Chapter 182 – Only she can convince the boss!

“Ye Sheng… High-Tier Giant Level?” Shangguan Ying halted her steps, her entire being momentarily dazed.

What a High-Tier Giant meant, she naturally understood as a member of a Great Aristocratic Family.

In her heart, this classmate of hers suddenly became shrouded in mystery.

“Hey! Let’s go!” The Xu Family Prodigy, seeing Shangguan Ying’s dreamlike expression, felt a small sense of satisfaction. This was exactly the effect he had wanted. He had been just as shocked back then; now it was someone else’s turn.

…

On the rooftop, Ye Sheng stood in a white robe, gazing at the distant scenery of Blood Fiend City as the wind blew. A gentle breeze swept past, causing his robes to flutter.

Beside him, Xu Xingchen kept him company, leisurely sucking on an ice pop in his hand while his eyes darted shrewdly between Ye Sheng and Shangguan Ying.

Shangguan Ying stood there. Though disheveled at the moment, she remained exceptionally beautiful, standing like a scene in itself.

However, her expression now held a trace of bewilderment. Looking at Ye Sheng, this former classmate made her feel a sense of unfamiliarity.

“Um… I need to use the restroom!” Xu Xingchen was quick-witted, finding a random excuse to make a hasty exit, leaving the space for the two of them.

Only as he left, his expression darkened slightly.

Shangguan Ying had already recounted the events at Ghost Mountain City to both Ye Sheng and him. While he had anticipated it wouldn’t be anything good, he hadn’t expected it to be this severe!

Fenglei City had actually gone to such extremes, enslaving eighty thousand examinees from Ghost Mountain City—this was worse than killing them.

As soon as Xu Xingchen descended from the rooftop, a group of Xu Family Prodigies swarmed over, anxiously asking, “Young Master, will he agree to intervene?”

After all, Ghost Mountain City was their hometown; there was no reason for them to be indifferent.

Seeing this, Xu Xingchen sighed. Those High-Tier Super-Limits from Ghost Mountain City were truly worse than these loyalists.

Now… the attitude those High-Tier Super-Limits had shown back then was still vivid in Xu Xingchen’s memory!

Well, now that disaster has struck, they remember Ye Sheng? They want to ask Ye Sheng for help?

Xu Xingchen felt embarrassed for them!

“Young Master, please tell us! Did he agree to intervene or not?” The group of Xu Family Prodigies grew impatient.

“What’s the rush?” Xu Xingchen shot them a glance, then looked back toward the rooftop and sighed. “Leave it to Shangguan Ying. Only she can persuade the boss; no one else can!” With that, he clasped his hands behind his back and headed downstairs.

“What does that mean?!” The remaining Xu Family Prodigies were left stunned, clearly lacking sufficient emotional intelligence in this regard.

…

On the rooftop, Shangguan Ying steadied herself, biting her red lips as she said, “Ye Sheng…”

Ye Sheng did not turn around, his expression calm.

Seeing this, a touch of poignant beauty appeared in Shangguan Ying’s expression. Shangguan Jianyun seemed to have long anticipated this scene—Ye Sheng would not agree easily.

When he fought desperately, gravely injured, to send her out, he had roared, telling her to inform Ye Sheng not to bother with them, the High-Tier Super-Limits. He only needed to pull the eighty thousand examinees of Ghost Mountain City out of this hellish pit!

After that… he, Shangguan Jianyun, would personally visit Ye Sheng to apologize and seek punishment!

Shangguan Ying approached Ye Sheng and spoke, “My brother said… you only need to rescue the eighty thousand examinees of Ghost Mountain City from the pit. They are innocent!

And… millions of elders and folks in Ghost Mountain City are watching. Can you really bear to stand by and do nothing?”

“Ye Sheng…”

As she spoke, just as Shangguan Jianyun had said back then, even if she had to kneel, she would plead for Ye Sheng to go.

Whoosh!

A surge of power supported Shangguan Ying, who was on the verge of kneeling, preventing her from kneeling no matter how hard she tried.

“What are you doing?” Ye Sheng finally turned around, looking at Shangguan Ying before him, a trace of helplessness flickering in his eyes.

