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Chapter 85: Bound, yet her affection soared instead

Murong Xue originally planned to fight a war of attrition against Shen Yi.

She intended to rely on her formidable mental power to slowly sap Shen Yi’s strength until he collapsed.

After all, the stronger a superpower was, the more energy it consumed.

Shen Yi kept using his spatial superpower and perception superpower, so in theory his drain should have been far greater than hers.

However, Murong Xue never imagined that Shen Yi’s stamina would be so astonishing!

Not only did he show no sign of fatigue, he even drove her into a desperate corner!

This abnormal situation made Murong Xue realize that things were far from simple.

Even though she had reincarnated and caused some butterfly effects, it should not have turned Shen Yi, an utterly unremarkable man in her previous life, into someone this powerful now!

Unless, he had already possessed tremendous strength in his previous life.

He had simply never exposed his true power, choosing instead to lurk in the shadows and keep a low profile.

Judging by the cautious and crafty way Shen Yi ambushed her, that possibility seemed very high!

Only that could explain why he was so strong in this lifetime.

“That’s right, a person can have at most three superpowers; at least I have never heard of anyone possessing a fourth superpower.”

Lost in her thoughts, Murong Xue still answered Shen Yi’s question.

Such was the advantage of being reincarnated; she knew far more!

No matter how strong Shen Yi was, he still had to ask her for information!

Thinking of this, Murong Xue could not help feeling a trace of smugness.

Shen Yi pondered, fixed his eyes on Murong Xue, and asked, “Since you knew I already had three superpowers, why did you give me a superpower fruit earlier?”

“Did you want me dead?”

“Exactly.”

Murong Xue admitted it without any attempt to hide.

Since you threatened me, why couldn’t I scheme against you?

Shen Yi could not keep from laughing.

As expected, this woman was no saint either.

Since that was the case, he felt no psychological burden about what he would do next.

He had never felt guilty to begin with.

Immediately after, Shen Yi suddenly executed a teleportation, closing the distance between himself and Murong Xue.

At the same time he activated Shadow Bind, pinning Murong Xue and the white fox where they stood.

The lights in Murong Xue’s home were on, perfectly satisfying Shadow Bind’s requirements.

“!?”

Frozen in place, Murong Xue stared at Shen Yi with eyes wide in disbelief.

What was going on!?

Th-this is another superpower!?

A fourth superpower!!

He actually has four superpowers!!!

Rather than fear, Murong Xue felt far more shock and incredulity.

Just moments ago she had sworn that no one could possess more than three superpowers.

Yet Shen Yi countered by displaying a fourth superpower!

What on earth is with this guy!?

“Your schemes are clever, but they are useless before absolute strength.”

Shen Yi spoke calmly.

After completely restraining the woman and the fox, he felt much more at ease.

However, What surprised Shen Yi was that binding the white fox cost twice as much stamina as binding Murong Xue!

That indicated that this white fox was far stronger than Murong Xue!

As expected, the woman’s trump card was connected to this fox.

He just did not know what ability the white fox possessed.

Shen Yi stared at the white fox for a moment, then turned to Murong Xue and asked, “In this situation, can you still turn the tables?”

While he spoke, he still stayed ready to teleport away at any moment.

If Murong Xue managed to break free, he would concede her prowess and leave her alone for today.

Of course, The reason Shen Yi dared approach was that he sensed Murong Xue’s hostility toward him was low, even tinged with a hint of goodwill.

Especially now that she was bound, her affection actually rose again!

This masochist… the rougher he was, the higher her favorability went, huh?

At this moment, Murong Xue could not move, yet a storm raged within her heart.

Why could this man possess four superpowers?

How exactly did he do it?

He was actually stronger than me, a reincarnator!

I can’t understand it, absolutely can’t understand!

No wonder she was no match for him.

No wonder this guy’s stamina was so formidable…

He might really have a constitution-type superpower!

If he could break the human limit and gain a fourth superpower, then a fifth was possible!

Thinking of this, the look Murong Xue gave Shen Yi became several degrees hotter.

If she too could surpass the human limit and gain a fourth, fifth, even sixth superpower… then her own strength would increase dozens of times over!!

The reason Murong Xue only had two superpowers so far was not that she could find only two superpower fruits.

Rather, she did not want to awaken some trash superpower at random and block her potential.

Murong Xue’s goal was to raise her ceiling and surpass her past-life self, so she selectively sought out powerful superpowers.

However, if Shen Yi could help her break that ceiling, she would no longer need to hold back; she could simply stack every superpower she found!

After all, one more superpower could never be a bad thing!

Thinking that way, having a relationship with Shen Yi was no big deal.

She could even live with him long-term!

As long as it made her stronger, Murong Xue could accept a man.

Her orientation was normal and she did not dislike the opposite sex.

The only reason she never dated was that her standards were too high and she had never liked any man.

After reincarnating, Murong Xue’s standards became even higher.

Ordinary men, and even those who had great power and status in her previous life, still failed to impress her!

If she felt like it, she could easily plot those men to death!

That was why Murong Xue refused to pick up a burden.

In her view, getting a man was nothing but adding dead weight to herself.

Yet Shen Yi’s displayed strength made her change her mind.

“Dammit! Murong Xue, you masochist!”

Shen Yi looked at Murong Xue and found that her hostility had almost completely vanished, replaced by a neutral gray aura.

And within that gray were quite a few strands of white.

In mere seconds her favorability shot up rapidly!

He had done nothing and was even ready to use violence, yet Murong Xue grew more and more fond of him instead.

Something was wrong!

This woman definitely had issues!

The harsher he was, the higher her affection, was that it?

Should he slap her a few times and see?

Shen Yi pondered for a moment, teleported backward, and simultaneously released Shadow Bind.

He wanted to see exactly what Murong Xue was thinking.

Given Murong Xue’s current friendly attitude, she probably would not attack suddenly.

As for the white fox, he still kept it under control.

That way the fox could not use any trick to ambush him.

“I accept your terms; you can sleep with me!”

“But after we sleep, you must help me obtain more superpowers!!”

The moment the restraints were gone, Murong Xue stood up and stared at Shen Yi with burning eyes.

As long as she could grow stronger and rule the apocalypse, being slept with was nothing.

Her body was also capital for becoming stronger!

Murong Xue was no longer a naïve girl of 16 or 17.

The reason she had never had a boyfriend was simply that she felt they were unworthy and could not bring her enough benefit.

She had money.

She had status and lacked for nothing.

She had absolutely no need to depend on a man.

After the apocalypse erupted in her previous life, she had lived with difficulty, yet survived on her own strength without relying on men.

Therefore she had never sought out a man.

In this life she had not intended to either.

But the secrets around Shen Yi made her change her mind.

Being with Shen Yi could make her stronger!

That was enough!

“………”

Shen Yi was rendered speechless by Murong Xue’s words.

Truly worthy of being a reincarnator.

As long as the profit was large enough, anything could be negotiated.

Even if she wanted to kill me a second ago, she would jump into bed the next…

Through telepathy, Shen Yi was certain that Murong Xue’s words were not a scheme against him.

She genuinely was willing to trade her body!

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