Tao Yuy on the sofa with lifeless eyes, feeling utterly despondent, as if all was lost.


    This was his first time in actualbat, so he had no idea he was this fast!


    It was ridiculously exaggerated!


    "Why did I choose the burst and assassin route, why even this is burst..."


    Tao Yu covered his face with one hand and weakly stood up. He almost didn''t stabilize himself after getting up.


    The intensity of the previous sparring was beyond belief.


    Even though he could already feel his body''s weakness, upon seeing Sun Shiyu''s disheveled hair spread across the floor as shey on her side,


    Tao Yu still couldn''t help but feel a dry mouth and swallowed. He oddly felt as if he was ready to go again, capable of fighting three hundred more rounds.


    Thebination of the second Deification Taming Technique with the second Deification riding, along with the fact that the little rich girl seemed to really have a thing for him, made a battle imminent.


    He managed to hold his own for twenty minutes, which didn''t seem too terrible. But if you count the thirteen times, then it was aplete disaster; Tao Yu would begin to doubt life itself after at most a hundred moves every time.


    Although relying on his riding and Taming Technique had won him one round, and the little rich girl was equally disheveled, both were pretty much beaten to a pulp.


    But it was clear that he had only managed to do so by cheating; it was just too exaggerated.


    Sensing that Tao Yu was staggering to his feet, Sun Shiyu, who had also juste to her senses, struggled to support herself off the ground. In that indescribable scene, shezily nced back at him,


    "This is too much, what exactly is going on with your Skill..."


    Slowly pulling down the T-shirt that had been pushed up and got stuck, she hid the suggestive image; then, she heard Tao Yu swallowing.


    She stood up displeased and pushed Tao Yu back down,


    "If we continue, you''ll injure your foundation. Are you stupid or what? Tsk, look at the deficit in your Qi-Blood, you''re such a mess. I was only under the control of your Skill for, like, fifteen minutes; you''re too much."


    "It was twenty minutes, thank you."


    Tao Yu corrected her slip of the tongue.


    This caused Sun Shiyu to give him an alluring re, which seemed to wash away some of Tao Yu''s fatigue.


    Although he could recover by eating and using Yuan Force,


    even at such a time, he couldn''t risk any exposure by acting recklessly, so he suppressed the thought of using Yuan Force to recover andy back on the sofa with a slightly vacant gaze.


    "You were a bit reckless this time. I didn''t intend for this to happen so early."


    Sun Shiyu also tapped her head, then nonchntly clung to Tao Yu as she sat down next to him, just holding onto his arm enough to make him change his expression slightly.


    "Use ''Meditation Technique'', weren''t you proficient with itst time in the car?"


    Reminded by Sun Shiyu, Tao Yu quickly utilized the Visualization Diagram to focus his thoughts.


    It was too exaggerated; after the sparring, her charm seemed to have increased. This was unscientific; not even the sage mode was effective.


    "There''s nothing embarrassing; when I was restricted by your Skill, I almost thought you were going to die. Thankfully, you spent time strengthening your body, and you did quite well at that,"


    Seeing Tao Yu sessfully using ''Meditation Technique'', Sun Shiyu became even more affectionate and her face was filled with glee.


    Her bare feet grabbed attention as they swung back and forth in front of him.


    This waspletely opposite to her usual cold demeanor and sense of distance.


    "Is it really that exaggerated?"


    "You''ve experienced it. What do you think would have happened if you had the physical limit of an ordinary person right now?"


    Sun Shiyu''s words made Tao Yu''s face change color, and the high-pressure water gun used for washing cars sprung to his mind, followed by a shiver.


    Indeed, there was a problem with the little rich girl, as he had suspected!


    "You reckless fool, you''ve disrupted my ns."


    Sun Shiyu chewed on her nails while clinging to Tao Yu''s arm, seemingly pondering something.


    "Before I get used to controlling this new form, I''ll probably have to stay at home. Take care in the Development Zone, and you and Shiqing be careful not to randomly kill any more Inner City Pioneers."


    Tao Yu''s expression stiffened at her words, and he said with a dryugh,


    "That''s not..."


    "So you''re using the female version of ''Inner Scales Armor'' because you''re a pervert?"


    At this, Tao Yu fell into embarrassed silence.


    "This..."


    "You don''t need to say you''ve only killed that one. We''ve already given a heads-up to the Inner City Pioneers; have you seen them finishing each other off?"


    Tao Yu remembered how Taff didn''t kill Qimen after defeating him; indeed, that was the influence of these two people.


    Perhaps they would be more ruthless when the "mountain was high and the Emperor far away," but considerations would indeed be many, as the range of suspects would be narrow.


    In contrast, Tao Yu himself actedwlessly without hesitation.


    The survival rate of Inner City Pioneers was not as high as that of the Outer City!


