Looking at Ember Yang, Evan Yang gently stroked her face and said, "Rest easy and sleep. Leave everything here to me."
Everyone saw Evan Yang moving freely on the Blood-Mark Platform as if nothing had happened, even ignoring the rules to carry Ember Yang down from the stage. The crowd was stunned, and those who had wanted to challenge Ember Yang quickly slunk away, not daring to provoke this terrifying star of calamity.
Seeing Ember Yang brought down, Lynn Lin hurried over to check her. Only after confirming Ember Yang was fine did she finally relax, saying, "Good thing you came."
"Let's go. Find a place for her to rest," Evan Yang said.
Lynn Lin nodded, and Melody Wood followed, asking curiously, "Are you alright?"
"I'm fine. That hundredfold punishment sounds scary, but it's really nothing much," Evan Yang replied with a smile.
"Only a monster like you wouldn't be afraid," Lynn Lin laughed. Melody Wood also smiled. Evan Yang ignored them, carried Ember Yang to a quiet spot, and infused her with Heaven-Cold Qi. Gradually, Ember Yang regained consciousness and, seeing everyone, smiled, "I'm alright now?"
"Of course you're fine. You did great, holding out for so long," Lynn Lin said with a smile. She'd been watching Ember Yang the whole time.
"Of course! Who do you think I am?" Ember Yang grinned.
"See if there's any change in your body," Evan Yang asked.
Ember Yang let out an 'oh,' then checked her body. After checking, she grinned, "Heh, I actually improved a bit."
"Then you've really turned misfortune into fortune," Evan Yang laughed. Lynn Lin and Melody Wood both chuckled.
Evan Yang stood up and smiled, "Alright, that's it for today. I've got things to do. You all keep training. If anything like this happens again, just come find me."
"After what happened today, I don't think anyone's going to come looking for us," Lynn Lin laughed. With someone as freakish as Evan Yang backing us up, who would dare cause trouble?
"If no one comes for us, we'll just go looking for them!" Ember Yang said, always eager for chaos.
"Either way, the rest is up to you." With that, Evan Yang turned and left.
After chatting for a while, Ember Yang and the other two started looking for new targets. Sure enough, just as Ember Yang said, everyone avoided her—nobody dared provoke them, afraid that terrifying Evan Yang might show up again. Ten lives wouldn't be enough to survive him.
Meanwhile, elsewhere, Prince Leng heard about Evan Yang's feats and asked suspiciously, "Are you sure you didn't see wrong?"
"No mistake. He intervened, endured a hundredfold attack, and was completely unharmed," the Desert Envoy replied.
"He's got some nerve. But for an Immortal Sovereign to stand up to Gods, that's impressive. Guess it's not that strange," Prince Leng muttered.
"So what now?" the Desert Envoy asked curiously.
"Keep watching him," Prince Leng replied.
The Desert Envoy nodded and kept tracking Evan Yang and the others. Evan Yang continued practicing the six middle spear forms. Every day, he checked in on Lynn Lin and the others. Since that day, Lynn Lin and her companions only challenged others—rarely were they challenged themselves.
One day, as Evan Yang was about to wander into the God region, Melody Wood found him.
"What brings you here?" Evan Yang knew Melody Wood only came if something urgent happened.
"They're in trouble," Melody Wood said.
"Oh? What kind of trouble? Is it serious? If it's not, I won't go." Evan Yang knew this was a test for them. If it wasn't serious and he intervened, it wouldn't help them much.
"It's serious. Someone as monstrous as you showed up, got on the platform, and attacked Ember Yang. Right now, he's toying with her, waiting for you to show up," Melody Wood said.
"What? What's going on? Tell me as we walk," Evan Yang said, feeling things were beyond his expectations. If someone could get on the platform and snatch people like he did, they must be strong—Ember Yang couldn't possibly handle them.
On the way, Melody Wood explained: Ember Yang had just seized someone's Blood-Mark, and that person found a powerful expert. When Ember Yang finished battling others and claimed victory, this expert appeared, started teaching Ember Yang a lesson, and despite enduring the hundredfold attack, still managed to fight her.
Hearing this, Evan Yang was a bit worried for Ember Yang. But when he arrived, he saw Ember Yang locked in battle with the opponent. Because the challenger had to endure the hundredfold attack, he was clearly holding back, only launching small attacks at Ember Yang, so she wasn't in real danger.
"You blockhead, finally here! Go check on your daughter," Lynn Lin said, relieved to see Evan Yang arrive.
Evan Yang kept watching the platform. The challenger had a lot of Blood-Marks, which helped reduce the platform's attacks. So the so-called hundredfold punishment might only be dozens of times, maybe even less.
