Chinese animation: Starting with Bad Guys

"King of the Underworld, you are wise and discerning! Your subordinate is utterly loyal to you and to the Underworld, with absolutely no disloyalty!"

"Loyalty?" Qin Chuan's lips curled into a barely perceptible sneer. "Your loyalty is perhaps more appropriately expressed to Guigu, or rather... the Ghost King."

The words "Ghost King" struck Night Owl's heart like a thunderbolt from the heavens!

He trembled violently, looked up abruptly, his eyes filled with extreme fear and disbelief.

He believed he was extremely well-hidden; how could Hades possibly know?!

The owl opened its mouth, still trying to make a final struggle and beg for mercy—

However, it was too late.

A purple figure appeared before him like a ghost; it was Ye Lingyun, who had escaped the Cloud Bat Formation.

Ye Lingyun's eyes were icy cold, containing undisguised killing intent. He stomped down, his foot landing heavily on Ye Xiaozi's back like a mountain!

"puff--!"

The ear-piercing sound of bones shattering rang out. Night Owl didn't even have time to scream before his entire body exploded at Ye Lingyun's feet like a crushed watermelon!

Blood and flesh flew everywhere, and death occurred instantly!

Ye Lingyun withdrew his foot, glanced coldly at the stain on the ground, and bowed to Qin Chuan, saying:

"Pluto, this fiend harbors treacherous intentions and secretly colludes with foreign enemies; his heart deserves to be punished! I have long wanted to eliminate him, but you once instructed me to spare his life. Now..."

Qin Chuan waved his hand, interrupting him:

"It doesn't matter. These clowns are no longer of any use to us."

He originally left Night Owl behind as bait to plot against Guigu.

But now, Guigu is no longer a threat to him; his real opponent is the world consciousness that controls reincarnation.

The Night Owl pawn, naturally, lost its purpose.

Ye Lingyun accepted the order and said no more.

This bloody and cruel scene was clearly witnessed by Huo Linfei and Miao Tiaojun.

The two felt a churning in their stomachs, their faces turned pale, and they subconsciously swallowed.

This was the first time they had seen "death" so closely and so directly, seeing a person who was alive and well one moment become a blurry mass of flesh and blood the next.

They finally realized that this was no longer a virtual game where you could level up by fighting monsters and start over if you failed, but a real, cruel battle where you would bleed, cry, and even pay the price with your life!

After cleaning up his own mess, Ye Lingyun turned his cold gaze back to Huo Linfei.

He had deduced from the sneak attack and Huo Linfei's unusual challenging behavior that Night Owl was behind it all.

"Huo Linfei," Ye Lingyun said, his tone still cold and arrogant, but with less killing intent, "It's understandable that you were misled by villains. I'll give you one more chance to have a fair duel with me."

Huo Linfei looked at the glaring bloodstain on the ground, then at the imposing Ye Lingyun, steeled his resolve, and nodded emphatically:

"Okay! I'll fight you!"

Ye Lingyun's gaze swept over Long Jian, Tian Yu, and Tai Lei, and he said calmly:

"You can all come together to save time."

Unexpectedly, Huo Linfei firmly shook his head:

"No! Just the two of us! You were outmaneuvered by us, yet you still gave me a fair chance to fight. That's your magnanimity! If I, Huo Linfei, were to bully the weaker side again, what kind of Super Beast Warrior would I be?!"

Upon hearing this, a faint ripple finally appeared in Ye Lingyun's perpetually cold eyes. For the first time, he truly looked directly at Huo Linfei.

Hades once said that the foundation of strength lies in belief.

Although Huo Linfei's strength is shallow, his uprightness and pride do indeed resemble those of a strong person.

He nodded slightly and said no more. The Cloud Bat God's body was surrounded by purple light, and his aura locked onto Huo Linfei. A fair one-on-one duel was about to officially begin under the dark sky of this fourth parallel universe.

Chapter 66 Treatment of the Weak

The so-called "fair duel" between Huo Linfei and Ye Lingyun was almost destined to end the moment it began.

The gap in strength cannot be bridged by courage alone.

In just a few moves, Huanlin God was overwhelmed by Yunfu God's exquisite and fierce attacks, and was soon sent flying by a heavy energy shock, disarmed.

Huo Linfei himself tumbled to the ground in a sorry state, his face and body covered in bruises.

"Cough cough..."

He struggled to his feet, looking at his trembling hands, his eyes filled with confusion and self-doubt:

"Wait a minute... this script is wrong! How come I lost again? All along, I've either been getting beaten up or on my way to getting beaten up... does this make sense?!"

A strong sense of frustration welled up inside me.

However, Huo Linfei's innate stubbornness and unwillingness to admit defeat supported him to stand up straight again.

He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his eyes regained their fierceness and the resentment of being beaten into submission. With a roar, he once again gathered a weak amount of alien energy and charged at Ye Lingyun with his bare hands!

The result, unsurprisingly, was that he was knocked away again.

Once, twice, three times...

The scene almost turned into a one-sided beating, and even the onlookers could hardly bear to watch.

Tianyu watched as Huo Linfei rose again and again only to be knocked down once more, and felt a pang of pity. He looked at Long Ying beside him and asked in a low voice, "Guardian Long Ying, does Huo Linfei... really have no chance of winning?"

Long Ying shook her head without hesitation, her tone firm:

"No. The gap in strength cannot be bridged by recklessness and perseverance."

