Chapter 103: I Truly Miss You

Chapter One Hundred and Three: I Have Missed You Very Much

On Pluto in the Crimson Raven Star System.

"My king, I feel my glory has returned," Su Mali said, dropping to one knee on the deck of the flying warship and placing a hand over his chest.

"Tell your king, right now, does installing a void engine hurt?" Hua Ye did not care about the glory Su Mali spoke of. He only wanted to know whether the month of torment he had suffered had been Karl's doing.

"This... it was still rather painful," Su Mali said after thinking it over. Being disassembled every day ought to count as painful, he concluded.

"Good. Then we head for Merlot now and take back the glory that belongs to the Celestial Palace." Hua Ye nodded, showing an expression of sudden understanding, then raised his voice. "For the glory of the King of the Celestial Palace!"

"For the glory of the King of the Celestial Palace!" The surrounding Celestial Palace warriors raised their swords toward the sky and roared.

Hua Ye pressed down with one hand, signaling for quiet, then looked again at Su Mali, who had already stood up before him. He stroked the stubble on his chin and said, "Su Mali, go punish Earth and reclaim the glory you lost. Any problem with that?"

He issued this order because he wanted to teach the little fellow who had dared refuse him a lesson. If he could not have it, then he would destroy it.

Even if he could not kill the Power of the Galaxy, striking its planet and slaughtering some of its kin would still be fine.

After Su Mali answered loudly in the affirmative, Hua Ye patted his shoulder again and spoke with the gravity of a caring elder. "As for the Power of the Galaxy, try your best to avoid him. You probably cannot beat him. I will also give you another hundred Celestial Palace warriors. Capture as many of those angelic little sweethearts as you can. The soldiers need comfort."

"My king, for the glory of the Celestial Palace!" Su Mali drew his sword once more and declared.

At that moment, Hua Ye flashed a lewd grin and twisted his waist as he said, "The little sweethearts are nice enough, but I still care more about my great general. It has been ten thousand years since we last met, and I have missed you very much."

He stressed the words "missed you" with unusual force.

At those words, Su Mali's expression froze. The pain of ten thousand years ago flashed through his mind, but he reacted quickly, lowering his head to hide his expression as he said, "My king, I too have longed every moment to bathe once more in your glory."

Behind Hua Ye, the two effeminate scum who stood at his back exchanged a glance and felt that their standing in the future might be slipping.

Hua Ye smiled with satisfaction, patted Su Mali's shoulder again, and said, "Go on. I will be here waiting for you to bring my sweethearts back."

With Hua Ye's order, Su Mali led twenty Taotie flagship vessels and a hundred Celestial Palace warriors toward Earth.

And on Earth, Tianren Seven stationed over the northern star of Huaxia on Earth, its advanced reconnaissance systems sharply detected the Taotie's movements, and Earth responded in turn.

Demon One, command hall.

Demon A Tai also detected the Taotie's unusual activity and promptly reported it to Morgana.

"We'll stay put and just watch. The Godslayers have grown up by now, so the Taotie on Earth should be no great threat. What we need to watch are that bunch of celestial scum," Morgana said coolly after some thought.

Once Morgana's orders were received, the demons in the command hall sprang into tense activity, pushing their reconnaissance power to the maximum. They could already monitor every third-generation lifeform in the entire Crimson Raven Star System in real time.

On Earth, Ge Xiaolun held the void greatsword that Lingfeng had just given him, head lowered as he listened to her reprimand.

Lingfeng was truly furious. That brat Ge Xiaolun had actually managed to break the void greatsword. When he had brought her the sword split in two, Lingfeng had been utterly stunned.

Had this fool been born without a brain? He knew full well the sword had special abilities, and still he used it to smash his own weapon. Did he have any idea how many resources it would take to repair the void greatsword?

Earth was already short on precious resources. Low-grade resources were not a problem, since Ge Xiaolun could synthesize them, but repairing the void greatsword required precious materials, and its engine had to be repaired as well.

Only after Lingfeng finally stopped scolding him did Ge Xiaolun clutch his void greatsword and mutter, "S-Senior officer, I should head back now. There are still matters on the front line."

Even now, Lingfeng's expression remained unpleasant as she waved him off, as though shooing away an unpromising junior. "Go, go. Just looking at you gives me a headache."

Ge Xiaolun was overjoyed the instant he heard that. He immediately saluted and hurried off, afraid Lingfeng might call him back.

Yun Yang had already been in the Heavenly City for half a month. He had originally planned to return that very day, but Hexi wanted to upgrade Zhixin's secondary bio-engine, so he had no choice but to wait a little longer.

During this time, Yun Yang did not dare leave Hexi's castle, because the older angel sisters outside were simply too terrifying.

Through Kesha, however, he uploaded his game into the angelic dark communications network on Planet 520. Since the place was full of retired people with nothing to do, it spread across the entire planet in just a few days. In the first few days, Yun Yang had a wonderful time, because he got to savor the thrill of bullying the weak.

"Kesha, save me here. Four of them are coming down my lane."

