Under the gaze of the strongest people across the continent,
the scene above the Sky Curtain finally moved.
The golden background instantly faded, replaced by an endless, profound darkness.
It was the void.
The sea of stars.
And a forbidden zone for all life.
At the center of the scene, a figure hovered silently.
His face was impossible to make out.
An endless gale roared wildly around him. It was wind elemental energy, a deep azure so concentrated that it had even liquefied into streams of light, enveloping his entire body.
Yet his green robes remained clearly visible at the heart of the storm.
No earth-shattering aura erupted.
He simply raised one hand.
Hum—
Space trembled.
Behind him, three longbows of different designs appeared out of thin air, each radiating terrifying pressure.
The one on the left was a brilliant azure, like a corner of the sky—Skyward Harp!
The one on the right was deep as night, flowing with sorrowful verses—Elegy for the End!
The one in the center, meanwhile, was formed entirely from pure wind elemental energy. It had no physical form, yet shone the brightest of all.
All three bows appeared at once!
The next moment,
the figure raised his hand.
He didn't reach for any of the bows.
He merely curled a finger gently in the air.
Whoosh—
The storm behind him abruptly changed shape, transforming into three enormous invisible arms that each gripped one of the divine bows.
They drew the strings.
To a full moon!
There were no physical arrows.
The instant the bowstrings were drawn, the storms in the void spanning tens of thousands of miles collapsed, forcibly compressed and condensed.
At last, they became three arrows of wind, each barely the length of a finger, yet as black as ink.
It was a sign that the wind had been compressed to its absolute limit.
Even light was swallowed by the three arrows.
Every person across Douluo Continent who witnessed the scene felt their breath catch.
It was as if an invisible hand had clenched their heart in its grip.
A shudder born from the depths of their souls.
In the scene, the figure didn't hesitate in the slightest.
He gently released his fingers.
Snap!
No sound came through.
The speed of sound couldn't possibly catch up to those three arrows.
All the scene showed were three thin black lines, instantly piercing the void.
Their target was a barren, lifeless star in the distance.
Though desolate, the planet was half the size of Douluo Planet, floating silently in the sea of stars.
The next instant,
the three arrows merged into one.
They plunged straight into the planet's core.
Silence.
A deathly silence.
Then,
the enormous planet was like an egg smashed to pieces.
There wasn't even an explosion.
It simply disintegrated.
Under the force of that extreme wind elemental energy, trillions of tons of rock, soil, and metal were ground into the tiniest specks of dust in an instant.
Rumble—
Only now did the terrifying sonic boom pass through the Sky Curtain and reach the ears of everyone on Douluo Continent.
In the scene,
all that remained where the planet had once been was an enormous azure vortex of wind, greedily devouring the surrounding meteorites.
One strike.
A star shattered!
Outside Heaven Dou City, a deathly silence fell.
Tang San's Sea God Trident clanged to the ground, striking the top of his foot, but he didn't feel a thing.
Oscar's mouth hung wide open, his jaw nearly dislocated.
The fat on Ma Hongjun's face trembled violently. His legs gave way, and he slumped straight to the ground.
W-what... what is this?
Blowing up a star?
Can a human even do that?
Forget Titled Douluo—even a God King probably couldn't turn an entire planet to dust with a single strike, could he?
"Gulp."
Dai Mubai swallowed with difficulty, his voice as dry as two sheets of sandpaper rubbing together:
"X-Xiao San."
"We're supposed to attack... this person's city?"
Tang San didn't answer.
His face was as pale as paper, and his body trembled uncontrollably.
Reason told him that this could be an illusion, that it might be fake.
But the power of the laws emanating from the scene, the suffocating pressure that he could feel even through the screen, told him otherwise.
It was real.
In the back garden of Godwind City,
Bi Ji was utterly dumbstruck.
The teacup she'd been holding had long since fallen and shattered on the ground. Tea had splashed across her skirt, but she hadn't noticed at all.
She stared at Venti, seated across from her, who was still leisurely munching on an apple.
The scene of the planet disintegrating replayed endlessly in her mind.
Just thinking about how she'd been chatting and laughing in front of this "star-destroying" powerhouse made her scalp tingle and her legs go weak.
What kind of Wind God was this?
He was the God of Destruction!
No, he was ten thousand times more terrifying than the God of Destruction!
"Oh, dear."
Venti noticed Bi Ji's terrified expression and followed her gaze to the Sky Curtain.
Then he scratched his head awkwardly, revealing a row of pearly white teeth:
"This Sky Curtain, honestly."
"Why dredge up all these old stories from ages ago?"
He shrugged, his tone as light as if he were saying he'd eaten too much at breakfast:
"That was a long time ago."
"When I first came to this world, I couldn't find the way in, and this world's barrier was stopping me from getting through."
"I got anxious for a moment, so I thought I'd try punching a hole through it."
"Turns out I used just a tiny bit too much force..."
Venti made a "tiny bit" gesture, his two fingers barely apart.
"And accidentally smashed a rock by the roadside."
"It's nothing much. Just a casual strike, a casual strike, haha."
Listening to him, Bi Ji felt as if her entire worldview were crumbling.
A rock by the roadside?
That was a planet!
A casual strike?
You called blowing up a star a casual strike?
If you got serious, would you kick Douluo Planet around like a ball?
Bi Ji felt as if her throat had closed up. She couldn't get a single word out.
All she wanted now was to go home.
She wanted to burrow to the very bottom of Life Lake and never come out again.
Too dangerous.
The world outside was far too dangerous!
Just as Bi Ji was having a complete breakdown inside and trying to figure out the most dignified way to run,
Venti suddenly turned his head, his clear eyes settling on her once more.
His gaze held a hint of curiosity and eager interest.
"By the way, Miss Bi Ji."
Venti set down the apple core in his hand and leaned forward slightly, drawing closer.
"After seeing that scene just now, I suddenly came up with an even more interesting idea concerning you."
"I'd like to try it out on you."
Bi Ji's body went rigid.
She stared at Venti, now mere inches away—the terrifying being who had just said he could "casually blow up a star."
"A... an idea?"
Bi Ji's voice trembled beyond control. Her originally fair, delicate face flushed bright red in an instant, then turned deathly pale.
Try it out?
Try what?
Something... something between a man and a woman?
Or...
Would he try crushing me too, just like he crushed that planet, to see how it felt?