Come, Let Me Light a Cigarette for You

"Suppress and kill!"

The Rain Clan members, their killing intent soaring to the heavens, roared angrily, and then they prayed with all their hearts to that tattered and yellowish old piece of paper.

Suddenly, that yellow paper emitted light, accompanied by a string of characters emerging that glowed with a hazy radiance, as if a god had been born into the world, and the sight was exceptionally astonishing.

"This divine edict represents attack, and its might far surpasses the one they produced earlier," Xiao Tian said in shock.

Yu Wencheng sighed and said, "This edict was originally meant to deal with powerful enemies who coveted the Taiyi True Water, but now it has to be used to kill a few little brutes. It truly is unwillingness-inducing."

Toward Xiao Meng's arrogant voice, they showed utter contempt, feeling that Xiao Meng was ignorant; once the divine edict unleashed its might, he would know what fear was, and what regret was.

"Big Brother, what kind of treasure is this?" The Big Red Bird hid behind Xiao Meng, its gaze locked fixedly on the AK-47 in his hand, its voice trembling.

"Bang!"

Xiao Meng grew furious and kicked it flying away directly.

"Clang!"

Not hurrying and not slowing down, Xiao Meng subsequently fished out a cigar and then lit a fire, smoke immediately billowing upward.

Little Dot: "..."

Xiao Tian: "..."

"What time is this, why is Big Brother still acting cool?" Little Dot was speechless; this Big Brother's nerves were far too thick, and his cool-factor was extremely high.

"Hey! Are you guys done yet? I'm going to shoot, you know," Xiao Meng said impatiently.

"Kill!"

This edict was too dilapidated, and the Rain God's will had almost dissipated, leaving very little remaining, so they needed to supply their vital energy to activate it.

"Hiss"

The tattered edict erupted, countless golden raindrops scattering downward like ten-thousand-jun mountains, carrying terrifying heaven-and-earth power as they struck toward Xiao Meng.

At the same time, Little Dot and the others were also targeted, and the two didn't even think about it, immediately running for their lives on two legs. This thing was simply not something their current selves could contend against.

"Big Brother, be careful!" Little Dot yelled.

Xiao Meng twitched the corner of his mouth, cursing inwardly: Dead child, I'll deal with you later.

As soon as he finished speaking, he pulled the trigger.

"Boom!"

After a loud crash, only a blazing-flame-engulfed fireball was seen shooting out, the fireball growing bigger and bigger as it flew, until finally it became as large as a planet, violently crashing toward that glowing edict.

Little Dot, Xiao Tian, and the Big Red Bird—they all instinctively turned their heads to look, their pupils suddenly contracting sharply.

"The will of a god—how could it be something ants like you can resist? Just wait to die and pay the pri..." A middle-aged Rain Clan man sneered.

But the next second, their expressions suddenly froze on their faces, and they collectively turned to stone.

Only an explosion-sound was heard before that so-called divine edict was directly blasted into dust.

Little Dot and Xiao Tian stopped in their tracks, staring dumbfounded at this scene. They simply couldn't believe that the divine edict was actually so vulnerable to a single blow, being blasted apart in such a crude and barbaric manner.

"Did I see things?" Little Dot rubbed his eyes, his face full of astonishment, as if he had seen a ghost.

"Oh my mother, he actually blasted apart a divine edict?!" Xiao Tian's body trembled, unable to believe his own eyes; this outcome was far too unexpected.

"No..."

The Rain Clan members saw black before their eyes and nearly fainted on the spot, roaring with splitting eyeballs. The divine edict being blasted apart almost made them so angry they wanted to vomit blood.

Yet they felt even more terror; even the divine edict was useless, so didn't that mean they had only a dead end left?

Xiao Meng retracted his gun, blew on the black smoke drifting from the muzzle, and curled his lip, saying, "What kind of bullshit edict—vulnerable to a single blow."

Little Dot and Xiao Tian sat foolishly, experiencing a sensation of heaven and earth turning upside down.

"Big Brother, you're too fierce," the Big Red Bird said, having approached at some unknown point. It reached out its claw to touch the AK-47 in Xiao Meng's hand, extremely excited.

"Bang!"

Xiao Meng grew angry. This dead bird truly wasn't a thing; he directly brought his foot down to stamp it onto the ground, the pitch-black muzzle aimed right at its head.

"Big Brother, spare my life! We're on the same side!" Seeing Xiao Meng point the ultimate killing weapon that could blow up a divine edict straight at its head, the Big Red Bird was so frightened its soul almost scattered, crying out at the top of its lungs and struggling.

It had been scared to death.

"If you call me Big Brother one more time, I'll blow your head off."

Xiao Meng said through gritted teeth, From now on, please call me Master.

"Can we change the title? I am, after all, a Primal Wildbeast, an extremely powerful existence with tens of thousands of underlings," the Big Red Bird said with a dark face, bargaining.

"Or how about we check if your head is harder than the divine edict?" Xiao Meng said expressionlessly.

"Master, my great master, please tell me what orders you have! Your loyal servant is at your service." The Big Red Bird immediately caved. Just kidding—even if its head were made of iron, it couldn't possibly compare to a divine edict.

"Humph! Stay on the side," Xiao Meng muttered powerlessly. This thieving bird had zero integrity.