At this moment, Qin Chuan's calm voice interrupted: "As long as he can instantly increase his own alien energy tenfold, reaching the level where he can autonomously arm himself with super beasts without the need for an alien energy lock—that is, the level of the Lion King now—he can win."

"A tenfold increase in an instant?!" Tianyu exclaimed in shock, finding it utterly unbelievable. "How could alien energy increase tenfold in an instant? That's impossible!"

Qin Chuan's gaze swept over Huo Linfei, who was struggling on the battlefield, and then looked at Tian Yu, Long Jian, and Tai Lei. His voice seemed to carry a strange rhythm, reaching the hearts of everyone present.

"The height of a fountain will never exceed its source. The alien energy of a super beast warrior will never exceed the beliefs in his heart."

He paused, then continued, "As long as your belief is firm enough, anything is possible."

These words, like the morning bell and evening drum, resonated in everyone's heart.

Qin Chuan wasn't just commenting on the battle; it was more like a guidance and test for everyone. He didn't care who could glean insights or break through their limitations.

Long Jian, Tai Lei, and Tian Yu all fell into deep thought, pondering the relationship between "belief" and "alien energy".

On the battlefield, Huo Linfei grasped at this lifeline, dodging Ye Lingyun's not-so-serious attacks while desperately shouting in his heart:

"Belief! Belief! What is my belief?! To improve tenfold! I want to improve tenfold!"

He tried to forcefully activate his own alien energy through willpower.

However, his belief was far from being unbreakable.

His perseverance stemmed more from an innate sense of justice and an unyielding stubbornness. This belief was pure but not profound enough, and the words of the Whale Shark King almost made him waver.

At this moment, to expect to unleash ten times the energy based on such an immature belief is nothing short of wishful thinking.

But some people listened and benefited greatly from it.

His beliefs are the same as Qin Chuan's; he firmly believes that the strong are respected and that only absolute power can establish and maintain the order of the universe, rather than Xue Huang's vague and ethereal "love".

Qin Chuan's insight that "belief determines the height of alien energy" instantly resonated with the deepest part of his heart!

Just as Huo Linfei was still baring his teeth and trying to "explode" but made no move, Ye Lingyun suddenly stopped attacking.

To everyone's astonishment, Ye Lingyun deactivated the Cloud Bat God's armor and returned to human form.

Immediately afterwards, he did something that made Huo Linfei's eyes almost pop out of their sockets: he personally removed the power lock from his wrist and casually tossed it to a Cloud Bat warrior behind him!

"What...what did he do? Did he surrender?"

Huo Linfei was taken aback.

The next moment, a purple-black energy that was far purer, more condensed, and more vast than before erupted from Ye Lingyun's body like a geyser!

That energy no longer depends on external objects; it originates entirely from itself!

"Super Beast Armed Forces - Cloud Bat God!"

A dazzling light shone forth, and the Cloud Bat God, now more solid and imposing than ever, descended without the need for any special ability locks!

"I...I'm speechless!!" Huo Linfei stared in disbelief, pointing at Ye Lingyun, his voice trembling, "You...you you you! You cheated!! Referee! He cheated!! This doesn't count!!"

He was already getting utterly thrashed, and now his opponent has broken through his limits and become even stronger. How is he supposed to fight back?!

Qin Chuan's voice rang out at the opportune moment, delivering the final verdict: "Now, the possibility of Huo Linfei defeating Ye Lingyun is zero."

His gaze toward Ye Lingyun held a hint of approval. "At this moment, Ye Lingyun is already on par with the Lion King. The next step is to condense his own Nebula Body and step into the ranks of the strongest. Unless Huo Linfei can take the lead and condense the Illusionary Lin Nebula, he has no chance of winning."

"The Phantom Nebula?"

Huo Linfei thought the title sounded cool, but when he thought of that unattainable realm, he immediately deflated like a punctured balloon.

Despair, like an icy tide, completely overwhelmed the members of the Super Beast Team.

What hope do they have?

Looking at the dejected Huo Linfei, then at the powerful yet despair-inducing Ye Lingyun and the unfathomable Hades, Miao Tiaojun was overcome with grief and said in a tearful voice:

"It's over...it's all over! We can't go to the Fifth Universe...Earth is going to be ruled by Hades! From now on, we Earthlings will only be slaves to the Underworld, never to rise again! Waaah..."

Upon hearing Miao Tiaojun's pessimistic "prediction," Qin Chuan's gaze seemed to shift slightly, as if he had recalled something amusing, and he chuckled softly, a rare occurrence for him.

"Serve as a beast of burden?" Qin Chuan repeated, his tone slightly playful. "Well, that's not wrong. According to the rules of the Underworld, Earthlings who submit do indeed need to 'serve as beasts of burden'."

He paused, then began to recount the "cruel" rule of the underworld:

"For example, the daily forced labor cannot exceed eight standard universe hours, implementing the so-called 'nine-to-five' system."

"There are only two days of rest per week called 'weekend', and a dozen or so 'underworld statutory holidays' per year."

"In terms of nutrition, milk is only provided once a day in the morning, and the midday rest is strictly limited to one hour."

"If it is necessary to extend working hours, that is, to work overtime, the compensation is only three times the normal salary, and after get off work, you must undergo one hour of mandatory basic physical training, which is called improving physical fitness."

"Performance bonuses are only distributed three times a year."

"Annual leave consists of only sixty standard cosmic days."