"Nonsense! How can there be a principle of love transcending trials?" ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵•𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮•𝓷𝓮𝓽 Lei Huan’s expression was as if the very word ’love’ had jumped up and punched him: "But you truly wield lightning with impunity, unfearful of divine punishment. How could this be, how could this be..." Yan Yi lightly leaped from the wall of the tower, like an arc of lightning piercing through the air, landing on a stone pillar. Her speed was so fast that she almost left behind ghostly blue afterimages. In two seconds, she made three high-speed jumps, suddenly striking towards Lei Huan’s back with a burst of lightning! Though Lei Huan’s face still showed surprise, his combat instincts were deeply ingrained in him. Instantly, he lunged forward, spun around, and counter-grabbed, his thunderous claws slashing fiercely backward! A series of actions flowed seamlessly. He didn’t know how many mortals daring to attack him from behind had been killed by this move— As Lei Huan turned and swung his hand, Yan Yi had already crouched down, perfectly avoiding his claws. Her palms, wrapped in arcs of electricity like wearing thick white gloves, struck heavily at his abdomen, producing a sound akin to an air explosion! Hunting Combat Technique · Fox Borrowing Bear’s Paw! Lei Huan was sent flying, spitting out a mouthful of dark blood. Yet, his expression only grew fiercer. He immediately grabbed the ground with his claws to stop his momentum, but by then, Yan Yi had already pursued him! He stomped his left foot fiercely, as if trying to dodge to the right. However, the moment Yan Yi pivoted in that direction, Lei Huan, using rapid steps, reversed and ran to Yan Yi’s side. Inertia seemed to have no effect on him, allowing him to change direction at high speed at will! His hands, like gaping maws, simultaneously lunged towards Yan Yi. In her charging state, Yan Yi couldn’t dodge. He didn’t know how many brutes daring to charge him had been taken down by this directional change technique— There was a loud bang as Yan Yi’s lightning tail struck the ground fiercely. She instantly changed direction, charging like a cat pouncing, crashing into Lei Huan’s embrace. Lei Huan’s claws missed, while his chin was directly hit by Yan Yi’s elbow, the light-exploding thunderbolt instantly piercing through his head, blasting him into the air! Hunting Combat Technique · Fox Borrowing Cat Tail! "Without the speed advantage of lightning, you’re just an ordinary warrior with combat techniques." Yan Yi crouched down, gathering her strength, giving Lei Huan no chance. As he floated in the air, she exploded forward, her hands overloaded with electricity, shining bright as a white wolf’s maw! Hunting Combat Technique · Fox and Wolf Dual Swordsmanship! Yan Yi’s hands completely pierced through Lei Huan’s body, the current-filled hands like spears, nailing Lei Huan heavily to the ground. He couldn’t even scream, collapsing into the rubble like a ragdoll! Yan Yi dispersed the electricity throughout her body, collapsing softly onto the ground. She certainly couldn’t truly use love to cross the threshold of emotions. According to the Imperial Academy’s records, no martial artist had ever crossed the ’emotional upheaval’ threshold through positive emotions. The Seven Emotions Technique was currently the only technique able to create ’miracles,’ ranking among the eighteen battle techniques despite having no power. Countless martial artists have tried to find shortcuts to steal the power of this technique across the ages. Now Yan Yi suddenly remembered that during the ’Imperial Academy Rebellion,’ at least a dozen forbidden battle techniques were related to the Seven Emotions Technique. Although most forbidden martial artists were exterminated, the forbidden techniques inevitably leaked out. Although those forbidden techniques were too cruel and had low success rates, with initial phrases like ’to master divine power, one must first castrate oneself,’ they gradually faded into history. The forbidden techniques still practiced today are mostly of low purity. When Imperial Academy’s martial artists were extinguishing forbidden martial arts globally, Yanjing naturally cooperated, and the outer eight regions, deeply affected by anti-social martial artists, also provided much assistance. Only Skyrim, due to its chaotic self-governance and warrior-worshipping nature, had the most privately concealed forbidden techniques... The Brotherhood originated in Skyrim, and their combat techniques probably have foundations in those emotion-triggering forbidden techniques. But regardless of the version of the Seven Emotions Technique, it inevitably relies on negative emotions to cross the ’emotional upheaval,’ because achieving ’making someone joyously happy’ is harder than ’making life worse than death.’ The reason Yan Yi could forcibly use swirling lightning to drive her body wasn’t simply because a hug from Ning Xinyuan activated the power of love—though it was truly significant to her—but because she used electricity to sever her spinal cord, cutting off pain sensation, then reconnected it with electricity. Generally speaking, after the spinal cord is severed, the central nervous system will basically be paralyzed, and the human brain will be unable to control the body. However, Yan Yi still has the option of vortex electric current. Although the operation is incredibly complex, for a top graduate of the Skyscraper System, Yan Yi naturally only needs to spend a little time to adapt to this new way of operation, just like she completed all four years of compulsory courses in her first year. Once she can use electricity to attach, Yan Yi immediately strengthened her body with electric current to its bearable limit and quickly improved her combat technique. Although ordinary people need quite a few days just to adapt to the power, for a student who has passed all courses with full marks, Yan Yi naturally skips these boring processes, drawing inferences from one instance is an instinct of an excellent student. Once both parties’ physical qualities reached the same starting line, Lei Huan’s combat power in front of Yan Yi was simply unbearable to watch. His combat technique level is even below the average teacher level of the Imperial Academy, as soon as he moves his shoulder, Yan Yi predicts all his battle strategies and naturally anticipates the enemy three moves ahead, directly incapacitating him within three rounds. Yan Yi grunted, and once again arcs of electricity emerged from her body, and this time the lightning was even harsher, nine tails of thunder extended from her tail, her whole body cloaked in a coat of thunder and lightning, and the nearby air seemed to have a filter-like blur; she looked like a huge heat source, the stone surface she touched with her hands and feet even began to melt! Forbidden Battle Technique: Nine-tailed Thunder Fox Form! "The Nine-tailed Thunder Fox mode can indeed add scorching heat to the exterior, but the consumption of spiritual power is somewhat high, and the spinal cord seems to be unable to withstand it; a careless move might even cause myself to melt... but since I’ll end up in the Medical Bureau anyway, it’s no big deal!" Yan Yi looked at the Iron-faced Man who was chasing Ning Xinyuan, her eyes fierce, and with a thunderous roar, she charged to attack! While battling Lei Huan just now, she managed to glance at the fight between Ning Xinyuan and the Iron-faced Man, and found the Iron-faced Man’s physical condition was not much different from Lei Huan’s normalness—he wore heavy armor all over his body and was protected by light armor. Although Ning Xinyuan’s arrows could blast small pits into him or even push him back, that was about it! Beneath the heavy armor, there is still inner armor! This Iron-faced Man is practically a mobile fortress made of layers of iron sheets, which just happens to be a nemesis for snipers like Ning Xinyuan — her most proud pinpoint destruction cannot penetrate the enemy’s armor, naturally, she is beaten into a retreat step by step. To deal with such heavy armored enemies, either use swordsmanship and Liaoyuan Technique, high-explosive through the advantages of weapons to severely damage the enemy; or use Eight-stream combat technique, twisting the enemy’s joint parts; or use a war hammer and heavy artillery, no need to break the armor, directly shock him to death through kinetic energy! But unfortunately, none of these conditions are met here, so Yan Yi can only choose the fourth route— Faced with Yan Yi who possesses Thunderbolt Speed, the Iron-faced Man’s reactions don’t match his bulky figure at