It turns out I'm a second-generation demon.

The sudden reversal caught Long Aotian off guard. His pupils contracted, and he lost the initiative, unable to react.

"Pfft!"

The dagger pierced his chest, but did not pierce his heart. At the critical moment, Long Aotian reacted and sent Li Xianyu flying with a palm strike.

Li Xianyu spat out a mouthful of blood and flew backward, shouting, "Vajra!"

He was met with heavy, rapid footsteps. King Kong came galloping towards him. The 1.92-meter-tall man ran like a rampaging bull, his feet stomping on the ground with a dull thud as he gathered his strength.

Iron Mountain Lean!

Their attacks came so fast that the wounded Long Aotian had no time to dodge. He let out a deep roar and threw a powerful punch to meet the attack.

"Click click click!"

As the energy swept through, the surrounding bamboo forest snapped in two.

Long Aotian suffered a broken right arm, while Jin Gang was knocked to the ground by a punch, coughing up blood and barely breathing.

"You betrayed me!!" Long Aotian roared, his hair standing on end, his eyes blazing with fury. "Why?!"

His answer came from Thunder War Maiden's two long legs. In a flash, she appeared behind Long Aotian, her long legs—which Li Xianyu privately described as top-notch cannon rigs—wrapping around Long Aotian's neck. The War Maiden's hands gripped Long Aotian's shoulders, forming a perfect human lock, and she scolded, "Sanwu!"

The strongest fighter, Sanwu, wielded an iron sword, leaped high into the air, and slashed at Long Aotian's head. An assassin is an assassin; swift and decisive, he went straight for the vitals.

With this one strike, all will cease.

But at that moment, a sudden change occurred. Ye Liangchen, who had been completely bewildered from beginning to end, finally came to his senses and roared, "Long Aotian can only die by my hand. Get out of my way!"

He also swung his sword, blocking Sanwu's fatal blow.

Li Xianyu: "..."

He had a lot to complain about but didn't know how to express it. Dude, are you serious? Isn't Long Aotian your brother's killer?

This is way too much!

But upon closer reflection, Li Xianyu felt that Long Aotian truly lived up to his reputation as a writer of light novels, as this kind of melodramatic plot of "only I can kill XX, and none of you are allowed to lay a hand on him" is still quite popular even today.

So poisonous.

Sanwu and Ye Liangchen were locked in a fierce battle.

Right now, King Kong has been severely injured by a punch, Thunder War Maiden has locked Long Aotian down, and the Girl Assassin is on high alert to prevent any accidents. Only Li Xianyu can make a move.

He gritted his teeth and lunged forward again, ready to deliver the final blow. But as he approached Long Aotian, a sudden change occurred. A muffled boom resounded, and a bolt of lightning struck from the sky – a true bolt from the blue.

The girl assassin was right. Whenever Long Aotian's life is threatened, the protagonist's halo will cause an unexpected event to save his life.

The young female assassin, who was watching closely from a distance, acted as soon as the thunder roared. She snorted coldly, waved her hand to dispel the lightning, and shouted, "Delay will only make things worse. Kill him quickly!"

Another unexpected event occurred. A master descended from the sky on a sword, his voice like muffled thunder: "I am a royal retainer. Who dares to provoke the scions of my four great families outside the city?"

A sword aura shot towards Li Xianyu.

The young girl pointed her finger, and the sword energy dissipated. He soared into the sky, using his administrator privileges to give himself a buff, and an immense pressure spread out.

The royal retainer was taken aback: "Peak Earth Rank? Farewell."

They came on swords and they left on swords.

The young assassin shouted, "Kill him quickly! Long Aotian's cultivation hasn't reached the Earth level, so someone like me attacking him would be a bug, and I'd be struck by lightning. But you can. You're just a nobody, and Long Aotian's subconscious can't react in time. But if this drags on, an expert that even I can't handle will appear."

No sooner had he finished speaking than another man dressed in red appeared, and said politely, "Er Yuehong has come to ask for medicine."

The teenage heartthrob: "No, get lost."

The man in red said, "You're a level-one expert, you must have medicine."

The teenage assassin roared, "No, if you don't get out of here, I'll kill you."

The man in red said, "Fine, I won't give it to you then. Goodbye."

In just over ten seconds, so many unexpected events occurred one after another. Li Xianyu was overwhelmed by the protagonist's halo and his scalp tingled. Enduring the burning pain in his chest, he rushed over, grabbed the dagger, and stabbed fiercely.

The sharp blade pierced his heart, and Long Aotian's eyes widened as he let out a roar like a trapped beast on the verge of death.

Thunder War Maiden and Li Xianyu were blasted away by the aura he unleashed.

Long Aotian clutched his chest, staggering and unable to stand, his voice hoarse: "Why, why did you betray me?"

Li Xianyu thought for a moment: "If I said that all of this was fake, would you believe me?"

According to the cultivation levels of this world, Long Aotian could only be considered a Qi Refining expert in the mortal realm. With a knife piercing his heart, he quickly couldn't hold on any longer. He glared at Li Xianyu one last time before his body slowly collapsed to the ground.

