Legend has it that Ye Peitian’s blood has the miracle effect of saving the almost dead. The strong human beings swarmed like ants and insects under the banner of justice, just to achieve their ulterior purpose.
Using Yellow Sand to crush all the coveted people, Ye Peitian let his broken body soak in the pool of blood.
A woman appeared on the edge of the battlefield and approached him quietly.
Ye Peitian lightly pulled the corner of his mouth with a little effort, drawing a sneer. Even a low-level saint dared to take the opportunity to take his blood and flesh.
He closed his eyes, however, the woman stooped down and put a warm coat on him.
Ye Peitian:? ? ?
When Chu Qianxun was dying, she saw what happened in another parallel world.
In that world, the big demon that made the world fear him was not a demon, but smiled softly and shyly at her.
For that smile, she stepped on the bloody sea of corpses and carefully approached the brutal bloodthirsty demon.
But she heard the person say: Go away. If you get closer to me, I will make you die badly.
When she really turned around, the corner of her clothes was pulled.
Even if the whole world spurns you, I will hold your hand.
If everyone is afraid of you, then let me love you.
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This is my second 龚心文 (Gong Xin Wen) novel, and although I was extremely, extremely pleased with my first novel (being The General Is Often Bullied Till He Cries 将军总被欺负哭), I was much less impressed with this novel.
Now, I understand that authors generally do have several tropes, or characterizations, which they like to adopt for their novels (for instance, one of my favourite authors, 尾鱼 Wei Yu, almost always has strong, capable and independent female leads paired with equally strong, capable and independent male leads), but I would generally expect good, skilled authors to somehow still be able to differentiate the two sets of characters (and the relationship that blossoms between the two of them). Unfortunately, the extremely similar set of circumstances where the male leads and female leads find themselves in (which results in the development of a romantic relationship), and the manner in which the male leads and female leads interact in the two novels, cause the lines to become so blurred that I will find it difficult to distinguish what makes each set of characters stand out on their own. In short, I could take the male lead and female lead from The General Is Often Bullied Till He Cries 将军总被欺负哭, plop them into the world of Let The Villain Go 放开那个反派让我来, and the story development would be very similar to how Let The Villain Go 放开那个反派让我来 progressed.
Now, that’s not to say that I dislike Let The Villain Go 放开那个反派让我来; rather, I much prefer the setting and the premise of The General Is Often Bullied Till He Cries 将军总被欺负哭, so when comparing the two, I much prefer the latter.
The male and female leads are lovable as usual – our female lead starts out relatively unassuming and despondent, simply trying to live her life one day at a time (as the world has descended into chaos with the emergence of numerous monsters who prey on ordinary human beings. This, in turn, forces some humans to “evolve” into warriors who are able to wield elemental powers (like monsters) in order to defend themselves from these monstrous beings and prevent extinction). However, she wakes up from a long dream one day, where she had dreamt about an alternate reality (which the author wrote about, and documented in another novel) where she was an extremely strong warrior with a group of loyal and wonderful warrior friends by her side (and yes, along with the “monstrous and bloodthirsty” male lead, who was notorious in her current reality). Our female lead, inspired by such alternate reality, sets about to gradually change her life for the better, and adopts a more positive and hardworking attitude to strengthen herself in order to protect the people around her. Along the way, she once again encounters the male lead, and falls in love with him all over again. Our male lead, like the male lead in The General Is Often Bullied Till He Cries 将军总被欺负哭, starts out from an extremely pitiful state – estranged and isolated from all of humanity (as human civilization views him as a bloodthirsty and unpredictable murderer whose destructive power is equivalent to that of the monstrous beings), he chooses to mask his feelings of loneliness with indifference and pessimism, and, on encountering our female lead who displays true sympathy and empathy for him, it is little wonder that he falls head over heels with her.
All in all, a fairly easy and smooth read with little to no angst, but if I were to select one book to recommend out of the two, it would most definitely be The General Is Often Bullied Till He Cries 将军总被欺负哭. Fans of Gong Xin Wen can, however, give this a try!