Chapter 119: Chapter 119: Meeting That Lord, Rushing to Defend the High Ground?

「Ten minutes earlier.」

Yun Zhenyue gazed at the Ghost Artifact painting, hesitating.

’A Calamity Star Ghost Artifact?’

’Step into this painting, and I can have a wish granted?’

Having suddenly received such a precious gift, Yun Zhenyue couldn’t make up her mind.

Her family life was harmonious and her life was happy. Besides the slight nuisance of having to go on missions every so often, she had never really encountered any major difficulties, nor did she have any unforgettable obsessions.

Luo Huan egged her on from the side, "Miss Yun, this is a great opportunity!"

"If it were me, I’d wish to become a Great Evil!"

"Or for an endless supply of ghost currency. Anyway, I’m a simple person. Those are the only wishes I can think of."

...

Seeing this, the Dragon Country audience was filled with anticipation.

A treasure that even Mr. Luo, an Evil Star, had to beg to obtain!

An existence that even he respectfully called a ’great personage’!

This opportunity was priceless!

They just didn’t know what she would wish for!

[To just casually give away a Calamity Star Ghost Artifact... Holy cow, that person must be a Great Evil.]

[An existence above a Blood-red Ghost Artifact... This is the first time I’ve ever seen such a thing.]

[This Ghost Artifact painting is so magical. It’s like there’s a whole space inside it.]

[Yeah, you could totally use it as a storage item.]

[You could also hide in the painting when you’re in danger. It’s a divine tool!]

[I have a bad feeling about this. Don’t tell me Yun Zhenyue is going to get all love-struck and wish for something like ’to be with Gu Yuan forever’?]

...

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd,

Yun Zhenyue took a deep breath, just about to say something.

But just then,

"COUGH!"

Mr. Luo, who was holding the Ghost Artifact painting, suddenly let out a violent cough.

He immediately spat out black blood, covering his mouth.

Although he tried his best to hide it, the black blood still seeped through the gaps between his fingers.

His face turned a deathly, lifeless pale.

The entire ghost looked weak and pained.

Luo Huan’s eyes widened at the sight, and she hurriedly asked, "Father... you—"

"I-it’s nothing. Don’t be scared, Huan’Er... I’m just a little tired. I’ll be fine after some rest."

Mr. Luo didn’t want to make Luo Huan worry.

He immediately absorbed the bloodstains on his hand, then pretended everything was fine and spoke slowly.

"How could it be nothing?" Luo Huan bit her lower lip. "You’re hurt. Is it because of me?"

Yun Zhenyue, standing to the side, also looked at him in surprise and asked, "Mr. Luo, did I injure you?"

’That shouldn’t be possible.’

’Yun Zhenyue remembered holding back with that punch!’

’She hadn’t used her full strength at all. Otherwise, forget just punching a hole in him—she could have blown up Mr. Luo’s heart!’

’Besides, she knew beforehand that Mr. Luo’s body had self-healing abilities. Even if he were truly injured, he would have recovered in half a day at most. It wouldn’t be like this, spitting up black blood.’

Under Luo Huan’s repeated questioning, Mr. Luo had no choice but to helplessly reveal the truth. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

He was afraid that if he lied again, Luo Huan would come to despise him.

When she heard Mr. Luo personally admit that he had been gravely poisoned by a top-tier Evil Star, that his life was fading, and that perhaps only a Great Evil—a being above an Evil Star—could cure him, Luo Huan’s heart sank, and her face turned deathly pale.

She quickly asked Yun Zhenyue to take a look at her father.

She knew Yun Zhenyue was a skilled physician; she had treated their entire class before.

However,

after checking Mr. Luo’s pulse, Yun Zhenyue also felt helpless.

It seemed there was something strange inside Mr. Luo’s body.

To cure him, that thing would have to be pulled out.

But the thing was constantly changing its position, its movements extremely cunning. To extract it... Yun Zhenyue feared that even Mrs. Yan herself would be at a loss.

"Forget it. Don’t worry about me anymore."

"I’ve done too many wrong things in my life. This is nothing more than getting what I deserve."

Mr. Luo chuckled softly.

He didn’t seem too bothered by it.

He just patted Luo Huan’s shoulder gently.

"From now on, you’ll have to walk your own path."

"Don’t be sad, and don’t cry. Father will always be with you."

Hearing this, Luo Huan’s eyes stung with tears.

She could finally feel her father’s love for her.

This time, it wasn’t heavy but felt like a blessing.

"Father, I..."

Just as Luo Huan was about to say that she would stay by his side for the time he had left,

Yun Zhenyue couldn’t take it anymore and immediately cut in, "Hold on."

She hated these kinds of sappy moments the most.

It was like watching the Spring Festival Gala—whenever a skit tried too hard to be a tear-jerker, she would immediately turn off the TV.

"Stop crying, both of you. Isn’t there a Ghost Artifact painting right here?"

