I'm caught in the cycle of endless competition, you're waiting for me in the apocalypse.

The summer sun shone through the narrow alley and fell on An Xin.

The girl wielded two swords, her left longsword deftly deflecting an incoming bullet with a flourish. The bullet grazed Ah Ye, sparks flying. Her right Miao sword, Ah Guang, aimed directly at the tendons of the opponent's hand or foot, aimed at the hand holding the sword or gun. An Xin's face was already splattered with blood from the relentless hacking and slashing.

The alluring red color added a touch of menace to that cold and beautiful face. Seeing the demon closing in, none of the thugs dared to provoke him, leaving their brothers writhing and howling on the ground.

An Xin quickly arrived at the blue two-story tin shack and ordered the Fang and Lei family's men following behind her to guard it. She then turned to the other side and shouted, "If you don't want to die, be sensible and get out of here. Reinforcements and the police are on their way! If anyone dares to make a move again, it won't be as simple as just having their tendons severed."

With her words firm and powerful, An Xin put down her words, looked around, and then, after displaying her imposing presence, stepped onto the stairs leading to the only small room on the second floor.

She knocked on the closed door and called out, "Yinuo, it's me, Anxin! Open the door quickly."

The door opened a crack, and once the person inside confirmed An Xin's identity, they quickly welcomed her into the house and closed the door.

Sunlight streaming in through the narrow skylight slightly brightened the dim room. Inside, one bodyguard stood guard at the door, while another pressed hard on the left side of Fang Yinuo's abdomen, trying to stop the bleeding.

Fang Yinuo's face was pale, and blood stained a large area of ​​the bed sheet beneath her.

“See how important body tempering is? At least it will allow you to hold on until I come to rescue you.” At An Xin’s signal, the bodyguard had already left and was standing guard at the door with another bodyguard. An Xin carefully examined Fang Yinuo’s wounds: a gunshot wound and a knife wound on her arm.

"Luckily, it wasn't a fatal wound, but the amount of bleeding was a bit alarming. She'll be fine after some rest at home." As she spoke, An Xin used her supernatural abilities to heal her left abdomen.

Just as An Xin's light-based superpowers gradually disappeared, Fang Yinuo's gunshot wounds had completely healed, and then An Xin also healed the knife wounds on her arms.

After finishing, An Xin nodded in satisfaction. Yi Nuo smiled and said, "Little girl, look, my healing magic even made your large pores smoother, not to mention these two wounds. Not a single scar was left. How about it? Such a great favor, how about repaying me with your body?"

Fang Yinuo glanced weakly at her perfectly intact abdomen and arms, forced a smile, and said haltingly, "I... of course I'm willing... it's just those few men... whether they're willing or not."

"Open the door, open the door quickly, it's me, Lei Yao!" Before An Xin could speak, Lei Yao's loud voice rang out from outside the door.

"Hehe...yes, the first one to object was Lei Yao. You have no idea how distraught he looked when he saw me! Tsk tsk tsk...you two are getting married soon!"

"...Don't talk nonsense..."

Just as Fang Yinuo was about to sit up, Lei Yao rushed to the makeshift bed and helped her up.

Lei Yao first checked Yinuo's injuries and, finding them all healed, let out a long sigh of relief. Composing himself, he said, "Thank you so much, An Xin. Arriving so quickly and saving Yinuo, thank you so much..."

"No need to thank me. Ino is my friend, so it's only right that I save her. I've healed all her injuries, but she bled too much, and I really couldn't do anything about it. She'll be weak for a while. Luckily, everyone has been taking medicinal baths and strengthening their bodies, so she won't get infected and will recover faster than the average person. But she still needs to rest. If you're going to nourish her, don't give her anything too rich or heavy. It's best to prepare some light medicinal food therapy."

"Okay, I've got it. I'll take good care of Yinuo!" Lei Yao's voice was now incredibly gentle. An Xin raised an eyebrow, glanced at Fang Yinuo teasingly, and then handed the things in her hand to Lei Yao.

"This is the bullet inside Ino's body. I'm handing it over to you!" An Xin turned around and waved her hand. "I'll go clean up the battlefield."

After An Xin left the room, the atmosphere inside was awkward and somewhat ambiguous.

"Ino, I will keep my promise and take good care of you." Lei Yao gazed at Ino and solemnly declared.

A blush crept onto Fang Yinuo's pale face, and after a moment she nodded slightly.

An Xin stood at the entrance on the first floor, a sly smile on her face...

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Having single-handedly wiped out the entire gang in the urban village, An Xin, knife in one hand and carrying A Ye on her shoulder with the other, swaggered into their headquarters.

In the most luxurious office at the back of the dilapidated factory, An Xin sat on the sofa with her feet up on the coffee table. She patted A Ye at her feet and then patted A Guang lying across her, before turning to the tattooed, pot-bellied man in the boss's chair and saying, "Shall we chat?"

"You...you female fiend, what...what do you want to talk about?"

"I don't like the name 'Female Killer,' change it!"

"Hey, my dear lady, what have we done to offend you? Look, you've almost severed the tendons in the hands and feet of all my brothers. Tell me, what more do you want?" the pot-bellied man said defiantly.

"Hmm, Grandma, I like this title, so you can call me Grandma then. I'll ask you questions, you answer, okay?" An Xin picked up A Ye, looked at it, and blew on the blade.

