"Whoosh!"
The Blood-Red Triangular Fighter hovered in the air, its hatch opening automatically.
A young man in a white robe stepped out and stood in midair. His black hair fluttered gently, and his eyes shone like two stars.
"It's him! Li Qingxu!"
Luo Feng stared without blinking, his heart churning like a stormy sea.
He truly hadn't expected that the man he'd seen once during the Warrior Combat Assessment could now stand in midair.
It was obvious: in just three short months, Li Qingxu had become an unparalleled powerhouse Beyond War God-level!
Someone like him could stand on equal footing with an entire nation. He was already one of the most powerful beings in human society.
You could say that people like him were gods among humans.
"How did he cultivate so quickly?!"
Luo Feng looked dazed.
Since the Warrior Combat Assessment, he'd only reached advanced Warrior Level. His greatest source of pride, his Spiritual Force, had only reached intermediate War God Level, barely giving him the strength of an advanced War God.
But that man had already risen to the pinnacle of humanity. Could the gap between them really be so vast?
"Luo Feng! What are you standing there staring at? Run!"
One of the three people fleeing for their lives recognized Luo Feng and immediately shouted to him.
The vast horde of rats was about to catch up with them, yet Luo Feng, who had been running at the front, suddenly stopped and looked up at the sky.
What was so interesting up there? They'd be dead before he finished looking!
"You wouldn't understand."
Luo Feng came back to his senses and shook his head with a sigh.
In his eyes, Li Qingxu, standing in midair, took a step down.
"Whoosh!"
As if teleporting, he appeared on the ground, facing the terrifying horde of tens of thousands of rats alone.
"Rumble!"
A mass of golden light seemed to blot out the sky. A deafening roar, like a surging ocean, echoed along the highway.
The earth itself seemed to tremble, and rocks tumbled down from the surrounding slopes.
"What the hell! What happened?"
The deafening commotion made the three people running for their lives turn to look behind them.
"What is that?!"
Just like Luo Feng moments earlier, the three of them froze in place.
The scene before them was something they would never forget for the rest of their lives.
A man dressed in white had somehow appeared on the road behind them.
Before the man in white, dazzling golden light had appeared, brilliant as the sun.
Along with it came a sound like surging waves, making them feel as though they were standing on the shore, facing an endless golden sea.
The horde of rats that had been chasing them was now completely engulfed by that golden sea.
The dense mass of rats was swallowed up by the brilliant golden light, not a trace of them visible.
One second, then two...
In just two seconds, the golden ocean, vast as the sea itself, vanished.
It was as if only the man in white remained between heaven and earth.
The dense horde of rats before him had gone completely still, as though every last one had become a corpse.
"My God, he took out the entire horde all by himself!"
"That's a War God-level powerhouse!"
The three of them stood frozen in place, as if turned to stone.
Luo Feng was so stunned by the sight before him that he couldn't speak.
So this was the power of an unparalleled powerhouse Beyond War God-level? He hadn't even seen how the man had used his technique.
There had only been a sudden flash of brilliant gold, and then, in an instant, tens of thousands of rat monsters had been taken care of.
"Clearing out the little monsters really is pretty handy."
At the sound of a soft murmur, the man in white turned around.
"It's him!"
One of the three suddenly cried out, his face stricken with fear.
A smile tugged at Li Qingxu's lips as he glanced at Luo Feng. Then he took a step and, in an instant, returned to the Primordial Wisdom Fighter Jet hovering in the sky.
The hatch closed, and the fighter jet turned into a red streak of light once more, vanishing into the distance.
"Who is he? Wan Dong, do you know that super-powerhouse?"
"Heh." Hearing his two companions ask, Wan Dong gave a wry smile.
He'd only seen his own supervisor and a group of people standing before that powerhouse when the Warrior Combat Assessment results were being tallied. They'd seemed to be trying to invite the man to join them.
Besides, if he really knew someone that powerful, would he still be here?
"Why ask me? You should ask him. They're both from the Limit Dojo."
Wan Dong looked at Luo Feng, who was standing not far away. "Luo Feng, do you have anything to eat? Could you spare us some food and water?"
"Don't ask me. It's not like I know him."
Luo Feng walked over with a smile. The Wan Dong before him was nothing like the cold, gloomy man he remembered. Now, he looked exhausted and overjoyed to have survived.
They'd run nearly three hundred miles, fleeing for their lives the whole way. It had taken a tremendous toll on their stamina.
"Here. I've only got these three high-energy pills and a water pouch."
Luo Feng took a bag from the side pocket of his backpack and pulled out three pills.
The moment he handed them over, Wan Dong and the other two each swallowed a high-energy pill. They quickly shared the water and drank it all.
"Luo Feng, thanks."
Wan Dong said gratefully, "Let me introduce you. The one beside me is Wang Ke, and the other is Jiang Tu."
"I've heard all about Madman Luo."
"Madman Luo, this one high-energy pill tastes better than a feast. I was starving. I feel much better now."
Luo Feng and the three men walked along, chatting as they went.
"Luo Feng, are you really saying you don't know that super-powerhouse in white?"
"How could I possibly know him?"
Luo Feng was helpless too. If he really knew the man, a lot of things wouldn't be nearly so complicated.
"But he seemed to know you. Just now, he even turned around and looked at us before leaving in an instant."
Wan Dong studied Luo Feng with a puzzled expression.
He didn't think that super-powerhouse had turned around specifically to look at the three of them. Of everyone there, Luo Feng was the only one he might have been looking at.
Hearing Wan Dong say that left Luo Feng confused too.
He was sure he'd never met Li Qingxu before, and his family shouldn't know someone that powerful either.
"Huh?"
Luo Feng suddenly let out a soft cry. He remembered that at the Warrior Combat Assessment plaza, Li Qingxu had smiled and nodded to him first, as if he'd known him for a long time.
Could I really have known him when I was little? But why don't I remember?
Luo Feng wasn't sure anymore. The sudden turn of events had left him baffled too.
Inside the Primordial Wisdom Fighter Jet, Li Qingxu wore a faint smile.
Remembering Luo Feng's bewildered expression, he couldn't help wanting to laugh.
"Beep. Mr. Li, a War God-level energy fluctuation has been detected below."
As the intelligent system's voice sounded, a three-dimensional holographic projection appeared in the cabin, showing the scene below.
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