Chapter 604: The Last New Role, Xue Mo

Terrifying gunfire instantly swallowed the blue light barrier before them.

The figure with dragon horns tried to shield Chen Lan, but Yi Ji's phantom punched him in the head, sending him flying backward. Before he could make his next move, Yi Ji stepped forward, clasped his hands together, and smashed down.

Outside the blue light, the Seventh Elder watched the scene unfold, his eyes trembling.

It was an absolute massacre.

The man opposite them was ridiculously strong.

No one had expected the youngest son of the Fear family to be such an absolute monster.

Before him, the long-renowned prodigy of the Life Heavenly Kingdom was as fragile as a sheet of paper.

Lost...

The outcome of this battle was already decided. The Seventh Elder furrowed his brows, silently calculating whether he should retreat now and bring back the information about Yi Ji, or wait until the battle ended to kill Chen Nian on the spot...

After a moment of thought, he vetoed the latter.

If Chen Lan lived, killing Chen Nian would be justifiable. But with Chen Lan dead, killing Chen Nian would be an act of insubordination. There was no need.

His attitude toward this Blood War matched that of most elders—as long as they didn't draw fire onto themselves, it was fine.

But... there was no rush to leave just yet.

Deep down, he felt Chen Nian lacked the means to kill him.

First, no matter how strong the phantom Chen Nian summoned was, it was still just a phantom.

Second, this was the Game Kingdom. Direct harm could not be inflicted on an opponent here.

And Chen Nian's game was a deathmatch between relatives and friends.

He couldn't possibly lose to Chen Nian, and the phantom he summoned... probably wouldn't lose to Yi Ji either.

Therefore, he decided to observe the situation a little longer.

If an opportunity presented itself, joining Chen Nian's side wasn't out of the question.

Inside the blue light.

The thick black smoke slowly dissipated. Chen Lan lay flat on her back, her body charred black.

Her clothes were in absolute tatters.

"Bang!!!"

Nearby, the figure with dragon horns completely dissipated after Yi Ji viciously slammed him into the ground.

The battles on both sides ended at exactly the same time.

Chen Nian slowly walked up to Chen Lan. He looked down at his fourth sister, his expression calm:

"Fourth Sister, you lost again."

"Heh..."

Chen Lan parted her pitch-black lips in a smile, her gaze bypassing Chen Nian's neck to stare blankly at the ceiling.

"I've already let it go. You're a monster, and it's normal that a human can't beat a monster."

She murmured the words, just as she had told herself on a thousand nights.

"You monster."

The corners of her lips curled up as she said something she had never said to Chen Nian before.

"I don't want to be."

Chen Nian lowered his head and looked at her. His next words left her stunned:

"I don't want to be a monster, either."

Chen Lan stared at Chen Nian. The look in his eyes seemed even more sorrowful than her own.

"If I wasn't a monster. If I was a normal person," Chen Nian said softly. "Would you still have reported me?"

"..." Chen Lan averted her gaze.

Chen Nian's face remained calm:

"Back then, it was Seventh Brother who called me into your room."

Chen Lan's eyes trembled as she looked at him in disbelief.

Chen Nian smiled:

"Stop pretending, Fourth Sister. I know you know."

"How could I have known?!" Chen Lan tried to argue, but looking into Chen Nian's eyes, her gaze quivered, and the words caught in her throat. Of course she knew.

Even if she had been momentarily blinded by anger toward Chen Nian at the time, once she thought about it afterward, it wouldn't be difficult for someone with her means to uncover a few clues.

She certainly knew that Chen Mingkai had called Chen Nian to that room, and she knew there was someone backing Chen Mingkai.

But as long as Chen Nian could be punished, as long as Chen Nian suffered...

None of that seemed to matter.

All the blame could be pinned squarely on Chen Nian's head.

Because Chen Nian was a monster.

And they were humans.

Thus, Chen Mingkai's mistake was forgivable, because Chen Mingkai must have been driven to it by Chen Nian.

"Do you have anything else to say? Do it."

Chen Lan smiled mockingly and softly spat out one word:

"Monster."

Chen Nian laughed:

"Fourth Sister, you win."

As his voice fell, countless tentacles sprouted from his hands and pierced directly into Chen Lan's abdomen.

Blood sprayed instantly as countless Electronic Tentacles drilled madly into her body.

Chen Lan seemed to realize what he was trying to do, and her eyes instantly filled with terror.

"No... don't!!!"

She wriggled frantically to stop his actions, but she was far too weak at this moment.

All her resistance was futile. She could only watch helplessly as the Electronic Tentacles bored into her skin, contaminating her blood. "No, no..."

