Chapter 104: Intimidation

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Lou Yuhui was even more formidable. When Yu Yan went to lure and kill the dungeon monsters, he was the only one she brought along. Of course, even so, Yu Lei still trusted his eldest sister. She said blood crystals were better than spirit beast meat, and becoming a bloodline enhancer was far superior to being some kind of power enhancer. So he... would just take her word for it! Mainly because there was no other choice; in their family, his eldest sister was the undisputed authority. Once she made a decision, not even their parents could argue.

If he dared to say he wanted to become a power enhancer more, she might give him a big slap and say, “Are you out of your mind? Need me to help control you?” Did he need that? Of course not.

Yu Lei felt a pang of sympathy.

While he was tangled in his thoughts, Yu Wan had already placed the blazing rhinoceros blood crystal into her mouth.

There was no other way—how painful could it be?

She had endured the nightmare of her best friend dying to a swarm of corpse worms while trying to save her.

For Yu Wan, nothing could deter her determination to grow stronger!

Her eldest sister said this thing could boost strength, so no matter the pain, even if it was worse than death, so be it... Damn it! Who could tell her this was what little Lei meant by "very painful"?

This was indeed painful—this was truly worse than death.

Yu Wan gritted her teeth and endured until she couldn’t help but let out a howl, which brought her a slight relief. But soon, a tidal wave of agony surged back, and compared to this, the bites from the corpse worms she suffered earlier were nothing!

At worst, they were like mosquito bites.

Yu Lei: “???”

No way, right?

He had felt pain when refining the Lightning Yong blood crystal, but it wasn’t enough to make him scream in agony!

Hmm, girls were just delicate.

Even the usually tough second sister was like this, no comparison to him, a big man! Yu Lei quickly “figured it out” and looked at Yu Wan’s continuous screams with great sympathy. Her pitiful state reminded him of the pain he endured last night while refining the Lightning Yong blood crystal.

Yu Lei shivered all over, goosebumps rising.

Hiss... that really hurt!

If not for the need to save face as a man, and with his eldest sister right there, he might not have held back from screaming aloud.

Yu Yan and Lou Yuhui, walking between the tall trees, had not gone far and naturally heard the increasingly agonized screams.

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“Um, Sister Yan?”

Lou Yuhui saw that Yu Yan didn’t even seem to notice, her steps not slowing at all. After holding back repeatedly, he finally couldn’t help but ask, “What did you give Sister Wan? Why is she... screaming like that?”

Lou Yuhui naturally knew Yu Yan had given her own younger sister something good.

That thing was probably similar to what she gave Yu Lei, likely something that enhanced growth potential.

But judging by rank alone, the blood crystal Yu Lei refined was only sixth grade, not even as good as the mysterious turtle meat that Yu Wei and others absorbed—it was seventh-grade spirit beast meat! His was even better, ninth-grade Quru meat—

Even within this S-level dungeon, ninth-grade dungeon monsters should be at the top of the food chain.

He had witnessed the commotion when Yu Lei refined the Lightning Yong blood crystal.

It was roughly the same as when he refined Quru meat.

But Lou Yuhui knew very well, having practiced martial arts since childhood, injuries were routine for him. He had experienced his inner strength going haywire during breakthroughs, which forged a strong will.

Yu Lei was different; he hadn’t tasted much real hardship over the years.

Perhaps the only difficulties he’d faced were since the dungeon world appeared.

Yu Lei’s willpower was incomparable to his.

Moreover, theoretically, refining ninth-grade Quru meat should be much more painful than Yu Lei refining the sixth-grade Lightning Yong blood crystal. After all, one was ninth-grade, the other sixth-grade; even if rarity differed, there was a whole rank gap!

But Lou Yuhui wasn’t so sure about what Yu Wan was refining.

He didn’t attribute her screams to being a girl or delicate like Yu Lei did.

In fact, to Lou Yuhui, Yu Wan’s tolerance for pain was better than Yu Lei’s.

When they were all bitten by corpse worms to varying degrees—some only once or twice, others unlucky enough to be devoured entirely by the swarm—Yu Wan was clearly bitten more than Yu Lei, but when Yu Lei screamed, she didn’t make a sound.

She clenched her teeth tightly, her face pale, but uttered no noise.

This girl was tough!

That was Lou Yuhui’s deepest impression of Yu Wan.

Now this tough girl was letting out such agonized screams—Lou Yuhui couldn’t exactly compare who could endure more pain between him and Yu Wan. But compared to Yu Lei’s reaction refining the Lightning Yong blood crystal, it made clear that what Yu Wan was absorbing was above sixth grade.

It should be an earth-grade blood crystal, or perhaps a plant spirit?

Hadn’t Yu Yan said the drop rate for blood crystals and plant spirits was only one in a thousand?

Giving Yu Lei a sixth-grade blood crystal was already beyond his expectation.

Could this woman really have killed thousands of earth-grade dungeon monsters, obtaining seventh-grade or higher blood crystals or plant spirits?

Lou Yuhui was filled with doubt.

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It made no sense; even if Yu Yan was formidable, the dungeon world had only just arrived.

To be lucky enough to kill a single ninth-grade Quru and get a pile of ninth-grade Quru meat was already very difficult.

Lou Yuhui had thought he might be overestimating Yu Yan’s strength, but could she be thousands of times stronger than he imagined?

His bewildered gaze met Yu Yan’s cold, piercing eyes, faintly tinged with a murderous aura, and he was instantly shaken to full alertness.

“Sorry, Sister Yan. I asked too many questions.”

“As long as you understand,” Yu Yan said without courtesy, nor did she try to soothe his shaken spirit.

Instead, echoing his meaning coldly, she said, “Don’t ask about things you shouldn’t know. I gave you ninth-grade Quru meat not just because I’m grateful you saved my sister. If I’m not around in the future, you know what to do, right?”

“I know!” Lou Yuhui lowered his eyes and deeply bowed his head.

He had overstepped!

Yu Yan had been very friendly and kind to him and Yu Wei these past few days, which led him to mistakenly think she was temperate and mild.

Others might be influenced by the brainwashing before the dungeon world’s arrival—ideas like “everyone is equal before the law” or “all men are born equal."

But Lou Yuhui, born into the Lou family, never dared think that way!

From ancient times to now, there was no such thing as true equality.

What people call equality is just a fleeting anesthetic given by those in power.

It makes them mistakenly believe they have so-called human rights and property rights.

In reality, these rights are just rules made by the small group of people perched atop the pyramid of power.

Whoever holds the real strength to change the order is the one who makes the rules!

And these rules can change anytime according to the whims of that small group.

Want to rebel?

Go ahead.

Either you die, or your life becomes worse than death.

Or, you become one of those powerful people who can make the rules...

———Side note———

Thanks to Feng Yan Wuhen, Drifting Heart, and unnamed book friends for their monthly votes, and new and old readers for their recommendation votes. Also, is a one-in-a-hundred subscription rate for each hundred really serious? I’m floored, lying flat, no longer afraid of bad reviews from readers. Hm, I can’t even cover electricity fees, purely writing out of love, yet still manage to update and strive to write my best—I think I’m already doing great!

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