A Taboo Existence That Must Never Be Provoked

The gale howled as icy rain poured down upon the endless forest below.

The entire Seventh World Zone seemed to be shrouded beneath a hazy curtain.

In the new sector, atop a towering tree as majestic as an iron tower.

Lu Ming stood leisurely on the treetop, surrounded by a Force energy shield as he looked down over the densely packed sea of trees below.

Amid the forest, one could vaguely spot contestants concealing themselves and moving cautiously. However, Lu Ming was no longer interested in these small fry who only dared to hide.

He had just obtained information from someone else about the top experts who had risen to prominence in this sector and earned titles.

The game had officially begun!

"Snake Demon!"

"Storm!"

"Blood Spear King!"

"Mad Witch!"

One powerful title after another rang from Lu Ming's mouth, amplified by Force energy and spreading outward from the giant tree throughout the entire sector.

"Snake Demon... Storm... Blood Spear King..."

In the new sector, many combatants who heard the voice revealed stunned expressions.

Everyone being called out was among the top ten Super Experts in their sector.

"Who would dare be so bold?"

"Could this be an expert from another sector?"

Many were startled, yet they also eagerly anticipated whether those combatants who had made names for themselves would respond to this suddenly appearing expert.

The voice echoed endlessly through the forest, carried farther and farther by the gale. For a time, it even drowned out the drumbeat-like patter of the rain.

Everyone waited.

Waited to see whether those people would respond.

By the shore of a tranquil blue lake.

A three-meter-tall armored giant with the body of a snake and the upper body of a human dragged himself across the ground on a smooth snake tail. His purple, scale-covered head bore a pair of cold purple triangular eyes.

Hearing the provocative call from afar, he suddenly opened his eyes. In his right hand, he gripped a cyan Force Weapon resembling a harpoon.

He was Snake Demon, one of the top experts nobody in this sector dared provoke!

"Interesting. Someone even crazier than that bitch Mad Witch has actually appeared!" Snake Demon's voice was harsh and grating, but his movements were anything but slow.

Someone had openly called him out for a 'challenge.' If he did not dare show himself, would people not think Snake Demon was a coward?

"I just hope this fellow can hold on until I get there!" Snake Demon was extremely confident. To reach his destination sooner, he even took out a set of Moon Wheel-shaped Psychic Weapons from his Space Ring.

Although his strongest aspect was as a martial warrior, his methods as a Mental Master were not weak either.

Elsewhere, deep within a shadowy forest, a young man with messy black hair and a pitch-black longsword on his back wore a mocking, ill-intentioned sneer. "A bunch of idiots. Before a monster of that caliber, you're all nothing but ordinary people!"

The black-haired youth muttered to himself, then walked directly out of the woods and quickly headed in the completely opposite direction.

As Stellar level seed elites from the same Jinlan Dojo, Moye was naturally no weakling. He was also a Super Expert who had crossed the threshold of the Origin Law. Yet when facing this unbelievable being who had once instantly killed him in the Sequence Battle, he could not muster even the slightest desire to resist.

They were not on the same level. Going over there would only mean throwing his life away.

About an hour later.

Three top experts arrived beneath the iron tower-like giant tree in the new sector.

"Snake Demon!"

A battle general clad in blood-red armor, his head entirely covered by a blood-red helmet, held a blood-red spear and cast a blazing glance at the person arriving behind him.

"Blood Spear King, once I deal with the guy up there, I'll kill you next." His triangular snake eyes swept coldly over the other man, Snake Demon's words brimming with killing intent.

"Fine. I'll wait for you!" Blood Spear King's face was entirely concealed beneath his helmet, revealing no expression. Only a pair of blood-red vertical pupils watched Snake Demon indifferently.

"Don't go running away before then!" Snake Demon glanced back at Blood Spear King before shooting into the air without hesitation. An unbelievable chill spread from the harpoon-like weapon in his hand!

Facing the violent wind and torrential rain, Snake Demon charged fearlessly toward the top of the giant tree!

"This guy is even crazier than I am when he encounters a formidable enemy. Isn't he afraid that outsider will slaughter him?" Mad Witch had an exquisitely beautiful face, like a natural temptress, though her lovely figure was entirely hidden beneath a loose black witch's robe.

