Frost Descends! Captain Shen's Absolute Pressure

"I'm going to kill you!"

Lei Yun's eyes were bloodshot, his reason completely lost. He felt all his dignity had been trampled under Qin Feng's feet, crushed to dust in front of all the elites. This humiliation was worse than death.

A stronger lightning power erupted from him again. This time, he was prepared to use a secret family technique, regardless of the cost, to fight Qin Feng to the death.

"Lei Yun's gone mad!" someone exclaimed, "He's going to use Thunder God Descends!"

The onlookers also snapped out of their shock, and discussions erupted:

"What... what's going on? Why did Lei Yun's Thunderclap Palm suddenly fizzle out?"

"What kind of sorcery did that Qin Feng use? I only saw him tap his right thumb lightly on his palm, and then the lightning just dispersed!"

"Weird, too weird!"

A senior team member frowned, staring intently at Qin Feng. "Something's wrong. There's no sign of spiritual power erupting from him. How did he do it? That feeling... it wasn't like a counter, it was more like... 'command'? Commanding the lightning to extinguish? How is that possible!"

"It must be some kind of special talent," another person analyzed. "I heard some people are born with a special sensitivity to energy, able to find flaws in an opponent's techniques."

"But this is too outrageous, isn't it? The Lei family's Thunderclap Palm has been passed down for a hundred years, how could it have such an obvious loophole?"

As the crowd buzzed with discussion, Lei Yun roared desperately, "Qin Feng! If you have the guts, come with me to the life-and-death arena! We'll sign the death waiver and have a fair duel!"

As soon as he said this, the entire conference room fell silent.

The life-and-death arena was the ultimate means for resolving major disputes within the Special Cases Department. Once the death waiver was signed, it meant an irreconcilable conflict.

Things were starting to spiral out of control, escalating from a simple spar to an invitation for a duel to the death.

Wang Jianguo's expression turned grim. "Lei Yun! Do you know what you're saying?!"

"I know very well!" Lei Yun's voice was hysterical. "He humiliated me, he humiliated our Lei family! This is an irreconcilable hatred!"

Qin Feng, however, maintained his nonchalant demeanor, even digging into his ear. "A duel? That's for kids. Besides, can you even beat me? Don't waste everyone's time, I'm in a hurry to get off work."

This dismissive remark completely ignited the powder keg.

The lightning around Lei Yun began to rage, blood trickled from the corner of his mouth, his sanity completely consumed by the surging bloodlust.

"Thunder God Descends!" he clasped his hands together and began chanting the secret family incantation.

Terrifying lightning power gathered within him. This was a forbidden technique of the Lei family, which caused great damage to the body after use, but its power was also extremely astonishing.

Wang Jianguo's face changed drastically, and just as he was about to intervene, he found that the aura emanating from Lei Yun had broken through a certain threshold.

At this critical moment, a cold, frosty female voice, as if capable of freezing one's soul, echoed from the doorway:

"Stop!"

Shen Bingyue, her face as cold as frost, strode into the briefing room.

Wherever she passed, the air temperature plummeted, and a noble and majestic aura, originating from the depths of her bloodline, made everyone present feel a tremor. Weaker members even found it difficult to breathe, feeling their spiritual power suppressed and unable to circulate smoothly by the chilling aura.

Her innate talent, Ice Breath, was fully unleashed, and a thin layer of frost formed on the floor of the entire room. The metal tables and chairs creaked, a result of the rapid cooling causing expansion and contraction.

Even more terrifying was the pressure emanating from her. This was not mere suppression of strength, but a natural majesty derived from the bloodline of the Shen Family of Ice City. That noble and arrogant demeanor made people involuntarily want to bow their heads in submission.

Her icy gaze swept across the room, finally settling on Lei Yun, and she spoke sternly, "With a C-class extermination mission imminent, you are fighting amongst yourselves here. Do you want everyone to be buried with you?!"

Most of the team members lowered their heads under Shen Bingyue's oppressive aura, daring not to meet her gaze.

The reputation of the Shen Family of Ice City was well-known in the spiritual world.

But Lei Yun was currently enraged, his mind clouded by anger. He even retorted stubbornly, "Captain Shen, this is a personal grudge between him and me! He humiliated me first!"

Shen Bingyue's eyes turned cold, and an even stronger pressure descended.

The temperature in the room dropped again, and even the exhaled breath became visible as white mist. Frost began to form on the walls, making "crackling" sounds.

"Personal grudge?" Shen Bingyue's voice was like thousand-year-old ice. "Bringing up personal grudges during a mission, are you trying to disobey military orders?"

Lei Yun finally felt a real threat. The killing intent emanating from Shen Bingyue made him feel like prey being stared at by an ancient ice dragon. But he was already committed, and if he backed down now, he would never be able to show his face in their circles again.

"I... I just want to prove my strength!" Lei Yun gritted his teeth. "Are you telling me the Special Cases Department is going to protect an outsider of unknown origin?!"

This remark completely enraged Shen Bingyue.

She took a step forward, her chilling aura becoming even more piercing. "Unknown origin? Qin Feng was recommended by Judge Cui himself as a collaborator. Are you questioning Judge's discernment by calling him of unknown origin?"

Lei Yun's face instantly turned pale.

Judge Cui was a high-ranking official in the Special Cases Department, his strength unfathomable. He could not afford the charge of questioning the Judge's decision.

"I... I didn't mean that..." he began to stammer.

"Then what did you mean?" Shen Bingyue pressed on. "Publicly provoking a collaborator, disregarding mission discipline, and intending to fight privately. According to the Special Cases Department regulations, you have committed three serious offenses."

The surrounding team members began to sweat for Lei Yun. When Shen Bingyue got serious, even Director Wang had to back down.

"Captain Shen," Wang Jianguo finally spoke, trying to ease the atmosphere. "Lei Yun was just impulsive. He's young, full of vigor, it's normal."

Shen Bingyue turned to look at Wang Jianguo, her icy blue eyes devoid of any warmth. "Director Wang, you think it's normal for your subordinate to intend to fight privately on the eve of a mission?"

Wang Jianguo was speechless.

Shen Bingyue's gaze returned to Lei Yun. "I'll give you two choices now. First, apologize to Qin Feng immediately and get out of this mission team. Second, I will report this to headquarters now and hand you over to the military law department for disobeying military orders."

Lei Yun's expression turned even more grim. The first choice meant he would have to bow down to Qin Feng in front of everyone, which was worse than killing him. The second choice was even more terrifying; the military law department was no joke.

Just as he was caught between a rock and a hard place, Qin Feng suddenly walked up to Shen Bingyue and said to her in a relaxed tone, as if chatting with a friend:

"Forget it."

He waved his hand, his gaze fixed on Shen Bingyue, a hint of a helpless smile on his face:

"Captain Shen, don't stoop to his level. He's just a kid, it's normal for them to throw tantrums. After all the fuss, he still has to go home and do his homework."

These words seemed to be spoken to no one in particular, just idle chatter between him and Shen Bingyue.

But it was precisely this complete disregard, this tone that defined Lei Yun as "a brat throwing a tantrum," that instantly shattered Lei Yun's last psychological defense.

His face flushed crimson, then turned deathly pale. His fists clenched with a cracking sound, but he couldn't utter another word.

Because he knew that in front of Qin Feng and Shen Bingyue, he didn't even have the qualifications to be an opponent.