Volume 5, Chapter 44 – Who Exactly Are You?

“Crack!!”

Accompanied by the tearing sound of bone and flesh separating, Hume’s arm flew into the air just like that.

After severing one arm of this Solrog Ancestor, Ailiya didn’t pursue her advantage, but instead used this opportunity to instantly flash to Bai Shangxue’s side, bringing this heavily injured Bai family elder out of Hume’s gravitational field and putting distance between them and Hume.

“Are you alright?”

Ailiya asked with concern.

“I’m fine, thank you Lady Baiya for saving me…”

Bai Shangxue said gratefully, but while speaking he still couldn’t help coughing up several mouthfuls of fresh blood.

“You should leave first, leave this to me.”

“But, but… that guy…”

Bai Shangxue’s eyes clearly overflowed with deep worry. After briefly clashing with Hume, Bai Shangxue had obviously realized the opponent’s strength.

The opponent’s aura intensity was far stronger than their family’s “ancestor.” If it came to a direct confrontation, the “ancestor” would probably…

To this, Ailiya still confidently revealed a smile.

“It’s fine, trust me.”

On the other side,

Looking at his continuously bleeding stump and the silver-haired girl in the distance who had just saved Bai Shangxue, Hume couldn’t help but raise his eyebrows, a trace of surprise flashing through his eyes.

“Quite impressive…”

Hume spoke in a rather appreciative tone.

Regarding Ailiya, this child raised by Terran Malevolence, Hume naturally had some understanding.

In this Third Ancestor’s understanding, the opponent’s current strength was only early Divine Departure Realm, which undoubtedly had a huge gap compared to his peak Divine Departure Realm. The only thing that needed attention was the buggy aspects of the opponent’s mind attribute… and as long as he was careful not to be fooled by illusions, he could easily handle Ailiya.

Capturing her and bringing her back to headquarters wouldn’t be difficult.

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But now?

Hume felt he seemed to have underestimated the opponent.

He had clearly broken through the opponent’s illusion and had actively launched an attack on Ailiya.

He hadn’t expected that such a swift attack would actually be dodged?

And this girl even counterattacked and severed his arm? That movement and reaction…

Truly unexpected…

“Combat experience and steady mentality beyond your age group… as well as physical qualities surpassing early Divine Departure Realm, you are indeed excellent.”

Hume praised without reservation.

“I’m quite curious how you’ve grown to this point?”

“…”

Hearing this, Ailiya slightly narrowed her eyes.

How did she train to this level? That was all thanks to Lianyue… Her physical qualities could be said to be completely raised by Lianyue, on one hand because of Lianyue’s various perverted physical training, and on the other hand because of Lianyue’s milk…

As for combat experience?

Being beaten up by a group of Corrupted Beasts that Lianyue called daily, and being cycled through training by Sister Cat and Dog Bro… how could she not accumulate some?

To be honest, although Lianyue was usually easy to talk to… once it involved training issues, she would completely become another person… terrifyingly strict.

Of course, Ailiya naturally couldn’t possibly tell these things to people from House Solrog.

“Sorry, no comment.”

The silver-haired girl replied coldly.

“I see…”

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Hume nodded indifferently.

“Ailiya, right? I have a proposal.”

“What?”

Ailiya frowned, clearly not understanding what this Solrog Ancestor was thinking.

Regarding Ailiya’s confusion, Hume understood, but he still spoke to himself:

“I admire you. Not only did you single-handedly protect your sisters under Terran Malevolence’s tyranny, but you also possess extraordinary power at such a young age, with unlimited potential. To be honest, I don’t want to listen to Isabelle and cripple your power to capture you.”

“Then what do you want?”

“Are you interested in joining forces with us? Ailiya.”

With a slight smile, Hume showed quite a sincere expression at this moment.

“You… what nonsense are you spouting?”

Ailiya’s eyebrow twitched, and for a moment she even doubted whether she had misheard.

