Chapter 120

At this moment, Xu Chen inside the Tianling Qi-Gathering Tower once again drew intense attention. The great powers outside and everyone on every floor inside could see the changes in Xu Chen. They discovered that Xu Chen indeed radiated the aura of the early stage of the Eighth Rank, along with the aura of an Eighth Rank physical body.

Combined, even the pressure comparable to the mid-stage of the Eighth Rank was barely withstood by Xu Chen. This gravity constantly attacked Xu Chen's physical body, working with the tempering of spiritual energy to make Xu Chen grow stronger continuously.

Just like this, half a month passed... "Boom!"

Xu Chen's aura surged abruptly, leaping directly from the early stage of the Eighth Rank to the mid-stage. Even his physical body aura, under this immense pressure, broke through to the mid-stage of the Eighth Rank. He glanced around and found that the spirit stones indeed decreased by about two hundred thousand. The remaining hundred thousand were replaced by the dense spiritual energy within the tower. Xu Chen twisted his body, and a series of cracking sounds immediately erupted, feeling exceptionally comfortable. "Mid-stage Eighth Rank, not bad."

Xu Chen clenched his fist, saying with considerable satisfaction.

At this moment, the many great powers inside the Tianling Qi-Gathering Tower gasped in shock. Luo Zhendong, Luo Tianjian, and the many noble youths were utterly stunned. In just half a month, he had surged from the early stage of the Eighth Rank to the mid-stage. Such a promotion speed was truly terrifying.

Everyone's expressions were complex, filled with extreme envy: "This youth possesses extraordinary talent!"

"It is time to leave here," Xu Chen said.

To be honest, in his past life, he had also entered the Tianling Qi-Gathering Tower, but never beyond the seventh floor. Because back then, before he even reached the Eighth Rank, he had killed Luo Zhendong and left. So he knew nothing about the situation beyond the seventh floor. Now, having promoted to the mid-stage of the Eighth Rank, he understood the situation on the eighth floor much better. Thus, the woman on the eighth floor was soon perceived by Xu Chen again. She was a young, beautiful woman wearing light makeup, around her twenties.

She wore a suit of red armor, with a long spear beside her, radiating a heroic spirit.

At the same time, a faint fragrance emanated from her. Xu Chen felt it was neither perfume nor floral scent, but likely natural body fragrance. After all, cultivating for a long time inside the Tianling Qi-Gathering Tower left only this explanation.

Xu Chen also sensed that this peerless beauty seemed on the verge of breaking through her realm.

From the mid-stage of the Eighth Rank, there was a faint trend of breaking through to the late stage. "Boom!"

In the blink of an eye, she broke through to the late stage of the Eighth Rank. Countless spiritual energy surged, sweeping like a tidal wave.

When that spiritual energy struck Xu Chen, his physical body withstood it. The next second, the woman full of heroic spirit suddenly opened her eyes. In that instant of opening her eyes, Xu Chen felt a strange sense of familiarity with this woman. Yet, he couldn't quite recall why.

After a long while, Xu Chen suddenly snapped out of it.

Damn! Wait, isn't this the female general who guarded the border and was later said to have perished: Yin Suyun? She was declared dead three years ago and had not appeared since. He never expected to see Yin Suyun here.

Most importantly, Xu Chen remembered that Yin Suyun was also one of the female protagonists in his past life. Back when he was in the Demon Sect, Yin Suyun had chased him many times alongside Qin Xiran. This woman claimed to be righteous and vowed to eradicate all evil in the world.

If she woke up now and saw him, would she attack? Damn it, the dog author equipped this female protagonist with a Heavenly Grade martial art. That weapon was named the Yunling Evil-Purging Spear, an Eighth Rank supreme-grade weapon specifically designed to suppress evil entities. Previously, because he had learned demonic energy, this woman had chased him relentlessly. If he hadn't known she was a female protagonist, he would have thought she had fallen in love with him. Seriously, she chased him for a whole month.

At that time, he was completely drained; seeing Yin Suyun left him with trauma. Now, this woman's weapon was not weak, her realm was higher than his, and she also possessed a Heavenly Grade martial art. If they truly fought, he really couldn't claim victory. "Better to run quickly; a good man does not fight a woman." He originally had no intention of provoking the female protagonist.

Especially a female protagonist who attacked without a word, he wanted to stay far away from. Therefore, taking advantage of the mist covering the area, he stood up and headed toward the seventh floor. "Stop!"

Unexpectedly, as Xu Chen had taken only two steps, a voice shouted to halt him. Xu Chen pressed his forehead; in the end, he couldn't leave.

The moment Yin Suyun spoke, she dispersed the mist.

Her graceful figure and peerless beauty were instantly perfectly revealed before Xu Chen. Similarly, the many great powers outside.

The noble youths and imperial princes inside the tower, including Luo Zhendong, all saw Yin Suyun. They immediately exclaimed in shock: "Yin Suyun, the Eighth Rank female general who once made enemies tremble in fear, she didn't perish?"

Everyone was stunned.

Yin Suyun was truly a ruthless person!

They had witnessed with their own eyes how, back then, Yin Suyun fought on the battlefield, killing without blinking.

Even within Jingcheng, if Yin Suyun saw someone she despised, she would strike immediately.

