"My head hurts so much, where am I?"

Zhu Fei awoke with an excruciating headache, wave after wave of strange memory flashes surged into his brain like a tide.

Only when things began to settle down did Zhu Fei slowly open his now somewhat confused eyes.

The first thing that caught his eye was a breathtakingly beautiful yet somewhat pale face, looking at him with concern tinged with bitterness.

"Uh, you are...?"

Zhu Fei furrowed his brows, straining to recall everything that had happened to him before.

He remembered that he had been forcibly attempting to refine the Immortal Ascension Pill.

And at the moment of the pill's completion, both the Pill Tribulation and his Transcendence Tribulation Stage Heart Demon descended upon him, leading to both the pill's and his own destruction.

If that were the case, he should have been nothing but ash by now, how could he possibly still be here?

"Could it be... possession?"

The possibility sent a shock through Zhu Fei's heart, and the previously scattered and confused look in his eyes suddenly sharpened!

"Zhu... Zhu Fei, are you okay? What should we do now?"

Just then, a pleasant but somewhat panicked female voice came from beside him.

"Um." Zhu Fei turned to look and saw that the girl speaking to him was the same one he had seen when he first opened his eyes.

At that instant, the memories of the body that Zhu Fei had possessed began to resurface in his mind.

To his astonishment, he discovered that the angelic beauty before him was none other than his classmate.

Her name was Tang Mengyun, the class president of Senior Class One at Lan City No.1 High School and also the undisputed school belle.

Today, the two of them had unexpectedly encountered each other at this Huashang Bank, an event that should have been very fortunate for someone as timid and fanciful as Zhu Fei.

But what no one expected was that soon after they greeted each other, several armed robbers burst into the bank!

Not only did they knock Zhu Fei to the ground with the butt of a gun, but they also smashed the bank's counters and robbed the safes of their money.

Now, it was obvious that those robbers had turned their attention towards everyone present!

Seeing that Zhu Fei remained unresponsive after she had spoken, Tang Mengyun thought he must have been completely traumatized by the scene, and a hint of disappointment and deep concern flashed through her eyes.

Indeed, she also knew that Zhu Fei was always very timid and weak at their school.

Even if someone bullied or insulted him, he would just silently endure it without ever daring to resist.

Earlier, when she asked Zhu Fei for his opinion and placed a sliver of hope on him, it was just a subconscious reaction as a girl.

It seemed now that her actions were somewhat superfluous.

With this thought, Tang Mengyun sighed deeply in her heart with a mix of helplessness and self-mockery.

"Bang—"

At that moment, a gunshot suddenly rang out, piercing the ears of everyone present.

Accompanying this were the screams of a middle-aged man as he fell to the ground.

Looking in the direction of the sound, they saw a gun-wielding robber near Zhu Fei and Tang Mengyun, shooting down a middle-aged man who had tried to resist!

Blood was flowing from his abdomen in gushing streams, quickly soaking his entire body red.

"Ah! Someone's been killed...!"

At this moment, the bank hall burst into cries of utter terror, as panic and chaos quickly spread.

But within seconds, those voices of fear were abruptly silenced by another gunshot.

Yet this time, the silence in the bank hall was terrifying, even eerie.

Everyone there realized that these robbers were truly prepared to kill.

For these people accustomed to a peaceful life under the sun, robbers, guns, and death were scenes relegated to television screens.

Who would have thought, who would have dared to imagine, that everything happening before them would materialize in real life?

"You two, yeah, you two, come here to me, right now!"

Among the robbers, one with a beard and a fierce look was pointing his gun squarely at Zhu Fei and Tang Mengyun!

Seeing this, fear and pity crossed the faces of those around them.

They all knew that being taken hostage by a robber meant facing a horrifying fate.

Especially with a beauty like Tang Mengyun, given the ruthlessness the robbers had already demonstrated, it was not hard to imagine the dire outcome that might await her.

Tang Mengyun had clearly thought of this as well, her pretty face turning pale, and her delicate body felt as if it had been filled with lead, unable to move even slightly for a moment.

No matter what, Tang Mengyun was ultimately just a high school senior girl, at an age as delicate as the blooming of flowers.