"Just have that great being cure your father," Yun Zhenyue said, exasperated.

"Huh?" Luo Huan was dumbfounded. She stared blankly at Yun Zhenyue, having completely forgotten about that option.

"I don’t have any wishes anyway. You should make the wish yourself."

Yun Zhenyue made the decisive call with a light chuckle.

...

Soon, after a brief discussion, the two decided to step into the Ghost Artifact painting together.

VMMMM!

As their bodies submerged into the Ghost Artifact painting, they arrived in a bizarre and outlandish world.

There was no color here, nor did time seem to exist.

There were only miscellaneous objects scattered about in a mess.

Everything they had seen in the painting before now appeared in front of them.

It was like a storage room, with things piled up haphazardly.

The two looked at each other, speechless.

Finally, Luo Huan couldn’t help but ask, "Is this that great being’s trash can?"

"Using a Calamity Star Ghost Artifact as a trash can... Truly impressive."

The two didn’t dare to rashly touch any of the great being’s belongings.

Who knew if someone with such a strange personality would get angry over it.

After a short while, they saw a beam of light up ahead.

Following the light, a small room appeared before them.

This room was filled with all sorts of electronics.

There were piles of computers, figurines, and game cartridges, looking like the room of a die-hard otaku.

"This must be his residence?" Yun Zhenyue asked, puzzled.

She felt that this small house looked a little familiar.

Not her home in Wansheng District, of course.

But it was as if she had seen it somewhere before.

"I should be able to make the wish from here, right?" Luo Huan murmured under her breath.

The next moment!

She closed her eyes, clasped her hands together, and prayed earnestly, "Great Being, I don’t know if you can hear me."

"But my father’s emotional burdens have been lifted, and for my sake, he has been deeply poisoned and doesn’t have long to live."

"I hope that you, Great Being, will help him. I am willing to pay any price."

As her voice faded, both of them held their breath.

They didn’t know if the great being could hear her.

A few seconds passed.

Just as Luo Huan began to feel dejected and disappointed, thinking her wish would not be granted,

a deep voice echoed from the distant end of the space.

"Fine..."

Upon hearing this word, an unstoppable force quietly descended.

Before either of them could react, they were already back in reality, outside the Ghost Artifact painting.

Then!

They saw a hand stretch out from the Ghost Artifact painting.

"This is—" Mr. Luo said in shock. ’Did the two of them succeed?’

Before he could react, the hand that stretched out from the painting seemed to be in a hurry.

It immediately raised its index finger and shook it, as if telling him to shut up.

Then, with lightning speed, it plunged into Mr. Luo’s body.

Of course, it wasn’t a forceful insertion, but more like sinking into water.

It caused no harm to Mr. Luo’s body whatsoever.

The hand seemed to be groping for something inside Mr. Luo.

THUMP!

THUMP-THUMP!

Mr. Luo could only feel his heart begin to beat faster.

He was completely unable to resist this hand!

He was like an ant facing a higher-dimensional being!

The gap was so vast that he could only look up in awe, unable to muster any hint of hostility.

Just ten seconds later, the hand withdrew from Mr. Luo’s body.

It was clutching an ugly, blood-red bug.

It looked a bit like a threadworm, but far more terrifying.

Held in the hand’s grasp, the bug struggled with all its might to no avail. It was then casually tossed to the ground, where it quickly dissolved into a pool of blood.

"HISS~"

Mr. Luo gasped, watching the scene in utter shock.

’As expected of the great being!’

’This was a venomous bug placed inside him by a top-tier Evil Star!’

’And it was just pulled out like that?’

’A curse said to be immortal and indestructible!’

’It was constantly draining the yin energy from my body!’

’I even tried to absorb the venomous bug’s power to nourish myself, which is why my flesh started turning into threadworms. Unfortunately, the bug’s power wasn’t so easily obtained.’

’Every attempt to absorb it only made me weaker.’

Not only that, ’did the great being also heal my heart in the process?’

The traces of corrosion from the venomous bug seemed to have completely vanished.

Mr. Luo could feel his power steadily returning.

"Thank you, Great Being!" Mr. Luo said gratefully.

But the hand’s owner didn’t seem to appreciate the thanks.

It simply retracted back into the Ghost Artifact painting.

"Healed just like that... So badass!" Luo Huan marveled in a low voice from the side.

Yun Zhenyue’s eyes were lost in a daze.

For some reason, she felt that the voice from before was also very familiar.

But since it had only spoken a single word, she couldn’t identify it.

Just then, she suddenly heard a voice that seemed to come from inside the Ghost Artifact painting.

It was a booming voice shouting anxiously.

"Where’s the healer? Why is the healer AFK?! Defend the high ground, they’re pushing!"

Yun Zhenyue was completely baffled.

’The great being is playing a game and using voice chat?’

’Was he in such a hurry because he had to defend the high ground?’

’A being like that likes to play video games?’

’Just like Gu Yuan?’