“I’m not spouting nonsense, Ailiya. You’re a wonderful, very promising young person. It would be too much of a waste to cripple you like this. That’s why I’m making this proposal. Although House Solrog’s methods are somewhat cruel, fundamentally we’re all for world peace and stability. The existence of evil gods itself is a threat to world peace and all living beings. Don’t forget, evil gods were born to destroy worldly civilization.”

“…”

“Continuing to follow evil gods has no benefits for you and your sisters. It would be better to help our House Solrog. No matter what, House Solrog and you sisters don’t have any deep direct grudges, do we? Following us, you’d have a future. Of course, you don’t need to worry about the evil god power within you. After Lord Astral breaks through to Divine Graced Realm, he’ll be able to help you remove it.”

While speaking, Hume slowly raised his hand, making an inviting gesture toward Ailiya.

He appeared completely sincere.

“Come, let us rescue you.”

However,

Faced with Hume’s invitation, after her eyebrow twitched several times, Ailiya couldn’t help but let out a disdainful sneer.

“Hehe, you might be mistaken. I’m doing very well now, I don’t need you to rescue me.”

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The girl’s tone was cold and serious.

After receiving this reply that was somewhat expected, Hume also sighed helplessly and slowly withdrew his hand behind him.

“Sigh, what a pity… If you developed with us, you might actually reach Divine Graced Realm in the future. Sigh… how troublesome, I really don’t like fighting… what a hassle.”

While speaking, Hume twisted his neck.

Gray-white spiritual power erupted from within Hume at this moment with overwhelming momentum, directly shaking the entire Bai family courtyard to pieces. Those Bai family guards who had received the alarm and come to support were knocked flying backward by the fluctuation field constructed by Hume’s spiritual power before they could even get close, unable to approach even slightly.

At the same time, Hume clenched his left fist, and another hidden blade emerged from within.

“Since you’re being unwise, then I can only… excuse me.”

As soon as the words fell, the fatigue and regret in Hume’s eyes instantly disappeared completely, replaced by chilling coldness.

His entire person, surrounded by gray-white spiritual power, transformed into a terrifying meteor and fiercely charged toward Ailiya.

On the other side,

In the factory on the outskirts of Cangdu,

After muttering to herself, Miss Evil God closed her left eye, her right eye also temporarily became vacant, and her entire person fell into silence for a moment.

Looking at Bai Lianyue making strange gestures before him, Bai Bin couldn’t help but clench his fists tightly, his heart already so nervous it was about to burst from his chest.

At the same time,

He kept sending requests for help to Tianen Financial Group.

Unfortunately,

Just as Bai Lianyue had said earlier… no matter how he called for help, he never received a response.

“This, this… what exactly is happening over there?”

As Bai Bin muttered these words to himself, after a moment of mental confusion, Bai Lianyue’s consciousness seemed to finally return from afar to this factory.

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As her consciousness returned, Miss Evil God disdainfully tilted her head,

“Nothing… they just can’t come.”

After a long time,

Let Ai’er practice a bit.

Hopefully… that child can hold on a little longer.

Seeming to think of something, Bai Lianyue smiled somewhat gratifyingly.

After briefly showing a kind expression, Bai Lianyue immediately displayed bone-chilling coldness. The gazes of dozens of Crimson Spectre Eyes around also focused on Bai Bin at this moment.

In an instant,

Bai Bin trembled all over.

Under the influence of fear, his waterworks below couldn’t help but burst…

“You! You, what do you want to do?!! I’m warning you!! I’m the head of the Bai family!! If you kill me!”

——”Don’t worry, I won’t kill you.”——

“I can… hm? You, what did you say?”

After hearing Bai Lianyue’s reply, Bai Bin frowned, looking at the monster before him who looked exactly like his deceased father with terror and disbelief.

“You, won’t kill me?”

“You’re Uncle Bai Xuansheng’s son… so I won’t kill you.”

“Uncle?”

Hearing this familiar “form of address,” Bai Bin couldn’t help but furrow his brow.

“You? Who exactly are you?”