Outside Nuoding City, the wind howled.
A figure came speeding closer from the distance, moving so fast that a long afterimage trailed behind him.
He was a blue-robed old man, his hair and beard bristling. Wild blue arcs of lightning coiled around him. Every step he took scorched the ground beneath his feet, and his aura was terrifying.
"Qin Feng, you little brat! Get out here and meet your death!"
He hadn't even arrived, but his voice came first.
His voice rolled like thunder, carrying the supreme pressure of a Titled Douluo as it slammed into Nuoding City.
Inside the city, the citizens had just been swept up in a wave of excitement. Now, under this pressure, their chests tightened as if a mountain were crushing them. Even breathing became difficult.
"A T-Titled Douluo! It's a Titled Douluo from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan!"
"We're doomed! We've really gotten ourselves into deep trouble this time!"
Their fear instantly overwhelmed the confidence they had just begun to build.
But just then, Red Queen's calm, emotionless voice rang out over the citywide broadcast.
[High-intensity mental pressure attack detected.] [Activating "City Mental Defense Field."]
"Vmmm—"
An invisible energy shield rose from beneath the city and instantly enveloped it.
The citizens felt the weight lift from their bodies. The suffocating pressure vanished without a trace, as if it had all been an illusion.
"T-That's it? It's gone?"
"Holy crap! Our city walls can even block a Titled Douluo's pressure?"
"Amazing! Absolutely amazing!"
The citizens, relieved to have survived the ordeal, erupted in cheers even louder than before.
Outside the city, the blue-robed old man's expression darkened when he saw that his show of force had no effect.
He was the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's second-in-command, a level-ninety-five Titled Douluo and Yu Yuanzhen's younger brother—Yu Luomian!
On his elder brother's orders, he had come to capture Qin Feng and pass judgment on the heretic.
"Come out, you coward! If you've got the guts, face me in an honorable fight!"
Yu Luomian roared and raised his hand, unleashing a savage lightning dragon claw that slammed into the city gate.
"Boom!"
Blue lightning burst across the alloy gate, but failed to leave even a white mark.
"Old man, what's got you so worked up?"
Qin Feng's lazy voice drifted down from the city wall.
Yu Luomian jerked his head up. The young man stood atop the wall, looking down at him, not the least bit afraid.
"You're Qin Feng?" Yu Luomian narrowed his eyes, murderous intent pouring from him. "Do you even know what heinous crime you've committed?"
"No idea." Qin Feng shook his head. "I just know my package has arrived."
"Package?" Yu Luomian paused, thinking he must have misheard.
"That's right." Qin Feng pointed at him. "You're the deliveryman."
"Bullshit!" Yu Luomian was so furious his beard bristled. "I'm here to take your life!"
"No, you're here to deliver a package," Qin Feng corrected him earnestly. "And it's a very important one, too."
"As for taking my life..." Qin Feng smiled. "You? You're not qualified."
"You insolent brat! You're asking for death!"
Yu Luomian was thoroughly enraged. Nine Soul Rings blazed beneath his feet, and the black ninth ring shone brilliantly!
"Ninth Soul Skill, Ten Thousand Thunder Heavenly Prison!"
The sky darkened in an instant. Countless blue lightning dragons, each as thick as a barrel, raced through the clouds. Their dreadful, destructive aura made the air within a ten-mile radius feel viscous.
This was a terrifying Soul Skill powerful enough to level a small city!
The citizens were once again left pale with terror at the world-ending spectacle.
Qin Feng merely raised a hand.
"Brother Wolf, time to get to work."
"Coming, boss!" Grey Wolf's excited voice came through the communicator.
"'Orbital Kinetic Weapon System' ready! Target locked!"
"Give him a 'Rod of God' to wash his hair!"
Yu Luomian was about to summon the countless bolts of lightning when he suddenly felt a deadly threat from above—a threat that made his very soul tremble!
He looked up sharply.
Tens of thousands of meters in the sky, a huge shadow wreathed in blazing flames tore through the clouds and hurtled straight toward him at an unimaginable speed!
