Chapter 220 – The Misfortune of the Wang Family Young Miss

Born into the Wang Family with its unique history, Wang Yihan actually possessed a deeper understanding of human history than ordinary people.

While many residents of Longyao City knew little about matters outside the Base City, Wang Yihan was different. Since childhood, she had been taught by Wang Xiao, learning many obscure historical facts and knowledge uncommon within Longyao City.

So although Wang Yihan might appear naive, her perspective was actually much broader than that of ordinary Professionals.

Under these circumstances, if Wang Yihan claimed she had never seen an Upper-Rank Professional under thirty years old, it truly meant such individuals were exceptionally rare.

Of course, in terms of hearsay, Wang Yihan had heard of many geniuses who achieved Upper-Rank status at a young age.

Take Bai Xuefei, for example—the younger sister who was one year younger than Bai Ruxiang. She was actually a well-known genius in Longyao City’s Professional circles.

At just twenty-eight years old this year, she had become an Upper-Rank Professional at twenty-six—only two years ago—making her the youngest Upper-Rank Professional in Longyao City and the only person in the city to achieve this before thirty in the past decade.

This was specific to Longyao City’s situation.

If considering the super Base Cities in the continent’s heartland—much larger, more historically profound, stronger, and more prosperous than Longyao City—geniuses of this level did exist, but none exaggerated enough to become Upper-Rank Professionals before twenty.

At least, according to Wang Yihan’s knowledge, the historically youngest Upper-Rank Professional was twenty-three, a record that remained unbroken to this day.

But now, the potential record-breaker might be standing right before her.

“Which Family are you from? Why have I never heard of you?”

Wang Yihan suddenly grew curious about Su Ming, bombarding him with continuous questions until he felt overwhelmed.

“Why should I tell you?”

Su Ming could only roll his eyes, too lazy to deal with this overly naive Young Miss.

Daring to jump around like this before an Upper-Rank Professional—this girl probably hadn’t experienced enough of society’s harsh lessons, right?

Wait, because of recent events, the Wang Family had been destroyed. Shouldn’t that count as the cruelest lesson?

Yet this girl seemed to have temporarily forgotten this, reverting to her original nature.

Could she… truly be this naive?

So Su Ming decided to remind her.

“Now isn’t the time to be concerned about me.” As Su Ming spoke, he grew puzzled again. “By the way, why did you fall from the sky again?”

The word “again” was certainly used expressively.

Only then did Wang Yihan seem to remember something, exclaiming in a way that startled Su Ming.

“That’s right! You need to go help quickly!”

Ignoring Su Ming’s surprise, Wang Yihan grabbed his hand and urgently spoke.

“Help with what?”

Su Ming didn’t understand.

Wang Yihan then hurriedly explained, letting Su Ming learn what had actually happened during this period.It turned out that while Su Ming and Lord Crow were locked in fierce combat, significant events had also unfolded on Wang Yihan’s side.

Only now did Su Ming learn that while he had been contemplating rescuing Wang Yihan, she had already begun saving herself.

Seizing the moment when Scarface and Baldy were distracted, she first bit Baldy, then deliberately dislocated her own arm to break free from Scarface’s grip before charging headlong into the collapsing area—truly gambling with her life.

It must be said that although this Wang Family Eldest Miss might appear somewhat naive, it was precisely this naivety that made her daring enough to wager everything. Disregarding her own safety, she plunged into the most dangerous zone and was swept into the catastrophe.

And it must also be acknowledged that this Wang Family Eldest Miss possessed extraordinary luck. Within a disaster that even Upper-Rank Professionals would consider perilous, she miraculously managed to preserve her life.

As for the specific details of how she survived, the young miss couldn’t clearly explain, only describing it as being tossed into a massive vortex—tumbling endlessly until she lost consciousness, awakening only after everything had settled.

Throughout this ordeal, she neither fell into crevices to be crushed, nor was struck or buried by falling rocks, not even sustaining minor bruises—a survival probability bordering on the miraculous.

Even Su Ming clicked his tongue in amazement upon hearing this, utterly awestruck by the young miss’s phenomenal luck.

Had Su Ming known that Wang Yihan had previously been hunted by Lord Crow—a Six-Star Professional—yet managed to evade his supernatural senses through frantic zigzagging until their encounter, he would have been even more impressed by her fortune.

