"Ryan, help! Help me!" Angie Chen was straight-up freaked out right now—her face was practically green. She was flailing, punching, kicking, doing everything she could to dodge those poison-men, but there were just too many. Even with her skills, she couldn’t hold off a whole swarm. And those poison-men? Total scumbags. Every single one went straight for Angie’s sensitive spots, making her scream nonstop.
"Die!" Ryan Ling didn’t hesitate. He swung Severing Desire again—seven, eight slashes in a row—chopping every poison-man around Angie Chen clean in half. Angie freaked out and scrambled over to Ryan, her top totally shredded, bright red bra on full display.
Ryan couldn’t help sneaking a glance, but he had zero time for dirty thoughts. The poison-men he’d sliced in half were just like Yvonne Su—instantly regenerating, good as new. They were basically immortal.
"Ryan, you’re tough, but I want to see just how many tricks you’ve got left—how are you gonna wipe out my poison-men today?" Yvonne Su laughed coldly. Not only were Ryan and Angie surrounded, but Samuel Su, Leonard Liu, and the others obviously hadn’t escaped either. More and more poison-men were crawling out from underground. Some were low-level Pill Hall goons, some were innocent Harbor City civilians—killed and turned into these undead freaks.
Ryan’s heart skipped a beat. Something clicked in his mind—these poison-men seemed kinda like those three venom monsters that floated in the air before: impossible to kill. But maybe, just maybe, if they got hit with Angie Chen’s Yin-Maiden energy, they’d react differently.
"Angie, hold onto me!" Ryan yelled, looking right at her.
Angie Chen, dressed way more revealing than usual, froze up when she heard Ryan say that.
"Just grab me—now! I don’t have time to explain, hurry! And, uh, best if it’s skin-to-skin!" Ryan shouted.
Angie’s cheeks flushed pink. She thought, wow, Ryan’s kinda naughty—but honestly, this was exactly what she wanted. Hugging the guy she liked? Even dying wouldn’t feel so bad.
Right away, Angie threw herself into Ryan’s arms, pressing herself up against him, skin to skin. She instantly felt his strong body and a huge wave of safety. Ryan, though, wasn’t thinking about any of that—he just noticed a surge of Yin-Maiden energy flooding through him. Maybe it was leftover from that thunderstorm ‘passion’ earlier, but Angie’s yin energy was getting totally unlocked. Even just hugging her, Ryan could feel himself getting supercharged.