Saving Ghost Mountain City was no difficulty for him—it was merely a trivial effort.

Nor did he harbor any of the resistance Shangguan Ying imagined. With the perspective of having lived two lifetimes, his mindset was far from that narrow.

Besides… he would eventually return to Ghost Mountain City anyway. He couldn’t possibly let millions of its people curse him behind his back!

As for those High-Tier Super-Limit experts, they weren’t even worth Ye Sheng’s attention!

“You agreed?” Shangguan Ying’s eyes reddened, and she actually burst into tears out of grievance. She was already exceptionally beautiful, with an ethereal and refined aura and long, raven-black hair. Now, as she cried, even Ye Sheng found it hard to bear.

“Alright, stop crying!” Ye Sheng reached out and wiped the tear stains from the corner of her eye, his movements natural.

Feeling the warmth on her face, Shangguan Ying stiffened, two blushes spreading across her cheeks. In all her life, she had never been touched on the face by a member of the opposite sex—Ye Sheng was the first!

“Hey! Those guys are lucky!” At that moment, Xu Xingchen appeared with a chuckle, making faces at Shangguan Ying. The meaning was clear: when the sister-in-law steps in, it makes all the difference!

“Let’s go. There’s no time to waste.” Ye Sheng stepped forward, taking to the skies with Aerial Flight and leaving the rooftop.

Seeing this, Xu Xingchen chuckled and said, “What are you still standing around for? Follow him now before he changes his mind!”

Without further hesitation, Xu Xingchen, Shangguan Ying, and over a dozen Xu family Prodigies soared into the air, chasing after Ye Sheng’s retreating figure.

In front of the building, over a dozen 4th-rotation powerhouses looked up, stunned as they watched Ye Sheng depart.

Their wait had been in vain!

…

In a region of Blood Fiend City, three individuals were being besieged. Though it was called a siege, it felt more like a cat toying with mice.

Over a dozen High-Tier Super-Limit experts from Wind Thunder City surrounded the trio, laughing as they launched attacks to eliminate them.

These three were none other than Shangguan Jianyun, Guyue Xian, and Chen Shan—all High-Tier Super-Limit experts.

As for the others who had attempted to break through with them, they had long since been eliminated.

All three bore significant injuries, standing back-to-back as they fended off the onslaught from over a dozen experts of the same tier. At any moment, they could be overwhelmed.

“I can’t hold on any longer,” Guyue Xian coughed up a mouthful of blood. Dressed in green, her two multicolored silk ribbons possessed formidable restraining abilities, which she used to desperately control the surrounding experts of the same tier.

Her left shoulder had been pierced, staining half her body crimson. The restraining power of her two multicolored silk ribbons weakened with each passing moment, and it seemed she could no longer hold out.

Shangguan Jianyun sighed and shielded her behind him. His injuries were even more severe—his chest was deeply sunken. To ensure Shangguan Ying’s escape, he had taken a solid blow from a hammer-wielding expert directly to the chest. If not for the protection of his Mythical-grade Chest Armor, he would have long been eliminated.

“I wonder if Xiao Ying managed to persuade him?” Shangguan Jianyun slashed out with his sword, forcing back a High-Tier Super-Limit expert.

“I don’t need his help!” Chen Shan emerged from a patch of darkness, attempting to assassinate a High-Tier Super-Limit expert. His movements were elusive and difficult to track.

Yet this attempt still failed. After being repelled, he reappeared beside Shangguan Jianyun and snorted coldly.

Shangguan Jianyun said bitterly, “What time is it now? Still stubborn as a dead duck! If we die in battle now, so be it, but we’d be letting down the eighty thousand examinees of Ghost Mountain City. The decision was ours, and they’re just innocent bystanders caught up in this!

I’m asking him to step in not to save us, but to pull those eighty thousand examinees out of this fire.”

Chen Shan fell silent for a moment and said nothing more.

“Calling for reinforcements? What kind of reinforcements could you possibly bring?” Upon hearing this, the High-Tier Super-Limit experts from Wind and Thunder City burst into laughter.