Seven Cubs, Seven Fathers, Zero Days Off

Chapter 172: Chapter 170: This Was All Your Plan?

He jolted.

Thinking his own strength was insufficient, he continued to release his spiritual power in confusion, trying to absorb the energy so close at hand.

But after two attempts, the power merely floated before his brow.

He couldn’t absorb it at all.

He grew anxious and even released his Spiritual Body, enveloping the Vitality Power in an attempt to convert it into his own.

But it was still no use.

He simply couldn’t absorb it.

Just as he was growing frantic with anxiety...

Shen Yue, who had been floating in the air shrouded in darkness, suddenly snapped her eyes open.

Those eyes were like twin stars.

Like awakened night-blooming datura, tinged with a vermilion glow and laced with a cold light, they stared straight at the man in black.

”What’s this? I’m not even dead yet, and you’re already trying to take my things?!”

”Did you ask for my permission?”

Her voice was bone-chillingly cold, like that of a dark flower resurrected from hell.

The man in black was startled, not even having time to react.

He felt the air around them suddenly fall silent.

The next second, an invisible power erupted from Shen Yue.

With terrifying speed, that power snatched back the Vitality Power floating before the man’s brow.

The man in black had no time to defend himself before he was sent flying by this force, crashing hard onto the ground.

SPIT!

He collapsed on the ground, violently coughing up a mouthful of blood.

He looked up in shock.

He saw Shen Yue tilt her head back slightly, recalling all of the now-reformed Vitality Power into her body.

She even devoured his spiritual power along with it.

His eyes widened in disbelief.

”Impossible! How is this possible?!”

He could clearly feel it—his spiritual power was gone!

’What in the world is going on?’

He stared at Shen Yue, who was still floating in the air above him.

The disbelief in his eyes turned to terror.

After absorbing her own Vitality Power and the man’s spiritual power, Shen Yue slowly opened her eyes again.

This time, the light within them was more brilliant than the stars.

Her stunningly beautiful face seemed to have reached a new level of loveliness.

It was captivating, yet so intimidating that one dared not gaze upon it.

A sacred shimmer even seemed to ripple faintly across her entire body.

It was as if she had been reshaped by Divine Power in that instant, completely reborn.

Then, she slowly descended from the air, her body as light as a falling leaf.

The moment her toes touched the ground, the turbulent air around her returned to normal.

It was as if the vast power that had just erupted from her body had vanished completely.

She looked at the man on the ground and walked toward him, one step at a time.

Each step was like Death’s scythe closing in to claim his soul.

The man in black’s eyes were filled with terror.

”You!! How is this possible!!”

Without the protection of his spiritual power, he was completely unable to resist the immense power and pressure radiating from Shen Yue. He lay prone on the ground, his body beginning to tremble uncontrollably.

”What did you do to me? Did you devour my spiritual power?”

The chill that spilled from the depths of Shen Yue’s eyes seemed cold enough to freeze him solid.

Yet a faint smile played on her lips.

”What do you think?”

His eyes widened.

”Impossible. How could you possibly do that?”

’Could it be... did she use the power of the Vitality Power??’

He blurted out:

”Your body can only store Vitality Power! It’s impossible for you to use it!!”

Shen Yue looked down at him, a triumphant smirk gracing the corners of her mouth.

She enlightened him:

”You’re right. I truly couldn’t use this power before, and I certainly couldn’t do what I just did.”

”But things are different now. And I have you to thank for it. You enabled me to break the seal on this power and master it completely.”

The man’s heart jolted as he listened.

He didn’t quite understand what she meant.

”What do you mean?”

’I helped her break the seal?’

Shen Yue looked at him. The aura she now exuded made her seem like a completely different person.

Not only mysterious, but powerful.

Her gaze was like that of a god looking down upon an ant—it was his judgment.

”What do I mean? I mean I borrowed your hand to help me merge with the power inside my body, of course!”

The man shuddered when he heard her words.

It was as if he was finally, belatedly, starting to understand.

A terrible premonition surfaced in his heart.

Shen Yue continued, ”Otherwise, besides you, who else could have broken this blasted seal?”

”You should know, I’ve been waiting and planning for this day for a very, very long time!”

At that moment, it seemed the man finally understood everything.

The color instantly drained from his face.

”You’re saying... this was all your plan?”

A storm of turmoil raged in his heart.

”So you knew about the power in your body all along! You pretended to have amnesia just to lure me into your trap?”

Shen Yue looked at him with a smile that wasn’t a smile.

At this point, her memories had completely returned.

As for where this story began, it had to start from when she was transmigrated into this world at birth.

She had come to this Beast World with the memories of her past life.

Originally, she thought that with her modern mindset, life experience, and knowledge, she could live a free and happy life in this world.

But she never expected it.

Starting from the age of one, she developed the ability of precognition.

That year, she was in the back garden of the Duke Mansion, contemplating how to make a name for herself in this world.

But suddenly, her eyes could see impending danger. At first, she thought she was hallucinating.

Until the first time, when she was nearly crushed by a falling tree.

The second time, she was tripped by a servant in the mansion.

And then the third time, she was almost pushed into a lake to drown.

Each time, the event matched the scene she had seen in her vision, without the slightest deviation.

From then on, whenever her life was in danger, she could foresee it in advance and take precautions.

But she hadn’t expected that before she turned five, although she could foresee every danger, they were all just accidents.

After she turned five, however, the dangers she saw were deliberate assassinations and attacks.

Whether she was in the Duke Mansion or walking anywhere in the Royal City, she would face an assassination attempt or an attack, at longest every six months, at shortest every month or so.

In the beginning, it was just people trying to poison her.

Later, it escalated to repeated ambushes and murder attempts.

In short, she had cleverly avoided all these dangers over the years.

Of course, there were also times when she couldn’t escape, even with her foresight.

She would get seriously injured, her life hanging by a thread.

However, she had Vitality Water, which saved her life every time.

All these years, whether in the Duke Mansion or the Royal City, countless hidden eyes were constantly watching her every move.

At first, she didn’t understand who would expend so much effort to deal with someone as young as her.

She assumed it was other families and forces who were dissatisfied with the Duke Mansion.

But over time, she sensed that something was wrong.

The hidden people seemed to be targeting only her, as if they wanted to get something from her or were testing her for something.

After confirming this...

She started going out less from the Duke Mansion and began to secretly cultivate her own power, gradually building up her disguise.

Over the years, to protect the Duke Mansion and herself...

By day, she was the ugly and notorious Duchess.

But in secret, she founded the Mystic Mechanism Building.

The top masters and spies of the Mystic Mechanism Building were spread throughout the entire Beast World.

They protected her from the shadows and handled matters for her that she could not deal with openly.