Chapter 17 - Agreement to Kill a Beautiful Woman

“I was forced to do it, Master Danni, you understand,” Lu Hong decided to strike first in the face of such a bizarre and awkward scene.

“Get lost!” Danni commanded coldly, a hint of murderous intent flashing in her eyes.

“I won’t leave!” Having shed his identity as a perennially single old boy, Lu Hong wasn’t about to leave without a red packet from this beautiful lady.

“If you don’t leave, I will kill you!” A vine shot out directly from behind the beautiful lady and turned into a sharp spike aimed at Lu Hong.

“I’ll take responsibility!” Lu Hong yelled out at the critical moment.

“Take responsibility?

You?” Although this phrase seemed completely ineffective at pacifying the beautiful lady’s anger, the sharp vine still stopped just 0.01 centimeters from Lu Hong’s chest.

“What will you take responsibility with?

With you being just a weak warrior?” Danni sneered, “You’d better leave now while I haven’t changed my mind.”

There’s a chance!

Lu Hong adjusted his posture and looked at the beautiful lady with the most affectionate gaze he could muster, “Actually, I’ve been deeply in love with you since the first moment I saw you.”

“…” After a moment of silence, the beautiful lady burst out in anger, “Get lost!”

“No!” Lu Hong moved around the vine, trying to hug the beautiful lady, but she swung her hand and slapped him to the ground.

“What does it matter if you love me?

I don’t love you.” True to her role as the Tower Master of the Green Tower, she then took a deep breath and said, “I don’t blame you for this, so I won’t kill you.

But I want you to keep today’s events to yourself and never come to the Green Tower again.

We are better off not seeing each other!” With that, the beautiful lady flicked her fingers and the force of nature within Lu Hong, which was the key to entering the Green Tower, was withdrawn.

“I know I’m not worthy of you now, but I can work hard!” Lu Hong, being a proud man, would normally have walked away after such a slap, perhaps holding a grudge—after all, a gentleman’s revenge is never too late!

But Danni was his first woman, even though the process was far from perfect and forced.

“Work hard?

With a warrior’s profession?

What will you use to strive?” Danni mocked again.

“With the fact that I’ve just slain a succubus!”

With those words, the beautiful lady fell silent.

Indeed, Lu Hong had just killed the soul of a succubus.

Succubi from the infernal demonic race are adept at enchanting, which anciently described as extracting vitality for their own, and they are extremely talented in matters of the soul, which was why the beautiful lady had been invaded by one herself.

“That wasn’t your power.”

“It will be, and I will become stronger,” Lu Hong said seriously, “I will definitely stand at the pinnacle of this world.

You should recognize these two swords,” he pointed to the still-simmering hot tattoos on his chest, which had just slain the succubus.

“I recognize them, the weapons of the War God, the Sentencer.

But you have no chance to summon it; the path for warriors is cut off,” the beautiful lady responded calmly.

“What if I can?”

“Then, when you’re qualified to wield it, come find me,” the beautiful lady said, turning around, her body’s natural force flaring into a green dress that covered her fair skin and disappeared from Lu Hong’s sight.

“I will definitely come find you!” Lu Hong declared firmly.

The beautiful lady, who had just left the bedroom in a suave and handsome manner, rushed into her study like a startled little rabbit, her heart pounding.

Although the beautiful lady was cold, she was ultimately a novice in love.

She couldn’t feel nothing for the man who had taken her first time, but tragically, this man was impossible for her.

If Lu Hong had heeded her warning and left immediately, she might not have had so many thoughts, but Lu Hong had stayed, insisting on taking responsibility.

This moved her somewhat, though it was futile.

Setting aside whether Lu Hong’s strength was worthy of her, given Nono’s care for Lu Hong over the past three months and subsequent behavior, the beautiful lady knew that Nono held feelings for him, and she couldn’t very well compete for a man with a family member, could she?

Moreover, what if one day Konstantin the Great Emperor brought Funie back and the two sisters said upon meeting, “Danni, I thought of you as a sister, yet you hit on my son?” How would she handle that?

Through various proofs, it was clear that she could never accept Lu Hong.

Regrettably, though we are impossible, perhaps you will be the only person who has ever lingered in my heart.

Danni finally calmed her spirit in her study, gazing out at the bustling imperial capital, lost in thought.

On the other hand, Lu Hong, blissfully unaware of these complexities, dressed and left the Green Tower.

Although he hadn’t found out about the matter that concerned him, his gains were comparatively greater.

He was definitely set on achieving the Third Transition, and then, hehehe!

“Danni, you wait for me!

I will definitely…” Lu Hong grew happier as he thought about it and couldn’t help but shout at the top of the tower as he left the Green Tower.

Before his voice fell, a huge vine suddenly sprang from the ground and flung Lu Hong a hundred meters away.

“Damned rogue!” The beautiful lady’s face turned slightly red as she spat out in frustration, wasn’t he loud enough to let everyone hear him outside the Green Tower!

The old steward, having prepared everything, rushed forward to greet the flushed Lu Hong, “Young master, did you encounter something joyful?”

But upon seeing Lu Hong covered in mud and dust, he changed his words, “Were you beaten up?