Trembling, Chen Lan reached out a hand. A glowing orb materialized in her palm and flew out of the blue light.

The orb of light traversed countless spaces almost instantly, arriving at the Pure Blood Heavenly Kingdom.

Finally...

It landed in front of a man wearing a blood-red robe.

The man looked at the orb of light, and then at the fourth lamp, which was flickering unsteadily.

He began to laugh.

"You come to your father to cheat when you can't win?"

"Old Fourth... Old Fourth... You really are trash."

He waved his hand, instantly shattering the orb of light.

At the same time, her hopes utterly dashed and her hair disheveled, Chen Lan stared at the shattered remnants of the orb that had returned to her side. She muttered incessantly, "Why? Why? Why won't you save me?! Why won't you save me?!!!"

She looked as though she had truly gone mad.

The Electronic Tentacles she had once mocked thousands of times were now polluting her body.

Her Blood Value plummeted directly from nearly seventy percent to a mere fifteen percent.

With a level like this, let alone returning to the Chen Family, she would be nothing but an ordinary passerby on the street.

"No... no..."

She reached out and grabbed the hem of Chen Nian's clothes, tears rolling from her eyes:

"Fifth Brother... Fifth Brother... you really can't..."

Chen Nian's expression remained calm:

"I told you, you win, Fourth Sister. You successfully stopped me from killing you."

"Keep living like this."

"As a monster."

Outside the blue light, the Seventh Elder watched everything transpire, burning with fury.

Such an act of polluting a bloodline was true sacrilege in the Chen Family!

It was an utter disrespect to the God of Bloodlines!!!

He stepped back a few paces, preparing to leave.

Chen Nian's actions had completely dispelled his thoughts of changing sides.

If he followed Chen Nian, all that awaited him was the unified condemnation of the entire Chen Family.

He had spent his entire life reaching this position; he absolutely could not allow any accidents.

But...

An accident still happened.

Just as he was about to rush out the door—

A figure darted out from beside the door, blocking his path.

Staring at the Ninth Elder opposite him, the Seventh Elder flew into a rage:

"Have you betrayed the Chen Family as well?!"

"What else could I do?!" the Ninth Elder retorted through gritted teeth.

"I refuse to be a sinner of the Chen Family, so I can only wrong you."

"With just you?!" The Seventh Elder laughed out of sheer anger, his sparse white hair trembling wildly.

"Why do you think you are ranked ninth, while I am ranked seventh?"

The Ninth Elder didn't respond. He merely stepped aside.

The Seventh Elder's eyes narrowed.

From behind the Ninth Elder stepped a woman in a red dress.

"With just this little girl?!"

The Seventh Elder found it even more amusing.

In his eyes, the Huo Tong standing opposite them hadn't even fully stepped into the Ninth Tier. Even though he didn't know why the Weird Energy around her was abnormally violent, she was absolutely not a threat.

Yet, contrary to his expectations, Huo Tong reached directly into her pocket and pulled out a painting.

Within the painting, a robed figure holding a Scythe Blade and carrying a lantern materialized.

"I win again."

Yan Jing pumped his fist happily.

The person opposite him looked completely dejected.

He had lost again.

His opponent was already on a win streak of over nine hundred.

In any event, at any Tier...

This had already broken the records of the Game Kingdom.

It had reached a historically unprecedented level.

Being able to accomplish this proved that Yan Jing possessed a ridiculous array of methods.

But Yan Jing ignored everything else. He took out his Points and directly exchanged them in the system for an enlightenment card regarding one's own path.

This wasn't his first time exchanging for one.

The reason he had stayed behind to play games in the first place was because that man had told him there was a way to comprehend one's own path here.

The Points exchange condition for this type of card was different from other items.

At first, it only cost 10,000.

Then it became 20,000.

And then 40,000.

Each time, the price multiplied by two.

This was already Yan Jing's tenth exchange.

The required cost was 5,120,000.

Yan Jing crushed the card, focusing his mind to comprehend Mao Si's path.

He closed his eyes, and a pure white path seemed to appear before him.

It was different from the path of Yi Ji or his original body.

On both sides of this path stood indescribably terrifying silhouettes—dragon scales, phoenix tails, massive claws, and gargantuan bodies...

Yan Jing charged forward, using Mao Si's body to slaughter his way through those figures.

As long as he won, he could devour his opponents.

Before he knew it, Yan Jing opened his eyes, a radiant light erupting from his golden pupils.

He had found Mao Si's path.

All that remained was to slowly complete it.

And according to what the system said, Mao Si's Tier had also risen to match his original body.

Several brand-new abilities surfaced directly in his mind, as if he had received an instantaneous empowerment.