Seeing the Power of the Galaxy come to the bottom lane, along with Fortress One, the Spear of Dusk, and the Sniper of Shengan, Yun Yang could not help but say anxiously.

Kesha, meanwhile, was leisurely using the empress's ultimate to strike across the map and clear a wave of minions on the side.

When she saw the notification that Houyi had been killed, she teased, "How are you getting worse and worse? Didn't you say you could kill anyone casually?"

"I-I just haven't built the lifesteal blade yet. My great lifesteal monster hasn't grown its fangs yet," Yun Yang said in indignation as the screen turned black and white.

Inside, he was wondering: are the angels all monsters? Zhixin was already amazing at games, and the others improved so quickly in strength too. Meanwhile, he himself still had not improved at all. This was far too hard. Were they cheating?

As it happened, Yun Yang had guessed right. The angels really were cheating, though in a hardcore way: they used their gene engines to plan exactly how to play the match.

That was something Yun Yang's habitual way of thinking would never have come up with. He only relied on his usual rhythm of play. To be fair, his skill was actually quite strong, but even that could not withstand the assault of five people of one mind.

Fifteen minutes later, the enemy broke through the bottom lane and pushed to their crystal. Yun Yang closed the game, very unhappy, because he realized that apart from the first few days, every defeat afterward had been due to him dragging the team down.

And when they won, it was basically always because he had ridden on their coattails. This made Yun Yang deeply doubt his own ability. Had he already become the biggest burden on Planet 520?

Kesha seemed to have guessed what Yun Yang was thinking and said calmly, "Don't think about it. You really are the biggest burden."

Yun Yang rubbed his head in some distress, not knowing whether he ought to defend himself.

"Want me to link you with the team too? I can pull you back into the angel dark communications network. They all miss you very much," Kesha said with a smile as she looked at his troubled face.

"No, no need, thank you," Yun Yang said hurriedly, waving his hands.

He had been in the angel dark communications network before, but those angel sisters had made his messages pile up to more than ninety-nine every day.

And the most hateful part was that there was no one-click delete. He could only read them and delete them one by one. He simply could not take it, so he withdrew again.

Just as Kesha was about to say more, a wormhole suddenly opened within the simulated paradise.

Hexi walked out of it and looked at the two of them playing games back to back. It was not the first time she had seen it, but every time she did, her heart still ached a little.

She strode over, grabbed Yun Yang by the arm, and lifted him aside, then opened a wormhole and said through gritted teeth, "Go back now. Everything's done. You can return to Earth."

Yun Yang looked at Hexi in surprise. These past few days, every time Hexi came over, she wore that same gritted-teeth expression, and he had begun to suspect something.

But this kind of thing was not something he ought to say, and even if someone else said it, it would be useless.

He spread his hands and said, "All right then, I'll be going. Goodbye."

"Goodbye. Come play again when you have time," Kesha said, waving to Yun Yang.

Hexi, however, waved her hand in disgust and said, "Go on. Don't come again in the future either. You are not welcome here."

Zhixin also said to Hexi and Kesha, "Teacher, Senior, then we will take our leave."

The two of them returned safely to Tianren Seven, only to be dragged straight into the conference room. There, the war meeting concerning the Taotie was underway, and everyone from the Godslayers was present, including the group with Sun Wukong.

Yun Yang's eyes first fell on a girl beside Sun Wukong. He knew who she was: the battle sprite Su Xiaoli, though in truth she was a proper Shengan body, meaning a human.

Still, she truly lived up to the name of a sprite. The moment Yun Yang and Su Xiaoli met eyes, he found it hard to look away, and an inexplicable stirring rose in his heart.

Su Xiaoli noticed his unusual reaction and quickly averted her gaze, lowering her head and apologizing softly to Yun Yang.

Once Su Xiaoli looked away, Yun Yang instantly came back to himself. The stirring in his heart vanished at once, and he was strangely alarmed. Was this what charm ability felt like? And it was a passive skill?

It seemed he ought to keep his distance from her in the future. Thinking about it now, that sensation was terrifying.

Hearing Su Xiaoli's apologetic voice, Yun Yang hurriedly waved his hand and said, "I can't even handle your passive skill. It's not your fault. It's my own lack of willpower. Don't blame yourself."

Sun Wukong glanced at Yun Yang and said, "Kid, you're not bad either. There wasn't even a hint of possessiveness in your eyes just now. Not bad at all."

Yun Yang did not quite know what to say. Should he explain that he had been pursued by a whole crowd of beauties before and had a bit of psychological trauma? Obviously not. That would be way too embarrassing.

Just as Yun Yang hesitated, Lingfeng clapped her hands to draw everyone's attention and said, "All right, hurry up and sit down. Let's continue with the war meeting."

Yun Yang shot Lingfeng a grateful look. When Lingfeng saw his eyes full of gratitude, she was slightly puzzled, but still smiled back to show that it was nothing.

Then Yun Yang sat directly beside Ge Xiaolun. Seeing Ge Xiaolun's stern expression as he looked at Lingfeng, Yun Yang lightly kicked him in the leg and whispered, "Xiaolun, the king sword should be returned now."