all; he barely keeps up with Yan Yi’s speed raising his arms to block Yan Yi’s claw attacks, yet as soon as they meet, his arm armor is scraped by Yan Yi’s fingers, leaving several dents! The ’clay’ scraped off by Yan Yi falls onto the rubble and instantly seeps down melting, emitting a ’sizzle’ sound and releasing wisps of black smoke! Within just a few rounds, the Iron-faced Man’s arm armor was almost scraped into disarray by Yan Yi. He doesn’t want to retaliate, but was slightly moved, only for a blue arrow to attack his exertion point, shaking him unable to counter Yan Yi! This is why Yan Yi takes on the risk of her whole body melting and crazily increases the vortex of electric current to enter the Nine-tailed Thunder Fox mode! The high temperature combined with the thunder is enough for Yan Yi’s hands to cut through iron like mud, the Iron-faced Man’s heavy armor simply falls away in front of her with a tear! Although unable to counterattack, the Iron-faced Man shows no reaction; he neither retreats nor begs mercy, instead he calmly tries to find the opportunity to counterattack, until Yan Yi’s hands are filled with white thunder, and her palms like blades pierce through his hands with overwhelming force! Just at that moment, the Iron-faced Man suddenly opened his hands exposing his chest’s weak point, and although surprised, Yan Yi didn’t let go of this opportunity, without hesitation, her hands penetrated his heart! Yet, the Iron-faced Man reversed and took the opportunity to embrace Yan Yi, his arms like heavy chains tightly wrapped around Yan Yi’s body, regardless of his armor melting by Yan Yi’s Thunder Fox coat he remained unmoved. The scene looked like a fox stepping into a trap, snapped fiercely by a hunting device! Yan Yi was not worried at all; she was sure her hands had pierced through this Iron-faced Man’s heart, and in a few seconds he would collapse due to the interruption of heart blood supply circling all bodily functions, not to mention that she also incidentally pierced his lung. However, three seconds passed, not only did the Iron-faced Man not loosen his grip, but Yan Yi hears an ominously unsettling crunch from her waist body—a fracture in her ribs forcefully caused by the Iron-faced Man! If it wasn’t for having severed her spinal cord long ago and relying solely on electric currents to control her body, Yan Yi would surely be in unbearable pain right now. Even without feeling pain, the continuous vomiting of blood and fragments of organs from her throat was enough to make Yan Yi understand that the person in front of her remained immensely powerful, even without a heart! The iron-faced man not only did not fall but even charged towards Ning Xinyuan while holding Yan Yi! "Sis..." Yan Yi heard no sound of arrows, realizing that Ning Xinyuan hesitated to attack because of her presence. Just as she was about to speak, a mouthful of foul blood surged to her throat but, being held by the iron-faced man, she couldn’t even vomit and was on the brink of suffocation! However, Yan Yi’s consciousness remained clear. Although she didn’t know what the iron-faced man’s situation was, the heart was the source of energy; the iron-faced man’s state couldn’t possibly last long! "Keep dragging him..." Yan Yi was trying hard to give a hint, but the next second she heard the sound of lightning piercing through the air, along with Ning Xinyuan’s scream! Suddenly, amidst the ruins, a figure entwined with lightning emerged and punched Ning Xinyuan, who was frantically escaping, sending her flying! His body bore two bleeding large holes, most of his teeth shattered, and his body quivered, swaying as if he might collapse and die any moment, yet he was somehow still alive! His skin was peeling and charring, and the electric current entwining his body seemed to affect him as well. But in return, the currents grew hotter and more violent, even emitting intense heat capable of melting earth and stone! Ning Xinyuan, hit by Lei Huan, was slammed onto the tower wall, causing the Platinum Tower to tremble. She fainted directly on the ground, unconscious! Yan Yi shouted, finally freeing her hands from the iron-faced man’s grip—her lightning-arm carved open the iron-faced man’s body, slicing him in half as if he had been bisected! After breaking free from the iron-faced man, Yan Yi rushed to rescue Ning