While I was chanting a curse, the system said I was Xiao Yan?

Tianyan lowered his hand, which was still smoking from the gun muzzle, and glanced at Shen'er.

"Is it resolved?"

She then withdrew her foot, stood in front of the hole in the wall that had been kicked out, looked down at the bloodstains on her slippers, and frowned.

Then he shook his head.

"no."

His tone was calm, but his eyes were more serious than before: "The feeling of kicking was wrong. It didn't feel like kicking a person's face; it felt more like kicking a piece of iron covered with human skin."

He raised his head, his gaze passing through the hole in the wall and landing on the figure in the pile of rubble.

"and......"

His eyes narrowed slightly as he recalled his kick, which had been aimed at her temple but had somehow been redirected to her face by an unknown force.

"This person is not simple..."

Tianyan stood beside him, his gaze also falling on the figure brushing dust off the pile of rubble.

Shen Er tilted his head, his eyes narrowing slightly, as if he were observing something with some kind of perception that ordinary people do not have. After a moment, his brows furrowed.

"As expected, the shape of the soul is wrong."

His voice was very soft, as if he were talking to himself: "I have seen countless human souls. Each soul has a different shape, but they all follow a set of fixed rules."

This person's soul... is too concentrated, entirely crammed into their head; the rest of their body has almost no soul present.

He glanced at Tianyan, tilting his head slightly. "Is it human?"

Tianyan remained silent for a moment.

He had already recognized the person in front of him: "Brain Flower" Lu Suo!

A sorcerer who, like Tengen, has lived for over a thousand years, extending his lifespan by changing bodies, and resides in the head of a human!

His true form is a brain, and the rest of his body is just a puppet controlled by it. That's why Shen'er, who can perceive the shape of a human soul, said, "The soul is completely tucked inside the skull."

And the identity she's using now is probably 'Kaori Itadori'.

"It might be a curse master hired by Pan Xing."

Tianyan's voice was calm, as if he were making a reasonable deduction: "The Panxing Sect is rich, so it's not surprising that they can hire some rather abnormal people."

"An abnormal guy, huh?"

Shen Er chuckled upon hearing this, his tone carrying an ambiguous meaning.

He realized that he was also an abnormal person, and even more out of place in this world of sorcery.

Tianyan turned around and glanced at the auditorium behind him. The corpses on the ground were still bleeding, and the smell of blood in the air was still strong. He withdrew his gaze and looked back at Lu Suo, who had moved slightly.

"Mr. Shen, you've come here on a mission, haven't you?"

Shen Er didn't speak, but his expression told Tian Yan that he was right.

Tianyan reached into his pocket and took something out of his storage ring.

It was a bank card, which he tossed to Shen.

Shen Er caught it, looked down at it, and asked, "What is this?"

"One hundred million."

Shen Er paused for a moment, then looked up at Tian Yan, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.

"What does this mean?"

"I won't compete with you for the bounty, and this hundred million is the reward I'm paying you for your help."

Shen Er twirled the bank card between his fingers and put it in his pocket: "So, you're going to spend two hundred million to kill her? That's quite a sum."

"I recently made a small profit, and I can afford to spend this little bit to clear out any future troubles."

"That's too extravagant. You can handle it yourself."

Tianyan was silent for a moment, then shook his head: "Mr. Shen'er, you think too highly of me."

His voice was calm, but his tone carried a rare frankness: "I just had a fight with a curse master outside, and I've been messing around here for so long, so my curse power has been depleted quite a bit. Besides, you said she's not simple."

He shrugged and spread his hands: "I'm quite weak, Mr. Shen, so here..."

He turned his head to look at Shen Er, his gaze serious.

"Please, take action."

Shen Er looked at him, a deep meaning flashing in her lazy eyes, and then smiled.

That smile was different from before; it was no longer playful and lazy, but a purer one, as if ignited by fighting spirit.

"For the sake of money, fine!"

He took his hands out of his pockets, stretched his neck, and his knuckles made a crisp cracking sound.

"I initially thought it wouldn't be very interesting and planned to just give it a cursory glance and leave, but now it seems..."

His gaze pierced through the hole in the wall and landed on the pink-haired woman who was getting up from the pile of rubble. The corners of his mouth widened, and a dangerous glint flashed in his eyes.

"It seems to be somewhat interesting, and I'm starting to feel motivated."

There was a noise coming from the hole.

The bricks were pried open with a dull thud.

Lu Suo stood up from the pile of rubble.

She patted the dust off her clothes, tidied her slightly messy hair, and then touched her face, which had been kicked askew. With a push of her fingers, she straightened her dislocated cheekbone, making a soft "click" sound. Then she turned to look at the two people standing side by side.

She had a clear, bright red mark on her face, stretching from her left cheek to her chin, turning a deep purple-red, making her look extremely disheveled.

But she was smiling.

That smile was completely different from the frightened, trembling, weak woman from before; it was a composed smile tinged with helplessness and amusement.

"The two of you."

Lu Suo's voice was no longer the pitiful tone from before, but a calmer one, even with a hint of languor.

"How ruthless! To kill such a vulnerable woman."

"Don't you feel ashamed?"

Several bullets fell out of her clothes and landed on the ground with a clattering sound.

The bullet tip was flattened, as if it had hit some hard surface, but there was no blood, not even a dent.

Tianyan's gaze fell on the bullets on the ground, then shifted to what was protruding from under the hole in Lu Suo's clothes.

It wasn't skin, nor the lining of her clothes, but a deep red substance, like congealed blood plasma, that covered her body, forming a thin, elastic armor.

Shen Er stroked his chin: "Crimson Blood Manipulation Technique? Looks like it's from the Kamo family."

Crimson Blood Technique.

The Kamo family's ancestral technique allows them to freely manipulate their own blood, hardening and shaping it for attack or defense, and also enhancing physical attributes; it is a fairly comprehensive technique.

Lu Suo chuckled upon hearing this. She bent down, picked up the deformed bullets from the ground, examined them in her palm, and then looked up at Tian Yan, her smile widening.

"I didn't come here to cause trouble, since you've already hit me a few times."

Her voice regained its calmness, even carrying a hint of negotiation: "Besides, the money the Panxing Sect paid me isn't enough for me to risk my life fighting you, so you two..."

She casually tossed the bullet in her hand, and it landed on the ground with a few crisp sounds.

"How about we call it a day?"