Authority Smacks People! Awesome!

Inside the Purple Heavens Palace, Xiao Kuang, who had been agonizing over his "lesson preparation" materials for nearly a hundred years, finally lost all patience.

"Argh! I can't write anymore!" He threw the "lesson plan," condensed from chaotic energy and completely blank, onto the ground. "What kind of bullshit Great Unity Dao is this? Profound and yet profound, harder to understand than advanced calculus! This slacker just can't handle it!"

He stood up irritably, deciding to go for a walk, under the guise of "seeking teaching inspiration."

"It's still over two thousand years before I have to lecture, I have plenty of time! I'll go explore the Primordial Era lands for inspiration, maybe I'll have a sudden enlightenment about some earth-shattering, ghost-wailing... slacking Great Dao?" He found himself the perfect excuse, his form flickered, and he slipped out of the Purple Heaven Palace, plummeting towards the Primordial Era world below.

He had no specific destination, just wandering aimlessly across the Primordial Era lands. Mountains and rivers, birds and beasts, he found them quite interesting, but they had nothing to do with "Great Dao inspiration."

One day, he wandered to the edge of a vast marsh teeming with water elemental energy. Giant waves towered, mist swirled, and the scene was quite extraordinary.

"Oh? This place has good water, suitable for building a water park..." As Xiao Kuang stroked his chin, contemplating an unreliable business plan, a sudden shout, like a thunderclap, rang out:

"Halt! Who are you, unauthorized Daoist? Sneaking around, spying on my domain! Get lost!"

The voice arrived with the person. A colossal, muscular, bronze-skinned giant with flowing blue hair, enveloped by surging water vapor, strode across the waves. His eyes blazed with anger. It was one of the Twelve Ancestral Witches, the Ancestral Witch Gong Gong, who controlled the water power of the Primordial Era!

Xiao Kuang was startled by the loud voice. He took a closer look. Good heavens, this guy's muscles were more exaggerated than a gym trainer's! Adhering to the principle of "better safe than sorry" (mainly because he was a coward), he waved his hand and said, "Hey, man, don't get excited. I'm just passing through. I saw the scenery was nice, took a look, and I'm leaving now, leaving now."

With that, he turned to slip away.

"Stop!" Gong Gong, with his fiery temper, became even more enraged by the perfunctory response. "Hiding your face, speaking flippantly! You must be a spy sent by the Demon Court! Take this punch!"

The Witch race only cultivated their physical bodies, not their Primordial Spirits. When their temper flared, they acted without regard for consequences!

Gong Gong threw a punch. It appeared simple and unadorned, yet it stirred the water elemental power of the entire marsh. The immense force tore through space, carrying the might to crush everything, and shot directly towards Xiao Kuang's back!

"Holy crap! He's serious!" Xiao Kuang flinched in fear. He didn't have time to dodge, nor did he even think of counter-attacking – he knew absolutely no offensive spells!

BANG!!!

A dull, heavy sound exploded. Terrifying energy ripples spread out, reducing the surrounding mountains, rocks, plants, and trees to dust!

Gong Gong's face contorted into a ferocious grin, ready to witness the scene of his opponent being blown into a bloody mist.

However, as the dust settled.

Xiao Kuang was still standing in the same spot, even stumbling forward slightly from the impact. He patted his back, brushing off non-existent dust from his clothes, and turned his head to look at Gong Gong with a bewildered expression. "You... what are you doing? Giving me a back rub? The strength was okay, just a bit sudden."

Gong Gong's smile froze instantly. His eyes widened in disbelief. "Impossible!"

His punch, imbued with water power, was something even a Grand Unity Golden Immortal wouldn't dare to take head-on! This person was completely unharmed? He didn't even flinch?

"You're seeking death!" Gong Gong roared in fury, feeling insulted. He revealed his Ancestral Witch true form, transforming into a colossal giant. He controlled boundless water waves, unleashing punches, kicks, and headbutts like a torrential storm upon Xiao Kuang!

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

For a time, the earth shook, rivers flowed backward, and the area seemed to have descended into an apocalypse.

Xiao Kuang curled up on the ground, covering his head like a pathetic target. All of Gong Gong's attacks landed on him. Besides unleashing deafening roars and dazzling energy flares, they didn't even manage to harm a single strand of his hair. The status of Dao Integration, coupled with the automatic defense of Heavenly Dao Authority, was simply not something a mere Ancestral Witch could break through.

On the contrary, Gong Gong, after a fierce onslaught, was panting heavily, his arms numb. He looked at the figure below, still curled up with his head protected, muttering, "Stop hitting, stop hitting. You can't kill me, why tire yourself out?" He was so enraged that his "three spirits and seven souls" were leaping wildly, yet he was utterly helpless!

