In an instant, Lu Yingheng recovered and tore the black mask from his face!
Enormous dragon wings unfurled from nothing behind him. He rose slowly into the sky, completely blotting out half of it.
Those brilliant golden eyes appeared once more, and even the air seemed to burn.
Under the gaze of those golden eyes, the Mechanical Sacrifice instinctively retreated and lowered its head, not daring to look into them.
System, exchange 100 million Emotion Points for 10% of the Black King Bloodline. Remember to make the heavenly phenomenon look cool!
Lu Yingheng urged inwardly.
Yeah, yeah, I know. I'm like a black slave here. Even exchanging goods is something I have to do myself!
Despite her words, the little girl quickly exchanged for 10% of the Black King Bloodline in the shop.
"Ding! Congratulations, Host. You have successfully exchanged for 10% of the Black Dragon Bloodline. Emotion Points remaining: 460 million."
A gigantic dragon, pitch-black from head to tail, flew through the sky. Its body was covered in fine, hard black scales, and a row of sharp bone spikes ran down its neck.
Its enormous, translucent membrane wings spread wide, their supporting bones sharply angular.
The dragon's head had cold, sharp contours, with an angular snout. Its limbs were powerful, and its long tail was covered in spikes.
The enormous figure of a black dragon took shape behind Lu Yingheng, and the sky throughout the Hollow changed color.
Dark clouds instantly blanketed the entire sky, as though even the heavens feared the black dragon.
Was this the Dragon Emperor?
A storm raged in Belle's heart.
This was nothing short of a miracle...
Anton stared at the black dragon. "Is that... a dragon?"
Grace instinctively looked at Belle. "That black dragon... What exactly is Mr. Assistant's relationship with the Dragon Emperor?"
As Ben dismantled the rubble, he said:
"Didn't Lord Dragon Emperor sacrifice himself a year ago? Could Mr. Assistant be his successor?"
Belle's voice was full of pride.
"This is my assistant, Brother Heng! Of course, you can also call him by his other title: First-Generation Void Hunter Dragon Emperor!"
"He lost his memory after someone seriously injured him, so he's staying at my place for now!"
Anton felt as though his brain could no longer keep up.
"Wait, Proxy, you've even recruited Lord Dragon Emperor? You could just conquer all of New Eridu, but instead you're out here taking commissions?"
Grace glared at Anton. "The Proxy is a good person. Don't make everyone sound like an ambitious schemer!"
Belle looked at Lu Yingheng, who was like a god in the sky, and swore inwardly that this was definitely the first time in her life she had witnessed such a miracle.
Lu Yingheng had a tall, slender figure, with long black hair falling over his shoulders. Two glossy black dragon horns had emerged from his forehead, lending his handsome face a touch of divine majesty.
A few tiny dark dragon scales lay along the side of his jaw, subtle accents like fragments of black jade, neither showy nor out of place.
A few scale markings of the same color also spread faintly over the joints on the backs of his hands.
His golden eyes shone brilliantly, his features were finely sculpted, and his brows and eyes were strikingly heroic, combining youthful handsomeness with the noble bearing innate to Dragon Raja.
His overall bearing was cold and tranquil. The horns and scale markings set off his Dragon Emperor bloodline perfectly, making his beauty breathtakingly striking.
[!!! He's practically a god!]
[Time to torture a confession out of you! What's your relationship with Dan Feng from Honkai: Star Rail?]
[I don't know what his relationship with Dan Feng is, but Lord Husband is definitely an Emanator of Beauty who came over from that game!]
[Hehe... I've got material for mining tonight...]
[??? Person above, stop right there!]
Xia Linxi was practically beside herself with excitement.
"Wow, wow, wow! Hubby! Do I need a certain degree to date you? Hubby, you can check my education!"
[Uh, so she meant checking her education. I thought she meant checking what's inside her.]
[The streamer was a little subtle this time...]
"Holy shit..." Anton really couldn't help himself and let out a curse.
Grace stared fixedly at the figure in midair. "He's so handsome!"
Ben scratched his head. "Wait, shouldn't we be rescuing Koleda right now?"
Lu Yingheng gripped the very end of Fury with both hands. The entire blade was nearly twenty times his size, yet he lifted it with apparent ease.
"Thou shalt pay for thy transgression in pain!"
He finally spoke, but his voice was so majestic, utterly unlike the man Belle knew, with no trace of his playful tone.
It was as though he had become a completely different person.
Belle couldn't help feeling afraid.
She didn't understand, but she could hear the anger in his voice.
It was the anger of a sovereign toward a rebellious subject, the anger of a god toward a sinner.
Has he regained his memory?
Will he still be the Brother Heng who played around with me?
Will he still come back to the video store?
Belle couldn't help wondering.
At the video store, Wise looked at his sister, who was biting her lip hard.
"Don't worry. Believe in him. You've spent some time together-don't you know him by now? He'll definitely come back."
Belle reacted like a kitten whose tail had been stepped on. "I don't care!"
Lu Yingheng looked at the Mechanical Sacrifice before him and swung Fury. The enormous cleaver came slashing down from above, and a flash of white light passed. The Mechanical Sacrifice stopped moving altogether.
Fury returned to its normal size in Lu Yingheng's hand and vanished.
The Mechanical Sacrifice's body slowly split, revealing a diagonal cut. Its upper half slid slowly down along it.
[Koleda's been saved in a second! Don't stand in my way!]
[Lord Husband showed his power and chopped the enemy down in one strike...]
Xia Linxi's eyes were hearts. "What else is there to say? From now on, I'm waiting for Lord Husband! What if I never cared about how strong you were?"
[Streamers like this are the shrewdest. With a showing like that in the story, I don't believe he'll be weak in actual gameplay.]
[She looks like she doesn't care about strength, but really she just wants to max out both her tastes and his strength.]
Grace and the others had already rescued Koleda. Sitting on the rubble, Grace said, "So this is the First-Generation Void Hunter?"
Koleda sat beside her, the battered prototype behind them.
"A miracle... Grace, you haven't fallen for him, have you? After all, every girl falls for the whole hero-saving-the-beauty thing."
Grace propped up her chin and watched Lu Yingheng beat his dragon wings and descend from the sky.
"Is there really any girl worthy of a man like that?"
"Come on, sis..." Koleda sighed. "You've been single since birth. You can't stay a single dog forever, can you? If you really did fall for him in that moment, go after him."
Grace remained silent, and Koleda simply gave her a gentle pat on the shoulder.
"You might have a chance if you go after him. Trying doesn't guarantee success, but not trying guarantees failure."
Grace continued staring at Lu Yingheng's back. "Should I try?"
"Maybe you'll succeed..."
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[Everything the author said here was written after reaching 2,000 characters. I absolutely didn't pad the word count! If it's even one character short, the author will be 1 cm shorter!]