It worked!

Everyone's eyes lit up, and their expressions became excited.

The problem that had plagued the company for half a year was finally solved for them, and everyone was very happy. Only Sanwu remained calm. At this moment, she had already killed Ye Liangchen. Even if they were locals, they would be doomed if they encountered a killer like Sanwu who killed without any regard for the aftermath.

"Dead, completely dead." Thunder War Maiden stepped forward to check his breathing, then turned around and said gleefully.

"Phew, we can finally get out." King Kong exhaled a breath of stale air.

"Three hundred points in hand, hahaha!" The teenage assassin danced wildly in mid-air: "I'm going to exchange them for a huge sum of money, go on vacation to Hawaii, and hire ten pretty girls to apply sunscreen to me."

Li Xianyu asked blankly, "But why didn't the virtual world collapse?"

The words had barely left his mouth when his pupils contracted, and he shouted, "War Maiden, behind you!!"

Under the immense pressure, Thunder War Maiden's delicate body stiffened, and she slowly turned her neck to see Long Aotian, who had been resurrected from the dead.

At this moment, he was expressionless, and when you looked directly at his face, there was an inexplicable sense of majesty and pressure. Thunder War Maiden knew that this so-called pressure was the effect of the illusion array, and being within the illusion array, she inevitably felt fear and despair.

Long Aotian isn't dead?!

Seeing this scene, everyone felt as if a million alpacas were stampeding through their hearts.

When will this ever end?

Li Xianyu really wanted to beat Long Aotian to death, not just in the virtual world, but in the real world as well. He figured many of his colleagues at the company felt the same way.

The clear sky was shrouded in dark clouds, and then a golden light pierced through the clouds and shone on Long Aotian.

In an instant, Long Aotian was covered in golden armor, looking like a majestic god.

"Thank you for activating the dormant primordial spirit within me and awakening my memories of my past life," Long Aotian said.

"You can guess my real identity," Long Aotian added.

In such an exciting moment, it would be too boring if the supporting characters didn't speak.

"Before Heaven and Earth were born, I was the first god in the chaos of ancient and modern times."

Holding a divine axe, he cleaved the void; the turbid became the earth, and the clear became the sky.

With a single breath, Yin and Yang are settled, and the eyes transform into the sun, moon, and stars.

The sun rises ten feet high between heaven and earth. All things finally unfold in the world.

"For the past 108,000 years, it is all thanks to Pangu that he did not become an immortal."

Long Aotian said, "That's right, I am the reincarnation of Pangu."

"Screw you, I've been putting up with you for so long. I'm embarrassed even if you're not." Thunder War Maiden spun around and delivered a spinning kick, her long legs sweeping towards Long Aotian behind her.

But Long Aotian merely waved his hand, and Thunder War Maiden was instantly controlled by a powerful force. He frowned and said, "You woman, I thought you were kind-hearted and even developed some goodwill towards you, but I was completely blind. I hereby grant you death."

With a "bang," Thunder Maiden turned to ashes.

"War Maiden!!" Li Xianyu shouted.

"Warrior is already trapped in the virtual world forever, just like her colleagues," King Kong said dejectedly. "Soon it will be our turn."

The teenage assassin sighed deeply: "I'm sorry, I've dragged you all into this."

King Kong shook his head: "It's come to this, we can only leave it to fate. I hope the company can get us out of here soon."

The young assassin gave a bitter smile: "It's difficult. This illusion array was created by more than a dozen awakened spiritual beings. Even the big boss is helpless against it."

Long Aotian said indifferently, "A mere prefecture-level official is no different from an ant."

With a flick of his wrist, the young assassin turned to ashes, following in the footsteps of the War Maiden.

King Kong looked utterly desperate: "Long Aotian, I'm screwed."

Before he could finish speaking, he too turned to ashes.

Long Aotian used the same method to create three no's again, and the latter remained unscathed.

"Oh? Invulnerable to all laws? No problem, I have my own ways to deal with you." Saying that, he looked at Li Xianyu: "It's your turn. I treated you as a brother, but you wanted to kill me. Traitors shall be condemned to eternal damnation in hell, suffering endless torment."

He stretched out his finger and pointed at Li Xianyu.

Li Xianyu's heart sank to the bottom. He had underestimated the power of the illusion array. Long Aotian was the master of heaven and earth here, holding the sun and moon in his hands, unshakable and invincible.

Indeed, if they could easily deal with Long Aotian, so many colleagues wouldn't be trapped, and Baoze Group would still be helpless.

Five bronze-level players actually dared to try and take down a king-level player.

What should I do?

If he doesn't save himself, he will end up like the War Maidens, his mind assimilated by the illusion array, becoming an NPC in the virtual world. Given Long Aotian's hatred for himself, his ending will definitely be tragic, a hundred times worse than Ye Liangjing's.

As long as the company couldn't find a solution, he was tormented day after day.

"Are you ready to face death?" Long Aotian asked indifferently.

"Wait a minute, I have something to say before I die," Li Xianyu shouted.

He planned to make a last-ditch effort, a final desperate gamble.