"I thought he could really take a hundredfold hit. Interesting. Let's keep watching. If the girl can't handle it, I'll step in," Evan Yang said.
"Seriously? You're that ruthless? Letting the girl stay up there?" Lynn Lin's heart was pounding the whole time. She'd seen Ember Yang in danger several times—if not for the hundredfold penalty, Ember Yang would've been finished already.
"Don't worry. Maybe the girl can hold out," Evan Yang smiled.
"Easy for you to say. Their realms are totally different," Lynn Lin said.
"Different realms doesn't always mean stronger. It depends how powerful the opponent really is. And since he's holding back to endure the attacks, he can't go all out against the girl," Evan Yang said.
"You might be right, but maybe he's just pretending," Lynn Lin said.
"Unless he has other treasures, otherwise the girl can hold out," Melody Wood commented after watching for a bit.
Seeing Evan Yang and Melody Wood so calm, Lynn Lin grumbled, "If I'd known, I wouldn't have called you two."
"It'd be even better if the girl could beat him. That guy's got so many Blood-Marks," Evan Yang said with a smile.
"Forget it, beating him is impossible. Just holding out is good enough," Lynn Lin glared as Evan Yang kept exaggerating.
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Evan Yang smiled. By now, Ember Yang and her opponent had been fighting for a while. Ember Yang was struggling to hold out. Seeing the timing was right, the opponent drew a sword wrapped in Blood-Marks and stabbed it toward Ember Yang.
Ember Yang had no free hand to counter with flames; it was too late. The sword was already at her chest—when suddenly, a hand appeared, wrapped in qi, grabbing the sword. It was Evan Yang. Ember Yang relaxed but grumbled, "You have to help again."
"No other choice," Evan Yang smiled. Suddenly, countless attacks came at him—this time sharper than before. Evan Yang frowned: it wasn't a hundredfold, but two hundredfold.
The challenger laughed at Evan Yang, "You've got guts. You know it stacks when someone else joins? I already endure a hundredfold, so you get two hundredfold."
"Two hundredfold? I see. But even so, you're still weaker than me." Evan Yang gripped the sword and yanked—it slipped from the opponent's hand like it had no strength at all. The man was shocked, "You—"
"I told you, even at two hundredfold, I'm fine. You're struggling now, aren't you?" Evan Yang said, smiling at the sword in his hand.
"Damn it, I'll kill you!" The challenger thought Evan Yang couldn't possibly withstand two hundredfold punishment, but he was terrifying. Everyone around held their breath—almost no one dared to join in, since each new challenger would stack the punishment. If a third joined, it would be three hundredfold, so few dared.
The challenger frantically tried to attack, but after only a few rounds, Evan Yang beat him down to the ground and kicked him off the platform. All his Blood-Marks floated out. Melody Wood said to Evan Yang, "Quick, use your treasure to collect the Blood-Marks."
"Collect Blood-Marks?" Evan Yang realized what was happening and took out the Infinite Spear. The Blood-Marks floated to the spear, instantly boosting its power.
"Too bad, they're mine now. If you could've held out, they'd be yours," Evan Yang said to Ember Yang with a smile.
"It's fine, it's fine. I'll get another chance. Next time, just don't step in," Ember Yang said.
"If I hadn't helped, your chest would be split open right now," Evan Yang sighed.
"How do you know? I'll tell you, I've got a secret weapon!" Ember Yang laughed.
"Secret weapon? What, you have some top-tier armor?" Evan Yang smiled.
"Not top-tier armor, but it's definitely good," Ember Yang laughed.
"Hey, you two, can you come down and talk? Aren't you worried about the two hundredfold attacks?" Lynn Lin said helplessly, seeing Evan Yang still standing on the platform enduring endless punishment.
Evan Yang and Ember Yang smiled and walked down. The man lying on the ground stared at Evan Yang in terror, "If you've got guts, don't run! I'll take back my Blood-Marks!"
"You? Anytime," Evan Yang replied.
The man left angrily, and the person who brought him slunk away as well.
Seeing them leave, everyone around stared at Evan Yang in disbelief.
"Helped you again. Why do you have so many enemies?" Evan Yang said helplessly.
"Didn't you tell me to train? I've been challenging people all day, and I've already fought a lot," Ember Yang said.
"What about you?" Evan Yang asked Lynn Lin. Lynn Lin smiled, "I've gained quite a lot too. That spear technique has made plenty of people suffer."
Evan Yang was about to ask how many Blood-Marks they'd gained when the two who had left returned, bringing another person.
This newcomer wore armor covered in countless Blood-Marks, even his eyes were bloodshot. He looked terrifying—like a monster.