"Big... Fierce Brother, the old turtle of the Rain Clan ran away," Little Dot shouted. He had originally wanted to call him Big Brother, but seeing the Big Red Bird's miserable end, the words on the tip of his tongue were instantly swallowed back down, replaced by a new title.

Xiao Meng smiled. "It's fine, let them run a bit longer."

Little Dot: "..."

Xiao Tian: "..."

"Master, they're about to vanish," the Big Red Bird reminded him.

Xiao Meng raised his head to glance, spat out the cigarette butt in his mouth, and abruptly raised his gun, chambered a round, released the safety, aimed, and fired—all actions flowing in one smooth movement.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Xiao Meng fired consecutively, sending fireballs blasting out that spanned ten thousand miles in an instant.

The fleeing Rain Clan members were blasted apart one after another.

"Hiss!"

This scene caused Little Dot and the others to be terrified, their hearts violently shaken.

What kind of divine treasure was this precisely? How could its might be this terrifying?

"Fierce Brother, what divine treasure is this?" Little Dot walked over, his eyes shining brightly, crystal-clear saliva flowing from the corners of his mouth.

Xiao Meng twitched the corner of his mouth, rewarded him with a knuckle rap, and said, "Bear child, are you trying to snatch my treasure?"

Saying this, Xiao Meng raised the AK-47, the muzzle pointing at Little Dot's head, strongly implying that if the bear child dared to say yes, he would fire.

The bear child grew horrified, his hair standing on end, and hurriedly waved his hands, swearing to the death that he didn't harbor such a thought.

"Want to touch it?" Xiao Meng curled his lip and said.

Want to!

The bear child nodded like a chick pecking at rice; naturally, he wanted to see a divine treasure capable of blasting apart a divine edict.

"Take it and look," Xiao Meng handed the gun over. He wasn't afraid the bear child would grab it and run, because aside from him, nobody else could possibly operate this gadget.

Little Dot was slightly stunned. He hadn't expected Xiao Meng to hand over this terrifying divine treasure so casually, without a single ounce of defensive guard against him.

"Fierce Brother, what's the name of this treasure?" Little Dot looked it over carefully, yet couldn't discern a single trick to it.

"The formal name is AK-47, and the nickname is machine gun," Xiao Meng relit a cigar, blew out a puff of smoke, and spoke.

"What a strange name. I've never heard of such a divine treasure," Little Dot muttered.

"Of course you haven't heard of it. This is a thing from Earth," Xiao Meng said.

"What kind of place is Earth?" The bear child's large eyes rolled around, adopting an attitude of humbly asking for instruction.

Xiao Meng said, "Even if I told you, you wouldn't know. When you meet a person named Ye Fan in the future, ask him."

"Ye Fan? Who on earth is he?"

Little Dot said, "Fierce Brother, why is what you're saying a bit strange? I don't quite understand it."

"You'll understand in the future," Xiao Meng said with a profound and unfathomable air.

"Noble Master, can you let me look at this heaven-shaking, earth-shattering ultimate killing weapon?" The Big Red Bird squeezed over, putting on an appearance of pious devotion.

"Thieving bird, get lost to the side." At the mere thought of the Big Red Bird's prior actions, anger welled up in Xiao Meng, and he kicked it flying once again.

"Why are you still treating us differently? I refuse to accept this," the Big Red Bird complained indignantly.

At this moment, Xiao Tian also walked over and cupped his fists toward Xiao Meng, though his gaze never left the machine gun in Little Dot's hands.

"This one is Xiao Tian. I don't know how Brother addresses himself," Xiao Tian cupped his fists and said.

Xiao Meng smiled. "Come to think of it, we share the same surname."

"Brother also has the surname Xiao? I wonder which place Brother hails from; perhaps there is a deep origin between us." Xiao Tian was overjoyed. He had witnessed Xiao Meng's might with his own eyes; the man was simply an unrivaled monstrous talent, someone very few among the younger generation could rival.

If he could bring this person into the clan, it would undoubtedly be a magnificent blessing for the Xiao Clan.

Little Dot's heart turned solemn, seized by the sense that a major crisis was afoot. If this Big Brother shared origins with Xiao Tian, wouldn't he—who had scammed Xiao Tian so miserably—be in for a disastrous time?

Thinking of this, he wanted to immediately run for his life on two legs.

Xiao Meng shook his head and said, "My name is Xiao Meng. I'm not a person of this realm; this time I just crossed realms to play around."

Hearing these words, Xiao Tian's heart was greatly alarmed. What kind of background did the person before him actually possess? To actually be capable of crossing realms? He had heard relevant secret tales; wanting to traverse worlds was exceptionally difficult.

Yet Little Dot, conversely, heaved a sigh of relief.

"Fierce Brother, what kind of thing is this you're eating?" Little Dot sniffed the air at that moment, discovering that the stream of smoke exhaled by Xiao Meng actually possessed the efficacy of elevating the divine soul.

The bear child's large eyes darted back and forth, unable to stop himself from swallowing several mouthfuls of saliva.

"Want to smoke?" Xiao Meng asked with a smile.

"Want to!"

Little Dot nodded, making no effort to conceal what was in his heart.

Xiao Meng smiled, then produced three cigars—Little Dot, Xiao Tian, and the Big Red Bird, who had just rushed over, each got a share.

"Come, let me light a cigarette for you." Xiao Meng took out a lighter, lit Little Dot's first, and then lit Xiao Tian's and the Big Red Bird's.

"Cough, cough, cough..."