Divine Skill - Eternal Life!

Divine Skill - Eternal Life!

It was past eleven in North Sea. Stars dotted the sky, and the night wind rustled through the mulberry leaves. The temperature was at its most pleasant this season.

Quite a few residents of Taibo District had gathered outside, all of them looking up at the building as they discussed it.

"Wasn't that an earthquake?"

"Fuck, who knows? I was just about to enjoy a nice bath when the ceiling suddenly shook a few times. I bolted downstairs right away."

"Come on, man, you had it good. I was about to have some first-person shooting action with a little website when the building suddenly shook. It scared my invincible little brother straight into Maicheng!!"

They were all residents of Building Three. They had been minding their own business at home when the commotion from Su Tu and Ka Sha Shi's battle made the residents on the floors above and below think an earthquake had struck, sending them running out in a panic.

"This doesn't feel like an earthquake. I think the noise came from upstairs," said a resident from the twenty-first floor with a frown.

One middle-aged woman kept craning her neck upward. "Look outside the twenty-second-floor windows. Is someone floating there?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? You think this is a movie? Outside the twenty-second floor? Holy shit!!!"

Everyone looked over, and their expressions immediately turned to shock. Several figures really were standing in midair outside the twenty-second-floor windows.

Just as they found the sight before them strange and astonishing and wanted to record it on their phones—

A sudden wave of inexplicable dizziness washed over them. The next second, they looked at one another, their eyes slightly dazed.

"There wasn't even an earthquake. Let's go back!"

"Seriously, someone must've been throwing a rave upstairs or something. What a huge commotion!"

"Damn it, I need to find something good to watch later and comfort my little brother!"

It was as though they had completely forgotten what they had just seen. Grumbling, they headed back into the building.

Chen Yuan stood by the twenty-second-floor window. A dark glimmer flashed through his eyes as he watched the crowd below scatter, a trace of mockery at the corner of his mouth.

"What a bunch of easily fooled natives. Just a little Mind Power was enough to obscure their awareness."

Leaning half his body against the window, he looked at the wreckage inside the room and said, "Li Hu, you're being a little unreasonable, aren't you? We came on this mission together, but you solved everything by yourself. What does that make the rest of us?"

Li Hu sat carelessly atop the coffee table. Yet his tiger-like eyes did not even glance at Chen Yuan as he said in a deep voice, "You all think so too?"

"I didn't say anything." One team member shrugged. Although the others remained silent, they clearly felt the same way. No one was stupid. Chen Yuan was willing to offend Li Hu, that madman, for some credit, but they were not. There was no need to become someone else's weapon over such a small reward.

"Fine, fine, fine! Then tell me, how are we supposed to write this mission report?" Chen Yuan's face darkened beneath his black-rimmed eyes.

He had originally intended to stall, letting that "beast" kill a few more people before stepping in to suppress it himself. That way, he could claim more credit.

But when they arrived at the mission site, Li Hu had been sitting casually by the window, holding the Xie Race creature's remains in his hand.

Ordinarily, regardless of who resolved a mission like this, everyone's names would be included to pad their records. But fucking Li Hu was stubborn as a mule and would not give him even a scrap of credit.

"What's there to write? I discovered a Xie Race creature that had infiltrated the Ancestral Star. Its vitality and blood were weak, and it hadn't planted a large number of larvae yet. It was killed in Taibo District, North Sea, at 10:21 p.m. Just write the fucking truth!"

Li Hu spoke carelessly, then his eyes suddenly sank, carrying an overwhelming pressure like a tiger opening its eyes. "If anyone else's name appears in that report, I'll make you regret it!"

"You!!!" Chen Yuan's gaze turned venomous. Wasn't that bastard clearly cursing him by name with that "anyone else"?

But Li Hu did not care about Chen Yuan's glare at all.

He lowered his head and played with the shattered Xie Race shell, amusement hidden in his eyes.

Damn, my little junior brother is fucking incredible. This is a Xie Race creature—everyone in the entire galaxy knows how troublesome they are.

And judging from the aura on this shell, its vitality and blood had probably recovered to the peak of the first rank. Yet he, a martial artist who had just entered the ranks, actually killed it. Incredible!! As expected of my junior brother!