Especially those frivolous young masters; upon seeing her, they would either die or be injured.

At this moment, Yin Suyun had stopped Xu Chen like this; could it be she was dissatisfied with him?

For a moment, many eyes revealed a hint of mockery.

Tsk, Xu Chen, Xu Chen, you have your day too.

At this time, Xu Chen turned around with an awkward expression and said, "Um, General, may I ask who you are?"

After all, they had never met in this life, so saying this should be no problem.

At least he had no demonic energy on him now; he shouldn't be hunted down immediately upon meeting.

Yin Suyun said nothing and simply walked toward him.

Xu Chen blinked. "You don't want to hit me again, do you?"

Damn! I haven't offended you in this life.

Yet, what no one expected was...

This Yin Suyun, without a word, directly hugged Xu Chen.

Mist gathered in the corners of her eyes, and then tears fell.

She hugged Xu Chen tightly like that, saying nothing. Xu Chen: "???" The experts outside the tower: "???" The noble youths: "???"

Luo Zhen Dong and others: "???" What the hell is this?

The ruthless person, the national-general woman, the one who kills without blinking—where did she go?

Why do you shed tears when it comes to Xu Chen?

Damn! A dignified national-general woman actively hugging a man and suddenly crying.

If this got out, it would shake the entire Tianzun Empire.

No exaggeration, Yin Suyun truly had such influence.

Xu Chen found it hard to breathe from her embrace because her realm was higher than his, and her spiritual energy had lost control.

He said with extreme exasperation, "Damn, sister, calm down. People don't act like this." Yet no matter how much Xu Chen pushed, Yin Suyun would not let go.

Xu Chen felt numb again; every time he met a heroine, she broke character.

Most crucially, the way each heroine broke character was almost different.

This girl only cared about crying, and while hugging, her spiritual energy kept radiating outward.

Damn, the spiritual energy of a late-stage Eighth Grade was frantically bombarding his physical body.

If his physical body weren't so strong, he would have exploded into a pool of blood mist by now.

I beg you, sister, act normal.

After a long while, Yin Suyun finished crying and finally let go of Xu Chen.

Xu Chen breathed heavily. "Sister, was it necessary to hug for so long? Hundreds of breaths. Just because you think I'm handsome, you can't take advantage like this. That's too much." As he spoke, Xu Chen sounded quite indignant.

Hearing this, a hint of apology crossed Yin Suyun's face. Her eyes slightly red, she said, "I'm sorry. Seeing you made me very excited."

People inside and outside the tower were stunned. Very excited?

Did you even know Xu Chen before? You're excited just like that? Xu Chen looked helpless. "I understand. I'm so handsome that women get excited seeing me. I'm used to it. I can understand you."

"But please don't do this next time. My handsomeness shouldn't become my trouble, okay?"

Everyone: "…………" Do you have any shame?

Yin Suyun sniffed her jade nose. "How did you get here?" Hearing this, Xu Chen briefly explained the circumstances.

Then he said, "Miss, I have matters to attend to outside. Let's meet again when fate allows." Having spoken, Xu Chen immediately turned and tried to slip away.

"Wait. My injuries are fully healed now. I'll go with you."

"I've cultivated here for three years and haven't moved in a long time. Let's go out and kill a few Eighth Graders for fun."

"Besides, my Yunling Demon-Slaying Spear isn't just for show; I can take down those puppets with one thrust each." Hearing this, Yin Suyun immediately grabbed Xu Chen's hand and said.

Looking at the Yunling Demon-Slaying Spear, Xu Chen felt a slight shadow.

In his past life, he had been chased by this thing for a month and was even forced to receive a "thousand-year stab." So he felt having trauma was really quite normal.

He bared his teeth and said, "Um, remember not to stab recklessly with your spear, especially at me."

"Pfft!"

Yin Suyun seemed to recall something and burst out laughing with a "pfft."

She looked at Xu Chen with slight apology. "Don't worry. I won't hurt you anymore."

She remembered that in her past life, she had chased Xu Chen for a month, and as she chased, feelings indeed developed.

Unfortunately, she was the heroine, and some settings could not be changed.

Later, Ye Xuan let her secretly infiltrate the Demonic Sect and didn't care about her life or death at all. In contrast, Xu Chen, though chased by her, was still willing to help her.

So the man she loved most was Xu Chen!

Recalling those days of chasing Xu Chen in her past life, she felt both affection and heartache.

After all, during those days, it seemed only the two of them existed between heaven and earth.

Xu Chen teased her while frantically running away, and she never dealt a killing blow. Recalling this now, she truly felt it was especially warm.

Xu Chen pouted. "As long as you don't stab recklessly, I'm really scared of this broken spear." He nodded. "Fine, then you follow me."

Yin Suyun nodded obediently. "Okay."

At this moment, Yin Suyun vowed that in this life, she would definitely protect Xu Chen from harm.

Seeing this scene, everyone suddenly felt it wasn't cool anymore; they even felt a bit of envy, jealousy, and hatred. Damn, they had wanted to see Yin Suyun beat up Xu Chen!

How did it end with Yin Suyun becoming Xu Chen's lackey? A dignified national general becoming a lackey; this is absolutely ridiculous! PS: Fifth update!!!