When the master of ceremonies read out a long list of precious congratulatory gifts, Dong Mingfeng's lips twisted into a wide grin. So many treasures! The gold and jewels, in particular, made her mouth water.
A man like Lord Xiao couldn't possibly be interested in these things, he'll surely hand them all over to Shen Youling. As her mother, it would be perfectly natural for to ask for half—no, for all of them! It's my right! I'll wear a different piece every day and won't have to repeat myself for months! How impressive would that be? How glorious! The thought sent a thrill of imnse satisfaction through her.
She also planned to use this opportunity to unveil her company's new dicine, "gifting" it to Xiao Xuanye under the guise of Shen Youling's filial devotion to achieve the best possible advertisent. But then she suddenly heard soone, claiming to be Long Tianji, who wanted to give Lord Xiao three punches.
"What's wrong with this bastard? Quick, crush him!" Dong Mingfeng blurted out.
The other guests looked around, searching for the source of such shaless boasting.
The Adjutant's face turned ashen as he bellowed, "Protect Lord Xiao and the Young Mistress! Find that man and kill him without rcy!"
"Yes, sir!"
Xiao Xuanye, however, wasn't angry. He was intrigued.
It's been... how long has it been since anyone dared to challenge ? And now, out of the blue, soone appears!
WHOOSH!
He whipped his head around, his gaze instantly locking onto Lin Tang.
Lin Tang was standing right in the front row. No one knew when he had gotten there; the people around him had completely overlooked his presence. When Xiao Xuanye's gaze t Lin Tang's, it was like a collision of electric currents, sparking a brilliant light in the air.
The next mont, Lin Tang had already floated lightly onto the stage. He stood with his hands clasped behind his back. "Xiao Xuanye, are you ready? I'm about to throw my first punch."
"You're courting death!" The Adjutant aid his weapon at Lin Tang, and hundreds of his subordinates followed suit. With a pull of their triggers, they could obliterate Lin Tang into a bloody pulp.
Convinced that Lin Tang was a dead man, most of the guests retreated to avoid getting caught in the crossfire. But there were those like Hong Yuanfei who, confident in their own status, were unafraid of the display of force. They held their ground, so even stepping onto the stage.
Showing off my presence now will be advantageous for the matchmaking segnt to co. A coward has no right to beco Lord Xiao's son-in-law! Anyone who retreats in fear is guaranteed to be dismissed by him!
"You..." Shen Youling stared at Lin Tang's unfamiliar face, feeling an inexplicable sense of familiarity. After all, their physiques were both extraordinary—one of utmost Yin, the other of utmost Yang. Like two magnets, they would create a faint resonance when in close proximity.
Only Wei Zichu and Lee Encai knew that Lin Tang could disguise himself, and they had not told Shen Youling.
Therefore, she just shook her head inwardly. It must be an illusion... I don't know him at all!
Dong Mingfeng and Shen Xin also had complete confidence in Xiao Xuanye, so they didn't flee. They simply continued to curse Lin Tang for his blind audacity.
Hong Yuanfei stepped forward and added, "So, even a firefly dares to challenge the sun? Lord Xiao, if you don't mind, this junior would be happy to play with him for a while."
"Hmm..." Xiao Xuanye's expression flickered. It wasn't a bad idea to use this Long Tianji as a tool to test the strength of the young talents present. He waved his hand, signaling his Adjutant and the others to hold their fire. Then, he nodded and uttered a single word, "Granted."
"Annoying pest." Lin Tang swatted his hand impatiently, as if shooing away a fly.
WHOOSH!
A fierce gust of wind erupted. Hong Yuanfei had no ti to react before he was sent flying. Lin Tang was a good ten ters away from him, yet without any physical contact, he had knocked the man to the ground, coughing up blood.
"Young Sect Leader!" The others from the dical Immortal Sect roared in fury and instinctively charged at Lin Tang.
Lin Tang took a single step forward. Just one step. And he closed the entire distance between himself and Xiao Xuanye. The n from the dical Immortal Sect were knocked aside like bowling pins, sent tumbling into a disheveled heap.
Xiao Xuanye's pupils contracted. He felt as though Lin Tang's fist had shattered the very air, magnifying endlessly before his eyes.
"HAAAAH!" Xiao Xuanye roared and stomped his foot. The floor in a several-ter radius around him cracked and exploded. The torsional force generated by the stomp traveled up from the ground, through his waist, up his spine, into his arms, and finally converged in his palm to et Lin Tang's incoming punch head-on.
CRACK!
A sound like the sonic boom of a supersonic jet erupted, nearly deafening everyone present.
Xiao Xuanye's cape whipped violently behind him as a visible, dust-laden shockwave radiated outwards from beneath it, knocking over everyone standing behind him, including Shen Xin and Dong Mingfeng.
Xiao Xuanye's face was flushed red, his hair stood on end, and his True Qi churned wildly within him. His ridians trembled, his cells scread in protest, and every bone in his body creaked as if about to shatter under the unbearable load. His teeth were on edge, his eyeballs felt like they were about to burst, and the thick tang of blood filled his mouth. "So... powerful..."
The two were locked in a stalemate, the scene frozen in ti. Countless people stood with their mouths agape, staring dumbly at the spectacle.
Then, Xiao Xuanye grinned. "But I still blocked it!"
"Amazing!"
"Lord Xiao is mighty!"
"Lord Xiao is invincible!"
"He's about to counterattack!"
"Kill that guy!"
As the crowd snapped back to reality, they erupted in cheers.
"Is that so?" Lin Tang smiled back. "But I only used less than half of my strength. Now, take my second punch!"