Beaten into a fool?

How can you still smile?”

“Go away, I’m just happy.

This little injury is nothing.

Your young master encountered a great fortune today.”

“What good fortune?

Young master, have you leveled up again?”

“Level up, level up, all you ever think about is leveling up!

Can’t you have any taste for life?!”

“Yes, yes, young master, you are right.” The little old man continued, “We’ve prepared everything you need, young master.

When do you want to leave tomorrow?”

“I can’t wait; I want to make the most of every moment to level up and strive to break through to Third Transition sooner.” Lu Hong had never been so eager to reach the pinnacle of his profession, but he also knew it was still a long road, and seizing any bit of time was beneficial.

“Young master has admirable aspirations, I have nothing more to say but ‘okay!'”

“Enough of that, no more bootlicking.

How’s Miaomiao doing?

Was the class change successful?” Lu Hong asked.

“Everything went smoothly, but Nono told you not to have any designs on Miaomiao.

From now on, this elf can only follow her, so I didn’t bring Miaomiao back.”

This little trickster, is she opposing him?

Miaomiao is his slave, and he would rely on her to keep his bed warm in the future, well, the ultimate goal of warming his bed is still that person from the Green Tower, hehehe.

Thinking of this, Lu Hong didn’t care about Miaomiao anymore, so he said, “Whatever, just make sure Miaomiao doesn’t fall behind in leveling up.

By the way, how have you mastered the Fatal Strike?

Come on, show it to me; let me see how far you’ve progressed.”

“Alrighty!” The little old man’s eyes lit up, this was the young master assessing him, perhaps if he performed well, he might be taught other skills!

Acting shrewdly, the old man first dragged over a lounge chair for Lu Hong to recline comfortably, and then he pulled out his sword and carefully recalled the details of the Fatal Strike skill that Lu Hong had taught, performing it fiercely!

“Not bad, it could actually be faster.

Also, don’t activate the skill so quickly, it makes it easy for others to guard against you.

You could start with a normal slash, and adapt during it, catching others off guard, you understand?” Lu Hong was quite satisfied with the old man’s progress rate; he initially thought it would take a long time for him to master this skill, but the old man’s learning ability was quite strong.

When he had ambushed Tihai previously, he had only grasped the basics, but now it had only been a few days, and it already looked quite effective.

“Seeing that you’ve been training hard recently, today I’ll teach you a new move.

Tell me, what skill do you want to learn.” Lu Hong stood up, took over the long sword from the old man, and asked.

The old man, inwardly excited, calmed his thoughts for a moment and said, “Young master, I want to learn Decapitate.”

“Oh?” Lu Hong smiled, “Not bad, actually wanting to learn a classic warrior skill.

Since that’s the case, let me ask you a question.

What do you think the Decapitate skill of a warrior is really like?”

“It’s, well…” The old man faltered; he had heard from the previous generation about the skill, described as tremendously powerful, capable of directly ending an enemy, but since Lu Hong asked, the skill mustn’t be that simple.

However, the old man didn’t know how to respond and ended up shaking his head.

“Do you think that as soon as this skill is used, the enemy instantly falls dead?” Lu Hong laughed.

“Isn’t that how it is?” The old man retorted, “I’ve heard that the Decapitate skill is that powerful!”

Smack!

Lu Hong directly smacked the old man’s head, “Are you foolish?

If it were that powerful, wouldn’t the warrior profession be invincible?”

“I think the warrior profession is indeed invincible!” the old man said, aggrieved.

“If it’s invincible, why are you still so weak?

Or should I say, were you beaten up by someone before I came back?” Lu Hong smirked, the old man was trying desperately to hide his injuries, but he couldn’t escape from Lu Hong’s eyes.

“Yo-young master, how did you find out?” The old man, unable to keep it hidden, admitted.

“I didn’t notice at first, but when you demonstrated the skill, I saw it.

Your left leg is a bit uncoordinated, were you hit, right?”

“You really have a keen eye.” The old man said irritably, “Nono told you that old Tihai schemed against you, so I thought about avenging you and went looking for trouble with him, but unfortunately, I was beaten up.”

“Hahaha, don’t rush, don’t rush.

You’re still too early to rely on Fatal Strike to win against that old guy, wait until you learn a few more moves!” Saying this, Lu Hong walked to a tree and said solemnly, “Let me show you what Decapitate is!”

With that, Lu Hong slashed the tree horizontally, leaving a shallow cut, then said, “Watch closely!”

As Lu Hong’s Fighting Spirit wandered, pure Fighting Spirit kept pouring into the sword in his hand, then suddenly, he exerted force and swung the sword again at the same cut, only stopping with a snap sound—the tree didn’t move, and the cut didn’t widen, as though the sword hadn’t hit at all.

“So?

Do you understand now?” Lu Hong asked the old man.

“Just, just like that?” The old man was a bit dazed; that Decapitate was useless!

Did he just show off?

“Yes, just like that.” Lu Hong’s mouth broke into a smile, reaffirming it.

But as his words fell, the tree suddenly shook violently and then burst open, turning into a cloud of dust!

“This is Decapitate, it can end everything!”