It wasn't a Soul Skill!
It was a ten-meter-long metal rod made entirely of high-density tungsten alloy, its surface glowing red from the intense friction of its passage through the atmosphere!
Fast!
Too fast!
Yu Luomian had no time to react!
His vaunted Ten Thousand Thunder Heavenly Prison was like a child's firework before that metal rod falling from the sky—laughably fragile!
"No—!"
Yu Luomian let out a scream of sheer terror. He desperately tried to dodge, but the metal rod seemed to have a lock-on feature, pinning down his aura!
"BOOM!!!"
There was no explosion, only an impact so deep and heavy it seemed to shake the world!
The metal rod struck the ground less than half a meter in front of Yu Luomian.
Its terrifying kinetic energy was released all at once!
The earth heaved like a drum struck by a giant!
Then a ring-shaped shock wave, carrying billions of tons of dirt, swept wildly in every direction!
Yu Luomian took the full force of it. His protective lightning aura was even more fragile than paper against that purely physical kinetic energy.
"Pfft!"
He flew back like a ball kicked away, spitting out a mouthful of blood. He shot over a hundred meters before plowing a deep furrow through the ground.
The thunderclouds overhead, no longer controlled by their master, dissipated in an instant.
The sky cleared.
It was as if nothing had happened.
Only the enormous crater outside Nuoding City—more than fifty meters across and so deep its bottom couldn't be seen—and the metal rod still glowing red at its center bore witness to what had just taken place.
The entire scene fell silent.
On the city wall, the citizens who had been on tenterhooks stared at the crater, their mouths hanging open and their minds completely blank.
What... had just happened?
That mighty Titled Douluo who'd threatened to strike everyone dead with lightning...
Had just been taken out by a stick that fell from the sky?
"Cough... cough, cough..."
A fit of coughing came from the ruins in the distance.
Yu Luomian struggled out of the dirt. He had no idea how many bones he'd broken. His luxurious blue robe was now little more than rags, and he looked utterly wretched.
He looked at the crater, then at the unharmed young man on the city wall. His earlier arrogance and fury were gone, replaced by sheer shock and confusion.
What kind of attack was that?
Why couldn't he sense even the slightest fluctuation of Soul Power?
"Now, can we talk about signing for the package?" Qin Feng's voice drifted over again, leisurely as ever.
Yu Luomian stiffened.
Only then did he remember that the rod had passed less than half a meter from his head.
If... if it had been half a meter closer...
He didn't dare finish the thought.
"What... what do you want?" Yu Luomian's voice was hoarse, trembling slightly in a way he himself didn't notice.
"Simple." Qin Feng snapped his fingers.
A panel on the wall beside him slid open, and a mechanical arm extended from it. It tossed a silver metal bracelet down at Yu Luomian's feet.
"Put it on."
"What is this?" Yu Luomian eyed the bracelet warily.
"A tracker," Qin Feng said coolly. "It can also monitor your heart rate and blood pressure, so you don't get so worked up that you give yourself a heart attack."
"Not a chance!" Yu Luomian snapped. "A man would rather die than suffer such humiliation!"
"Oh? Is that so?" Qin Feng said mildly.
He simply spoke into his communicator. "Brother Wolf, prepare to fire the second 'Rod of God.'"
"Wait!!"
Yu Luomian was scared out of his wits. Without thinking, he lunged forward like a starving tiger, snatched up the bracelet, and hurriedly fastened it around his wrist.
"Click."
The bracelet locked automatically, and a row of green indicator lights came on.
[Beep! Deliveryman status linked successfully!] [Biological signs stable. Emotional state agitated. Physical cooling recommended.]
"Good." Qin Feng nodded with satisfaction.
"Now you can get lost."
"Tell Yu Yuanzhen that I accept his 'Judgment.'"
"In three days, I'll go to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan in person and sign for my 'package.'"
"Tell him to get everything ready, clean his neck, and wait for me."
"If he refuses..."
Qin Feng paused and pointed at the bottomless crater beside him.
"This will be the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's ancestral graveyard."
"I said so."
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