[Big shot, you're doing great. Bullying the female lead yields more System points and can even trigger critical hits on the male lead. This way, I can level up quickly.]
"I've discovered that my power in this world is like a sieve. Most of my strength remained in that dark, lightless world; the power that came out with me is but a drop in the ocean..."
[Big shot, I can only say that the cultivators of this world might not be as strong as you think.]
With a casual wave of Wang Li's hand, the sword formation was violently shattered. The Disciples' blood and Qi churned, and blood seeped from the corners of their mouths. Lacking the strength to fight, they could only sit cross-legged on the spot, circulating their spiritual energy to suppress their roiling blood.
Except for the older Disciple protecting Ji Shengyao, the rest of the Tianchi Holy Land Disciples were wiped out in the blink of an eye. The enchantress's light and seductive voice rang out again: "Ji Shengyao, what about now? What other tricks do you have?"
"Hmph!"
Ji Shengyao furrowed her beautiful willow-leaf brows without saying a word. What she needed to do was accelerate the gathering of spiritual energy and focus all her attention on activating the Azure Lotus Divine Sword for a fatal counterattack...
But in her heart, she secretly vowed: *Enchantress, you'd better pray you die by the divine sword. Otherwise, I will take you back to the Sect and let you experience the agony of the Soul-Suppressing Nails.*
Just as the two sides fell into a brief silence, the handsome male lead, Lin Fan, dressed in gray, stood with his hands behind his back. An air of pretentiousness emanated from him as he spoke in a magnetic voice: "There's still me!"
Seeing Ji Shengyao's questioning gaze, the older Disciple explained, "Saintess, he was once an unparalleled Genius Disciple of the Wanxiang Array Sect. However, his cultivation suddenly stopped progressing at the 3rd Level of Qi Refining. It's been five years now, and he has become the trash of all trash within his Sect."
After saying that, she turned to Lin Fan and said bluntly, "Lin Fan, you are just a trash Disciple at the 3rd Level of Qi Refining. If you don't want to be torn to pieces by this enchantress in one move, don't overestimate yourself."
"I am not trash!"
Lin Fan's aura suddenly changed, shifting from timid to sharp. His strength also soared from the 3rd Level of Qi Refining to the 4th level, the 5th level... until it stopped at the 6th Level of Foundation Establishment.
The reason his cultivation had stagnated was that the remnant soul of a Rebirth big shot lived within his ring. Now, the big shot had awakened and become his Master. He had hidden himself all this time just to make a stunning debut today and show off his strength in front of Ji Shengyao.
Perhaps the Saintess no longer remembered him, but he still remembered that winter when he was only eight years old. Orphaned from a young age, he was beaten and insulted by other little beggars.
They stole his shoes and cotton coat, beating him until he was covered in wounds and crawling through the snow. Just as he was thinking of ending his life before it truly began, he encountered the Saintess, who was also returning home to visit relatives as a child.
Dressed in luxurious clothes, you pulled the maid behind you: "Sister Liu, look at him, he's so pitiful. Let's take him back to the Ji Family and train him as a servant."
You smiled and said to me, "From now on, you are a member of the Ji Family. No one will bully you anymore."
Since then, the Saintess had focused on her cultivation and rarely returned to the Ji Family. Moreover, the Saintess had helped so many people that she probably didn't remember him, whom she had only met once.
What Lin Fan wanted was for everyone to look at him in a new light. He also enjoyed those shocked gazes, especially when he could perform in front of his goddess.
Lin Fan drew the Heaven Rank sword, the Heavenly Saint Sword, gifted to him by his Master. He channeled the first form of the Supreme Sword Intent taught to him by his Master and gripped the sword tightly, letting out a furious roar: "Die!"
A gray figure flashed by. Lin Fan, carrying the Supreme Sword Intent, charged straight at the enchantress's face. He gritted his teeth, knowing this enchantress was no small matter; only a one-hit kill would offer a slim chance of survival.
