Chapter 132-The Manga Pariah's Guide to Self-Salvation

[Important plot deviation occurred, deducting 260 Action Points!]

[Warning! Remaining Action Points: -20. Unable to support current action, withdrawing soon—]

Hundreds of Dragon-Bodied Humans, under Sierra's control ability, set sail again carrying the Demon Dragon's spine bone. This time their speed was much faster, so fast that the people in the canyon had no time to intercept them again.

The only one capable of stopping them, Sykes , had his ability nullified by Sierra, who was hiding in the shadows, because he attacked rashly. He could only stand on the ground, glaring.

As everyone was forced to look up and watch the black dragon whistling past, suddenly, Ye Zheng lowered her head, supporting her forehead with one hand. Her black eyes focused to an extreme point, as if staring at something extremely terrifying.

An abrupt, piercing sound rang out.

[Warning! Remaining Action Points: -20. Unable to support current action, withdrawing soon—]

While the ruthless mechanical voice broadcasted "withdrawing soon," Ye Zheng felt a strong sense of detachment, as if this world, or perhaps only she, was falling into an unknown abyss. Her fingertips unconsciously slid from her forehead to her face, as if she urgently needed to confirm her own existence.

"Lady Saintess, Lady Saintess, Ye Zheng?"

A woman's thick voice came from behind, but Ye Zheng seemed not to hear it. Her face was almost frozen, her gaze vacant as she stared at a grain of dust in mid-air, seemingly waiting to see when it would land and where it would fall.

Suddenly, she blinked her eyes forcefully. The cold mechanical voice in her ears was replaced by a voice she was more familiar with.

[Current Popularity Value 152,839... calculating...]

[Current Popularity Value 154,728!]

[Remaining Action Points: 1]

[Ye Zheng, please continue your action. They are all looking forward to the change you bring.]

The System said softly.

Ye Zheng abruptly released the hand pinching her jaw. Her face was still a bit dazed. She reached out her hand, her slender fingers relaxing and then clenching in the air, as if holding a pair of invisible hands.

"Thank you all."

She chuckled lightly, the sound of her laughter quickly dissipating into the turbulent and noisy crowd.

Ye Zheng knew that this time, it was them—the ones watching her from outside the screen—who saved her.

If not for the rapidly rising popularity, Ye Zheng didn't know what negative Action Points would bring, but it certainly wouldn't be a good ending.

She raised her eyes to look into the distance again, until the black shadow in the sky flew completely away, so far that Sykes' team could not catch up with them.

Fortunately, on this glorious path full of thorns, she was never alone, even if their paths were not identical.

Half an hour ago.

Taking advantage of the chaos, Sierra slipped away from Ye Zheng's team and touched the massive, undulating dragon bone.

Her figure appeared so small and frail in front of the majestic and heavy white remains, but there was not a hint of awe on Sierra's face; instead, it was full of eagerness.

This was what she wanted! Ye Zheng didn't lie to her.

She already had a Demon Dragon skull, and with this huge Demon Dragon spine, let alone some 3S blond guy, even the entire empire would have to bow at her feet, right?

Sierra climbed onto the white spine alone. Suddenly a black shadow attacked. She glared at it, and the black shadow swept past her without launching an attack.

"Quite perceptive."

Sierra commented. She climbed to the highest point with some difficulty. In the Blood Flower Demonic Domain, she could use her first ability to control blood flowers to serve her, but now she had to climb up and down personally.

Although the climbing process was a bit wretched, Sierra liked the feeling of overlooking everything from a high place. She unconsciously spread her arms and breathed freely.

She felt a familiar majestic power surging. Since she was seven years old, she had lived with this power day and night. No one knew how to tame the power of the dragon bone better than her, not even Ye Zheng.

The majestic power kept pouring in. Sierra thought obsessively, if she possessed this unparalleled power, no one in the world could make her crawl humbly again!

Sierra's five senses became sharper. She saw a head of eye-catching blond hair in the distance. That was the country's most noble Crown Prince. Clearly having the same bright blond hair, why could he enjoy all the glory, wealth, and people's respect and fear?

Her red pupils moved slightly. She saw the black-haired girl standing opposite the blond man. More intense emotions surged in her heart, her messy blond hair becoming even more chaotic in the wind.

And Ye Zheng, the person who tried to control everything, the person she hated more than anyone else. She was so kind, noble, and lucky; living in this filthy world, she was too blinding!

She wanted to break away from her plan and make her stumble hard. It would definitely be interesting, right?

Sierra's red pupils trembled with excitement. She knelt on one knee on the dragon bone and slammed her palm hard onto the hard, pale white bone, making a heavy muffled sound.

The Dragon-Bodied Humans fighting with the human knights around paused, as if receiving some order simultaneously. Soon, their movements became even more manic.

Looking down at the increasingly chaotic battlefield, Sierra didn't realize her pupils were getting darker. Her body was dominated by strongly fluctuating emotions, simply enjoying all this excitedly, oblivious even to the drizzling rain pattering on her body.

Suddenly, amidst the mixed shouts of humans and monsters, Sierra caught a sound exploding.

She raised her eyes and looked towards the horizon. In the gloomy rainy sky, a blue firework actually bloomed.

