"So, you two thought you could escape?" The mysterious manager appeared in front of the entrance.
Three dead bodies were under his feet, and he didn't look very happy. He quite liked his guards. However, he could always get new ones after he sold the little pet on the floor.
Yes, the mysterious pet for a mysterious manager.
It was so cute he must immediately kill these two and get it, and then he would sell it. That thing on the floor cost so much to feed you'd need to break an arm and a leg to cover the costs.
Lie Wei Ying scratched his head trying to figure out what it was. Currently, all he saw was a ball of hair. However, it was a cute ball of fluff, and he could tell that it wasn't in its original form.
Moreover, he wondered what it would be like when it wasn't a cute ball of hair. However, at the moment, he couldn't worry about the little cute fluffy thing on the tiles. Indeed, he had to worry about the man in the black and white suit. He looked very angry, and profoundly terrified at the same time. His emotions were kind of hard to explain. However, it just made him more mysterious.
"So, I see you have quite a cute pet there. Don't put up a fight and I'll take care of it."
The mysterious manager lied! Why would he ever let himself spend so much money? That little thing down there literally ate spirit stones like they were edibles.
He only had a small tiny establishment. Perhaps a country could afford to have one or two of them.
Yes, he also didn't know what the name of them was.
Horn Quick Lord scoffed and turned back to Lie Wei Ying. "Take Ms. Yui and get out of here! I can tell this man wants to sell her! Take her out of here while I hold him off. I'll meet with you guys in a bit."
Lie Wei Ying sighed. He literally had like thirty minutes till he had his tribulation. He really didn't have time to take care of that little ball on the floor. However, for horn Quick Lord he picked him up anyway. Interestingly, it was extremely heavy, but Lie Wei Ying could handle it! He was so strong he could pick up mountains at this point!
Horn Quick Lord and the Mysterious Manager seemed to disappear from their spots.
Both of them released their domains, while Lie Wei Ying flew off into the sky.
The Mysterious Manager was at the immortal rank and at the second level. There was such a huge difference between a low and middle immortal that Lie Wei Ying was very glad he didn't have to participate. Indeed, he felt like he'd at least have to be up to the budding soul stage to handle a full-fledged real immortal.
Luckily, this purple infinity core thing would soon be over, and he could reach it quickly. At least, he hoped he would. The system kind of had a way of being like, "Ha this will make you stronger." And since he wanted to be stronger well could he say no?
The system smiled, "OMG, I see you found a pill bug dragon!" He always wanted something so profoundly cute. It made you smile, and it could also kill things well. However, they hated going out of their shells, and wouldn't do such a crazy thing unless you had food.
"Uhm, I'll just throw him away when we're far enough from those two men down there. Sorry Horn Quick Lord, I can't take care of him where I'm going."
The system just shook his head in fear of the boy's hands tossing such a powerful pet! "You don't understand, boy. That pill bug dragon might save your life during the tribulation! Its shell when it's is born is at the immortal rank! It's probably already at the cosmic immortal rank!
The cosmic immortal rank, the first stage above the immortal rank. Once you reached that stage you'd have to start approaching the laws in the universe and studying them. However, usually it would take hundreds of thousands of years to be make your path into the laws of the cosmos. But once you were able to get acknowledged, the universe would bestow you with a new body, and mighty powers that could evaporate pretty much anyone below your level. Indeed, even Lie Wei Ying would probably have to be at the low immortal rank to fight them. And that already was extremely unheard of.
However, the pill bug dragon's body was born with a law in it.
It was an overpowered pet worth a lot of money.
….
The mysterious manager rubbed some blood off his sword as Horn Quick Lord fell to his knees.
This damn manager was so much stronger than he thought he would be! It was like fighting two people at once!
Two laughs seemed to come out of the mysterious manager. He was very powerful because he had his brother with him. They were sort of like a fused Siamese nightmare for the proud Horn.
