This Taoist priest is so unprofessional!

That hand reached past Zhang Chen's fingers that were holding the talisman and went directly towards the two deadly streaks of light.

"Don't!"

Zhang Chen's exclamation caught in his throat.

He tried to stop it, but it was too late.

Those were Wang Xiaoer's hands.

Under Zhang Chen's horrified gaze, Wang Xiaoer, almost without thinking, straightened up and prepared to swat away the two disgusting-looking insects.

He had just returned from the ancestral cemetery, his mind filled with new insights into Taoism, and his pure Yang energy was eager to find a way to release it.

At this moment, crisis strikes, and the body's instincts outpace the brain's thinking.

He himself didn't realize it.

On his outstretched palm, a faint, almost invisible golden light covered it like ripples on water.

That dark light, that blood-red shadow, arrived in an instant.

The pitch-black beetle and the blood-red spider, just as they were about to touch Wang Xiao's palm, seemed to have run headfirst into a red-hot branding iron.

"Sizzle—!"

A sharp, piercing explosion.

Two thick plumes of black smoke, carrying a burnt and foul odor, suddenly exploded.

"Chirp!!"

"Hiss!!"

Two piercing screams, unlike anything that could be uttered by ordinary creatures, rang out on the quiet streets in the early morning.

The arrogant black beetle and the ferocious blood spider were struck as if by an invisible giant hammer, and flew backward with screams.

Time seems to stand still at this moment.

Wang Xiaoer was stunned.

He looked at his palms; they were clean and white, without a single hair missing.

What just happened?

He just wanted to swat the bug away, but it's like he used an electric mosquito swatter to kill a mosquito?

Zhang Chen, standing behind him, was completely petrified.

His fingers, which were holding the talisman, froze in mid-air. His mouth was agape, wide enough to fit an egg, and his eyes were fixed on Wang Xiaoer's ordinary-looking hand.

What is that?

Pure Yang energy!

No, it's not just pure Yang energy!

That is the ultimate application of pure Yang energy, returning to simplicity and truth, and reaching a state of subtle and silent influence!

There were no spells, no incantations, and not even the slightest fluctuation of magical power.

With just a simple thought, an instinct to "protect," the protective yang energy automatically condenses, transforming into the most powerful and domineering defense.

This is yet another manifestation of the legendary ability of those who are born with the Dao and in harmony with it!

Zhang Chen felt his throat go dry. He looked at Wang Xiaoer's still somewhat bewildered profile, and only two words remained in his mind.

Monster! He's a fucking monster!

A-Yue, standing opposite Zhang Chen, had an even more interesting expression than Zhang Chen.

The anger, murderous intent, and resentment on her face froze the moment the insect was flung away.

Her pretty face turned deathly pale at first, and then her large, clear eyes were filled with disbelief and shock.

She could feel it clearly.

Just now, the mental connection between her and her two beloved Gu worms was suddenly severed by a scorching pain, as if burned by flames, and then violently severed by an overwhelmingly powerful force.

Her two babies.

One of them is the "Black Gold Sacred Armor" that she raised for three years using hundreds of kinds of poisonous herbs!

The other one is a strange creature she found in the Spider Pit, a "Blood Jade Rakshasa" nourished with her own heart's blood!

These two Gu worms, let alone Zhang Chen, could even put up a fight against the elders of Miao territory.

But now, he was actually... defeated in seconds by a guy who looked plain and unremarkable?

One move and he's done for!

A-Yue stared blankly at the two Gu worms twitching on the ground, on the verge of death, her heart aching so much that her lips twitched.

But then, she suddenly looked up.

The gaze directed at Wang Xiaoer held no anger whatsoever; instead, it burst forth with a dazzling light, as if a new continent had been discovered!

She could sense it.

The man exuded an aura that made her extremely uncomfortable, like an old cat seeing a mouse, or the blazing sun seeing ice and snow—a suppression that originated from the depths of her blood.

It's an uncontrollable urge to punch the other person!

"Ancestors!"

Suddenly, A-Yue clapped her hands and screamed excitedly in a tone as if she had discovered a rare elite monster.

"This enemy is worth fighting!"

She completely forgot about causing trouble for Zhang Chen, and ran to the middle of the road, carefully picking up the two dying Gu worms.

She took out some green powder from a small silver box at her waist, sprinkled it tenderly on the wounds of the two insects, and then carefully put them back into a specially made leather pouch in her sleeve.

After doing all this, she stood up and rushed to Wang Xiaoer in a few quick steps.

Those bright, large eyes were now gleaming with fervor and curiosity as they looked Wang Xiaoer up and down, as if he were a glittering piece of top-tier equipment.

Wang Xiaoer felt a chill run down his spine from her gaze and instinctively took a step back.

"Hello!"

A-Yue pointed at Wang Xiaoer with her finger, her attitude completely changing as she asked with great interest.

"You, a paladin?"

Wang Xiaoer was taken aback: "Huh?"

A-Yue pressed further, "Which server? Region 1 or Region 5? Was that 'Sacrifice' or a fully-upgraded 'Exorcism'? That damage...the gear is pretty good!"

Wang Xiaoer was completely bewildered by this series of incomprehensible questions.

He looked at A-Yue, then back at Zhang Chen who was completely dumbfounded, and finally could only scratch his head and answer honestly.

"What knight? I'm not a knight."

He thought for a moment, then added another sentence.

"I'm from Kaoshan Village."

"Kaoshan Village?"

Ah Yue tilted her head, muttering the name as if searching for the server's name in the game's database.

She frowned and thought for a long time, but still couldn't remember which district had this name.

Is it a newly launched server? Is it Horde or Alliance?

"It's... a village." Wang Xiaoer was even more confused by the question.

Looking at his sincere yet bewildered expression, A-Yue's eyes lit up even more.

"Oh! I understand!"

She clapped her hands again, looking as if she had suddenly realized something.

"This account is newly created! Right?!"

As she spoke, she began to circle around Wang Xiaoer like a curious child.

"Wait a minute, the pure holy light power emanating from you is even stronger than our guild's chief paladin! You're definitely a top-tier character!"

She leaned closer, sniffed Wang Xiaoer, then stepped back two paces, squinting as she scrutinized him.

"Strange, he's not wearing any equipment, just a bunch of beginner cloth clothes... Could it be transmogrification?"

"How did you allocate your talent points? Are you a Retribution Paladin or a Protection Paladin?"

Wang Xiaoer completely gave up thinking.

He felt as if he and the beautiful Miao girl in front of him lived in two completely different worlds.

Zhang Chen stood to the side, watching A Yue circle around the bewildered Wang Xiaoer like a cat that had discovered a new toy, constantly spouting game terms that he was almost tired of hearing.

He suddenly felt that the sense of crisis that had almost suffocated him just now seemed to have... disappeared?

Zhang Chen let out a long, long sigh of relief.

I felt completely relaxed.

Looking at Wang Xiaoer's harmless face, he felt a surge of sincere admiration, and was utterly impressed.

luck.

That's a kind of strength too!

Who would have thought that this crazy woman who had given him headaches for five years and whom he avoided like the plague, this once-in-a-century Gu magic genius of Miao territory, was actually an internet-addicted girl with an abnormal brain circuit.

Wang Xiaoer's newly awakened pure Yang Dao body, which even he himself couldn't understand, perfectly hit her "cute spot".