On the stage, the expression on Lin Fengâs face froze solid.
He stared blankly at the mosquito still circling in the air, then glanced at the prim and cold-faced Gu Yuexi across from him. His mind was buzzing.
âWhat does this mean?â
âIs she... humiliating me?â
âDoes she think she canât beat me, so sheâs deliberately doing this to provoke me?â
Lin Fengâs expression darkened at a visible rate, and he let out a laugh of pure anger.
âFine, fine. So thatâs how you want to play, is it?â
âYou insist on being shameless?â
âThen donât blame me for being ruthless!â
ăIn the spectator stands.ă
Celestial Fire Governor Zhou Qing and the Governor of Canglan, Li Jianye, glanced at each other, their expressions utterly bewildered.
That old fox Qi Chongshan had actually managed to bluff them!
Theyâd really thought he had some earth-shattering trump card up his sleeve!
And what was it?
Wasnât it just an ordinary White-striped Aedes Mosquito, exactly like the rumors said?!
The corner of Li Jianyeâs mouth twitched uncontrollably. He turned his head, staring at Qi Chongshan as if he were an idiot. "Old Qi, is this the... âgood showâ you were talking about?"
"This is the... âDivine Beastâ that can supposedly solve the Spirit-Devouring Insect Calamity?"
"Are you fucking kidding me?"
Zhou Qing was even more furious, feeling like his intelligence had been dragged through the mud. "I canât fucking believe I fell for your crap!"
However, in the face of their doubt and anger, Qi Chongshan merely lifted his teacup, blew gently on the steam, and smiled a deep, enigmatic smile.
"Donât be so hasty."
"Just watch. Youâll soon understand the meaning of... despair."
Just then, on the stage, Chu Sheng slowly flew toward Lin Feng, his compound eyes filled with disdain.
âSo you like to act all high and mighty, do you?â
âThen Iâll send you flying!â
He couldnât be bothered to summon his minions or even revert to his true form. He simply...
...slowly vibrated his wings, so minuscule they were almost invisible.
[Soul-Bursting Flame Feather]!
In an instant!
Without any warning!
An endless cascade of dark-red, fiery feathers materialized out of thin air above Lin Fengâs head!
There was none of the fury of a volcanic eruption, none of the power to incinerate mountains and boil seas.
They were like a sudden, magnificent, and yet fatal shower of death, drifting down quietly, elegantly...
However! The very instant the first fiery feather appeared...
"?!!!"
The anger on Lin Fengâs face froze solid!
In its place was an indescribable... absolute terror, originating from the very depths of his soul!
His Innate Sword Body and his combat intuition, both far superior to that of any normal person, were now screaming the most piercing warnings at him, on the verge of shattering completely!
âIâll die!â
âIâll die! Iâll die! Iâll die!â
âRun!!!â
Lin Fengâs pupils shrank to pinpricks. All thoughts of pride and composure vanished as the Qi Blood within him erupted without reservation. He lunged for the hilt of the sword on his back!
He had to draw his sword! He had to unleash his strongest strike with all his might and fight for that one sliver of a chance to survive!
But...
It was no use.
The dark-red rain of death had already begun to fall.
TING!
The first fiery feather drifted down, landing lightly upon his indestructible Spiritual Artifact longsword.
There was no explosion, no deafening sound.
The treasured sword, capable of cleaving through boulders, instantly twisted, deformed, and melted like plastic touched by a red-hot poker. It dissolved into a puddle of molten metal that dripped to the floor!
Immediately after, hundreds, then thousands, of fiery feathers rained down.
An unstoppable force!
BOOM----!!!!
Lin Fengâs vaunted Protective Sword Qi shattered in an instant, as if it were made of paper!
His entire body was sent flying backward like a streak of light, his form grotesquely twisted, as if heâd been struck head-on by a maglev train at full speed!
Blood sprayed through the air!
He finally slammed into the edge of the stage a hundred meters away like a broken sack of grain, his condition unknown.
An instant kill!
"Thatâs it? With that little power, what were you posturing for?" Chu Sheng shook his head, bored. âIt feels like I just squashed a bug,â he thought. âNo sense of accomplishment at all!â
He wobbled back over to Gu Yuexiâs head and prepared to go back to sleep.
And at that moment, the entire world fell completely silent.
You could hear a pin drop.
The deafening roars of laughter from moments before seemed to have been snuffed out by an invisible hand, leaving not even a single echo behind.
What... what in the...
What had they just witnessed?!