Who Is the Monster?

"I can testify that every word the Town Chief said is true!"

Lü Siya raised her arm high, making everyone, including the exploration team members, notice her presence. "Before I came to my senses and severed myself from my sinful past with a single stroke, I was a member of one of Dragon City's Nine Great Families.

"In Dragon City, we called ourselves 'Transcendents,' meaning that we, who wielded powerful Spiritual Energy, had long since departed from the ranks of mortals, becoming Transcendental and Saintly beings—a different species from ordinary citizens!

"While ordinary people fought desperately for a can of synthetic food, we enjoyed fine clothes and rich food, along with nearly limitless cultivation resources. One could say we began cultivating in our mothers' wombs. Naturally, our chances of awakening Superhuman Power were dozens or even hundreds of times greater than those of ordinary people. Then we used that fact to prove the 'superiority' of our bloodlines, providing theoretical support for our eternal rule over Dragon City.

"We controlled the Survival Committee and most powerful institutions, held every important post, and monopolized nearly all critical channels.

"As long as someone came from the Nine Great Families, even the most incompetent fool could effortlessly steal a lofty position. Yet geniuses from humble backgrounds had to exert a hundred times more effort than us, and even bow at our feet, before they might receive a negligible opportunity from between our fingers.

"We drove countless ordinary soldiers into the wilderness to battle Spirit Beasts, harvesting Spirit Beast materials and excavating Crystal Veins to satisfy our ever-expanding cultivation needs—and the reason we cultivated so frantically was not, as we claimed, to rebuild and develop civilization. It was merely to keep strengthening ourselves, break through the limits of life, and become true gods!

"In Dragon