A human city, visited once again after so long.
It was time to make a trip back.
An excited look flashed across Assistant Tang's face. She didn't know how strong Xie Litang actually was, but since someone held in such high regard by her boss was taking action, she would definitely be able to rescue her, right?
Chen Linling, on the other hand, didn't look happy at all. Filled with worry, she said, "Sister, isn't it too dangerous? How about we think of another way?"
Xie Litang pinched the soft flesh on Chen Linling's face and said with a chuckle, "There's definitely danger, but it won't cost me my life."
"But you're still putting yourself in danger, Sister."
"Linling, let me ask you. What kind of person is your Sister Yang?"
"Sister Yang is a good person. She's helped us a lot, which is why I'm willing to call her Sister Yang."
"If it were you, would you go save her?"
"My reason tells me I shouldn't, because it's really dangerous... but I would still find a way to save her."
"Then do you trust me?"
"Of course I trust you, Sister, but..."
Xie Litang gently hugged her younger sister and said softly, "Alright, time waits for no one."
Chen Linling let out a sigh.
However, she quickly perked up again.
Since she couldn't dissuade her sister, all she could do was help as much as possible.
Chen Linling asked, "Sister, how do you plan to enter the city? Fight your way in?"
Xie Litang shook her head and said, "That won't do. The main goal is to save your Sister Yang. If I make a huge scene and fight my way in, the Ye Family might realize they can't match me and choose to silence her instead."
Chen Linling fell into thought before asking, "So your plan is to sneak into the city on the down-low?"
"I don't need to be that sneaky. Once I save your Sister Yang, I can just fight my way back out."
"I got it. Give me a moment. I'll contact the black market to buy you a fake identity first. They have plenty of connections to get you into the city."
Streams of data flickered across Chen Linling's eyes.
Ten minutes later.
Chen Linling made an OK sign with her hand and whispered, "Two hundred thousand. It's done."
Xie Litang quickly made her preparations.
The most important task was still hiding her younger sister, though this time Assistant Tang was added to the mix.
She opened the basement, which was enclosed on all sides by special alloy walls.
The purpose of this secret room wasn't to block out high-level demon beasts, but to buy enough time for Xie Litang to return if an accident occurred. As for Assistant Tang, she was placed in a separate secret room.
It wasn't that Xie Litang distrusted her.
She did this purely for her sister's safety.
Finally.
Xie Litang grabbed Yellow Immortal—that is, Huang Dongsheng—by the head and hoisted him up, saying, "You two, guard the Fumu City base well for me. If anything goes wrong, you know what I'm capable of."
Terrified, Hu Jiali fell to her knees and kowtowed repeatedly. "Yes, yes, yes! Lord, you are our heavens! Fumu City is our home now."
"Whoever dares to come..."
"...we will destroy them!"
Huang Dongsheng struggled slightly before chiming in in agreement, "Right, right, right! Thanks to your blessing, Lord, both of us are now Thousand-Year Great Demons. You are like a second parent to us!"
The key issue was that they were on a pirate ship now, and there was no getting off.
For one, they had been contracted as teammates by Xie Litang. That ability was far too overbearing—she could sacrifice them no matter where they were in the world.
Secondly, they had killed too many of their own kin, so there was no going back.
Lastly, the endless supply of demon beast flesh and blood, combined with a large share of demon cores, was honestly just too sweet to pass up.
Xie Litang dropped the two demons.
Stepping onto her turbofan hoverboard, she headed to the black market.
Upon reaching her destination, she didn't interact much with the guide.
They handed her a human-skin mask to put on. When she arrived at the city gate, members of the City Defense Force came out to inspect.
The guide handed over a bribe.
The City Defense Force then let her inside.
Feeling the long-missed glow of neon lights, Xie Litang couldn't help but spread her arms and declare, "Jianghai City, your queen has returned."
After that chuunibyou moment passed...
...she immediately rushed toward the city's wealthy district.
Xie Litang knew clearly what she had to do. She didn't need to care where Yang Yiyi was, nor did she need to search for where they had hidden Yang Yiyi or conduct brutal interrogations.
"The root of the problem lies with the Ye Family."
"All I need to do is charge straight into the Ye Family home."
Panshan Lakeview Villa District was home to more than half of Jianghai City's elite wealth.
Luxurious villas rose from the ground here. Patrol teams guarded the area 24/7, the Peacekeeper Bureau gave it top priority, and the City Defense Force boasted a ten-minute quick response time.
It was no exaggeration to say...
...that even if demon beasts besieged the city...
...and all the civilians outside were wiped out, this place would still be the very last to fall.
Evading security personnel and hidden sentries along the way...
...Xie Litang located the Ye Family's villa, where the faint sound of arguing could be heard inside.
Ever since Xie Litang had killed the direct descendant of the Ye Family during the college entrance examination, the Ye Family had been locked in fierce squabbling over the position of heir.
"Twenty-four bodyguards."
"There should be high-level experts inside the villa as well."
After weighing her options, Xie Litang said calmly, "Not a big problem."
Next, all that was left was to make her final preparations. She glanced at the neighboring villa beside the Ye Family's.
Sneaking up behind a security guard, she knocked him unconscious and dragged him into the adjacent villa.
She did this to fully a dozen people.
The Ye Family side quickly realized something was wrong.
The entire villa entered a state of emergency, and they were likely mobilizing forces from elsewhere.
None of that mattered anymore. Xie Litang woke up the dozen or so guards.
Resting her long sword against one of them, she said coldly, "From now on, you are my teammate. Are you willing to become my teammate?"
Veins bulged on the bodyguard's forehead as he spat curses, "What the fuck are you?! Do you even know who we are? One finger of the Ye Family—"
Before he could finish...
...Xie Litang swept her long sword across.
Clutching his neck in disbelief, the man collapsed limply to the ground.
Xie Litang looked at another bodyguard and asked softly, "What about you? Are you willing to become my teammate?"
The bodyguard panicked for a second before anger flared up in his heart, and he yelled, "Little bitch, do you have any idea who you're messing with?!"
Slash.
Another jet of blood spurted out.
Xie Litang continued toward the third person and asked, "How about you? Are you willing to become my teammate?"
The third bodyguard shivered, feigning composure as he said, "Friend, everything is negotiable! Money, resources, we can talk! We hold the principle of—"
Slash~
"Too much nonsense."
Xie Litang walked up to the fourth person.
Before she could even speak this time, the man stammered in terror, "I'm willing! I'm willing to become your teammate!"
Only then did Xie Litang nod in satisfaction. "That's more like it. How much are you even paid a month to be risking your life?"
The remaining bodyguards fell completely silent.
It wasn't that they didn't want to fight back...
...it was that Xie Litang dispatched them with one strike per kill, giving them no chance whatsoever.
Nothing unexpected happened after that. A total of twelve people became Xie Litang's 'teammates'.
"If I sacrifice all twelve of them, based on my awakened ability's mechanics, my overall stats will be boosted by up to 1,200%."
"My final layer of insurance..."
"...is finally set."
"Now, I lack for nothing. Heh."
Xie Litang sheathed her sword.
She strode toward the main entrance of the Ye Family villa.
She considered herself a person with morals; she had never slaughtered innocent people just to get stronger. That was why the number of teammates sacrificed by her awakened ability was still zero.
Xie Litang whispered softly, "I adhere to moral lines, but does the Ye Family?"
Now that she had put her morals aside...
...who said enemies couldn't be teammates?
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