    Not only did they be more cautious about their own lives, reluctant to take excessive risks, but also due to their umted strength, under normal circumstances, they hardly ever lost members.


    So, when Tao Yu and his group first returned, the disappearance of Joseph caused quite a stir.


    Back in the mission hall, Tao Yu had also demonstrated the strength to directly defeat the Inner City Pioneers, and with the female version of the Inner Scales Armor on top of that, as well as the unusual rate at which Inner City Pioneers were losing members recently.


    As the highestbatant of the new Development Zone, Sun Shiyu naturally made her own judgments.


    She didn''t need to talk about any evidence.


    This made Tao Yu shrink his neck a bit andin,


    "I''ve only ever counterattacked passively, never took the initiative to attack them. You know what the Inner City Pioneers are like."


    "Fine, just don''t go on a killing spree. In the end, strength speaks in the Abyss. You don''t know what cards the Inner City Pioneers have up their sleeve, so it wouldn''t be fun if you flipped over," she advised.


    So, this was what Sun Shiyu cared about.


    Tao Yu couldn''t resist and kissed her, but before his lips could part from hers, she bit him back, brushing against him intensely.


    After a moment, with some confusion and aftertaste, Tao Yu said,


    "I''ll be careful. Actually, I''ve already been holding back."


    "I''ll take your word for it that you''re holding back. Here, a red envelope for you," she said.


    Sun Shiyu then rummaged through her things and tossed a maic card to Tao Yu.


    Tao Yu instinctively caught it and almost cked out when he saw it—three hundred thousand Yuan Force!


    He had run hard to the new world fragment and even picked up a Chosen One, but the total reward was only about this much!


    Grinding missions in Inner City, he had only made just enough for the Deification expenses of riding and taming.


    Yet here, the red envelope that was casually given was enough to cause Tao Yu a bit of a stomachache.


    "But that''s all I''m giving you, you know. You can''t afford my care anymore, and I don''t want you to live purely off my wealth. Stand up on your own," she said.


    "My current earnings are all made by myself," retorted Tao Yu.


    Listening to Sun Shiyu''s words, he defended himself.


    With any pride, he should have tossed the card back in her face, but in the end, Tao Yu silently pocketed the card.


    It was too much to give back...


    This gesture amused Sun Shiyu,


    "Without sedimentation and enough high-level skills, the marginal effect of Yuan Force is too strong. I can help you look for some skills, but you also need to show corresponding value."


    "Otherwise, just obediently let me pamper you in a golden house. Although I identally ended up in the new Development Zone and don''t have the pressure of arranged marriages, you''re probably someone who can''t be seen in daylight. MAX level of Dynamic Vision is just barely sufficient. You''d hardly make it as a stay-at-home son-inw, and getting killed would just be a pointless death," she teased.


    Tao Yu felt a bit heavy in his heart when he heard this. Even though they had achieved good things together, he knew the gap between them was still huge.


    As the heiress of Floating City, from Sun Shiqing''s story of how she once broke someone''s leg, it was clear that there were many who admired her.


    Look at Niu Changchun—the fact that he dared to give her the asional nce because of his talent made him feel like he''d turned into a long-distance admirer. Those from Floating City who cared about matching social status were likely even more numerous.


    Add to that her family, and they really could only sneak around underground.


    As for the marginal effect of Yuan Force and the source of high-level skills, Tao Yu also couldn''t possibly exin, even to a rich heiress like her; he had to keep it a secret at all costs.


    However, the broken fragments of the Heart of the World shouldn''t be a problem anymore, at least for the little rich girl!


    "Actually, I…" he began.


    "Got your hands on the Heart of the World? Unlocked body talents? But hid them?" Sun Shiyu interrupted before Tao Yu could finish, casually taming her slightly messy hair and using telekinesis to clean off some crusty strange matter while speaking nonchntly.


    "Uh… yes," Tao Yu was a bit dumbfounded, but Sun Shiyu''s expression was gleeful,


    "At least you have a conscience. You''re cautious but willing to tell me. If you didn''t have body talents, you would probably be dead by now. Isn''t that obvious to guess?" she teased him, throwing him a seductive nce, causing an awkward moment for Tao Yu, Can we not bring that up? I didn''t die, did I...


    Just then, as Sun Shiqing finished her bath and was drying her hair with a towel, she came down the stairs.


    As she descended, she sniffed the air then fanned in front of her nose with a frown and asked,


    "What did you guys do? There''s a weird smell, like... did someone have an ident?"


    A surge of telekic energy erupted from Tao Yu, and Sun Shiqing was once again flung up against the ceiling.


    As time passed, the little rich girl had also grown stronger, and at a surprisingly fast rate!


    "Help me, somebody save me…" Sun Shiqing''s pretty face was squished against the ceiling as if stuck to ss, continuing to struggle and beg Tao Yu for help.


    And Tao Yu just minded his own business, as if in meditation; her own loose lips had angered her sister into a fury...