Xinyuan, but the thunderous wraith-like warrior entangled her once more! "This is it, this is the scent! It’s the scent of fear! You are afraid!" Bang! With the explosive sound of crisscrossing lightning, Yan Yi was struck far away, landing beside Ning Xinyuan. Just as she wanted to reach out and hold her, concern over her raging electric currents prevented her from daring to touch Ning Xinyuan! "That’s right, you should be afraid, you must be afraid, how could you not be afraid!" Lei Huan, blood-filled mouth, laughed maniacally: "Thunder of the Sovereign Heavens, Suppress the World! At this moment, the judgment is nigh!" Yan Yi glared angrily at Lei Huan. How could she not see that Lei Huan was already like a flickering candle, controlling his body solely through electric currents? But she herself wasn’t in much better shape; her body had started to disobey her—not that it didn’t want to, but the damage was too severe. She issued commands, but her body couldn’t carry them out. The injuries inflicted by Lei Huan earlier, the ribs broken by the iron-faced man earlier, accumulating injuries made Yan Yi feel as though her body was already in tatters. She reckoned she wouldn’t stay conscious much longer and would soon pass out from major blood loss. Out of the corner of her eye, Yan Yi saw the iron-faced man dragging his upper body quickly crawling towards her, horror slamming into her heart, which was quickly filled with endless terror—what to do!? If she went to kill the iron-faced man first, Lei Huan would rush over and end Ning Xinyuan’s life. If she fought to the death with Lei Huan, it would definitely end with both of them passing out, at which point the iron-faced man, seemingly impossible to kill like a cockroach, would seize the opportunity to strangle the unconscious Ning Xinyuan! If she dispersed the Thunder Fox cloak and ran away with Ning Xinyuan, Lei Huan would surely blast her from behind! What to do, what to do, what to do!? Guarding Ning Xinyuan, Yan Yi’s mind whirled through countless solutions, but none could solve the dilemma in front of her. If she gave up the Thunder Fox cloak, she wouldn’t be able to protect Ning Xinyuan; If she donned the Thunder Fox cloak, she couldn’t carry Ning Xinyuan away. "Caught in such events so inexplicably, fighting such monsters so inexplicably, thrown into such difficult choices so inexplicably, it’s truly a nonsensical fate..." She turned her head to look at Ning Xinyuan, dismissing the Thunder Fox cloak and holding the unconscious Ning Xinyuan in her arms: "However, since I inexplicably came to like you, I can accept this nonsensical ending." If she had to choose a way to die, Yan Yi would choose to hold on together. Dying in an embrace was her fourth favorite ending. Suddenly, footsteps echoed from the fifth-floor stairs. Yan Yi glanced over, realizing it wasn’t an official agent from Liaoyuan but a member of the thugs, so she ignored it, opting instead to cherish her remaining moments of embrace. "Well, it seems I’ve arrived just in time. Need a hand?" "No! She must be judged by me!" "Looks like I have no choice but to intervene." The iron-faced man finally crawled over, using the last of his strength to fiercely slap the ground and leap, attacking Yan Yi fiercely! Seeing this, Lei Huan couldn’t wait and charged towards Yan Yi, the blazing thunder tearing through all obstacles, seemingly worried about not scoring a kill! The thug who had just ascended to the fifth floor used a special combat technique, instantly crossing a distance of over twenty meters to reach the scene! In her life’s final moments, Yan Yi gazed at Ning Xinyuan’s face beneath the hood, unwilling to die alone with closed eyes, but wanting to spend her last moments looking at the person she adored, ending life with the happiest memories. Darkness swallowed all vision. Am I dead? As this thought surfaced in Yan Yi’s mind, she heard other noises, and there remained a warm, jade-like touch in her hands, leading her to the correct judgment: I wasn’t dead, it just went dark. After a few seconds, the darkness retreated like a tide. Yan Yi turned her head, seeing Lei Huan and the iron-faced man each being held by the new thug, their heads twisted at bizarre angles, clearly having their necks thoroughly broken. The thug released his grip, removed his hood, revealing hair as pale as snow.