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Chapter 82: You’re Not Even a Man!

So childish!

That guy Shen Yi was ridiculously childish!

What normal person, living in an apocalypse, would ignore food, water, and power, yet think only about women?

It was unbelievably juvenile!

Besides, childishness itself was not scary; the scary part was that someone this childish actually had the strength to flip the table!

Murong Xue was completely speechless.

Did she really have to compromise with a brat like Shen Yi?

Otherwise, she really would have to sleep with one eye open every night.

Murong Xue had indeed considered threatening Shen Yi with his family.

Yet the moment the idea surfaced, she vetoed it.

With his spatial superpower and sensory superpower, Shen Yi could move his relatives away at any time.

Moreover, Shen Su’s superpower was no joke either.

If a threat failed and only enraged Shen Su, that would spell real trouble.

“So frustrating!”

Murong Xue rubbed her hair in irritation.

Had Shen Yi chosen a straight fight, she would not have been this conflicted.

The crux was, his demand did not warrant a life-or-death struggle, yet she could not bring herself to accept it.

If she compromised, she could avoid an all-out battle, but for Murong Xue, who had been reborn and possessed unyielding pride, that was hard to swallow.

Yet if she fought, Shen Yi would not confront her head-on; he would hide in the shadows and ambush her.

That was even more agonizing!

Just like now.

Although they had been talking the entire time, Murong Xue could never pinpoint Shen Yi’s location.

The man’s caution was downright maddening!

If he dared show himself, she would consider gambling everything on one strike.

Watching the agitated Murong Xue, Shen Yi stayed calm.

Since the initiative was his, he intended to squeeze out the greatest profit.

Sleeping with Murong Xue was merely the first step.

Once she really drugged herself unconscious, he could ruthlessly loot all the supplies she stored.

That was the cognitive gap.

In Murong Xue’s eyes, Shen Yi behaved like a lecherous ghost starving for flesh.

“Can’t we talk this out and set a different condition?” Murong Xue tested the waters, then added, “And how do I know you’re not tricking me?”

“What if you kill me while I’m drugged?”

“I seriously doubt your character; I can’t trust you!”

Her suspicion was perfectly reasonable.

Based on Shen Yi’s current behavior, he really was no good person.

After all, Murong Xue had helped his family, yet he still wanted to lay hands on her.

That was one of the reasons she refused to compromise.

“I never planned to kill you,” Shen Yi answered calmly. “You are a Reincarnator, and the information you possess is my most valuable resource.”

“If I killed you outright, I would be losing out too.”

At this moment, Shen Yi truly had no intention of killing her.

“You, losing out?”

Murong Xue’s cheek twitched; she wanted to curse.

Today was definitely the day she had lost her cool the most.

All because she had run into such a shameless scoundrel!

She took a deep breath.

Murong Xue severed the Mental Link outright!

If they could not negotiate, then they would fight!

She refused to believe Shen Yi would truly risk his life over something like this!

Mutual destruction would benefit no one!!!

“Hung up again?”

Shen Yi raised an eyebrow.

Since you won’t surrender voluntarily, I’ll help you do it!

Shen Yi glanced down at a stone by his foot and picked it up.

In the next second, he teleported to Murong Xue’s residence and hurled the rock at her.

“Behind you!”

Murong Xue sensed the movement behind her, spun around, and fired a bolt from her crossbow.

However, the shot missed.

She saw only the incoming rock; Shen Yi’s figure had vanished long ago.

Teleportation without cooldown was impossible to catch with the naked eye!

The stone sped toward her, yet just before impact it eerily froze in mid-air.

Murong Xue gripped her crossbow, cold sweat breaking out.

She had not expected Shen Yi’s ambush to come this quickly!

This guy could flip the table without warning!

Not a shred of hesitation!

He was clearly issuing a warning.

This time he had thrown a rock.

What about next time?

Maybe it would be a grenade!

Murong Xue clenched her teeth, her face so dark it could drip water.

…

“What kind of superpower is that?”

“It looks a bit like Lin Zhiwei’s gravity manipulation…”

Shen Yi watched the rock he had thrown hang in the air, deep in thought.

If it were merely gravity manipulation, it would never stop a grenade’s blast.

Yet Murong Xue was confident even against grenades, which meant her power was far stronger than that.

Shen Yi took out a bottle of mineral water, emptied it in one gulp, then grabbed the empty bottle and teleported for another sneak attack.

He wanted to see who could last longer.

“Damn bastard!”

Murong Xue blocked the suddenly appearing bottle and cursed under her breath.

She had understood Shen Yi’s intent.

The man wanted to drain her mental strength!

Shen Yi gave her little chance to breathe.

Ghost-like ambushes came one after another!

Empty bottles, stones, even random junk kept flying in from odd angles.

Yet no matter where the attack came from, Murong Xue blocked every strike with flawless precision.

However, as she kept using her power to defend, beads of sweat formed on her forehead.

Clearly, repeated activations were draining her fast!

On Shen Yi’s side, he had spent maybe one-sixth of his stamina.

“She should be close to her limit.”

He exhaled lightly, watched the sweaty Murong Xue through Telepathy, and made his judgment.

He had to admit, the woman’s power and combat sense were both outstanding and her defense had no openings at all.

Whatever angle he chose, he could not breach her guard.

But in a war of attrition, Shen Yi did not think he would lose.

He teleported into the room again, tossed another piece of junk, and kept draining her energy.

After several more consecutive ambushes like this, Murong Xue was panting heavily, her face a shade paler.

Seeing that, Shen Yi forcibly re-established the Mental Link.

This time he linked with her effortlessly.

“Looks like her power consumes mental energy.”

“Her superpower should be in the psychic category.”

Through the link he sensed her mental energy had dwindled, confirming his guess.

He then spoke through the link in a calm tone: “How much longer can your mind hold out? Be a good girl and surrender.”

“Shut up! If you’re a man, come out and fight me head-on! Sneak attacks aren’t skill!”

Murong Xue answered coldly, her voice trembling with contained fury.

Shen Yi’s way of fighting was downright disgusting!

Sensory power coupled with spatial power was practically cheating!

“No skill? Soon you’ll experience my skill firsthand.”

Shen Yi took her words lightly.

As he spoke, he launched yet another surprise strike!

He had zero chivalry!

Murong Xue was about to explode.

It was not that the attacks were powerful.

He was throwing trash bags and similar junk that barely hurt.

Yet Murong Xue dared not ignore them.

What if a trash bag this time became a rock or grenade next time?

The vile tactic shattered even Murong Xue’s usual calm.

She burst into curses:

“Bastard!”

“You’re not even a man!!”

“If you’ve got guts, show yourself!!!”

“Beat me fair and square, and I’ll lie here and let you do whatever you want!!!”

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