Divine Axe Fifth Star Pioneer! The Depressed Cousin

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At the supermarket entrance, a graceful figure carrying a plastic bag slowly walked to the checkout counter, red light reflecting off her pretty face.

"I wonder if Cousin is back yet. If he hasn't eaten, I can make him a late-night snack too."

Lin Yiyi was paying at the self-checkout with facial recognition. She carried ingredients for two portions of Wonton Noodles, which were meant to be her dinner tonight. If Cousin had already eaten by the time he returned, she could put the extra portion in the fridge and have it for breakfast tomorrow.

After paying, Lin Yiyi casually stuffed the receipt into the plastic bag and headed for the exit. The supermarket was only across the street from the apartment building, a five-minute walk away.

Just as Lin Yiyi stepped out of the supermarket—

A powerful aura suddenly erupted from the high-rise ahead, lifting the hair over her forehead.

She looked up.

Beneath the dome of the sky, the residential building was perfectly quiet.

Yet reflected in her pupils was the projection of a Divine Axe that only pioneers could see. Its majestic momentum crashed toward her like a raging storm.

That was...

The fluctuations of a Divine Axe Realm Star Ascension?

...What a terrifying aura!

A thought arose in Lin Yiyi's heart.

It was a strange thought. She was also in the Divine Axe Realm. There would certainly be star-level suppression within the same realm, but it absolutely should not have been this terrifying!

The air trembled violently, and an oppressive presence suddenly filled heaven and earth, like a flood surging straight into her heart and nearly making her lose her footing.

That aura was fierce yet incomparably deep, like an enormous mountain descending beneath this vault of heaven.

"How many stars is he trying to break through to? Three-Star? Four-Star?"

Lin Yiyi raised her head.

The intense radiance emanating from ahead shook violently as the spiritual energy fluctuations continued to strengthen.

Magma kept flowing down the Divine Axe, its heat rushing toward her, blazing and dazzling!

Boom!

Suddenly, the Divine Axe swung.

Once, twice, three times...

Terrifying brilliance lit up heaven and earth. The night sky was torn apart, and immense majesty permeated every inch of space.

A dazzling pillar of light burst from the apartment building, like divine radiance piercing through the heavens. It contained endless energy and exuded a mysterious aura.

As the beam spread, the surrounding flowers, grass, and trees trembled faintly, as if paying tribute to that power. Gentle breezes swept by, carrying a faint floral fragrance that mingled with the spiritual energy fluctuations in the air.

The spiritual energy fluctuations grew stronger and stronger, reaching at least the level of five stars!

Lin Yiyi's eyes widened.

A tremendously powerful pioneer was actually hiding in the building where Cousin lived?

That terrifying breakthrough aura was like a blazing sun hanging in the sky, releasing daylight across thousands of miles and scorching all living things. Its presence was powerful and instantly razor-sharp.

At that moment, the whole world seemed to fall silent.

The light grew increasingly dazzling. A terrifying power surged forth, then gradually vanished into the pitch-black sky.

"Is the breakthrough over?"

Lin Yiyi panted softly as she stared at the scene, an indescribable sense of awe and reverence suddenly welling up within her.

Such a powerful senior pioneer was actually right beside me.

Senior has already walked at the forefront of this era, standing ahead of the vast majority of people, yet he still cultivates so diligently. Compared to him, I'm like a mayfly—how can I afford to slack off?

At that thought, Lin Yiyi was suddenly filled with motivation and decided to cultivate through the entire night without sleeping...

A burst of hurried footsteps sounded from within the residential building, followed by the click of a door opening.

Lin Yiyi quickly returned to Cousin's apartment.

The moment she opened the door, she met Cousin's gaze from the living room.

"You're back?"

"Mm."

Fang Yi, her cousin, was currently sprawled lazily across the sofa with a tablet in his hands, playing something.

He seemed completely absorbed in it, practically about to poke his whole head into the screen.

