“Get out!
All of you, get out!
All of you…
ugh ugh…
ugh ah!”
“Had enough?”
An iron pincer reached into Zhao Yin’s mouth, forcefully pulling out his tongue.
With a crunch, Zhao Yin’s tongue was cut off by his adopted son, Zhang Dongliang.
He could no longer utter a single word, but his bloodshot eyes didn’t even glance at Zhang Dongliang, who had cruelly mutilated him.
Instead, they remained fixed on the three women opposite him.
Those three women were the’stupid women’ Zhao Yin had been cursing!
He had barely given them a second glance, yet, unexpectedly, they were the ones desperately trying to save his doomed life.
They were all looking at Zhao Yin with tears in their eyes.
Behind them was the Teleportation Gate Zhao Yin had arranged in advance, just in case.
If they stepped through, it would be a path to survival, yet the three women hadn’t moved an inch.
“Brother Yin, where can we go after we leave?” Ning Yue’s face showed a bitter smile.
She had shed her usual cold arrogance, revealing a rare hint of tenderness.
“If not for Brother Yin’s protection, I, Jiang Xiner, would have long become a plaything for an Ability User.
Since Brother Yin can’t leave, Xin’er won’t leave either!” Jiang Xiner also smiled bitterly.
“Brother Yin, I’ll die with you!”
The youngest-looking girl, named Xiao Dao, shed tears, but her tone was extremely calm.
At this moment, Zhao Yin was tied up, a magic-suppressing collar around his neck, his tongue gone, and his white shirt stained with blood.
He hadn’t expected Paradise Base to be breached so quickly!
He hadn’t expected his most trusted adopted son, Zhang Dongliang, to betray him, getting him drunk, tying him up, and delivering him to the enemy!
Zhao Yin certainly hadn’t expected the people in the base to either die, betray, or flee!
In the end, it was these three women who stayed to desperately try and save him.
In the seven years of the Apocalypse, Zhao Yin had countless women; they were just three of them.
Had he not been pushed to the brink, he might never have known who among those around him was human.
And how many were dogs!
But it was all too late.
Clearly, those three women, who didn’t even have an Ability, couldn’t save him.
“Tonight, no one leaves!”
At that moment, a tall, handsome man stepped forward from the crowd.
“Zhao Yin, I didn’t expect you to give the Heavenly Sun Thunder to these three women.
To save you, they killed nearly ten thousand of my subordinates.
I must settle this score with you!”
Zhao Yin finally turned his gaze towards the newcomer.
It was none other than his former best brother, Lin Tianfeng.
The current Soul of Contract!
And one of the most powerful individuals in the Apocalypse!
Zhao Yin and he had met at the beginning of the Apocalypse.
At that time, Lin Tianfeng was powerless, and Zhao Yin had saved his life.
Lin Tianfeng then pledged allegiance to Zhao Yin as his elder brother.
They had shared life and death countless times.
Unlike Zhao Yin, who had only awakened a B-grade Ability and survived the Apocalypse through wisdom and cunning.
Lin Tianfeng had awakened an SSS-grade Ability…
the Soul of Contract!
Two years ago, the two had a falling out over a minor incident.
In fact, Zhao Yin knew that even without that minor incident, Lin Tianfeng had long intended to drive him away.
As Lin Tianfeng’s strength grew, Zhao Yin had long been unable to keep up with his pace.
To outsiders, it was a disgrace for Lin Tianfeng, the esteemed Soul of Contract, to call Zhao Yin, a B-grade Ability User, ‘Big Brother’.
Two years ago, Zhao Yin led a group of people away from the base he and Lin Tianfeng had co-founded, establishing a new base on his own.
He thought that for the rest of his life, he and Lin Tianfeng would live separate lives, like well water and river water.
He never expected Lin Tianfeng to have already turned his adopted son against him, pursuing such a ruthless extermination!
“Zhao Yin, the Soul of Contract has always been benevolent.
I just pledged allegiance to him as my adopted father!” Zhang Dongliang said.
The iron pincer in his hand still clutched Zhao Yin’s severed tongue, dripping blood.
Zhao Yin smiled bitterly, looking at his adopted son, who used to grovel before him, and the good brother he had personally nurtured.
In this goddamn Apocalypse, were there still such words as ‘benevolence’?
Lin Tianfeng’s reputation for benevolence was something Zhao Yin had personally helped him achieve, and it was Zhao Yin who had personally plotted his rise to power.
Otherwise, with Lin Tianfeng’s pig-headedness, he wouldn’t have survived long enough to grow strong.
In the first few years after the Apocalypse, it was Zhao Yin who protected the Soul of Contract!
It was just a pity that even the cleverest mind ultimately seemed like a joke when facing a fully grown SSS-rank Ability User.
The matured Lin Tianfeng simply couldn’t be shaken by any schemes or tricks!