His gaze then slid faintly toward Chen Yuan.

I don't want my little junior brother getting tangled up with an idiot right now.

The moment Li Hu arrived at the scene, he had made his judgment. A newly ranked martial artist killing a first-rank peak opponent was simply too shocking, and it could easily draw questioning and harassment from idiots like Chen Yuan.

Li Hu knew this man's conduct far too well. If he learned of his little junior brother's talent, there would definitely be a lot of headaches later.

However, Li Hu had not made the decision on Su Tu's behalf under the pretext of doing it for his own good. Instead, he explained the entire situation to Su Tu and let him choose for himself.

Su Tu was not afraid of trouble, but honestly, he did not want any entanglement with the idiot Li Hu had mentioned either. So the two decided that Su Tu would leave first, while Li Hu handled everything else.

All this credit belongs to my little junior brother. No one gets to mooch even a fraction of the reward!! Li Hu thought, his eyes turning ferocious. There was none of the honest, simple gaze Su Tu usually saw in him.

By then, Su Tu had already returned home.

He reheated the dishes and sat at the dining table with Zhang Meng.

Zhang Meng still had not quite recovered.

"Xiao Tu... what exactly was all that?" Looking at the food on the table, she had no appetite at all.

When Su Tu and Ka Sha Shi had been fighting earlier, she had run outside because she was afraid Ka Sha Shi would capture her and use her to threaten Su Tu. But before she could call the Public Security Bureau, someone had suddenly descended from the sky and broken into her home.

After that, Su Tu took her away.

Too much had happened tonight. It was too chaotic. First, a monster had appeared in her home. Then Xiao Tu had jumped in through the window and fought that monster.

No, when did you all evolve into superheroes? How did you leave me behind??

Seeing Zhang Meng's expression, Su Tu found it a little amusing.

The corners of his lips rose into a smile like that of the boy next door. There was none of the frenzied coldness he had displayed in battle.

"Eat, Sister Zhang. They're all dishes you like."

"Xiao Tu, was I dreaming just now?" Zhang Meng asked with complete seriousness.

Su Tu said nothing. He simply placed a piece of sweet and sour pork in her bowl.

Zhang Meng was very smart. She could sense that she had touched upon an unfamiliar world—a dangerous, terrifying world where one careless step could leave her worse off than the girls hanging from those vines.

That was why she said she had been dreaming. After saying those words, she would truly treat everything that had happened as a dream, as though none of it had ever occurred.

She knew how helpless ordinary people were in scenes as bizarre as that one, and she knew that Xiao Tu, whom she regarded as a younger brother, had entered that world. But she could only pretend not to know, because aside from becoming his weakness, there was nothing else she could do.

The two sat silently at the table, the atmosphere somewhat heavy. Their division of labor was clear: Su Tu cooked, so Zhang Meng naturally washed the dishes.

After they finished cleaning up, Su Tu took out a new set of bedding and spread it in the bedroom before speaking to Zhang Meng.

"Sister Zhang, sleep in my room tonight. I'll sleep in my parents' room."

Zhang Meng still seemed a little absent-minded. After all, what had happened earlier had been too great a shock to her.

Yet teasing Su Tu seemed to have become instinctive. Seeing him carrying the bedding, she blurted out—

"What? Are you finally showing your true colors? You can't resist violating me anymore?"

"No!! Don't!! Don't!!" Zhang Meng cried out theatrically as she exposed one shoulder, those wicked things faintly visible and hidden.

"I can resist perfectly well." Su Tu was expressionless.

"No, you can't!!"

Zhang Meng pounced at Su Tu with claws bared, but missed. Su Tu stuffed a pillow into her arms instead. After the two fooled around for a while, Su Tu went to his parents' bedroom.

Lying on the bed, anticipation rose in his eyes.

I got something new this time.

The system settlement panel slowly appeared before him.

You won a life-or-death battle!! Combat Proficiency +210, Body Strengthening +50!

Combat (Mid Grade): 260/1000

Body Strengthening (Mid Grade): 502/1000

You killed a god-favored of the Xie Race and obtained the Divine Skill - Eternal Life!