The pot-bellied man was too cowardly and quickly nodded in agreement.

"Alright, who set up this soul-trapping formation here?"

"A Soul-Trapping Array? No way, Grandma, isn't this the Wealth and Fortune-Gathering Array? We learned it from a Taoist master on our live streaming platform."

Hearing this, An Xin was very puzzled, her facial expression unusually rich: "What? You learned from those masters on live streaming platforms?... Then let me ask you, my friend came to investigate, why are you fighting with them?"

"Grandma, what does the Fang family want on our turf? The Fang family is the biggest underworld family in the city... We thought they were here for revenge or to seize our territory!"

"They and the Lei family came here to investigate your formation! This isn't some kind of gathering formation, it's a soul-trapping formation! It's the kind that, once activated, can extract a person's soul and trap them inside, making them permanently lost!" An Xin immediately understood; it was all a misunderstanding... She continued helplessly, "Besides, are you guys brainless? Didn't you ask before you started fighting? And they weren't even carrying any weapons, didn't you notice? If they really wanted to take over territory, they wouldn't have brought just a few people! Besides, they were perfectly fine in the city, why would they come here to take over your territory? Use your brains, please!"

The pot-bellied man lowered his head further and further as he was being confronted, wishing he could disappear into the ground.

"Um... how do you know that master didn't teach a wealth-attracting and luck-gathering formation?" He really didn't know how to refute her, but if he didn't say something, it would seem like he was really as stupid as the girl said, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and speak up.

"You guys are still so unlucky even after setting up the formation. Think about the bloodshed today! Luckily, I didn't go on a killing spree today! Otherwise, you would all have died stupidly." An Xin looked at him with a disappointed expression, and then ordered, "Quickly carry your wounded men to the open space in the factory."

The pregnant man didn't dare to ask any more questions and could only instruct those who weren't injured to do as the female demon said.

After all his groaning subordinates had settled down on the factory floor, An Xin squinted and shook his head as he emerged from his office. At this time, the Fang family, the Lei family, and even Wei Jiacheng had gathered in the factory with their men.

The various groups were unusually quiet, all looking towards An Xin.

"Brother...we don't want to die! Are so many people here to wipe us out? Brother, we just learned how to set up the Fortune and Luck Gathering Array, and we haven't even gotten rich yet...and we're going to die? How can we accept this...Brother..." A burly man suddenly grabbed the big-bellied man's leg, howling and then crying, and then sobbing loudly.

The pot-bellied man was already awkwardly digging at the bunker, kicking the big man while rubbing his hands together and looking at An Xin with a fawning expression: "Grandma, see, I really didn't lie to you..."

"Second Senior Brother, come here and let him take a look at the master who teaches formations on the live streaming platform." An Xin beckoned to Li Qingchuan, then explained the whole story to the Fang and Lei families, and waved for them to go back and rest first.

"Uncle Wei, thank you for coming so quickly. Everything is alright now. My fellow students and I are enough here. I just sent a message to Qi Mingxuan, and he will bring some doctors and nurses to handle the aftermath. You can go back now."

Once everyone was cleared out, An Xin began to use light-based healing spells on these unfortunate souls one by one. However, to avoid drawing too much attention to her abilities, she only used her light-based powers to repair their severed tendons. Just as she finished, Qi Mingxuan arrived with his team.

As soon as Qi Mingxuan entered the factory, he saw An Xin, covered in blood, squatting on the ground and looking up at him. His brows furrowed instantly, and he quickly reached her side, helping her up and carefully examining her from head to toe. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that she had no wounds.

"You'll scare my heart out sooner or later." Qi Mingxuan said softly, then pulled the girl into a strong embrace, resting his head on her shoulder and muttering, "Next time something happens, be sure to call me first..."

An Xin was still extremely surprised by the unexpected hug when she heard Qi Mingxuan's uneasy words of advice, and a strange tingling sensation rose in her heart.

"Qi Mingxuan, what are you doing holding Xinxin!" Wei Ran's unwilling shout rang out in the factory.

Qi Mingxuan straightened up, glanced at Wei Ran, gave a disdainful snort, and reluctantly let go of An Xin: "Xin Xin, I'll go stitch them up and bandage them. I'll be back in a bit."

Seeing that everyone was busy, An Xin called Wei Ran to go to the office together to see if her second senior brother had made any discoveries.

"Second Senior Brother, how is it?"

Li Qingchuan held the pot-bellied man's phone, looking at it as he said, "This master is fake. The content he teaches is half true and half false. These Luck Gathering Array and Fortune Array are actually Soul Trapping Arrays, but I checked the comments on the previous content and there are no Evil Gathering Arrays."

“Ah, I remember now. When we went to find Dong Wenyu before, as soon as we entered the courtyard, we heard the old lady say that he was watching a live stream. What kind of live stream could it be so early in the morning? I also remember that when Dong Wenyu looked up, a red light flashed in his eyes! I didn’t pay attention at the time! But in the end, he never mentioned the live stream until he died.”

"If that's the case, it's very likely that the person broadcasting the live stream used some kind of method to hypnotize him, or even hypnotized more than just him!" Qi Mingxuan happened to enter the office and overheard An Xin's words. After only a moment's thought, he voiced this possibility.

After he finished speaking, the office became so quiet you could hear a pin drop...