Hearing the sound of Yao Ying's footsteps, Long Hua turns his head to the side.
Without waiting for Long Hua to say anything, Yao Ying shouts—
"I also want a divine art!"
Facing his eyes forward, Long Hua replies—
"Is the odd egg not enough?"
"An egg is an egg! Being able to toss it out doesn't count as a divine art! Also, sending me out to perform a task is fine, but I want to be compensated for it!"
Laughing aloud, Long Hua remarks—
"So, the little girl finally knows how the real world works?"
Contemplating for a few moments, Long Hua takes out a jade slip.
In that instance, a whim appears on Long Hua's mind, as he carves a very specific divine art onto the jade slip, while thinking—
(If this little girl really is a Chosen Child of the Heaven, then would she be able to gain partial mastery of this divine art in the next 24 hours?)
Without turning around, Long Hua tosses the jade slip at Yao Ying, and says—
"Hand of the Beast Lord is an odd divine art. The appearance of the conjured hand varies from person to person. To truly attain mastery over it, you would have to study the limbs of various beasts."
"…?"
Raising a frown, while tilting her head, Yao Ying is rather confused by Long Hua's explanation. And receiving no response from the former, the latter adds—
"I recommend you think about those white tigers that attacked you while cultivating this divine art. Now, go."
"Un."
Just as Yao Ying is about to turn around, she stops, and asks—
"…How is it that you're able to use both Yin and Yang energy?"
Turning his head to the side, Long Hua replies—
"I modified your Cloud Ink Incantation."
"…"
Seeing the look on Yao Ying's face, which demonstrates her clear wants to obtain it, Long Hua smiles with a hint of smugness, and asks—
"You want it?"
"…Un."
Receiving a nod from Yao Ying, Long Hua faces forward, and replies—
"Do your best then."
"…"
Despite feeling unsatisfied with this answer, Yao Ying decides to place her focus onto this new divine art for the time being.
As Yao Ying heads back into the building, the Tai Xuan Emperor asks—
(*-laoban, do you really intend to become her cheat?)
"Who the hell knows?"
...…
Out on the streets of the ancient city—
"…"
Surrounded by lamellar armored ghosts, the red-eyed Long Hua keeps his attention focused on the distant tree, the source of the Spirit Extract leaves.
Simultaneously, all the nearby lamellar armored ghosts charged at the red-eyed Long Hua, and just as they were about a meter away from landing a hit on him—
*…! …! …! …! …!* the eight tails of Long Hua's white trench coat lunge outwards, and split themselves into numerous ribbon-sized strands—allowing them to slice the incoming enemies apart!
"…"
As the red-eyed Long Hua blinks his eyes, the lamellar armored ghosts dissipate.
And in the same instance, a blue leaf falls from above.
Catching the leaf, the red-eyed Long Hua swallows it whole, and upon doing so—
"…"
Glancing down at his right hand, where a bit of skin has started to peel—the red-eyed Long Hua smiles with glee, as he raises the hood of his coat over his head.
...…
Night falls, causing the clouds above to darken.
Despite the time, the sound of battle can still be heard throughout the ancient city, as weapon spirits compete for Spirit Extract leaves, or are fending off the lamellar armored ghosts, which attacked on sight.
[I didn't think that a battle between Sinners would be this violent. Well, this is my first time seeing it, so it isn't strange.]
[How is it that the military is able to control these people?]
[I'm starting to rethink about the way I interact with Sinners… If they can cause this much destruction, I should probably steer clear of them.]
[Is that the son that I sold off to the government all those years ago? Seems like he's doing pretty good for himself.]
[Shouldn't they put a tighter leash on these Sinners? How are they still allowed to walk the streets when they're this powerful?]
[I wonder where those Immortals are.]
[Maybe I should get myself a better gun.]
[Who cares about where the Immortals are? Shouldn't you be more concerned about a Sinner raiding your home at night?]
Ever since the livestream started, the chatter in the official chat box has never ceased.
And with it being afterwork hours at this time, activities in the chat box have only increased with everyone gaining access to their computers.
"…"
Sitting in her office—with the cameras off, Nian Yao Yao is holding an unopened bottle in her hand.
Contained in the bottle is an energizing drink, but with how effective it is, she is wondering if she should take a nap first.
Seated by Nian Yao Yao's side, Lin Song presses her forehead against the table's surface, while remarking—
"Lady Nian, this is a lot more exhausting than what I would've figured…"
"Well, hang in there… If your company's CEO is still standing, you—as the employee should be able to do the same."
"What kind of logic is that? Humans have limits…"
In order to maintain their health, they are currently on a five-hour break.
However, if anything exciting were to occur in the ruins during the break period, they would have to resume commentary work.
For the time being, action-based raw footage is shown to the viewers—with an occasional ad.
And in order to motivate the weapon spirits to go after the practitioners, a bounty has been issued—but so far, the practitioners have yet to make a reappearance.