"Want an aircraft carrier?"
"Don't you worry it'll burn your hands?"
As those two statements came through clearly on the livestream, the foreign leaders coveting the aircraft carrier broke out in cold sweats.
Even through a screen, that terrifying, overwhelming presence seeped into their bones!
They knew a great deal and had met all sorts of people.
Xiao Hao's presence was no different from that of people who had waded through mountains of corpses and seas of blood!
They realized that this man had truly clawed his way out of a pile of the dead!
If an elite soldier had set his sights on them, they would have been wary, but not overly afraid.
But if a monstrously powerful top player targeted them, they would have nowhere to escape alive!
Among the top players of every nation, not one had ever intimidated wild monsters into complete immobility!
If this man truly decided to take them down with him, not a single one of these leaders would escape!
The principles governing their decisions were completely different from those of the Dragon Kingdom.
If the Dragon Kingdom's priorities were people > national interests > personal survival, then theirs were personal survival > national interests > people.
The exact opposite of the Dragon Kingdom.
A certain rule drifted through their minds, and these nations' leaders hurriedly withdrew their hackers and paid trolls, no longer daring to pressure the Dragon Kingdom into a deal.
Until they had figured out exactly who that black-clad figure was, they decided not to provoke the Dragon Kingdom again!
Xiao Hao really had waded through mountains of corpses and seas of blood.
Whether it was the Corpse Mountain left behind by the Deep-Sea Ghost, the swarms of Thorn Shrimp, the schools of Spiny Fish, or the schools of Snail Fish, when had Xiao Hao not been surrounded by corpses?
He had grown far more than he realized.
He had genuinely experienced blood flooding an entire stretch of sea several times.
So if Xiao Hao truly flew into a rage, his palpable killing intent would be like that of a butcher who had slaughtered pigs for years-he really could terrify pigs into collapsing on the spot through his presence alone!
Those words not only warned off the schemers, but also frightened the Flower Eagle into frantically flapping, nearly losing its balance in the air!
Heaven only knew how a little Flower Eagle that had been a weak, unnoticed creature just a day earlier had suddenly found itself up against this monster!
The Flower Eagle hastily tried to flee, but a teasing voice sounded behind it.
"Trying to leave?"
The voice was soft, yet it sent the Flower Eagle into a panic!
Its sense of danger kept sounding alarms, and the Flower Eagle beat its wings desperately, wanting only to leave the area as quickly as possible!
"Too late..."
Shadow Seahorses emerged one after another from the game panel hanging in midair. Though they were only half a meter long, smaller than almost every wild monster present, every last monster feared them!
The Flower Eagle was a rare wild monster, and so were the Shadow Seahorses.
They were all level ten, too.
But there were seven Seahorses!
Never mind a Flower Eagle-even if it were the Snake Spirit, they could reenact the Calabash Brothers, coming at it one after another, and still never lose!
The moment the seven Shadow Seahorses emerged, players and ordinary people alike were green with envy.
They looked at their own Guardians.
These Guardians showed absolutely no consideration for anyone's eyes. Their appearances were outrageously ugly, and compared with all the other wild monsters, there was no ugliest, only uglier.
That giant insect over there not only spewed a foul stench from its enormous mouthparts, but also had a body covered in yellow slime.
This Guardian from the Space Survival game looked like something straight out of a live-action Parasyte. Apart from the steel blades on its tentacles, which were barely tolerable to look at, every part of its body was skinless flesh, with eyes and mouths scattered haphazardly across it.
Then they looked at his Guardians. Those sleek, striking forms made them look like black-and-gold aristocrats among monsters!
Never mind their combat power-their looks alone left the others miles behind!
And their strength was several leagues ahead, too!
The players suddenly found themselves empathizing with one another. Comparing yourself to others really could kill you, and comparing goods made you want to throw yours away!
These players still had no idea that the man behind that silhouette...
Had been handsome to begin with, looking remarkably like the viewers pressing their phones' power buttons right now, and with the enhancement from the [Undying Body] skill, his looks only kept improving...
The seven Shadow Seahorses swiftly transformed into Aurora Shadows and charged toward the Flower Eagle, like seven streaks of aurora slicing across the sky!
The Flower Eagle had not gotten far before the Aurora Shadows caught up with it. They darted around its body, soon transforming into Shadow Ribbons.
The Shadow Ribbons were as soft as gauze, yet they bound the Flower Eagle fast. No matter how it struggled, all its efforts were wasted.
The ribbons were incredibly resilient, like oversized rubber bands. Even when the Flower Eagle occasionally gathered its strength and thrashed, it could barely stretch them open for a moment before they bound it tight again.
Before the eyes of humanity across the globe, with even viewers from another world watching at the same time, this special boss that required top players to cooperate in battle was simply bound to death by the Shadow Seahorses!
As the Flower Eagle kept flapping in the air, its glossy feathers gradually dulled. It fell from midair and struck the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.
Even with its beautiful feathers covered in mud, the Flower Eagle's attention remained entirely on the Shadow Ribbons.
It desperately fought to break free of the shadows, but grew weaker and weaker. It could clearly feel its life draining away, and only then did it regret coming here to hunt.
It had been perfectly safe hiding in the forest. It could have hunted there, so why had it come out?
Its past experience had told it more than once to stay away from humans. Why had it provoked them anyway?
It regretted it.
That was its final thought before death.
Its pupils gradually lost focus. Only once the Flower Eagle's life had drained away did the Shadow Ribbons leisurely return to the hotel rooftop and circle beside the black trench coat.
The seven Aurora Shadows returned to their physical forms, with diamond-shaped bony rings, gauzy black dorsal fins, and bone spines. The porcelain-white stripes adorning them occasionally reflected the light as they guarded the figure like faithful knights.
The setting sun cast its light from behind the figure. A gentle breeze blew into his face, stirring the hem of his long trench coat. Behind him, the red sun scorched the clouds crimson, staining half the sky.
In Blue Dragon City, where high-rises stood in dense rows, the mirrored exterior of the hotel tower flickered with red light. After the ravages of the evolution tide, the shattered windows of many tall buildings reflected the lingering sunlight.
The sunset dyed the shattered panes across the entire city. At a glance, all of Blue Dragon City looked like a gently rippling red sea, its surface meeting the evening glow as though an endless fire were blazing!
Above that red sea, the hotel tower stood like a lighthouse guiding the way across its waters. The figure stood atop the lighthouse, the hem of his trench coat rippling in the wind. The scene was as beautiful as an exquisitely crafted oil painting.
The magnificent spectacle bestowed by nature left the livestream viewers staring in a daze.
Only after a long while did the scrolling comments on the official livestream grow dense again. Some were even stammering, as though expressing their senders' emotions.
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