Her red pupils reflected the faint watery light. Sierra's excited expression gradually converged. She remembered, this was the signal Ye Zheng agreed upon.

But she had planned to betray Ye Zheng from the start, to let her see what end comes to those who trust people like her. Why would she listen to her and take this group of monsters to another place? She wanted to swallow the dragon bone for herself, take the dragon bone... Wait, how was she going to take the dragon bone away?

Sierra suddenly bit her fingertip, her expression twisting.

Damn it, even if she used these monsters to kill everyone present, if she wanted to leave with the massive dragon bone, she could only use her control ability to control these monsters to evacuate with the dragon bone—but in this way, wouldn't that achieve Ye Zheng's goal of hoping she would take them away together?

Damn it, Ye Zheng didn't ask her for help because she trusted her, but because this was the only path laid out before her!

Sierra ground her back molars unwillingly, glared at a certain black dot in the distance, and pressed her palm on the dragon bone again.

This time, hundreds of Dragon-Bodied Humans flew backward almost simultaneously, flapping their wings that blotted out the sky. In a neat and orderly formation, they lifted the continuous white mountain. With a loud boom as they left the ground, they flew into the high sky again.

Controlling them wasn't too hard, Sierra thought sitting on the dragon bone. Was it because she wasn't a normal person either, so she could inexplicably understand this group of monsters? They had an obsession with the dragon bone just like her. As long as she gave a hint, they could gather and act again.

But where to go next? Sierra recalled Ye Zheng's words. She said not to cross the canyon to the North District, where people might have been prepared in advance to ambush them.

Calming down, Sierra had to admit Ye Zheng made sense.

"Take them to the street where Zhou Yun lived. Someone there will tell you where to go next."

In her memory, Ye Zheng smiled and spoke in riddles to her.

On the gray street, the wind suddenly picked up, making the windows creak.

Inside the villa, Lucy was holding a pile of white bones, trying to stuff them into a large backpack.

Zhou Yun dissipated like fog, leaving not even a fragment of clothing. Lucy looked sideways at the seat where she had sat; there was only a pile of white bones of various sizes.

Not human bones.

"...Dragon Bone."

This was Lucy's first time touching a dragon bone. Her fingers unconsciously rubbed it; warmth seemed to remain on it. The girl immediately withdrew her hand as if burned.

If Ye Zheng hadn't arrived in time back then, she would also have been implanted with the legendary dragon bone and then slid towards an unknown fate. Just thinking of that possibility, Lucy's body shrank subconsciously.

Those mutated women, Zhou Yun, and Ye Zheng, they had all implanted this cold thing.

Lucy stared at the dragon bone, suddenly feeling an impulse. Should she try it? Maybe she would possess even more powerful strength, like Ye Zheng, able to say "It's okay, I'm here" when encountering anything, and then wipe away the sorrowful tears for those who cry.

Her hand holding the dragon bone couldn't help tightening. In an instant, many thoughts floated in her mind, but were suddenly interrupted by a sound coming from outside.

Lucy heard the sound of the wind picking up again. She hurriedly put all the bones into the backpack, shouldered the bag, and walked out the door.

As soon as she pushed the door open, Lucy was caught off guard and came face to face with a familiar yet strange face.

Those crazy red pupils were truly hard to forget, especially since Lucy had experienced an arduous and wretched battle because of her in the Blood Flower Demonic Domain.

"Sierra?"

Lucy jumped back vigilantly. Her collar was suddenly grabbed by the other party and she was yanked back to her original spot. Sierra leaned closer, her scorching red pupils sizing her up without restraint.

"Ye Zheng said you know where to go next, Shorty Orange."

"What Shorty Orange, you mannerless guy!"

Lucy hated it most when people called her short, and this Sierra wasn't much taller than her. She mimicked the other's action, grabbed Sierra's collar, and lifted Sierra backward.

With the obstacle removed, Lucy's vision suddenly opened up. She widened her eyes in surprise, staring at the massive black shadow behind Sierra.

Wait, aren't these the Fallen Breed that fled to the north?

Lucy looked at the oppressive Dragon-Bodied Humans stopping on the white bone, then looked at Sierra who had a gloomy and dissatisfied face. She didn't know why Ye Zheng would cooperate with this strange and scary girl, but when Lucy saw those Dragon-Bodied Humans, she understood what Ye Zheng needed her to do.

"Do they all listen to you?"

Lucy recalled that Sierra could even control Sykes in the previous Demonic Domain; her dual abilities were very powerful.

"Of course, otherwise they would have pounced on you and eaten you long ago."

Sierra threatened.

Lucy shook her head. She wasn't scared at all. The teenager carried the backpack loaded with Zhou Yun's dragon bones, bypassed Sierra, and approached the massive black shadow.

Meeting pair after pair of cold, all-black eyes, there was a little fear in Lucy's heart, but it was quickly replaced by other more complex, sadder emotions.

Did Aunt Zhou Yun's child die in this appearance? Becoming like this was already heartbreaking enough; losing precious life on top of that was too cruel, whether for the aunt or the child named Yuan Yuan.

"I know where to take them."

She once told Zhao Mei that her hometown was in the far west of the West District, where there was a vast grassland, so big she hadn't been able to explore to its end.

Author's Note: The obedient Shiba Inu, and the Beagle that always wants to do evil~

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