I Am Your Natural Enemy

Wen Yan understood after hearing the whole story.

Definitely! There absolutely *is* someone who possesses the power to rewind time. It wasn’t an illusion or a false memory; at least the title proves it isn’t fake. I must have experienced it to have gained that title. And this title is something that even the other party’s time rewind can’t erase. Some of the déjà vu I’d previously experienced, the feelings that I’d been through something before, might also have been real. It’s just that at the time, I didn’t pay much attention to it, or even if I did, it was futile. But this time, it coincidentally landed on just the right moment. I received the new title, and then I was sent back to a time before I got it. If that’s the case, based on my cultivation today, my efficiency has suddenly leaped severalfold. At my usual training pace, even if I could train normally each day, it would probably take about a week to reach this point. Because today, after I finished my training, I could still feel that the rapid and efficient progress hadn’t reached its limit. Roughly estimating, it’s between five to ten days. In other words, something will probably happen to me within the next five to ten days, and then I’ll acquire the Beast Nemesis title. The target corresponding to this title is naturally Ferocious Beasts. I don’t know who the other party is, whether they’re targeting me specifically, or if I was just caught up in their time rewind.

Water Monarch looked at Wen Yan, who was lost in thought with a frown, and for once, wasn’t so irritable.

”Just do what you need to do, don’t overthink it. If the enemy comes, block them; if water comes, dam it up...”

”PFFT, dam what?! Who in the Human Race came up with this stupid saying!”

”I don’t know who said it on the riverbank back then. I really should have dragged them into the water to see if they could actually dam it up!”

Wen Yan looked up at Water Monarch, speechless, and braced himself.

BANG. He exploded on the spot.

Sitting up in bed, Wen Yan felt that Water Monarch had a point. Just do what needs to be done. In the absence of any intelligence, this is the most prudent approach.

He closed his eyes, recalling what he had been doing before this title suddenly popped up. Oh, right, I was watching a live stream. I don’t know if this incident is related to how I got this title. But I have to assume it is related—related to me. So, if my normal trajectory changes drastically, will it attract the other party’s attention? Is someone watching me?

After pondering, he decided to proceed with business as usual.

He watched the live stream, and then, as he usually did in the morning, he tossed Sparrow Cat out to fly around nearby and keep an eye out for anyone watching him.

That evening, he phoned Old Meng, but that Deadly Trickster was still unreachable.

Forget it. He must not be in Divine Land; he’s almost certainly still frolicking around Europa, who knows in which nook or cranny. I wanted to ask Old Meng if he had any wondrous items that could detect if someone was watching me. Unfortunately, I couldn’t contact him. Thinking again, under normal circumstances, I definitely wouldn’t be contacting Old Meng right now.

「And so the fifth day came, and his phone rang.」

”Hello, Wen Yan.”

”Hey, bro, what’s up?”

”It’s me.”

As soon as Wen Yan heard the voice and tone, his whole body jolted. Pei Tugou! It’s starting! This has to be it! This call is definitely the starting point of the event.

I remember Pei Tugou was temporarily transferred to Luoyue County. For him to show up now and call me, something must have happened.

He listened carefully to what Pei Tugou said and then quickly called Feng Wei to ask him to clear the way.

「Arriving at Luoyue County, he saw a Demonic Corpse.」

Following the Demonic Corpse, he arrived at Hundred Cities Hospital and watched as Pei Tugou crippled the mortician.

Until he saw Boss Tao, and a prompt with the word ’Glutton’ appeared.

His Beast Nemesis title began flashing wildly, as if it were bugged.

I knew it! The source of my Beast Nemesis title is Glutton. But Glutton isn’t dead yet, and I’ve already gotten the Beast Nemesis title for having killed it. This is like a system glitch. But it’s clear that a title, once obtained, is incredibly potent. It’s become a fait accompli—something that can’t be erased even if time rewinds.

Then, he calmed the enraged Pei Tugou, stopping him from killing Boss Tao on the spot.

Anyway, no matter how many times this happens, I know I have to kill all five parts of Glutton. As always, once it started, the rest would follow.

「He found the Bamboo Forest Demon and observed it carefully...」

He thought carefully: If this were the first time I encountered this one, would I have killed it directly? No, I’d persuade Pei Tugou to let the Bamboo Forest Demon lead the way.

「With everything going smoothly, he found himself once again standing by the West River, on the Beheading Dragon Platform.」

He pondered his saber, pondering how he would slay Glutton without the Beast Nemesis title.

He then summoned King Guilong and borrowed his Azure Dragon’s Scale.

Wearing the Beast Nemesis title, combined with the Temporary Ability known as Bone-Scraping Knife from the Bamboo Forest Demon, he sliced through the five Gluttons with his unadorned Saber Technique.

Four of them died in agonizing pain under the Bone-Scraping Knife. Only the one with the Mythical Trait, though its head was chopped off, had a body that refused to disintegrate.

「Arriving at the Bamboo Forest Demon’s location, he made one cut, and the part belonging to the Bamboo Forest Demon was predictably severed.」

In that instant, not only was the Bamboo Forest Demon itself cut free, but the Mythical Core of Glutton was also severed along with it.

The Mythical Core transformed into a bracelet that clasped onto Wen Yan’s wrist. It looked like a large-mouthed beast biting its own tail, as if devouring itself.

At that moment, the Beast Nemesis title, which had been flickering incessantly as if bugged, finally stabilized.

Just when Wen Yan thought it was over, a new prompt appeared.

”You have gained the title: Dragonkin’s Nemesis.”

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