“So Aili has turned evil, huh.”
“Oh please, if not for Sister Xiao Xi…”
“Lao Ai: I want to create a world with Sister Xiao Xi!”
“As expected of Big Xi King’s younger sister.”
What kind of thinking could have caused such an earth-shattering change in her personality and actions?
It was hard to imagine what Aili had experienced over these five years and how she had come to this point.
But one thing was clear.
That was, in front of Lin Zhen, Zi Jiu, and Anvil, she was still the same cute younger sister as before.
Even Anvil, who was acting with her this time, had only recently discovered this when he happened to run into Aili during an off-campus mission.
Thus he learned that over the past two years, Aili had been spending her spare time in the dark world of the star systems near the Academy.
She had registered as a killer, code name “Blood Shadow.”
Using intelligence gathered from the Underground World and her academy classmates, she had been continuously hunting the Star Bandits or organizations that trafficked people, trying to find clues about the Saints’ Hand Society from their mouths.
Anvil, concerned for Aili’s safety, intended to advise her to give up.
But every time the words came to his lips, he couldn’t say them.
Because Lin Zhen had been searching for Yun Ruoxi, and wasn’t Aili also trying to find her sister in her own way?
Moreover, Aili’s personality… he understood it very well.
When it came to Yun Ruoxi, Aili was as stubborn as an ox. How could he, with his clumsy mouth, ever persuade her?
So he simply chose, “If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em.”
In the end, unable to speak up, Anvil chose to accompany her for her safety.
“Just as I thought, it’s because Lao Xi turned evil.”
“Lao Xi, you’re such a sinful woman!”
“Lao Jiu grew up so beautiful. If I could just get a piece of Lao Jiu, I’d even be willing to become a star energy user.”
“Brother A Zhen is contacting us now; it must be something urgent. Let’s hear what he says first!”
“Should we contact him from a safe place? Hmm…”
Even in a bloody warehouse full of corpses, Aili’s tone was still incredibly cheerful.
As soon as she heard that Lin Zhen had contacted them, she hopped over to Anvil, who had a JOJO-style appearance, and opened the watch-shaped personal terminal on her right wrist.
After listening to Lin Zhen’s words, she laughed and said:
“I heard it all, Brother A Zhen! I’ll come!”
Before the words faded,
a black light suddenly flew in from outside the warehouse.
Extremely fast.
So fast it was almost as if it had drawn a straight line in the air; before its trail had even dissipated, it had already appeared not far in front of them.
Aili lowered her right hand, unable to use her supernatural power in time.
But Anvil gave a cold snort and charged out.
Starting later but arriving first, he suddenly burst in front of the black light, raised his hand, and struck it directly, dispersing it.
Bang!
Even his palm force did not dissipate; it turned into a shockwave that rushed out of the warehouse, driving a black iron nail diagonally downward straight into the ground.
The gale momentarily stilled the puddle in front of the warehouse, and then the raindrop ripples reappeared.
In the water droplets, two faces full of murderous intent were reflected.
Slap!
***
The next second, two men wearing armored battle suits walked in.
They were over thirty, with cold features, and their armored suits had scars that were difficult to fully repair.
They clearly looked like people who had been through many killings.
They were precisely the only two star energy users of the Rat Gang, the Chief and the Deputy Chief.
“Are you the ones who have been obstructing our business routes lately?”
The Rat Gang Chief sneered as he stood at the warehouse entrance.
After he clearly saw Anvil and Aili inside the warehouse, a flash of disdain immediately crossed his eyes.
“Just two brats who haven’t even grown any fuzz! Ridiculous. The world under our building is not a place for you upper-class people!”
“Put down your weapons now, and I might spare your lives.”
“Otherwise, when we fight… weapons have no eyes.”
The Rat Gang Chief slightly raised his right hand.
Outside the warehouse, the rain curtain abruptly stopped.
The foul-smelling rainwater condensed behind him into one water gun after another.
The other Deputy Chief, though silent, also cooperatively activated his own supernatural power.
Countless black lights rose behind him.
Anvil’s expression grew serious at the sight.
No wonder these two could rule the entire area.
Although they were only second-level star power users, the Chief’s water-type supernatural power gave him a huge home-field advantage here.
Anvil stared at the two and whispered without turning his head:
“Find a way to break out; we’ll think later. Fighting to the death on the enemy’s turf isn’t a good idea. Let’s retreat first.”
Aili glanced back at him, then gave a soft laugh.
She lowered her head and spoke softly into the watch-shaped personal terminal:
“Sorry, sorry, I’m in the middle of an exercise and really can’t get away, so I can only chat in a spare moment. But the exercise will be over soon. Can you wait for me for three minutes?”
After saying that, she turned off the terminal and looked at Anvil.
“Brother.”
Aili didn’t call Anvil by name—that was a necessary caution when moving through the Underground World.
“This is your first time acting with me, so you don’t know my style.”
She gently brushed her long hair.
Her golden hair cascaded down like sunlight filtering through spring leaves.
“My style is—summary execution!”
Aili’s voice suddenly turned cold.
The blood on the ground coagulated and rose, once again enveloping her entire body.
Retreat?
Then think again?
She indeed knew that was the best choice.
But if they retreated now, what about the captured people behind her?
She had to save them!
She couldn’t… let them fall into hell like herself and her sister back then!
In the five years since leaving her sister, every night when she closed her eyes, the scene of that day filled her mind.
She tried to keep herself busy so she wouldn’t have time to think about other things, to exhaust herself to the limit.
But none of it worked.
Until one academy mission.
She vented by slaughtering a group of human-trafficking scumbags.
That night, she slept incredibly peacefully.
Only then did she understand that only by atoning could she suppress her boundless guilt toward her sister and gain a short respite.
“Incorrigible!”
The Rat Gang Chief snorted coldly.
When running a gang, you need to know who you can touch and who you can’t.
Otherwise, you definitely won’t last long.
So originally he hadn’t planned to kill, only to teach them a lesson.
He could tell these two were not ordinary—they were either academy students or noble children from above.
Since they didn’t know where they stood, he couldn’t be blamed.
He swung both hands, and the water guns behind him shot out.
Although Anvil’s first thought was to ensure Aili’s safety, since the situation had already come to this, he naturally wouldn’t entertain any plans of running away.
He let out a fierce shout, placed his hands at his waist, and bulged all his muscles.
In an instant, he unleashed hundreds of punches forward.
Hundreds of blue fist shadows collided with the water guns, neutralizing each one.
The water guns exploded, turning into a mist of water droplets.
Second-level Arcana of the Starry Combat Stream—[Full Star Break]!
“What Full Star Break? Isn’t that just Rubber Storm?”
“Lao Jiu is so cool!”
“Lao Jiu is a bit like Lao Xi now!”