Even though she was usually outstanding at school, intelligent and clever,

Facing these wolf-like ferocious criminals and the cold muzzles of their guns, to say that her heart was completely fearless and not afraid at all was obviously unrealistic.

Just as her heart was in chaos, helpless and at a loss, a warm and strong hand suddenly grasped her tender wrist.

Tang Mengyun was startled at first, then turned her head in slight astonishment, only to find Zhu Fei, who had been silent until now, showing her a gentle and confident smile.

"Zhu... Zhu Fei, what are you...?"

"Heh, it's nothing, let's go. Don't worry, I've got this."

For some reason, when Tang Mengyun made contact with Zhu Fei's gaze and heard his gentle and confident words,

Her previously anxious and nervous heart inexplicably relaxed.

The sense of steadiness and safety that Zhu Fei brought was something Tang Mengyun couldn't quite explain in that moment. Why did she suddenly trust him so much?

Immediately, Tang Mengyun followed Zhu Fei as they slowly approached the stubble-faced man.

What no one noticed, however, was the terrifyingly cold murderous intent flashing in the depths of Zhu Fei's eyes!

Being a former master of the Five Mountains Continent, a Cultivator in the Transcendance Tribulation Stage, and acclaimed as the first Pill God, Zhu Fei was not some kind-hearted believer.

The criminals dared to point guns at him and attempted to take them as hostages afterwards. Zhu Fei had no intention of letting them off the hook from any standpoint!

Despite the fact that all his cultivation had now completely dissipated, leaving just a trace of extremely weak Spiritual Energy circulating within him,

He believed that as long as he found the right opportunity and snatched a gun from one of the criminals, with his spiritual power far surpassing ordinary people, resolving these criminals shouldn't be an impossibility.

...

"Hey, don't move! You, girl, be good for me!"

Suddenly, a man with a scar on his face next to the stubble-faced man abruptly lifted his gun, his gaze maliciously fixed on a young woman in the crowd.

The woman was dressed in a loose white tracksuit, her hair tied in a short ponytail at the back of her head, exuding an air of cool efficiency.

Facing the scar-faced man's gun threat, her fair and delicate face showed no sign of fear; she merely shrugged her shoulders slightly and then spread her hands to indicate she wouldn't make any sudden moves.

Zhu Fei, who was leading Tang Mengyun forward, felt his pupils involuntarily shrink when his peripheral vision caught sight of the young woman.

With his vision as a Cultivator, he had already discerned that the young woman was no ordinary person.

Although her martial prowess hadn't reached the standard of a Martial Artist, she was more than capable of dealing with the average person.

...

"Um, you, come over here, and kid, you go over there."

The stubble-faced man, looking at Zhu Fei and Tang Mengyun who had approached him, first gestured towards Tang Mengyun and then pointed Zhu Fei towards the scar-faced man beside him.

It's just that his gaze toward Tang Mengyun contained not only the original ferocity but also an added lustful intent.

In that moment, Tang Mengyun's grip on Zhu Fei's hand suddenly tightened, and Zhu Fei could distinctly feel the dense cold sweat seeping from her palm.

Almost instinctively, Tang Mengyun then sought help with a glance at Zhu Fei beside her.

Seeing this, Zhu Fei just smiled faintly, patted the back of Tang Mengyun's hand, and then, without looking back, walked straight towards the scar-faced man.

Watching Zhu Fei leave without turning his head, Tang Mengyun stood there dazed and at a loss.

It never occurred to her that Zhu Fei, who had just assured her, would now leave her behind.

This sudden abandonment plunged Tang Mengyun's heart into unprecedented panic.

But before she could fully come to terms with the emotions of being left behind, she suddenly heard the stubble-faced man not far from her let out a sharp scream!

In the next second, she was shocked to find that Zhu Fei, who had just left, was now right in front of the stubble-faced man!

With just one strike, Zhu Fei's elbow had completely crushed the man's throat!

Only at this moment did Tang Mengyun truly snap out of her daze.

When Zhu Fei snatched the handgun from the man's hand, he then turned back and smiled at Tang Mengyun.

"Heh, don't worry, I told you, I've got this."

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