The Only Choice for a Stray Dog! A Devil's Contract from Hell!

"Help me?"

Ye Xuan looked as if he had just heard the funniest joke in the world.

He forced his pain-wracked body to sit up, letting out a hoarse, manic laugh.

"Haha... Hahahaha!"

"You? A woman I threw away like trash, a piece of waste whose Martial Dao Heart has been shattered—what right do you have to help me?"

His voice was filled with undisguised contempt and disdain.

In his eyes, Li Xuan'er was even more pathetic than he was now!

At the very least, he had once been glorious, once stood upon that stage where all eyes were fixed upon him!

And Li Xuan'er?

From beginning to end, she had been nothing but a pitiful clown, a parasite clinging to a man!

"What right?"

The strange smile on Li Xuan'er's face did not change in the slightest.

She slowly reached out her hand, her five fair, slender fingers opening gently before Ye Xuan.

Hum—

A wisp of black energy, thick as ink and viscous as petroleum, radiating a heart-stopping, ominous aura of corruption, rose slowly from her palm.

The moment this energy appeared, the temperature in the entire hospital room seemed to plummet by several degrees!

A scent of decay and evil permeated the air.

"This... what is this?!"

Ye Xuan's laughter came to an abrupt halt. He stared fixedly at that wisp of black mist, his face showing a look of horror for the very first time!

From that energy, he sensed a power that was incredibly evil, incredibly overbearing, and incredibly...

Mad!

The Burning Blood Dragon Transformation Technique burned one's Life Origin and destiny.

But this black mist before him gave him the feeling that it was...

Devouring souls!

"You..." Ye Xuan looked at Li Xuan'er in disbelief. "You... how could you..."

"Surprised, are you?"

Li Xuan'er withdrew her palm, and the wisp of black energy vanished without a trace, as if it had never existed at all.

The smile on her face became increasingly playful.

"Ye Xuan, did you think you were the only person in this world to have encountered a miraculous opportunity? Did you think you were the only one chosen by the heavens as the Child of Destiny?"

She leaned down, drawing close to Ye Xuan's ear.

In a voice that only the two of them could hear—a voice like a devil's whisper—she said softly, "While you were burning yourself out on that arena like a clown for the sake of that so-called Champion title..."

"I had already... found the true path to the pinnacle."

"A shortcut that requires no talent, no resources, and not even hard work; it only requires... the sacrifice of your soul!"

BOOM!

Every word from Li Xuan'er was like a heavy hammer, smashing ruthlessly against Ye Xuan's already shattered mental defenses!

He was completely stunned!

He had always assumed that after being abandoned by him and crippled by Lin Yuan, Li Xuan'er would be like a pile of mud, living out the rest of her life in some dark, forgotten corner.

He never could have imagined!

That the biggest piece of trash in his eyes had actually obtained a power unknown to others!

A power even more evil and even more formidable than his own!

Why?!

WHY!!!

A surge of jealousy and resentment, more intense than anything he had felt before, gnawed at his heart like a venomous snake!

"Do you see it now?"

Li Xuan'er straightened up, looking down at his face, which was twisted with jealousy.

"This is the confidence I have to help you."

She paused, her voice filled with extreme temptation.

"I know you hate Lin Yuan. You want nothing more than to grind his bones to dust."

"I feel the same."

"We can cooperate. I can share a portion of this power with you. It can repair your shattered meridians and allow you to return to your peak in the shortest amount of time! You could even be stronger than you were before!"

"When the time comes, if we join forces, even Lin Yuan... might not be impossible to kill!"

Kill Lin Yuan!

These four words exploded in Ye Xuan's mind like a thunderclap!

In his eyes, which had turned deathly still from despair, a flame of madness instantly reignited.

Revenge!

He dreamed of revenge day and night!

But...

He glanced at Li Xuan'er, and the last shred of reason in his heart kept him on guard.

"What's the price? There's no such thing as a free lunch in this world. What do you want?"

Ye Xuan's voice was as raspy as two pieces of sandpaper rubbing together.

"Smart."

Li Xuan'er nodded in approval.

"My request is very simple."

She extended a finger and tapped lightly on Ye Xuan's chest.

"I want your... loyalty."

"From now on, you, Ye Xuan, will be a dog to me, Li Xuan'er. Whoever I tell you to bite, you bite. Whatever I tell you to do, you do."

"Are you willing?"

Humiliation!

Unprecedented humiliation!

To have him, once a favored son of heaven and a future martial arts champion, act as a dog for a woman he looked down upon the most?!

"In your dreams!"

Without a second thought, Ye Xuan roared!

"Is that so?"

Li Xuan'er was not surprised in the slightest; the curve of her lips turned even colder.

"It seems you still haven't recognized your own situation."

"Do you think you still have a choice now?"

"Right now, your reputation is in ruins, and the Huangfu Family has long since discarded you like trash. You are nothing but a street rat that everyone wants to beat to death!"

"Without me, you will spend the rest of your life lying in this hospital bed, rotting away slowly like a piece of garbage, trapped in endless regret and agony!"

"And that Lin Yuan, the man who trampled you under his feet—he will live better and better, growing more glorious by the day! He will enjoy everything that should have been yours! The championship, the glory, and even... Gu Ningxue!"

"You will only be able to watch it all happen! Helpless and powerless!"

"No—!!!"

Every word from Li Xuan'er was like a blade, precisely stabbing into his most painful wounds!

Ye Xuan let out a beast-like roar. He could not accept this! He absolutely could not accept such a future!

"So? Have you decided?"

Li Xuan'er's voice was like a death-inducing curse.

"Do you choose to be a piece of trash lower than a dog for the rest of your life, or... to be a mad dog capable of taking your own revenge?"

"The choice is in your hands."

The entire hospital room fell into a deathly silence.

Only Ye Xuan's heavy, suppressed breathing remained.

Time ticked by, second by second.

The expression on Ye Xuan's face shifted wildly.

Struggle, unwillingness, fury, hatred...

In the end, all those emotions settled into one—

A complete, irreversible madness!

He slowly raised his head.

His blood-red eyes stared fixedly at Li Xuan'er.

He squeezed a few words out through his gritted teeth, one by one.

"Fine..."

"I... a... gree... to it!"

As Ye Xuan's hoarse voice fell in the deathly silent hospital room.

A trace of a genuine, triumphant smile finally appeared on Li Xuan'er's pale, numb face.

She knew she had won her gamble.

For a man like Ye Xuan, who was arrogant to the bone and whose mind had been completely clouded by hatred, dignity was far less important than revenge.

"Very good."

Li Xuan'er nodded in satisfaction.

"From now on, you are mine."

She didn't waste any more words, walking straight up to him and pulling Ye Xuan up from the hospital bed.

"This is no place to linger. The Martial Dao Alliance will come to 'have a talk' with you soon. We must leave immediately."

Ye Xuan did not resist.

Like a puppet drained of its soul, he allowed Li Xuan'er to support him, stepping out of the hospital room filled with humiliation and despair, one step at a time.

The night was as deep as ink.

Two figures, each harboring their own ulterior motives and both with their minds twisted by hatred, silently bypassed all surveillance and guards, leaving the hospital.

They were like two ghosts blending into the darkness.

They vanished completely into the night of Yan Jing City.