MTL - Steel Shell System - v2 Chapter 290 Strategic Choice

Life is unpredictable. Her husband loved her stepsister, deposed her as Empress and even forced her son to death. In that Cold Palace, she was forced to drink poisonous wine. So in the next lifetime, she made a promise to never do good deeds and help others, to never step into the palace and to never become the Empress!

Eternal Ascension descended on the world, taking the 100 million most promising humans with it.Leon had spent 15 years inside of that world, but was eventually killed after being surrounded by the [God of Eternity]'s servants.Yet right as death overtook him and he thought that it would all be over... Leon transmigrated to before it all happened!And surprise, when it was time to receive his talent, instead of awakening his normal one, he instead awakens the SSS-Level “100% Drop Rate” Talent!With it, he could acquire every single drop from the monsters he killed!Ding![You have obtained the Legendary-Level “Eternal Sword”][You have obtained an SSS-Rank Bloodline!][You have obtained the SSS-Level “Supernova” Skill!]Now there was no monster or god that could stand in Leon's way... or they might just become part of his [Storage Space]!

What if being the protagonist was actually the WORST possible choice?Li Hanfeng thought he'd gotten the short end of the reincarnation stick—transmigrated into a cultivation world with “only” Upper Grade spiritual roots. Sure, he joined the prestigious Shushan Sect, but compared to those Heavenly Grade chosen ones? He was clearly destined to be a background character.Then his golden finger awakened.The Karma Detection System.Suddenly, Li Hanfeng could see the true cost of every “opportunity” before him. That mysterious cave everyone's excited about?[Great Karma: Ancient Tomb][Death Rate: 97%].The beautiful junior sister asking him on a “simple” mission?[Path of Destiny][Triggers: Sect Destruction, Heavenly Tribulation, Outer Domain Demons].Wait... being the protagonist means a 90% chance of horrible death?!NOPE.While other disciples fight over “destiny” and “fortune,” Li Hanfeng discovers something incredible: his system doesn't just detect karma—it “rewards him for avoiding it”. Refuse a death flag mission? Get premium cultivation pills! Skip the mysterious inheritance? Unlock rare techniques! Dodge the protagonist route entirely?His cultivation speed actually INCREASES.“Junior Sister, I'm busy that day.”“Senior Brother, that treasure isn't for me.”“Sorry everyone, I'll pass on saving the world.”[Karma Severed Successfully! Reward: Immortal-Grade Technique]But there's a problem: the more protagonist flags he dodges, the stronger he becomes. And the stronger he becomes, the more the world tries to drag him into main character scenarios.Ancient masters want him as a disciple. Mysterious beauties keep appearing. Evil sects mark him as a threat. Even his own karma system seems shocked by how overpowered his “background character” route is becoming.Li Hanfeng just wanted to cultivate peacefully and avoid death flags.Instead, he accidentally became the most terrifying existence in the cultivation world.The kind of person who's so strong that destiny itself has given up trying to make him the protagonist.

Chu Huan was reborn in Xiangjiang, but encountered a bloody wealthy family vying for property. Let’s see how Chu Huan at this time stirs up the situation in Xiangjiang and becomes a generation of tycoons!

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