Abigail’s breathing was no longer steady, each inhale sharp, each exhale like a volcano venting fury through cracked earth. Veins crawled along her neck, pulsing violently. The sword aura around her flickered in chaotic waves, as if even it couldn’t keep up with her rising madness.She was livid, not annoyed or irritated but livid.Her fingers tightened around the sword until the hilt groaned. And the look she gave Kai… that look could have peeled the bark off an entire forest.Her thoughts were simple... she was the strongest, she was Xander’s descendant, she was the heir of a divine bloodline.She was supposed to be unmatched, untouchable, unstoppable and yet this mortal, this man, this weird... this stubborn, reckless, irritating, unkillable cockroach kept punching her, kept sending her flying, kept blocking her attacks and he kept smirking.He was not kneeling, he was not begging, he was not even giving her the “respect” she thought she deserved in her frenzy.He just stood there,

Kai sat on the torn earth for a moment, breathing in deeply, letting the madness of the last half hour drain from his system. His arm still throbbed, his ribs ached, and the lingering heat of Abigail’s sword intent still prickled against his skin, but at least… At least the battlefield was quiet now. No more screaming. No more explosions. No more Abigail trying to split reality in half. Just blessed, exhausted silence.After steadying his breath, he finally turned toward Jian who was half-lying in Lin's arms like a dying hero from an opera and asked, “What the hell happened?”Jian opened his mouth, eyes still dazed, bruises everywhere. “S–S–She… Ab–Ab–Abi—”Immediately, nine girls jumped in at once.“SHE CAME OUT LIKE A DEMON!”“She almost beheaded me!”“She threw Jian like a sack of cabbage!”“She split the ground open...LOOK, THE CRACK IS STILL THERE!”“I thought we were going to die!”“I actually saw my ancestors waving at me...farewell wave!”“Senior Brother Jian was bleeding ever

They didn’t leave immediately.Everyone needed a moment, some to breathe, some to remember how legs worked after fear froze them, and some to quietly question all their life choices. Abigail stood in the middle of the battlefield, staring at the absolute wreckage she had created, the deep gashes in the earth, the shattered boulders, the dust clouds still lingering like smoke after a war.She let out a deep, exhausted sigh.“I really demolished everything, didn’t I?”Selene nodded gently.“You… did your best.”“I tried to kill all of you,” Abigail muttered.“Yes,” another disciple agreed faintly. “You tried very hard.”Jian, still recovering, murmured, “T–too h–hard…”“Shhh,” Tina hissed. “Don’t trigger her memories again!”Abigail groaned and pressed her palm to her forehead. “I’m never showing my face in public again. Ever.”Kai, who was checking the edge of his halberd, muttered, “You say that every time something happens.”She glared. “Shut up.”He shrugged.As the group started ga

After Kai’s greedy frenzy, the shameless sweeping of every ancient statue into his storage ring like a man harvesting tomatoes from someone else’s farm, everyone needed a moment to recover. The girls were still staring at the empty field, trying to make sense of what had just happened. Tina was pinching the bridge of her nose because stress was now her surname. Abigail rubbed her temples and wondered for the hundredth time why she fell in love with this maniac. And Kai was humming and strolling as though he had just done something holy.Once they gathered their belongings and sanity at least what was left of it, they finally prepared to leave the destroyed training ground. Kai, as usual, walked in front with the swagger of a man who believed the entire world owed him free treasures. And then, with a dramatic flourish, he pulled out the ancient map again.The moment the parchment fluttered open, Kai’s pupils sharpened and began to glow with a greedy, wolf-like brightness. He dragged hi

Kai walked back into the damn house again, pushing aside a broken plank with his foot as if it personally offended him. He didn’t rush or speak. He moved with that quiet, deadly patience he always had whenever he sensed something was wrong or something hidden.He ran his fingers along the cracked beams, tapped the walls, scraped the floor lightly with his boots and even crouched to inspect the gaps between stones but still nothing.Not a flicker of energy, not a single formation mark and not one suspicious stone, crack, herb, shadow or anything.He exhaled sharply.Behind him, the girls were already dragging their feet like dying chickens. They had helped him tear down half the house earlier, and now even breathing felt like labor.When Kai stepped out again, they all groaned dramatically.Luna went first, “My legs are gone… gone! If I stand up now, only my soul will rise.”Rina mouthed, “If he says ‘check the roof,’ I swear I will chew this house instead of climbing it.”Selene mumbl