Slayer of Gods: I lied; I became the agent of the Nine Gods.

Yuan Gang finally managed to touch Lu Yu's furry head.

As he roughly rubbed the white tiger with black stripes in his big hands, Lu Yu had an expression that said, "Do whatever you want, I don't care."

"It's quieter now. Why were you so mischievous before?"

Yuan Gang smiled kindly: "Why don't you just stay a tiger forever?"

"Roar—" You want me to swallow you whole?

Lu Yu tried to slap Yuan Gang's hand away with one claw.

"Eh!"

Yuan Gang grabbed the tiger's paw and gently pried it open: "Pink paw pads!"

He finally understood why the kids in the neighborhood loved keeping cats so much.

Actually, big cats with pink paws are quite nice to keep?

Yuan Gang turned his attention back to the surveillance cameras.

By this time, a large number of people had already been eliminated and were lining up in the broadcasting room to await their punishment.

“When I was little, I was chased and bitten by geese, and I held a grudge. After they went back to their cages, I would hit them with a badminton racket. A year later, I went to fight them again, only to find that they had been stewed. I cried for a long time.”

Yuan Gang chuckled: "This is also a way to bring them closer together. After all, everyone has had embarrassing moments, and sharing them makes them friends with common secrets."

Lu Yu ignored him and instead stared intently at her friends on the screen.

Shen Qingzhu was about to escape the drone's range, but his henchmen behind him were still unable to get out.

Lu Yu watched as this usually arrogant and aloof guy turned around and went back to his group in front of everyone...

They shared joys and sorrows, and never abandoned each other.

After Shen Qingzhu's drone dealt with the group of people, it turned to the other side.

……

At this time, the number of trainees being eliminated on Jinan Mountain is increasing.

Lin Qiye and Cao Yuan each held one of Baili Tuming's hands, quickly weaving through the woods.

"...There's a cave there!"

Lin Qiye had excellent vision, and after running through the jagged rocks for only a short while, he discovered a hidden cave.

He and Cao Yuan exchanged a glance, then immediately sped up and led Fatty into this blind spot.

"...I really can't go on..." Baili Tuming gasped for breath, as if he was about to die at any moment.

"Fatty, why isn't your stamina improving? Why don't you join us for some extra training afterwards?"

Lin Qiye also sighed. At this time, they were all fleeing famine, so he accepted the water that Cao Yuan handed him without any politeness, gulped down several mouthfuls, and then threw it to Baili Tuming, who was lying dead on the ground.

Baili Tuming didn't mind and poured it directly into his mouth.

"...Speaking of Cao Yuan, you previously said I was your benefactor, was it really just because of a single sentence you mentioned from that great mage?"

Now that he's rested, Lin Qiye has started looking for topics to talk about.

"Yes, the Grand Master once said to me when I came down the mountain, 'You are my destined one.'"

That sounds a bit like calcium.

Lin Qiye shuddered: "Then why is there another Lu Yu? Could it be that we are both your destined ones?"

Cao Yuan shook his head: "Only you are the one destined for this."

Baili Tuming suddenly looked up: "Then why did you say things like 'God' and 'Paradise' to Xiaoyu that day..."

Cao Yuan sat down in meditation, his hands clasped together, his eyes filled with tranquility.

"The Grand Master once said something..."

"The great way is simple; when combined, it is fifty; the heavens extend to forty-nine, and one is removed."

Seemingly worried that they wouldn't understand, he slowly explained, "Above mortals are gods. The true lineage of the Great Xia should have fifty paths, but the Heavenly Dao took away forty-nine of them, and the last path escaped at that time."

"Therefore, the Way of Heaven is inherently incomplete. The one that has escaped is usually hidden, but it will come to the human world when great calamities occur, indirectly helping humanity solve problems."

This is why there's a saying: "There's always a glimmer of hope."

Cao Yuan suddenly opened his eyes, seemingly excited: "And that path is what the mortal world calls—life force."

"What does this have to do with the little fish?" Baili Tuming asked, puzzled.

Lin Qiye had some guesses: "You mean, we are about to face a great calamity, and Lu Yu is the messenger chosen by the Path of Life to help us...?"

If it were explained that way, he could understand why Lu Yu had the ability to bring the dead back to life.

This is life!

Lu Yu is the one chosen by the opportunity.

"..."

How could she be an envoy...?

That was the god who was about to give him a true new life...

Cao Yuan shook his head: "I can't say... It involves heavenly secrets. Anyway, after the Grand Master finished speaking, he told me to find someone whose name was hidden in a poem, namely Lu Yu."

Nothing the Grand Master says is empty talk, so that poem must also have another meaning.

"After all, how many people actually catch the deer, unaware that they dream of being fish all day long?"

Cao Yuan was ashamed: he was foolish and ignorant, unable to grasp the true meaning of those words.

……

In the quiet cave, the relationship between Lin Qiye and the other two gradually grew closer.

Especially after Cao Yuan cleared up his doubts, his relationship with them was no longer one of avoidance.

But the peace was only temporary.

The drone arrived quickly.

This time, they chose to use themselves as the target, so that Lin Qiye could survive.

……

"We've found those three lads!"

Yuan Gang slammed his hand on the table and stood up to look.

But the screen suddenly went black the next second.

The soldier burst in from outside and hurriedly explained:

"Someone has infiltrated Jinan... Mountain? Old... Tiger!!!"

Inside the house, the large white tiger opened its mouth wide, let out a roar, and sucked on its own paw.

"Well……"

A warm, humid breath wafted out from the nostrils.

Lu Yuhu pondered: These claws are actually quite delicious?

Unsure! Let me lick it again!

"Commander?"

The soldier, true to his elite status, had his eyes light up at the sight of the tiger: "A white tiger! It's a white tiger!"

He had never seen such a beautiful white tiger before!

With the "king" character on its forehead, a pair of bright blue round eyes, and black stripes with a faint golden tinge on its body, it was clearly no ordinary albino tiger.

"What are you looking at? Notify everyone to go into the mountains immediately! Turn on your GPS devices and search for the remaining trainees!"

Yuan Gang stood up, picked up his coat draped over the back of the chair, and shouted as he walked towards the door, "Quickly count the number of people in the broadcasting room and see how many trainees are still inside!"

"The punishment must continue! Don't alert the enemy forces that have infiltrated the mountains!"

The soldier immediately accepted the task and ran out.

Just as Yuan Gang was about to close the door, a tiger's head poked out from the crack: "Woo—"

"Are you going too?"

Yuan Gang was taken aback. "It's not convenient for you right now. It would be very troublesome if you encountered danger."

Lu Yu shook his head.

She just turned into a tiger; she wasn't stripped of all her abilities.

If Lu Yu encounters an injured person, he can use the Forbidden Ruins to save them.

In other words, the instructors, including Yuan Gang, thought that the forbidden area between her and Lin Qiye had been sealed off.

Moreover, if an enemy attacks her, there's a limited-edition "no-holds-barred" big cat version to block those troubles.

Lu walked out the door with an air of indifference, as if she didn't recognize any of her relatives.

The next second, it was another familiar operation that took the instructors' breath away—

Yuan Gang watched as the massive creature on the ground disappeared from his sight once again, just as it had appeared in the surveillance footage every time before.