured it completely.
The Vibration Power emanating from his body actually affected the entire hotel.
The cup on the table was shattered to pieces by the Vibration Power.
Seeing this, Su Luo immediately focused his mind.
He retracted the immensely destructive Vibration Power from his body.
His Ability Level had also reached Transcendent Tier 4.
In less than a week,
he had leaped from Ability User Tier 3 to Transcendent Tier 4.
He had completed a massive leap in levels.
"School starts tomorrow."
"I won't have time to go outside the city and hunt Crystal Cores anymore."
"I can keep being a sparring partner. One thousand a day—might as well make the money."
The next day, after finishing his classes,
he rang Shen Huaiyue's doorbell as usual.
After Shen Huaiyue confirmed it was him, she opened the door.
After entering,
he headed straight for the backyard to wait for Shen Huaiyue instead of standing around foolishly at the entrance.
Unexpectedly, the moment he reached the backyard, an attack descended from above.
But with Su Luo's current Transcendent strength,
such a petty trick could not hurt him.
Using the Paw Ability to repel the air beneath his feet,
he achieved the effect of instant movement.
In just an instant,
Su Luo appeared above Shen Huaiyue, who had been preparing to ambush him.
Shen Huaiyue's eyes widened round.
Before she could figure out why Su Luo had suddenly vanished,
an overwhelming pressure suddenly descended from above her.
Boom!
Shen Huaiyue was directly crushed to the ground by gravity, unable to move.
Shen Huaiyue struggled to get back up.
But to her horror, she could not even lift her legs.
"This is... what kind of power?"
At that moment, Su Luo's voice suddenly sounded beside her ear.
"This is Gravity Power!"
"Gravity? Your ability can do something like this too?" Shen Huaiyue asked in astonishment.
"Mm... I suppose so," Su Luo said after pondering for a moment.
Hearing Su Luo's words, Shen Huaiyue almost wanted to curse outright.
What kind of heaven-defying ability was this, to be so versatile?
Su Luo said calmly,
"This is roughly five times normal gravity."
"Once you can stand up and adapt to this gravity,"
"Miss Shen, your physical fitness will improve dramatically."
"Especially your speed—it will increase four or five times."
Shen Huaiyue immediately perked up upon hearing that.
"Good idea! This really is a good idea!"
Crushed by the gravity until she could barely breathe, Shen Huaiyue could not say another word.
Using both hands to forcefully support herself, the sweat pouring from her body soaked the ground beneath her.
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