My wife, who's in a vegetative state, please stop eavesdropping on my thoughts.

A few seconds later, a team of night patrol members dressed in black military uniforms quickly swept across the rooftop.

They looked tense and moved quickly, unlike what one would expect from a normal patrol.

As one of the team members passed by Weiss and Vera, his gaze paused slightly, noticing Vera's very striking pink curly hair, and he stopped in his tracks.

"Huh, Miss Vera!?"

"Why are you still here at this hour? Go home now!!"

"What's wrong? It's not curfew time yet!" Vera tilted her head, somewhat puzzled.

"This area is no longer safe. Several night patrol members have died since yesterday. I'm not saying anything more, you'd better leave quickly, they're about to clear the area!!"

The other party seemed to be in a hurry and didn't have time to explain. They immediately turned around and left with their teammates.

Vera was still standing there, lost in thought.

You should know that night patrols usually only operate during curfew hours. This is the first time in all these years that she has seen a night patrol conduct such a large-scale operation during the day.

It seems there's some extremely urgent emergency...

"Let's go, don't just stand there like idiots, it wouldn't be good if we got caught up in a dangerous incident."

Weiss wasn't particularly interested in the night patrol and had already stepped one foot into the carriage.

However, Vera remained standing still.

When Weiss turned around, he saw the girl trembling with excitement, then pointing somewhat fanatically in the direction where Night Patrol had left.

"Let's go see a play!"

"I have a feeling that my creative inspiration will explode this time!!"

Weiss: "I'm not going."

"Hey, don't let my appearance fool you, I'm an 8th-tier extravagant sorcerer! I'll protect you if you're in danger, come on, come on!!"

Vera was about to come up and pull him along.

Weiss quickly considered that he had only just advanced to the 8th rank, so his strength should be among the lowest.

But since Vera is the most noble and extravagant sorcerer, she must be invincible among those of the same rank.

You might be able to defeat yourself in a second...

They must be able to handle most dangers with ease, right?

After a moment of contemplation, Weiss looked up at the already overcast sky and sighed helplessly, "If you want to see it, just take a look from afar. I don't want to get soaked later."

Chapter 45: The Path to the Seven Wonders!

Located at the junction of the upper and lower districts of Moonlit City, it is an old neighborhood right next to the clock tower.

This area is sparsely populated, and many houses have been vacant for years. Dozens of Night Stalkers dressed in black military uniforms are conducting a large-scale sweep here.

Inside one of the uninhabited old buildings.

Two figures were pressed tightly against the shadows by the window.

It was none other than the superhuman who had secretly hunted down the night patrol members last night.

"So, what's the situation outside?"

The red-haired woman asked in a low voice.

The man in the black robe listened intently with his eyes closed for a moment before slowly opening them.

"The nearby residents should have been mostly evacuated."

"It seems that the night patrol has roughly pinpointed our location."

Upon hearing this, the red-haired woman unconsciously reached for the short sword at her waist, a sinister glint appearing in her eyes.

"So, are you suggesting we take advantage of the chaos before the evacuation is completely finished and rush out to take civilians hostage?"

The man in the black robe shook his head and quickly stopped him.

"Absolutely not."

"They probably could only pinpoint our general location, not know exactly which building we were hiding in."

"There are still several hundred buildings here, enough to hold out until late at night. If we rush out now, we'll immediately become targets. Don't rush, we'll win by eight o'clock."

"That's true..."

Upon hearing this, the red-haired woman lowered her guard slightly and slowly leaned against the wall.

However, after remaining on guard for more than ten minutes, the two of them simultaneously noticed something amiss.

It's unclear when exactly, but the night patrol members in the vicinity have all left, seemingly indicating that the operation has come to an end.

Strange, are they giving up already?

Both of them glanced out the window with puzzled expressions.

Then--

Their pupils contracted simultaneously.

At the highest point of Moonlit City, a figure stands quietly atop the clock tower.

It was a green-haired girl with side-swept bangs, holding a dozen or so pebbles of varying sizes in her hand, which she casually twirled a few times in the air.

Then--

"run!!!"

The red-haired woman screamed with bloodshot eyes, and immediately transformed into a streak of blood as she rushed towards the door.

In contrast, the black-robed man, who was part of the natural system, stood there dumbfounded, unable to react for a long time.

