Tap, tap, tap.
Fresh from his shower, Le Yu lightly tapped the desktop. He had done nothing and thought of nothing, simply sitting at the desk in a daze, like an exhausted wage slave catching his breath—in fact, his workload today had been no different from that of a wage slave. At noon, he had been surrounded by a crowd of students; in the afternoon, he had walked on eggshells in Yan Yi's research lab; and at dusk, he had ambushed Qianmian with Nieruo.
It had clearly been an ordinary day, yet it felt as though more than a dozen chapters had passed.
Ding.
When the hour and minute hands of the pocket watch formed a 120° angle, the metal badge on the desk let out a crisp sound. Le Yu tapped the badge three times and said, "Good evening, Yin."
The badge rang with a metallic voice. "Good evening, Qin Leyin. Congratulations. Shuiyun Palace is currently ranked first in points."
"There's nothing worth congratulating. I never expected the Sword Bearer to make the points public. Now I've become everyone's target. The other sword scabbards may already be plotting how to deal with me. Have any other sword scabbards contacted you to discuss kicking me out?"
"No. The only sword scabbard I've interacted with so far is you."
"I'm honored to have earned the Instant Annihilator's recognition." Le Yu smiled. "If I could become the final soul to die at your gun muzzle, that would be even better."
"I am not a perfect Instant Annihilator, and you are no easy opponent. Showing weakness is meaningless to me. Qin Leyin, why say such a deceptive lie?"
"What else could I do? Should I say that I'm number one under heaven, and that Yin should wash herself clean and obediently become my