The comments said I was deeply affectionate, I just added points by using an alternate account.

"Unfortunately, your good luck has run out."

As soon as he finished speaking, a crystal core the size of a fist floated in front of him.

The moment the crystal nucleus appeared, all the light at the top of the tower went out.

The light was forcibly pulled toward that point and disappeared into it.

"That is... the demon core of a Void Beast, no less than the eighth rank."

Su Yuehe was the quickest to react; she kept a Void Beast at home, so she recognized it.

The fluttering moth let out a burst of wild, joyful laughter.

"That's right! This is a tenth-tier demon core. With it, I will ascend the throne! And you..."

Its gaze swept over the crowd, and it let out a victorious chuckle.

It held the demon core high, and the tentacles on its wings reached straight for it.

It coiled around the demon core, preparing to draw upon the power that could easily destroy a small country.

however……

The expected scene did not occur.

The moment those tentacles touched the surface of the demon core, they were all repelled by a layer of silver light.

The demon core floated silently.

Its inner energy is vast and boundless, yet it is firmly locked in by an invisible barrier, without leaking out in the slightest.

"Um?"

The frenzied laughter from the moth's split mouth ceased.

It unwillingly activated its demonic power.

More tentacles transformed into black lightning bolts, repeatedly striking the silvery sheen, attempting to forcibly tear open the seal.

But the result remained unchanged.

The demon core was indestructible; no matter how it tried to activate it, it could not draw any power from it.

What happened?

The top of the tower was shrouded in deathly silence.

Just then, a soft laugh, with a tone of smug satisfaction, drifted down from above.

That soft laugh was particularly jarring in the deathly silence, clearly penetrating everyone's ears.

"Who?!"

Long Ao stiffened his neck and looked up.

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound.

A figure appeared at the edge of the broken dome at the top of the tower.

He sat on a broken stone beam, his legs dangling in the air, his black clothes swaying gently in the night breeze.

The familiar face was that of Liu Feiyu.

He still wore that nonchalant smile, tossing a strangely shaped coin in his hand.

The coin bounced between his fingers.

The silver light that rose with each flip echoed the radiance on the demon core.

The two green dots in the moth's eye sockets suddenly rose and fixed on the uninvited guest.

"It was you who did this!"

The mockery in that voice had vanished, replaced by barely suppressed anger.

Liu Feiyu paused, then pinched the coin.

He shook his head at the thousand-faced moth below, his smile deepening.

"Shh..."

He put his index finger to his lips and opened his mouth slowly.

The sound was unusually clear atop the silent tower.

"Keep your voice down, friend."

He weighed the coin in his hand, his eyes crinkling into a smile: "It scared me, but it's nothing."

His gaze shifted downwards, landing on the suspended void demon core, and he couldn't hide the smile on his face.

"But if you scare it, that would be terrible."

The overwhelming demonic aura emanating from the Thousand-Faced Moth seemed to be being choked by an invisible hand, and it showed signs of dissipating.

Its pale green vertical pupils were like two nails, fixed on the black-clad figure in the dome.

"You!" Its arrogance was swallowed by shock and rage: "This demon core...you tampered with it? Who are you?!"

Above the dome, Liu Feiyu ignored the hysterical questioning and continued to toss the coin in his hand.

The crisp metallic clanging sound, one after another, was particularly jarring in the deathly silence of the tower top.

His gaze didn't spare a single glance for the demon king below; it was entirely fixed on the floating void demon core.

"Hands and feet?" He laughed. "Tsk, that's a really awful word."

He flicked his finger, and the coin traced a silver line in the air before falling back into his palm.

"I call this... returning something to its rightful owner."

"Bullshit!" Thousand-Faced Moth's patience completely shattered, letting out a piercing shriek: "I don't care who you are, die!"

Before the words were even finished, the ferocious aura emanating from its body had already condensed into countless jet-black tentacles.

Each one carried a powerful gust of wind that tore through the air, rushing madly toward that obstructive figure on the dome.

[Holy crap, Liu Feiyu? What's he doing here?]

[Brother Ao's eyes widened in disbelief. Why are you all cheating and ignoring me?]

[By the way, when did Lao Liu secretly evolve? Which episode did I miss?]

[An uncle revealed that it seems to be related to Nan Dou.]

Long Ao was about to help when An Changqing stopped him.

"Watch," An Changqing said cautiously. The situation was getting strange, and he wasn't even sure if Liu Feiyu was on his side.

Given the current situation of the Liu family, it might be a good choice for Liu Feiyu to leave human society. As the young master, he can live a carefree life wherever he goes with the money in his pocket.

He held Long Ao down, his gaze passing over Liu Feiyu above and landing on Chen Guan, who remained silent.

These two people.

At school, one was as flamboyant as the midday sun, and the other as silent as a bottomless abyss.

They're all the same; I can't see through them.

Facing the overwhelming demonic aura and whiskers that blotted out the sky, Liu Feiyu's smile remained unchanged.

He even took a moment to sigh, his tone full of helplessness.

"Sigh, I told you not to yell and shout, why won't you listen?"

He slowly flicked the coin in his hand.

Ding.

A tiny, crisp sound.

A translucent, light blue barrier unfolded around him, like an inverted bowl.

Those jet-black tentacles, capable of easily tearing through steel, crashed against the barrier.

Like a scorching hot iron falling into the deep sea, it vanishes into nothingness without even a sizzle.

Liu Feiyu shook his head, his expression saying, "I really can't do anything with you."

He remained true to his old ways, carrying on his cheeky style to the very end.

"Look, what if we scare it? This little thing is very precious."

He put away the coins, and the light blue barrier dissipated.

He held the oddly shaped coin upright on his fingertip, aiming it at the Void Demon Core below, and gently rubbed his thumb on the coin's surface.

"Disobedient children will be punished."

hum.

A deep voice rang out, and silver light surged on the suspended tenth-tier demon core.

The Thousand-Faced Moth let out a suppressed wail.

It felt as if an invisible auger had been forcibly inserted into its spirit, tearing it in the opposite direction along the faint connection between it and the demon core.

"You... what did you do to it..." The green light in its eyes flickered uncertainly, and its voice was filled with utter horror.

It went to great lengths, even risking exposure, to obtain this demon core, only to find that it already had an owner? And it even had anti-theft and countermeasure functions?

Liu Feiyu stood up from the broken stone beam.

He gracefully brushed off non-existent dust from his black clothes, looking down at them with an air of superiority.

He took a step forward, and his body plummeted from the dome, which was more than ten meters high, his black clothes fluttering in the night wind.

Just as the Thousand-Faced Moth was about to unleash its demonic power to resist, it felt the surrounding air was so thick it was almost tangible.

It was pinned down in place, making every movement extremely difficult.

Liu Feiyu landed lightly, without getting a speck of dust on her.