"Not a loss at all..."

Yan Jing nodded in satisfaction.

This Blood War had let him witness a new Domain, and he had finally accomplished what he had been wanting to do.

Right now, because of his experiences in the Fear family, Yi Ji was on the verge of finding his own path. Wen Xu was also gradually figuring things out in the Stone Realm. Given enough time, he should be able to walk it as well.

"What about Young Master Luo...?"

Yan Jing murmured.

He could leave Yi Ji in Old Sin City for now.

Wen Xu still needed to take a trip to the Witch Realm, but Young Master Luo...

Did he need to make a trip back to Minhu?

It wasn't entirely out of the question.

Yan Jing thought about it for a moment, then exited the Inner World.

Now that his condition had finally stabilized, it was time to draw his next role.

Returning to his secluded cultivation room, Yan Jing looked at the System Panel before him and encountered a difficult problem.

The task... hadn't been issued yet.

There would be no more tasks after reaching the Tenth Tier.

Judging by the Triple Experience Voucher in Yan Jing's hands, the next task was very likely going to be his final one.

In the past, Yan Jing had always chosen roles in the Domains based on the task locations.

But he didn't know what went wrong with this task; it still hadn't been issued even now.

Even using an Advance Ticket proved useless.

"It's fine."

Yan Jing didn't hesitate for too long.

He now had plenty of methods to complete the contents of any task. The four roles in his hands alone could shatter the void and travel across Domains at any time, so there was no longer a need to restrict himself to specific Domains.

And since it concerned Old Chen, there was indeed one role he wanted to play.

The long-unseen glowing orb flickered.

Ultimately, a silver orb of light settled in front of him.

Just as Yan Jing reached out to touch it, a system prompt suddenly popped up in the very next second:

[Attention! This is your final role draw! After this, you will have no further opportunities to draw roles until you touch the true reality of this world!]

Yan Jing looked at these words without surprise or any emotional fluctuations.

His mood was completely serene, as if he had long anticipated this moment would come.

He chuckled self-mockingly:

"Don't tell me it's going to end with a revelation of some grand conspiracy."

The next second, he let out a soft laugh and reached out to touch the orb.

He had already made it this far. No matter what happened, he would accept it.

He would take it all on.

Even if they told him the upcoming plot was some explosive dog-shit garbage, he would still accept it.

"Bring it on."

The glowing orb slowly disintegrated.

Inside was a man.

The man had a head of signature blood-red hair and wore an extremely simple outfit.

A red T-shirt paired with white trousers.

His resolute face was absolutely flawless from any angle, bearing the exceedingly obvious features of the Pure Blood Heavenly Kingdom.

[Role Name: Xue Mo]

[Role Quality: Silver]

[Role Level: Classified as Ninth Tier according to the Surface World's grading system]

[Role Abilities Introduction:]

[Blood; Arrow: You may shoot nine arrows per day. Once the arrows are depleted, you must wait until daybreak of the second day to replenish them. Every single arrow harbors a special power, one that even exceeds your own Tier.]

[Blood; Emperor: Your physical bloodline purity is extremely high, granting exceptional compatibility with any bloodline talent.]

[Blood; Yi: You possess a bloodline named Yi, with a purity of 77%. You possess exceptional mastery over arrows. When you fulfill Yi's lingering obsession, you will undergo a bloodline liberation.]

[Note: This role's quality has been elevated due to his relationship with a certain entity.]

Yan Jing looked at the role before him.

He had only ever seen this role in the portraits he had privately drawn for Chen Nian.

He had originally just wanted to take a gamble to see if he could pull this role.

Now, it seemed his gamble had paid off.

[Role Synopsis: You lost your most beloved person and soulmate in this world, and you personally caused it all to happen. This condemns you to live in eternal pain, and you are no longer clear on your own path.]

[Even he who aims at the sun will miss one day. The greatest tragedy in this world has occurred: the one who felt happiness is already dead, while the one burdened with suffering remains alive.]

[Family, friendship—you have nothing left.]

[You know with absolute clarity what your deepest desire is.]

[It is not to retrieve the lost soul, but rather to find a way to redeem yourself during the process.]

[This role retains all of his memories. But be warned, this role's deepest desire is not so easily achieved.]

[Also note: His security officer's starting favorability toward this role is below 10. In other words, for a rare instance, this time the security officer will no longer be safe. When you meet him, you will experience his hatred.]

[Shoot that fated arrow, travel to the unreturnable past, and put an end to it all.]

"The difficulty coefficient for this role is a bit high." Yan Jing chuckled, then reached out and began the roleplay.