Chapter 419 – Xu Qianqian: For You, Anything Is Worth It

“——!”

When powerful arms wrapped around her, Xu Qianqian instinctively resisted.

She didn’t struggle—her physical condition wouldn’t allow reckless movement.

Yet, facing this sudden situation, cold light flashed in Xu Qianqian’s eyes as she raised a hand, preparing to strike the intruder’s chest.

This full-force strike would have severely injured even a powerful Upper-Rank Hunter.

Fortunately, Xu Qianqian stopped her movement almost immediately.

Because a deeply familiar craving from her Bloodline told her exactly who was holding her.

That utterly recognizable sensation made Xu Qianqian’s weary eyes suddenly brighten.

At this moment, Xu Qianqian’s tense expression finally thawed like melting snow, revealing an extraordinarily beautiful smile.

The explosive shockwaves only now began to subside.

Thud.

The one who caused all this—while still holding Xu Qianqian—descended from midair, landing on the cracked and crumbling ground.

Only then could people clearly see the newcomer’s full appearance.

“Su… Su…”

Lei Hao and Ye Bai widened their eyes, both incredulous and overjoyed.

“Son!”

“Husband! It’s our son!”

Su Changhe cried out in disbelief, while Su Lili beside him nearly wept with joy.

Everyone else stared at the figure before them with bewildered and astonished expressions.

“It’s you!?”

“Su Ming!”

The Underground Professionals who had been sent flying by the shockwaves panicked completely.

Especially the three Upper-Rank Underground Professionals—without exception, they all showed terrified expressions.

The newcomer was indeed Su Ming.

“Run!”

Without any hesitation, the three previously dominant and arrogant Upper-Rank Underground Professionals fled.

And they fled in complete disarray.

How could they stay?

As Upper-Rank Professionals from 『Sin』 specifically tasked with capturing Su Ming’s associates, they weren’t ignorant locals from the “backwater” Longyao City. They knew exactly who Su Ming was.

This was the person who could rival their own terrifying Young Miss, who had effortlessly defeated No.3 of the Ten Demons during the Midnight Labyrinth operation.

An eighteen-year-old Upper-Rank Dual Professional who was both a Six-Star Hunter and a Five-Star Sorcerer.

He was absolutely not someone they could handle.

Unfortunately…

“Trying to escape?”

Holding Xu Qianqing, seeing the Xu Family Young Miss covered in wounds and blood, and witnessing his parents along with Lei Hao and Ye Bai’s exhausted yet joyful expressions, Su Ming felt relief while simultaneously unable to restrain his erupting emotions.

Clatter!

The next second, accompanied by melodious sounds, invisible chains materialized in midair, darting like swimming dragons toward the fleeing Underground Professionals.

【Thirty-Third Form: Stasis Lock】.

Though no one saw Su Ming construct a circular array, this Spell Formula was activated, transforming into lethal chains that pursued the Underground Professionals.

Soon, the invisible chains effortlessly caught up to each Underground Professional, clinging to them like maggots to bones, wrapping around them one by one.

Then the chains suddenly jerked back, pulling the Underground Professionals toward Su Ming faster than they had been fleeing.

Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump!…

Amid dull impact sounds, all the Underground Professionals without exception were dragged down to the ground, raising clouds of dust.

To the bystanders, it looked as if the panicked fleeing Underground Professionals had suddenly flown back on their own to collapse before Su Ming—an utterly bizarre and unbelievable sight.

Of course, what followed was even more strange and incredible.

Whoosh!

This was the sound of cutting air.

The sound of a blade slicing through the atmosphere.

Just like the invisible chains, formless crescent slashes suddenly appeared, cutting through the air toward the Underground Professionals.

【Thirty-Seventh Form: Scythe Arc Slash】.

Again, without any circular array appearing, the lethal Spell Formula had already taken form.

The crescent slashes crossed the distance with astonishing speed, landing on each Underground Professional.

Squelch! Squelch! Squelch! Squelch!…

Accompanied by the sound of flesh being cut, the crescent slashes precisely sliced through the throats of each Underground Professional, causing blood to gush forth and stain the earth.

This included the three Upper-Rank Underground Professionals as well.

These three Upper-Rank Professionals, who commanded fear throughout the underground world with their terrifying reputation…

Before Su Ming, they couldn’t even last a few seconds, didn’t even have time to utter another word, meeting the same instant death as mere cannon fodder.