"What?!" Xiao Xuanye was horrified. "Wait—"
BOOM!
Without needing to charge up any power, Lin Tang's second fist shot toward the side of Xiao Xuanye's face. That's what you get for showing off!
Xiao Xuanye hastily raised his other hand, trying to block the punch in the sa manner as before. But this ti, he couldn't stop it. His hand slamd against his own cheek with a loud smack. His head snapped back, and as his mouth flew open, a tooth went soaring into the sky.
Where in the hell did this monster co from? How have I never heard of such a supre expert before?! Ashad, furious, and utterly shocked, Xiao Xuanye launched a vicious kick forward. Like an excavator's shovel, his foot gouged a deep, long trench in the concrete, a testant to the kick's imnse power. Anyone else would have been blown apart.
But to Lin Tang, it was like a tickle. He didn't even bother to dodge, letting the kick land squarely.
"You're just too weak. Is that all? And you dare call yourself the War Dragon? I hereby declare that from this day forward, you shall be known as the War Bug." Lin Tang shook his head and struck again. This ti, however, it wasn't with his fist. He splayed his five fingers and pressed his palm against Xiao Xuanye's forehead, forcing him down.
Instantly, Xiao Xuanye's feet sank into the ground as if he were in quicksand. He felt his knees go numb as an irresistible force tried to make them buckle.
"You dare try to make kneel?! ARGHHHHH—"
Xiao Xuanye would rather die than suffer such humiliation. He roared, crossing his arms to push upward. His entire body swelled, and bloody mist sprayed from his pores as the entire stage trembled beneath him.
Unfortunately, Lin Tang's palm was like the Five Finger Mountain—impossibly heavy. And Xiao Xuanye, like Sun Wukong, found that no matter how much he struggled, he was still forced down to his knees with a thud.
"This is impossible!" countless people scread, their eyes nearly popping from their sockets.
The War Dragon of Central Earth, Xiao Bubai! He... he had lost? Defeated so utterly, without any power to fight back! It was too incredible, too unbelievable. It felt like a dream.
This... just who in the world was this Long Tianji? He was terrifying, absolutely horrifying!
"Kill him! Kill him! Kill him!" the Adjutant shrieked, tears of blood streaming down his face. He wished he could silence everyone in the venue. The other soldiers were also on the verge of a breakdown. Xiao Xuanye was their faith, their pillar, their god! And now...
"Long Tianji, you must die!" The Adjutant was the first to pull the trigger.
Lin Tang, however, didn't even look back, simply flicking a hand out behind him.
SNAP!
The bullet! He had actually caught it between his fingers!
"Is he even human?!"
"He can catch bullets..."
"Is he a god? Or a demon?"
"Gods, we have to get out of here!"
The guests, now more terrified than ever, bolted for the exit without a second thought. For a mont, a cacophony of screams, cries, and the thud of trampling feet filled the air, only to be drowned out by a volley of gunfire.
A barrage of bullets rained down on Lin Tang. His expression remained indifferent as his True Qi, like a roaring dragon, coiled around him, forming an impenetrable shield. Not even a hailstorm of bullets could pierce it.
This was the first ti Lin Tang had unleashed his full power since breaking through to the mid-stage of Foundation Establishnt. The result was nothing short of earth-shattering.
"You want to kill ? Fine. I'll kill all of you!" He tossed Xiao Xuanye aside like a piece of trash and turned to charge toward the Adjutant and his n.
"STOP!" Xiao Xuanye roared, jolted back to his senses as if from a nightmare. "I order you to cease fire! All of you, get out!" he continued to shout as he scrambled after Lin Tang.
The back that had not willingly bent for many years finally bowed. "I admit defeat! I surrender! I beg you, Your Excellency, show rcy and do not engage in a massacre. These n are all pillars of the nation. The battlefield is their destiny; they shouldn't die here!"
"Hah," Lin Tang sneered. "Now you say the battlefield is their destiny? Then why are they here, throwing their weight around? When you let them follow you everywhere to show off, did you have this sa realization?"
"I..." Xiao Xuanye was speechless. It wasn't that he had no retort, but he dared not provoke his opponent further. He had absolutely no idea how he had offended this terrifying man.
Seeing that Lin Tang had paused his attack, the Adjutant and his n stopped firing. The guests also gradually stopped where they were. After all, continuing to push and shove in the chaos would only get them trampled to death, and that was a pointless way to die.
Hong Yuanfei shakily swallowed several pills and finally managed to recover. He struggled to his feet and was about to lower his head and slip back into the crowd.
"Did I say you could leave?" Lin Tang placed a hand on his head, patting it as one would a dog.
Hong Yuanfei trembled uncontrollably. He desperately wanted to use the na of the dical Immortal Sect to threaten Lin Tang, but instead, he dropped to the ground with a thud. He kowtowed without a shred of dignity, sobbing, "I was wrong! I never should have attacked you, sir! I was arrogant and didn't know my place! Please, just treat like a fart in the wind and let go..."
His movents were so exaggerated that the detoxifying pearl fell from his clothes, clattering as it rolled to Lin Tang's feet.
"Damn it!" Hong Yuanfei's heart leaped into his throat.
"Hmm? What's this?" Lin Tang picked up the detoxifying pearl. With a smirk that wasn't quite a smile, he deliberately pretended not to recognize it.
A wave of elation washed over Hong Yuanfei. He doesn't know what this is! I have a chance to get it back! The detoxifying pearl was the most important treasure of the dical Immortal Sect. It absolutely could not be lost! The consequences would be more than he could bear.
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