"Who exactly are you?!" Gong Gong stopped attacking, gasping for breath, and asked with a mixture of suspicion and uncertainty. He couldn't be killed, it was too bizarre!

Seeing that Gong Gong had stopped, Xiao Kuang finally stood up and tidied his robes (even though they weren't torn). He was also incredibly frustrated. He possessed the highest authority and realm in the Primordial Era, yet he could only take hits and couldn't fight back. This was too stifling! No, he had to find a way to bluff this brute!

He forcibly suppressed his frustration, putting on a profound and unfathomable expression (though inwardly he was quite nervous). With his hands behind his back, he gazed at the sky and said lightly, "This Seat was here observing the rhythm of water, comprehending the natural Great Dao. Yet you came here making a racket, disturbing my quiet cultivation, and now you ask who this Seat is?"

Gong Gong was taken aback by his sudden pretentious attitude and instinctively asked, "You..."

Just then, a flash of inspiration struck Xiao Kuang's mind (he had plenty of bad ideas): "Right! Heavenly Dao Authority! Can this thing be used for fighting? Don't novels always say 'words are law' or something? Let's try it!"

He looked at Gong Gong, who was about to attack again. He gritted his teeth, secretly connected to that vast Heavenly Dao Authority, and without regard for any profound laws, relying solely on the most basic thought of "smashing things at him," he pointed at Gong Gong and shouted in his mind, "Thunder come! Strike him!"

[Heavenly Dao: Detecting agent invoking authority... Target: Gong Gong... Requesting invocation... Punishment module... Purple Firmament Divine Thunder...] [Reason for request: Disturbing Dao Ancestor's quiet cultivation? (Code hesitates)... Approved for execution...]

Although the reason was far-fetched, it seemed to make sense programmatically?

CRACKLE!!!

A purple divine thunder, a hundred times thicker and a hundred times more condensed than the one that struck Xiao Kuang before, with a majestic heavenly might that made souls tremble, tore through the sky without warning. It accurately struck the forehead of Gong Gong, who had just raised his hand to attack again!

"Ughhhhhh--!"

Gong Gong let out a shrill scream. His ten-thousand-foot Ancestral Witch true form instantly shrank back to its original form. His entire body was scorched black and smoking, his hair stood on end, and he even spat out a puff of black smoke from his mouth. He fell straight down, twitched a few times, and couldn't get up for a while.

Lying on the ground, his eyes were filled with confusion, horror, and disbelief.

Purple Cloud Divine Thunder? The Heavenly Dao's exclusive punishment divine thunder? Why did it strike me? Just because I hit this strange Daoist a few times? Who exactly is this Daoist? Does he own the Heavenly Dao?!

Xiao Kuang was also startled. He looked at the smoking Gong Gong on the ground, then at his own finger, his heart pounding wildly. "I... Whoa? It actually worked? This authority... is awesome! (Voice cracking)"

Although he still didn't know any divine abilities or spells, it seemed... he could directly access the Heavenly Dao's ready-made "arsenal"? And it was auto-aimed, with adjustable power (he had subconsciously thought to make it strong just now)?

In the sky, the will of the Heavenly Dao reappeared. The garbled symbols [((′--)--)-_-)] flickered violently for a moment, finally turning into a cold, emotionless ellipsis.

[Heavenly Dao: ...Purple Heaven Divine Thunder... used for individual physical attacks... authority abuse record +1...] [Core Code: ...numb... habit... Perhaps... this is how an agent fights?... (Begins self-doubt)] [Computing Resource: ... reallocating... prioritizing enhancement of agent's shield and... Divine Thunder invocation interface... (Forced adaptation)]

The Heavenly Dao was completely numb.

Xiao Kuang, however, became energized. He walked up to Gong Gong, who was paralyzed except for his eyeballs, squatted down, patted his scorched face, and chuckled. "How is it? Water monkey, still want to fight? This Seat, considering your difficult cultivation, has given you a small warning today. If you dare to offend again next time, I'll let you taste the power of Du Tian Divine Thunder! Get lost!"

With that, he stood up, hands behind his back, humming a little tune, and swaggered away, leaving behind a Gong Gong questioning his life choices, smoking and contemplating his fate with lightning.

"Hmm... This move is good. From now on, whoever I don't like, I'll strike them down! Lectures? What lectures? Whoever dares not to attend, I'll strike them down! Perfect!" Xiao Kuang felt he had found a brand-new way to solve problems and was in an exceptionally good mood.