Stronger with Crimson Modifier

She yearned to become stronger, and this mission wasn’t complicated.

All she had to do was make Zhao Yao give up his secret.

"What secret? I don’t know what you’re talking about."

Zhao Yao’s expression was calm, his tone even.

However, a ripple of unease stirred within him.

He subtly changed the subject to Zhao Ying.

"What about you? How did you end up like this?"

As he spoke, Zhao Yao called out in his mind.

’Sister Xi, do you think she’s figured something out? Sister Xi?’

But Xi Guang, who usually responded instantly, was now silent, as if she had vanished.

"It seems you’re not willing to tell me!"

Zhao Ying’s gaze turned icy in an instant, as if coated in frost.

Her voice was low, and a suffocating pressure filled the air.

Zhao Yao’s spine went rigid, and the hairs on his neck stood on end.

In that moment, the Zhao Ying before him seemed to transform into a monstrous, several-meter-tall Fierce Beast, baring its fangs.

The invisible pressure was so immense he could barely breathe.

Without a moment to think, Zhao Yao raised his hand reflexively.

A concentrated beam of white light shot from his palm, cutting through the air like lightning.

But the instant the beam fired, Zhao Yao regretted it.

He had tested the beam’s power himself. It was strong enough to pierce a steel plate several centimeters thick, with power comparable to a large-caliber sniper rifle bullet.

They were less than a meter apart. At such a close range, the beam reached Zhao Ying almost the instant it left his hand, leaving no possibility of escape.

Yet, as if she had foreseen it, Zhao Ying raised her hand to block her face.

The beam struck her palm with a soft SIZZLE.

It only left a faint black mark on her palm, not even breaking the skin.

Zhao Yao was stunned.

SMACK!

The next moment, a sharp pain erupted on Zhao Yao’s right cheek, as if he’d been struck by a sledgehammer.

He instantly lost his balance, his feet leaving the floor as an immense force sent him flying, crashing heavily to the ground.

His head was ringing, his vision blurred, and he could taste the metallic tang of blood in his mouth.

Before he could even struggle to his feet, a foot slammed down hard on his chest.

The immense force pressed down on his ribs, threatening to crush his entire chest cavity.

Zhao Yao groaned in pain, his breathing becoming extremely difficult.

"Zhao Yao, my dear brother, you’re so cruel!"

Zhao Ying’s voice was ice-cold.

Her eyes were tinged with blood-red, the brutality and killing intent within them practically overflowing.

Her voice carried a hint of mockery, but it was mostly filled with unrestrained fury.

Though she was intent on completing her mission, she had never thought of killing Zhao Yao.

And yet, her own brother had tried to kill her without a moment’s hesitation!

If not for the power granted to her by the system, she would probably be a cold corpse by now.

"Tell me, what is the secret you’re hiding?"

Zhao Ying asked again, the pressure from her foot gradually increasing.

Zhao Yao felt as if his chest was about to be crushed. His breathing grew more and more difficult, and the world before his eyes began to blur.

"Kid, don’t resist! Leave the rest to me!"

Just then, Xi Guang’s voice, tinged with urgency, suddenly rang out in Zhao Yao’s mind.

Relief washed over Zhao Yao, as if he had just grasped a final lifeline.

「The next moment.」

An invisible ripple suddenly emanated from Zhao Yao’s body, spreading outwards.

Caught off guard, Zhao Ying was thrown back several steps by the force, and the pressure from her foot eased.

Zhao Yao seized the opportunity to quickly get to his feet.

「The next second.」

A fierce gust of wind rushed toward him.

Zhao Yao spun around abruptly.

He threw a punch behind him.

It crashed directly into a punch from Zhao Ying.

BOOM!

A terrifying shockwave erupted.

The floor, the surrounding walls, and the glass all shattered violently.

BANG!

Zhao Ying was sent flying backward, crashing straight through a side wall and out of the room.

Zhao Yao stood his ground, golden patterns appearing on his cheeks.

His eyes grew cold and unfamiliar. He shot a frigid glance at the hole Zhao Ying had made in the wall, then charged unhesitatingly toward the nearby floor-to-ceiling window, intending to escape.

Xi Guang controlled Zhao Yao’s body, her mind on high alert.

She could clearly sense that Zhao Ying’s physical strength far surpassed that of an ordinary person; she was almost comparable to a humanoid Mecha.

What unsettled her even more was that just a moment ago, she had sensed an extremely terrifying aura from Zhao Ying. That was the real reason she hadn’t dared to respond to Zhao Yao.

But there was no time to worry about that now.

If her host, Zhao Yao, died, she, who was only a core, wouldn’t fare much better.

However, just as he was two or three meters from the window, everything around them suddenly froze.

Time seemed to solidify in that instant, the air growing heavy and viscous.

Immediately after, a blurry phantom of a Young Man in white robes materialized out of thin air in front of Zhao Yao.

His figure flickered in and out of existence, as if formed from countless points of light, exuding an indescribable aura of majesty and mystery.

"You... you..."

Xi Guang’s voice was intermittent, as if suffering from some kind of severe interference.

Her consciousness began to blur, her vision filled with a field of white static, and she could no longer control Zhao Yao’s body.

The phantom of the white-robed Young Man stood there quietly, his very presence seeming to overwhelm the space itself.

After appearing, he said nothing more, simply reaching out and plunging his hand straight into Zhao Yao’s head.

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