My Little Sister Was So Fierce!

It was like she could read his mind.

Xiao Lan folded her arms at her sides and gave him a scrutinizing look. "Brother, are you sure you want to keep hiding this from me?"

"Xiao Lan, there are some things you're better off not knowing."

Zhang Banxian had tried to bail Jiang Chen out, but only provoked an even stronger reaction from Xiao Lan.

"What is it that I can't know? To you, I'm just a kid, a burden!"

"So you all know what's going on, and I'm the only one left in the dark like an idiot."

"Am I not important to you at all, Brother? Is that why you always leave me out of everything?"

As she spoke, Xiao Lan's eyes reddened, and big tears rolled down her cheeks.

"Drip!" One fell to the ground, bursting into a beautiful splash.

Jiang Chen couldn't stand seeing Xiao Lan cry.

Whenever she cried, he was the one who felt a thousand times worse than she did.

He had been in this other world for three years, and his supernatural ability still hadn't awakened.

When almost everyone had laughed at him and called him useless, only Xiao Lan had stayed by his side and encouraged him.

She had been with him through those three dark years.

She already held an incredibly important place in Jiang Chen's heart.

So he didn't want her to cry.

He thought that if he could, someday he would give her every wonderful thing in the world.

Because she deserved it!

Jiang Chen stepped forward and pulled Xiao Lan into his arms.

"Don't cry. Seeing you cry breaks your big brother's heart."

"Whatever you want to know, I'll tell you!"

"Then why did you come back so late today?"

"Today, I..."

Jiang Chen gave her a rough account of what had happened that day.

Even Zhang Banxian hadn't known the whole story until now.

The Fatty had been in touch, but he'd only shared the gist of it.

He'd said he would explain everything tomorrow.

Now, hearing Jiang Chen say that the Demon's Heart had been destroyed, Zhang Banxian felt his blood surge.

He thought Jiang Chen was truly incredible.

He was a once-in-a-century genius.

No, a once-in-a-millennium genius.

In the short time since awakening his supernatural ability, he had not only eliminated two S-Class Demonic Beasts, but also destroyed the heart of a Super S-Class Demonic Beast.

For that achievement alone, perhaps only Zhang Sanfeng, founder of Dragon Tiger Mountain, could compare.

For a while, Zhang Banxian felt nothing but admiration for Jiang Chen.

After telling her that the Demon's Heart had been destroyed, Jiang Chen stopped there.

Xiao Lan was better off not knowing what had happened afterward.

Otherwise, she probably wouldn't approve of him continuing to take such risks.

Xiao Lan listened attentively, then nodded. "Brother, you're amazing. I can't believe you managed to do all that."

"But if you're going to do something so dangerous again, you have to tell me beforehand. You're not alone—you have me. I want to face it with you."

Looking into Xiao Lan's earnest eyes, Jiang Chen moved his lips and said, "Next time, you'll have a place in my list of glorious achievements."

"Good, it's a deal. Pinky promise!"

Xiao Lan hadn't noticed that Jiang Chen was hiding anything.

She thought that the next time her brother was in danger, she would be there too, and could use her supernatural ability to help him.

Nothing could make her happier.

After all, her brother was the most important person in the world to her.

Jiang Chen looked at the little finger she held out and nodded. "Pinky promise!"

"All right. Since Uncle-Master Jiang is back safe and sound, my duty to protect him is done. It's getting late, so I should head home too."

"It's so late, Zhang Banxian. Why don't you stay here tonight?"

Xiao Lan glanced at the clock on the wall as she spoke.

It was already past eleven at night.

It was indeed late.

Zhang Banxian wanted to refuse. He had a Teleportation Talisman, so he could get back to his place in no time.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Chen spoke up too. "It is getting late!"

"Zhang Banxian, stay at my place tonight."

Zhang Banxian had been about to take out his Teleportation Talisman, but he could only put it away and say, "Then I'll gladly accept."

"I'll go get some water for you to wash up!"

With that, Xiao Lan hurried off to prepare.

That left Jiang Chen and Zhang Banxian by the door.

Jiang Chen said to him, "Let's go wait in my room!"

"I'm a little tired after today."

Jiang Chen went into his room first, and Zhang Banxian followed close behind.

Jiang Chen sat on the edge of the bed and said to Zhang Banxian, "Sit down."

Zhang Banxian looked around Jiang Chen's room and saw that there wasn't a single chair, so he had to sit on the edge of the bed.

As soon as he sat down,

Jiang Chen began, "I didn't finish telling you what happened!"

With that, Jiang Chen told him the rest.

"So Uncle-Master Jiang means that to protect this city from the Super S-Class Demonic Beast, we have to destroy not only its heart but its body as well?"

"Yes!"

Jiang Chen explained what had him stumped. "I already know where its body is sealed. The key is figuring out how we can destroy it."

"You have to understand, its body has been tempered for thousands of years and is now indestructible. Ordinary things can't destroy it."

Zhang Banxian rubbed his chin thoughtfully. "The Dragon Tiger Mountain archives have records about this. I'll write a letter to my master right now and ask him."

Getting help from Dragon Tiger Mountain would be ideal.

They specialized in this sort of thing.

That was why Jiang Chen had asked Zhang Banxian to stay.

He didn't know how powerful the body of the Super S-Class Demonic Beast sealed beneath the school was, and there wasn't much time left for them to prepare.

Zhang Banxian was quick. He soon finished writing the letter and sent it directly to his master with a Sound Transmission Talisman.

When he was done, Zhang Banxian explained, "The Sound Transmission Talisman will reach my master within three hours. It'll take about six hours for his reply to get back to us."

They'd have to wait six hours to find out whether Dragon Tiger Mountain had a way to destroy the body of the Super S-Class Demonic Beast?

It seemed Jiang Chen could do nothing but wait those six hours.

Thinking this, Jiang Chen nodded.

He'd understood.

Seeing Jiang Chen lost in thought, Zhang Banxian didn't want to disturb him.

He knew Uncle-Master Jiang must be thinking about how to protect the city and save it from disaster.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that Uncle-Master Jiang was truly great.

In reality, Jiang Chen was dozing off...

He was exhausted. He'd used up too much of his soul power that day.

On top of that, Omniscient kept appearing without his permission.

Each time it appeared, it consumed a great deal of his soul power.

If it hadn't pledged its loyalty to him,

Honestly, Jiang Chen really wanted to break his contract with Omniscient.

The other Zanpakuto were all obedient. Omniscient was the only one who was too willful.

"Why do I feel like someone's badmouthing me?"