Such treatment, such outcome, such fate made the three Upper-Rank Underground Professionals completely unable to believe this was reality.

Soon, with eyes full of resentment, they collapsed to the ground, losing their precious lives.

“——”

Silence.

Deathly silence.

The scene unfolding before everyone left them speechless and thoughtless, as if struck by lightning, standing frozen in place, unable to recover for a long time.

“Dead… they’re dead…?”

Lei Hao and Ye Bai were equally stunned, unable to believe what their eyes had witnessed.

The fearsome enemies who had driven them to desperation, whom even Xu Qianqian could barely handle… just like that… dead?

This unbelievable scene made Lei Hao, Ye Bai, and even the Su couple cover their mouths tightly, rendered speechless.

Not just them—even Xu Qianqian slightly widened her eyes, her pupils contracting sharply.

Only Su Ming, as if having completely vented his emotions and finally found release, withdrew his perfectly controlled Spirit Power.

“Are you okay?”

Su Ming finally looked down at Xu Qianqian in his arms, asking while immediately retrieving at least a premium-grade alchemical potion from his backpack, preparing to pour it into her mouth.

However, Xu Qianqian ignored the potion being brought to her lips. Instead, as if unable to bear it any longer, she opened her mouth toward Su Ming’s neck right before her.

Inside, two sharp little fangs extended, remarkably similar to vampire fangs.

“Wait…”

Seeing this, Su Ming’s face stiffened, as if finally remembering something important, and he hurriedly tried to stop her.

Unfortunately, it was already too late to prevent it.

Because Su Ming was holding Xu Qianqian tightly, his neck was truly right before the girl nestled in his embrace.

At such close range, combined with his lack of defense and the suddenness of her action, even Su Ming couldn’t stop her.

Unless he disregarded Xu Qianqian’s safety and directly erupted his Aura, mana, and spirituality—that could blast the girl away.

But would Su Ming do that?

The answer was naturally no.

Thus, without any suspense, Xu Qianqian bit into Su Ming’s neck.

“Damn!”

Feeling the slight pain in his neck and the rapid loss of blood from his body, Su Ming experienced the familiar numbing pleasure while simultaneously feeling somewhat exasperated.

Turning to look, sure enough—including Lei Hao and Ye Bai—all the bystanders were stunned by this sudden development.

Due to the angle, they didn’t see Xu Qianqian extending her fangs to drink Su Ming’s blood.

They could only see Xu Qianqian as if unable to wait any longer, or as if having endured for too long, burying her face against Su Ming’s neck, “kissing” his neck there.

Such an ambiguous scene completely shocked everyone who had witnessed Xu Qianqian’s heroic and unyielding nature, her refusal to back down before evil forces, her willingness to step forward and risk her life to save them.

Crack!

Faintly, Su Ming even seemed to hear numerous heartbreak sounds.

Especially classmate Lei Hao, who directly clutched his chest, looking utterly heartbroken.

“You… you’re finally no longer hiding your illicit affair, is that it?”

In that instant, witnessing his goddess “kissing” someone else, Lei Hao’s mentality completely collapsed.

Even the Su couple, after recovering, didn’t immediately rush to see their son, but instead exchanged glances.

Su Ming could practically hear their thoughts at this moment.

“So this is the relationship between these two?”

“No wonder the Xu Family’s Young Miss would fight to such extremes for ordinary people like us.”

They felt the surprise and relief of their own pig finally learning to dig up cabbage—and a particularly white and tender cabbage at that.

Driven by such feelings, the Su couple subconsciously overlooked the shocking mass death of the Underground Professionals that had stunned everyone else.

This made Su Ming’s feelings quite complicated, wanting to cry but having no tears, feeling a strong urge to cover his face and flee.

“Had enough?” Su Ming complained to Xu Qianqian. “If you’re done, get up quickly. If this continues, we won’t be able to clear our names even if we jump into the Yellow River.”

Hearing this, Xu Qianqian seemed to finally come to her senses, her cheeks reddening, yet she appeared reluctant to leave, showing deep attachment to Su Ming (or rather, his blood).

In the end, Xu Qianqian forced herself away from Su Ming through sheer willpower.

There was no other way.

In Xu Qianqian’s perception, Su Ming’s blood seemed to have become even more delicious, its attraction to her infinitely increased, making her want to drain Su Ming dry in one go.