"My intuition tells me that this outsider is anything but simple. Blood Spear King, shall we join forces later and deal with him together?" Hearing Mad Witch's seemingly reasonable proposal, Blood Spear King merely gave her a deep look and remained silent.

That woman was insane. If he worked with her, he might not even know how he died in the end.

"If you don't say anything, I'll take it as you—" Mad Witch was about to continue talking to herself when the words abruptly caught in her throat.

"How is that possible?" At the same time, Blood Spear King could not believe his own eyes.

Before their very eyes, the outsider merely threw a punch through the air in response to Snake Demon's surprise killing move—and blasted Snake Demon directly into a cloud of blood mist!

That arrogant and unrestrained Snake Demon had died just like that?

He had not even managed to get close to his opponent!

"Run!"

In only a second, Blood Spear King and Mad Witch instantly lost all will to fight.

One fled east while the other fled west, both desperately trying to escape!

Mad Witch might seem deranged, but she was not truly an irrational fool. Against a rival of equal strength, she might fight madly.

But against an overwhelmingly powerful expert capable of instantly killing someone like Snake Demon, what use was madness?

"Damn it! How could this guy be so strong?" Blood Spear King was beginning to regret coming here. Had he known, he would never have gotten involved in this mess.

"I deliberately waited for everyone else to arrive before showing myself, and I even had that impulsive fool Snake Demon take the lead..." He had thought that even if Snake Demon lost, he would at least be able to probe the outsider's true capabilities.

Yet in reality, they were not even on the same level. And though he was somewhat stronger than Snake Demon, the difference was limited.

"Since you two have come, leave your points behind before you go!" At that moment, a calm voice like the whisper of death suddenly sounded beside their ears!

"How could it be this fast?" Blood Spear King clearly remembered that the other party had just been standing atop the giant tree. How had he reached him so quickly?

"I'll risk it all!" Sensing the life aura rapidly closing in from behind, Blood Spear King did not turn around. He drew his spear and thrust repeatedly, while his entire body erupted in blood-red flames as though possessed by a demon!

"Blood Spear Soul Pursuit!" Spear light tore through the air as thirteen blood-red dragons vaguely appeared from nowhere, breaking through clouds and mist as they charged in to kill!

"Not bad spear intent." Lu Ming casually commented on Blood Spear King's attack. At some point, his body had transformed into a golden lion bathed in lightning. Then, with unstoppable momentum, he crushed toward Blood Spear King!

"Boom!"

In an instant, the seemingly imposing blood-red dragons all shattered like bubbles upon colliding with the golden lion.

Then Blood Spear King's entire body—bones, armor, and flesh alike—was crushed into fragments!

"Rumble!" As it crushed Blood Spear King, the golden lion even smashed through several ancient trees so thick they required multiple people to encircle them.

"Screech!"

Immediately afterward, the lightning-wreathed golden lion turned once more and charged toward Mad Witch, who was flying at high speed through the curtain of rain!

"Roar!"

Amid the torrential rain, a heaven-shaking beastly roar faintly rang out. Mad Witch's body involuntarily paused.

"Splurt!"

Then a streak of golden lightning pierced through the hazy rain.

Her second-tier Force battle suit was effortlessly penetrated, and Mad Witch's fair neck suddenly slid from her shoulders.

In the span of a few swift exchanges, the battle was already over.

Strictly speaking, this could perhaps not even be called a battle. It was merely a one-sided slaughter.

"The three of them contributed a total of 2.4 million points. Not bad." Lu Ming glanced at the virtual screen on his wrist and nodded in satisfaction.

"Not enough." His points were still not high enough, so the slaughter would continue.

Two days later, the two titled experts of another sector were easily killed by an outsider.

Three days after that, the three top experts known as Mad Rhino, Gray Blood, and Holy Sword died amid ruins filled with lightning.

As this string of accomplishments continued to accumulate, the ordinary combatants gradually realized the identity of the mysterious man who had recently been crazily hunting top experts.

Demon God—Lu Ming!

A taboo existence that must never be provoked!