However, Horn was like a father, and couldn't lose this battle! He couldn't imagine that little boy trying to take care of it. He had to finish this now and find a way to escape! Yes, he would go to the bathroom or something, and then leave through the window. His plan was perfect!
"So, you thought I'd be weak because of my suit didn't you." The man in the black and white suit had enough of being underestimated. His entire life, because of his joined at the hip brother, it made it extremely hard to make friends. But, finally, when they got older they just decided to fuse together, and it made them extremely powerful and cool. Nothing was better than having your fraternal brother's powers mixed with your own powers. But he desired money, so he had to finish this quickly.
"Well, I have a special move for stubborn people like you Horn."
Horn nodded, and slowly tried to get up. "Hold on! Tell me after I go to the bathroom. I really have to go."
The mysterious manager laughed. "Ha, you must think I'm some three-year old child. I would never fall for such a trick!"
Horned hmphed as he wiggled upwards off his blade. "You're indeed strong and wise. I was sure that that would trick you."
Horn Quick Lord's body turned green from the Dao of Assassination. It slowly made his muscles seem to bulge, and dragon like monsters coil as veins on his body. He was preparing his final attack! This would be it. It was now or never!
The Manager smiled as he could see his foes last struggles. It made him sort of admire the famous assassin. Unfortunately, he still had to end this immediately. [Siamese Resentment Hunt]
"Boom!"
Horn Quick Lord saw a red blast in front of his face, and immediately thought of her. His little ball of fluffy amazement that he had been feeding for a thousand years.
Before he met that beautiful half dragon, half bug, he was just a normal guy. He hadn't even killed a fly yet. However, as someone who found the egg of a pill bug dragon he knew he'd have to change his ways. He immediately went to train for a hundred years as he waited on the egg to hatch. Then he killed his master and everyone he loved! Yes, it was all worth it for the egg!
Wait, he kept the cute things alive. It was like a law of the universe that the cute must survive?
A law! Perhaps if he broke through he could survive!
However, usually people got delusional before they died. He wasn't even an immortal yet.
"Boom!"
….
"Congratulations you've killed the mysterious manager. Exp x 12."
"No experience will be retained however you would have gotten 99 quintillion experience."
+300 x 10 Op points. 3000 Op points!
"System will also adjust experience values after you reach Nascent stage, finally."
Lie Wei Ying sighed as stabbed his blade into the mysterious manager.
"Hmph, you dare call three-year old's dumb!"
Horn Quick Lord smiled as he fell onto the ground. Blood oozed out of all his orifices. He was just glad his precious girl would survive. Yes, now he could go see his master that he killed and apologize. Hopefully, up there in the beyond, everyone would be forgiving. However, he forgot he was an assassin.
The molten demons would probably snack on him repeatedly.
….
"Lie Wei Ying. You must take care of her from now on," he coughed.
The system just nodded. "Yes boy, keep it!"
However, Lie Wei Ying wasn't ready for such a commitment. "System, use all the points I have to purchase the best healing medicine you can."
The system sighed. "You could just kill him and get some more OP points. Don't you see how cute that pet is?"
Lie Wei Ying hmphed, "I don't need anything to protect me. I will be handle any challenge by myself!"
"The system has offered you the pill of second life for 3000 OP points. Y/N?"
"Yes!"
"Please insert pill into victim's mouth. Side effects unknown."
….
Horn Quick Lord woke up a few minutes later with a small beautiful girl dragon staring up at him. She finally had unrolled out of her ball and was so unspeakably beautiful he immediately fed her! Yes, she looked so cute when she nibbled. And she even looked like a little woman once she was out of the shell.
….
Lie Wei Ying sighed as a spot light seemed to shoot down from the sky at him. Indeed, the tribulation was about to start. All the gods of the universe looked on eagerly hoping he would die. They had enough of him defying them! He was growing too powerful!
Yes, they all gathered around and placed bets at how long he would survive. They even added a challenge of the heart.
Lie Wei Ying stared up at the clouds proudly. He knew this would be easy.