This made Xu Qianqian look at Su Ming with burning eyes, as if wanting to devour him.

And this scene, in others’ eyes, took on a pink, romantic flavor.

Only a few perceptive individuals noticed that, for some reason, Xu Qianqian’s injuries seemed to have miraculously healed.

The previously wounded Xu Qianqian, as if having consumed some superior tonic, not only had her pale complexion become rosy and lustrous, incredibly alluring, but all her wounds had also recovered without exception.

This was naturally thanks to Su Ming’s blood.

“Dad, Mom.”

Su Ming didn’t dwell on this further. Seeing that Xu Qianqian was fine and had taken a good drink from him, he now turned his attention to his parents.

“Son!”

Su Lili finally recalled everything they had experienced until now, her eyes reddening.

“You finally showed up.”

Even Su Changhe completely let go of his worries the moment he saw Su Ming.

Clearly, both had been deeply concerned about Su Ming—worried about his situation, his safety, extremely worried.

This was understandable.

When Su Ming left Longyao City originally, he hadn’t chosen to tell his family about his plans to go to Tianfeng City.

So in the Su couple’s minds, Su Ming had actually been making his way in Longyao City all along, fighting Phantom Demons as a freshly graduated rookie.

Under such circumstances, with Longyao City falling, the urban area turning into a sea of flames, all Longyao City residents suddenly plunged into dire straits, and Su Ming—this novice Professional—also missing, the Su couple naturally had plenty of reasons to worry.

Now that Su Ming had appeared, the Su couple could finally relax.

Not just the Su couple—Lei Hao and Ye Bai also set aside their worries.

“You bastard, you finally showed up.”

“If you hadn’t appeared soon, we would have thought something happened to you.”

The two, while protecting the Su couple, came before Su Ming and immediately started complaining.

Though Lei Hao’s complaints carried a slight Killing Intent, clearly still bothered by what just happened.

In response, Su Ming smiled wryly while speaking.

“I’m just glad you’re all okay.”

Su Ming truly felt fortunate.

The fall of Longyao City didn’t seem to have caused substantial harm to the people close to him.

The important people in his heart—except for Yun Langyue—were all here now, all safe.

This relieved Su Ming greatly.

Of course, there was a reason for this.

“It’s all thanks to Young Miss Xu,” Su Changhe said. “If she hadn’t come to our aid immediately after Longyao City’s walls were destroyed, helping us escape to safety, we might have met with disaster.””

Mentioning this, Su Changhe cast a grateful look toward Xu Qianqian.

“Son, you must properly thank her.”

Su Lili also grabbed Su Ming’s hand, softly instructing him.

“We also have to thank our senior.”

“If our senior hadn’t brought us out from the Academy, we might not be here either.”

Lei Hao and Ye Bai both sighed as they spoke.

Su Ming naturally knew all this.

His extraordinary vision and Spirit Sense had already captured the scene of Xu Qianqian risking her life for his family and friends.

“This time, I owe you.”

Su Ming couldn’t help but cast a grateful look toward Xu Qianqian.

Unexpectedly, perhaps still immersed in the satisfaction of drinking Su Ming’s blood, Xu Qianqian’s gaze toward Su Ming remained burning.

Then, Young Miss Xu said this:

“For you, anything is worth it.”

The feeling of immense satisfaction in her heart made Young Miss Xu unable to resist saying such words.

Su Changhe: “……”

Su Lili: “……Lei Hao: “(〝▼皿▼)”

Ye Bai: “!”!!∑(?Д?(ノ)ノ

Bystanders: “⊙▃⊙”

A silent atmosphere once again descended upon the area.

Su Ming: “(╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻”

Don’t misunderstand, folks!

This woman isn’t craving me! She’s craving my body! /(ㄒoㄒ)/~~

－－－－－－Author’s Note－－－－－－

Finally got the bandages off my foot…

The previous foot injury got infected, and I wasn’t careful enough—been suffering lately.

Fortunately, I make my living with my hands, otherwise I might not even be able to earn milk money. o(╥﹏╥)o

Been running to the hospital constantly lately, my writing speed has dropped. Starting tomorrow I’ll return to the three-updates-a-day routine, try to get back into the groove.

Originally planned to finish this month, looks like it’ll take a bit longer now.

Want to finish quickly so I can start thinking about my new book too.

Hope the new book brings fresh energy, and doesn’t keep getting worse with each one. o(╥﹏╥)o

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