Seeing the enchantress swing her sword to meet him, he channeled all his spiritual energy into the Heavenly Saint Sword, causing the blade to glow with brilliant golden light.
But he never expected that just as the Heavenly Saint Sword was about to collide with the enchantress's sword, he would hear the Heavenly Saint Sword's struggle and wails. He felt the space-time around him ripple like waves on a lake's surface with a casual wave of the enchantress's hand.
Every step he took felt like he was standing against the entire world, as if the will of the whole world was obstructing him, preventing him from advancing even an inch.
"No!" The spiritual energy throughout his body exploded instantly. He was like a cannonball fired from a barrel, flying backward, leaving only the blood he spat out scattered on the white snow.
He lay on the ground, watching the enchantress walk toward Ji Shengyao step by step with a lewd smile. His blood surged, and his spiritual energy reversed.
Not until his bloodshot eyes saw the enchantress right in front of Ji Shengyao, reaching out to pull her into an embrace, did he scream, "Don't touch her!"
At that very moment, certain Restrictions within his body were shattered by the backflowing spiritual energy. The injuries on his body healed instantly, and he successfully achieved a Breakthrough in the second form of the Supreme Sword Intent, which had been at a Bottleneck.
He whispered to the ring, "Master, you absorbed my spiritual energy for three years and made me a piece of trash for five. Now, your Disciple has one thing I need your help with."
An aged voice came from the ring: "Although even with my current cultivation I cannot see through this enchantress, who told you to be my Disciple?"
Lin Fan's cultivation rose instantly, all the way to the 9th Level of Foundation Establishment, just one step away from the Golden Core. In the blink of an eye, his entire aura became lofty and unattainable.
Seeing this, the hearts of the Zhen Sect Disciples finally relaxed. They really hadn't expected Lin Fan to have endured until now. The Disciples who hadn't provoked Lin Fan were full of shock, while those who had were filled with fear, dreading that Lin Fan would settle scores later.
Watching Lin Fan attack, Wang Li couldn't help but think of when she played this pixel game; he was the first protagonist she controlled. To level up, he could even strike down defenseless villagers while speaking of benevolence and morality—a total Yue Buqun type.
"You really are an undying cockroach."
She unceremoniously raised the Unsheathable Sword and brought it down heavily toward Lin Fan. Lin Fan swung his sword to parry, but that terrifying sensation from before struck again.
Lin Fan looked up and saw the sky getting closer and closer to him. The entire sky collapsed, transforming into the sword in the enchantress's hand pressing down on his head.
This time, before the sword even reached him, he was already spitting out large mouthfuls of blood, his face pale and his legs trembling. With a "bang," snow splattered as he actually knelt directly in front of the enchantress.
He heard the enchantress's voice, tinged with a hint of wantonness: "Ji Shengyao, if you don't want your senior and junior sisters who grew up with you to die a miserable death, and if you don't want this spineless admirer of yours kneeling before me to have his head explode, then put down your weapon and come over here obediently."
The only older Disciple shielding Ji Shengyao also looked anxious: "Saintess, don't stop! It only takes a few blinks for the divine sword to activate. I'll hold her off. You are the Saintess; if you become someone else's toy, it will disgrace all the Sects of Wanzhong Mountain. If she wants women, she can have any of us."
"Senior Sister Jiang, you watched me grow up. I cannot watch you be humiliated before me. Besides, it's me she wants. My identity and my Immaculate Heart do not allow for any Impurities. Perhaps this is my fate, but I will never accept it."
She closed her eyes tightly, her long eyelashes trembling uncontrollably. Steeling her heart, she dispersed all the spiritual energy gathered by the divine sword.
When she opened her eyes, she saw the enchantress with her arms wide open, as if waiting for her to throw herself into her embrace.
She gritted her teeth, her face flushing crimson with shame and anger: "Enchantress, no matter how you bully me, don't think you can make me submit even a little. For every evil deed you've done to me, I will pay you back tenfold, a hundredfold!"