Zhang Dongliang came before Lin Tianfeng, holding up Zhao Yin’s severed tongue, and tried to curry favor: “Adopted Father, you originally promised to spare Zhao Yin’s life if he handed over the base, but he caused you to lose so many subordinates, so I took the liberty of cutting off his tongue!”
“To deal with three useless women, I still have to personally intervene.
What good is an adopted son like you?” Lin Tianfeng said indifferently.
Zhang Dongliang’s face changed upon hearing this.
Just as he was about to explain, a man behind him suddenly drew a knife.
*Pffft!*
The blade pierced Zhang Dongliang’s back and emerged from his chest.
His eyes widened in disbelief as he looked down at the blade tip piercing his heart.
He had thought that by betraying his adopted father, Zhao Yin, who had shown him immense kindness, he would live a more comfortable life.
He hadn’t expected such an end.
“Lin Tianfeng…!” Before Zhang Dongliang died, he wanted to question him, but the blade was suddenly pulled out of his body.
A large mouthful of fresh blood spurted from his mouth, and his body slumped to the ground.
When he hit the ground, he was barely breathing.
At this moment, Zhao Yin felt no satisfaction.
When the cunning rabbit dies, the hunting dog is cooked!
Such was Zhang Dongliang’s fate, and such was Zhao Yin’s.
Now, the Soul of Contract held absolute power, above all others!
He only needed to express dissatisfaction, and a subordinate would draw a blade and kill.
Those who followed him prospered, those who defied him perished!
Who dared to say no?
At this moment, Zhao Yin had never yearned so desperately for a more powerful Ability!
Even if it was just an A-grade Ability, how could he have fallen to this state today?
At this moment, Lin Tianfeng slightly raised his hand, and a terrifying giant beast descended from the sky!
It was the Flying White Tiger, a top-tier Mutated Beasts that Zhao Yin had once painstakingly trapped for Lin Tianfeng to contract.
The Flying White Tiger landed in front of the Teleportation Gate, blocking the three women’s escape route, and easily snatched them, bringing them before Lin Tianfeng.
This beast, which had now grown to the point where it could make the entire Apocalypse world tremble, after dropping the three women, slowly prostrated itself at Lin Tianfeng’s feet like a dog.
“Zhao Yin, you say I’m ungrateful.
I’ll show you the consequences of loyalty to you!” Lin Tianfeng smiled indifferently.
It was as if he was just playing a trivial little game with Zhao Yin.
Zhao Yin’s eyes were bloodshot with fury, only able to emit grunts and groans, unable to move even a single finger.
He could only watch as Lin Tianfeng lightly waved his hand, and several men stepped forward.
They drew their blades and swung them down!
Pffft, pffft, pffft!
After three sounds, the three women’s heads rolled!
They were beauties so exquisite that they would have been considered stunning even before the Apocalypse, chosen by Zhao Yin among thousands.
Now, they were three headless corpses!
From beginning to end, they hadn’t made a sound, so composed.
Ning Yue’s head rolled in front of Zhao Yin, her eyes still open, looking at Zhao Yin, very gently…
Zhao Yin was stunned.
At this moment, he seemed to have become a wooden figure kneeling there.
“Hahahaha…!” Lin Tianfeng’s subordinates burst into laughter.
Laughter echoed all around, as if they had just played an amusing game.
Zhao Yin, whose heart had always been like stone, felt a tearing pain.
Amidst his towering hatred, he also experienced his first regret in the Apocalypse.
“Ning Yue, Xin’er, Xiao Dao, may you rest in peace.
If I could do it all over again, I would definitely treat you well!”
“Lin Tianfeng, if I could do it all over again, I, Zhao Yin, would personally tear you into a million pieces, no, I would grind your bones to dust!”
“If I could do it all over again, I, Zhao Yin, would definitely obtain a more powerful Ability at the very first moment!”
“If only…!”
But where was there any ‘if only’?
Lin Tianfeng said indifferently: “Brother Zhao, you personally taught me to cut the grass and pull out the roots, so don’t blame me.
If you must blame someone, blame yourself for knowing too much of my dark past.
I am destined to be remembered in history, so how could I leave you in this Apocalypse!”
*Pffft!*
The Flying White Tiger stepped forward and crushed Zhao Yin’s head with a single paw…
“Don’t move!”
Zhao Yin’s consciousness gradually returned, and a lazy female voice whispered in his ear, murmuring playfully: “Don’t move, you little rascal, let your big sister sleep a little longer.”
Zhao Yin felt a suffocating pressure on his chest, as if something was weighing him down.
He instinctively reached out his hand to touch it, and immediately felt a soft warmth, jolting him awake.
He found a woman lying on top of him.
Her appearance was unfamiliar, yet subtly familiar.
The woman, in her mid-twenties, had fair skin and long, wavy hair scattered across Zhao Yin’s chest, emitting wafts of perfume.
The bedsheets were white, and there was a dressing table in the room with an open box of condoms on it.
The floor was littered with used tissues.
In an instant, Zhao Yin remembered something.