How Did He Call You Heavenly Venerate?

What are you doing!

"You're not allowed in here. Can't you hear me?"

"Where did you get this?!"

"Put down your gun, do you hear me? It's not too late to stop now!"

"If you don't stop, we'll shoot."

The noise at the other end of the corridor grew increasingly louder, with a hint of shock and anger emanating from the shouts behind them.

From some of the shouts, it can be roughly determined that someone had barged in with a gun.

Of course, even in the face of such an unexpected incident, there was no panic at the scene.

Li Shan and Feng Yixuan exchanged a glance, their expressions mostly driven by curiosity.

As members of the City Martial Force, they all retain at least one ability: if someone were to attempt a violent attack with a gun, it would pose no threat to them whatsoever.

"Third Seat Li, Sixth Seat Feng, no need to trouble yourself. Our Security Department can handle this kind of thing."

After saying this, the bald middle-aged man walked out of the room with a sullen face.

"Anyway, we can't find a clue in this case for now, so watching the excitement is fine too."

Feng Yixuan didn't stay obediently in the room; she followed the bald man out.

The narrow passageway was crowded with Security Personnel from the Security Department.

They surrounded the armed civilian, with Security Personnel in bulletproof vests standing in the front row, their guns constantly following the civilian's movements to ensure that they could kill the target immediately upon receiving an order.

Lu Bai leaned half his body out of the room, sizing up the armed civilian.

Somewhat strangely, no matter how the Security Department officers present reprimanded him, the man remained silent and simply continued walking forward with determination.

Lu Bai had a vague feeling that the armed civilian seemed to be targeting him.

This discovery, in fact, confirmed his suspicions.

What are you waiting for?

The bald man casually kicked one of his henchmen in the backside and cursed irritably, "Shoot him in the leg first. Take him under control before questioning him."

For these ordinary Security Department officers, shooting at civilians without authorization would certainly carry responsibility. Now that their superior had spoken, they naturally had no more reservations and decisively pulled back the bolt, ready to pull the trigger.

Just then, Lu Bai suddenly spoke.

"Wait a minute."

"And who are you?" The bald man immediately raised his hand to signal his subordinates not to rush, and asked cautiously.

He didn't know Lu Bai; he only saw that Lu Bai had come with Li Shan. To be on the safe side, he still needed to confirm Lu Bai's identity before deciding how to treat Lu Bai.

Following closely behind, Li Shan, who had also emerged from the room, replied to the bald man, "He is the new deputy Captain of the 10th City Martial Force."

"Ouch."

The bald man stumbled, then slapped his thigh in a slightly exaggerated manner. "So you're the vice-captain of the tenth team. You're quite the handsome young man, truly promising. I was blind to your talent. May I ask your name, Vice-Captain?"

His enthusiasm was so intense that he disregarded his surroundings, completely ignoring the armed civilian nearby.

However, no one present thought there was anything wrong with it.

If wielding a mere old-fashioned bolt-action pistol could give you the power to act tough, the situation in the shelter wouldn't be as stable as it is now.

Lu Bai had already been a Celestial Venerable in the Cultivation World, so naturally he wouldn't be proud of such flattery.

He continued to stare at the armed civilian, his eyes filled with a hint of inquiry.

For some reason, the armed civilian stopped in his tracks after seeing Lu Bai staring at him, looking at him with a half-smile.

Lu Bai asked, "Who are you?"

"Don't you recognize me?" the armed man said, his tone filled with undisguised resentment.

He was completely oblivious to the fact that he was being pointed at by more than a dozen gun barrels, and casually raised his gun to aim at Lu Bai.

Upon seeing this, the bald man, whether feigning it or not, appeared to be furious. "What are you doing? Put the gun down, do you hear me!"

Lu Bai stared at the dark muzzle of the gun in the other man's hand, but he wasn't afraid. He tentatively asked, "Do you know what that is in your hand?"

"You all call these firearms guns."

"Can you play?"

"I'm very good at playing."

"What good is it if you can fight?"

The armed civilian did not answer, but instead placed his index finger on the trigger; with just a slight pull, a bullet would be fired.

"Heavenly Venerate Lu underestimates me far too much."

Despite having a dark gun barrel pointed at him, Lu Bai instead showed a kind smile.

Based on how the other person addressed him, Lu Bai was now completely certain of his guess.

He just couldn't understand why the natives of the Deathmatch Arena were able to come into the real world.

Logically speaking, this is absolutely impossible.

Regardless of the strength of the natives, the Deathmatch System has never had a record of natives following it into the real world before. What went wrong?

"If I'm not mistaken, this isn't your true form."

Lu Bai stepped forward from the crowd and walked directly to a position less than two meters away from the armed civilians. "Such a blatant test?"

"If you were still that omnipotent Celestial Venerable, I would naturally stay as far away as possible. But the question is, how much power do you have left now?"

The expressions on the faces of the armed civilians became somewhat strange.

Before he finished speaking, he pulled the trigger without hesitation.

Clang~

Lu Bai neither dodged nor evaded; the bullet struck him between the eyebrows, leaving not even a white mark, before reflecting off at an angle and hitting the ceiling of the corridor.

Seeing this, the armed civilians' expressions changed slightly, but they forced themselves to remain calm. "Heavenly Venerate Lu is still as impressive as ever, but it's a pity you've lost all your cultivation; you'll never find me."

"What's there to be proud of?"

Lu Bai pulled the gun from the armed civilian's hand. The civilian didn't resist; at first glance, it seemed as natural as taking takeout from a delivery person. "Puppet Technique? Or Soul Control?"

The armed crowd suddenly burst into laughter. "Has the mighty Celestial Venerable stooped so low that he can't even see through such a petty trick?"

He raised his hands, cupped the sides of his chin, and suddenly exerted force with both hands.

With a snap, he twisted his head into an exaggerated arc.

He collapsed limply to the ground, and even though he was on his deathbed, he continued, "Live in fear forever, I will always be by your side."

Two Security Department officers approached and confirmed that the person had completely lost vital signs.

Everyone present looked at each other blankly. Even after watching the whole thing, they were still completely bewildered and had no idea what was going on.

Li Shan looked around, and finally couldn't help but lean closer to Lu Bai, asking in a low voice, "Junior, why does this person call you Heavenly Venerable?"