More remarkably, Wang Yihan’s luck appeared to persist thereafter.

Having narrowly survived, Wang Yihan—with one dislocated arm—hadn’t fled far before being overtaken by Scarface and Baldy.

The two men, covered in wounds, clearly lacked Wang Yihan’s stellar fortune. Having suffered considerably from the residual effects of Su Ming’s powers, their condition had deteriorated significantly.

Just as they attempted to seize Wang Yihan, Bai Ruxiang suddenly emerged with the Bai Family’s female Hunters, intercepting Scarface and Baldy.

“They actually found you?” Su Ming expressed surprise.

“Mm!” Wang Yihan nodded emphatically. “Thanks to Sister Ruxiang and the Bai Family sisters, I wasn’t recaptured. They even healed my arm with alchemical potions.”

Subsequently, perhaps due to Scarface and Baldy’s compromised state, Bai Ruxiang and the Bai Family Hunters managed to hold off the two men after prolonged skirmishing.

Unfortunately, this was only temporary.

Enraged at being restrained by a group of lower-rank Professionals, Scarface and Baldy underwent Demonization, instantly overwhelming the entire battlefield.

At the critical moment when Bai Ruxiang and the others stood powerless against certain doom, Xu Yanyan unexpectedly returned.

She had located Gao Xu, and indeed gathered the remaining Upper-Rank Professionals, leading the entire group back into the fray.

Yes.

Not just Gao Xu—Lu Yang, Duan Xiaofei, and even Bai Xuefei had all been found by Xu Yanyan.Alternatively, these Upper-Rank Professionals had originally been together. When Xu Yanyan found Gao Xu, she also located the rest of them.

This seemed largely thanks to the efforts of a certain anonymous Marmot.

When targeted by concentrated fire from the Sorcerer troops of 『Sin』, the others had each displayed their unique skills and Divine Abilities, yet all were affected to varying degrees—either injured or separated from their companions.

Only this anonymous Marmot, leveraging the traits of his Moss Demon nature, emerged as the one in the best condition after Su Ming.

By simply burrowing into the ground, he effortlessly dodged all barrages of projectiles and concentrated artillery fire.

After entering the Underground Ruins, while others were hindered by terrain and pathways, he moved through the earth like a fish in water, coming and going freely.

His first priority was to gather the Upper-Rank Professionals.

Thus, by the time Xu Yanyan found Gao Xu, the Upper-Rank Professionals had already assembled thanks to this anonymous Marmot.

Because of this, the united Upper-Rank Professionals weathered the most difficult moments.

Originally, like Su Ming and the others, they had been attacked by Upper-Rank Professionals from 『Sin』. If they hadn’t gathered together, they might have been defeated one by one.

But by sticking together, they pooled their strength to confront the incoming enemies and successfully repelled them.

The reason Bai Ruxiang couldn’t contact Bai Xuefei was precisely because Bai Xuefei was busy fighting off the attackers and had no spare energy to respond.

It wasn’t until Xu Yanyan found Gao Xu and the other Upper-Rank Professionals that they charged into the battlefield together, rescuing Wang Yihan and Bai Ruxiang, among others.

However, reinforcements arrived on the enemy’s side at the same time.

Naturally, 『Sin』 couldn’t have failed to notice the massive commotion underground. They converged at the critical moment, aiding Scarface and Baldy, who had fallen into peril.

Among them were previously repelled Upper-Rank Professionals from 『Sin』.

As a result, Wang Yihan and the others were plunged into crisis once again.

If things had continued that way, Wang Yihan would undoubtedly have been captured again, and the group would have faced total annihilation in the truest sense.

But whether it was due to Wang Yihan’s incredible luck striking once more, disaster suddenly descended again.

At that very moment, Su Ming and Lord Crow’s battle had reached its climax.

Su Ming successively unleashed 【Silver Arm: Torrent】 and 【Sixty-Second Form: Futian Falling Blossom】, two finishing moves that successfully triggered another disaster, causing large-scale destruction.

The Ruins trembled once more, the terrain disintegrated again, and a scene of catastrophic collapse reappeared, overwhelming the chaotic battlefield.

