Eternal Villain: I can enslave Reality!

Yan Xu was stopped at the Town Exit by the Warriors of the Martial Alliance who asked him where he was trying to go.

On one end, they were worried about Yan Xu's safety since he had lots of enemies who would have wanted to kill him. On the other hand, they were also worried that Yan Xu was never going to return.

Although they were grateful to Yan Xu for protecting the town and praised him openly, but deep down, they were also somewhat distrustful. They couldn't help but wonder how they were going to explain to the General if Yan Xu escaped the village in fear of the enemies?

"If you're really interested in going out on a walk, how about I inform the General first? He can send a few guards to accompany and protect you," the Guard further stated, trying to find an excuse to stop Yan Xu while he informed the Generals.

"Are you sure that it's for my security and not to keep a watch on me?" Yan Xu asked, his eyes narrowing. He wasn't naive enough to not see through the words of these guards.

Out of his own good will, he had decided to stay behind and protect this village, yet the Martial Alliance didn't trust him. He didn't know if he should laugh at their distrust or feel angry about it.

"N-not at all. That wasn't our intention!' the Guard exclaimed, feeling frightened.

It was as if they were stuck between a rock and a hard place. Yan Xu was important in the eyes of their General. He was at least more important than them.

If they angered Yan Xu, the General wasn't even going to blame him even if he killed them. And even if they survived offending Yan Xu, the General himself could kill them as a show of goodwill towards the young man.

No matter what they decided, they were going to be at the receiving end of punishment.

"P-please..." They stepped back, clearing Yan Xu's path, allowing him to leave. Since they were going to die either way, they could only hope that Yan Xu wasn't running away and that he was going to return.

As Yan Xu walked away, a glimmer of compassion flickered in his eyes, sensing their desperation. He paused for a moment, glancing back. "Don't worry. I'm not running away. I'll be back in an hour."

After informing them, he departed, traveling as far as he could until he was far away from the town. He even made sure that none of the Guards had followed him in this place.

"Is it safe here?" he asked the woman who had accompanied him.

"We weren't followed," the woman told Yan Xu, her divine consciousness covering a larger range than Yan Xu could. However, no matter how far her divine sense could cover, it still lacked in comparison to Xu Shan who had been keeping an eye on them, observing their action with great interest, without even moving from the town.

Yan Xu nodded in satisfaction, knowing that they were safe for the time being. He took a moment to catch his breath.

The woman, whose name was Li Mei, looked at Yan Xu with concern. "Are you alright, Yan Xu?"

"I'm fine," Yan Xu answered as he pulled out his sword from the Scabbard. "We can start."

His sword started burning in a blood red light, shrouded in his aura. He used the sword to carve a circle on the ground. The circle glowed with a golden hue, creating a protective barrier around them

The golden barrier worked as another form of protection. Not only did it completely erase their aura, but it was also impossible for any person to see them.

Even if a normal person was to stand right next to the Barrier, they could neither see it, nor inside it. The barrier also served another purpose. No matter what happened inside the barrier, no disturbance of auras could be felt outside.

After completing the protective mechanisms, the man put the sword back in the sheath before putting the sheath aside as well.

The storage ring in his finger started rising. A mattress came out of the ring, which was placed right in the middle.

An old and seemingly half destroyed book also appeared in his left hand. The pages in the book kept turning on their own, until a page in the middle was opened on its own.

The page was filled with words that only Yan Xu could read. However, the woman also knew the secret behind those words.

Li Mei also canceled her shroud that had kept her invisible until now. If the people in the Martial Alliance were here to see her appear, they would've been shocked to realize that a woman had always been accompanying Yan Xu and they couldn't even sense her.

The woman took a deep breath. Her clothes slid off her body, falling onto the ground. With a completely bare body, the woman stepped forward, sitting on her knees on the mattress.

"How long do we have to keep doing it?" Yan Xu asked as he kept his attention on the book, occasionally taking glances at the completely naked body of the woman.

"Until you become strong enough to not need my help," the woman replied, not even trying to cover her body.

"You don't have to take sneak peeks. It's not like this is our first time doing it. It's also not your first time using the Book of Depravity," she couldn't help but laugh, seeing Yan Xu.

The young man before her had always been stern and serious, acting like an adult. Yet only in these moments could she see such expressions of the man.

Yan Xu's lips twitched, but he didn't respond. Instead, this time he seriously focused on the Book of Depravity and started speaking the words written on the page.

Although there were only a few words in the book, each word held some unknown strength, making him put a lot of strength behind each word. After he finished reading the page, he watched the book turn into specks of light, being temporarily absorbed inside his body.

Yan Xu also took off his clothes, stepping towards Li Mei.