Seeing this, Lin Yiyi sighed.

"Cousin..."

"Mm?"

"Your eyes are too close to the screen. It's bad for them."

"Thanks for the reminder. I'll prop it up on a stand."

Fang Yi sat up from the sofa and shuffled off in his slippers to find a stand.

Lin Yiyi watched his back, lips pressed together, speechless.

After living with this cousin for so long, she had already seen through his character and temperament. He was upright and had no bad habits whatsoever. His only problem was that he was lazy.

Too lazy to go out, so he stayed home all day like a corpse. His biggest hobby was going downstairs to buy cola. Too lazy to socialize, he did not even attend vocational college after getting accepted. Whenever he was in a good mood, he played games or watched TV.

Staying at home was not necessarily a bad thing, and vocational college or university would not matter in the future anyway.

But...

You can't be this depressed!

"The Great World Change is quietly reshaping the world's structure. The future world will inevitably be reshuffled, and those who stand at its peak are destined to be pioneers."

"We pioneers run around all day, searching everywhere for heaven-sent opportunities while disguising and concealing ourselves from ordinary people. Meanwhile, Cousin is just an ordinary person, yet he lives so leisurely. It really is..."

Lin Yiyi could not help shaking her head.

She was a little envious.

"Cousin, I'm making Wonton Noodles. Want some?"

"Make me a portion too. Thanks, Cousin."

Lin Yiyi turned and went into the kitchen.

Fang Yi sat on the sofa, his tablet propped on the stand. His neck finally felt a little better. It seemed his cousin really was thoughtful.

On the screen before him was a familiar news channel.

Fang Yi had not been playing games just now. He had been browsing news about the World Revival on his tablet.

Unfortunately, after searching for a while, he found nothing at all.

"Looks like heaven and earth have been slacking off lately too. Why hasn't anything changed?" Fang Yi scratched his head helplessly.

Just then, a newly posted news item caught his eye.

Shocking! Unidentified Fire Suddenly Breaks Out on Qingbei Sports Field (Hot)

The headline included the Qingbei University location tag. As a prestigious institution that attracted nationwide attention, it had previously been involved in the North Gate Incident and even drawn the Mysterious Man rumored to be military personnel.

The moment the article appeared, it was immediately pushed to the trending searches.

Fang Yi promptly clicked into it. There was a secretly recorded video.

Blazing flames raged over the Qingbei campus like a frenzied beast, staining the night sky crimson. The fire was fierce, the burning flames crackling loudly as thick smoke billowed and spread through the entire campus.

The firelight reflected off the surrounding buildings, turning the entire Qingbei campus into a terrifying hellscape. Tall buildings flickered in and out of view amid the sea of fire, letting out hoarse roars. As the raging flames danced, trees were devoured, flowerbeds were incinerated, and everything was reduced to ashes beneath the fire's rampage.

Police cars arrived with sirens blaring. A well-trained team rushed out of the vehicles and swiftly evacuated the students from the Qingbei campus to a safe area. The video footage shook a few times before going black less than two seconds later.

That was where the video ended, while the comment section erupted into frenzied discussion.

"Holy shit, that's a huge fire. What burned? It feels like the whole sports field is gone. Could it be someone cooking hotpot in the dorm again and setting the wiring on fire?"

"The little pots used in dorms shouldn't be enough to cause a fire like this. Besides, there are people in the dorms at this hour, so they could've put it out immediately. It feels more like it started for some other reason."

"Am I the only one who noticed the people who got out of the police cars? They weren't ordinary cops, right? Their presence was terrifying—like special forces. But do special forces handle this kind of thing? Or is Qingbei just so prestigious that even a random fire gets special forces sent in to rescue them? /smile"

The comments soon began arguing over the identities of the people who had stepped out of the police cars.

Fang Yi simply closed the comments, opened the video again, and carefully watched it another time.

"Hmm... First it was high temperatures, and now it's a fire. Is it Yang Attribute again?"