Wang Yihan was caught up in this second disaster, yet—displaying her Heaven-Defying luck once again—she didn’t perish but was instead swept over to Su Ming’s location.

And so, Wang Yihan descended from above, landing in a déjà vu-inducing entrance, once again cushioning her fall with Su Ming beneath her.

This was the entire harrowing yet dramatic ordeal of Young Miss Wang, which could only be described as either tragic or theatrical.

“That’s right!”

Suddenly, Wang Yihan exclaimed again, startling Su Ming, who had just been reflecting on the events, nearly stopping his heart.”What now!? Why are you so jumpy! Don’t you know you can scare someone to death?”

Su Ming was truly exasperated.

Wang Yihan ignored him, grabbing his hand and hiding behind him while warily scanning their surroundings.

“Where’s that terrifying villain? Where did he go?”

So the Young Miss had only just remembered about Lord Crow.

“……”

Su Ming really didn’t want to speak anymore.

Whatever, considering how she was clinging to him and rubbing her impressive chest against him, he’d forgive her.

“He ran away.”

Su Ming could only offer this brief, dismissive response.

“Ran…ran away?” Wang Yihan blinked in confusion. “Did you scare him off?”

“Right, right.” Su Ming continued brushing her off. “He saw how handsome I was, felt inferior, and ran away in shame.”

“Re…really?” Wang Yihan nodded blankly, then suddenly understood: “So that’s how you scare him off, no wonder Father couldn’t do it.”

……Was she indirectly saying her father was too ugly?

What a filial daughter you are. Your father’s bones aren’t even cold yet, and you’re already insulting him like this. He’d probably flip his coffin lid.

However, even someone as foolish as Wang Yihan eventually began doubting Su Ming’s explanation after thinking for a moment.

“Can that terrifying villain really be scared off like that?” Wang Yihan asked suspiciously. “You’re not trying to trick me again, are you?”

“What else could it be?” Su Ming glanced at her. “Should I say I threatened to blow us both up with a bomb, and that scared him off?”

“That…that at least sounds more believable than what you just said!” Wang Yihan couldn’t help but retort, then added doubtfully: “But could a bomb really scare off a Six-Star Professional?”

Wouldn’t that have to be a nuclear bomb?

Seeing Miss Wang lost in thought again, Su Ming couldn’t be bothered to argue with her anymore.

“Let’s go.”

Su Ming turned around as he spoke.

“Where to?”

Wang Yihan foolishly asked.

“To rescue people.”

Su Ming tossed out these two words and started walking forward.

“Oh! Oh!”

Wang Yihan finally understood and hurried to catch up.

Su Ming slowed his pace, not leaving Wang Yihan behind.

He hadn’t forgotten that this foolish girl was the most crucial person.

Since she had fallen from the sky and landed on his side, he couldn’t afford to lose her this time. He had to get her out of these ruins.

If necessary, he could abandon rescuing everyone else, but this Wang Family Eldest Miss absolutely couldn’t come to harm.

Fortunately, the most troublesome enemy had been dealt with, and he had even benefited from the misfortune by achieving a second Awakening and Demonization, pushing his Hunter abilities to the Four-Star threshold.

Now with both his professions at Four-Star level, he no longer needed to fear ordinary Four-Star Professionals, and didn’t even need to be too wary of Five-Star Professionals – he could at least attempt to fight them.

Although Su Ming didn’t know if 『Sin』 had any other Six-Star Professionals, if necessary, he could simply retreat with Miss Wang and some others this time, without needing to confront powerful enemies again.

Before that, Su Ming needed to recover his condition.

Both his magic and Spirit Power were nearly depleted, and his stamina was almost gone. He couldn’t fight in this state.Su Ming deliberately slowed his pace, giving himself some time to recover.

“Ah!”

Just then, Young Miss Wang’s exclamation rang out again, startling Su Ming and making him shudder all over.

Before Su Ming could react, Young Miss Wang’s cry took on meaning.

“Such a huge meteorite!”

The young miss had finally noticed the enormous meteorite suspended in mid-air.

“……”

Su Ming remained silent for a very, very long time, then continued walking forward with an expressionless face.

I’m tired. Let it all end.

(End of Chapter)