The next second, Mona swung her arm and threw it.

With a loud "boom," more than a dozen pieces of rock crashed down like meteorites.

The entire old neighborhood was shattered in an instant, as if it had been directly overturned by a carpet bombing missile.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang—!

Explosions continued, and thick smoke and debris swirled into a towering dust storm.

The entire residential area was instantly torn apart and collapsed, turning into a ruin of rubble.

But this is not the end.

Mona, atop the clock tower, merely tilted her head slightly, bent down again, picked up a stone, and gently crushed it into dozens of fragments.

"boom!!"

"BOOM BOOM BOOM!!!!"

The entire scene was filled with devastating impacts.

Mona bombarded the area for over a dozen rounds before slowly stopping.

When she stopped, the entire old residential area had been completely erased from the map of Moonlit City.

All the bricks and stones in sight turned to dust, and the air was filled with a grayish-white mist mixed with broken bricks and dust.

A torrential downpour began, relentlessly washing over the utterly destroyed ruins.

They witnessed this scene firsthand on the rooftop of a tall building a few blocks away. Vis and Vera stared wide-eyed, both somewhat stunned.

Stunned and speechless.

Weiss: "......"

Vera: "......"

Weiss was still trying to take credit: "I told you not to come near, see? Didn't I indirectly save your life?"

Vera was no longer bothered with nonsense; her face was flushed with excitement, her fists clenched, and her whole body trembled.

"Mona is so cool! I almost watched that..."

"As expected, the Conquest System is simply invincible among its peers!!"

Weiss was puzzled when he heard this.

"Ok?"

"Isn't it said that only those who pursue extravagance are invincible among their peers?"

He remembered hearing this kind of talk quite a bit when he first awakened.

"......ha?"

Vera's excited expression froze instantly, and she turned to look at Weiss with a speechless expression.

"Where did this rumor from the Lower District come from? Who told you that?"

"The extravagance system is indeed more comprehensive and mysterious, but when it comes to combat, it can't possibly go head-to-head with Conquest."

"and......"

Vera pouted, and reluctantly added in a low voice:

"Its body is still a bit fragile, basically all glass cannons, you know."

Weiss: "Alright..."

Even Vera, a sorcerer known for her extravagance, felt inferior to her.

He admitted that it might indeed be hearsay.

Moreover, Mona's combat prowess was indeed excessively exaggerated.

After all, even though he was already an 8th-level climate master, he was still far from being able to carry out such large-scale destruction.

Thinking of this, Weiss slowly looked up at the sky.

At this moment, dark clouds gradually enveloped the entire city of Brightmoon, and a light drizzle fell from the sky, filling the air with a oppressive and suffocating humidity.

However, just as the rain was about to soak them to the bone, they were repelled by the cyclone released by Weiss.

Vera exclaimed with surprise, "I didn't expect you to be such a gentleman!"

"I already said I just didn't want to get wet..."

As the two were talking, cold rain lashed down on the ruins that had just been leveled, gradually washing away the thick smoke and dust that filled the air.

From the depths of the rubble, a somewhat weak female voice slowly drifted out.

"Cough cough..."

"What...what kind of monster is this?"

"I almost died in there!"

The red-haired woman struggled to climb out of the rubble, looking utterly disheveled.

Her black pentagram robe had been torn to shreds, her long, deep red hair was stuck together with mud and blood, and her whole body was a bloody mess.

The black-robed man not far away was in a much worse state than her.

The man lay on the ground, barely alive, with only his upper body remaining, and faint breaths coming from his throat.

It was about to completely stop breathing.

The red-haired woman glanced at him, her expression unchanged.

The next second—

She drew two short swords from her waist.

"Shuashuashua——"

With a few swift and precise flashes of the blade, the man's corpse was instantly chopped into countless tiny pieces of flesh.

The red-haired woman grabbed with one hand, and the bits of flesh seemed to come alive as they squeezed into her palm, then climbed up her arm and disappeared into her body.

In just a few seconds, all the wounds on her body, big and small, healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

8th Tier Killer (Butcher) Path

The red-haired woman flicked the blood off her sword and sneered, "The survival ability of the natural system is really weak, it's a real drag on the team."

While the Conquest system is indeed terrifyingly destructive, being instantly killed is rather embarrassing.